五百基础词汇的使用和练习（12）

"Sharp words make more wounds than surgeons can heal."
Thomas Churchyard, Mirror of Man

Words to Learn This Week

ignite
abolish
urban
population
frank
pollute
reveal
prohibit
urgent
adequate
decrease
audible


Read the following story to see how the new words are used in it.

Electric Auto Is on Its Way

Ignite gasoline and you have noise and smoke; turn on an electric motor and you abolish two headaches which are dreaded by urban populations. Automobile manufacturers are frank about the way their motors pollute the air, and that is why there are frequent hints that the big companies will soon reveal a model electric car.

So far, lack of knowledge in storing electricity in the car prohibits wide production of electric autos, but recently Congress called urgently for adequate research into the battery or fuel cell problem. Electric autos would be inexpensive to run and would decrease air pollution. It might be weird, however, to live in the quiet murmurings of a city where autos which used to be noisily audible would be whisper-quiet.


Place one of the new words in each of the blanks below.


01. The doctor was completely _________ with the dying man.

02. In an ________ whisper. Maria called for my attention.

03. We didn't need any evidence to see that the poor man was in _______ need of money and food.

04. All his life the child was used to living in ______ areas.

05. Dry matches to ________ the campfire were sought by the boy scout.

06. Smoking is _________in the medical building.

07. Gasoline fumes help to _________ the air.

08. The ______ jn the number of people voting in national elections is due to lack of interest.

09. Some citizens believe that we will never be able to war.

10. ______ The _______ of New York City is about eight million people.

11. In the comics, Superman never _________ his true identity.

12. They needed an ______ supply of water to last for the entire trip through the desert.


From the list of 12 new words that follows, choose the one that corresponds to each definition below.

ignite frank urgent abolish
pollute adequate urban reveal
decrease population prohibit audible

01. having to do with cities or towns
02. make known
03. as much as is needed; sufficient
04. make dirty
05. do away with completely
06. make or become less
07. free in expressing one's thoughts
08. demanding immediate action
09. set on fire
10. people of a city or country
11. able to be heard
12. forbid by law or authority

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