UNIT 4 SPECIAL EDUCATION
I. Pick out the words that have the italicized letter is not pronounced /u/ or / :/.(
1. commune rob condition follow ____________
2. organize money force for ____________
3. sport stalll talk shake ____________
4. sorrow employ organize work ____________
5. occupation opposition obligation obtain ____________
6. all computer water born ____________
II. Choose the correct words to complete the passage.
The New York Institution for the Blind was (1) _________ in 1831, about five years after Louis Braille had developed (2) _________ system of writing for the (3) ________. It was one of the first schools in the United States to provide an (4) _________ program for children who were blind or (5) _________ impaired. Early in the twentieth century the name was (6) ________ to The New York Institute for Special Education (NYISE) to better reflect the (7) _________ expanded focus and commitment to children with a variety of (8) _________.
1. a. discovered b. founded c. located d. provided
2. a. the b. this c. his d. its
3. a. deaf b. blind c. mute d. disabled
4. a. educated b. educating c. education d. educational
5. a. visually b. mentally c. hearing d. badly
6. a. renamed b. adjusted c. changed d. developed
7. a. school’s b. program’s c. system’s d. founder’s
8. a. impairments b. injuries c. handicaps d.disabilities
III. Rewrite the sentences using a phrase with the and an adjective instead of the underlined phrases.
1. People who have lots of money have comfortable lives.
The rich have comfortable lives.
2. We live near a special school for people who can’t hear.
3. The old soldiers were holding a service for those who had died.
4. The government should do more for people who do not have enough money.
5. I’m doing a course on caring for people who are mentally handicapped.
6. We need to provide more shelters for people who are without place to live.
7. People with severe disabilities need full-time care.
8. Life must be hard for people who do not have a job in our society today.
9. What can we do to feed people who do not have enough to eat ?
10. Braille is a reading system for people who are unable to see.
IV. Complete the sentences using the adjective in brackets. Put in e.g the hungry or the hungry people.
1. Rich nations can afford to feed the hungry .
2. The homeless people whose story appeared in this paper last week have now found a place to live.
3. _____ (sick) need to be looked after, so money must be spent on hospitals.
4. Some of _____ (young) at the youth club here are running in a marathon.
5. Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy for _____ (umemployed).
6. There was a fire at a nursing home in Charles Street, but none of _____ (old) who live there were hurt.
7. What is the government doing to help _____ (poor) ?
8. _____ (homeless) usually have great difficulty in getting a job.
9. There is a special television program for _____ (deaf) every Sunday morning.
10. _____ (disabled) of our party were let in free.
V. Write a sentence for each of the following using used to or didn’t use to.
1. Dennis gave up smoking two years ago.
Dennis used to smoke a lot.
2. When Babara was in Italy, she stayed with an Italian family.
3. I quite like drinking coffee in the morning, althought I wasn’t keen on it when I was younger.
4. We seem to have lost interest in our work.
5. I don’t mind traveling by train now.
6. I went to the church when I was a child.
7. Since we’ve lived in the countryside, we’ve been much happier.
8. Mr Micheal grew tulips but he doesn’t any more.
9. I prefer listening to classical music now, although when I was young I couldn’t stand it.
10. My sister looked so fat when she returned from Paris.
VI. Choose the correct form of the verbs.
It is sometimes said that there is nothing new in the world of fashion. Annabelle was a well-known model during the seventies