2010级词汇练习

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VOCABULARY EXERCISES

Exercise 1

Try to guess the meaning of the italicized word in each of the following sentences according to word analysis:

1. In retrospect, we would have been wise to leave our money in the bank.

a. many years ago

b. looking around

c. looking back

2. He lost his spectacles.

a. glasses

b. shoes

c. pants

3. He inspected their work.

a. spoke highly of

b. examined closely

c. did not examine

4. I am going to buy a microbus.

a. big bus

b. medium-sized bus

c. small bus

5. He lived a hard life in pre-liberation days.

a. before liberation

b. after liberation

c. since liberation

Exercise 2

Complete the following sentences according to word analysis:

1. If you have auditory trouble, you have trouble in the .

2. What he has said is illogical. Here illogical means logical.

3. An irregular verb is a verb which is regular.

4. A predictor is one who can something in advance.

5. A preposition comes a noun.

6. If they are co-producers, they produce something .

Exercise 3

Following is a list of words containing some of the stems and affixes introduced in this section. Definitions of these words appear on the right. These words are problbly unfamiliar to you. It is Not the purpose of this exercise to teach you the definitions of all these words. Instead, the exercise is designed to serve as a review of stems and affixes defined in this section and as a way for you to practise using the skill of word analysis to guess the meanings of unfamiliar words.

Group 1

1. microscope a. the science of hearing

2. phonoscope b. the act or sense of hearing

3. audition c. an instrument used to make small object large enough to see or study

4. audiology d. an instrument which tests the quality of strings for musical instruments

Group 2

1. audimeter a. an instrument that records or reproduce sound

2. gramophone b. an instrument for measuring hearing

3. chronometer c. an instrument for measuring time accurately

4. chronology d. the science which measures time and gives dates to events

Group 3

1. micrograph a. an instrument used to make weak sounds louder

2. chronoscope b. an instrument for doing extremely small writing

3. phonogram c. an instrument used to measure small periods of time

4. microphone d. the sign or symbol representing a sound or word

Group 4

1. phonology a. an instrument to help the partially deaf hear

2. audiphone b. long-lasting; habitual

3. chronic c. the study of speech sound

4. chronicler d. one who studies history

Exercise 4

Try to guess the meaning of the italicized word or phrase in each of the following sentences according to word analysis:

1. The first thing Jim did when he got off the train was to look for a porter.

a. one who sells tickets

b. taxcab

c. one who carries luggage

2. No matter what Fred said, Noam contradicted him.

a. said the opposite

b. shouted at him

c. did not listen to him

3. The doctor is a specialist in the human respiratory system.

a. digestive

b. nerve

c. breathing

4. He circumvented the problem.

a. went around; avoided

b. solved

c. described

5. They imported Japanese cars.

a. sold cars to Japan

b. bought cars from Japan

c. did not buy cars from Japan

6. He goes to work by subway.

a. underground railway

b. railway above the ground

c. railway between two hills

7. If the temperature is sub-zero, the temperature is .

a. above zero

b. below zero

c. at zero

8. A supermarket is a self-service store selling food, household goods, etc.

a. small

b. medium-sized

c. large

Exercise 5

Complete the following sentences according to word analysis:

1. An anti-tank weapon is a weapon tanks.

2. Interstate trade is trade states.

3. If you submerge an object, you put it water.

4. A transatlantic trip is a trip that goes the Atlantic Ocean.

5. Intra-family affairs are the affairs the family.

6. Ante-Christmas means Christmas.

7. Supersonic speed is the speed which is than the speed of sound.

8. Postgraduate students are those who study taking a first academic degree.\

Exercise 6

Analyze the following words according to word-formation:

1.support:

2.postscript:

3.telephone:

4.telegram:

5.television

Exercise 7

Put the letter of the suitable definition next to each word:

Group 1

1. anteroom a. capable of being carried easily

2. flexible b. able to bend without breaking; not stiff

3. portable c. something which happens or exists before another thing

4. antecedent d. a room forming an entrance to another one

Group 2

1. superscript a. letter or symbol written above or to the side of another one

2. transport b. a boss

3. transmit c. to carry from one place to another over a distance

4. supervisor d. to send from one person or place to another

Group 3

1. revoke a. to come together as a group

2. convene b. to call back; cancel

3. telemeter c. to draw a line aroung

4. circumscrible d. an instrument for measuring the distance of an object far from the observer Group 4

1. subsequent a. the examination of one’s own thought

2. introspection b. to come between points of time and events

3. intervene c. following in time, order or place

4. consequence d. a logical reuslt or conclusion

Exercise 8

Select the best definition of the italicized word or phrase or answer the question:

1. The country was ruled by monarch for 500 years.

a. king or queen

b. single family

c. group of oldest citizens

2. He was interested in anthropology.

a. the study of apes

b. the study of insects

c. the study of man

3. Some citizens say the election of William Blazer will lead to anarchy.

a. a government controlled by one man

b. the absence of a controlling government

c. an out-dated government

4. If a man is a bigamist, he .

a. has two children

b. will never marry

c. is married to two women

5. Which of the following pairs of words are antonyms?

a. see, sea

b. wet, dry

c. big, large

6. He says he is an atheist.

a. one who believes in one god

b. one who believes in no god

c. one who believes in many gods

7. Don’t listen to his nonsense.

a. foolish talk; meaningless words

b. beautiful words

c. clever talk; meaningful words

8. He misunderetood me.

a. understoood wrongly

b. understood rightly

c. did not understand

Exercise 9

Complete the following sentences according to word analysis:

