大学英语4课后答案
u1
Unit 1 Leisure Activities
P 15 Word Building
1) A. the entertaining novel
B. entertainment
C. entertained sb.
D. an entertainer
2) A. is recognizable
B. I recognized the man…
C. recognition
3) A. looked tempting
B. temptation
C. tempt sb. to do sth.
4) A. The student reasoned thoughtfully before answering the question.
B. why my reasoning was wrong
C. gave a reasonable excuse
D. give you one reason why…
5) A. analyzed the blood pressure
B. the analytical methods
C. the market analyst
D. the analysis
6) A. learned a valuable lesson
B. the jewelry valuation
C. valued/values
D….had poor entertainment values for sb.
7) A. the American humorist
B. a good sense of humor
C. the humorous story
D. humorless article
8) A. understandable
B. understanding
C. understand
D. misunderstand
P 16
2. Translation:
1) a sense of responsibility
2) a sense of security
3) a sense of inferiority
4) a sense of superiority
5) a sense of rhythm
6) a sense of justice
7) a sense of shame
8) a sense of helplessness
9) a sense of direction
10) a sense of urgency
3. Translation:
1) living behavior is normal…
2) Fast cars appeal to John…
3) diverse arguments
4) I asked my boss for clarification
5) is sensitive to light
6) Mutual encouragement
7) made fun of him
8) He persists in his opinion
9) to be the focus of attention
10) we buy our tickets in advance
P 17 Filling the blanks
1) be certain/sure
2) were involved in…
3) at their wit’s end
4) behavior
5) disciplining children
6) agreed to
7) individually
8) first
9) made no response to…
10) question
11) made no attempt to…
12) raised his voice
13) directly
14) followed him into…
15) is in big trouble
u2
Unit 2 The Power of Words
P 60
1. intrigue
A. was intrigued by…
B. political intrigue
2. strain
A. be straining for effect
B. put a strain on sth.
3. savor
A. lost its savor
B. savored his success
4. treasure
A. treasure our trip
B. find a treasure
5. credit
A. …is credited to sb.
B. place much/little/no credit on/in sth.
6. boost
A. give a boost to my confidence
B. boost /lift up the morale of athletes
7. note
A. left me a note
B. note /notice sb. doing sth.
8. sign
A. signed his name
B. sign
9. total
A. total (v.)
B. a total of …
10. stuff
A. stuffed the bag with sth.
B. What kind of stuff…
11. count
A. took a count of the people
B. First impressions count.
12. last
A. sth. last
B. took the last of the meat from the dish
13. compliment
A. compliment (vt.)
B. take…as a compliment
14. flood
A. a flood of complaints
B….have been flooding into the office…
P 61
thrives on activities = profit from
a strategy
annual report
deserve a break /vacation
make a spontaneous decision
express my sincere apologies for sth. /sb.
long-term investments
enterprise
follow
up your letter with a phone call
…is characterized as…
lingered
acknowledge the help…
P 62
1. complimentary complementary
A. separate but complementary needs
B. said complimentary things about…
C. a couple of complimentary tickets
2. stationary stationery
A. the stationery department
B. stationary = still, motionless
C. stationary = sable, constant
3. typewriter typist
A. typist
B. typewriter
C. typist
4. vague vulgar
A. vulgar
B. vague
C. vague
5. pad pat
A. a pad of paper
B. a pat on the back
C. put a pad on the floor
6. owe own
A. by her own efforts
B. …owed it to sb. that…
C. owes…the rent
C. everything she owned
P 63
to be searched
find a clever way to
gave him the solution
wasted no kind words on…
can’t tolerate sth.
have hidden anything in the cup
that dumb guard
wasn’t subject to search
make noise
catch up on some extra work
purchased a milkshake
replaced sth. with sth.
a word of appreciation
hurried out the door
a search warrant
it was strange that…
u3
Unit 3 Gender Difference
1. Filling the blanks P 104
1) genetic tests
2) assign homework for students
3) noticeably thinner
4) I never approved
5) Bias against girls
6) they are deprived of sleep
7) sth. consisted a risk for sb….
