新世纪大学英语综合教程3课后答案Unit2

新世纪大学英语综合教程3课后答案Unit2

Unit Two

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Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in Action

▆ Working with Words and Expressions

1.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1)curled

2)minimum

3)clip

4)yielded

5)Given

6)preserve

7)fascinated

8)affection

9)interact

10)haste

11)grief

12)defies

13)presence

14)acquire

15)manipulate

16)restraints

2.In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.

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▆ Answers:

1)let, loose on

2)fit into

3)hold on

4)state of affairs

5)in the course of

6)in vain

7)build, on

8)In short

9)reached for

10)give and take

▆Increasing Y our Word Power

1.The prefix over- can be added to nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, meaning “above”, “outside”, “across”, or “too much”. Study the words given in the box and choose the proper word to fill in each of the blanks in the following sentences. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1)overcoat

2)overhead

3)overjoyed

4)overslept

5)overweight

6)overdue

7)overtime

8)overworking

2.Many words in English can be used both as nouns and as verbs. Listed in the following table are some of

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these words that you have learned in Unit One and Unit Two. Study them carefully and then complete each of the following sentences with one of them as you see fit. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1)crush

2)attributes

3)fancy

4)bubbled

5)grasp

6)drizzling

7)labeling

8)yield

3.Listed in the box below are some idiomatic expressions formed with the word “hand”. Study them carefully and try to make out their meanings. You may consult a dictionary if necessary. Then translate the given sentences into English, using one of them.

▆ Answers:

1)We are short of hands.

2)I still have some money in hand.

3)Give me a hand with this box, please.

4)I often keep a dictionary at hand.

5)The football fans were out of hand.

6)Hand out the pencils to everyone in the class.

7)This ring was handed down to me by my grandmother.

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