1. A non-conductor is a substance that does conduct heat or electric current.

2. A non-stop flight is a flight a stop.

3. If you are unemployed, you are employed.

4. A manuscript is the first or only copy of a book or a piece of writing, especially written by .

5. A homograph is a word that has the spelling as another, but is different in meaning, origin or pronunciation.

Exercise 10

Put the letter of the proper definition next to each word:

Group 1

1. manual a. the practice of or condition of having many marriage partners

2. polygamy b. done by the hand or hands

3. monogamy c. a wrongly applied name; a mistake in naming a person or thing

4. misnomer d. the practice or condition of having one marriage partner

Group 2

1. monotheism a. giving no name; of unknown authorship

2. polytheism b. the science or study of religious truth

3. theology c. the belief that there is only one god

4. anonymous d. the belief in more than one god

Group 3

1. archenemy a. resembling man

2. sympathy b. a chief or main opponent

3. anthropoid c. a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another

4. synonym d. agreement in feeling between persons

Group 4

1. misanthrope a. a hearer or listener

2. archbishop b. a person who hates his fellow man

3. auditor c. the chief bishop of a province

4. misprint d. a mistake in printing

Exercise 11

Select the best definition of the italicized word in each of the following sentences:

1. To apply to some universities, you must fill out the application form and include a short autobiography.

a. account of your life written by yourself

b. list of courses you have taken

c. list of schools you have attended

2. Dr. Swanson has written articles about interstellar travels.

a. under water

b. high speed

c. outer space

3. An astronaut is a person who tavels in a .

a. train

b. spaceship

c. boat

4. A multi-storeyed building is a building which has .

a. many storeys

b. one storey

c. three storeys

5. If something is immortal, it will never .

a. live

b. move

c. die

Exercise 12

Answer the following questions:

1. How many wheels are there in a unicycle?

2. How many wheels are there in a tricycle?

3. How many angles are there in a triangle?

4. How many years are there in a decade?

5. Why are the clothes that nurses, policemen and soldiers wear called uniform?

Exercise 13

Put the letter of the suitable definition next to each word:

Group 1

1 psychologist a. written history of a person’s life

2. philanthropist b. one who studies the chemical compounds and process occurring in organism

3. biochemist c. one who studies minds and behavior

4. biography d. one who shows love for man by doing good work for society

Group 2

1. biology a. resembling a star

2. asteroid b. the science or study of life

3. astronomer c. a period of time in which certain events repeat

4. cycle d. a scientific observer of the planets, stars and outer space

Group 3

1. semicircle a. a series of or groups of three related novels, dramas, operas, etc.

2. trilogy b. a half circle

3. astrology c. one of the three children born at one birth

4. triplet d. the study of the influence of the stars on human affairs.

Group 4

1. unilateral a. having many colors

2. bilateral b. belonging to, involving only one side

3. multicolored c. a person who has many millions of dollars

4. multimillionaire d. affecting two sides or parties

Exercise 14

Complete the following sentences according to word analysis:

1. A thermometer is an instrument used to measure or .

2. A pedal is a part of a bicycle on which people put their .

3. If you are hypersensitive to criticism, you are sensitive to criticism.

4. If we deport someone, we carry or drive him .

5. When we simplify a story, we it simple.

6. To beautify one’s room means to it beautiful.

7. To debone a fish means to take the bone it.

8. To disagree with somebody means to agree with him.

9. To debus means to get the bus.

10. When the train was derailed, it was caused to run the rail.

Exercise 15

Put the letter of the suitable definition next to each word:

Group 1

1. diameter a. a route which goes around a town

2. corpse b. the care and treatment of the human foot

3. podiatry c. the length of a straight line which passes through the center of an object

4. bypass d. a dead body

Group 2

1. lithoid a. something produced in addition to the chief product

2. pedestrain b. to divide or distribute what has been concentrated or united

3. decentralize c. stone-like

4. by-product d. a person who walks

Group 3

1. corpulent a. to cause to combine with water

2. hydrate b. to cut off the head of

3. decapitate c. fat; large of body

4. hypercritical d. too critial, especially of small faults

Group 4

1. hydrometer a. to make parts into one

2. unify b. the science of the form of the earth.

3. geomorphology c. the science of the ages of earth

4. geochronlogy d. an instrument which is used to measure the proportion of liquid or water

Exercise 16

Just as coughing and sore throat are indications of physical illness, a sense of disorientation and an inability to sleep are symptoms of the psychological illness and cultural shock.

1.Disorientation means ______.

a.losing the sense of direction

b.having the sense of direction

c.knowing the direction quite well

2.Inability means _____.

a.the state or action of not being able to do something

b.the state or action of being able to do something

c.the state of sleeping

3.Symptoms mean ______.

a. keys

b. sympathies

c. indications of illness

4. Psychological means ______.

a. relating to foot

b. relating to mind

c. relating to heart