Chapter 12

laboratory (equivalent)
lab/library/campus/gate/playground/classroom/gymnasium/auditorium/meetingroom/clinic/dormitory/bathroom
labor labor, labor force; hard work
work work/job work
lack lack, lack / lack
for (by.from, through) lack of 冈 lacks..., and does not have.../have no lack of not lacking.../supply the lack/lack for nothing -nothing lacking/be lacking in lacking
Though____money, his parents managed to send him to university.
A. lacked B. lacking of C. lacking D. lacked in
The parsed answer is C. lack means "lack of", is a transitive verb, though is a conjunction.The first half of the sentence __ is mostly "although short of money", which is used as the adverbial of the second half of the sentence, so lack uses the gerund form lacking.

lady; woman; lady; lady

Ladylike is in line with women's morals/gentleman gentleman; Mr./madam Mrs., Mrs., Miss/Miss Miss, Ms./monsieur (French) Mr./Mrs.Mrs./Ms.Miss

Lady is a more polite term than woman, and more.have the meaning of being well-educated, of higher cultural quality, of higher origin or status". When addressing a person directly in front of him or her, it is generally not appropriate to use gentleman or lady (occasionally used in American English), but to use sir or Madam. But if it is plural, you usually can't use sirs or madams, but ladies or gentlemen.

light

socket/refrigerator/switch/speaker/radio

Land land, ground; land, field; country, country t, landing, landing; landing, docking, unloading; putting in a certain situation

see land itinerary will achieve the goal/make land see the land, reach the shore

language language
Nouns denoting language (such as English. French, Japanese, etc.) usually do not have a definite article before them, but if the noun denoting language is followed by language, there should be a definite article before it, such as: the English language (English).

large big, huge
at large carefree/in(the)large
big; important/great great, important; many/huge huge; huge/vast huge, vast/splendid splendid, brilliant/grand solemn, majestic/little small; no Important/small; less/slight tiny, slight; slender, slender/fine; exquisite; tiny/tiny extremely small, tiny

The raincoat is two sizes___for me.
A. too large B. very large
C. larger D. more large
Parse answer A.Sentence meaning: This raincoat is two sizes too big for me. too large is too large to fit, it means the size of the clothes, there is no need for comparatives, items B, C, and D are incorrectly matched in the sentence, so A is the correct answer.

largely; mainly, Dashao sub-district, to a large extent

large (big) + Iy (adverb suffix) greatly, a large number

last last "such as r. last, recent

last but one penultimate _/last minute emergency
How long did the film___?

A. actB. keepC. lastD. play
Parse answer C.Sentence meaning: How long does the movie last? Last lasts, an intransitive verb, keep (vt.) maintains a transitive verb, so you should choose C.

last refers to the previous one, or the last one in a series. latest refers to the latest thing.Example: The writer died before finishing his last book.The author died before finishing his last book.Prepositions expressing time cannot be used in conjunction with words such as last and next. When last is used with a number, it is placed before the number to modify the noun after it.Example: We went to the park last Sunday.We went to the park last Sunday. When last is used as a verb to express "continuation and continuation", it is an intransitive verb and has no passive voice form.Example: The fine weather lasted only a few days.The good weather lasted only a few days.

late (to); late (to)

Better late than never [proverb] Late is better than not doing well/early and late from morning to night/early or late sooner or later/sit up late late at night not sleeping/be late with because of ...... and late/be late for too late ( do something)
When later is used as an adverb, there is no comparative degree.It is often used in simple past tense and simple future tense, and its function and meaning are equivalent to after terwards. Later on is also used as an adjective, it can only be used independently, and it can generally be used interchangeably with later. The function of lately is equivalent to recently, and it is mostly used in negative sentences or interrogative sentences, and it is mostly used in conjunction with the present perfect tense.

lately recently; recently

Late can be used as both an adjective and an adverb, and lately is used as an adverb.Recently (recently)". Example: (X) Jimmay stay late, but we must go at once. ( x/) Jim may stay late, but we must go at once. Jim can stay late, but we must leave immediately .

