新世纪综合英语教程第二版BU答案

新世纪综合英语教程第

二版B U答案

Unit Two

Learning a Language

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in Action

▆ Working with Words and Expressions

1.Listed in the boxes below are some of the words that you need to be

very familiar with. Now work in pairs and make sentences with each of them to see if you have really mastered their usages. You are encouraged to consult a dictionary if you are still not quite sure about their meanings and usages.

▆ Sample sentences for reference:

1) If Jane is not here in 10 minutes, we’ll assume that she isn’t coming and we won’t wait for her any longer.

2) The case was fully argued before an agreement was reached.

3) They claim that they have discovered a cure for the disease, but this has not yet been proved.

集团文件版本号：（M928-T898-M248-WU2669-I2896-DQ586-M1988）4) Some Chinese words have no equivalents in English.

5) The rights of the individual are perhaps the most important rights in society.

6) If you want my personal opinion, I don’t think y ou should go there.

7) The train leaves at about half past eight — 8:32, to be precise.

8) After years of hard work, she became qualified as a doctor last year.

9) Her new novel is based on her adventures in Africa.

10) The house is too small for a family of five; furthermore, it is in

a bad condition.

11) Human beings are much more intelligent than animals.

12) She promised solemnly that she would not say a word about it to anyone.

2.In the box 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)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. In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this

unit. Do you understand their meanings Do you know how to use them in the proper context Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1)fond of

2)is … related to

3)find out

4)To a certain extent

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) In his hurry

14)It’s no use

15) in my view

16) was worth

▆Increasing Your Word Power

plete the multiple choice exercise by choosing the right answer.

▆ Answers:

1)C

2)D

3)B

4)B

5)B

6)D

2.Adverbs are used to modify adjectives. What adverbs listed in the

box below can be used to modify the adjectives in the sentences Put as many adverbs as you think suitable before each of the adjectives.

1)highly / very

2)quite / very

3)quite / very / increasingly

4)quite / simply / very

3.Did you notice the suffix -er in words such as teacher, grader in

this unit The suffix -er can be put at the end of verbs or nouns to denote people who perform the action expressed by the stem word. In addition to -er, the suffixes -or, -ist, -ian also fall into this category. Now form nouns by adding -er/-or/-ist/-ian to the words given:

Answers for reference: