世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材综合教程3课后答案

Unit 1 Fresh Start
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
I had just the feeling of a newcomer to college without the strength only an experienced student
might possess.
My apparent confidence
Some food to appease my hunger
Going with the tide of the majority was no longer crucial to your success in college Restraints
Foolish and glaring mistakes
2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
Distress; clutched; pose; sneaked; preoccupation; shackles
3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.
Lived up to; headed for; seek out; has broken out; grope for; trying …on
4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
Assure; discretion; relaxation; humiliation; strategy; embarrassment
5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
Became popular; respect; keep up; lead to; understand; found
Grammar exercise
2. CDBFAE
4. even if, whereas/while, even, while/whereas, even though, despite
Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
It distressed me a great deal to hear the news that he had suffered repeated failures. He assumed an air of cheerfulness, even though he lost favor with his boss. Gulliver met with extraordinary adventures and saw a strange assortment of people. He will be furious with you if you repeat the same mistake.
We were all greatly drawn by his frank views, humorous words and genial manner. After the thunderous applause die down, the Nobel Prize winner began his speech. Fill in each blank in the passage below with one word you think appropriate. to, on, survey; primary; money; with; that; attended/ entered; into; to; attracting; majors;
population; decreased
Unit two Tyranny of the Urgent
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
a series of; more demanding; affected me; earnest call for instant attention; in view of; been
dominated by
2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
prominent; rebuked; breach; priority; haunt; tyranny; imperious; misgiving
3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the
text.
crowded out; catch up; called for; involved in; pushing aside; wish for
4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
tyrants; urgency; relieved; undoubtedly; irresistibly; deceive
5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
affects; catching up with; been involved in; doing, conducting; tell; rejected Grammar exercise
2. not only.. but also; Either…or; and; or; so; and; neither…nor; but
3. The recorded history of mankind is only 6,000 or 7,000 years, but within that short period of
time many civilizations have risen and fallen. The people of the Nile Valley created a high
culture, and so did the people of the Tigirs-Euphrates Valley, but both of these cultures
disappeared. They were absorbed into the Greco-Roman culture that dominated the Mediterranean world, but this civilization also disintegrated in time. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
Memories of his childhood haunted him.
More volunteers are needed to finish the exacting work.
Housing ranks first on my list of priorities.
Father rebuked his son for being lazy.
In his “ The Way to Wealth”, Franklin gave reader many maxims on how to achieve earthly
success.
His imperious manner was more than I could bear.
The fire devoured the forests.
The newspaper won’t accept any deceptive advertisement.
Fill in each blank in the passage below with one word you think appropriate. however; out; defined; difficult; First; for; yourself; which/that; to; involves; accomplish; are; to;
don’t; hour
Unit Three Chinese Food
Comprehension
1. C
2. T F T T
3. Food to us Chinese is one of the greatest joys in life: it is thought about before being
prepared; it is treated with lots of love and care while being prepared; and when it is ready, it
is enjoyed with excessive amount of time.
The main reason for the sudden and tremendous popularity of Chinese food throughout the
whole Western world lies in tow facts: one is the increased desire for sensual pleasures and
freedom from age-old customs in the West; the other is the notion of physical pleasure provided by Chinese food which is always ready to satisfy the taste of the eater.
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
emotional strength; something to keep the body running; lower-class type; a number of dishes that
are served one after another in an orderly way; in the sense of the words
2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
fastidious; ecstasies; lavish; elusive; phenomenal; proceeding; enterprise; contrived
3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the
text.
come off; conform to; derived … from; attend to; have sprung up ; come about 4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. disregard; authoritative; ubiquity; desirable; piquancy; ceremonially
5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
explains; accidentally found; discuss with; start; play a dominant role; think about it carefully
Grammar:
3. CBDABA
4. The noise was more than what I can bear.
We are more than happy to heop you in any way we can.
No less than a thousand people participated in the marathon.
He is no more interested in chemistry than his brother.
It is more a poem than a picture.
He was accused of no less a crime than high treason
Translation
You should have told me in advance that you would further your studies in America. He lavished too much care on his grandchildren.
Various new technology industries have sprung up.
Many English words derive from Latin, Greek and French words.
A philosopher holds that contradictory oppositions are ubiquitous.
His kindness is part and parcel of his nature.
He is possessed of phenomenal memory and intelligence.
He is fastidious about food and clothes.
