新世纪综合英语教程第二版B1U3答案

Unit Three

Parents and Children

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in Action

Working with Words and Expressions

1.Listed in the box 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)This is really a nice spot for a picnic. We should come here again.

2)These regulations are so complicated that they will only create confusion.

3)This species of plant is becoming increasingly rare.

4)He indicated his willingness with a nod of his head.

5)I gave him some medicine to ease the pain.

6)To be a good research student, you must have a mind for inquiry.

7)My sister has been preaching at me again and again about my untidy habits.

8)You should seek advice from your lawyer on this matter.

9)The doctors are worried because her breathing has become very shallow.

10)I have wrapped the parcels and they’re ready to be posted.

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)awkward

2)relief

3)occur

4)opinions

5)disturbing

6)released

7)pausing

8)scattered

9)swallowed

10)wipe

11)treat

12)recall

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)became well acquainted with

2)took us by surprise

3)gather our thoughts

4)turned out

5)fight back

6)hang up on

7)ran away

8)take care of

9) hemmed and hawed

10) turned into

11)keep…from

12)soaking up

▆Increasing Your Word Power

plete the multiple choice exercise by choosing the right answer.

▆ Answers:

1) a. make

2) e. fluent

3) c. sturdy

4) e. throw

5) b. create

6) d. desperate

7) d. survive

8) b. sociable

2.Many words in English can be used both as nouns and as verbs. Complete all the sentences using either

the noun form or the verb form of the words given inbox. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1)focus

2)fears

3)focus

4)attack

5)fears

6)attacks

7)visits…visited

8)touched

9)chat

10)touch

11)match

12)chats

13)match

14)fear

3.Did you notice the suffixes -y, -able in words such as panicky and portable in this unit? The suffix -able

can be added to a noun or a verb to form an adjective, and -y can be put after a noun to form an adjective. Now form adjectives by adding -y or -able to the words given in the table and write down the Chinese meaning for each adjective.

▆ Answers for reference: