新编英语教程4练习册 Text 1 Comprehension B部分(Unit 1-10)

1. Quite obviously, anyone who was determined to be guided by the rules of self improvement I collected would be happy and have a richer life, infinite affection from his family and the love and respect of the community.

2. Show your love readily and willingly.

3. Whole hearted and genuine praise is really valuable.

4. Join your children and treat them as your equals.

5. I heard screams down the hall one after another and I found Gretchen crying.

6. The most unimportant light task may turn out to be worthwhile if it is dealt with eagerly and with interest.

7. I started to have a conversation with Kit in a friendly way and tried my best to achieve close agreement and understanding between us.

8. You never troubled yourself to chat with people in the past. Why do you want to start doing it now?

Unit 2

1. The richer life experience we have, and the more people from all walks of life we know, we will develop more extensive and flexible knowledge of different English styles and the ability to use each style appropriately when the occasion arises.

2. If we do not know when to use each style appropriately, or if we confuse one style with another inappropriately, an unsystematic and casual knowledge of styles is of no use, or even worse.

3. Neither “bags of fun” nor “extremely gracious” in its suitable context is a careless expression of one's ideas.

4. It would, however, also be absurd to turn the judgment completely the other way round.

5. Except in cases where they are used to achieve humorous effect, contemporary writers think that euphemisms are too disgusting, artificial and pretentious.

6. Supporting the argument made by using the outdated and stereotyped phrases that are often used by trade union leaders would be as easy as shooting birds that never fly away.

7. Some euphemisms are unusual enough to be funny. They are so unusual that they become quite funny.

8. Some people may also like extreme understatement.

1 Every night for weeks, the priests gave sermons, and people sang songs in praise of God, worshipped God and shouted for joy. Some sinners who had never showed signs of shame or repentance were saved from sin and the number of the members of the church increased rapidly.

2 The clergyman spoke on religious matters to the congregation. His speech was marvelously regular and melodious; it was a mixture of the low sounds of pain, grief and suffering, loud and happy as well as lonely cries, and horrible pictures of the world sinners go to when they die.

3 The whole building shook with all the praying and singing.

4 All the people attending church service prayed only for me; their praying became one strong and powerful sound of pain and suffering.

5 The whole church became a sea of great joy.

6 When everything became quiet again, during a respectful silence, which was broken only by several people saying “Amen”extremely joyfully and happily, all the children were given blessings by the minister in the name of God.

Unit 4

1 I argue plainly that making marks in a book is not something done to spoil it but to show its worth and value.

2 Getting the book by payment is merely a preparatory step on the way to ownership.

3 Only when you have fully absorbed it can you say that you own the book completely.

4 The third kind of book owners possess only a few or many books, but every one of them is worn, with the corners of the leaves folded over, and has become less tightly bound because of constant use. There are marks and informally written notes in each book from cover to cover.

5 I would never mark pages of a first edition copy of Paradise Lost, just as I would not give my baby a set of coloured pencils and a painting by Rembrandt in the original.

6 If the elaborate cover, style of printing or layout prevent you from marking up a book, then you'd better buy a cheap edition in which you can show your respect to the writer.

7 If you write notes in the book yourself, the words and sentences will stand out more distinctly in your mind and last longer in your memory.

8 Don't believe that a reader is only expected to take in passively what is in the book.

9 Comprehension is a process involving both reception and production. If you remain a container ready only to receive, you cannot expect to learn very much.