later later; later

later on later; later

Later on means.later. , used as an adverb phrase. Later on can only be used alone, and cannot be used in the structure of "a period of time + later on". The later on in the erroneous sentence should be changed to later.Example: (×) He came back a week later on. (x/) He came back a week later.He came back a week later.

latter, the latter, the second half

The latter is one of the comparatives of late, but it is not used with than.

laugh, laugh, laugh, laugh

laugh at ridicule, ridicule/have the last laugh to win the final victory/laugh down to interrupt with laughter, refuse/laugh off to... laugh over/laugh over think...laugh/have a good laugh over to...laugh enough
lawyer lawyer; jurist
court court/prison prison/judge judge/inspector inspector/police-man police
lay put, put; lay eggs, lay eggs; lay
lay aside put aside; save, store/lay down put down, lie down, resign; sacrifice; stipulate, make/lay eggs lay eggs/lay off arrange, arrange; design, make/lay out arrange, arrange; design, make /lay up savings
The young man____on his back with his eyes half-closed.
A. lain B. laid C. lied D. lay
Parse answer D.Sentence meaning: The young man was lying on his back with his eyes half closed. lie (Shen.) lies, puts flat, the past tense is lay, and the past participle is lain. From the meaning of the title, the missing word in the vacancy means "laying", so D should be chosen.

lead lead the way, lead the way; lead to, lead to; lead; live... life

lead alife lives... life/lead the way to lead the way, bring/lead to lead to; guide/lead sb. by the nose to completely control someone/take the lead to take the lead and be an example
Diligence____success and failure of ten____laziness.
A. liesin: leads to B.liesto; leads in
C. leads to; lies in D. lies for; leads to
Parse answer C.Sentence meaning: Diligence leads to success and failure lies in laziness. lead to to... As a result, lead to, lead to, pass to; lie in lies in.

When the transitive verb lead said.Lead (lead) someone to do something.When the object of lead is followed by a preposition in and a gerund or a noun with a verb meaning, the infinitive is generally not followed.Example: He led them in singing the song. He led them to sing.

leader leader, leader; leader

The present participle of leading dclj, the most important, the most important; leading

lead (leadership) +ing (...of) leading, guiding
leaf leaf, leaf; page, Zhang
turn over a new leaf turn over a new leaf
league league, alliance; association, league

league member
learn learn, learn; hear, learned

As verbs, learn and study both have the meaning of "learning one thing. learn to acquire knowledge or skills; study refers to systematic study and research. For example: She is learning to learn swimming. Which subjects are you studyingcl. What subjects are you studying?

learner; beginner

learn (learning, learning) + er (expressing people) learners

least, least" (/t,, least, least

Of all the stories here,l like this one____.It's not interesting at all.
A. most B. best C. worst D. least
Parse answer D.Sentence meaning: Of all the stories, I don't like this one the least, it's not interesting at all.

Most and best are opposite to the meaning of the question, choose to exclude A and B; the worst (land) does not match the meaning of the question.only least
(the superlative of little) means "smallest" and "least", which is in line with the meaning of the question.

leave leaves, stays, remains; forgets to take, forgets to take
leave sb. to do sth.Let someone do something/ask for leave/leave out omission, omit/leave behind behind/leave off stop/leave over stay, left/ask leave to do sth.ask for permission to do something/beg leave please allow/on leave
___it with me and I'Il see what I can do.
A. When left
B. Leaving
C. If you leave
D. Leave
The analytical answer is D.If candidates can master the structure and usage of imperative sentence (expressing condition) + and(or) + declarative sentence (expressing result), this question will be easily solved. Items A, B, and C do not conform to English grammar.

May I speak to Mr. Thomas, please?

I'm afraid he isn't in. Would you like to____a message?

A. take B. write C. leave D. tell
The parsed answer is C.The stem of the question is dialogue information, and item B is excluded.Fill in C to leave a message, and take a message to take a message.

