五百基礎詞匯的使用和練習（3）

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 _________ appeal in the early spring.

2.Oil paints _________ easily to form thousands of different shades.

3.The __________ passing mark in most schools is 65%.

4.The producer always had her eye out for young __________ .

5.Your gifts do not tempt me and will not __________ me to change my mind.

6.In the cemetery the corpse was __________ in the bright moonlight.

7.A __________ day in Florida is full of sunshine and warm breezes.

8.Let's __________ a plan for doing away with homework.

9.Everyone agrees that friendship is __________ for all of us.

10.A sharp rise in _________ prices is bound to affect the prices in our neighborhood stores.

11.The buffalo which once roamed the plains is quite _________ today.

12.Government experts told us to buy chicken without realizing how _________ it had become.

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• 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） -beautifulwind- ♀ (3792 bytes) () 08/29/2011 postreply 23:53:16

• 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

• 謝謝玉工，我又重拾自信 -全國牙防組- ♂ (115 bytes) () 08/30/2011 postreply 08:34:23

• 五百基礎詞匯的使用和練習（3）答案： -美語世界- ♀ (106 bytes) () 08/31/2011 postreply 20:44:09