Cloze: to; having; basic; do; skip; on; served; whatever; staple; with; dinner; also; while; fit
Unit Four
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
having just experienced; have accurate and up-to-date information about; As you would expect; a
different place or environment to be in; do not feel like to; finish/ graduate from 2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
solely; entail; passionately; assumed; replenish; rambles; adhere; entertain 3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the
text.
saw to; relates to; came across; cluttered up; sympathize with; occur to
4. Fill in each blank with one of the words for each pair
incidentally; accidentally; economical, economic; vacation, vocation; care for; care about;
sensuous; sensitive; sensual; sensible; jealous; envious; jealous
5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
make understood; tried to get; is formed by; thought seriously about; settle; interrupting
grammar
2. themselves; /; /; /;; himself; yourselves; herself; yourself; /; /
5. need not hurry; dare not take; need not have paid; need not have been; dare not cross; dare not
cross; dare not take
Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
This company is mostly composed of young people fresh from school.
It never occurred to me that he would ever do such a thing.
I’ll try my best to persuade him if need be.
It is difficult to keep track of my fellow students after graduation.
Who is going to see to the desserts after dinner.
Don’t bother your boss with such trifles.
My work was to replenish our stock time and again.
He often clutter up his study.
Cloze
sharing/doing; at; What; bulbs; many; doing; in; than; achievements; alive; while; upper; ran; kept;
raised
Unit Five
4. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
But the obituary did list the family members of the dead man quite accurately. It was the boy who made efforts to divert his father’s attention from work. 1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
died from self-motivated overwork; most likely, the highest position in the company; with no
specific skills wanted by employers; trying to discover facts about his father; had
been very
important; a person suited by nature for heart-attack
2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
survived; grabs; discreetly; deceased, obituary; conceivably; board; executives; classics
3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the
text.
precisionist; competitiveness; execution; presided; marital; accompanied
4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
died of; stay up; cares for; straightened out; picked out; given up
5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
disappointed; wait; firmly demanded; read; meant; entered cheerfully
Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
My immediate boss is a typical workaholic, for he works for over ten hours each day all the year
round.
The principal attaches much importance to extracurricular activities and he believes that they will
help to cultivate students’ tremendous interest in the external world.
He always grabs a shower, a sandwich and then a taxi to go to work every Monday morning.
Since you are leaving the company, you should straighten out the accounts within the week.
He often stays up at night in order to finish writing his Ph. D. dissertation on time.
Nothing can replace the profoundest love in one’s heart of hearts.
He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an excellent vice-president
for almost ten years.
He is just too common to be picked out from the crowd.
Fill in each blank in the passage below with one word you think appropriate. Far, difference, must, secondly, cannot, by, what, of, sense, what, paid, called, offers, compelled,
living
Unit 6
ABCD
T T T F
It would be unwise to pursue a gaol that is bound to fail though it might be noble to do so.
I think the essence of wisdom is to free oneself from the confinement of the physical world and
the emotional world and look beyond.
Vocabulary exercise
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
help to cultivate or foster; consider, give proper value to each; certainly, brought a good and
helpful effect to mankind, in reality; talk about some thing less important, destroy or ruin each
other; connect with; accordingly
2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
pursue, ceased; attainable; enmity; populous; surpassed; impartial; appallingly 3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the
text.
intellectual; intelligent; intelligent; intellectual
uninterested; disinterested
continuous; continual
unaffected; disaffected;
By all means; by no means
forgetful; forgettable
4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. beneficiaries; undesirable; horizontally; descendants; increasingly; philosophical
5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
contracted; keep quiet; investigate; treat; go; lost consciousness
Grammar exercise
2. When, lest, Although, not only …but also, because, Although, While, since 5. doesn’t he, won’t it; does she, wouldn’t he, have we, aren’t they, aren’t I, can he
Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
The result surpasses their expectations.
We should take account of the cost of the project.
The fine weather contributed to the success of the scientific expedition. Ronaldo, one of the football stars from Brazil, scored several spectacular goals in the 2002 FIFA
World Cup.
Many honorary degrees from different colleges and universities in America were conferred upon
Robert Frost for his remarkable contributions to poetry.
Patience and perseverance are required in emancipation from bad habits.
They tried to instill such new ideas into students’ minds.
You should demonstrate impartiality in your assessment of the employees.
Fill in each blank in the passage below with one word you think appropriate.
Over, here, would, to, disciplines, less, ways, underlie, hard, like, altogether, to, achieve, world
Unit 7
5. explain in your own words
Just because I have decided to do you a favor sell you the love potions, I feel safe telling you
all the secrets about my medicines.
“They, the love potions,” said the old man, “ will help change the girl’s attitude towards you.
She will no longer neglect or contempt you. Instead, she will begin to give you deep-felt
love and care …”
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words
feeling very much worried and afraid; everything I sell could be well deemed as extraordinary;
difficult to notice; which is more than enough; have much more everlasting effects than only
the momentary impulse; with extreme happiness and enthusiasm
2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
creaky; peered; acquaintance; detachment; raptures; giddy; overwhelmed; obliged 3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the
text.
save up; care about; indulges in; reached for; peered about; deals in
4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. obscurity; acquainted; perceptible; apprehension; indifferent; rapt
5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
expect; have; accept; imagine; was; achieve
Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
To me, you are definitely more than an acquaintance.