To express leave...to...application. leavefor does not use too as a preposition here Example: I am leaving for Guilin soon.I'm going to Guilin soon.In English, when it means "to forget something somewhere", you don't use forget, but use leave.Example: I have left my umbrella in Li Ping's house.I forgot my umbrella at Li Ping's house. The past participle left of leave can mean "the rest" or "unused". It is generally used as a postpositional attributive and can often be used in the there be structure. The leave verb can be used to express "let... continue to be in a certain state", and at this time, participles are often followed to form a compound object.The present participle expresses the active action of the object, while the past participle expresses the passive.Example: They wattled off and left me sitting there all by myself.They walked away and left me here alone.

lecture lecture

Lect (language, talk) + ure (noun suffix) lecture, lecture

have a lecture listen to the report/give sb. a Iecture on give a speech to someone about
teach/teaching teaching work/education/instruction/dictate/explain/learn/study/review/self-study/master

left left (of); left (of)

leftward(s) to the left, "left" leaning/leftism leftist viewpoint/leftist leftist/right right

When left and right are used as positional nouns, the definite article is usually added in front of them.If used as an adverb, no article is used.Such as: Please turn Ieft.Please turn left.

leg legs; legs; (furniture) legs (frames)

get sb. on his legs to restore someone to health and help financial independence
lend out, borrow (as opposed to borrow)

borrow is.Borrowed from a certain place from... Borrowed from, its subject is the borrower. Lend is "to lend" and "to lend", and its subject is the lender or the borrower.For the performer of the action, "borrow" is used for "borrow" and "lend" is used for "lend". For example: (×)Can you borrow me your bike? (√)Can you lend me your bike? Can you put the bicycle Can you lend it to me?
length long (degree:, length; period; period

at length(=at last) finally, with great difficulty; in detail, carefully

long long; desire/high high; high/low low, shallow, short; low, low voice/tall high/short short; short/brief short; brief, concise /broad wide, wide/wide wide; extensively/deep deep, deep/shallow shallow, superficial
less less (or smaller), less
Less than less than, less than/any less less a class/no less than is the same as..., not less than/more of less more or less, generally, basically/no less than is the same as..., not less In.../the(less). . . the (less) the less (no)... the more (no)
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Why didn't you go to the concert last week?
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It was something____interesting.
A. far less B. much more
C. a lot least D. more less
Parse answer A.Sentence meaning: ——Why didn’t you go to the concert last week?- Concerts are not interesting at all.From the meaning of the question, I know that this question should choose words with negative meanings, so I can only choose one of A and D options. The less in D is already a comparative, and it is modified with a comparative more, so it is wrong; much, far The adverbs such as etc. are used in conjunction with the comparative degree, and are usually used to strengthen the tone of the comparative degree, so A is the correct choice.

Only comparative degrees can be formed between two persons or things. .Compared with...lower, less is often added with adjectives, adverbs, etc.Example: He is less clever than his younger brother.He is not as smart as his brother. Less is the comparative degree of little, used to modify uncountable nouns, few to modify countable nouns

do one's lessons do homework / have lessons (students) attend class / give lessons (teacher) attend class / teach sb. a lessons give... lessons/be a lesson to sb.It's a lesson for someone/learn the lesson
let let, allow; rent out; let go, allow

let alone let alone/let in let... enter, let... come in/let off put (cannon, fireworks), fire/let out leak, let go/let into let... enter (know)/let down put down, Lower, disappoint.../let be let go, don't bother/let go let go, let go/let toose let go, let go freely
Let is often followed by a compound object, and the infinitive without to should be used as the object complement.The imperative sentence beginning with let us often does not include the other party (you) in meaning, expressing a kind of request, so its additional interrogative sentence uses "will you?"; the imperative sentence beginning with Let's often includes the other party, expressing a kind of It is suggested that "shall we9" should be used as an additional interrogative sentence.Example: Let us know whether you can come, will you?Let us know if you can come, okay?

