Language Study

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Language Study Grammar
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Change the forms of the following words.
(1) law (n.) -- (n.) (2) separate (v.) -- (n.)
(3) politics (n.) -- (adj.) (4) marry (v.) --
(n.) (5) equal (adj.) -- (n.) (6) achieve (v.)
-- (n.)
lawyer
separation
political
marriage
equality
achievement
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Word study
1. Complete the sentences with proper words from
the reading passage. The first letter has been
given.
(1) S______ is the system by which some
people are owned by others as slaves.
lavery
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(2) Fifty years ago, mixed-race marriages were
f________. (3) The police a______ Rosa Parks, a
black woman who refused to give her seat to a
white man. (4) Civil rights fighters d________
that blacks would be treated equally.
orbidden
rrested
emanded
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(5) During the Second World War, from 1937 to
1945, there were many organised b_______ of
Japanese goods all over China.
oycotts
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2. Choose the right word to fill in each
blank. (1) Blacks could only go to _______
schools, stay in _______ sections in shops or
restaurants. King fought against the __________
of blacks and whites. (separate, separation)
separate
separate
separation
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(2). Andy and Ben both major in ______but they
often hold opposite _______ views. (politics,
political) (3). Believing that black people
should be treated equally, people of different
_____ joined the movement against _____
discrimination. (racial, race)
politics
political
race
racial
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(4). He is interested in ___ and he wants to
become a good ______. (law lawyer) (5). Although
we enjoy the _______ of speech, it does not mean
that we are ___ to say whatever we want.( free,
freedom)
law
lawyer
freedom
free
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Grammar

• Answer the following questions.
• (1). How were blacks treated in the southern
  states in the 1950s?
• They were not treated as equal
  citizens.

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(2) How were blacks separated from white people?
They were separated from white people in
shops, restaurants, hospitals and on buses and
trains. (3) How were black children educated?
They were educated in separate schools.
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(4) What was done in 1964 to give black people
the right to vote? A new Civil Rights was
passed in 1964 to give black people the right to
vote.
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Exercises
were painted
1. Flowers ___________ on the cars in the street
by a group of civil activists. 2. Speeches
_______________ in front of the city hall.
were being made
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3. A statement __________ one speaker which said
that rules are unfair. 4. More than 100
demonstrations ______________ the police. 5. The
civil rights activists ________ ____ prison
by the police.
was read by
were arrested by
were put
into
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6. This day ____________________ by the people of
the city.
will never be forgotten
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Passive voice
be P.P.
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The Passive Voice
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The Passive Voice - when to use it 1.
??????????????. My watch has been stolen.
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• 2.?????????.
• I was asked several questions in the oral exam.
• 3. ???????.
• The house was burnt down (by the enemy).

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• ?????????
• ????????by??,??????,?????????
• ?????????, ??????, ????????????
• They are building nine parks.
• ?Nine parks are being built.
• ?How many parks are being built?

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Passive Voice
be p.p.

• ?????
• am/is/are p.p.
• 2. ?????
• was/were p.p.
• 3. ?????
• will/shall/be going top.p.

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4. ????? have/has been p.p. 5. ?????
had been p.p. 6. ????? am/is/are
being p.p. 7. ????? was/were being p.p.
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8. ????? would/should be p.p. 9. ????
may/can/might/could/must etc
be p.p.
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Practice
(1) The police found that the house ____and a
lot of things _________. A. has broken
into has been stolen B. had broken into
had been stolen C. has been broken
into stolen D. had been broken into
stolen
D
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(2) ---Have you moved into the new house?
---Not yet. The rooms _________.
A. are being painted B. are
painting C. are painted
D. are being painting
A
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(3) If city noises ______ from increasing, people
______ shout to be heard even at the dinner table
20 years from now. A. are not kept will
have to B. are not kept have to
C. do not keep will have to
D. do not keep have to
A
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(4) I need one more stamp before my collection
_______. A. had completed B. completes
C. has completed D. is completed
D
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(5) ---______ the sports meet might be put off.
---Yes, it all depends on the weather. A.
Ive been told B. Ive told
C. Im told D. I told
A
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(7) ---Harry! You ______ on the phone. ---Oh,
_______. Thank you. A. are wanted I come
B. are wanted Im coming C. are
being wanted I come D. are being
wanted Im coming
B
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(8) My sister wants to work in a power plant
which _____ still_______. A. is being built
B. is building C. is to
be built D. has been built
A
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(9) The maths problem ______ among the students
soon. A. is about to be discuss
B. is going to be discussed C. is to
discuss D. is going to
have been discussed
B
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Ex.1 on P105
1. Women should not ______________ against.
2. He left school and _____________ in a
shoe factory. 3. The famous poem Dying for a
Just Cause __________ by Xia Minghan in prison.
be discriminated
was employed
was written
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4. Lei Feng _________________ by people all over
China. 5. Who _________ as monitor in this
election? 6. It is clear that he did not die by
accident he _____________.
is greatly respected
was voted
was murdered
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Put these sentences into the Passive Voice.
1. The police arrested Rosa Parks, who
refused to stand up for a white man. 2.
Civil rights activists have made many speeches
against racial discrimination.
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3. The police arrested more than 100
activists and and kills two. 4. His struggle
has greatly changed the whole society in the
USA. 5. American people , black and white,
will always remember Martin Luther King, Jr.
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6. The police put the civil rights activists
into prison.
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Homework
1. Finish the workbook exercises on P104-105.
2. Go over the words in the text. 3. Preview
the Integrating Skill.