Many artisans deal in a variety of handicrafts in the region.
They went into raptures over the unexpected success.
Much to my surprise, he analyzed with detachment the dangerous situation that threatened all of
them.
She peered at the strange from behind the curtain.
During the holidays, he indulged in the luxury of a bath of sunshine on the beach. When she learnt the news of his death, she was overwhelmed with grief.
I’m not in favor of buying a house on the installment plan; instead, I maintain that everyone of us
should save up for a rainy day.
Fill in each blank in the passage below with one word you think appropriate.
If, no, through, with, does, that, want, Here, sung, and, but, upon, precious, nor Unit 8
6. explain
In order to have a little fun under the stress of modern life, people indulged themselves even more
intensively in dangerous adventures and excessive sex, alcohol and drugs.
We have long assumed that fun was easy to have, but now we are paying a price for that
shallow-mindedness, i.e., our party is hardly as much fun as it is intended to be.
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
be morally too strict with ourselves to enjoy life; that made all other questions less
significant; counting fun as the most important quality in life; the best example of your fun
world; like something negative that you can hardly get rid of; inflicting pains upon us as a
means of revenge
2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
Depression, stick, blasphemy, damp, regrettable, deserving, reverence, mirthful 3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the
text.
turn into; occurred to; end up; step up; pay …back; look forward to
4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
thrilled; insured; depressed; undeserved; generosity; benefits
5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
showed; represent ; fully explain; challenged by; support; unhappy
Grammar exercise
4. such …that; thus; in that; With; so …that; Owing to
Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
It goes without saying that Shakespeare overshadows all the other playwrights throughout the
ages.
The Great Gatsby is commonly deemed as the epitome of the Jazz Age of the last century in
America.
It is advisable for you not to put a damper on his enthusiasm to further his studies at Harvard.
Young people tend to make a fetish of glamorous stars in sports and entertainment circles.
They traipsed all the way to the People’s Square for the celebrations of the National Day.
He does not deserve such severe punishment as he has committed neither serious errors nor grave
crimes.
Every time I met him, he would talk a whole lot of nonsense.
He said that reputation is a trap into which many people are ready to fall.
Fill in each blank in the passage below with one word you think appropriate. As, which, amount, less, relief, nature, even, with, without, should, loss, worth, what, provided
Unit 9 On becoming a better student
4. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
When they start school, children are curious and ready to try every means to explore the unknown.
However, they end up losing the pioneering spirit after years of formal education. “Advanced” learners are likely to make some mistakes. For example, they may become excessively satisfied with their progress or, on the contrary, put too much pressure on themselves
to score further achievements.
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
But the ability to view again at another time from a different perspective; with immense pleasant
surprise; when children come to school, nobody is sure how they will be, but when they leave
school, they have developed their emotional attitude towards life and formed their outlook towards
the world; be provided with ready answers and ideas; do pioneering work; Don’t let the
knowledge you have acquired be a hindrance to your learning of something new 2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
Precedence; stigma; proportional; strain; pertinent; injurious; relevance; therapy 3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the
text.
Goes out of the way; have been breaking through; consist of; hold on to; object to; live up to
4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. Substantial; motivation; committed; restrictions; subtle; thrilling
5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
Submitted; take care of; attentive in; written in honor of; accept; so involved Grammar exercise
2. Being; to say, to do; Hearing/To hear; To complete; to be; to be; to sit, to hear, howling;
Teasing; Playing; Learning
3. sitting at the back; for you to do as you are told; to swim across the Channel;
to hear that he had
already left the company; To open the window; to trifle with; Being a qualified plumber; ever
written; Left to himself; Hoping to find the will
Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
He felt heavily weighted with such high expectations from his parents.
He interpreted the incident in a favorable light.
I detest him, for he often goes out of his way to backbite others.
Many religious teachings urge people to transcend the mundane success.
Personal initiative is one of the essential elements in promoting your career.
I don’t think it is a good method of teaching to spoon-feed students.
I will spare no efforts to accomplish the task by the end of the next month, for I don’t want to
suffer from the stigma of having broken my promise.
I’ve got much information pertinent to the new policies in education.
Fill in each blank in the passage below with one word you think appropriate. Of, return professional, arts, continuing/further, opportunities, to, Rather, with, offer, analogy,
industry
Unit 10
First, I wrote the poem out of my sincere passion and with my great intelligence. My father thought that the poem I wrote was too affected and artificial, but anyway, it did reveal
some sign that I had potent ability in poetry writing.
I shall not be spoiled by my mother’s tender love, neither be discouraged by my father’s stern love.
I shall follow my own way, with the combination of the two loves.