letter, letter; letter

by Ietter in the form of letters/to the letter strictly in accordance with the words
communicate/message/news/note/envelope/stamp/delivery/mail/post/telegram/call/dial (telephone) number/fax
liberate liberate, make free

liber (free) + ate (verb suffix) to liberate, to make free
liberation/revolution revolution/army army/force army, force/troop army; troop/navy navy/soldier soldier, warrior/hero hero/spy spy; spying/rank military rank, level/contribution contribution/devote concentration, dedication/depend on /oppose against, resist/against against; disagree with/support support; support/battle battle, battle, battle/fight battle; combat/struggle struggle; struggle; struggle/war war, peace peace; quiet

We must___our minds from the shackles of the old ideas
A. liberateB. freeC. set upD. let out
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: We should free our minds from the shackles of old ideas. Liberate refers to liberation from man-made external oppression, while free is a common term, which generally refers to the liberation of thought, and the correct answer is B.

liberation
liber (free) + at (e) (verb suffix) + ion (noun suffix) liberated

library library (room)
a college library university library/a public library public library/a library card library card

lie lies; lies; exists; lies
tell a lie / lie off suspend work / lie on depend on, oppress / lie under suffer / lie up bedridden
When lie means "to tell a lie", both the past tense and the past participle are lied, and when it means "to lay down", the past tense is lay, and the past participle is lain.In addition, both lie in and exist mean "in" and "in". lie in is followed by abstract nouns; exist is followed by concrete nouns.Example: The book still lay where I had laid it a moment ago.The book is still where I put it just now.

life life

all one's life someone's life/bring to life(come to life) to wake up/for life lifelong/to the life realistic

lifebelt safety belt/lifeblood lifeline/lifeboat lifeboat/lifeless inanimate/lifelike/lifelong lifelong/lifesaver lifeguard/lifetime lifelong lifelong life/lifework lifelong career/wildlife wild animal
lifetime
(one lifetime) + time (time) one lifetime, lifetime
If you're driving to the airport, can you give me a____?

A. hand B. seat C. drive D. lift
The analytical answer is D.This question is a fixed collocation, give sb. a lift means "to give someone a lift
light light, light; light v/. point, ignite, illuminate adj, relaxed, shallow, bright

light up makes the face radiant and full of spring breeze
The past participle of light has lighted and lit. Lighted should be used as a prepositional attributive alone, and lito should be used in other cases. Example: ln the middle of the room stood a table with a lighted lamp on it.In the middle of the room was a table with a light on it.

like like, willing to,.Like, love, want to prep. Same as...

be like is the way of.../look Iike looks like/would like to do sth willing to do something

I'm tired, I don't____dancing now.
A. hope like B. feel like
C. want to D. fond of
Parse answer B.Sentence meaning: I am very tired now and don't want to dance.Examine verb analysis. fell like doing means "want to do...".For option A, hope should be removed; for option C; want+ to+ do; for option D, fond is an adjective and should not be used in conjunction with don't.

likely, almost certainly
like (like, as if a possible) + 1y (of...) very likely
There are many black clouds. It is to rain again.
A. like B. alike C. likely D. enable
Parse answer c.Sentence meaning: There are many dark clouds, and it is likely to rain again. be likely to possible, fixed phrase.

limited less, limited
line, rope, rope; line, queue

wait in line waiting in line/stand in a line stand in a row/hold the line don't hang up the phone/line up line up/in line(with)consistent with...

lineman wire repairman, road maintenance worker/Iinesman regular soldier, road guard/airiine aviation line/coastline coastline/frontline front line/headline title/outline outline/pipeline air pipe/waterline water line

liquid, liquid, liquid
liquid food liquid food/liquid state liquid state

listen listen to
listen to sb. doing hear what someone is doing/listen to sb. do sth.Hear what someone did (the whole process of the action)/Iisten for watch out and wait to hear

little small, young (including emotional color); short, small, z.Not much, not much, not much, not quite
quite a little / in little / Iittle by little gradually / think little of contempt / not a little a lot, very

less less/least like less/few few
You're standing too near the camera. Can you move____?

