新世纪研究生英语b课后习题及答案考试复习

新世纪研究生英语课后习题及答案

Unit1

1. The representative（众议员）presented to the committee a petition(请愿书) signed by 1,200 electors asking for a thorough probe into the financial scandal surrounding the candidate for the regional legislature.

2. The landlady fired the servant who pocketed(独吞) household funds for his own use.

3. After exploring for more than half a year, the ecologist felt a great from thrill(兴奋) spotting the

rare species at the foot of the mountain.

4. “Better late than never” is a platitude(陈词滥调) that is very familiar to most English speakers.

5. The couple had been trying to satisfy all the needs of their only youngster, who had been importuning (胡搅蛮缠) for more pocket moneny all the time.

6. The unruly(不守规矩的) crowd became even more boisterous(喧闹的) when the negotiator tried to quiet them.

7. The belief that one should work hard and be honest is deeply ingrained（根深蒂固）in our culture.

8. The company was financially cornered（把…逼入绝境）and almost went into bankruptcy(破产) during last year’s economic recession.

9. The employees tried to avoid every risk that might incur（导致）her displeasure during the first

month after her divorce.

10. In order to prevent a sudden outbreak of hostilities, we must make no provocative（刺激的，挑拨的）move.

11. The author of the book made a comparative study of courtesy（礼貌，礼节）between the two different cultrues. (etiquette 礼貌，礼节)

12. After long night of revelry（狂欢）at the New Year’s Eve party ,most of the guests were drunk（喝醉的）.(looped 喝醉的)

13. Since the beginning of last month, she has suffered now and then from a sharp and unexplained (不明原因的) headache for which the doctors are trying to find a cure. (unaccountable不明原因的)

14. The security guard spoke angrily and seriously(气愤的斥责) to the group of noisy boys acting up in the garden of the hotel. (told off 斥责)

15. Compared with all his peers, the young engineer had been noticeably（显着地）successful in that field.(conspicuously显着地)

16. Many men tend to regard daily housework such as cooking, cleaning and laundry to be an irritating（使人烦恼的）nuisance. (pesky使人烦恼的)

17. The psychiatrist encouraged his patient to release（释放）all his resentment at the way life had treated him.(let loose释放，放松)

18. In this lively(生动的) romantic historical novel, the author narrates a riveting（引人入胜的）love story between two great figures of the 19th century. (racy 生动的)

19. She was depressed by the gloomy(阴郁的，沮丧的), fog-bound scene on the waterfront and felt even more lonely.(murky 阴郁的，沮丧的)

20. The chairman advised both parties to calm down and be rational because thy had reached

a sensitive(敏感的) stage of their business negotiation.（ticklish棘手的，敏感的)

翻译：

To invite eminent persons to help make advertisements should be regarded as one of the best advertising strategies and could, of course, produce a spectacular(powerful) VIP effect, privided that those celebrities are perfectly willing to accept the invitation and, more importantly, the products to be advertised are genuine and of fair prices. Sometimes, while a commodity is of inferior quality, the advertisement is full of words lavishing praise on it, if a celebrity shows up as an image agent for such a product, the advertisement could, if any, be temporarily successful before it turns the brand of the product in question notorious and, more disastrously, ruins the reputation of the eminent person thereafter. So, the famous are well advised to think more than twice before they agree to appear on the commercial.

Unit2

1. Italian neo-realist(新实在论者)cinema focused on working—class subjects, using amateur actors and filming on location, rather than in the studio.

2. Despite his wartime atrocities,(暴行)Hitler is still revered by neo-Nazi(新纳粹主义的) in many countries.

3.Neo-fascist(新法西斯主义者)groups are an increasing threat to ethnic minorities across Europe.

4. By neocolonialism（新殖民主义）we mean the practice of granting a sort of independence with the concealed intention of making a liberated country a client—state.

5. The tutor tried hard to dissuade(阻止) students from using neologisms（新词）in formal writing

6. He is a neo-Darwinist(新进化论者) animals is principally determined by natural selection, and that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited.

7. The architect traveled around the whole of Europe seeking Palladio’s wonderful

16th-century neoclassical（新古典主义的）buildings.

8. In view of the still unknown physical risks that cloning might impose on neonates（婴儿）appropriate.

9. The challenge for the future lies in fostering（培养）conditions in cities that will be favorable to economic growth.

10. The old lady reaved（赞扬）about her grandchildren for about an hour.

11. Gene therapy-----the actual correction or replacement of defective gene sequences in the embryo or the adult ------is the holy grail（最受欢迎的）of genetic medicine.

12. Through genetic engineering, will scientists be tampering with the genetic diversity that has been the mainstay（支柱）of human survival in the past?

13. A news release by the Chinese Ministry of Personnel printed in a few leading newspapers and on news websites caught the attention of thousands of twenty-somethings（人到二十）in October.

14. For many reasons, the vast majority of heterosexuals(异性的) still prefer the “old—fashioned”, sexual way of producing children. No other method better expresses the loving union of a man and a woman seeking to make a baby.

15. It is absolutely mandatory（强制的）that every dri ver of a vehicle must pass a driver’s license test.