大学英语预备级课后答案

Key to Exercises

Unit 1.

Text A

III. Vocabulary Activities

1.1) substituted 2) analogy 3)represented 4) associated 5) challenge 6) converted

7) concept 8) reduced 9) image 10) bundles 11) choose 12) pointed 13) instead

14) various

2. 1) Home should be a place where people can get away from fear and danger.

2) Professor Valentine put together a reading list and asked her students to read all the articles

on the list.

3) Jennifer is getting into fashion design.

4) A difficult task is far easier to finish if it is broken down into smaller, easier pieces.

5) After taking the medicine, the patient felt a good deal better.

6) Over and over again I told Steve to give up smoking, but he never listened to me.

7) Whether he can be hired or not will depend/depends on the job interview.

IV. Usage

1. took

2. go

3. take

4. go

5. go

V. Structure

1. what caused he fire

2. what size of shoes my father wears

3. what looked like a ball

4. what our family and friends do for us

5. what she had bought for his birthday

VI. 1. What the boy likes to do most is putting together building block.

2.In term of previous experience, John is the best choice for the position.

3.My physics teacher often uses analogy to explain some difficult concepts.

4.With the help of his family and friends, Tom build up his publishing business bit by bit.

5.Linda was not able to go to that famous university, but she planned to start all over again

rather than give up the challenge.

6.This company has a very good public image. People always associate its product with high

quality and good service.

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Text B

Exercise I

1. recognized

2. later on

3. fall back on

4. slightest

5. alternative

6. figure out

7. convinced 8. complicated 9. struck terror into 10. oral 11. sound 12. Follow

13. doubts 14. master

Unit 2

Text A.

III. 1. 1) back and forth 2) destination 3) terminals 4) distinction 5) are not supposed to

6) bet 7) rotten 8）racial 9) board 10) inexpensive 11) delight 12) ride

13) pretended 14) increasing 15) valuable

2. 1）come up with 2) turned out 3) hold on to 4) take over 5) picked up speed

6) head for

IV. 1. reboarded 2. invaluable 3. inarguably 4. interracial 5. unlikely

V. 1. On the table were some flowers.

2. Many a time have I climbed that hill.

3. Only in this way can we solve the problem.

4. So many times has Mother told you to go to bed before 10 o’clock.

5. No better person can I think of for this job.

VI. 1. The children are pretty annoyed that their parents won’t allow them to play around the railway track.

7.I bet if I pick up a little speed I will reach the destination sooner than they do.

8.You don’t want to go out in such rotten weather. It’s better for you to stay home and stretch

your legs and do physical exercises.

9.It’s half past ten, and you’re not supposed to be sleeping! It’s time to head for the airport to

pick up your cousin!

10.Who came up with the idea to ask Mike to take over the project?

11.The school makes no distinction in treating students from different racial backgrounds.