Teaching PlanTeaching Plan (U.1 of B.V.NCE)(U.1 of B.V.NCE)

Love Of ReadingLove Of Reading

I. Objectives:Students will be able to:1.    grasp the main idea and structure of the text;2.    understand the value of reading and learn from the writer one of the best ways in reading;3. learn a few useful writing techniques such as using a mixture of long and short sentences, simple andcomplex structures, various openers, as well as the proper deployment of details;4. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;5. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. 

Time AllotmentTime Allotment

periods content

1st & 2nd Pre-reading (questions, recording listening;while reading: title, structure, global understanding of the main idea

3rd & 4th While reading: writing techniques, understanding and practice of language points

5th & 6th Post reading: check on some of after-text exercises; practical exercise book V

7th & 8th Theme-Related Language learning tasks; check on Ss’home reading of Text B; fast reading( text A-2, text B-1

I. I.Pre-reading tasks A.topics for oral presentation (ppt) * Reading Makes A Success2 * The Value Of Reading * The Book J Am Most Interested In.…. B.Questions and Answers   1. Do you think reading is important in life? why or why not?.  2. Are you an ardent lover of reading? If so, how did you develop a passion for reading?.  3. What are favorite books? Why do they appeal to you?.  4.Could you name a book or two that greatly influenced your thinking ? Explain briefly.

IV. While-reading tasks 1.Q.    Why does the writer choose the title One Writer’s Beginnings , How about if the title were My Beginnings or his Writer’s Beginnings

1.   

Cultural Notes

1. Noah Webster (1758-1843): a US educator and author, best known for his American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). He also helped to establish standard American spelling of English with The Elementary Spelling Book (1783). His name is now used on many dictionaries published by different US companies.

2. Charles Dickens (1812-1870): an English writer of novels who combined great writing with the ability to write popular stories full of interesting characters. His many books are mostly about life in Victorian England and often describe the harsh conditions in which poor people lived. His early novels, which include Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, were written in parts for magazines. His later books include David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations

3. Walter Scott (1771-1832): a Scottish author and poet. Most of his poetry and his historical novels are based on the traditions and history of Scotland, especially the border region. His most famous poems include The Lay of the Last Minstrel and The Lady of the Lake, and his best known novels include Waverley, Rob Roy and Ivanhoe. All were extremely popular during his life and influenced many writers in Britain and Europe.

4. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894): a Scottish writer of novels. He is best known for his famous children's adventure stories Treasure Island and Kidnapped, but he also wrote poetry for children and the well-known adult psychological novel The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. Because of poor health Stevenson went to live on the island of Samoa in the Pacific for the last few years of his life.

 

5. Jane Eyre: a novel (1847) by Charlotte Brontě. Jane Eyre is a private teacher for the daughter of Edward Rochester. Jane and Mr Rochester fall in love and are about to marry when she discovers that he already has a wife, who is mentally ill. Years later the lovers meet again and marry, although Rochester has by this time been badly injured in a fire. The novel is still popular, mainly for the contrast in character between Jane and Rochester.

6. Trilby: a novel written by George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (1834-1896), English artist and writer, born in Paris. In 1858 he began to work as a graphic artist. His caricatures for Punch, Once a Week, and The Cornhill Magazine, in which he satirized the middle and upper classes, are of historical value in portraying the fashionable social life of his time. He illustrated works by the English novelists William Makepeace Thackeray, George Meredith, etc.

7. The Woman in White: a novel written by (William) Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), English writer, often regarded as the originator of detective fiction. He was born in London. Unsuccessful at business and law, he preferred to write. In 1851 he began a close association with Charles Dickens, with whom he collaborated on the novel No Thoroughfare (1867). Collins's mystery thriller The Woman in White (1860) and the detective story The Moonstone (1868), which first appeared in periodicals edited by Dickens, are considered masterpieces of their respective genres

8. Green Mansions: a novel written by William Henry Hudson who was an English novelist,naturalist, and ornithologist. The novel's title refers to a forest where the protagonist encounters a tiny girl of the woods, a figure symbolic of the wilderness's unsullied beauty. The book is for-

ward-looking in its ecological warning against civilization's impact on nature. Both his fictionaland nonfictional writings reflect a romantic regard for nature and its inhabitants.

