English education

1. UNIT 2 (EXERCISE)

2. D. FILL IN THE BLANKS.
1. The other members of the team will not be able to accept your ----------
from the project as you are announcing it too late; you have to cooperate until
the project is completed. [para. 2]
2. One of the dangers of smoking is that its ---------- will appear so gradually
that the smoker might feel that it is almost safe to smoke ‘another’ cigarette.
[para. 2]
3. Security-enhancing devices have recently become so technologically
advanced that they use personal biological traits (e.g. fingerprints or shape of
the cornea) to ---------- a person. [para. 2]
4. Man is a social creature; therefore, a tendency to spend one’s time in ------
---- should be considered against man’s nature. [para. 2]
5. The test the teacher gave the students at the beginning of the semester was
only used for ---------- purposes and would therefore not count towards the
final grade. [para. 2]
6. He is a highly ---------- manager, with almost everyone in the
company following his requests wholeheartedly. [para. 2]
Withdrawal
repercussions
identify
isolation
diagnostic
respected

3. 7. Since our medical supplies in this hospital are limited, we have to first --------
-- those who need urgent medical help. [para. 3]
8. The teacher ---------- the text by explaining to the class every single point
that students had problem understanding. [para. 4]
9. The new medication is so effective that it reduces to almost zero any chance of
the ---------- of the disease. [para. 4]
10. Although insisting at first that he had followed all the physician’s instructions,
he finally had to ---------- that he had taken his medication quite irregularly.
[para. 5]
11. As the kid found it impossible to solve the problem all alone, he ----------
his parents for help. [para. 6]
12. When that restaurant opened in a far-off part of the town, no one imagined
that other branches would ---------- so fast; it has actually turned into a chain.
[para. 6]
13. While child abortion is ---------- in certain countries, it is not at all allowed
in others, requiring criminal prosecution. [para. 6]
14. It was quite ---------- that the cardiologist who has saved the lives of
innumerable patients finally died of a cardiovascular disease. [para. 6]
target
exhausted
relapse
admit
turned to
Spring up
Legal
ironical

4. WORD FAMILIES
Adjective
Noun
Verb
corresponding
Correspondent
correspondence
correspond
excessive
excess
exceed
diagnostic
diagnosis
diagnose
Negligent/neglectful
Negligence/neglect
neglect
withdrawn
withdrawal
withdraw
Addicted/addictive
addiction
......
resistant
resistance
resist
Exhausting/exhausted/ive
Exhaust/exhaustion
exhaust
Occupied/occupational
Occupation/occupant
occupy
Admitted/admissible
Admission/admittance
admit

5. 1. The features of addiction to the Internet ---------- to those of other
types of addiction.
2. If you take in calories in ---------- of what is needed for your normal
body functioning and growth, you will normally gain weight.
3. The ---------- of this disease is often a challenge for doctors as there
is a lot of overlap between its symptoms and those of some other
disorders.
4. The doctor was sued by the patient for having ---------- to order
some
necessary tests.
5. He initially accepted the post offered to him with a lot of excitement,
but when he learned about the full range of responsibilities involved, he
---------- from the position.
correspond
excess
diagnosis
neglected
withdrew

6. 6. Many people are ---------- to drinking tea right after their meal,
despite the frequently-heard suggestion that this will prevent the iron
from being absorbed into the bloodstream.
7. Internet addicts often find it pretty hard to ---------- the temptation of
buying newer models of computers as soon as they are available on the
market.
8. Many of the once-----------, traditional forms of revising a text have
been replaced by fast and efficient digital methods done by a computer.
9. His ---------- is selling merchandise online--from the comfort of his
home.
10. Due to a fierce competition from around the globe, it is not very easy
to obtain ---------- into that university.
addicted
resist
exhausting
occupation
admission