综合教程4 Unit4课后练习答案

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in Action

▇Working with Words and Expressions

1 In the boxes 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) mass

2) gambled

3) voluntary

4) hunted

5) classified

6) abolished

7) division

8) senseless

9) fashions

10) coordination

11) declarations

12) committed

13) necessity

14) moderately

15) slightest

16) considerable

17) evaluate

18) derived

2In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Complete the sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

■Answers:

1) stands/stood a chance

2) ruled out

3) consist /consists of

4) gone through

5) in the strict sense

6) At a guess

7) earns a living

8) coincide with

9) gone in for

10) got their teeth into

▆ Increasing Your Word Power

1 Word Building

Did you notice the suffix -ary and -ory in words such as “voluntary” and “satisfactory” in Texts A and B? The suffix -ary or -ory can be added to a noun to form an adjective. Now add the suffixes of -ary or -ory to the nouns in the following table to form adjectives, then translate them into Chinese.

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1) imaginary 2) congratulatory 3) Migratory 4) documentary 5) legendary 6) introductory 7) contradictory

8) explanatory

2 Study the following usage notes and then complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate word from the box. ▆ Answers for reference: 1) vocation 2) posts 3) trade 4) job 5) work 6) profession 7) career 8) position

3 Underline the mistakes in the following sentences, paying special attention to the use of prepositions. Write down your corrections in the space provided. If there is no mistake, write “No Mistake”. ▇ Answers:

1) ( of will.

2) ( against ) This incident can by no means justify their discrimination for the

black people.

3) ( for ) My son has little aptitude of sport but he excels in music. 4) ( with ) The deceased musician was buried in his home village in

accordance to his wishes.

5) ( over ) The mayor (市长) presided on the ceremony to lay the foundation

stone of the new museum.

6) ( of ) Truth be told, I am envious about his fame and success though I

always pretend otherwise.

7) ( in ) The old man’s will was signed at the presence of two

witnesses—his younger sister and one of his favourite students.

8) ( No Mistake ) When Britain declared war on Germany, Jack’s grandpa joined

the army and his grandma was frightened for his safety all the

time.

9) ( of ) The marketing strategy that I designed proved successful and my

boss was very appreciative for my efforts.

10) (No Mistake ) The new theatre is very spacious, but unfortunately, it is difficult

of access for wheel-chair users.

11) ( for ) Edward Snowden was on a plane bound to Moscow when he got

to know that his passport had been revoked (吊销) by the US

government.

12) ( of ) Professor Peterson is very contemptuous for the so-called

“popular” writers, whom he describes as talentless and worthless. Grammar in Context

1 Turn the following complex sentences into simple sentences.

▇Answers for reference:

1) I don’t remember having borrowed/borrowing anything from you.

2) She’ll stay here for a couple of weeks before going on to New York.

3) The prospect of Professor Smith’s comin g to see us cheered us all.

4) Jim, a man of strong character, naturally didn’t give in.

5) Arriving at the school gate, he found his classmates had already assembled.

2 Replace the that-clause in each of the sentences with a prepositional phrase.

▇Answers for reference:

1) He was afraid of falling behind the others.

2) We were all amused at Henry’s running after the dog in his slippers.

3) Have they informed you of the change in the plan?

4) We’re grateful to you for having given us so much help.

5) We assured them of our willingness to cooperate with them.

Cloze

Complete the following passage with words chosen from this unit. The initial letter of each is given.

▇Answers:

(1) enjoy

(2) physical

(3) compelled

(4) necessity

(5) support

(6) mental

(7) idealize

(8) status

(9) values

(10) classified

(11) essential

(12) mind

(13) attitude

(14) fortunate