大学综合英语教程1第1到10单元课后题附带翻译题解析

Book1 课后习题

Unit1 Never Say Goodbye

I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.

1. When I was ten I was suddenly confronted with the anguish of moving from the only home.

2. … they all have one thing in common: sadness.

3. … in that place in your heart where summer is an always time.

4. Don’t ever give in to the sadness and the loneliness of that word.

5. Take that special hello and lock it away within you.

II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them.

1. SHUDDER SHAKE

a. Seeing the referee drawing out the yellow card, the coach began ————————— his fist in rage.

b. She ————————— at the touch of his leathery hand.

c. The tree branches were ———————— in that sudden gust of win

d.

d. He ———————— breathlessly in the doorway until his pursuers had raced past.

2. ANSWER REPLY

a. He had hoped that divorce would be the —————— to all his problems.

b. We are still waiting for him to ——————— to our requests for further assistance.

c. In ——————— to his suggestions, they have decided to consult him for more details.

d. He ———————— his critics by claiming that he was responding to the new needs of globalization.

3. COMMON GENERAL

a. The ———————— impression we got was that they were not interested in the new project.

b. It was claimed in the newly published report that higher education, in ———————— , is financially in trouble.

c. It may be said that good health is a ———————— condition, and that occasional sickness is —————— .

d. AIDS is becoming the most ———————— cause of death among drug addicts.

4. SMALL TINY

a. A ———————— house would do perfectly for the two of them.

b. “Get back on board!” I shouted as his ———————— figure struggled up the river bank.

c. Displayed at the exhibition were some ———————— toy soldiers that were beautifully carve

d.

d. The visitor was a ———————— man who would give every appearance of self-importanc

e.

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

1. She suffered great mental ——————— after her husband died, and as a result she became mad.

A. anger

B. discomfort

C. Unhappiness

D. anguish

2. She offered me some food that had a ———————— taste.

A. special

B. peculiar

C. particular

D. Concrete

3. Building the proposed underground railway may ———————— much more than the government could pay.

A. spend

B. cost

C. take

D. Waste

4. Realizing the immense international pressure, the President ———————— stepped down.

A. conspicuously

B. gracefully

C. lonely

D. truly

5. The audience whistled and shouted, waiting for her to sing one ———————— song.

A. last

B. final

C. ending

D. concluding

6. During the war, all the women were left unloved, exhausted, impoverished and ——————— .

A. alone

B. hoarse

C. grave

D. lonely

7. He was put into prison, but he never ——————— , and continued his fight from behind the bars.

A. gave up

B. give in

C. stopped

D. retreated

8. His high school report ———————— that he was brilliant in all science subjects.

A. believed

B. noticed

C. noted

D. decided

IV. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

lock away summon instead stare whisper give in evil

confront with well up gently brief pull

1.The minister didn’t make any comments on their own human rights problems; he said———————— that we were to do more on this issue.

2. ———— the sight of the poor, the sick and the unemployed, the government had no way out but to decide to reform.

3. Take good care to———————— your jewelry before going away on holiday.

4. Strong feelings———————— within them.

5. He tried to———————— from his memory what he knew of his former neighbor.

6. The Secretary of State said that the war was going to be———————— but decisive.

7. I looked hard at him, while he———————— dully back at me.

8. A voice seemed to be———————— in her mind, telling her to be brave.

9. If a man speaks or acts with a(n) ———————— thought, pain follows him.

10. If you always———————— to others you will end up feeling depressed.

V. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in the bracket.

Example: The bloodstain on her dress was very —————————.( NOTICE )

Answer: The bloodstain on her dress was very noticeable.

1. Nobody wanted to live in the———————— part of the town. ( INDUSTRY )

2. The police asked him to give a———————— of the suitcase he had lost. ( DESCRIBE )

3. He had no———————— that he was being watched.( SUSPECT )

4. This is Alexandra, my personal———————— .(ASSIST)

5. Although some of my work-mates quickly found new jobs after the factory closed down, my brother and

I were———————— for several months. (EMPLOY)

6. Although I was positive that the girl had stolen my ring, I could not find any———————— .（PROVE）7,With very high scores in the entrance ----------,he succeeded in entering the world famous university( examine)

8,Completely exhausted and utterly staved after a long days march,the soldiers could hardly walk any----------(far)

Translation exercises

1. 他为这次面试中可能面对的问题准备好了答案。(confront)

2. 他那悲惨的遭遇深深打动了我们，使我们几乎要哭出声来。( touch )

3. 他们俩沿着河边手挽着手散步，有说有笑，非常愉快。( hand in hand )

4. 他听到这令人激动地消息之后，眼睛里涌出欢乐的泪水。( well up )

5. 上海人容易听懂苏州话，因为上海话和苏州话有许多共同之处。( in common )

6. 亨利和妻子正在研究能否在三年内买一幢新房子。( look into )

7. 对女儿再三请求到国外去深造，他最终让步了。(give in to)

8. 我们把所有的贵重物品都锁好了，然后才出去度假。( lock away )

9. 虽然咱们分手了，但我希望咱们依然是好朋友，像以前一样互相关心，互相帮助。( part )

10. 在紧急关头，军长召集全体军官开会，制定新的克敌战略战术。( summon )

Unit2 the fun they had

Vocabulary exercises

I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your ownwords.

1. When you’re through with the book, you just throw it away.

2. She read the book over his should for a while.

3. Our television screen must have a million books on it and it’s good for plenty more.

4. … her mother …sent for the County Inspector.

5. He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart.

6. Margie wasn’t prepared to dispute that.

II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them.

1. FUNNY INTERESTING

a. ————————— jokes kept coming in through e-mail messages.

b. This tour will give you a(n) ————————— insight into the life of the Mongolian people.

c. It will be—————————to see how the new government will deal with unemployment.

d. William is strange recently. He is always wearing that————————— hat.

2. STILL SILENT

a. There was a——————conversation between deaf-and-dumb people who communicated by sign language

b. The vast crowd fell————————— at the news that the president was dead.

c. After the storm, it became very————————— in the forest.

d. The girl was dancing about excitedly when suddenly she stood————————— and put on a horrified look.

3. DISPUTE ARGUE

a. Mr. Spender does not————————— that he owes the money, but he just wouldn’t like to return it.

b. His lawyer was————————— that he was unfit to be sent for trial.

c. The two parties are still————————— the fee, so that the concert has to be postpone

d.

d. He was————————— with his boss about his salary increas

e.

4. REGULAR USUAL

a. Many more students than————————— take language courses in evening classes.

b. It is————————— for a sales representative to go from door to door to promote products.

c. ————————— medical examination are recommended for workers who frequently work in polluted

worksites.

d. A 20% discount will be offered to———————customers to the stor

e.

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

1. He was working on a children’s book—————————“Limericks.”

A. tagged

B. headed

C. labeled

D. entitled

2. The whole generation were brought up to be————————of material things, so that they had great difficulty settling down to a market economy.

A. scornful

B. proud

C. sorrowful

D. afraid

3. The report was highly———————and only professionals could read it.

A. mechanical

B. technical

C. Sentimental

D. Logical

4. The university has introduced a new————————— of conduct on university life.

A. discipline

B. code

C. key

D. principle

5. You might fins it useful to————————— each student before you start the game.

A. number

B. calculate

C. figure

D. estimate

6. The football team lost their first game by a————————— of 1-2.

A. point

B. mark

C. score

D. number

7. We could see he felt————————— as he pointed and laughed at him

A. lofty

B. stupid

C. superior

D. advanced

8. If he thinks you’re so————————— ,can you suggest a way out of this trouble?

A. wise

B. smart

C. intelligent

D. modern

IV.Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

neighborhood tuck nonchalantly in no time sorrowfully awfully

crinkly scornful punch adjust fit(v.) light up slot

1. The local people had a new church built————————— , after it was destroyed in the bombing.

2. David, with thinning red hair and————————— eyes, looked already in his seventies.

3. He once made a————————— remark about dishonest ways of making money.

4. Noises from the conversation site are disturbing the whole————————— .

5. “He looks————————— glad to see you,” said Mary Ann.

6. You can get the best effect by————————— the volume during playback.

7. When you go for a country walk, remember to————————— a plastic bag in your pocket.

8. “This is none of my business,” William said————————— .

9. She would have raised both fists skyward and————————— the air in delight.

10. The Smiths rearranged things, so that new kitchen units would————————— .

V. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in the parenthesis.

Example: The bloodstain on her dress was very —————————. ( NOTICE )

Answer: The bloodstain on her dress was very noticeable.

1. It’s quite————————— to ask him again. He’ll never agree. ( POINT )

2. No, this is not an original; it’s a good————————— , though. ( PRODUCE )

3. We’d better go by train. The car is too————————— for such a long journey.( REPLY )

4. Thanks to your————————— we have now collected the money we need. ( GENEROUS )

5. Jenny has sent me a very————————— letter explaining why she didn’t do what she promised. ( APOLOGY)

6. You must realize that such———————cannot be tolerated. ( OBEY )

7,I have never worked for such a considerate---------;I think all the other -----------have the same opinion (employ)

8,Without your---------he would never have been able to do it (courage)

Translation exercises

1.一个有外交部长率领的政府代表团昨天抵达南非，开始对该国进行为期三天的友好访问。( head )

2.看看这些讽刺社会弊端的漫画真是很有意思，令人捧腹大笑。( awfully funny )

3.计算机是最有用的教学工具之一，所有的功课以及所有的问题和答案都可在屏幕上显示出来。（show on a screen）

4.小张的母亲前天突然病倒，他赶紧派人请来医生给他母亲治疗。 (send for)

5.他去年高考失败，但他并未为感到沮丧。他继续努力，今年考上了一所名牌大学。 (disappoint )

6.这个中学生有许多英语单词发音不准，必须狠下功夫，学好音标，掌握标准的语音。( pronounce)

7.在这个知识爆炸、信息爆炸的时代，我们必须不断学习，注意知识更新，才能适应专业工作的需要。(become adjusted to)

8.那男孩吧衬衫塞进裤腰里，将皮包夹在腋下，看上去俨然一副老板模样。（tuck）

9.这位女孩虽然只有8岁，但已擅长计算分数了。难怪她父母为她感到自豪。（fraction）

10.街坊四邻都已听说那个消息了，而你却没听说过，你说怪不怪？ ( neighborhood )

Unit3 Whatever happen to manners?

Vocabulary exercises

I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.

1. … and I feel that much of the world has somehow gotten away from that.

2. … never giving a wave or nod of appreciation when another motorist lets them pull out into traffic.

3. But it can matter very much.

4. Of course, saying “Thank you.” dose wonders for the person on the receiving end too.

5. Similarly, bring home the most insignificant little presents for people you cherish will go a long way.

6. Now, if we could just get everyone to catch them.

II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair and note the difference of meaning between them.

1. COMPLIMENT PRAISE

a. The president——————— leaders of countries for their cooperation in the war against terrorism.

b. Susan refused to———————— her boss merely to win his smile.

c. People genuinely———————— her attitude towards life in time of great difficulty.

d. He———————— her on her new dress without even looking at it.

