New Words
typical
minimum
scarce
annual
persuade
essential
blend
visible
expensive
talent
devise
wholesale
Read the following story to see how the new words are used in it.
AnUnusual Strike
The baseball strike of 1994-95, which kept the public from seeing the annual World Series, was not a typical labor dispute in which low-paid workers try to persuade their employers to grant a raise above their minimum wage. On the contrary, players who earned millions of dollars yearly, who were visible on TV commercials, drove expensive autos, and dined with presidents, withheld their essential skills until the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of our government were forced to devise solutions to the quarrel.
The team owners, a blend of lawyers, manufacturers, corporate executives, etc., felt that something had to be done about the huge salaries that the players were demanding. Since the talent beyond the major leagues was scarce, they had to start spring training in 1995 with a wholesale invitation to replacement players. The regular athletes returned in late April but there was a feeling that the strike could happen again.
Place one of the new words in each of the blanks below.
1.The March of Dimes makes its __minimum___ appeal in the early spring. )???
2.Oil paints _blend___ easily to form thousands of different shades.
3.The _annual_________ passing mark in most schools is 65%.
4.The producer always had her eye out for young _talent_________ .
5.Your gifts do not tempt me and will not _persuade__ me to change my mind.
6.In the cemetery the corpse was __visible__ in the bright moonlight.
7.A __typical________ day in Florida is full of sunshine and warm breezes.
8.Let's __devise________ a plan for doing away with homework.
9.Everyone agrees that friendship is __essential________ for all of us.
10.A sharp rise in _wholesale__ prices is bound to affect the prices in our neighborhood stores.
11.The buffalo which once roamed the plains is quite __scarce_______ today.
12.Government experts told us to buy chicken without realizing how _expensive________ it had become.
我的詞匯作業。詞匯簡單,但是填空難。 回複:五百基礎詞匯的使用和練習(3)
所有跟帖:
• 整個帖子挺麻煩的,我跟這裏。除了1和3對調,其他跟你的答案一樣。 -小麥熊- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/30/2011 postreply 13:45:01
• 我說的填空難就是因我的為第一句不通。現在明白了。謝謝!March of Dimes 的意思是什麽呀 -beautifulwind- ♀ (38 bytes) () 08/30/2011 postreply 14:21:06
• 不用謝,你把填空貼出來,我就不用費勁COPY PASTE還有填寫了,我得謝謝你才對! -小麥熊- ♀ (247 bytes) () 08/30/2011 postreply 14:29:17
• 謝謝小熊! -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/30/2011 postreply 14:37:14