encourage encouragement encouraging encouragingly1) When leaving the room, a guest is _________________ to make sure to have the lights and the TV turned off.2) My mother smiled ____________________ at me as I went on stage to play the piano for the first time.3) It was _________________ that he recognized the dangers facing the company.4) Thanks to your advice and _________________, I have successfully finished writing my paper.
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freeze (v., n.) frozen freezing freezer1) The girl slipped on the _______________ mud.2) The lakes here never_____________ even in winter.3) The temperature remained below _______________ point throughout January.4) If you want to store food for long periods, put it in the _______________.5) If the economy continues to worsen, most workers, including white collars will face a pay _______________.
Complete the passage with words chosen from the following Words and Phrases. Change the form where necessary.Imagine how you would fill in 24 hours a day, every day, if you ____________ (1) have to work. There you go -- off to the beach in summer, the movies in winter, watch TV on rainy days, go skating or horse riding, ____________ (2) a lot of books or magazines, sleep ...But would you? Where would the money ___________ (3) from for your bus fares, the movies, the TV set and the electricity, the skates and books?Let's say that ____________ (4) grew on trees, and that no one had to worry about that "small" problem. Now you can do all those things ... right?Probably not, ____________ (5) if no one had to worry about ____________ (6) money, then who would bother driving your bus to the beach-- for that matter, who would bother building your bus, or making your movies, skates, books, etc.? Why would they bother to?What you'd probably end up ____________ (7) would be spending most of your time out in the fields growing your ___________ (8) food, or looking after your cows for milk and meat, your sheep for clothing, growing bamboo for the walls of your hut.Why would you need to do this? Because no one else would need to do it to earn money, because money grew on trees -- right?____________ (9), money in that sort of society doesn't really exist, and is of no _____________(10) to the people.Obviously own moneymakereaddon't value readingdidn't doingbecause earning comeStillproblem
Complete the passage with words chosen from the Words and Phrases to Drill box. Change the form where necessary.acutebackwardclingdrearyendurefancyflutterfragilejointmasterpiecemerryminglemocknonsensepersistentscarcelysinstalksubtractwhistlebe wet throughcall tocling tofor the resthear ofin a whisperin tunelook the partpull upsit upstand outto excessturn loosewear awayI had only known Johnsy a few months when she fell victim to the disease. We had met in May and, finding ourselves so much ____________________ (1), had set up home together. Then, in November, she became ill. ____________ (2) able to speak _________________________ (3), she seemed unable to ______________________(4) life. It was such a change. Before she had always been so lively and __________ (5). Now she just __________________ (6) in bed, staring out of the window. She had this strange belief that once the last leaf on the vine outside fell, she would die. I told her it was all _____________ (7), but to no effect. It was our downstairs neighbor, Mr. Behrman, who came to her rescue. When he heard of Johnsy's strange __________ (8) he flew into a fierce temper, regarding it as a __________ (9) that one so young should give up life so easily. Thanks to Behrman, the last leaf never did fall. Late at night he had climbed up and painted the leaf on the wall. It was his long-promised ______________ (10).
Read the passage carefully until you have got its main idea, and then select one appropriate word for each gap from the box following the passage.Five years ago a female inmate(犯人)at Riker's Island told Jane Paley that she smelled wonderful. As president of Friendly Visitors, a 50-year-old organization whose ____________ (1) is "acts of loving kindness that don't ____________ (2) large sums of money or hours of work," Paley frequently went to the New York City _________ (3). That day, though, a spray of perfume(香水)went off in her head.Her group had long donated(捐赠)money so that the 100 women in the jail could buy food and treats. Why ________________ (4) give them fancy toiletries(化妆用品) too?Paley and her crew of 35 women figured out the perfect way to get the goods: They asked friends to _______________ (5) hotel soaps, shampoos and lotions when they travel. Volunteers bundle them into goody bags and ______________ (6) them to Riker's several times a year, including Christmas and Mother's Day."These mini-donations make the women feel ____________ (7)," says Paley. "You can see them turn themselves around a little bit."So, Paley continues, "If you're lucky enough to afford a ___________ (8), take the soap and shampoos. Bring them to homeless shelters, battered women shelters or any organization in _________ (9). It's a ____________ (10) act that may mean a great deal."need (n.) not involve deliverjail don't beautiful collectmission small hospital uncomfortable fetch intention vacation