9. King Solomon's Mines: a book (1885) written by Sir H(enry) Rider Haggard (1856-1925),English novelist, colonial administrator, and agriculturist. Haggard's hero, Allan Quatermain who narrates the story in the first person, and two other Europeans travel to the remote interior of Africa in search of a lost friend. They find adventure, mystery, terror, and the legendary diamond mines of King Solomon. Haggard apparently drew inspiration for his tale from the ancient ruins in Zimbabwe.

 

10. Mark Twain (1835-1910): the leading US humorous writer of the 19th century. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He is best known for the novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), but he also wrote travel books and essays, many of them based on his experiences of life on the Mississippi River. His other books include the historical novels The Prince and the Pauper (1882) and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889), and Life on the Mississippi (1889), an account of his early life.

 

11. Ring Lardner: full name Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (1885-1933), American writer and humorist, born in Niles, Michigan. From 1907 to 1919 he was a newspaper columnist and sports reporter. He first attracted attention with a series of humorous magazine stories about a young baseball player, eventually published as You Know Me, Al (1916). In Treat 'Era Rough (1918)

and The Big Town (1921), Lardner depicted the lives of ordinary Americans with satirical humor.

12. Thomas Day (1748-1789): English philanthropist and author, born in London. Day devoted his inherited fortune to various philanthropies, but he is chiefly remembered for The History of Sanford and Merton (1783-1789), a didactic story for children exemplifying the educational theories of French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau.

13. Grimm: the Grimm Brothers, two 19th-century German scholars, who were leaders in the study of philology and folklore. Their names were Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859).

The Grimm brothers were attracted to old German folktales, which they collected from many sources and published as Household Tales (2 volumes, 1812-1815; trans. 1884). The collection, expanded in 1857, is known as Grimm's Fairy Tales. The brothers collaborated on numerous other works. In 1854 they published the first volume of the standard German dictionary, which was completed by other scholars in 1954.

14. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875): Danish author, whose 150 stories for children such as The Ugly Duckling, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Snow Queen, The Red Shoes, and The Little Mermaid established him as one of the great figures of world literature and have been translated into more than 80 languages and have inspired plays, ballets, films, and works of sculpture and painting. Born in Odense, he suffered from poverty and neglect during his childhood, and when he was 14 years of age he ran away to Copenhagen. There he worked for Jonas Collin, director of the Royal Theater, until Collin raised money to provide him with an education.

 

15. All Baba: in folktale, the hero of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" in the collection of stories known in English as Arabian Nights. According to the story, Ali Baba, a poor woodcutter, is gathering wood in the forest when a band of thieves approaches. He hides and watches them enter a cave that opens when they say the words, "Open Sesame." After they depart, Ali Baba stands before the cave and gives the command; to his surprise, the cave opens to reveal an enormous supply of gold and treasures. Ali Baba packs some of the gold on his donkeys and returns home. When his brother Qasim, a rich but hard-hearted

merchant, discovers Ali Baba's new wealth, he demands an explanation. The next day Qasim visits the cave and greedily gathers as much treasure as he can, but forgets the formula for leaving the cave. He is found and killed and the thieves soon trace him to Ali Baba. They plan to kill him too, but Ali Baba's slave Murganah, discovers and foils their scheme. In gratitude, Ali Baba frees Murganah and marriesher (in some variants of the story, he marries her to his son).

16. Aesop (620?-560? B.C.)" ancient Greek writer of fables, who is supposed to have been a freed slave from Thrace. His name became attached to a collection of beast fables long transmitted through oral tradition. The beast fables are part of the common culture of the Indo-European

peoples and constitute perhaps the most widely read collection of fables in world literature.

17. Robin Hood: a character in traditional British stories, who is said to have lived in Sherwood Forest near Nottingham during the rule of King Richard I (1189-1199). His companions (usually called his Merry Men) included Friar Tuck, Little John and Will Scarlet, and his lover was Maid

Marian. Together they robbed rich people and gave money to poor people, and their enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham. There is no evidence that Robin Hood ever existed but there are many stories about him and many films have been made about his adventures. In these he is often shown wearing clothes made of a material called Lincoln green, and holding a bow.

18. King Arthur (5th or 6th century): a king of England who led the Britons in battles against the Saxons. There are many stories about King Arthur, e.g. that he pulled his sword Excalibur from a stone, and that he sat with his knights at a Round Table. Nobody knows if the stories are true but they are very popular and have been used in poems, plays and films.

