Friday, March 29, 2013

Vocabulary Review: On the Road to Exciting New Changes in Car Design


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Exercise your mind! Use word association (联系) to improve your memory.
a. once a year : annually :: twice a year: semi-annually
b. wonderful : fantastic :: amazing : incredible
1. the power : powerful : the sun : __________
2. to produce : to make :: to use again : to ____________
3. to hurt : to harm :: to advise not to : to __________
4. the power : the energy :: ________________: money for studying wind power
5. a stopover : a layover :: the last place on a trip : the ____________

What one word can you use to fill in each set (a, b, c)? Write it in the blank.
6. a) Cars XXX gas, diesel, or electricity.
b) Some calculators XXX solar power, so you don’t need to plug them in.
c) Cell phones, cameras, and laptops XXX batteries. (
電池 , pilas)
7. a) You can XXX a ball in your hand.
b) On the phone, you can XXX until a person comes on the line.
c) You can XXX a press conference. ____________
8. a) If the TV is too loud, you can XXX the volume.
b) If the room is too cold, you can XXX the air conditioning.
c) On the computer, you can XXX the darkness, the lightness, or the color of a picture if you don’t like it. ____________
9. a) You drive carefully in order to XXX accidents.
b) You eat good food and exercise in order to XXX getting sick.
c) If don’t want to see a person, you try to XXX her. ____________
10. a)You can XXX your destination. What time did you XXX Los Angeles?
b) You can XXX for something that is high up on a shelf. If you cannot XXX it, you might need a step ladder.
11. a) Here are some fabric XXX:
polka dotted solid striped checked floral
paisley plaid
b) Here are some common spelling XXX:
/i:/ each, repeat, piece, believe, seen, feel
/o:/ boat, throat, wrote, note, rose, nose

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