现代大学英语精读1Unit-3-课后练习答案精品资料

Unit 3

Preview

1. Listen to the recording of the text and choose the statement that best reflects your understanding.

1. C

2. A

3. C

4. D

5. C

Vocabulary

1. Become familiar with the rules of word formation.

1. Give the parts of speech of the following words and study how they are formed.

1. “un-“ here is an adjective prefix which means “not”.

2. “-able” is an adjective suffix which means something that can be done or a quality something or someone has（可以的或必须的；有某种特性或倾向的）．3．“fore-”is a prefix which means‘‘before’‘or‘’in front of’（指时间、职位、位置在前面）．

4. Suffix “-en” turns some adjectives and nouns into verbs.

5. Prefix “re-“ means “again”.

6. These compound nouns are formed by objects + v + –er/or.

7. These compound adjectives are formed by adj + n + –ed.

2. Decide which of the following words can be used both as verbs and nouns.

All these words can be used both as nouns and verbs with only the following exceptions which are usually used as verbs:

Tend

Replace (corresponding noun: replacement)

Die (When used as a noun, it is a different word.)

Condemn (corresponding noun: condemnation)

Occur (corresponding noun: occurrence)

Complain (corresponding noun: complaint)

Protect (corresponding noun: protection)

4. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets.

1. represent, represented

2. employer, unemployed, employees, reemployed

3. well-informed, information

4. informer, inform, authorities

5. complaints, complain, unemployment

6. insult

7. insulting, insult

8. representative

9. be insulted

2 Complete the following verb + noun collocations or expressions

1 mind (his own business)

2 plant / grow / harvest / reap (the rice)

3 dig / sink (a well)

4. (catch) fish / birds / crabs / mice/ a thief / a cold / the meaning / the disease

5 till / improve / conserve (the soil)

6 plough (the field)

7 (condemn) the enemy / the killings

8 (attract) attention / interest / criticism

9 (gather) flowers/ nuts / information /troops

3. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets according to the patterns given in bold.

1. it was fate that

2. it was/is his son who

3. it was in the United States that

4. begging for food with a golden bowl

5. trying to fly by lifting his hair

6. leading the blind

7. She used to be rather weak in English

8. Ours used to be called a country of bicycles

9. There used to be lots of fish, shrimps and crabs

4. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions and adverbs

(1) in, of, with, at, with, about/of, to, of, on, to

(2) of, for, from, till, on, after, against/from, in

(3) to, in, of, of, for, to, for, in, to,

(4) down, over, with

(5) by, over,

(6) along, with, across

(7) around/ round, away, with

(8) to, up, off, off, on