2. APPRECIATE ENJOY

a. A little note was added:“Payment would be—————— by this Saturday, 6th April.”

b. He liked the challenges; he ———————— danger.

c. She seemed to be———————— herself hugely, chatting

with all the guests at the party.

d. We have very much———————— your prompt attention

to our queries.

3. PRECIOUS PRICELESS

a. He has received many presents from admires, from

the———————— to the extremely valuable.

b. The castle’s rooms also house many——————antiques,

most of which are the only copies extant.

c. It is true that the———————— blessing of boys has been

their ability to get through their teens untroubled by

such notions as calories, skincare, etc.

d. After all the difficult times, he finally realized that

their friendship was very———————— .

4. NOTICE SEE

a. People all over the country are eager to———————— the outcome of the decisive qualifying match.

b. ———————— the clear big finger print on the handle of this pistol.

c. From the top floor, we can easily———————— all the traffic flow in different directions.

d. She was genuinely frightened when she———————— that

he kept his fist clenched in his pocket as she tried to

explain the whole situation.

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

1.What really———————— is that a teacher should be responsible for his students.

A. happens

B. cares

C. minds

D. matters

2. The late arrivals for the musical were———————— to their seats.

A. hurried

B. rushed

C. hastened

D. quickened

3. This company is a———————— of a British firm that provides textile materials.

A. coworker

B. copartner

C. colleague

D. cooperative

4. Ten minutes later the taxi———————— in front of the Grand Theatre, where we had arranged to meet.

A. pulled out

B. pulled up

C. pulled off

D. pulled down

5. Till now, I still remember vividly how my mother used to train me to possess acceptable table————————.

A. behavior

B. act

C. manners

D. ways

6. Mr. Day Lewis’———————— body language spoke much louder than his actual words.

A. graceful

B. gracious

C. grateful

D. grand

7. Each time we went out to the restaurant, he would order the dishes without even looking at the———————— .

A. cookbook

B. recipe

C. ingredients

D. menu

8. Mr. Armstrong impressed me with his overlong arms and———————— feet.

A. huge

B. enormous

C. vast

D. large

IV. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

infectious routine cherish count insignificant sake value

irritation board bet punctuality terrific generous

1. ———————— of services is now considered to be one of the major corporate targets.

2. Drug testing at work and in schools has almost become———————— in many American cities.

3. The cause of the ———————— disease is the economic and educational backwardness of the country.

4. You can———————— he would have failed the exam without extra tutoring.

5. The professor gave the college students a———————— speech about environmental protection.

6. When the man in uniform———————— the bus, all other passengers moved away.

7. This time the president had no way but suffer from the “democracy” he———————— dearly.

8. We are living in an age where only a strong economy will———————— .

9. Already in his eighties, my grandpa still———————— his memories of the years he spent in the army.

10. I don’t like to buy a house in that area because of several———————— , traffic noise for example.

V. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriates form of the given capitalized word in the bracket.

Example: The bloodstain on her dress was very —————————.( NOTICE )

Answer: The bloodstain on her dress was very noticeable.

1. The next-door neighbors are so———————— that we have stopped trying to talk to them. ( FRIEND )

2. Yes, I can speak a little Spanish because I spent some of my———————— in Spain. ( BOY )

3. The doctor dealt with the hysterical patient with———————— .（UNDERSTANDING )

4. There’s a———————— at the British Embassy tonight. ( RECEIVE )

5. The———————— of the money from the cash-box shows that somebody in this office is a thief. ( APPEAR )

6. You must accept the ———————— of the committee. ( DECIDE )

7,Tom and Tim are twin brothers,They look exactly alike-----------only in height(difference)

8,To relieve the traffic congestion,the government has built several ----------roads in the city.(elevator)

Translation exercises

1. 对不起，我迟到了，我刚才在开会脱不开身。( get away )

2. 在音乐会上，每当一位歌手唱完一首美妙动听的歌曲时，观众便高声喝彩表示赞赏。( appreciation )

3. 她是个穿着时髦的人，总是穿时髦的衣服，但对饮食很少讲究。( stylish )

4. 护士告诉我医生奇迹般地治好了你的心脏病。( do wonders for )

5. 主席颁奖时赞美获奖者为人类做出了巨大的贡献。( compliment )

6. 这个问题许多年来使专家们迷惑不解。( bother )

7. 警察到达后，示威的人群逐渐散开了。(melt away )

8. 既然准时是个好习惯，我们应该十分注意准时，努力养成这种好习惯。 ( punctuality )

9. 老人疼爱那女孩，就好像她是自己的女儿一样。 (cherish )

10. 这只是例行的体格检查，没有什么好担心的。( routine )

Unit4 Dealing with AIDS

Vocabulary exercises

I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.

1. I had no worries and was just living life up.

2. So I called him and he hung up on me.

3. Also, I couldn’t turn my back on him when he needed me the most.

4. So I stick it out and lost most of my friends.

5. I went to doctor after doctor with him, and saw him go through so much.

6. I still had to be the strong one and keep everything in.

II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them.

1. CAREFREE CARELESS

a. He no longer has that————————— smile as before, but instead carries the sad look of a mother who has just lost her son.

b. The pop singer was accused of————————— and drunk driving, which greatly harmed his career.

c. It was reported that some————————— police officers lost four guns on their way to the crime scene.

d. To her, the baby’s birth marked the end of a————————— life when she never seemed to have any worries and responsibilities.

