新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程1答案

新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程1答案

The Answers to Unit 1

Enhance Your Language Awareness

(I) Working with Words and Expressions

2. (1) obtain (2) confident (3) communicate (4) advantage

(5) relevant (6) helpful (7) extreme (8) enjoyable

(9) means (10) process (11) particularly (12) characters

(13) astonished (14) apparently

3. (1) fond of (2) is…related to (3) according to

(4) To a certain degree (5) vice versa (6) no doubt

(7) rid… of (8) cleared up (9) or else

(10) at all costs (11) sure enough (12) let alone

(13) similar to (14) It’s no use (15) in my opinion (16) was worth

(II) Increasing Your Word Power

1. (1) c (2) d (3) b (4) b (5) b (6) d

2. (1) highly/very (2) quite/very (3) quite/very/increasingly (4) quite/simply/very

3.

No Mistake

especial→ especially

necessarily → necessary

frequent → frequently

No Mistake

easily → easy

No Mistake

individually → individual

much → many

high → highly

apparently → apparent

remarkably → remarkable

probable → probably

No Mistake

(III) Grammar

Task 1:

(1) would/should (2) should/would (3) might (4) would (5) must (6) can’t (7) should would (8) must

Task 2:

(1) We passed the afternoon very pleasantly, roller-skating in the sun and talking about our childhood under a tree. / The afternoon passed very pleasantly, while we roller-skated in the sun and talked about our childhood under a tree.

(2) On entering the lecture hall, I was surprised at the size of the crowd. / When I entered the lecture hall, I was surprised at the size of the crowd.

(3) When I was only a small boy, my father took me to Beijing and we had a lot of fun together.

(4) To write well, a person must read good books.

(IV) Cloze

(1) doubt (2) efficient (3) where (4) advantage (5) afford (6) claim

(7) fluently (8) qualified (9) extent (10) ridiculous (11) perfect (12) as

(13) because (14) individual

(V) Translation

1. Translate the sentences

(1) The baby can’t even crawl yet, let alone w alk.

(2) Will claimed he was dining with a group of friends at the time of the murder, but in my opinion he told a lie.

(3) To a certain extent the speed of reading is closely related to reading skills; and with reading skills you can cope with outside class reading better.

(4) According to the regulation/rule, they both can play the game/participate in the game.

(5) Some people assume that there is a Chinese equivalent for every Japanese word.

(6) We have passed all the relevant information on to the police.

(7) There/ It is no use asking me any more questions about that matter because I won’t answer.

(8) It was a mistake on Jim’s part to sign the contract without reading it carefully.

(9) They refused to provide us with all the information we need.

(10) This accident is very similar to the one that happened three years ago.

(11) The film is based on a play by/ of Shakespeare.

(12) If you have a good command/ mastery of English and computer skills, you will surely have an advantage over others in finding a job/ in job-hunting.