大学英语综合教程1 Unit 3习题答案

Key to Exercises (Unit 3)

Text comprehension:

I. A

II.F, T, T, T, F

III. 1. Refer to Para 1 for the four examples.

2. Refer to Para 4. It could not only set an example for your children and grandchildren

but it adds priceless panache to your image.

3. Refer to Para 5. The fact that the guest had included a recipe for a dish the author had

complimented her on at an earlier gathering made the author feel all the more appreciative.

4. Refer to Para 7. It is the simple phrase "Excuse me".

5. Refer to Para 9. It is because to use good manners with our own families counts the

most, for those are the people we love the most.

6. As good manners are infectious, she wishes that everyone would catch them so that

they would spread..

IV. 1. a gracious manner adds great splendor to your image.

2. I dare say the note my guest sent me didn't take long to write.

3. The simple phrase "excuse me" made most of your irritation disappear.

4. Being punctual has always been considered a virtue, both in the past and at present; it

has not become outdated.

Vocabulary

I. 1. become different from what it should be like

2. displaying gratitude by waving a hand or nodding the head; move out onto the main

road

3. be of great significance

4. who receives the thank-you note remark

5. produce a far-reaching effect

6. practice good manners

II. Punctuality, routine, infectious, bet, terrific, board, valued, count, cherishes, irritations III. D, A, B, B, C, A, D, A

IV. 1 praised, compliment, praise, complimented

2. appreciated, enjoyed, enjoying, appreciated

3. priceless, priceless, precious, precious

4. see, Notice, see, noticed

V. 1. thanks (recognition)

2. activeness (liveliness, briskness, eagerness)

3. fashionable ( graceful, elegant)

4. selfish (mean, ungenerous)

5. nice (courteous, polite, friendly)

6. leisurely (relaxed, idle, unoccupied, lazy)

7. annoyance (displeasure, dissatisfaction)

8.promptness ( timekeeping, reliability)

VI. unfriendly, boyhood, understanding, reception, disappearance, decision,

differing, elevated

Grammar

II. 1. older than

2.more interested

3. as crowded as

4. As pale as

5. More exciting than

6. As complicated

7.easier than

8.nicer

9. more selective

10.nicer

11.as unlucky as

12. more difficult

III. 1. stronger

2. more noisy

3. more expensive

4. more difficult

5. happier

6. younger

7. more often

8. further

9. more exciting

10. louder

IV. 1. more comfortable

2. the funniest

3. the worst

4. more serious

5. the most popular

6. quieter

7. the most beautiful

8. healthier

9. the least honorable

10. less challenging; least challenging

V. 1. Older 2. Oldest 3. True 4. True 5. Further 6. A more 7. Better 8.true VI. e.g. But even worse was the fact that the headmaster had found out the boys' secret plan.

Translation exercises

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