19. St. George: a national saint of England. Many people believe he was a Christian martyr (=person who is killed because of his or her religious beliefs) in the third century. According to legend, he killed a dragon to save a woman. He is often shown in pictures fighting the dragon

20. Joan of Arc: Joan of Arc, Saint, in French, Jeanne d'Arc (1412-1431), called the Maid Orléans, national heroine and patron saint of France, who united the nation at a critical hour and decisively turned the Hundred Years' War in France's favor. Although Joan had united the French behind Charles and had put an end to English dreams of hegemony over France,

Charles opposed any further campaigns against the English. Therefore, it was without royal support that Joan conducted (1430) a military operation against the English at Compiègne, near Paris, She was captured by Burgundian soldiers, who sold her to their English allies. The English then turned her over to an ecclesiastical court at Rouen to be tried for heresy and sorcery. After 14 months of interrogation, she was accused of wrongdoing in wearing masculine dress and of heresy for believing she was directly responsible to God rather than to the Roman Catholic Church. The court condemned her to death. On May 30, 1431, Joan was burned at the stake in the Old Market Square at Rouen.

 

21. The Pilgrim's Progress: a religious novel written between 1678 and 1684 by John Bunyan. It is an allegory (= a story in which the characters and events are symbols representing other things, such as truths, fears and human qualities) about a man's journey through life to heaven, The man, whose name is Christian, meets many symbolic difficulties on the way, including the Slough of Despond, Vanity Fair and Giant Despair. He finally reaches heaven, and his wife and children follow him.

 

22. Gulliver's Travels: a novel (1726) by Jonathan Swift in which he attacked the British attitude of his time towards religion, science, the law, etc., using satire. Samuel Gulliver, an English traveler, visits strange lands, including Lilliput, where the people are all tiny, Brobdingnag, where the people are all giants, and the country of the Houyhnlmms and the Yahoos, where the horses are wise and the humans are stupid and cruel.

23. Walter Crane (1845-1915): an English artist and member of the Arts and Crafts Movement. His colorful book illustrations had a strong influence on the development of children's books.

I cannot live without books. Thomas Jefferson

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. James McCosh

Outside of a dog a book is man's best. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.          Chinese Proverb

Anyone who has a library and a garden wants for nothing.          Cicero

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.          Mortimer J. Adler

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.          John Milton

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.

Paxton Hood

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book. Charles Kingsley

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all of the miseries of life. W. Somerset Maugham

Never read a book through merely because you have begun it. John Witherspoon

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. Martin Tupper

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. Heinrich Heine

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends: they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. Charles W. Eliot

A library is a hospital for the mind.          Anonymous

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.          Henry Ward Beecher

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.          Richard Steele

I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who read to forget.          William Phelps

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

Ralph Waldo Emerson In a very real sense, people who have read good li

terature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. S. I. Hayakawa

The more that you read, the more things you will know.

The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

Dr. Seuss

Readers may be divided into four classes: 1.) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtied. 2.) Sand-glasses, who retain nothing and are content to get through a book for the sake of getting through the time. 3.) Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read. 4.) Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, who profit by what they read, and enable others to profit by it also. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity. Thomas Carlyle

T'is the good reader that makes the good book. Ralph Waldo Emerson

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. W. Somerset Maugham

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. Edmund Burke

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

B. F. Skinner The end of reading is not more books but mor

e life. Holbrook Jackson

Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual. Socrates

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested. Francis Bacon

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge. John Naisbitt

Words are the voice of the heart. Confucius

We read to know we are not alone. C.S. Lewis

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most. Theodore Parker

Knowledge is knowing... or knowing where to find out. Alvin Toffler

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin

Learning is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. Chinese Proverb

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. Abraham Lincoln

What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education. Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of

2.The structure of the text:Part One: Paras 1and 2 the main idea: Welty’s mother read to

her when she was very young and developed in her a strong love for books.

presentation: Details are presented first and then a result is shown( The last 2 sentences of the second para. tells us that she developed a very strong passion for reading books).

Part Two: Paras 3 to 11 the main idea: Welty’s parents did all they could to help her start reading on her own, thus further

stimulating her interest in reading. Presentation: Pay attention to para 3 which carries

the main of this part, that is, the purpose of her parents’effort.( Her poor parents tried their best or as the writer says in line 70 “They must sacrificed to…” to choose right books to make sure their children could enjoy a good future.

