1. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the following words from the text.

1) There will always be temptations to ______ the future for the immediate gratification.

2) More often than not, these arguments ______ due to our choice of words rather than our point of views.

3) Their new products are ______ the market.

4) When there is a full moon, this ______ rodent is careful to stay in its burrow.

5) There is also a selection of ______ non-alcoholic cocktails.

6) The living room was ______ yellow by light filtered through the curtains.

7) The flowers ______ a sweet fragrance.

8) ______ music floats on a scented summer breeze to the spot where you lie.

9) With his natural ______ of Spirits, he began to hope again.

10) The factory’s workforce has ______ from over 4,000 to a few hundred.

2. Complete the following sentences with the proper forms of the words in the brackets.

1) The ripe wheat ______ (undulation) in the Breeze like the incoming tide.

2) A chess player must have a ______ (fertility) imagination and rich sense of fantasy.

3) He ______ (resignation) rather than take part in such a dishonest transaction.

4) The usually ______ (serenity) Albert had entirely lost his self-possession.

5) ______ (astronomer) is the scientific study of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.

6) We have grown accustomed to having our ears assailed by mindless cursing and______ (profane).

7) High electricity bills point to a poor heating system or bad ______ (insular).

8) We hiked the Grand Canyon, exploring Indian cliff ______ (dwell).

9) Law is the ______ (crystal) of the habit and thought of society.

10) The operation was successful. The cheek ______ (indent) was now just barely noticeable.

3. Match the following words with the correct meanings.

1) aurora a. of heaven or the spirit

2) mirage b. sleep

3) abode c. of or relating to the land

4) slumber d. sth. illusory and unattainable

5) celestial e. the first light of day

6) terrestrial f. a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical)

7) requiem g. the choicest or most essential or most vital part

8) oracle h. housing that someone is living in

9) rout i. a song or hymn of mourning in memory of a dead person

10) marrow j. an overwhelming defeat

4. Paraphrase the following sentences taken from the text.

1) The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears that hear it. Olympus is but the outside of the earth everywhere.

2) Though the view from my door was still more contracted, I did not feel crowded or confined in the least.

3) Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.

4) The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a hundred millions to a poetic or divine life. To be awake is to be alive.

5) I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.