"What care I for words? yet words do well
When he that speaks them pleases those that hear."
Shakespeare, As You Like it
Words to Learn This Week
complacent
wasp
rehabilitate
parole
vertical
multitude
nominate
potential
morgue
preoccupied
upholstery
indifference
Read the following story to see how the new words are used in it.
Where Do We Go from Here?
When we grow too complacent with ourselves, along come writers who, wasp-like, sting us with reminders of the many problems we face-from rehabilitating former prisoners on parole to feeding the world's hungry population. Those authors do not see civilization rising almost vertically to greater and greater heights. Though a multitude of problems beset America, they nominate the large urban centers as potentially the most dangerous and requiring the most immediate attention. They see the cities as the morgues of dead hopes and lost ideals.
We are preoccupied with trifles like the upholstery in our homes or personal matters like
pension and benefits, but now we are called upon to contribute to our community on every vital level-moral, political, economic. We are not being urged to give up our beloved possessions, but our civilization can be saved only if we overcome the epidemic of indifference. We must begin to live with a new openness to others and a determination to
become the best of which we are capable.
Place one of the new words in each of the blanks below.
01. The children shrieked with fear as the__________ flew over them.
02. It is illegal to __________ a prisoner until he or she has served a minimum sentence.
03. The municipal council voted to __________ the run-down section of the city and to make it a model residential area.
04. Mike Pavonna was the unanimous choice of the _________ for the office of mayor.
05. With all this equipment. we have the __________ to survive for weeks in the most frigid climate.
06. The worn _________ betrayed the poverty of the family.
07. His family was distressed at Frank's __________ to the normal adolescent activities.
08. Unfortunately, Carmen was too __________ with dates to devote much time to her studies.
09. To start the air circulating, turn the button to a _________ position.
10. Bob was pleased to be _________ for the presidency, but he gallantly declined in favor of Carols.
11. When the security leak was discovered, the editor called the newspaper __________ to check if there was any precedent for such a case.
12. The winner's _________ smile annoyed some of the members of the audience.
选择“Disable on www.wenxuecity.com”
选择“don't run on pages on this domain”
