Finish each of the setences in such a way that it is as similar in meaning as possible to the sentence printed before it.
a. Getting the company to change their stand is probably beyond our capabilities
I doubt ===-.
b. A lengthy dispute doesn't seem inevitable.
It may ===-..
c. An early solution is apparently not beyond the bounds of possibility.
It might ===-.
Read and fill in the blank
We don’t only choose clothes to make us look --.(1)-.., we also use them to tell the world
--.(2)-.. our personality. The clothes we wear and our appearance -..(3)-.. a whole give
other people useful information about what we think and --(4)-.. we feel. If we feel cheerful,
we usually wear -..(5)-.. clothes and if we feel --.(6)-. we sometimes put on dark clothes.
But why do teenagers wear black so--.(7)-..? Is it because they feel miserable all --.(8)-..?
This is unlikely the case. It is probably just because it is --.(9)-.. to wear black, and young
people they are real fans --.(10)-.. fashion.
1. A. attract 2. A. of 3. A. on 4. A. which 5. A. colorful 6. A. depress 7. A. frequent 8. A. the time 9. A. fashion 10. A. of | B. attractive B. with B. as B. what B. colors B. depressed B. frequency B. the times B. fashionable B. in | C. attractively C. by C. for C. how C. colorfully C. depressing C. frequently C. the week C. fashioner C. from | D. attraction D. about D. in D. when D. colorless D. depression D. infrequency D. the month D. fashioned D. with |
plays | across | however | keep | almost |
order | provide | only | banks | ord |
Rivers are on of the world’s most important natural resources. Many cities are on the large rivers, and =-... every country has a least one river that =-.. an important part in the lives of its people. Besides transportation, rives ==.. water for crops, water to drink, and recreation for people who live along their =... And in =-.. to get water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam =-... a river and let water become a lake behind the dam. Then people can use their water not =-.. to irrigate fields but also to make electricity for homes and industries. -.…………. the water often becomes polluted when cities on river bank grow =-. and the number of industries increases. We are learning that it is necessary to rivers clean ==.. if we want to enjoy the benefits of the natural resources.