新世纪大学英语综合教程4第二版U4

第四单元

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in Action

▇Working with Words and Expressions

1 In the boxes 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) mass

2) gambled

3) voluntary

4) hunted

5) classified

6) abolished

7) division

8) senseless

9) fashions

10) coordination

11) declarations

12) committed

13) necessity

14) moderately

15) slightest

16) considerable

17) evaluate

18) derived

2In the boxes b elow are some o f the expressions you have learned in this unit. Complete the sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

■Answers:

1) stands/stood a chance

2) ruled out

3) consist /consists of

4) gone through

5) in the strict sense

6) At a guess

7) earns a living

8) coincide with

9) gone in for

10) got their teeth into

▆ Increasing Your Word Power

1 Word Building

Did you notice the suffix -ary and -ory in words such as “voluntary”　

and

-ary or -ory can be added to a noun to “satisfactory” in Texts A and B? The suffix

form an adjective. Now add the suffixes of -ary or -ory to the nouns in the following table to form adjectives, then translate them into Chinese.

▆ Answers:

nouns suffixes adjectives Chinese meaning

planet planetary 行星的

congratulation

-ary / -ory congratulatory祝贺的

contradiction contradictory 矛盾的，对立的

custom customary 通常的，习惯的；惯例

的

document documentary 公文的，文件的

explanation explanatory 解释的；说明的

imagination imaginary 想象中的，虚构的

introduction introductory 介绍的，导言的

legend legendary 传说（中）的，传奇的

migration migratory 迁徙的，移居的

vision visionary 有远见的；不实际的

1) imaginary

2) congratulatory

3) Migratory

4) documentary

5) legendary

6) introductory

7) contradictory

8) explanatory

2 Study the following usage notes and then complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate word from the box.

▆ Answers for reference:

1) vocation

2) posts

3) trade

4) job

5) work

6) profession

7) career

8) position

3 Underline the mistakes in the following sentences, paying special attention to the use of prepositions. Write down your corrections in the space provided. If there is no mistake, write “No Mistake”．

▇Answers:

1) ( of ) Natural disasters are inevitable and they are independent on

man’s

will.

2) ( against ) This incident can by no means justify their discrimination for the

black people.

3) ( for ) My son has little aptitude of sport but he excels in music.

4) ( with ) The deceased musician was buried in his home village in

accordance to his wishes.

5) ( over ) The mayor (市长) presided on the ceremony to lay the foundation

stone of the new museum.

6) ( of ) Truth be told, I am envious about his fame and success though I

always pretend otherwise.