Mini-task a).Q: What have your parents done to you to

make sure you will have a good future? b) Q: Would you tell us a very good gift you

have ever got and why. c).In this part, quite a few books and writers

are mentioned. T may ask Ss how many or how much they have read or known them.

d), In this part, the writer, as a child, divided the books in her family into 4 categories. Have Ss find out what they are. ( they are: books for the whole family; father’s books; mother’s books and the writer’s own books)

 

Part Three: Paras 12 and 13 the main idea: Reading has enabled Welty to hear a vo

ice when reading or writing, which is very helpful in her writing career.

Presentation: In this part, the writer tells what she thinks is the best way in reading. Can you get it?( It is implied in the topic sentence{ 1st sentence of para 12 }”Ever since I was first read to, then started reading to myself, there has never been a line read that I did not hear.[ That’s why the writer says in line

80 that while she read books she located herself in these pages.])

V. Writing Technique Inversion or shift of part of a sentence for the sake of e

mphasis. Exs: 1. …that any room in my house,…… or to be read to ( L.

1)2.Here to help us grow up arguing around the dining roo

m table were…( L.29)3.In the “library” inside the bookcase were books…(L.3

2) 4.To both my parents I owe my early acquaintance wit

h a beloved Mark Twain ( L.40) 5.    … but of him no mention is made on the title page

of this book; (L.47) 6.    Whether I am right to trust so far I don’t know. ( L.

106) 7.    My own words, when I am at work on a story…that

I hear when I read in books. ( L.109)

V. Have Ss paraphrase some sentences: 1.It was my ambition…before I brought her

butter. ( L.9) 2. I was ready for them, committed to…. ( L20 ) 3.… But though it must have been something of

a strain on his salary. ( L.23 ) 4.… those were the volumes that in time united

us all, parents and children. ( L.42 ) 5. … anger and rescue allotted to the rich and

the poor respectively. ( L.51 ) 6.I live in gratitude to my parents for initiating

me …by way of the alphabet. ( L.92 ) 7.Whether I am right to trust so far I don’t

know. (106)

VI. Have Ss understand and practice some key and active language points

A. presentation by teachers 1.ticktick:: make light, regularly repeated sounds; put a s

mall mark against (names, figures, etc.) to show that sth. is correct

Exs: While we waited the taxi's meter kept ticking away

Tick the sentence that best describes your feelings.n.Exs: The ticks made us all dose off in such a stuffy day.Put a tick in a box next to your answer.

2.rhythm2.rhythm:: regular successions of weak and strong stresses, accents,sounds of movements (in speech, music, dancing, etc.)

Exs: Sleeping pills upset the normal rhythms of sleep.Children began to move together to the rhythm of the music.

in rhythmin rhythmEx: The young mother was rocking the cradle in rhythm. 3.churn3.churn:: move sth. energetically in different directionsExs: The fish churned (up) the water when we threw into food. The village woman churned the milk until it turned into butter.

4.sob4.sob:: draw in breath sharply and irregularly from sorrow or pain, esp. while crying; make a sound like that of sobbing

Exs:I found her sobbing in the bedroom because she'd broken her favorite doll.

“ What can be worse than this? She sobbed.n. act or sound of sobbing Exs: I could feel mother controlling her sobs from the next room.Her body shook with sobs.5.read off5.read off finish reading ( off in this phrase means an arranged

event is stopped or given up in advance)Exs: The football has been called off this afternoon because of s

now. His hockey match was rained off (= stopped because of rain )

6.carry off6.carry off to deal successfully with sth. difficult; to win a prizeEx Exs: It’s a demanding role, but I’m sure she’ll be able to carry it off. At last week’s Oscars, a small number of films carried off nearly all the prizes.7. 7. illiterateilliterate:: (sb.)unable to read or write; with little or no educationExs Exs: It is reported that a surprising percentage of the population in the town are il

literate. They know nothing and they need nothing –they are completely illiterate. She has to teach a class of illiterates.8.strain8.strain pressure caused by a difficult situationExs : This war will still put a great strain on the economy I don’t think our relationship can stand the strain of another move. All that lifting is putting his back under severe strain.v. T try hard to do sth.Exs Exs: I strained to hear what they were saying. I could not keep up with him, without straining myself. He strained his eyes (=tried very hard to see ) in the dim light.

