现代大学英语精读第二版第一册课后练习答案完全版(新)

参考答案（Unit 1—8）

Unit One

Key to Exercise

Preview:

1 True or false

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Vocabulary

4. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets

1. differ

2. differently, different

3. difference

4. serious, serious, seriously

5. seriousness, seriously polluted

6. Fortunately/ Luckily, pollution, seriously, pollute

7. attention 8. attentively, attentive

4 Translate the following sentences using words and expressions taken from the text.

1. 他们利用我们求助无门的困境把我们公司接管了。

They took advantage of our helpless situation and took over our company.

2. 虽然我们面前仍有困难，但我肯定我们中国人有智慧靠自己实现国家的和平统一。

Although there are still difficulties ahead of us, I am sure that we Chinese people will have the wisdom to bring abou t the peaceful unification of our country on our own.

3. 只强调国内生产总值是错误的，它会引起很多严重问题。

It is wrong to put emphasis on nothing but GDP. It will give rise to many serious problems.

4. 他喜欢炫耀他的财富，但是这完全是徒劳的，人们仍然像躲避毒药那样躲避他。

He loves to show off his wealth, but this is all in vain. People still avoid him as though he were poison.

5. 他不久就爱上了这个村子。他决心和村民一起把这个地方变成一个花园。He soon fell in love with the village and was determined to make it a beautiful garden together with other villagers.

6. 我们必须花更多的钱来和全球气温上升作斗争。另外，我认为我们还必须采用严厉的法律措施。这不只是一个钱的问题。

We must spend more money fighting against global warming. In addition, we must resort to tough laws. It is not just a matter of money.

7. 当警察到达学校的时候，学生和老师还在一种茫然不知所措的状态。

When the police arrive at the school, the students and the teachers were still in a daze.

8. 这个腐败的官员还在死死抓住他的权力不放。他拒绝靠边站。

This corrupt official was still clinging to his power. He refused to step aside.

9. 当那个人最后进入视界时，我发现他原来是我父亲。不知道他怎么在这大雪中找到这个地方的。那时候，我放声大哭起来。

When the man finally came into view, I found it was my father. I didn’t know how he managed to find this place in the blinding snow. At that moment, I burst into tears.

10. 她不时地偷偷朝他张望。她发现自己第一次这样看一个年轻男子。

She glanced at him from time to time. It was the first time in her life that she had found herself looking at a young like that.

5. Fill u in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs

1 of

2 from

3 for

4 out

5 up

6 up

7 up for 8. out

9. with

10. of 11. of 12. of 13. up

3. Fill in the blanks with ONE suitable word.

1. easy

2. beginning

3. But

4. suddenly

5. worried

6. If

7. master

8. number 9. habit 10. go

4 Translate the following sentences into English

1. 上大学之前，我没有想到大学生活如此丰富多彩。

Before I came to/ entered college, I had never thought life at college would be so rich and interesting.

2. 出生于20世纪90年代的中国大学生大多数是独生子女。

Most of the Chinese college students born in the 1990s are the only child of their families.

3.了解他的人都因为他出色的工作而钦佩他。

All those who know him admire him for his hard work.

4. 我那天缺课了，因为我不知道课已提前到了周四。

I missed the class because I didn’t know it had moved up to Thursday.

5. 在某些国家，超重的人会受到一定的惩罚。

In some countries, those who are overweight will be punished one way or another.

6.在大火中失去家园的人们很快被安置到安全的地方。

Soon after the fire, those who had lost their homes were taken to a place of safety.

7. 再见面的时候，我们发现我们两人变化都很大。

When we met again, we found we both had changed a lot.

8. 以李教授为首的专家们很快就会来帮助农民解决问题。

A team of experts headed by Professor Li will soon come and help farmers solve their problems.

9.现在种着西红柿的那块地以往是荒地。

The field planted with tomatoes used to be wasteland.

10.我们老师叫我们读像矛盾、巴金那样大师们写的作品。

Our teacher told us to read books written by such masters as Mao Dun and Ba Jin.

