全大学英语综合教程第二版unit课后答案
Vocabulary
I.
1. allot
2. go through fire and water
3. reside
4. sobbed
5. made no mention of
6. sacrifice
7. came upon
8. rhythm
9. volume 10. something of a
II.
1. I stayed on as an assistant professor.
2. I hold it to my ear because I want to hear time tick away.
3. The salary is not wonderful, but the duties are light.
4. The moral of the lesson is not to talk to strangers.
5. Yes, but it cannot hold a candle to Huangshan.
III .
1. The nasty smell from the kitchen made her stomach churn.
2. When she sank into drunkenness, she was able to forget her sorrow.
3. In the 1500 meters, Martin and Parker came first and third respectively.
4. The two hills Shunner Fell from the north and Lovely Seat from the south flank the famous Butter Tubs Pass.
5. Levi, in gratitude to Joshua, gave a party for him.
Iv. 1. ambition ------- a mbition ---- regardless of 2. discourse---by way of 3.
is engraved---inward V. 1. have come upon/across 2. had comeout 3. come on/up 4. came across 5. comes down to 6. came around/to 7. comes to
8. came through 9. came up with 10. comes up
Usage
1. the Wilsons
2. Mark Twain
3. Annie Johnsons
4. another Winston Churchill
5. a Mrs. Burton
6. a Budweiser
7. A Monet
8. an old Ford Comprehensive Exercises
I. Cloze 1. Text-related 1. go through fire and water 2. salary 3.
give---no peace 4. sink into 5. ambition 6. By way of 7. expressive 8. churned 9. engraved 10. not hold a candle to 11. inward
2. Theme-related
1. Success
2. literacy
3. significantly
4. promoting
5. appropriate
6. too
7. later
8. repetition
9. invented 10. less
II. Translation
Although my grandmother was illiterate, she had a good stock of myths and legends. When I was young I gave her no peace, constantly asking her to tell me stories. After she had finished her housework, she would lift me onto her lap and tell stories, all the while rocking me in rhythm. Having noticed my interest in stories, my parents lost no time in initiating me into reading.
They bought many storybooks with illustrations, and whenever free, they would read these stories to meover and over again. By and by I had a vocabulary large
eno ugh to read on my own.
UNIT2
Vocabulary I. 1.
1) appetite 3) age ncy 5) saturated 7) hoisted 9) retrieve 2) destructive
4) processed
6) utter
8) referri ng to 10) Un fortu nately
2.
1) Peter was chasing the dog and Tomwas riding the woodenhorse in the garden.
2) They all looked on except one young man. He took her to the hospital in sta ntly.
3) I laid charges aga inst the compa ny and won the case.
4) If we want to stay competitive, first of all we need to modernize our factory .
5) They got irrigati on water from the dammed rivers.
3.
1) Except in the oases the desert is almost devoid of vegetation, although some stun ted,
thor ny shrubs grow in the western Sahara.
2) The fruits growing wild in the coastal forest are edible.
3) The n ati onal security age ncy made recomme ndati ons for improvi ng safety sta
ndards in airpla nes / to improve safety sta ndards in airpla nes.
4) The Beatles enjo yed success on a scale un paralleled by any previous pop group.
5) The emerge nee of Ian guage was a defi ning factor in the evoluti on of moder n
huma ns.
4.
1) Excluding other factors such as quality and price, products which are attractively
packaged are bound to attract more con sumers, particularly
childre n and young people. Packagi ng has become an importa nt way to boost ____ / of boosting the sales of products.
2) In the eyes of somebusinessmen, consumers' health comes second to profits.
They sell chicken infected with salmonella and crabs with traces of __________
an tibiotics.
3) It can be hard to go vegetarian. The important thing is to make changes you feel
comfortable with, at your own pace. While stopp ing consuming any
products for which ani mals are bred and slaughtered may be ideal, even a slight
reduction in meat con sumpti on is a step in the right direct ion.
5.
1) get over 2) got t o
3) get through 4) get over
5) get by 6) getaway
7) got in 8) get …out
9) get along 10) get away with
II. Collocatio n
1. I asked her why she did n't make use of her tale nt and sing a pop song on _____
the graduati on day.
2. Uncle Tom, the Iong-suffering slave in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's
Cabi n, died a miserable death.
3. We still have to learn how to live a harmonious life, not only with other people but also
with the en vir onment.