2. SICK ILL

a. Outside, the————————— children were lying naked in the sun with nobody attending to them.

b. He said he quit the job because he was————————— and tired of doing the same thing for over

5 years.

c. It is a Chinese superstitious belief that a black cat will bring————————— luck into a househol

d.

d. What if he becomes———————? He’s the breadwinner of the family.

3. DISEASE PLAGUE

a. After careful diagnosis and examination, the doctor announced that it was a case of Parkinson’s ————————— .

b. Along with the Industrial Revolution there came the great————————— that killed millions of people in Europe.

c. Cancer is a fatal————————— whose causes are still unknown.

d. War, ————— and famine all came at the same time and nearly wiped out whole populations in that part of the glob

e.

4. KEEP MAITAIN

a. It was the public support that————the ant-smoking effort going.

b. —— I haven’t finished reading your book yet. —— No problem. You can—————— it for as long as you like.

c. The general public all wish to————————— a stable government.

d. The local people started a tough campaign to force the government to ————————— roads.

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

1. Her arms————————— around his neck in gratitude.

A. strengthened

B. tightened

C. Lengthened

D. widened

2. Mentally————————— youngsters used to hang around this area and caused a lot of trouble.

A. bothered

B. worried

C. disturbed

D. Troubling

3. There still exist strong disagreements—————————whether social stability should be maintained at the expense of public health.

A. as to

B. in terms of

C. concerned

D. regarded

4. Politicians are good at—————————public opinion through The press.

A. impressing

B. affecting

C. influencing

D. shaking

5. Special shipping and————————— charges may apply.

A. dealing

B. treating

C. managing

D. handling

6. The customer service manager has written a letter to everyone who ———————,promising a refund on their returned goods.

A. criticized

B. disapproved

C. blamed

D. complained

7. The company said that the————————— for next years was encouraging although marketing was still

a week area for them.

A. future

B. view

C. matters

D. outlook

8. I think they really want to buy————————— that will help them make their life easier.

A. stuff

B. staff

C. matters

D. means

IV. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

emotional confront deal with stress recognize mark

invincible push aside blame make sense keep up attitude

1. Lewis is obviously back to his————————— best and is expecting his victory in the century fight.

2. Thinking first can help avoid experiencing unnecessary————————— that we may cause.

3. When you hear someone in your home, do not————————— the intruder and try not to panic.

4. I think I will have to work twice as fast to————————— with everybody else.

5. Several heads of state attended the celebration—————————the fiftieth anniversary of the founding the Republic.

6. He had only himself to————————— for not taking better care of the child.

7. Her TV success has meant———————thoughts of starting a family.

8. The scope of the————————— anguish that the AIDS patients suffer can be beyond measures.

9. As he is recovering, he has grown more confident and————————— about life.

10. The government has ————————— the need to exercise harsh control over handguns.

V. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in the bracket.

Example: The bloodstain on her dress was very —————————. ( NOTICE )

Answer: The bloodstain on her dress was very noticeable.

1. Let’s go for a picnic tomorrow unless the weather forecast is————————— . ( FAVOUR )

2. A successful business needs good———————— .(organize)

3. The ring was not at all valuable; in fact, it was almost————————— . ( WORTH )

4. Your job will be to see that no————————— product leaves this part of the factory. ( PERFECT )

5. The floor of the attic needs————————— if we’re going to make it into a bedroom. ( STRONG )

6. He is————————— of what he has one. ( SHAME )

7,She expressed her ---------to me by inviting me to dinner (grateful)

8,In---------,he showed great promise,but finally he turned out mediocre(young)

Translation exercises

1. 这是为增强我们的竞争能力所做的有步骤的尝试。( strengthen )

2. 这个地区的警察知道那些小偷经常出没于哪些地方。( hang out )

3. 这些签署的协议将冲破对自由贸易设置的所有障碍。（ break down）

4. 那是一种非常困难的局势，但他应付得很成功。（handle）

5. 他是我最好的朋友。既然他需要我的帮助，我可不能对他置之不理。 ( turn one’s back on )

6. 只要你努力工作，你迟早一定会获得成功，实现自己的抱负。 ( sooner or later )

7. 虽然他讨厌这工作，但他决心坚持干下去，因为他需要钱来养家。( stick it out )

8. 那位癌症病人对疾病始终抱乐观的态度，坚持与疾病作斗争，最后终于战胜了癌症。(keep an attitude )

9. 这所大学拥有教职工2000多人，其中包括150名左右教授和500余名副教授。( have a staff )

10.举办这场音乐会是为了几年这位作曲家逝世75周年。( mark )

Unit5 How to be true to yourself ?

Vocabulary exercises

I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.

1.and that is not relative to the situation at hand

2,unfortunately,integrity is in short supply today

3,and it is something we must demand of ourselves

4,always give others credi t that is rightfully theirs

5,so be yourself

6,stand firmly for your convictions in the face of personal pressure

II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them.

1. Morality ethics

Morality means the rightness or pureness of behaviour; ethics refers to (the study of) questions about what is morally right and wrong.

a.-------- is taught by example, not in the school timetable.

b.His ways of doing business are certainly successful, but we doubt about their ------------.

c.Dr. Smith has published several articles on industrial -----------

d.The play was about the -----------of war.

2. Demand ask

Demand commonly suggests a speaker in authority who bluntly insists upon being obeyed and does not intend to be contradicted, while ask means “call on somebody for an answer; request information; invite.”

a.Studying school subjects ------------your full attention.

b.The visitor -------------timidly if he might see the menu before he ordered his food.

c.I’m not ------------ you to give me all the excuses; get down to work.

d.The Labour Party --------------that the government give an explanation.