Unit 2

Vocabulary

4. Translate the following sentences, paying special attention to the words in bold type.

1. 一个男子突然站了起来，用他的鞋子朝他扔过去。幸亏他及时低头躲了过去。

2. 我们在他回家前把房间通通风吧。

3.她虽然八十好几了，但还能穿针引线。

4. 我们必须勇敢面对这个危险。总有人妖在我们这里浑水摸鱼。

5. 她清楚地知道，如果2把那钱放进口袋，她就会倒大霉。[head for:很可能遭受（不幸）；会招致]

6.会议是由一个刚刚平步青云，掌握大权的妇女主持的。

7. 正如老话所说，剥猫皮可以有很多种方法。（不必墨守成规）

8. 一对年轻的恋人坠入爱河，仅因为此，他们被用石头活活砸死。

9. 我希望贫富差距能够缩小。前两天我见到一个饿极了的年轻人在一家饭馆狼吞虎咽地吃残羹剩饭。

10.桌子上的食品如此诱人，我都流口水了。

3. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets

1. is that we can’t find enough foreign markets

2. is that with democracy there is no harmonious society

3. is that we should give/ allow students more freedom

4. is not strong enough to send him to prison

5. reliable enough to be her husband

6. is not big enough to hold so many people

7. There doesn’t seem to be any different opinion

8. Because at that time there seemed to be enough food for everybody

9. Because there didn’t seem to be any good reason at the time

10. because he was being followed at that time

11. my car is being repaired/fixed

12. I hear it is being criticized by many people

13 a good doctor, but he doesn’t know much about history

14. an excellent English professor, but she doesn’t know everything

15. we may be poor, but we are no beggars.

16. I shouldn’t have told her in such a hurry

17. I shouldn’t (have gone)

18. we should have listened to them

4 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words and phrases

1. move in on, happened to

2. aware of

3. heard of

4. think twice

5. Because of, hand over

6. the other day, on duty

7. on the case, as to

8. in the first place

5. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions and adverbs.

1 on

2 into

3 up

4 forward to

5 down upon

6 up

7 up to

6 Translate the following sentence into English

1. 在我看来，这似乎不可能，但是其他所有人看起来都很有信心。

It seems impossible to me, but all the others looked very confident.

2. 我们四下一望，没有一个仍然矗立的建筑物了。地震似乎把一切的摧毁了。We looked around. There wasn’t a building standing in sight. The earthquake seemed to have destroyed everything.

3. ---他这些日子里似乎情绪很低落，不知道为什么。

He looks to be in a low spirits. I wonder why.

---我觉得那是因为他似乎学习上没有多少进步。他怕被同学瞧不起。

I think it is because he doesn’t seem to be making much progress in his studies. He is afraid of being looked upon by his classmates.

4. ---你在找什么，迪克？W

What are you looking for, Dick?

---我好像把钥匙丢了。真烦人。

I seem to have lost my key. How annoying!

5. 如果你发现一个字在中间说不通，你就该查查字典。这是掌握意思的唯一办法。

If you find a word that doesn’t seem to make any sense in a sentence, you should look it up in the dictionary. That is the only way to learn to use a word.

6. 他们继续争吵了几个钟头，两人似乎谁也不愿听对方的话。我突然想起有人说过：“讨论是知识的交流，而争吵是无知的交换。”

They went on arguing for hours. Neither was willing to listen to the other. I suddenly remembered someone saying: “Discussion is an exchange of knowledge while argument is an exchange of ignorance.”

7. 那里的形式似乎非常复杂，政府已答应进行认真调查。

The situation there seems quite complicated. The government has promised to look

into it.

8. 我爷爷似乎正在好起来，但是他任然需要有人照顾。

My grandpa seems to be getting better and better, but he still needs somebody to look after him.

9. 经济学家已经得出结论：危机似乎很快就要结束了，世界经济正在好转。Economists have come to the conclusion that the crisis seems to be coming to an end. World economy is looking up.

10.这次病后，我看了看我的银行账本。使我伤心的是，账上的余额几乎是零。我前三年存在银行的钱全花完了。

When I got well I looked at my bank account. To my sadness, I found my balance was almost zero. All my sayings in the past three years were gone.

7. fill in each blank with the correct form of the appropriate word in the brackets.

Ago and before:

1. 和过去式连用，不能和现在完成式连用

2. 说“现在的多长时间以前”用ago; 说“过去某时的多长时间以前”用before。所以通常ago 用于过去式，before用于过去完成式中。

Eg. Two years ago, I left the company, which I had joined two years before. Grammar

3. Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word

1 type/ kind

2 lending

3 for

4 is

5 pay

6 opening

7 balance 8 store/keep/save/put 9 changes 10 withdraw

4 Translate the following sentence using one of the patterns listed in Grammar exercise 1-2

1. 你还是试一试别的方法吧。

You ought to try a different method.

2. 要不你再去和写作老师谈一谈？

I think you ought to talk with our writing teacher about it.

3. 我们还是立即向警方报告这次失窃吧。

We ought to report the theft to the police immediately.

4. 你的父母身体不好，你多去看看他们吧。

You ought to see your parents more often now that they are not in good health.

5. 你不该对长辈那样大声嚷嚷。

You shouldn’t have shouted at the elders like that.

6. 这么重要的会议你是不该迟到的。

You shouldn’t have been late for such an important meeting.

7. 难道吉姆不是你的朋友吗？他提出要帮你，你是不该拒绝的。

Isn’t Jim your friend? You shouldn’t have turned down/ rejected his offer of help.

8. 作为一个大学生，你是不该把业余时间都花在网络游戏上。

As a college student, you shouldn’t have spent all your free time playing computer games.

9. 万一我这次失败了，我还会再试第二次的。

If I failed this time, I would try for the second time.

10. 要是地球继续变暖，这些岛屿将不复存在。

If the global warming continued, these islands would disappear.

11. 我要是现在有一百万元，我一定会给父母买一套房子。

If I had a million yuan, I would buy my parents an apartment.

12. 要是我当选为学生会主席，我没准会组织一次钢琴比赛。

If I were elected president of the students’union, I might organize a piano competition.

5 Identify and correct the mistakes

1. No one knew what had happened/was happening there. / No one knows what is happening /has happened there.

2. My parents had a good reason to be angry with me. I shouldn’t have lied to them in the first place.

3. The new Prime Minister is well aware that his government is faced with a lot of problems. / The new Prime Minister is well aware of the problems his government is face with.

4. If you won the prize, what would you do you the money?

5. The guest was greeted with a bunch of flowers at the airport.

6. The teller was arguing with a young customer about something when the narrator entered the bank.

7. The narrator thought the bank’s policy was ridiculous.

8. It was understandable for her to be angry with me. / She had a good reason to be angry with me.

9. I shouldn’t have lied to her in the first place.

10. He had no choice but to do what he was told to.

Unit 3

Vocabulary

1.

4. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets.

1. represent, represented

2. employer, unemployed, employees, reemployed

3. well-informed, information

4. informer, inform, authorities

5. complaints, complain, unemployment

6. insult

7. insulting, insult

8. representative

9. be insulted

2 Complete the following verb + noun collocations or expressions

1 mind (his own business)

2 plant / grow / harvest / reap (the rice)

3 dig / sink (a well)

4. (catch) fish / birds / crabs / mice/ a thief / a cold / the meaning / the disease

5 till / improve / conserve (the soil)

6 plough (the field)

7 (condemn) the enemy / the killings

8 (attract) attention / interest / criticism

9 (gather) flowers/ nuts / information /troops

4. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions and adverbs

(1) in, of, with, at, with, about/of, to, of, on, to

(2) of, for, from, till, on, after, against/from, in

(3) to, in, of, of, for, to, for, in, to,

(4) down, over, with

(5) by, over,

(6) along, with, across

(7) around/ round, away, with

(8) to, up, off, off, on

5 Translate the following sentences, using the link +predicative pattern

1. 祝英台虽然不愿意嫁给马家小少爷，但她不能不服从她父亲。她的心都碎了。Zhu Yingtai had to (was forced to) obey her father and marry the young master of the rich Ma family although she was extremely unwilling. She was heartbroken.

2. 那个人从来没见过这么大的一张钞票。他说：“这东西看着好，摸着也好，的确就是好。”

The man had never seen such a large note. He said, “It looks good, feels good, and it is good.”

3. 树叶都变黄，变红，变紫了。看起来真是如天堂一样美。

Leaves had turned/got/gone/become yellow, red and purple, It really looked heavenly

beautiful (beautiful like heaven).

4. 随着年纪越来越老，她开始容易感到疲惫。

As she grew older, she began to feel tired easily.

5. 他的话听起来很有说服力，但好听的理由并不等于好的理由，两者之间存在很大差别。

What he said sounded very convincing, but reasons that sound good do not always mean good sound reasons. There is a big difference between the two.

6. 他爱说话，他永远无法保持沉默，而他说的往往被证明是错的。

He likes to talk. He can never keep quiet, and what he says often proves (turns out to be) incorrect.

7. 他在战斗中受了伤，流了很多血，变得十分虚弱，他的领导强迫他留在医院到伤口痊愈为止。

He got wounded in battle, lost a lot of blood, and became very weak. His leaders ordered him to stay in the hospital until he was completely recovered ( healed).

8 他以为可以从我们手中滑过去；他们错了，他们休想干了坏事就溜走。

They thought they could slip through our fingers. They were wrong. They couldn’t get away with what they had done.