9.9.order/send away fororder/send away for write to a person or an organization asking them to send sth. to you

Exs: I’ve sent away for details of their holiday packages. Some are used to ordering away for what they need online.10. 10. sink intosink into:: indulge in, be absorbed into Exs: As the months went by, he sank into a deep depression. She was furious with her boss and sank into fantasies of revenge.11 111.elope1.elope:: (of a woman) run away from home with a lover, usually to get m

arried Exs: Asher parents didn't allow her to get married, she decided to elop

e with her lover.It turned out that she eloped with her tutor.12. 12. discoursediscourse:: communicate in speeches or writing Exs: Civilized discourse between the two countries has become impos

sible. We rarely entered into discourse about anything more interesting than

the weather.

13. 13. respectivelyrespectively:: separately or in turn, and in the order mentionedExs: In the 200 meters, Lily and Sarah came first and third respectively

(=Lily won the race and Sarah was third).Their sons, Henry and Ben, were three and six respectively.14.14. moral moral:: that which a story, event or experience teaches (followed by

of/to) standards of behavior, principles of right and wrong (used in plural)

Exs: The moral of / to the story is that honesty is always the best policy. Most of the Chinese fables carry some morals. It is certainly not true that all young people have no morals.adj. concerning principles of right and wrong; good and virtuousEx: Those who campaign against the death penalty believe they are on

a moral crusade.

15.engrave15.engrave:: cut or carve (lines, words, designs, etc.) on a hard surface; impress deeply (on the memory or mind)

Exs: Terrible memory was engraved on her mind. He engraved the silver plate with the date they married on.Some tourists like to engrave their names on trees or something

in a new place16.16. tatter tatter in very bad condition because parts oe it have been torn

Exs: The broken photo is just a symbol of my torn and tattered past.

n. The strong wind has blown our flags into tatters.17.17. lay in lay in obtain or storeExs: We’d better lay in plenty of food in case we’re cut off wh

en it snows.

18.18. legend legend:: old story handed down from the past, esp. one of doubtful truth; famous person

:Exs: Have you read the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table?

Legend has it that he always wore his boots in bed.She was a legend in her own lifetime.19. 19. flankflank:: place at the side of or on either side ofExs: The altar was flanked by two Christmas trees. We could see him taking a walk in the prison grounds sometim

es, flanked by two guards.nExs: A small group of houses clings to the eastern flank of the mount

ain. They decided to attack the enemy's exposed right flank.

20. go through fire and water: face great hardship and danger Exs: Doctors and nurses went through fire and water to save SARS patients The police went through fire and water to secure the local people.21 measure a way of judgingEx: Tests are not an accurate measure of performance.22. initiate: give (sb.) elementary instruction (used in the pattern:initi

ate sb. into); set (sth.) working Exs: The teacher initiated his students into the study of the traffic problem of the city. The government has recently initiated a massive new house-buildin

g program.

23.23. via, throughvia, throughExs: He contacted me by way of email. Why don't you travel to London by way of Paris?24. 24. inwardinward:: deep in mind or soul; situated within, inner Exs: He never revealed his inward feelings.His latest CD gives us a thoughtful and inward interpretation of the music.the inward organs of the human body25.25. reside reside:: live be present Exs: All full time students must reside in university hall

s of residence.The power to sack employees resides in the Board of Direc

tors.

B. presentation by students: find the definitions of the following and demonstrate their correct usages in class

 1.  give sb. no peace; 2. ambition; 3. expressive; 4. all the while; 5. stay on; 6. allot; 7.illustration; 8. not hold a candle to;9. in gratitude to; 10. by way of;

VII. Post- reading tasks1. Have Ss do some after-text exercises;2.Check on Ss’ home reading of Text B;3.Guide Ss through Reading Strategy;4.Have Ss role-play based on the following

story; Directions: Read following story and have

Ss solve the puzzle“Who Is The Most Intelligent

Candidate?”