8) sb.’s participation in…
9) unintentional
10) considering postgraduate education
2. opposite meanings: P 104
conscious – unconscious
positive – negative
encourage – discourage
superior – inferior
directly – indirectly
biased – fair
sexist – nonsexist
limited – unlimited, limitless
dependent – independent
appropriately – inappropriately
4. filling the blanks: P 105
1) …it will turned out all right…
2) …sports skills carry over into personal life
3) I find myself calling on the boys…
4) getting all the laundry put away
5) … she has fallen behind
6) …who is going to take over the presidency
u4
Unit 4 Creativity
Word Building (P 141)
1. confuse
A. I was confused in…
B. There seems to be some confusion …
2. intelligent
A. have a low intelligence
B. intelligent
3. humor
A. A humorous thing
B. people lacking in humor
4. strategy
A. improve his strategy
B. … is of great strategic importance
5. motivate
A. students who are well motivated and happy in their leaning
B. His motivation was so strong that…
6. combine
A. a combination of tiredness and boredom caused me to fall asleep in class.
B. Sickness, combined with bad weather, made our trip impossible
7. create
A. the creation of a new exam system
B. the most creative writer
8. pursue
A. In pursuit of…
B. She is pursuing her studies
9. multiply
A. learning multiplication
B. if you multiple four by tree…
10. employ
A. He was healthy but he did not know how to employ (使用;应
用)his energy
B. the employment of modern machinery
Filling the blanks (P 142):
Is just a working model; we haven’t perfected it yet.
We need to find the best way of approaching the problem.
Which do you value more, wealth and health.
You’ll soon learn how the office functions (=work运作)
…adopt a different approach (采用不同方法)
The car… is in almost perfect condition.
Children should honor (尊敬) their father and mother.
The main function(功能) of the kidneys is to purity the blood.
It’s an honor to be asked to speak at this meeting.
For them, the main value of the house lay in its quiet location.
Filling the blanks (p 143)
We should not dismiss these ideas just because they are unfamiliar.
Pain and illness are thought to be the unavoidable consequences (后果)
The government is committed to (致力;投入) promoting the development and use of public transportation.
The restriction no longer applies to him because he’s over 18.
…are vital /very important to…
His ideas were scorned (轻蔑;鄙视) by many American psychologists.
Internet connections through conventional (平常的; 惯常的) hone lines are fairly slow.
I have to buy a wedding present and I want to find something really original (新颖的; 独创的)
Filling the blanks(p 143)
consciously
innovative solutions
unconsciously
consciously
Imagination
Are not aware how…
in control of
Your future is created by your thoughts…
Your present no longer has to be an extension (延伸;延续) of your past.
A powerful technique
You are vulnerable(脆弱的;易受伤的) to others.
…so your life is unfolding (展开) that way
Joyful, creative, exciting experience.
You…have everything to gain.
Apply creative living to every area of your life.
u5
Unit 5 Sports
Word Building (p 180)
Necessary
A computer is an absolute necessity for this job.
He doesn’t want to stay longer than necessary.
It does not necessarily follow that a larger workforce will be more productive.
Disagree
They were in total disagreement about the value of the book.
I must have eaten something that disagreed with me.
She said some very disagreeable (不如意的) things.
Decide
A winning debate was the decisive turning point in…
The decision to build a new airport would raise people’s taxes
I could decide on what to order from the menu.
Choose
His mother is hard to please because she is so choosy(挑剔的).
I’ll give you a choice…
He chose to ignore her rudeness.
Lead
You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.
Other firms are following the company’s lead in research and development.
His company is the leading(领衔的; 头号的) software provider in the domestic PC market.
Perfect
as perfect (adj.)as it could be
There is no such a thing as perfection in poetry.
It’s just a working model; we haven’t perfected(v.完善)
it yet.
Determine
admire sb. for sb.’s determination to…
Your parents’ income is used to determine your level of financial aid.
