大学体验英语4答案

Unit 1

Passage A

applaud mirror entail strive consequently supposedly devalue flexibility obligation fulfill

1.Taxes are an obligation which may fall on everybody.义务，责任

2. We applauded the authority's decision not to close the hospital.

3. The doctor's instructions must be fulfilled exactly; the sick man's life depends on it. 履行，实现

4. Do these opinion polls really mirror what people are thinking? 反射，反映

5. I prefer to think of memorization as a stepping-stone to flexibility in use of words and phrases.灵活性

6. In her office memos she tended to devalue the work done by her staff. 使…贬值

7. The history of train transport has partly been a history of striving for greater efficiency and profit.努力，奋斗

8. He took on the new post without having the faintest idea of what it entailed .使承担，使成为必要，需要

9. He is supposedly one of the greatest experts in this field.据信，可能

10. Absolute secrecy is essential consequently , the fewer who are aware of the project the better.所以

Passage B

sack expansiveness sphere sustain sour clue define depression division equality 1.Some people do, and some people do not, believe in equality of opportunity.

2.He sustained a great loss from the death of his father.

3.Police have still found no clue as to the whereabouts of the missing woman.

4.In designing a bridge, one must allow for expansiveness in hot weather.

5.One of the workmen was sacked for his always being drunk.

6.When boundaries between countries are not clearly defined, there is usually trouble.

7.Gardening is outside the sphere of my activities.

8.She said that the hat made me look silly, but perhaps that was sour grapes.

9.The newspapers are full of such depressing news nowadays as crime, natural disasters, and rising prices.

10.The division of the world into developed and underdeveloped nations is a gross simplification.