现代大学英语精读1Unit-5-课后练习答案

Unit 5

Key to Exercise

Vocabulary

1. Write down the part of speech of the following words as well as their suffixes.

Noun suffixes: -ian, -ist, -ity, -th Adjective suffixes: -al, -ed, -ist, -ous, -y, -cal

2. Translate the following participle phrases into Chinese.

1．一件撕破的夹克16.被打败的敌人（败兵之将）

2．冰封的河流17.导弹

3．书面文件18.上述各个理由

4．满意的表情19．进口机器

5．一个受尊敬的教授20.为数不多的上帝的选民

6．苦笑21.一个受伤的士兵

7. 他有限的词汇22.事先准备好的讲话

8．压低的价位23.开水

9．归国华侨24.退休工人

10.深谋远虑的举动25．罐头食品

11.破裂的家庭26.已经完成的形式

12. 干果27.一位有经验的教师

13.一个松花蛋28．敌占区

14.发达国家29.在打一场已经失败的战争

15.已经上了锁的门

2. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in brackets according to the sentence patterns in bold.

1. that he decided to devote his whole life to teaching in his home village after he finished school

2. that he soon lost his power (or was overthrown)

3. that people generally agree that few major/big issues/problems can be resolved without China’s participation

4. with a gun in his hand

5. with a page boy standing on either side of him and a few elderly soldiers sweeping the ground outside the city gate

6. With the roaring river in front and the enemy soldiers following closely

7. to keep calm

8. To be a professor means

9. To know a lot of names, persons and events in the past does not necessarily mean

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

(Note: upon my word短语今天已经不常用。今天，在口语中，人们可能会说”God!”, “My word!”, “Oh, dear!”“Dear me!”之类)

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 goes under, goes 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 a 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.

6. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the appropriate word in the brackets.

1. in

2. alone, lonely, alone

3. trembling/shaking

4. shivering (We often say “shiver with cold”, but “tremble with fear”.)

5. Shake (作为及物动词，只能用shake)

6．took，first，want（这里want是“短缺”的意思）

7. At first, at last

8. Meadows, bloom

9．Spent, flowers (to spend time doing sth. 是spend的常用动词模式)

10. cheap, cost

7. Translate the following sentences, paying attention to the words in bold type which may have different meanings in different contexts.

1．他的崇拜者们（粉丝）那天晚上几乎都发狂了。很多女孩子都昏了过去。

2．这个电影讲的肯定是过去的事情，因为电影里人们还在用电扇。

3．你不要把东西丢得到处都是。你应该更加井井有条些

4．球赛就是球赛。我们不应当倾向任何一边。

5．这位世界闻名的大型动物猎人在他的遗嘱里把大部分积蓄都留给了一个野生动物保护组织。他只给儿子留了一点点以帮他渡过困难的岁月。

6．记住：一个人被迫违心相信是不会真正信服的，所以要让每个人自由发表他们的意见。7．那个老人把他的拐杖靠墙放了。他的风度很像一个有钱的绅士。

8．那位秘书是一个可爱的老太太，嗓音甜美。她朝我甜美地笑了笑，请我坐下，然后叫我填一份表。

9．我们在沙漠深处发现一种无名小花，它有一股淡淡的香味，放在嘴里还有点甜。10．农民们在蔬菜上面喷洒了杀虫剂，结果叶子上形成了一层薄膜。

Grammar

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/5616304890.html,bine 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 they 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 others

9 himself 10 then

5. Identify and correct the mistake(s) in each of the sentences.

1. Something (that) a witness said during the trial has been bothering me.

2. Many parents mistakenly believe that the more toys children have, the more creative they will be．

3. A house without a book is like a room without a window.

4. He was so glad to see his old friend that tears ran down his face.

5. People believe that tomorrow’s car will be bigger, faster, and more comfortable than before.

6. Both on land and at sea, helicopters have rescued many people.

7. Jim is intelligent, but not as hard-working as his sister.

8. The most humorous person (that) I’ve ever met is my teacher of Chinese.

9. I don’t believe an old man of 80 could be so strong as to knock down a door.

10. All that the people want are lasting peace and social progress.