9. 长征的时候，红军需要越过大渡河，穿越草地，翻过雪山。

During the Long March, the Red Army had to get across the Dadu River, through the grassland and over the sown-covered mountains.

10. 你在哪里生活习惯了吗?你和同学相处的如何？我们给你寄的钱够你凑合着用吗？

Are you used to the life there? How do you get along with your classmates? Can you get by with the money we send you? (Is the money we send you enough for you?)

7 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the appropriate word or phrase in the brackets.

1 wish

2 hoping

3 hope, wish

4 wished

5 hope

6 can’t, can, won’t

7 should, would/could/might

8 happened/occurred, happen/occur

9 occurred, taken place/happened/occurred

10 happen, take place

Grammar

3. Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word

1. trying 2 enough 3 brought 4 without 5 first 6 simple 7 any 8 times 9 in 10 only

4 Translate the following sentence using sentence patterns o f unreal condition or as.

1. If you had arrived ten minutes earlier, you could have caught the train.

2. Your father would have forgiven you if you had told him the truth.

3. If it hadn’t snowed heavily, I would have taken you along to yesterday’s party.

4. If there had been more rain in spring, the harvest would have been much better.

5. If they hadn’t learned a lesson from their failure, they wouldn’t have achieved so much.

6. If my family hadn’t supported me, I wouldn’t have taken part in this contest.

7. Many people think that China’s Great Wall is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world,.

8. As so often happens, misfortunes/troubles never come singly/alone.

9. As is often the case with many first-year college students, Jim finds it hard to adapt to the life at college.

10. As is reported, the president will visit five African countries next month.

5 Identify and correct the mistake(s)

1. Supermarkets have sprung up everywhere in Beijing since the 1990s.

2. The old lady finds the shop filled with goods she has no use for.

3. If I had had time, I would have joined you for dinner yesterday.

4. The old couple told me that they had nothing to complain abou t.

5. My grandfather advised me to apply to Nanjing University for admission.

(or: My grandfather suggested that I apply to Nanjing University for admission.)

6. He went back to work as soon as he was back on his feet.

7. He said he would pass on the message to all his friends.

8. We might have finished our work by 5 pm if the manager had not interfered.

9. Any country will sooner or later fall behind if it fails to keep up with the times.

10. Maybe it is fate that brought my children back to our hometown.

Unit 4

Vocabulary

2 Complete the following verb + noun collocation or expression

1. fit the (description; lock; theory)

2. (make; receive; have; get; answer ) a telephone call

3.(make; have; arrange; keep; break) an appointment

4. risk (failure; life; health)

5. affect the (health; future; economy; result; decision)

6. raise (hell; hands; eyes; a finger; voice; glass; wages; prices; hope; issue)

7. save (time; money; trouble; life; face; country)

8. wave (a gun; arms; hand; flag; cloth)

9. (do) harm

10 bite (one’ lip; one’s nails; none’s tongue)

11. (take; seize; miss; gives; have; get) chances

12. cover (a table; one’s body; somebody; ground; field; anger; all subjects; all expenses; many miles; pages)

5 Rewrite the following sentence using the words or expressions in the brackets.

1. He did not fit the description of a great scholar. For one thing, he was half naked. For another, he slept by the roadside of a busy city, hardly a setting for a philosopher.

2. I wish I knew how they learned about this secret missile.

3. Her face suggested a ripened apple, and she was otherwise very strong except for the loss of both her leg.

4. They made an appointment in a restaurant that evening, where the waiter quickly slipped a note into the spy’s hand concerning he secret message.

5. We waited for almost one hour and the food we ordered still did not come. I decided to raise the devil with the management.

6. The government has promised that it will not hesitate to punish those who deal in cheating, gambling, black marketeering, and prostitution.

7. Had the authorities aggressed with the plan, it would have brought a lot of problem. Luckily, it was turned down and no harm had been done.

8. We must make sure that the nuclear power stations are absolutely safe. We can’t take chances.

9. I think we should mind our own business. But I will check on him anyway.

6 Translate the following sentences into English

1. 他们别想当然地以为我们会接受他们的条件，把我们当傻瓜。我们不那么容易上当。

Don’t let them take it for granted that we will accept their conditions/terms. We are no fools, and we won’t be so easily taken in.

2. 我们只花了三年时间就使我们的村民收入增加了一倍.

It took us only three years to double the income of our villagers.

3. 他们要是不收回他们的话并道歉,我要给他大闹一场.

