A Conversion Between n.&v.

All of the flowing words can be used as verbs as well as noun.Use them to complete the sentences.

1. herd

A. She pushed her way though____lunchtime drinkers.

B. There were____together into trucks and driven away.

2. step

A. He took____towards the door.

B. She opened the door and___out into the sunshine.

3. pulse

A. The doctors took/felt my____.

B. A rush of joy____though his body.

4. dimple

A. She had_____which appeared when smiled.

B. She____her cheeks while smiling.

5. ward

A. The child was made____of court.

B. She put her hands to____him off.

6. beard

A. He was decided to grow____and a moustache.

B. He thought l was not brave enough to____him,but he was wrong because l did it.

7. clock

A. The left under the____of darkness.

B. The meeting was____in mystery.

8. imprint

A. The terrible scenes were indelibly____on his mind.

B. He left____of a food in the sand.

9.tattoo

A. His arms were covered in____.

B. His shoulder was____with a heart.

10.stock

 A.That particular model is not currently____.

 B.We____a wide range of camping equipment.

B Blank Filling

Use the flowing words to complete the sentences.

group    herd     flock    crowd    cluster

1. A big___of boys and girls went to the playground  to watch the basketball match.

2. The young engineer is talking to a___of workers.

3. A____of hens are pecking in the field.

4. A____of cows are pasturing.

5. A____of beautiful butterflies are dancing in the air.

C Multiple Choice

Choose the best answer to complete the flowing sentences.

1. Their spokesman____to comment on the allegations.

A. decreased    B.declined    C.departed    D.devoured

2. She has won the award for the third year in____.

A. succession    B.success     C.succeed     D.successor

3.When Beijing had successfully won the bid for the 2008 Olympic Games,the whole nation seemed to____excitement.

 A.pulsate with   B.pulsate to   C.pulsate in   D.pulsate for

4.If you move or touch something____you did it in a slow,careful way,because you are afraid it will be dangerous or painful.

 A.boldly    B.audaciously    C.silhouetted    D.profiled

6.The combination of low expert prices and high oil import prices makes the government have little room to____out of the economic crisis.

 A.manipulate    B.manufacture    C.maneuver    D.operate

7.Who’s the likely____to Blair as party leader?

 A.succeed     B.succession     C.success    D.successor

8.Seven of us squeezed into this____which wheezed along at about ten miles an hour,coughing blue fumes.

 A.contraption     B.contraction     C.contradiction     D.contraception

9.Old people often try to____on heating,thus endangering their health.

 A.economy     B.economic     C.economize    D.economical

10.I had grave____about making the trip.

 A.misgiving      B.misgivings     C.giving     D.gave

11.His untidy clothes give one a____impression of him.

 A.misguided      B.misguiding      C.misguide     D.misguides

12.He deliberately____us about the nature of their relationship.

 A.misleading      B.misled       C.led      D.lead