大学英语精读1 第4单元 答案

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V. Usage 1. We are going into town to see a film. 2. I learned the news over the radio. 3. Because he is able to tell at a glance if it is genuine. 4. I’m afraid he is not here at the moment –he is at work. 5. Well, at a glance he does look a bit like Tom. 6. There were one or two unsatisfactory moments, but on the whole it was very enjoyable. VI. Structure 1. 1) The Johnsons decided to take a ride to the seaside for the weekend. 2) Our manager will pay a visit to France this winter. 3) He had/took a rest after walking ten miles. 4) I had a talk with her yesterday afternoon. 5) This morning the technicians had a discussion on/about the question of improving the design of the machine. 6) Nathan Hale took a last look at his beautiful country and said that he only regretted he had but one life to lose for his country.
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Guided writing Part I Leave out 1) recent 2)true 3)first 4)customary 5)total 6)with fear 7)of today 8)Without a doubt/certainly 9)before in my life Rewrite 10) We asked Mr. Wilson for advice because he is such a wise man/ so wise. • 11) Many children like collecting stamps. • 12) After studying history in the afternoon and English in the evening, I treated myself to a movie.
• 2. 1) With your passport, we might succeed in performing our task. • 2) Even with air and water, plants still couldn’t grow on the moon. • 3) Without hard work/ Without working hard, you will accomplish nothing. • 4) Without their assistance, he would have found himself in trouble. • 5) It has been (is) about four and a half years since the Wangs settled down in this country. • 6) It has been (is) less than three months since she joined the Youth League. • 7) It has been (is) 20 years since I got to know her in Beijng. • 8) It has been (is) over a century since the railway was completed.
Keys to Exercises of Unit 4
III. Vocabulary Activities 1. 1) g 2)f 3)h 4)i 5)a 6)b 7)c 8)e 9)j 10)d 2. 1)free 2)accept 3)at least 4)different 5)failure 6)sunset 7)quiet 8)in the past 9)unnecessary 10)turn off 3. 1) involves 2)proposal 3)emotional 4)At first glance 5)actually 6)disturbed 7)typical 8)come up with 9)worhtwhile 10)Imagination 11)current 12)neighborhood 13)gap 14)program 4. 1)come up with some good ideas/suggestions 2)are prohibited from 3)growing up 4)to bring people together 5)in its birth rate 6)in part
• 3. 1) He proposed that we put on a short play at the English evening. • 2) I would like to suggest that he visit the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, etc. • 3) He proposed that the novel be made into a film. • 4) My proposal is that the dispute be settled by peaceful means. • VII. Cloze • 1. 1) proposed 2)prohibited 3)social 4)actually 5)rate 6)bringing…together 7)proposal 8)worhtwhile 9)involve • 2. A. 1)fun 2)turn 3)in 4)different/interesting 5)make 6)will 7)By/From 8)latest 9)and 10)in 11)watch 12)or 13)in 14)to 15)There 16)for • B. 1)but 2)used 3)little/bit 4)few 5)little 6)number 7)some 8)while 9)any 10)deal 11)no 12)Now
• IV. Enriching your word power • 1. a) honestly b) dishonest c) honesty d) honest e) honest • 2. a) childish b) childishly c) child d) Childhood e) childhood • 3. a) activities b) act c) active d) act e) actively f) Actions g) activity • 4. a) emotional b) unemotional c) emotion d) Emotionally e) emotional • 5. a) acceptable, acceptably b) accept c) acceptance d) accept • 6. a) distraction b) distracted c) distracts d) distracting e) distractions
• VIII. Spot dictation • 1) gathered 2)in the habit of 3)on the radio 4)on television 5)comfortably 6)trouble 7)art 8) more and more 9)problems 10) however perfectly • IX. Translation • 1. To take this job would involve working on weekends frequently, but John didn’t mind. • 2. It is well known that lung cancer is caused at least in part by smoking too much. • 3. My grandparents said that the man who invented television had once lived in their neighborhood. • 4. I propose that we go to find Prof. Smith in his office right after the meeting and invite him to our English evening. • 5. Having been operated in twice for the disease, she was so weakened that she could barely stand up. • 6. Educators think that the generation growing up with television spend too much of their time in front of the TV that they do not have enough time to study. • 7. I do hope that you can come up with a better solution than this one. • 8. At first glance the picture didn’t look very good, but after examining it carefully, we found that it was indeed a masterpiece.
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Reading activity Exercise A 1. docile: obedient 听话的 2. wretched: very unhappy 很不开心 3. inconsolable: not to be comforted 没法安慰的 4. antenna: a wire put up on top of a house to receive television broadcasts 天线 5. old-fashioned: keeping to old ways or ideas 守旧的 6. enormous: very powerful, very large 巨大的 7. unanswerable: that can not be answered 没法回答的 Exercise B 1. T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.F 6.F 7.T 8.T 9.F 10.T 11.T 12. T Exercise C 1. 她说她决不再去上学了，还说生活中没有电视机活着是不值得。 她说她决不再去上学了，还说生活中没有电视机活着是不值得。 2. 我认为好就好在很多人都很关心电视的影响，而且对我们不喜欢的东西 我认为好就好在很多人都很关心电视的影响， 我们也有能力加以改变。 我们也有能力加以改变。 3. 他们认为电这玩意儿会使很多事情变得太容易，并会破会他们的生活方 他们认为电这玩意儿会使很多事情变得太容易， 式。 4. 也许他们更乐于守在家里看电视。 也许他们更乐于守在家里看电视。