Aa bit far B.a little farther
Ca bit of farther D.a little far
The analytical answer is B. Farther means "again, again", which is the comparative degree of far. alittle means "a little bit"

live, live; live, live, survive; "√一7. Live, alive (as opposed to dead)

live by(on) live by..., take... as staple food/live up to live up to, be worthy of, be equal to.../live through withstand

lively/liveliness/living alive

Live can be followed by the preposition by or on.Live by..., but the object behind on should be the main food or source of income to sustain life; and the object after by is usually a means of obtaining economic resources.

lively, active, lifelike udv. Lively, briskly

living living, existing
bedroom/study/bathroom/kitchen/doorway/ceiling/doorbell
lock, lock, lock

The door remained___.
A. locking
C. locked
B. closing
D. to be locked
Parse answer C.Sentence meaning: The door is still locked. The door and lock are in the verb-object relationship. The action of lock cannot be issued by the door, and the passive voice must be used. remaln (linked verb) with done (adjective) after the form as a predicative.

lonely

alone is an adjective, usually used as a predicative rather than an attributive, meaning "single one", "alone", just stating an objective fact. alone can also be used as an adverb. lonely is used as an adjective, expressing subjective loneliness and loneliness , has a strong emotional color. Example: (×) There is an alone house at the top of the hill. (√) There is a lonely house at the top of the hill. There is a lonely house at the top of the hill.

long long; long; long, long (time and distance) long, long, longing
before long soon/long for sth. longing/Iong to do longing to be able/long ago( before) long ago/no (any )longer no longer
___David and Vicky___married?

For about three years.
A. How long were _ being
C. How long have_ been
B. How long have
D. How long did.
The parsed answer is C.Sentence meaning:——How long have David and Vicky been married? — about three years.This is a question about a period of time, and transient verbs cannot be used, and items B and D are excluded. The tense of item A is wrong, and only item C meets the meaning of the question.

As an adverb expressing time, long is most common in negative sentences and interrogative sentences. It is generally not used in affirmative sentences (except when it is used in conjunction with enough and so, too, as...as), and (for) a long time is used.Example: I've been waiting for a long fime for this opportunity.I have waited a long time for this opportunity.

look, watch; face, appearance. -.seem to appear; look at

have a look (= take a look) look/look after take care of, take care of (someone or something), look after; notice, look for/look around (round), look carefully/look at, look towards... look at; look at /look back upon review/look down upon contempt, look down on/look for looking for, seeking; self-trouble, causing, attracting/look forward to (to is a preposition, followed by a gerund or noun) looking forward to, looking forward to; anticipating, anticipating/look in By the way, look into/look into investigation, interrogation, peeping/look like seems to be, looks like/look on regard... as, look at (used in conjunction with as); on the sidelines, watch/look out pay attention, beware, depression/look over Look up, look up, visit; flip through, review, look at.../look up look up, look up/look up to respect, admire

She___his number in the phone book to make sure that she has got it right.
A. looked upB. looked forC. picked outD. picked up
The analytical answer is A. look up means "find".According to the meaning of the sentence, the correct option should be A.
Mum, I've cut my finger. It's bleeding!

___.
A. Let me see B. Don't worry
C. Be careful D. Let me have a look
The analytical answer is D. Item A means: Let me think about it, it is not logical.Can't say "be careful" because the finger is already cut and bleeding.It should be used to remind something before it happens.The child has a broken hand and cannot be comforted by Don't worry.There must be action.

In the compound object after look at, the infinitive without to or the present participle should be used as the object complement. @look is consciously looking at people or things with eyes, while see is unconsciously "seeing" or "seeing" people or things; in addition, look is an intransitive verb, and the preposition at is often followed by the object, and see is a transitive verb Tune. Olook is a linking verb when it means "look", 4 "seem" and "like", and its predicate should be an adjective instead of an adverb; if look is used as an action verb to mean "look", it should be modified with an adverb.

When look is used as a linking verb and means "look", it cannot be followed by other substantive verbs except to be, and (to be) can be omitted. look forward to is an idiom, which means "hope, look forward to", in which to is a preposition, so it should be followed by a noun or gerund, not an infinitive verb.

lose; delay; waste

lose one's life die, sacrifice/lose one' voice loss of sound, hoarse voice/tose the battle defeated/lose weight lose weight, lose weight/lose one's balance lose balance, fall/lose one's head beheaded, confused/lose patience( reason ) Lose patience or (sanity)/lose no time in doing.../lose one's way lost/lose a game/lose heart lose heart-
What do you think made IV~y so upset?

