现代大学英语精读1Unit-2-课后练习答案

Unit 2

Preview

1. Listen to the recording of the text and choose the statement that best reflects your understanding.

1. C

2. D

3. A

4. B

5. C

Vocabulary

I．Become familiar with the rules of word formation

1. Give the parts of speech of the following words and guess the meaning.

1. n

2. n

3. v past participle

4. v past participle

5. v past participle

6. n

7. n

8. n

9. adj. 10. adj.

11. n 12. n 13. adv 14. adv 15. adj.

16. adj. 17.n 18.n 19.n 20. n

2. Guess the meaning of the following words and see how they are formed.

1．头痛2．钞票3．祖国4．伤心5．握手6．山体滑坡7．月光

8．雪靴9．手册10．店员11.夜总会12.交叉火力13.意志力

3. Translate the following expressions, paying attention to the different use of the suffix “-y”.

1．繁星密布的夜空2．狂风暴雨肆虐的大海3．棉花般的雪

4．多山地区5．落基山脉6．肉嘟嘟的鼻子7．多毛的胸部8．浓密的眉毛9．卷曲的头发

10．有钱人11．雨季12．银发

13．红润的面颊14．多刺的鱼15．瘦骨嶙峋的女孩儿16．气味难闻的奶酪17．咸味食品18.华而不实的语言

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，如果她把那钱放进口袋，她就会倒大霉。

[head for:很可能遭受（不幸）；会招致]

6.会议是由一位刚刚平步青云，掌握大权的女性主持的。

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（人们用石头）活活砸死。

9. 我希望贫富差距能够缩小。前两天，我看见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。

2. Complete the following verb + noun collocations or expressions.

1. have/keep/open/close

2. have/keep/show/lose

3. attend/hold/chair/have/open/close

4. change/read/speak

5. give/hold

6. make/send/save/pay/earn/deposit/withdraw/change/borrow/lend

7. wear/show/give/use

8. obey/follow/make/change/break

9. have/spend/keep/waste/kill/save/count/lose

10. protect/represent/consider

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

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

2. is that without 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 seem ed 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 seems to be in low spirits / in a bad mood these days. 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 down upon by his classmates.

4. ---你在找什么，迪克？

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 already 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.

1. Say, ago

2. before, remember/recall

3. spoke, say

4. speak/tell, after, speak

5. After, since

6. bring/take, since/because (Use “bring” if she was coming to you, and “take” if she was leaving you.)

7. question, since/when

8. Remember, bring

9. matter, problem

Grammar

1. Study the given patterns and rewrite the following sentences after the example.

1. You ought to invite him to sing at the New Year Party.

2. You ought to do something a bit more challenging.

3. We ought to start preparing for celebrations.

4. You ought to relax and stop worrying about him.

5. If I knew their phone number, I would surely call them.

6. If I was in charge here, I would help you.

7. lf l was offered the job, I would take it for sure.

8. If I had a warm coat with me, I wouldn’t feel so cold.

9. If his parents could afford it, they would support him at college.

10. Ted might be able to solve these problems if he were here with us.

2. Rewrite the following sentences by using subjunctive mood after the example.

1. Jack shouldn’t have done that/thrown the exam paper to the floor.

2. People shouldn’t have wasted water like that.

3. Joe shouldn’t have lied to his parents. / He shouldn’t have spent his parents’hard-earned money like that.

4. I shouldn’t have given up so easily.

5. Jim should not have jumped the queue./ He shouldn’t have behaved like that.

6. Li Tong’s parents shouldn’t have read her private letter without her permission.

7. I don’t think the students should have overacted. (They should have called the security on campus.)

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

1 types/ kinds

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 go and 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。