课后习题答案
Unit One
Text A: Language Focus
Vocabulary
I．Blank-filling
1) respectable 2) agony 3) put..down 4) sequence 5) hold back 6) distribute
7) off and on 8)vivid 9) associate 10) finally 11) turn in 12) tackle
1) has been assigned to thenewspaper’s Paris office.
2) was so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether tobelieve him or not
3) a clear image of how she would look in twenty years’time
4) gave the command the soldiers opened fire.
5) buying bikes we’ll keep turning them out
1) reputation rigid
to inspire 2) and tedious What’s more
out of date ideas
3) compose career avoid showing hardly hold back
II. Synomyms
composed 2. severe 3. agony 4. extraordinary 5. recall 6. command
7. was violating 8. anticipate
III. Collocation
At 2. For
3. Of 4. With 5. As 6. about 7. To 8. In in 9. From
10. On/upon
Comprehension Exercises
Cloze
Text-related
Hold back 2) tedious
3) scanned 4) recall
5) vivid 6) off and on
7) turnout/in 8) career
Theme-related
Last 2) surprise
3) pulled 4) blowing 5) dressed
6) scene
7)
extraordinary 8) image 9) turn
10) excitement
Translation
Sentence
As it was a formal dinnerparty, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to.
His girlfriend advised him toget out of/get rid of his bad habit of smoking before it took hold.
Anticipating that the demand
for electricity will be high during the next few months, they have decided to
increase its production.
It is said that Bill has been
fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules./Bill is said to
have been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules.
It’s reported that the
government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water
shortage. /The local government is reported to have taken proper measures to
avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage.
Passage
Susan lost her
legs because of/in a car accident. For a time, she didn’t know how to face up
to the fact that she would never (be able to) walk again.
One day, while
scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye/she was
attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl
became a writer. Greatly inspired, Susan
began to feel that she, too, would finally be able to lead a useful life.
Text B:
ComprehensionCheck
1-6: CACDBD
Translation:
我耳朵里嗡嗡作响，听不见他们后来讲的话，只东一点西一点渗入片言只语。“……玛莎是墨西哥人……辞职……不于……”
等我意识到我这番话的意思时，为时已晚。爷爷知道我明白那不是钱的问题。不是那个问题。
第二天，我沉默不语。一副十分伤心的小女孩的摸样，拖着脚步走进校长办公室。
他看上去像孩子般开心，像孩子般天真无邪，可是我心里比谁都明白。
Language Practice
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1) resigned 2)expectation 3)have maintained 4)represents 5)exception
6)was awarded 7)plus 8)make it
9)delicate 10)innocent 11)compare to 12)significance