___her new bicycle.
A. As She lost B. Lost
C. losing D. Because of losing
The parsed answer is C.The question V should be interpreted as "Losing her new bicycle made Mary so upset." Losing is a gerund here, and it forms a gerund phrase together with her new bicycle as the subject.

Hundreds of jobs____if the factory closes.
A. lose B. will be lost
C. are lost D. will lose
The analytical answer is B.This question is in an adverbial clause caused by if, the present tense is used in the subordinate clause, and the future tense is used in the main clause, and the meaning of the sentence is passive, so B is the best.

loss lost, loss, loss, loss

The meaning of the idiom at a loss is.Confused, overwhelmed. .Example: I'm at loss what to do next. I don't know what to do next.

lot lot; sign
a lot (of) many/lots of many, a lot
a lot means.many. , can be used as a noun, as an object in a sentence, or as an adverb, to modify a verb, or to modify a comparative.Example: We have a lot to do.We have many things to do.But a lot cannot be used as an attributive, and a lot of should be used when modifying nouns. This phrase can be followed by countable nouns or uncountable nouns.Example: She has a lot of books.She has many books. A lot of is often used in affirmative sentences, and many or much is usually used in negative sentences and interrogative sentences.Example: Are there many people in the park9 Are there many people in the park?

loud (ground), loud (ground)

So loudly____that everyone of the class could hear him.
A. did he speak B. did he spoke
C. spoke he D. he spoke
Parse answer A.Sentence meaning: He spoke so loudly that everyone in the class could hear him.This question examines inverted sentences. When so+adjective (adverb) is placed at the beginning of a sentence, it constitutes an inverted sentence, and an auxiliary verb must be added in the sentence.Option B, spoke applies speak.

love love, love: like

fall(be) in love with……for the love of love for the sake of love

lovely, beautiful; delightful, beautiful
Love (love) + ly (...of) lovely, beautiful
low, short; low, lower; low voice

low price/low origin low/feel low mood/at lowest at least, the lowest/bring low to make the fall (worse) long; long-term; long time/lenght long; length/high high; high high Ground/tall high/short short; dwarf/brief short, brief, concise/broad wide, wide/wide (ground); extensively (ground)/spread stretching; stretching/deep deep, deep/shallow; superficial
I usually go to that shop from the prices are____there.
A. cheapB. not expensiveC. highD. low
Parse answer D.Sentence meaning: I usually go to that store because the prices are low there.High and low are used to modify the price of goods, and expensive and cheap are used to indicate the price of goods.The sentence is that the price price can only be expressed by high or low.

lucky lucky lucky

1uck (fortune, luck) + y (of many) lucky
luckily luckily; fortunately

lucky (=lucki lucky) + ly (adverb suffix) lucky

___you in your coming examinations.
A. Lucky for B. Lucky for
C. Good luck to D. Good luck for
Parse answer C.Sentence meaning: Good luck in your upcoming exams. Good luck to you I wish you good luck (wish for things that haven’t happened), Luckily for you (judgment for things that have happened), options A and D are wrong items, and based on the context of this question, you should choose C.

luggage luggage
Luggage, baggage are expressed.luggage.When there is no difference, luggage is a British term, and baggage is an American term.It must be noted that these two words are uncountable nouns, like other uncountable nouns, pieces of can be added before luggage and baggage.Example: (X) Have you brought many luggages'? (√) Have you brought much luggage (baggage)?Do you have a lot of luggage?

lunch lunch
The nouns of three meals a day usually do not use articles.However, if it refers to a meal in general, or when the noun of three meals refers to a specific diet, a definite article or an indefinite article must be used before the noun of three meals.Example: (×) Let's go and have a lunch. (√)Let's go and have lunch.Let's go to lunch.

lung lung
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