大学综合英语教程1 第1到10单元课后题,附带翻译题答案。.
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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.( REPL Y )
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?
V ocabulary 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—————————. ( FA VOUR )
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 their 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 the 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)。