If they do not take back their remarks and apologize, I am going to raise the devil with them.

4. 我们提出的这个问题很复杂,有很多东西需要考虑.但是我们得碰碰运气吧. The problem we raised is complicated. Many things have to be taken into consideration. But we have to take our chances.

5. 这孩子像他爹,对一切都好奇. 给他一个玩具,他立刻就拆开.

The boy takes after his father/Dad. He is full of curiosity. Give him a toy, and he will immediately take it apart.

6.你一定要确保他们带你去见他们的经理,告诉他们,事情很重要,很可能关系到我们的投资计划.你必须见他本人.

You must sure that they take you to the manager. Tell them that it’s very important and may affect our investment plan, and therefore you must see him in person.

7. 他们告诉乘客说,天已晴朗了,飞机估计半小时以后起飞.

They told the passengers that the sky had cleared up and the plane was about to take off in half an hour.

8. 我建议你落实一下你们逮捕的那个人和描绘的犯人是否相符.

I suggest you go and check if the man you have arrested fit the description of the wanted man.

9. 你意思是假如我们采取这一步,就可能影响我们两国的关系吗?

Do you mean that it will affect the relationship of our two countries if we take this step?

7. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the appropriate word or phrase in the brackets.

1 except, except for

2 effect, affect

3. ordinary, common

4. cause, cause, course

5. used to

6. hard- , hardly

7. am used to 8. glanced at

9. staring at 10. gazing at

Grammar

3 Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word.

1 time

2 buy

3 instead

4 with

5 did

6 pushed

7 nobody

8 When

9 what 10 used

4 Translate the sentences into English

(1) using adverbial clauses of time and reason introduced by as

1. As the final exams are coming nearer, students have stopped computer games, and they are busy preparing for them.

2. As time goes by, it becomes easier to forgive and forget.

3. The couple sat and listened as their daughter told them about her first day at school.

4. As we approached the 21st century, we keenly felt the need for understanding and cooperation between nations.

5. As he is learned and humors, Professor Yan is very popular with his students.

6. As many important people will go to the party, the couple think they should be seen there, too.

(2) using the passive

1. Three subway lines are being built in the city.

2. Shakespeare’s works have been translated into many languages and read all over the world.

3. Almost half of the crops in the area have been destroyed in the rainstorm.

4. If you were asked to list ten people you admire, who would you name?

5. What would you do if you saw a stranger being bullied?

6. Their relationship is based on shared dreams and interests.

Unit 5

Key to Exercise

Vocabulary

3. Fill in the blacks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.

1 for, on

2 against, out

3 to, in

4 with, to

5 of, of

6 of, in spite of, on

7 of, in

8 Upon, into

9 in, with 10 to/with

4. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate phrase in the brackets. Change the form if necessary.

1. springing up/ going up (两者均可。前者更生动些)

2. go about/ go over（两者均可，但前者指开始某项工作，后者指该计划本身要仔细审阅一下，意思有所不同）

3. went out 4 going on 5 went off 6 goes with, go to

7 go under, go for 8 go into

9 going, go to, go for, go along with, went crazy

10 go with, go together

5 Translate the following sentences into English

1. 这是个难得的机会。你要是让它从身边溜掉就太傻了。

This is a wonderful opportunity. You would be foolish to let it slip by.

2. 我们的出口和去年相比增加了百分之二十。

Compared with last year, our exports have increased by 20%. (or …are up by 20% / …have gone up by 20%)

3. 因为没有更好的词，我们姑且称之为“走后门主义吧”吧。

For want of s better word, let’s call it “backdoorism”.

4. 这个年轻人喜欢修理摆弄东西。他可以说是个万金油。（什么都会一点的人）。This young man is fond of fixing things. He is something of Jack of all trades.

5. 和他们父母一代相比，今天的年轻人认为他们是比较现实的一代。Compared to their parents’generation, young people today consider them to be a more practical generation.

6. 他气得脸色发青，决定将这场抗议运动扼杀在萌芽状态。

His face turned/ went blue with anger. He was determined to nip the mass protest in the bud.

7. 这说来话长，但是今天我不想去研究这件事的历史了。

It is a long story, but I won’t go into the history today.

8.我们花了比我们想象多得多的时间才过了海关。

It took us much more time than we had expected to go through the customs.

9. 灯光突然全灭了。全城一下陷入完全黑暗中。

The power went out suddenly, and the whole city was thrown into complete darkness.

10.别等我了，你先走。我要先把这份文件看完。

Don’t wait for me. You go ahead. I must go over this document.

