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Exercise 4.
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Unit 1
Exercise 1.
Match the words and word-combinations in the two columns
| 1.to look forward to smth. | a. to desert |
| 2.to stare | b. similarity in nature, appearance |
| 3.register (roll) | c. consolation for grief |
| 4.to shout down | d. to command smb with a movement of the hand or head |
| 5.to abandon | e. a steady intent look |
| 6.difference | f. to meet smb by chance |
| 7.to run into smb. | g. to say the same thing at the same time |
| 8.helpless | h. to await eagerly |
| 9.to depend on smb. | i. to look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open |
| 10.resemblance | j. a disagreement or dispute |
| 11.to chorus | k. to rely on smb. |
| 12.comfort | l. to silence by talking loudly |
| 13.to motion to smb. | m. suitability, appropriateness |
| 14.gaze | n. a record of attendance of pupils in a class |
| 15.convenience | o. incapable, vulnerable |
Exercise 2.
Fill in the blanks
1. He must have known that his life, among these treacherous demons, ____________ a hair.
2. The new parking lot will make shopping much more ____________.
3. ____________ your head against the back of the chair!
4. The number of cookies in a box may _______.
5. Exercise ___________ in her health.
6. _________, my good fellow, I told you that you'd got to put your nose to the grindstone
7. The whole family were afraid of him and felt _________ if he looked into their eyes.
8. Broad plains __________ to the sea.
9. She got back after lunch and _____ the car into the garage.
10. All the dogs kept up _________ of mingled whining and barking.
11. I know not how his proper official title _______.
12. They appreciate all the creature _________ of home.
13. The climbers stood on top of the mountain ________ at the splendid view.
14. It's such a big place that _________ a man there is like _________ a needle in a bundle of hay.
15. This part of the country ___________ England.
Exercise 3.
Paraphrase using active vocabulary units
1. Don't bank on your relatives to help you out of trouble.
2. The government appears powerless to stop this spiral of violence.
3. The river flows from east to west.
4. The prisoners were linked to each other by irons around their legs.
5. She had a faraway look in her eyes.
6. Do write to your mother to ease her of her worry.
7. The room was small but cosy.
8. This tool is handy for various jobs.
9. I bumped into an old friend in town today.
10. But that didn't make her forsake her hope.
11. Musicians usually disagree on the way a piece of music should be played.
12. Sam was the only one we could trust.
13. Saturday afternoons go by like lightning!
14. The children spend too much time looking at television.
15. For over 100 years, men have sought for gold in these hills.
16. He halted to repose his wayworn soldiers.
17. This shipping line plies across the ocean.
18. She stood in the doorway, tears streaming down her face.
19. The events of two days have been run into one.
20. The car banged against the garage door and damaged it.
Exercise 4.
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