21世纪英语读写教程一答案

4. Frightened by the horror film, the little girl was alert to every sound in the house that night.
5. Deeply disappointed with the actress’s performance, tom soon switched to another channel.
Vocabulary
III.
1.artistic 2.overcome 3.infinite 4.plunged 5.mission 6.camgpain 7.revived 8.distract 9.accustomed 10.retreat 11.precaution 12. disastrous
2. He felt so inspired to paint that he was distracted from his personal problems.
3. His sister-in-law’s painting inspired him to try his hand at it; his wife rushed out to buy all the materials he would need; and the wife of Sir John Lavery helped him overcome his fear of the blank canvas.
Cloze
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lonely; overcame; refuge; finally; however; where; delighted; contemplated; entry; campaign; distract; plunged into; Within a month; rescue; whe wife died of a stroke in her sixties, the 72-year-old retired professor was overwhelmed by grief. Life would be too difficult for him without anybody to rely on.
9. No, she considers that decade an artistically fruitful one.
10. He meant that painting was like a friend who never betrayed or abandoned him. This seems to suggest that he often felt lonely, misunderstood and/or disappointed in his relationship with other people.
7. We must awaken people to the importance of environmental protection now, or it will soon be too late.
8. That official was removed from office for being involved in a political scandal. Had he known this would happen, he might have acted differently.
2. Unpleasantly startled by the appearance of a mouse, we promptly decided to clean our apartment.
3. Tired of their own cooking, they’ve decided to go to a restaurant for a change.
3. When seven astronauts died in the Challenger disaster in the mid-1980s, it plunged the whole world into shock and grief.
4. After completing her second prime ministry, she remained actively involved in political affairs. She came to the rescue several times when the government was in difficulty.
4. The blank whiteness of the canvas made him feel he didn’t know where to begin. This nervousness was not typical of Churchill, who was known publicly as a brave and strong-willed person.
IV.
1. delighted with 2. bore fruit 3. kept Clementine company 4. rely on
5. take refuge 6. awaken people to 7. pay the price 8. chanced upon; dated from
5. After his failure in the election campaign, Dr. Smith retired to a small village, where he tried his hand at farming.
6. As long as you keep working hard all your life, you will recall your past with a glow of satisfaction.
6. Embarrassed about still being in bed at 10 a.m., when my friends came I pretended to be sick with a terrible headache.
VIII.
1. So I did 2. So did my brother 3. So she was 4. So they do; so do his classmates 5. So am I
7. It was his great comfort when the death of his mother was followed quickly by the death of his daughter.
8. Because the judges suspected that it was not painted by an amateur; they were later surprised and delighted because Churchill was not just a famous political figure but also a talented untrained artist.
2. Last month two amateur painters held an exhibition of their pictures in London. Many people went to see it, including a few celebrated professors.
21世纪大学英语读写教程第二册课后练习答案（1-3单元）
第一单元
Text Comprehension
II．
1. It was a military campaign in which many soldiers died. The effects on Churchill were () he lost his political position and he was overwhelmed with grief.
6. deepen your understanding of the course materiall 7. sharpen the kitchen knives
8. reddened 9. brighten; quickens 10. lightened
VI.
1. lucky 2. wealthy 3. tasty 4. icy 5. wavy 6. smelly 7. sleepy 8. noisy (smelly is also plausible) 9. healthy 10. sunny
Structured Writing
XIII. One example, for reference
My sister Stephanie began her love affair with television in the second grade amid highly emotional circumstances. She had had a quarrel with her best friend, and found herself alone and lonely every day after school with nothing to do. That’s when the miracle of television came toText
9. tried his hand at 10. fell upon; came to her rescue
Word Building
V.
1. broadens the mind 2. weakened 3. sweeten Diet Coke 4.hardens 5. strengthen
Translation