Ⅱ . Vocabulary     

1. Choose words from column A to fit the definitions in column B.    

Example_: foreman, forester      

  a man who is in charge of a group of workmen: foreman

A. reluctant,   leisure,   yearning,   entertainer,   supersede,   rebuff, incompatible, sabbatical leave, assert, artifact, variable, tramps;     

B.   (1) an unexpected or contemptuous refusal_:       

(2) freedom from work:           

(3) insist on one's right;           

(4) one who amuses an audience as a profession_:       

(5) a period of paid free time for rest and special study given to a university teacher after a certain length of service;      

(6) a thing or quantity that is changeable;     

     (7) people who roam the streets to find what they can_:         

(8) strong longing, feeling or desire for_:            

(9) anything made by human work or act_:                     

(10) opposed in character; unable to exist in harmony;   

(11) unwilling, not wanting to do something:          

(12)take the place of because better or more important_;    

2. Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with appropriate words from the list below, modifying their form where necessary.

immune, little, to roam, against, to pronounce, astound, away, austere, to slice, outburst, to have, to hunt, outset, to promote;

We were strolling through Oxford 's old buildings as he was   1   these words. I had often    2     round the outside looking up at the    3     walls, and imagining the opulent interiors. But  4   lived here now for some years, I had grown    5   to its beauty. At the 6 of my walk with the Professor, we had talked a little about the country's economy, but this sudden 7    against our society did not just    8   me but left me quite flabbergasted. I  

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