BUILDING A POWERFUL VOCABULARY
Exercise 1Cycle rickshaws are not as efficient as bicycle for
personal transport, _____________ (1) should be encouraged as a
complementary made of motorized goods transport and as a passenger
transit mode, particularly in countries ___________ (2) low wages
and surplus labor are substantial features of the economy. Where
they are in use, they should be accepted as a useful part of
transportation system rather than as a nuisance or a barrier to
transport system _________ (3). Even in high-income motor vehicle
dependent cities, there are opportunities for appropriate use of
cycle rickshaws for short-distance __________ (4) of persons
providing goods and as the basis for small business location. They
find greatest utility where modes of transport are ________ (5)
road space separate from motorized traffic, in neighborhoods where
the ________ (6) of people go from one place to another on foot or
in central areas with slow traffic speeds, in large factories and
shopping districts, _________ (7) areas where private automobiles
are ____________ (8)Most and modernizationbutmovementallocatedwhich
restrictedExercise 2
For several decades, the term psychosomatic has been in general
use. It means mind-body relationship. But the ______ (1) what the
mind affects the body has not been ______ (2) defined. As the
result of recent research, however, it is possible to say that
specific changes take place throughout the body as the result of
human attitudes.
This mind-body effect should not be _______ (3) in view of the
experience over the years with placebos. The term placebo is used
_______(4) a pill that contains no medical ingredients but that
often produces the same effect as genuine medication. Placebos
provide ample ______ (5) that expectations can have an effect on
body chemistry. According to recent article on placebos, studies
conducted over the past 25 years have shown that placebos ________
(6) relieved symptoms which include fever, angina pain, headache
and anxiety in an average of 35 percent of patients tested. The
explanation for this strange phenomenon is that the human mind
_______(7) actual changes in body-chemistry as a result of what it
believes. If, _______ (8) a person believes that a certain
medication contains a substance that can accomplish a specific
need, the body tends to move to that direction.Clearly precise
proofs
surprisingcan cratefor example
satisfactorily
surprising
Exercise 3
Like planets, cities have gravity. The bigger they are, the more
powerful the ______ (1). Size creates opportunity, and thats why
cities attract so many dreamers, leaders and ordinary job _______
(2) in the arts, sciences, education, finance, and commerce. Cities
remain, as always, the herb of our civilization _______ (3)
versions of both the good and the bad in the human way of life. Its
no surprise, ________(4) that the worlds cities are overpopulated.
In the developed world, _________(5) more than 70% of citizens
already live in cities, urbanization is spread evenly, and
population growth ______(6). But in the developing world, people
tend to flock most eagerly to one or two urban areas in each
nation. ________(7) as the megacities, they will only get bigger.
By the year 2015, 27 of the worlds 33 largest cities will be Tokyo,
Bombay, and Shanghai, which will bulge with 20 million people each.
_______(8) Jakarta and surrounding cities will overflow with nearly
37 millions.Thereforewhere
intensiveattractionseekersmoreoverhad slowed
known
Key answerExercise 1
1. But
2. Which
3. Modernization
4. Movement
5. Allocated
6. Most
7. And
8. Restricted
Exercise 2
1. Precise
2. Clearly
3. Surprising
4. To describe
5. Proofs
6. Satisfactorily
7. Can create
8. For example
Exercise 3
1. Attraction
2. Seekers
3. Intensive
4. Moreover
5. Where
6. Has slowed
7. Known
8. therefore