11. 我们无法否认这样的事实：我们为经济发展付出高昂的学费。

We cannot deny the fact that we have paid dearly for our economic development. 12. 消防队员要是晚到一会儿，火就会蔓延到附近的油罐。

Had the firemen arrived a bit later, the fire would have spread to the nearby oil tanks. Grammar

1 Combine each pair of sentences following the pattern below.

1. The narrator was as helpless as the boy at the bank.

2. In a bad year the soil is as hard as stone.

3. Luckily, the final exam isn’t as difficult as the mid-term.

4. At the moment, your health is more important than anything else.

5. To his mind, the two cultures are as different as chalk and cheese.

6. Xiao Fang is the most creative student I’ve ever known.

7. This is the most fantastic story I’ve ever heard.

8. Five thousand yuan is the lowest price we can offer for the PC.

9. Jack says that Avatar is the best science fiction film he’s seen in the last three years.

10. The snowstorm last week was the worst my grandmother can remember.

11. I think Dialogue on CCTV News is one of the most thought provoking talk shows CCTV offers.

12. The Bird’s Nest, the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, is the most magnificent stadium I’ve ever been to.

2. Compete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets, using one of the patterns given.

1. The doctor did all (that) they could

2. everything he says

3. anything the ask for/demand

4. all he got from a week of hard work

5. All that is written in his wife’s letter

6. Nothing the doctors said

7. anything you suggest

8. Something he read in a popular magazine

9. All that can be done is /has been done

10. Anything the artist painted

11. something that never existed before

12. nothing the doctors could do

3 Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs

1 through 2. over 3. like 4 As, like

5 through

6 Over/ In/ During

7 through

8 over

9 from, without, around/ in, As, with, with, to/with

4. Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word

1 much

2 kind

3 doing

4 called

5 fought

6 become

7 good

8 other

9 himself 10 then

Unit 6

Vocabulary

5 Fill in the blanks with correct forms of the appropriate words listed below.

1 acceptance

2 occurrence

3 astonishing, unrecognizable

4 appreciative, expectation

5 identical, identify, identifications

2. Give corresponding synonyms and antonyms for the following words.

3 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the appropriate phrases and expressions listed below. Note that some of them may be used more than once.

1. After all, regarded as

2. regarded as/ in a sense, consists of

3. for ages, at once

4. were astonished at, After all

5. calls for, on their part/ in turn

6. dawned on, in case, melt into

7. reflect on, in relation to, calls for

8. cut, in, on their part/ in turn, work out

4. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.

1 off/ out

2 off

3 out/through

4 through

5 to, through

6 to

7 with

8 on

9 to 10 with

5. Translate the following sentences into English using the words and expressions listed below.

1. 当我们到达目的地时，我们发现这块地上已经没有任何建筑，只有一些石头散落在地上。没有人能认出这是一段可以追溯到千年以前的城墙。

When we reached our destination, we found nothing standing on the ground except some rocks scattered here and there. Nobody would be able to recognize it as part of the city wall a thousand years ago.

2. 今天，大多数人看问题都有了新的角度，他们不再认为主要是国内生产总值标志一个国家的幸福了。

Today, most people have got a new perspective. They no longer accept the view that

mainly GDP marks the happiness of a nation.

3. 让我们同意对方有不同意见吧。我们起码在这一点上意见是一致的，我们同意不采取暴力，我们同意我们的分歧必须和平解决。

Let’s agree to disagree. We at least agree on one thing: We agree not to use force. We agree that we must settle our disputes peacefully.

4. 桂林向来被我们称为最美的地方，我以前怀疑这种说法。现在我完全同意他们了。一切都美极了，尤其是那千姿百态的石峰。

Guilin has always been regarded by our people as the most beautiful place in our country. I used to have my doubts, but now I totally agree with them. Everything is so beautiful, especially the rock formations in these different shapes.

5. 我可以向你保证他是个非常随和的人。我从来没见过她发脾气。

I can assure you. She is a very agreeable person. I have never seen her lose her temper.

6.一位亲眼看见那个妇女被汽车轧过的年轻人同意出庭作证。我很欣赏他的勇气。

A young man who saw the woman run over by the car has agreed to appear in court as witness. I admire his courage.

7. 大学教育应该设法保证我们的大学生有进行批判性思维的能力。

College education should see to it that our students are able to do critical thinking.

8. 你们在预习功课的时候，一定要尽量试试，看你是否提出重要的问题来，是否能作出有意义的评论。

While you are preparing your lessons, you must try your best to see if you can raise some significant questions and give meaningful comments/criticism.