4. Breathing a deep breath, he ran up to take the penalty kick.
5. I dreamed a bad dream last night in which I was running through the forest, and being
chased by a bear.
6. My friend smiled a bitter smile when I asked her whether she'd found all the money
she'd lost.
7. Black people have a hard fight to fight before they win real equality.
8. People with mooddisorders often sleep a troubled sleep. They toss and turn, restlessly
occupied with n egative thoughts.
Comprehe nsive Exercises
I. Cloze
1. Text-related
(1) exclude ⑵ stubborn
⑶ devoid of ⑷ bow to
(5) pote nt (6) drawbacks
(7) con tam in at ing (8) heighte ned
(9) in fected (10) come sec ond
to
2. Theme-related
(1) con sumpti on (2) betwee n
⑶ packed (4) evide nt
(5) populati on (6) en courag ing
(7) grave (8) aga inst
(9) criticize (10) itself
II. Tran slati on
Study after study has uncovered the fact that there is a close correlation betwee n food and a nu mber of chronic diseases. For example, a decreased risk of certa in chronic diseases is associated with an in creased con sumpti on of pla nt-based foods. Therefore, in the past decade, the America n Dietetic Associati on has urged America ns to reduce their in take of animal fats, and to boost con sumptio n of fruits, vegetables, and grains. Mea nwhile, the Un ited States Departme nt of Agriculture has released a document contain ing the food guide pyramid, which encourages a minimum of three vegetable and two fruit serv ings per day. However, many America ns still don ' t meet / liste n to these recomme ndati ons.
Vocabulary
UNIT3
1. 1.
1) in vitati on 2) eloque nt
3) con cede 4) con tradictory
5) con ceals 6) guilty
7) gen eralize 8) get caught in
9) for now 10) as a last resort
2.
1) Non-smoking area. John ' s very intolerant of people who smoke.
2) She is an interesting character, and a bit of a mystery to me.
3) Because it does not reveal their marital status.
4) We are pla nning on trekk ing through the Malaysia n Rai nforest.
5) He muttered something under his breath that I couldn ' t understand.
6) They may n eed to wear protective rubber gloves and cloth ing.
7) The chairperson said sometimes unemployment tempted the youth into criminal
activities.
8) Though she never admitted it, the look on her face when I mentioned James n ame
gave her away.
3.
1) Throughout history, people have bee n in trigued by the questi on of whether there is
in tellige nt life elsewhere in the uni verse.
2) The hill farmers' lot has n ever bee n easy and in rece nt years has bee n assailed by a
series of major crises.
3) As with most people in his family, Grey is a great talker when he's in the mood to talk.
4) Fewpeople find it n ecessary to condemn white lies on the grounds that they are not
real lies.
5) All the evidenee of your qualifications and skills that backs up the claims
you make in your
r e sum e should be included.
4.
1) In general, everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an
understanding of ourselves. To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only
arrogant but also utterly shameless.
2) Eddie was adamant that his son should never indulge in vain wishes; he believed that
it was absurd for his son to pursue a roma ntic but utterly impractical career in the
future.
3) Those considering an adventurous safari in Central Africa should be aware _______
that there is an extremely small, but non etheless present, risk of
encoun teri ng ban dits on the road. Thus they should decide for themselves whether such pote ntial risks will be pers on ally acceptable to them and their
compa nions.
5.
UNIT4
1) go around / round 2) Go for
3) went off 4) go on
5) is going on 6) go about
7) go along 8) go through
9) go by 10) go over
II. Usage
1. The manager was chatting with the chairman of the board about something that concerned the future of their cooperation and I could tell that he was being careful with his words.