He is determined to finish the project it yet.
Assist
to assist sb. with his duties
The agency offered financial assistance to single mother.
The bank president began her career as an assistant to a load officer.
Imagine
the designer’s plan showed a lot of creativity and imagination
Susan writes very imaginative science-fiction stories.
The doctor believed that all of Bill’s problems were imaginary.
Living on the moon is imaginable…
The soldier imagined what it would be like to be a general.
Scare
Jane lay on the floor, too scared (惊恐的) to move.
Driving through the terrible storm was very scary(令人害怕的).
The scream from the darkness scared (v.) her stiff. (把她吓得全身僵硬)
Tolerate
A lot of the summer jobs available here are tolerable only if you are young and don’t mind working hard.
There is a general feeling that the president has been too tolerant of corruption.
My tolerance of heat is considerably greater after having lived in the Far East for a couple of years.
She can’t tolerate noise of any sort when she is trying to write.
Expect
The expectant (期待的; 期盼的) audience waited in silence for the show to begin.
Borrowers are expected to return books on time
Now that our two groups have merged we can all have great expectations for the future.
Filling the blanks: P 182
… He is bound to / he is sure to find out about it.
The mine-workers went on strike, and the railroad unions threatened to follow their lead.
It is all very well to be frugal, but he goes too far.
He told us that he would take the place of his father in the company for a while.
I haven’t seen that student for some time; do you think she’s dropped out?
Your mother would have a fit if she knew you were here.
These products measure up to the national standards.
When we were young, we were taught to look up to the police.
Let’s face it, we won’t win whatever we do.
My father can make anything: chairs, tables, cup boards – you name it.
Word Building P 182-183
My seven-year-old had new shoes in April and he’s already outgrown them.
John was unable to outdo his older sister at tennis.
In the story the clever little fox outwitted the hunters and escaped from the trap they had set.
The medical benefits of X-rays far outweigh the risk of having them.
His father out lived this mother by eighteen years.
u6
Unit 6 Risks
1. Vocabulary (p 223)
a. sensible advice b. relative advantages c. the mechanism that worked the alarm d. … requires skill e. eliminate all the errors f. a plane crash
2. Filling the blanks (p 223)
1) The true character of many risks is quite different from what we might have imagined.
2) We end up preparing ourselves for the impossible risk
3) Rarely do we lea
rn the risk level
4) Such a casual attitude towards the risk level certainly sells newspapers.
5) because virtually (几乎) everything is risky (adj.)
6) There are all manner of risks (n.) in our daily life.
7) People should inform themselves not only about what is risky, but also what the level of the risk is …
8) Because ignoring the risk level makes sensible risk management impossible.
9) Unless someone can definitely tell you what level of risk is associated with a particular activity, do as you wish.
3. Translation (p 223-224)
On the strength of (基于)those grades, he won the scholarship to Syracuse University.
The market has all manner of (各种各样) interesting things for sale.
/Faith does not feed on (由…滋润) then air but on facts.
The teacher told the girl to reduce an equation to (简化) its simplest form.
Keep on doing that and you’ll end up (最后以…为结局) in serious trouble
The environmental problems are often associated with (和…有关系) nuclear waste.
Today we are doing to focus on (把重点放…) the question of homeless people
For assistance, they turned to (向…求助) one of the city’s most innovative museums.
Everyone is the class is expected to participate actively in (参加) these discussions.
The Southern Weekend identified at least two village officials said to be involved in (卷入).
u7
Unit 7 College Life
opposite meanings (p 266)
belief – doubt dependent – independent
deep – shallow mediocre – excellent
learn – unlearn useless – useful
shame – pride well-informed -- ill-informed
polite – impolite smart – dull
inadequate – adequate painful – painless
success – failure imaginative – unimaginative
boring – interesting
2/ Filling the blanks:
……if she is deprived of adequate sleep
John and Mary stayed together only for the sake of the children
……get away from the taxes
He dropped out high school
This is by no means the first time you have been late.