9. 在对这个问题进行仔细思考以后，我认识到，我们必须保证学生不但能谋生，还能懂得怎样生活。

Upon careful reflections on this issue, I’ve come to realize that we must make sure that our students not only can make a living, but also know how to live.

10.有一次我修好了一个漏气的自行车胎，爸爸拍拍我的肩膀，逗我说我是家里的天才，有当机械师的潜力。他的话引起了全家人的大笑。

Once I fixed my bike tire which was leaking. My dad patted me on the shoulder and teased me saying that I am the family genius and have the makings of a good mechanic. What he said set the whole family laughing.

7 Fill in the blanks with one of the appropriate phases listed below

1 At that time

2 at a time

3 for the time being, in time

4 on time

5 during the time/ at the time, for a time/ for a long time

6 all the time

7 at the same time, at a time

8 By the time, for some time 9 at times/ all time

10 For a long time/ During that time, all the time

Grammar

3 Translate the following sentences using proper adverbial clauses

1. Take a warm jacket with you in case it should suddenly turn cold.

2. It’s not safe there, so stay in the hotel at night.

3. The two girl spoke so softly that no one else could hear them.

4. When you explain the danger of the drug to children, do it so that they can understand.

5. The whole family worked hard so that they could send one of the children to college.

6. In winter the school closes early so that the children can get home before dark.

7. He was an only child, so he found it difficult to get along with his peers at school.

8. The accident happened so long ago that I don’t remember much about it.

9. The teacher had just taken the children out of the building when it collapsed.

10. It was so dark that the German secret agent didn’t notice there was no balcony below the window at all.

4. Fill in the blank of the passage with ONE suitable word

1 so

2 aware

3 realized

4 book

5 when

6 but

7 clearly

8 again

9 decided 10 case

Unit 7

Inter-lesson (I)

Answers to Exercises

1 Put in the, a/an, or a 0 when no article is needed.

1. A, a

2. a

3. The, the

4. 0,0

5. the, the

6. a

7. 0, the, the, The

8. The, a , 0

9. A, 0

10. The, an, 0, a, the, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 // 0, 0, The, a, a, 0, a, 0, 0, the, 0, 0, 0

2 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets.

1. goes

2. is having, won’t be

3. will stay

4. had

5. has just offered, told, am/was, need/needed

6. arrived, were

7. has happened, have been trying

8. is, find, are

9. arrived, had begun

10. were still sleeping, was, were barking, began

3 Put into these compound sentences a conjunction (and, but, or, so) and a comma.

1. I did not know a single one, and none of them knew me.

2. I clung to my father’s hand, but he gently pushed me from him.

3. One of our daughters is working in a textile factory in Bangkok, and the other has a jib in a store.

4. The harvests were poor at first, but they soon improved.

5. Send them away, or I’ll shoot and take my chances!

6. I opened the account myself, so why can’t I withdraw any money?

7. Our piece of land is small, and it is no longer fertile.

8. No, we two haven’t changed much, but the village has.

9. But there is no more rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely and my heart will break.

10. I know, times have changed, but certain things should not change.

11. Sometimes, they get bullied, and it is like a knife piercing my heart.

12. “Press closer, little Nightingale, or the Day will come before the rose is finished”cried the Tree.

4 Put into the passage punctuation marks:….

My sister and I are three and a half years apart in age, but a world apart in the way we live our lives. She is conservative and quiet. I take too many risks, and the only time I’m really quiet is when I’m sleep. I’ve spent most of my adult life apologizing to my sister and the rest of my family for being different, for embarrassing them by something I wear, something I do or something I say.

5 Paraphrase these sentences, paying special attention to the underlined parts. 1. Our path: life at school

Not totally sweet: not just fun

(not) unclouded: (there were) work to do and unpleasant things to face.

Method used for paraphrasing: replacing abstract words with concrete ones Paraphrase: school wasn’t just fun; there were work to do and unpleasant things to face.

2. suggested: showed

Authority: a person in charge

Paraphrase: The way the man looked showed he was the man in charge there. Metho d: finding out the exact meaning of words or phrases in the context

3. it: hearing (that) my children are badly treated

Is like a knife piercing my heart: gives me great pain

Paraphrase: Whenever I hear (that) my children are badly treated, I feel great pain. Method: replacing similes or specific words with general words.

