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(In doing Word Building exercise, you'll learn to build words
by adding some prefixes or suffixes to the word root. It can
enlarge your vocabulary. In doing Exercise VII, you should fill
in the blanks by finding either the roots or the derivatives
of the given words in the table. In Exercise VIII, you are given
a few words which you should use to rewrite the sentences. You
should pay close attention to the meaning of each word and see
how it replaces the clause in each sentence without changing
its meaning.)
VII. Fill up the following table:
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Key
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n.
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a.
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n.(person)
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philosophy
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philosophical
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philosopher
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chemistry
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chemical
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chemist
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biology
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biological
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biologist
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mathematics
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mathematical
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mathematician
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physics
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physical
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physicist
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science
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scientific
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scientist
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politics
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political
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politician
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education
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educational
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educator
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art
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artistic
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artist
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music
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musical
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musician
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n.
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a.
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n.(person)
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philosophy
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philosophical
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philosopher
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chemical
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biological
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mathematical
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physicist
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scientific
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politician
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education
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artistic
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musician
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VIII. Study
the following words. Then use them to rewrite the given
sentences without changing their meaning.
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Key
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1. The committee's
findings will be published in the Daily News.
2. At the beginning he gave all his earnings to
his mother.
3. It took all his savings to buy the house.
4. Darwin's writings on evolution produced a tremendous
impact on the development of biology.
5. Comrade Mao Zedong's teachings about the united
front
are still of great significance today |
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findings writings teachings savings earnings |
1. What the committee(委员会) finds will be published in the Daily
News.
2. At the beginning, he gave all the money he earned to his
mother.
3. It took all the money he had saved to buy the house.
4. What Darwin wrote on evolution(进化) produced a tremendous
impact(具大影响) on the
development of biology.
5. What Comrade Mao Zedong taught us about the united front
is still of great
significance(重要性) today. |
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