The story: The residents of the village are going to make a very important decision, which will affect their future greatly. The head of their village, a wise old man, is to retire soon. In the past 50 years, his management has helped the residents enjoy an above-the-average life. Their residence is like a garden and every family has a 2-storied house. No one is worried about food and clothing and every school-age child is having a merry school life. Now they are anxious to get a person to take the

position and this man should be, if not wiser, as intelligent as the old head. Three young men are now under consideration, but who is the best ? 3 days ago, the village council decided to assign each of the three $100, and asked them to bring back whatever they think the most useful for the future development of the village. Today they

have come back with their ‘ best choice’. All the residents are assembled

at the village hall. They will hear the three candidates’ reasons for their

choices and make their final decision. participants and tasks: Three students are supposed to be candidates A,B, and C. Other stu

dents, hearing their reasons .will decide on the best candidate. Cand. A: I’ve got a design of a new model…. I’m sure……. Cand. B: I’ve bought some seeds of a new breed of …. I have confidence that with them,…Cand. C: I’ve brought back some newly published books on….With the instructions and experiences we get from them, I firmly belie

ve that…….Residents A,B,C,D,

  5.   Writing task Directions: For this part, you are required to wr

ite a composition of no less than 150 words on the topic “The Importance of Literature Reading” It should be finished in no more than 30 minutes. The composition must be based on the following outline given in Chinese.

1. 有人认为文学阅读己不适合科技时代；2. 有人仍坚持文学阅读能提升人们的综合素质；3. 请谈谈你的看法。

1.        Have Ss to prepare for the next unit

a.      preview Text A of Unit 2b.  suggested topics (ppt) of Oral Presentation for

Text A of Unit 2★ Eat For Good Health★ The List Of Most Suitable Food For…★ My Reasons (Not) To Go Veggie__________________________________________

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PracticePracticeonon

Vocabulary

Section A Directions: From the four choices given under each sentence, choos

e the ONE that is closest in meaning to the underlined word or expression.

1.       You’ll give your wife no peace until you tell her the truth. A)     Your wife will not live a quiet life B)      You and your wife will not live in peace C)      Your wife will be kept in dark D)      Your wife will be kept anxious 2.       With her great voice and expressive features, she would have

made a good actress. A)     a face showing a lot of feeling, B)      a face telling audience a lot of stories, C)      eyes full of emotions, D)      eyes full of affection, 3.       There was me thinking you were out and you were upstairs asl

eep in bed all the while. A) such a long time B) all the time C) so soon D) all through

4.  Being a politician can put an enormous amount of strain on one’s family.

A) trouble B) stress C) preoccupation D) hysteria5.  My parents believe that I should go to a first-rate college to st

udy so they tried every means to work and save money for the future.

A)     to buy me into the best college. B)      to buy various books for my future. C)      so that in future I need not work hard. D)      so that I can have a good future 6.The system was introduced to save money. Consideration wa

s made secondarily for any benefit to the public. A)     Benefit to the public was to be considered later. B)      Second consideration would be made by public. C)      Any other benefit should come after that to public. D)      Public interests were considered of minor importance.

7.    The names of the 58000 American military personnel who died in Vietnam are carved on the Vietnam Veteran Memorial in Washington.

A) incised B) engraved C) printed D) penetrated8 8.   When I read novels, I always locate myself in the very place

s, walking through streets or along rivers, talking with people and experiencing their life, etc.

A) imagine B) illuminate C) believe D)comprehend9. The pop music of today can’t hold a candle to the great song

s of the 60s and 70s. A)     can’t exceed B)      can’t be appreciative to people of 60s and 70s C)      can’t be compared to D)      can’t enlighten us on10.   At the age of thirteen, Harry was initiated into the art of golf

by his father A)started B) informed C) lessoned D) instructed

11. He swore that, come what may, he would never let her know what he was doing for her sake.

A) whether she came or not B) whatever he was offered C) whoever comes D) whatever happens12. She was furious with her boss and indulged in rapturous fant

asies of revenge. A) drank in B) fell into C) downed in D) sank into13.They were waiting to strike at the flank of Napoleon’s army. A) side B) back C) front D) rear14. By the time they arrived at the house she’d worked herself

up into a real state. A) excited herself B) raised herself C) triggered herself D) passionated herself15.  The book is full of illuminating details on the causes of the

war. A) enlightening B) lightening C) conspicuous D) obscure

Section BDirections: For each of the following sentences there are

four choices marked a, b, c and d. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence.

