Unit Ten
1. The firefighters takes courses to learn to _____ any sort of emergency.
2. Due to economic recession, the company had to _____ unnecessary expenditure.
3. At last it _____ him what his father really wanted.
4. See how many glasses we have, but don’t _____ the blue ones.
5. Suffering from recurrent nervous breakdown, Vincent van Gogh _____ his left ear in his thirties.
6. I _____ some pictures of animals _____ of magazines and tacked them to the wall for decoration.
7. Happiness _____ contentment.
8. She _____ her tears, telling us that her grandfather had passed away.
9. If you _____ Henry _____ his brother, you’ll find Henry is much taller.
10. After the teacher explained patiently, he finally _____ to the formula.
11. The team _____ twenty players.
12. To be more efficient, the government must _____ bureaucratic practices.
13. When I saw a figure approaching in the darkness, I _____ screaming.
14. The poor boy _____ attention from adults, so he deliberately spilled his juice on the table.
15. The old lady slowly _____ the money and gave it to the cashier.
16. Don’t believe him. His actions hardly _____ his words.
17. The wings of a bird _____ the arms of a man.
18. Our teacher encouraged us to _____ the discussion.
19. In literary works, poets often _____ death _____ sleep.
A. deal with B. dawn on/upon C. consist in D. crave for E. cut off
F. cut back G. cut out H. count in
J. correspond with K. count out L. contribute to M. cast off
N. choke back O. catch on P. come near Q. consist of R. compare to
S. compare to/with