3. Genuine real

Genuine emphasizes the fact of not being spurious, adulterated, imitated or counterfeit, while real refers to physically existent things.

a.It was a-----------person, not someone invented in a dream.

b.With all the careful examinations, they were convinced that the picture was-----------

c.The play is based on a ----------event in history.

d.The airline’s ------------ price-cut has benefited many ordinary travellers.

4. Preserve save

Preserve emphasizes keeping something that is valuable exactly as it is, without change and even without using it at all. Save suggests rescuing something with a sense of great urgency.

a.He proposed to --------------------- the house as it was when Poe lived in it.

b.One of our main goals is to keep this land alive, to -----------------the animal population and to keep

it growing.

c.The United Notions managed to -------------------millions of people from hunger last year.

d.It is generally believed that destroying a so-called evil country can never help ------------------

the world.

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

1.The american people _____ a president every four years.

A,choose B,pick C,select D. Elect

2.In doing so, the two countries have _____ their remarkable cooperation over the years.

A.demonstrated B,shown C,expressed D,displayed

3.They spoke of people who had ___ to the enemy.

A,escaped B. sold out C,stood firmly D,object

4.Sometimes we might see a person’s ___ world from his behaviour.

A,inside B,conscience C.inner D,within

5.Very few countries truly support U.S military ____ against Iraq.

A,acts B.actions C,behaviour D,deeds

6.He has a nice collection of ___ stamps.

A.rare B,scare C,short D,few

7.This is one of the few ___ schools in the region that most parents want to send th eir children to.

C.key B,chief C,key D,major

8.To make him stay, the manager ___ him a pay rise.

A. Promised B,ensured C,assured D,declared

IV. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

Succumb to instinctively challenge politically account for

Appoint object seductive ensure tough

1.He was ------------- manager of one of the European branches

2.The hero of the novel gets some -----------very unfair treatment.

3.Pinochet will have to ------------------- his past actions when he was president

4.The country has ------------------- great international pressure to withdraw its troops

5.His great works of art have ---------------- his popularity in the last century.

6.When she entered the dark room, she ------------------- felt in danger.

7.Many local companies are now faced with ------------------- international competition

8.Most people -------------------------- to the idea of wiping out terrorism by going to war

9.The real tough --------------------- for us all is to ensure nobody goes hungry in the next century

10.There is a -------------------- variety of bars downtown that you’ll feel like visiting.

V. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in the bracket.

1. It is dangerous for an--------- driver to drive a car in the center of Paris during the mid-day rush. (experience)

2. Douglas, now that you’re the head of the family, you must take your-------place at the head of th e table

(right)

3. If you behave with this sort of ------- to your other customers, I don’t think you’ll remain in business long.

(polite)

4. Kenneth gave the child a ---------- of sweets. (hand)

5. Don’t put on any more of that perfume, Julie. It’s ------------- stuff. (head)

6. The speaker showed his nervousness by constantly --------------- his tie. ( straight)

7. I feel so --------------- that I’m going to bed. (sleep)

8. The ----------------stood on his head, begging from door to door. (beg) Translation exercises

1,那个精神科医生因在公众场合谈论他的病人而被指控违反了职业道德规范。(ethics)

2,教室的墙上悬挂着一些名言，令人鼓舞，催人奋发。(hang on)

3,各种各样的商品应有尽有，什么都不短缺。(in short supply)

4,我们都信任董事长，因为他是个刚正不阿的人(integrity)

5,在我们投票支持他之前，我们想知道他的主张。(stand for)

6,这笔钱是在被告家里发现的，被告不能对此做出令人满意的解释。(account for)

7,看到他是正确的，我只好放弃原来的主张。(back down)

8,因为她既聪明又勤奋，所以被任命为销售经理。(appoint)

9,本届政府所面临的最大挑战之一是创造更多的就业机会。(challenge)

10,我们的战士们猛攻敌人的堡垒，其势如暴风骤雨，没过多久，敌人就投降了。(succumb)

Unit6 How to be true to yourself ?

Vocabulary exercises

I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.

1,They have demanding jobs and limited time and financial resources

2,A concern that is often heard with regard to single children is whether one child necessary means a lonely

child,

3,Many single-child parents fell a stigma associated with their decision to have only one child

4,many people believe that a single child will not have learned to negotiate with others,and respect the give and take involved in many relationships

5,The over all number of British children being born each year has declined

6,With just one child there is no potential for family arguments rising from favoritism or sibling jealousy

II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them.

1. Burden load

Both words refer to something that is carried or transport. Load is a more general word to be used with any kind of carrier, and it can refer to the quantity carried or conveyed, as measured by the capacity of the vehicle or bearer. Burden means that which is carried or borne physically but it can specifically refer to something borne with difficulty in a mental or emotional sense.

a.The extra costs caused by rising tuition fees are becoming an increasing ------------ to student

families.

b.We have built up a mountain of debt that is placing an intolerable --------------on the backs of our

children.

c.The icy road this winter made it difficult for the lorries with heavy -----------------of cement blocks

to run efficiently.

d.There seemed to be nothing heavier in the world than the last-----------of soiled clothes to be taken

to the laundry at the end of the day.

2. Elect choose

Choose means “take one or more from a number of things available—usually a matter of preference” ;It emphasizes the act of will exercise in making the decision and finality of the decision. Elect connotes choosing from a limited number of alternatives, especially choosing a person for office by a majority or plurality of votes.

a.The assignment was to -------------- three movies they thought young viewers in China would like to

see most.

b.The Americans ---------- a Democratic government that was expected to lead them through the financial

hard times.

c.As the financial crisis begins, many women will ------------to live alone, enjoying a fulfilling life

and realizing their ambitions both professionally and personally.

d.The golf club ------------ him treasurer for his good economics background.

