新世纪大学英语 综合教程2-Unit2习题答案

Book II Unit Two

Checking Your Vocabulary

Word Detective

(page 47) 1. 1) b 2) f 3) d 4) h 5) j 6) a 7) i 8) c

(page 48) 2. 1) STRAIGTEN 2)RELAXED 3) LOWER 4) INDIRECT

5) RESPECTIVE 6) OWE 7) HOPEFUL 8) CEASE

The hidden word is GLORIOUS

(page 49)

3. 1) bound for 2) without so much as 3) may well 4)all/get into debt

5) played the fool 6) on earth 7) put my name up for 8) was bestowed on

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in Action

(page 51) 1. 1) emphasize 2) stretched 3) remedy 4) confine 5) remarkable

6) owe 7) lower 8) response 9) reveal 10) characterized

11) picture 12) adopt 13) proposed 14) trembling (page 53) 2. 1) singled out for 2) kept back 3) all but 4) in search of

5) on earth 6) in particular 7) first and foremost 8) took in Increasing Your Word Power

(page 53) 1. 1) responsible for 2) bound for 3) aware of 4) appreciative of

5) thirsty for 6) worthy for 7) capable of 8) noted for

9) independent of 10) suitable for

(page 54) 2. 1) similar 2) alike/similar 3) sleeping 4) asleep 5) cheerful

6) glad 7) afraid/frightened 8) frightened 9) living 10) alive (page 55) 3. 1) a delightful holiday 2) a hopeful man/person in politics

3) a forgetful person 4) a masterful manager

5) a handful of rice 6) a spoonful of water

7) an armful of newspapers 8) a roomful of students

9) a mouthful of wine

Grammar Review

(page 56) 1. 1)be done away with 2)is/gets punished 3) being erected

4) Having been ignored 5) believing 6) to have sent

7) be looked up 8) speak/speaking 9) being interviewed 10) taken (page 56) 2. 1)杰克，有你的电话。

2）贺卡上印有“新年快乐”的字样，在下面还有一条附言。

3）给了他们两天时间来为会议做必要的准备。

4）物体受热时膨胀。

5）你的笔写起来很流畅。

(page57）3. 1) It is known to all that these islands have always been part of China’s territory.

2) When you plan a project, all these factors ought to be taken into

consideration.

3) These children are well taken care of/ are taken good care of in the

nursery.

4) The car is too old; it needs repairing/to be repaired.

5) The question has been much talked about on TV recently.

CLOZE

(page 57)

1) set 2) circumstances 3) as if 4) value 5) which

6) constant 7) granted 8) aware 9) characterizes 10) appreciate

11) who 12) damage 13) stricken 14) during

TRANSLATION

(page 58)

1) Such a sight always moves me and sets me thinking.

2) Stop scolding/blaming her—you’d have done the same thing under/in similar circumstances.

3) We should be appreciative of/grateful for what we have instead of taking everything for granted.

4) He may promise to change, but it’s the same old story of saying one thing and doing another.

5) I racked my brains about how to break the terrible news to him.

6) It will be impossible for me to repay my parents for everything they have done for me.

7) For now, it remains to me to thank you once more for joining us and wish you good luck in your work.

8) I said right from the beginning that he would cause us trouble.