2. sad safe same satisfied satisfying second secondary senior serious sorry several short sick silent silly similar simple single slow some small smart snowy so soft sorry south spare special square straight strange strict strong stupid successful sunny such sure surprised sweet S______ (adj.?)

3. This competition is interesting. I feel happy. This is an exciting competition. 形容词在系动词后做表语 形容词修饰名词做定语

4. Exercise 1 It is s______ to cross road when the light is green. Sudden death is a s______ disease among the young. I was late this morning because the traffic was heavy and s______. What a s_______ boy you are! You did everything very well. Tom is very s______ because his mother is badly ill. safe serious slow smart sad

5. Tom is very h____________. happy hungry honest healthy handsome humorous hardworking helpful heavy

6. 1.Tom is very h_________today. He got the first prize in maths contest. 2.Tom is very h___________. He never tells a lie. 3. Tom is very h_________. He eats meals regularly and he never eats fast food. 4. Tom is very h_____________. He often tells jokes and makes his classmates laugh a lot. 5. Tom is very h________________. He always listens to the teacher carefully and does his homework until 10 o’clock every night. 6. Tom is very h_________. Although he is very busy, he always helps his classmates with their lessons. We can get the clues from the context. Exercise 2 happy honest healthy humorous hardworking helpful

7. One fish swims around blowing bubbles. These bubbles stick together and make a nest. The bubbles nest floats to the top of the water, like an umbrella. The nest is (1)s______. Wind and waves cannot break it. trong Exercise 3

8. a news story has to be interesting and (2) u________. People don’t want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be “bad” new. For example, newspapers never tell stories about planes landing safely, instead, they tell stories about plane crashes. unusual Exercise 3

9. Music is one of the (3) o_______ arts. Hunting tools struck together may have been the first musical instruments. Many ancient people, including the Egyptians, Chinese and Babylonians, and the people of Indian, used music in court and religious ceremonies( 宗教 仪式 ). The first written music dates from about 2500 B.C. oldest 注意词形变化：原级 ? 比较级 ? 最高级 ? Exercise 3

10. The most (1) d_______ thing for university student Shaun Rogers is opening his classroom door. Shaun can’t do this without help because he’s only six years old. He’s the (2) y_________person ever to study at Rochester University in New York. Psychologists ( 心理学家 ) have found it difficult to test Shaun’s cleverness because they do not have a score that is high enough for him. Shaun’s mother first knew her son was (3) d________ when he kept crying at playschool because he was bored with the children’s games. difficult youngest different Exercise 4

11. Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and (4) t______. Why do you think people who live far away from (5) n______ cities, who have no telephones, no cars, and even no electricity often seem to be much (6) h______? Perhaps it’s because they live simpler lives. tired happier noisy Exercise 4

12. Adj. 形容词在系动词后做表语 形容词修饰名词做定语 注意词形变化：原级 ? 比较级 ? 最高级 ? 联系上下文抓住关键 Adv. ? 如果本空忽略不看的话，句子仍然是成立的, 只能 填副词 联系上下文抓住关键

13. It is common knowledge that computers are super calculators. They can calculate very (1) f_____ and (2) r______ give wrong answers. They can also type, print and draw things. More importantly, they can operate railways and fly aeroplanes and spaceships. For these reasons, we often call them electronic brains. Is a computer clever than I am? The answer to this question is, for the time being, ‘No’. Your brain can understand the meaning of things better and create new ideas. (3) H________, one day computers maybe able to do most things that a human brain can do and (4) e_____ do them better. fast rarely However even Exercise 5

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15. More and more people around the world are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have (1) a______ been people who have looked for adventures — those who have climbed the (2) h______ mountains, traveled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who look for immediate excitement from a risky activity which may only last a few minutes or even seconds. always highest More Practice

16. I would consider bungee jumping ( 蹦极 ) to be a (3)g_______ example of such an activity. You jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 metres above the ground with an elastic ( 有弹性的 ) rope tied to your feet. You fall at up to 150 kilometres an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said that about 2 million people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities which most people would say are as risky as bungee jumping include jumping from tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of a high cliff. good More Practice

17. Why do people take part in such activities? Some psychologists say that it is because life in modern society has become (4)s______ and boring. Not very long ago, diseases could not(5) e________ be cured, and life was a continuous battle for survival ( 生存 ). Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement. They live and work in comparatively safe conditions; they buy food in shops, and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become (6) i___. The answer for some of these people is to look for (7) d__________ activities such as bungee jumping safe easily ill dangerous More and more people around the world are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. More Practice

18. Homework: Think about the ways to do cloze test when you come across a noun or a verb.