3. Issue problem

An issue is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing, while a problem is an unsatisfactory or difficult situation that people have to think about, analyze and find a solution to.

A problem specifically refers to a puzzle that requires logical thought.

a.The-------- of climate change needs discussing, as social instability arising from this has begun to

threaten many countries.

b.To solve a mathematics ---------, one must use the given facts to find the missing ones.

c.The ---------of over-generalization affects our explanation of why cultural differences may lead to

war.

d.Sex education in primary and secondary schools is still a big------------in China today.

4. Trend fashion

Fashion is mainly concerned with clothing, furniture, behaviour patterns in themselves and it can also refer to the high social standing of people who are influential in establishing customs or making a style

of dress popular. The word can also be used to replace “manner.”Trend literally means the general course, direction or line of movement followed by a coastline, river, etc. but now it is more often used to refer to any general course, inclination, or tendency.

a.There is now a -------towards bright colours and wild patterns in today’s men’s wear.

b.Modern education is characterized by the -----------that skill training is taking the place of

theoretical studies.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/1110412950.html,puters, cellular phones,---------- magazines and credit cards have become popular possessions of

university students.

d.Nawaz Sharif, although elected by an overwhelming majority, governed in a highly autocratic ----------

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

1.------- your request for a make-up test,we have referred the matter to the school authority

A. For the purpose of

B. With regard to

C. In view of D in accordance with

2.The doctor prescribed for me a new medicine that could -------- good sleep.

A.entertain

B.enable

C.ensure

D.enquire

3.The word----------is not often used in everyday speech....

A.parent

B.adult

C.child

D.sibling

4.Mother advised him that Tom, the boy next door is not a good guy to -------------.

A.associate with

B.care about

C.be concerned with

D.touch

5.In general she is amiable, but--------------she is not her own self.

A,in time B,on time C. at times D.sometime

https://www.360docs.net/doc/1110412950.html,ck of team spirit resulted------------------our waterloo at the tournament.

A,from B.for C,at D.in

7.I am fully confident that you are ----------------a good job at your new position.

A,able of doing B.capable of doing C,capable to do D,able at doing

8.If you ------------------materials from other books in your paper, you should mark them out.

A.cite B,site C,sight D,borrow

9.I still want to learn to drive ----------------- my advanced years.

A,in spite B.despite C,instead of D,despite of

10.His evasive answer is -------------to lying.

A,same B,relate C.equivalent D,different

IV. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

unique self-esteem interact overwhelming Stigma

favoritism arise from involve prime

Should any crucial issue---------------the negotiation

Do not miss this -------------------------chance to buy the car...

What he display to the public is not --------------------------

It is impossible for a man like him to bear the -----------------------

The girl felt a(n)-------------------------urge to share

The linguist kept a close observation of how the child----------------------------- with other people... The stepmother was advised against ------------------------- between her...

The president was the----------------------------target for

After getting---------------------------------------in the class activities several

V. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word

in the bracket.

1,She is famous for her--------- of human rights. (advocate)

2.When the time for parting came, he shook hands with everyone----------. (respect)

3.It is estimated that China has enormous -------for economic development in the coming year. (potentially)

4. The job of a--------is to examine the condition of a building, or to measure and r ecord the details of an area of land. (survey)

5.The British Air Force succeeded despite ----------odds against them. (overwhelm)

6.The------------between the two companies dates back to the last century. (associate)

7.There is no English----------for “bon appetite,”so we have adopted the French expres sion. (equivalence)

8.I thought his remark was highly---------------, given the circumstances. (appropriate)

Translation exercises

1．让她感到为难的是，要不要把丈夫得了不治之症的真相告诉他。(dilemma)

2．你都三十几岁了还在啃老，难道不觉得羞耻吗？（stigma）

3. 全世界几乎所有的政府都十分关注这个金融问题。(be concerned about)

4. 至于英语教学研讨会，我建议本周末召开。(with regard to至于/关于某方面)

5．要不要出国进修就完全由你自己决定吧。（whether or not）

6．只要有一颗火星就能再充满煤气的房间里引起爆炸。（引起/导致: lead to/ result in/cause）

7．无论政府作了多少努力，房价几乎没有下降。(decline)

8．为了通过托福考试，他把业余时间的每分每秒几乎全花在学习英语上了。(devote.. to)

9. 凭借他的表演潜力，这个小伙子有可能成为娱乐界的超级明星。(potential)

10．人们相信，兄弟姐妹之间的妒忌多见于有钱人家，而不是贫困人家。(Sibling jealousy)

Unit7 When lightening struck

Vocabulary exercises

I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.

1. The flight attendants, already strapped in, waved wildly for me to sit down.

2. She … was supposed to make a connecting flight when we landed in Newark.

3. When he was done, the voice of a flight attendant came on.

4. I pulled myself together.

5. I reached for her hand and reassured her that we were going to make it.

6. I am indebted to my follow passengers and wish I could pay them back.

II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them.

1. SOMEHOW SOMEWHAT

a. He must have got into your room———————— at night.

b. The footballer was seen as a———————— public figure who sometimes appeared on the papers.

c. —— I believe you know something about him.

---- ————————.

d. ———————— had the feeling that Ellen was in danger.

2. PANIC FEAR

a. She———————— that the rain would damage her new house.

b. When the terrorist attack struck, they were the only people who did not———————— or lose their heads.

c. Three students, who were visiting the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, were still missing and———————— dea

d.

d. Most———————— residents tried to seek protection in the local hospitals.

3. ANTICIPATE HOPE

a. Let’s———————— we don’t have to wait another 20 years to have the heating installed.

b. What possible advantages can the small country———————— to gain from entering into agreement with a politically poor neighbor?

c. Eliza was happily——————— the fast approach of Christmas and the presents she would at least be able to open.

d. I do not———————— us failing to agree on such a simple matter.

4. SURVIVE LIVE

a. This house is one of the rare———————— western style buildings in the modern city.

b. The HIV viruses can hardly———————big temperature

changes in body fluids.

c. They———————— a meaningless hand-to-mouth life in this little known corner of the worl

d.

d. The money of that will———————— with me for many years to com

e.

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

1. The driver coming in the opposite direction ———————— to avoid the cow crossing the road.

A. turned

B. swerved

C. lunged

D. scrambled

2. The peats felt so smooth ——————his cheek that suddenly had the idea of leaving the plants as they were.

A. against

B. by

C. on

D. with

3. The poverty-———————— economies of Asian countries received the biggest loans from the World Bank last year.

A. striking

B. struck

C. stricken

D. severe

4. All this is highly———— for those who worried a year ago that East Asia would have difficulty rebuilding its economy.

A. recalling

B. reassuring

C. reminding

D. removing

5. His aim was to promote human race relations where all people have ———————— opportunities.

A. same

B. similar

C. equivalent

D. smell

6. He said he bought the house here because he loved the ———————— of the sea.

A. perfume

B. taste

C. freshness

D. smell

7. He saw the police cars———————— around the corner.

A. scream

B. jolt

C. screech

D. cling

8. John Major has scheduled his———————— audience with the Queen for 6:30.

A. lucky

B. fateful

C. indebted

D. glamorou

IV. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form. lunge lightning creature ecstatic vaguely figure confide

sure bless terra firma witness indiscriminate excruciating

1. The writer————————the collapse of the empire beginning from the early part of the last century.

2. Allen———————— that several hundred people must have died during the civil war.

3. The order was delivered to our door with———————— speed.

4. Miguel opened his door and———————— as though his head were on fire.

5. During our sleepless night, he———————— to me all his secrets of avoiding meeting people.

6. The eastern tip of the island is———————— with a string of superb beaches.

7. Many people have accused the superpower of———————— bombing on the “innocent” country.

8. After many days of struggling against the storm on the sea, he did enjoy a nice and comfortable sleep on————— .

9. She laughed and said that she———————— hadn’t lost her sense of humor.

10. Your wild duck is a lean———————— with little or no fat to keep warm during the long cold season.

V. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in the bracket. Example: The bloodstain on her dress was very —————————.( NOTICE )

Answer: The bloodstain on her dress was very noticeable.

1. After all he has done for us, it would be very —————of us if we didn’t do this for him now. ( HELP )

2. With the world’s population increasing at present rate, by the year 2050 it is feared that there will be a terrible food ————————— . ( SHORT )

3. Penelope has ————————— failed her driving test again. ( FORTUNE )

4. This jewel is not simply valuable; it is ———————— . ( VALUE )

5. This coat is too short for me .Do you think you could ———————— it a little . ( LONG )

6. The hurricane caused terrible ———————— along the coast . ( DESTROY )

7,Without the---------help of the PLA men,a lot more people would have lost their lives in the earthquake (time)

8,It is said the 100/ iron is --------(rust)

Translation exercises

1. 我很快爬上峭壁，以便饱览大海的景色。( scramble )

2. 他向窃贼猛扑过去，为夺取武器与之搏斗。( lunge )

3. 我认为我国国民经济将继续快速增长。( figure )

4. 董事长力图让股东们放心，公司业绩不佳的情况不会再发生。(reassure )

5. 别像个孩子似的！要控制住你自己！( pull oneself together )

6. 他是个非常隐秘的人，从不向任何人透露自己的秘密。( confide in )

7. 我们憎恨恐怖分子对普通人不加区别的施暴行为。(indiscriminate)

8. 这个国家有许多人对暴力犯罪案件的急剧增加感到惊慌。(alarm )

9. 我们预料敌人可能设法过河，所以我们把桥摧毁了。( anticipate )

10. 我十分感激那些为聚会取得圆满成功而不辞辛劳的人们。( be indebted to )

Unit8

Vocabulary exercises

I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.

1,Over the years I fondly thought of him as my “Valentine Man

2,That box and its contents ushered in a succession of bittersweet memorie s of my entrance into a world 3, It was the kind of card that put a lump in your throat and tears in your eyes

4,As I grew older, the gifts gave way to heart-shaped boxes filled with my favorite chocolates

5,In those years my "thank-yous" became more of a perfunctory response

II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them.

1. Shape (v.) Form (v.)

Form basically carries the suggestion of giving outline to something previously less well-defined and of putting the finishing touch on a product. Shape suggests the bringing about of a far-reaching change, or an impersonal cause-and-effect relationship.

a.All the children ------- a circle and started singing “Auld Lang Syne.”

b. A person’s educational background plays an important role in -------- his/her values of life.

c.At the beginning, industrial workers -------a majority of the party, which was later joined by other

manual labourers.

d.Since family--------children’s character, Luther encouraged parents to teach children reading and

religion.

2. Contest competition

Contest is a game in which people try to win, or it refers to a struggle to win power or control. Competition is an activity involving firms, in which each firm tries to get people to buy its own goods in preference to the other firms’ goods, suggesting an effort to get something that not everyone can have.

a.As Lee is reaching his final term as President, a new --------- will start next spring in which four

party leaders will compete for presidency.

b.In agriculture, global ---------has intensified, leading to lower prices for many agricultural

products.

c.Faced with -----------from other car-makers, Volkswagen decided to develop new models for the market.

d.The boxing -------------between the two fighters was marked by cruelty and brutality.

3. Recollection memory

Memory basically refers to one’s ability to remember things, but it is also used as something one remembers from the past, or to refer to ceremonies by which someone who has died is remembered. Recollection emphasizes the act of casting one’s mind back over past events in a ruminative manner, whether silently to oneself or verbally to others, suggesting the active process of piecing together half-forgotten details.

a.The local people with long -------------- thought the last war was not at all fair or just.

b.She remained devoted to the ------------- of her late father.

c.The witness gave a lengthy ------------of what he saw at the scene of the crime.

d.He said that he had no ---------------of the 1978 interview and that he had never seen it in print.

4. Cheap inexpensive

Both words can refer to things that cost little, but inexpensive suggests that the product is of acceptable or even good quality, and is not being misrepresented to the purchaser, while cheap is used to describe something that is very low-priced because it is plentiful, easy to produce, and useful.

a. Many Japanese companies build factories in developing countries to take advantage of the------------labour there.

b.Some dishonest dealers intend to have their -------------furniture sold as quality goods.

c.The emergence of ---------------- computer technology and mass storage media has given instructional

technologists better tools with which to work.

d.By 1789 roughly a third of the French nation was literate enough to sign their names, and demand grew

for-------------editions of classics and new words.

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

time tease perfunctory surpass Legible

sense signal Generosity mark Relegate

1. “The notice can be written on any material as long as it’s----------- and...

2.Their wedding ceremony was exactly--------------to coincide with his...

3.Before long this competent little girl began to show signs of --------------her brother in...

4.Kevin-------------very clearly what...

5.The association announced that three clubs would be ----------------------during the ...

6.The government-------------------that the Army might...

7.The welcome was -------------------and came not from...

8.He astonished us with his--------------------and...

9.As for him, he’s like a cat, ------------------a snake to make it strike.

10.To save money, no celebration was to be organized to----------------------the completion of ... IV. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

1.I have been taught to be very --------- about my manners at paries.

A.elaborate

B.conscientious

C. Careful

D.conscious

2.The novelist became popular of-----------a unique view of life by using language.

A.producing

B.making

C.inventing

D.creating

3.------------your child will grow up and lead her own independent life.

https://www.360docs.net/doc/1110412950.html,stly

B. Eventually C,Finally D,At last

4.When we go abroad we are always being -------------- around of mentally disabled people.

A,guided B. Ushered C,introduced D.displayed

5.As part of the normal ------------process, gradual loss of hearing ability can be difficult to deal with

A.aging B,old C,aged D,elderly

6.There has been a ------------continuing interest in the functions of the Internet in...

A,remaining B. Continuing C,persisting D,maintaining

7.All correspondence-----------o the editor of Dialogue should be sent by express airmail.

A. Addressed B,delivered C,sent D,signaled

8.This 1998 incident is a timely ----------- of the threat that market economy may face.

A,caution B,notice C,remainder D.reminder

Translation exercises

1．圣诞节期间，大家都很开心，互相拜访，互赠贺卡和礼物。(enjoy)

2．她的卧室和起居室墙上贴满了流行歌星和电影明星的照片。(decorate)

3．索菲亚委婉地取笑汤姆的新帽子，而汤姆不顾情面地就她的卷发戏弄了她一番。( tease)

4.他喜出望外，因为他取得了非凡的成就，超过了为自己确定的目标。(surpass)

5. 他痛哭不止，我设法劝他不要过度悲伤。( give way to)

6. 我想当然地认为你想要看这出戏，所以给你买了一张票。(take for granted)

7.他们已经把这些问题降到优先考虑事项表上靠后的位置了。(relegate)

8.我通过唐娜的律师把这封信寄给她。address

9. 我告诉她那个消息时，不知自己为什么喉咙哽咽起来。(a lump in one’s throat)

10. 水手们白天用信号旗发信号，夜间则用信号灯发信号。(signal)

Unit9 hollywood

Vocabulary exercises

I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own Words.

1. A few of them …were left with nothing but emptiness and colossal debts.

2. Hollywood’s fame and fortune reached its peak in the 1930s and 1940s.

3. Most of the famous motion picture corporations of those days, … are still very much in business.

4. Most of them hoped in vain.

5. …who could make or break all but the stars with really big appeal.

6. Many studio chiefs were tyrants, determined to get their own way at all costs.

II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them.

1. SUGGEST MEAN

a. A red traffic light ————————— stop and a green light————————— go.

b. Some research ———————that second-hand smokers are more likely to get smoking-related diseases.

c. He claims to ————————— one thing, but his choice of words ————————— quite another.

d. His death probably ————————that the full story will never be disclosed.

2. FULFIL REALIZE

a. It was really disheartening that our worst fears were ———————— .

b. They ———————all the boss’ demands just to please him.

c. The technicians are trying out new methods to———————— their design possibilities.

d. The company has taken all measures to ————————the contract by the end of the year.

3. CONSTANT CONTINUOUS

a. The birth rate in some countries is ———————— ,while in other countries the rate of population increase is ———————— .

b. Since she met Marti, he has been a———————— source of strength and support.

c. Many students prefer ———————— assessment to a once-for-all approach.

d. This video player provides high-speed dubbing and———————— play facility.