……It is time we got down to business.
……I cannot distinguish one speaker from another.
I like to look back on my high school days…
We could tell that Robert had gone through a very difficult time.
She shouldn’t be working so hard. She is 70, after all.
I didn’t enjoy marking those papers and I was glad to be rid of them.
I’d rather not go to the dance on my own. I do wish you’d come with me.
u8
Unit 8 Time
Word combination p 309
1. Spend time doing sth.
2. Waste time =lose time
3. Take one’s time = do sth. at a moderate pace
4. kill time
5. save time
6. pass the time
Word building P 309
regain rewrite rearrange replace reform
reunite readjust review remarry relive
words with similar meaning：
sense his guest were bored = felt
dismiss the idea \= ignore, disregard
emerg
e from = appear
perceive a change = notice
recall ever meeting her = remember ever meeting her
accelerate the growth of crops = speed up
have the dress altered = have the dress changed
external pressures = outside pressures
recognized = realize
the usual symptoms of flu = sign
u9
Unit 9 Science and Technology
Word Building (p 346)
invention - invent available – avail
innovation - innovate adaptable – adapt (to) 适应
discovery - discover acceptance – accept
evolution – evolve objectivity – objective 客观的
observation – observe experimentation – experiment
prosperity – prosper (v.)繁荣；兴旺
disastrous (adj.) – disaster (n.) 灾难的
P 347
1．She was admitted to hospital for observation after complaining of chest pains.
2. Have you any rooms available for next weekend?
3. New scientific discoveries are being made every day.
4. There is now a general acceptance (n.) that the war will eventually (= in the end, finally)have to end through negotiation.
5. Extensive experimentation is needed before new drugs can be used.
6. Inventions such as radio and the dish washer brought communication and automation to the ordinary home,
7. Research on insects suggests (= shown, indicate…)that bacteria play a vital part in animal evolution (进化；演变).
8．The survivor in this life seem to be those who are adaptable to change.
9 Susan’s design innovations (变革) saved the company a great deal of money.
10 The reporter doubted the objectivity (客观性) of the corrupt judge.
2. Filling the blanks (p 347)
1. I my grandfather’s time it was quite out of ordinary for a woman to go to college.
2. George Bush (Senior) preceded Bill Clinton as president of the US.
解释：precede sb. as… 在某人之前任职
succeed sb. as… 继某人之后任职
举例：Junior Bush succeeded Bill Clinton as President of the US,
3. It’s six o’clock now. To be exact , it’s six ten.
4. Your actions contradict (与…矛盾)your declared moral principles.
5. A country’s future prosperity (繁荣)depends, to an extent, upon the quality of education of its people.
6. The extraordinary experience gave birth to his (产生= result in; give rise to…) latest novel.
7. After running to the bus stop, we sat down to catch our breath.
8. It’s a nice house, but it wasn’t quite what we had in mind (what is desirable理想中的)
9．He proposed a new method to increase the work efficiency.
10/ They convert (= change) the old barn into a holiday home.
11. Lisa and Mike decided to rebuild their house after the disastrous (a.灾害性的) fire.
12 The fact that he’s having difficulty breathing is a negative sign.
解释：1.) the fact 后接that构成同位语从句，类似名词从句，通常做主语、宾语、表语等， 在此翻译为：他呼吸困难这种状况不是好征兆。
2) h
ave difficulty doing sth. breathing 呼吸
3) negative : 消极的 负面的
3 Short Translation: (p 347)
1) She had hardly sat down when the phone rang. (她刚坐下)
2) You need to book your ticket in advance (预先), especially if you want to reserve a seat. (特别是想要订一一个位子的话)
3) Anger is not necessarily the most useful or acceptable reaction to such events (并不一定是最有用的)
4．What kind of person do you have in mind for the job? (你心理觉得什么人合适工作)