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
decorate the poem so that it would become eye-catching; shouted at, reprimanded; dispelled,
dispensed; insisted; having headache; gradually became evident to me; weaken my pride
2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
staggered; buffeted; soothed; counseled; glows; ranting; exquisite; capsized 3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the
text.
navigation; elaboration; advantageous; thunderous; soothing; triumphant
4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
pour out; burst in; sentence … to; dawned on; took … down a peg; on the crest of 5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
live a fairly satisfactory life; go and attend; be punished for; talk about; came; refresh
Getting up, walking; making; carry; getting; leading; live; writing; stealing; Grammar exercise
3. To his working, living; beging; to teaching; from doing; for playing; for doing; being talked;
on becoming, from putting, for making
4. Up for; out; to; out of; up against; round to; in with; on
Translation
She was used to nothing short of the best.
I have no idea what you mean.
The referee held his ground although his decision was hotly contested by the crowd. His speech worked up the feelings of an audience.
The truth at last dawned on him.
Susan had so many things to do that she could not do justice to her lessons. Cloze
heterogeneous; assimilate; heritage; preservation; mobility; trends; institution; adaptation; decline;
structure
Unit 11
Explain the following sentences.
One is less inhibited from lying; his ability to tell the truth form the falsehood is dulled; he may
become less cautious against being caught.
When it becomes common enough to tell small lies, even the small unharmful ones will induce
doubt and distrust.
Those lies that are most understandable and acceptable are based on what moralists call the
principle of love and care rather than of trust.
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
Of the greatest importance to the whole world; to avoid hurting the others’ feelings; modifying the
truth; a course of action which can easily lead to something unacceptable, wrong or disastrous;
under any circumstances; a broad accurate guide or principle, based on past experience rather than
theory
2. Choose the best answer.
BDAACB
3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the
text.
Cover up; blurted out; set up; find out; wear down; specialize in
4. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair and note the difference of meaning
between them.
Admittance/admission, admission, admission
Institution, institute
Consul, consultant
Intensive, intense
Suspected, doubted
Compliments, complement
5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
Cancelled; overcome; follow; fell into; make it more acceptable; feel unhappy about Translation
1. Hamlet feigned madness when he was hesitating what to do.
2. Prevarication is one of the techniques this businessman likes to employ.
3. Sometimes the light of the truth is just too dazzling, so white lies are ubiquitous.
4. Many women in America profess that they are unhappy with their status of second-class
citizens.
5. On the impulse of the moment, he blurted out the secret.
6. You should get rid of any prejudice, resist temptations and let nothing warp your judgment.
7. Being over-sensitive and imaginative, he often weaves a tangled web in mind.
8. `He is very popular among his peers as he always tries to spare others any trouble. Fill in each blank in the passage below with one word you think appropriate. For, features, just, of, anniversary, as, roughly, rooted, urban, started, that, heart, being, who
Unit 12
4. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
as long as we can avoid walking, we are willing to do anything possible, however unnatural
or ridiculous it may be.
I was very likely the only person who had ever attempted to cross that intersection on foot.
1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
pleasant, comfortable; in fact, practically
spread; legs;
very long; physical exercises
was made to realize this
decided not to have coffee and instead to go
considered; held in mind
2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.
negotiated; debonair; dodging; notion; compact; contortion; thrive; undertaking 3.Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the
agreeable; eccentricity; acquainted; ridicule; triumphant; deficiencies
4. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
going about; going through; pops out; pace off; pulled up; dug out
5. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.
encountered; cause; agreed to; unique of; doing nothing; relies on
Grammar exercise
1. Complete the sentences with the past perfect or past perfect progressive of the verbs in the
brackets.
had been talking; had been working; had worked; had been applying; had broken; had been
standing; had swallowed; had been
2. complete the following sentences according to the given situation.
had been empty; had been working for the company; had been waiting for me for half an
hour; had had lunch
3. Fill in the blank with one of the words and phrases in the box.
once; nowadays; ages ago; lately; just; soon; after a long time; immediately; Eventually;
once
Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
The university is one of the most venerable institutions of higher education in the world.
If one is deficient in practical experience, he can hardly make himself a success with only what he
has acquired in class.
I felt exasperated by constant interruptions, for I had to finish writing the monograph by the end of
this week.
He feels that it is ludicrous to write about a contemporary topic in an ancient style. The Bund in Shanghai was a place where young couples like to come to coo in the 70’s and 80’s
of the last century.
His daughter is very sedate for a girl of about ten, for she likes reading more than playing.
The couple strolled hand-in-hand along the country road when the sun in its first splendor steeped
the earth.
The poet was commonly considered as an eccentric romantic genius when alive.
Fill in each blank in the passage below with one word you think appropriate. on; hates; as; growth; need; develop; expensive; on; affect; little; traffic; which; offering; public;。