unit 7课后练习答案

Text comprehension

I. D

II. FFTTF

III.

1. hit by lightning.

2. died of terror

3. soothing conversation

4. One should die peacefully.

5. so anyone could use it to hear the reassurance voice of a loved one.

6. their lives had intensely touched hers.

7. kindness is not just to be paid back but to be passed on to others.

IV.

1. I tried to comfort her by saying that we would manage to overcome it / get it over / tide it over.

2. After experiencing such an incident, the girl’s visit to London would seem much l ess exciting in comparison.

3. The young woman, who was as confident as that businessman, must have noticed my fear.

4. The young businessman was sorry that…

5. I am very grateful to …

Structural analysis of the text

1. Yes. It is explicitly stated at t he end of the text: …not to pay back the kindness but to pass it on.

2. scared and most likely looking pale;

worried, but till trying to encourage the young girl

looked worried, but confident

as confident as the young businessman, tried to comfort the author, offered her cell phone to anyone who wanted to make a call

generously offered her box of chocolate to the businessman

calm; no one panicked; no one screamed.

Vocabulary

1. Phrase practice

I. strapped in= having the seat belt fastened on 系紧安全带

2. make a connecting flight= catch another flight to continue the journey 转机

3. he was done= he had completed his task (announcement)

4. pulled myself together =controlled my feelings and began behaving calmly again 冷静，振作

5. make it= land successfully and safely 度过难关

6. be indebted to= be very grateful to 感激于

II.

1. witnessed;

2. figured;

3. lightning;

4. lunged;

5. confided;

6. blessed;

7. indiscriminate;

8. terra firma;

9. sure; 10. creature.

III.

1. B

swerve: to suddenly and violently change direction / turn

2. A

against: opposite to; contact; press / on

3. C

stricken: (adj.) passive voice / striking: (adj.) subjective / struck: the past tense (not adj.)

4. B

reassuring: feel less worried / sure / certain about something

5. D

equal (adj.): same in position or importance and deserving the same treatment / same equivalent: adj. same in amount / n. sth or sb equal to another

similar: same with little difference

6. D

smell: to breathe in through your nose to feel

perfume / taste / freshness: being full of energy and enthusiasm

7. C

screech: wheels make a high unpleasant noise

scream / jolt / cling

8. B

fateful: have an important, and often very bad, effect on future events or one’s fate. lucky / indebted / glamorous

IV.

1.somehow; somewhat; somewhat; somehow

2. feared; panic; feared; panicked

3. Hope; hope; anticipating; anticipate

4. surviving; survive; live;live

V. Synonym / Antonym

1. Synonyms: open, unlock

2. Antonyms: unconfidently, despairingly

3. Synonyms: thinking, imagining

4. Antonyms: brave, bold

5.Synonyms: unselective, uncritical

6. Antonyms: enjoyable, comfortable, pleasant, agreeable

7.Synonyms: grumbling

8. Antonyms: lightly, barely, hardly, scarcely

VI. Word derivation

1. ungrateful

2. shortage

3. unfortunately

4. invaluable

5. lengthen

6. destruction

7. timely

8. rustless.

1. grateful (adj.) 感激的，感谢的

ungrateful (adj.) 忘恩负义的，讨人厌的

2. short (adj.) 短的，矮的

shortage (n.) 不足，缺少

shorten (v.) 弄短，变短

3. fortune (n.) 财产，运气，命运

fortunately (adv.) 幸运地，幸亏

fortunate (adj.) 幸运的，侥幸的

unfortunately (adv.) 不幸地

unfortunate (adj.) 不幸的，令人遗憾的，不成功的

4. value (n.v.)价值，重要性，价格

valuable (adj.) 贵重的，有价值的

invaluable (adj.) 无价的, 价值无法衡量的valueless (adj.) 无价值的，不值钱的，不足道的unvalued (adj.) 不受重视的，无价值的，不足道的

5. long (adj. adv. vi.) 长的，很久的，冗长的short length (n.) 长，长度，距离shortage

lengthen (v.) 加长，延长shorten

6. destroy (v.) 破坏，摧毁，消灭，杀死destruction (n.) 破坏，毁灭，破坏者

destructive (adj.) 破坏性的，有害的

7. time (n.) 时间，次数，倍

timely (adj.) 及时的，适时的，及时的

untimely (adv. adj.) 不合时宜的

8. rust (n.) 锈，生锈

rusty (adj.) 生锈的，锈色的，荒废的，迟钝的rustless (adj.) 无锈的，不生锈的

Grammar

I.