4. fit the description of any secret agent: was like a secret agent (described in spy novels)

Paraphrase: Ausable wasn’t like any secret agent in spy novels Fowler had read. Method: explaining phrases in everyday language

5. The occasion: the fact that the villager was serious about the rock being the center of the world

Show of recognition: agreeing with them in some way

on my part: from me

Paraphrase: As the villagers were serious about the rock being the center of the world, I felt I had to show I agree with them for the sake of politeness.

Method: e xplaining abstract words (occasion, recognition) in concrete everyday expression.

Answers to Test Paper

I. Spelling

1. rivalry

2. variety

3. stretch

4. whisper

5. pierce

6. scarcity

7. scent

8. interfere

9. ridiculous 10. jewelry

11. conscious 12. genius 13. ignorance 14. potential 15. automatic

16. mysterious 17. passable 18. blossom 19. marvelous 20. philosophy

II. Word Formation

1 overcrowded

2 withdrawals

3 Amazingly

4 determination

5 doubtful

6 wordy

7 good-natured

8 telecommunications

9 curiosity 10 disagree

III. Cloze

1 has

2 meeting

3 at

4 hours

5 alone

6 lecture

7 weekends

8 Among

9 way 10 that

IV. Translation

Chinese to English

1. He doesn’t seem to have the courage to speak out about what’s happening in the factory.

2. The couple told the reporter that they had nothing to complain about.

3. Compared with our old place, our new apartment/house seems like a palace.

4. It is surprising that it has taken people so long to take advantage of this win-win opportunity.

5. The guests told the host that they had spent a very enjoyable evening at the party chatting with old friends.

6. I was about to pay for the shopping when it suddenly dawned on me that I had left my purse at home.

7. He stayed (in) home all weekend, trying to reflect on what had happened.

8. When he was young, he believed in freedom so much that he would rather die than live without it.

9. When I visited Beijing for the second time, I found the city’s public amenities had greatly improved.

10. If anything unexpected happened during the conference, the security guards would arrive with in a few seconds.

Unit 8

Vocabulary

4 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word “addict” or “consider”

1 addicts

2 addictive, addicted

3 addiction

4 consider, consideration

5 considerate

6 Considerable, considered

3. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets.

1. that all nations realize that global warming is everybody’s bushiness

2. that life is always full of opportunities and challenges/risks

3. that all this has proved that our efforts have not been in vain

4. that the earth moves round the sun

5. that she had been admitted to that university

6. that wives ought to stay at home

7. that the best policy is to tell people the truth

8. that he mentioned the other day that

9. that our teacher once said that he had noticed that some students still had difficulties with their grammar.

5 Fill in the brackets with the correct prepositions or adverbs

1 for

2 into

3 after

4 away, over

5 out of

6 out, into 7. to, in 8 over, out for, for 9 to, about, on, across

6. Translate the following sentences into English

1. The fuel/gas ran out, but he managed to make a safe landing in rice fields.

2. There are already quite a few students who are considering running for the chairman of the Students’ Union.

3. That student who was run over by the horse carriage is now out of danger. I consider him really lucky.

4. It is said that this well has never run dry in the past hundreds of years, and this has been considered a miracle.

5. We are running short of hands. You have just come in the right time.

6. I’d rather have some of our public works run by the state than by private businessmen.

7. She warned me not to make friends with those who are always running after name and money.

8. We warned them that what they did was against/a violation of the agreement/contract, and we would take legal action.

7. Fill in the blanks with the correct word(s) in the brackets. More than one word may be correct.

1 remember/memorize

2 remember/recall

3 remember/recall

4 remember, special

5 middle

6 center

7 however, visits

8 special, trip

9 particular, tour 10 found, found out

Grammar

2 Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets, using a what-clause.

1. What farmers what most

2. what they suggested

3. what my parents said to me

4. what they were trying to do

5. what life was all about

6. what they should get out of college

7. what we need

8. what you look like

9. what the village had achieved in the past 30 years

10. what the federal government should not do at the moment

3 Translate the sentences using a what-clause or a present participle phrase

1. Do what you like without caring about what other people think.

2. We should find out what the students think about the matter.

3. We’ll do what we can to help the earthquake victims.

4. I hope what I have written will be of help to other college students.

5. Being journalism majors, we ought to keep ourselves informed of what is happening around the world.

6. “Stop thief!” a student called, raising his voice.

7. Having nothing more interesting to do, the boy decided to take his alarm clock apart.

8. Wang Lan opened the wardrobe, wondering what she should wear to the interview the next day.

9. The village head went from door to door telling people to leave for a nearby hill.

10. Realizing he’d been deceived, the old man reported the painful experience to the police.