Unit Fourteen

1.     That hospital was assigned to _____ the patients infected with SARS.

2.     His carelessness _____ the tragic accident.

3.     To struggle for his own rights, he was ready to _____ oppression.

4.     Though he had intended to go to Taipei, he _____ at Taichung to visit his sister.

5.     He had a bad cold and decided to _____ a few days _____.

6.     The police have _____ the criminal who kidnapped the child.

7.     Tom always _____ among his peers.

8.     It is high time we _____ doing the job.

9.     Look! Your room is in a mess. You should start to _____ it _____.

10.    The child _____ the alarm clock, but he couldn’t put it together again.

11.    Everybody says that he _____ his father.

12.    You should _____ your principles instead of giving in.

13.    In 1776, America _____ from Britain and became a new independent country.

14.    The rainy season will soon _____.

15.    They decided to _____ his proposal that a new school be set up in the neighborhood.

16.    Epidemiologists are _____ the quick spread of SARS.

A. take apart           B. see into        C. set in            D. run down

E. stick to/with      F. set about      G. set aside      H. stop off

I. split off               J. stand out      K. take after     L. straighten up

M. take…off          N. stand out against                  O. take in

P. result in =______________ =______________=___________

  =_____________________