1.… would have died…

2.2. She must have seen how scared I was and reached over.

3. I shouldn't be eating them anyhow.

4. I could hear small pockets of soothing conversation everywhere.

5. ..they would all have to go through someday.

6. ... Wish I could thank them for the many acts of kindness I witnessed and received.

7. I am indebted to my fellow passengers and wish I could pay them back.

8. I was sure that even if I survived the plane crash, I'd have a couple of broken fingers from all the TLC.

II.

1. He may know the answer. (“May” is used to show that something is possible.)

2. I am reasonably sure that it was difficult.

3. He couldn't have forgotten his appointment. (“Couldn't” is used to show that it is impossible.)

4.She must be coming tomorrow. (“Must” is used to talk about predictability.)

5. We ought to help people in need. (“Ought to” is used to talk about obligation.)

6. Can / May I say something? (permission)

7. He may have gone to the museum. (“May” is used to show that something is possible.)

8. You ought to have apologized. (“Ought to” is used to talk about obligation. but you didn’t do it)

III. Be going to" and "will"

W e use “will” rather than “be going to” to make a prediction based on our opinion or exper ience and “ be going to” rather than “will” to make a prediction based on some present evidence. And we use

“will”: a decision when speaking or talking; based on our opinion or experience.

“be going to”: decisions— have already been made; based on present evidence.

1. When are you going to start? intention

2. I’m sure it is going to rain. prediction

3. I’m going to take a few days’ holiday. intention

4. When are you going to sell it? intention

5. I’m sure there is going to be trouble. prediction

6. We are going to have dinner out. intention

7. I’m going to watch the news. intention

8. We’re going to be late for the party. prediction

IV.

1. I’m going (Be going to refers to a premeditated intention.)

2. I’ll carry (will refers to an unpremeditated inten tion)

3. I won’t tell (“won’t” here expresses the speaker’s resolution.)

4. I’m going to be (“be going to” refers to a prediction based on the present symptom, sign or evidence.)

5. Are you meeting (The present progressive indicates the future fulfillment of the present plan.)

6. it’s going to rain (“be going to” refers to a prediction based on the present symptom, sign or evidence.)

7. “Did you post that letter for me?” “Oh, I’m sorry. I completely forgot. I’m going to post it / I’ll post it now.”

Key: I’l l post it (decision made at the moment of speaking)

8. “John, do you want me to take you to the airport?” “No, thanks. Ann is going to take / will take me.”

Key: is going to (previously planned)

V. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the verbs in brackets.

1. had listened

2. could

3. knew

4. had

5. were / was

6. Didn't have

7. knew

8. had meant

Translation exercises

I.

1. 我踉踉跄跄向座位冲过去时，乘客们抬起头来望着我，满脸惊恐，似乎感到死期已到。

2. 我快昏过去了，但是一看见身旁女孩的脸，我稳住了自己的情绪。

3. 在那痛苦难熬的20分钟里，我脑海里思绪万千，但其中不乏自豪之情——为飞机上所有人都表现得那么出色而感到自豪。

4. 我想起在那次生死攸关却又万分侥幸的飞行中结识的乘客们，希望能够为自己亲眼所见、有幸承受的友好行为向他们表示感谢。

II.

1. I scrambled / climbed up the cliff for a good view of the sea.

2. He lunged at the burglar and wrestled with him for the weapon.

3. I figure that our national economy will continue to develop rapidly.

4. The chairman made an effort to reassure the shareholders that the company’s bad results would not be repeated.

5. Stop acting like a baby! Pull yourself together!

6. Being very much a private man, he does not confide in anyone.

7. We all hate the terrorists’ indiscriminate violence against ordinary people.

8. Many people in this country are alarmed by the dramatic increase in violent crimes.

9. We anticipated that the enemy would try to cross the river. That was why we destroyed the bridge.

10. I am indebted to all the people who worked so hard to make the party a great success.

IV. Exercises for integrated skills

1. Dictation

Our boat floated on, / between walls of forest. / Nowhere did we find a place / where we could have landed. / In any case, / what would we have got by landing? / The country was full of snakes / and other dangerous animals, / and the forest was so thick / that one would be able to advance only slowly, / cutting one’s way with knives the whole day. / We live on fish, / caught with a homemade net of string, / and any fruit and nuts / we could pick up out of the water. / As we had no fire, / we had to eat everything uncooked, / including the fish. / As for water, / there was a choice: / we could drink the muddy river water, / or die of thirst.

2. Cloze

(1) different (2) mind (3) policemen (4) jam (5) third

(6) cross (7) what (8) how (9) experiments (10) results

VI. Writing

1. If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; if you teach him how to catch fish, you feed him for a lifetime.

2. We can lose a pint of blood without feeling anything, but if we lose a great deal of blood, we feel weak and cold.

3. Don't pretend to know what you don't and pretend not to know what you really know.

4. If you want someone on your side, if you want to persuade someone to see your point of view, one of the best ways is to approach him with sincere kindness and caring.

5. Successful people are on a permanent vacation, not bec ause they don’t work hard but because they love what they do.

6. Don't keep things which do not belong to you; don't love the person who does not care about you.

7. Helen took dance classes, but she had no natural grace or sense of rhythm, so eventually gave up the idea of becoming a dancer.

8. When bears emerge from hibernation in the spring, they wander through wetlands and feed mainly on grasses.

9. Exhausted, I stared at the page, unable to comprehend a single word.

10. The five-year-old boy asked his father a question about death.

VII. Listening Exercises

Listen to the following names of places that will appear in the passage.

California Phoenix St. Louis Lexington Princeton Arkansas San Bernardino Edwards Airforce Base Seattle

Listen to the passage. Give brief information of the interesting/worrying trips they have.

1. The trip to visit their daughter:

Route: California (starting point) – Phoenix (for lunch and oxygen) – St. Louis (spend the night) –Lexington (for lunch) – Princeton (visit daughter)

2. The first trip to their house in Arkansas:

Landing spot: Between a lake and a mountain

Problem: The windsock was worn out.

3. A trip back home:

Problem: They got caught up in snow.

Solution: They called on Edwards Airforce Base for help.

4. A trip to Seattle:

Problem: The landing gear light lit up to indicate that it had failed to work.

When: A Sunday night

Listen again. Answer the following questions.

1. As a present for Father’s Day.

2. The plane didn’t need to stop, but they needed a break.

3. She is suggesting that things don’t always work properly, or as you expect.

4. She was worried about the possibility of hitting the mountains, as the visibility was poor.

5.She was not too worried about it, and she seemed to accept it as normal.

Tapescript

Flying Your Own Plane

My husband always wanted to fly a plane. So once for Father’s Day my two daughters and I ... made an arrangement for lessons with a local teacher ... flying teacher. And I told them, “Now I can always get a new husband, but you can’t get a new father.” And so they said, “Well, maybe we’d better not give him those lessons,” but we did and he learned to fly and he bought his own plane. Well it was a twin-engine plane. And it would go ... it could go as say three thousand miles at a shot, and without having to stop for gas. But then people can’t go that long, so we would fly just so far, like from California to Phoenix for instance and have lunch and get oxygen in the plane and then fly on to maybe St. Louis and spend the night. And the next day, stop at Lexington maybe for lunch. And then that night we would be in Princeton to visit our daughter. So it was always great travelling across country in that plane.

We had a house in Arkansas and we would fly there occasionally to check on it. And that was always very interesting landing there. The first time we tried it, the landing strip was between a lake and a mountain and the windsock was all worn out so we couldn’t see what way the wind was blowing except by looking at the waves on the lake. So that was entertaining trying to land in that little dangerous spot. But Arkansas is interesting that way.

And of course sometimes it could be quite worrying. I know on one trip back home we came into a storm. That was at San Bernardino and somehow we got caught up in snow. We were trapped and we didn’t know how to get out of there because we had the mountains between us and home. And we had to call on Edwards Airforce Base to get us over the mountains.

Little things like that made it entertaining. And then once on a trip to Seattle, the landing gear light came on saying that it wasn’t working. And that way you don’t know if the wheels are down really because you can’t see under there. And we were coming h ome and it was a Sunday night

and no one was at the airport so we couldn’t fly by the tower to let someone see if the wheels were down. So we really had a kind of chance to land it. So we didn’t know if we were going to land on wheels or on the bottom of the airplane.

So there were interesting moments like that. How did my husband put it? “You spend thousands and thousands of hours with just boring ordinary flying, punctuated by moments of sheer terror.” But we always made it. Sometimes I thought we weren’t going to, but it was fun.