16.  Hurry up and you might catch them in the ______ of their tea.

A) time B) middle C) occasion D) event 17.   The university has already ______ honorary degrees on

several successive politicians and businessmen. A) conferred B) allocated C) rewarded D) granted18.  This is the only newspaper that insistently ______ the

right of teenagers to have their say. A) conflicted B) championed C) combated D)

competed19. As a teacher, you could expect to be paid ______ between

$50,000 to $80,000. A) somewhere B) anywhere C) something D) anything   20.  He ______ through four or five newspapers, trying to find

the article. A) worked B) went C) flipped D) riffled

21.  They were so ______ with what they were doing that they didn’t hear me come in.

A) engrossed B) fascinated C) willed D) intensified22.The symptoms of the rare disease include a _____ for sweet f

oods. A) craze B) craving C) crawl D) crane23.  Her talent might have lain ______ had it not been for her au

nt’s encouragement. A) intact B) lifeless D) inactive D) dormant24.   She was lulled to sleep by the gentle ______ of the boat in t

he water. A) movement B) rhythm, C) note D) rock25.  The wife was given specific instructions on how to cope wit

h conceivable problem that might ______ during his absence. A) come up B) pick up C) come out D) pick out

26.. Although she had only rehearsed the part a few times, she ______ it off beyond all expectations.

A) gave B) presented C) carried D) performed27.The soldier found himself ______ a hero when he returned to

his village. A) somehow likeB) someway as C) something of D) somewhat of28.  It’s very important to play the game ______ and not make

trouble for anyone. A) in the right spirit B) by great emotions C) with a good heart D) on the correct principle29.       The prisoners were kept on ______ allowance of food an

d insufficient time for sheep. A) few B) little C) short D) thin30.  Those who campaign against the death penalty believe they

are on a ______ crusade. A) secondary B) ambitious C) legendary D) moral

31. Voters in three states were given the opportunity to make English the language of official ______ in those states.

A) interlocutor B) discourse C) encyclopedia D) cricket32.For many ______ people, television is the one means of getti

ng news. A) illegible B) illiterate C) illegitimate D) illegal33. He ______ working in the office with long tours overseas. A) alternated B) ticked C) flanked D) flecked34.  David wasn’t able to finish the task within the ______ time. A) donated B) allotted C) distributed D) subscribed35.   I got a few ______ of paint on the window when I was painti

ng the frames. A) flecks B) freaks C) flasks D) freckles

36.    His success was in some ______ due to his being in the right place at the right time.

A) degree B) extent C) measure D) scale37. Over the 8 years, Chinese people went through ______ to def

eat the Japanese aggressors. A) thick and thin B) mountain and river C) a thousand and one way D) fire and water38. He did everything he could to restore his ______ reputation

but to little avail. A) tattered B) tattooed C) tethered D) terrace39. He was the star at the party; he entertained us by reciting his

poems with beautiful ______. A) cadences B) rhythms C) beats D) tempos 40. The rugs are still produced, but they are a little too ______ f

or western tastes. A) expressive B) garish C) innocuous D) straight

41.  Obviously you came here intending to _____ in America and you will need a work visa.

A) reprimand B) resettle C) reprieve D) reside42.   Low earners will pay only half the charge but high earners will hav

e to pay full ______. A) mark B) price C) whack D) cost43. She came out with some ______story about not having enough mo

ney to go and see her father who was seriously ill. A) weeping B) saddened C) sobbing D) tragic44.The need for secrecy is ______ to the need to take immediate action. A) superior B) secondary C) superb D) priority45.In her speech she presented a(an) ______ argument for increasing t

axes. A) authoritative B) sedative C) influential D) potent

46.   When animals have more food, they generally ______ faster. A) multiply B) intensity C) expand D) escalate47. They showed great ______ for the cause of helping deprived childre

n. A) ardent B) ardor C) arbiter D) arbor48.    The Home Office must weed out ______ from such highly sensitive

jobs. A) proponents B) guerillas C) subversives D) rebels49.       They ______ in (at/over) their victory after so many years of hard

ships and difficulties. A) overjoyed B) gloated C) elated D) exulted50.   He had an actor’s typically ______ features, which enabled him t

o act roles of different backgrounds. A) malleable B) changeable C) conceivable D) manageablekey

Key

D A B B D D B A C D

D D A A A B C A B D

A B D B A C C A C D

B B A B A C D A A A

D C C B D A B C D A