5. There is a limitation on the time (you have to take the test). (有时间限制)
6. Woodhead spent part of his childhood in Phodiesia.
7. There were three times as many girls as boys. (女孩是男孩的三倍)
8. I travel to London every day, as do most of the people who live in this village.
说明： most people travel…=do…, 为了避免重复而用do的形式取代取代， do放在句首是因为主语语句太长。
9. On the one hand, expansion would be good, but on the other hand it would be sad to lose the family atmosphere.
10. Despite /in spite of international pressure, progress has slowed in the peace talks. (虽然有来自国际上的压力)
u10
Unit 10 Satire in Literature
Vocabulary (p 223)
1．bring about bring back bring back bring in bring up
A. bring down the government 推翻；削减
B．Harsh anti-trade Union laws were brought in the early 1980s. 引进
C．Few politicians are in favor of bringing back the death penalty. 恢复
D. The only way they can bring about political change is by putting pressure on the country. 带来；造成
E. He brought up a subject rarely raised during the course of this campaign. 提出
2. go about go around do by do down go off
A. Going by (遵循)what he said, we should be there by mid-afternoon.
B This neighborhood has really gone down (败落)in the last few years.
C The whole conference went off (进行;进展) just as we had planned.
D. I want to learn German but I don’t know the best was to go about (着手做) it.
E. There is a story going around (流传) the office that you’re thinking of leaving.
3. make for make of make our make up make up for
A. I don’t know what to make of (了解;明白) our new teachers.
B She doesn’t have a natural talent but she make up for (将勤补拙) it with hard work.
C. For Halloween, the children made up (编造；虚构) stories about wolves and switches.
D. He rose from his seat and made for (走向) the door.
E. I heard the voices, but couldn’t make out (辨认；领悟；理解) what they were saying.
4. Think better of think badly of thing highly of
Think nothing of think twice of
Those guys thought nothing of (不想;不考虑) changing rules in the middle of the game.
A previous divorce can make you think twice about (重新考虑) married again.
He started to say something , but then thought better of (
再考虑不周一下) it.
Most of the women were college graduates, thought highly of (对某人高度评价) Smith ,and were pleased that this stranger was so smart.
I could easily go in and request part-time work, and no one would think badly of (对某人评价欠佳) me
5. by/from all accounts on account of on no account
On this/that account take account of /take/take sth. into account
I studied her carefully on account of my special relationship with her son, Sylvester.
On no account should the soldiers be blamed for what happened.
句首有否定词类的,后面的行为动词要部分倒装.
She was divorced, and on that account alone (就因为这个原因), my mother disliked her.
Urban planners in practice have to take into account of (考虑) many interest groups in society.
She was, by /from all accounts (据说) an accomplished, entertaining and witty story teller.
2． 近义词 P 392
1) illustrious – distinguished 杰出的
2) temporal - chronological 时间的; 时间顺序的
3) gravely – seriously 沉重的; 严肃的
4) universal – general 普遍的
5) fumble – mishandle 确笨拙触碰
6) straggly – untidy 不整洁
7) brogue – accent
8) boards – stage
9) commentary –review 评论; 注叙
10) wring – squeeze 拧扭; 绞(毛斤等)
11) indignantly – angrily
12) disregard = ignore 不理睬; 忽视
13) immortal – eternal 永久的; 永恒的
3 Vocabulary in a passage: (p 393)
1) they were married 2) five and a half months later
3) They separated in 1970 and their divorce became 4) effective on….
Iassc 5) first met Jane Opal Jeppson when he 6) signed an autograph for her…
He was 7) suffering badly from a kidney stone at the time, 8) which gave her the impression that he was unpleasant.
He later 9)claimed to (声称) have no recollection (回忆) of that first 10) encounter (不期而遇)
They next met on May 1 1959m when Janet 11) attended a mystery writers’ banquet …12)seated with Issac. That time the mutual 13) attraction was immediate. When Isaac and Gertrude 14) finally separated in 1970, he moved in with Janet 15) almost at once, and whey were married at Janet’s home 16)by an official of the Ethical Culture Soiety on November 30.1973…