2. Tom did n't really like the food, but he was being polite and ate quite a ____________ bit.
3. Hekept tapping on his teacup with his spoon because he was getting impatient
waiting for the waiter to come around. ____
4. By handing in papers off the Intern et, stude nts are being stupid because _________
they run the risk of being caught and expelled from school. _________
5. He was being a coward by not being truthful to himself and others.
6. Some of the nu rses were very rude and told Edgar he was being a nuisance ______ whe n he compla in ed.
7. Don't talk nonsen se. I'm being serious. _____
Comprehe nsive Exercises
I. Cloze
1. Text-related (1) go alo ng
(3) straightforward ⑸ What about (7) assert
(9) resort
2. Theme-related (1) assert ing (3) because (5) Mistakes ⑺end (9) dyi ng II. Tran slati on
The new preside nt of our uni versity disapproves of the idea that we should be allowed to tell lies under certain circumstances. He believes that if people get used to telling any kind of lie, they will indulge themselves and eventually be stuck with the bad habit. To tell or not to tell a lie can sometimes become a very sticky issue, but our preside nt in sists on the notion that n obody in the world of educati on should dodge the resp on sibility of attach ing primary importa nee to honesty while teachi ng the youn g. I agree with him. What about _______ you
⑵ hon esty
(4) in dulge
in (6) dodge (8) absurd
(10) juggle
(2) go along ⑷ part
(6) excepti
ons (8) resort (10) freedom
Vocabulary
1. 1.
(1) for myself (2) con eluded
⑶ infinite ⑷ in ternal
(5) misery (6) mode
⑺ ven tured (8) visible
(9) observati on (10) comme nded
2.
1) I lay in bed feeli ng thoroughly wretched.
2) It is fragrant with the smell of apple blossom.
3) They are fine specime ns of the vetera n revoluti on aries.
4) I ' d like to enroll in the modern art course if it is not too late.
5) The taste is slightly bitter, and it has a strange odor.
3.
1) The schemedoes no thi ng to help families on low in comes and is sure to provoke /call
forth/draw/ arouse criticism.
2) Jenny is terribly un certa in as to whether Bob is the right boy for her.
3) These goods bear no resemblanee to those I saw printed in the advertisements.
4) In China, where black hair and black eyes are the norm, her blond hair and blue eyes
are rather con spicuous.
5) We did not have time for a rehearsal before the performa nee because of the delay of
our flight.
4.
1) The new parliame nt member, an energetic politicia n and arde nt advocate of the
welfare system, said: "The investigation has revealed that there are
still people who lead a wretched existence in our society. To leave the ___________ to their own devices is to deny them the basic human right, the right to a dece nt life."
2) On eday myprofessor en trusted me with a task of doing a certa in experime nt and
mean time gave explicit in structi ons that I must read his new book
beforeha nd. The book, however, did not comme ndtself to me. Could I go ahead
without reading it The perplexity haunted me for quite a while. Then I decided I could not look him in the face if I betrayed his trust. So I started read ing his book in earn est before tur ning to the experime nt.
3) The day I left for college, my father gave mean alarm clock and an English
lear ner ' s dict ion ary. Both proved useful in my subseque nt years of study. The latter helped to makeme accurate in my writing while the former helped me to be pun ctual.
However, I had to part with the clock with reluctance __________________________ later whe n it was proved to be bey ond repair.
5.
1) turned to 2) turned ?- down
3) tur n up 4) tur ned out
5) turned ???over6) turned on
7) turned away
8) tur ns out 9) turned in
10) turning in II. Con fusable Words
1) come
2) Come; bring; bring 3) take; take n
4) went; went; going 5) went; came
6) take 7) bring
8) come 9) brought
10) went / came Comprehe nsive Exercises
I. Cloze
1. Text-related
(1) En rolli ng
(2) specime n (3) leave him to his own devices
(4) inv estigatio n ⑸ By and by
(6) content with (7) en trusted
(8) relucta nee (9) in fectious
(10) observati on (11) mode
(12) grou nded in 2. Theme-related
(1) known
⑵ only ⑶ doing
(4) assista nee (5) assig nment (6) simply
⑺But (8) turned
(9) sin gled (10) because II. Tran slati on
Whe n 1 en rolled in Math 202, I an ticipated difficulties because I was not
well grounded in mathematics in high school. The course was taught by Professor Richards on, a fine specime n of an old-fashi oned gen tlema n, very cordial to his
students. However, when it cameto academic matters, he was by no meansan easy pers on. Before he started his lecture, he discoursed enthusiastically on the _____ importanee of working in an orderly fashion, of being thoroughly prepared before each class, and of not being content with what you have lear ned. His attitude towards work was infectious, and by and by I became an ardent math lover, too.
UNIT5
1) Its profits
shrank from $5 million to $ million in the last global financial crisis.
Vocabulary I 1.
1) perce ntage
3) warmth
5) wide n
7) in the face of
9) temperate
2.
2) zone 4) diverse 6) looked around 8) in perspective 10) theoretical