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1、TEM 8Worksheet AProofreadingVocabularyWriting skillsPractice 11. Proofreading & Error Correction: Peoples attitude toward drugs varies from person to person. Some regard it as miraculous; others think of 1. _them as dangerous. Then what is the sensible attitudetoward drugs? I think the first thing t
2、o think is the 2. _difference between drugs and wonder drugs. The antibiotics can really treat certain bacterial diseases. 3. _On the other hand, the major diseases threateningAmericans today are cancer, stroke, high bloodpressure, coronary disease, etc. Against them, thedoctors bag of tricks is lim
3、ited. He has wonder 4. _drugs. So the first important lesson is not to expecttoo many from drugs. If you can accept the fact 5. _that the war against many of our most devastatingdiseases is, at best, a holding operation more than 6. _an inevitable triumph, they will do a great deal to 7. _ease your
4、own life as well as that of your doctor.Too many patients exert great pressure on doctorsto describe for every symptom, even when such 8. _treatment is unwarranted or dangerous.Unfortunately, the medical profession is guilty ofTaking part, to a certain extent, in the wrongfulaction. The patient who
5、demands a shot of penicillinfor every sniffle and sneeze may be given an injection 9. _by a reluctant physician because he is certain that if he does not, the patient will not search until he finds 10. _a doctor who will.2. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ON
6、E that best completes the sentence.(1) It is a _ timetable. Sometimes lessons happen, sometimes they dont.A. haphazard B. odious C. haughty D. handicapped(2) No men was allowed to _ on the livelihood of his neighbour.A. wade B. invoke C. muffle D. infringe(3) The scents of the flowers was _ to us by
7、 the breeze.A. intercepted B. detested C. saturated D. wafted(4) The machinery had been wrecked so efficiently that the police were sure it was a case of _.A. vagabond B. sabotage C. paradox D. tachyon(5) The speaker _ us with tales of exotic lands and buried treasure.A. detoured B. offset C. tantal
8、ized D. ushered(6) I assure you there was no _ motive in my suggestion.A. ulterior B. stationary C. vulgar D. toxic(7) Government loans have been the _ of several shaky business companies.A. tornado B. salvation C. delinquency D. momentum(8) The orphanage is just one of her _ causes.A. phonetic B. p
9、hilanthropic C. prevalent D. lunatic(9) Despite his wealth and position, he has an _ personality.A. unassuming B. unprecedented C. undermining D. uncouth(10) The island is maintained as a _ for endangered species.A. wetlands B. sanctuary C. mire D. heath3. Fill in the blanks with the words given bel
10、ow. Change the forms where necessary.cogitate skid invoice devolve pantomime elfmalnutrition tarmac syrup consummate(1) In fairy stories, _ are small magical beings who play tricks on people.(2) I was just _ upon the meaning of life.(3) Three planes were standing on the _.(4) To be a good manager, y
11、ou must know how to _ responsibility downwards.(5) The car pulled up too fast and _ on the dusty shoulder of the road.(6) _ is an amusing musical play, and is also used to mean mime.(7) All the parts have been taken from stock but they need to be _ before shipping.(8) Having agreed a price through t
12、he compute, the customers own machine can then automatically produce an invoice to _ the deal.(9) She always has prunes in _ for breakfast.(10) Many thousands of refugees have already died from _.4. Writing: Improve the sentences grammatically:1) Now is the golden time for us to attain a fair comman
13、d of English.2) A typical family nowadays is consisted of three to four members. 3) The above-mentioned disadvantages which are brought about by environmental pollution is very detrimental but often miss peoples attention. 4) If adopted, we hope the law will resolve the problem.5) Gazing at the fami
14、liar landscape, the past came back to me.6) A flash of lightning swept through the sky.7) Their admiration of the rich and contempt of the poor made them good friends.8) Dickens was a great writer of the 19th-century England.9) He was a famous general in the Chinese history.10) I prefer to go to the cinema than to the theatre
