现代大学英语精读3_unit_2课后答案.doc

1、Pre-class Work3. Learn the rules of word-building. Enrich and enlarge your vocabulary.1) Give the corresponding nouns of the following verbs and adjectives.(1) dignity (6) fright (11 ) intimacy (16) terror(2) refusal (7) service (12 ) absurdity (17) pride(3) embarrassment (8) solution (13) ridicule(

2、4) smash (9) glimpse (14) maturity(5) sympathy (10) surrender (15) miracle2) Give the corresponding verbs of the following adjectives.All these adjectives can be used as verbs except the following.quick (quicken) full (fill) sad (sadden)short (shorten) sure (assure, ensure) weak (weaken)wide (widen)

3、 sharp (sharpen) strong (strengthen)thick (thicken) high (heighten, raise) long (lengthen)cold (freeze, chill, cool) low(lower) angry (anger)hot (heat) dark (darken)silent (silence) light (lighten)3)Translate the following using your acquired rules of word-building.(1)打开门锁 脱下婴儿的衣服 解开绳结解开外衣纽扣 卸下船上的货

4、拉开夹克的拉链打开瓶塞 拔掉收音机的电源 打开行李(2)预订一张票 浇花 墙上糊上墙纸浑水摸鱼 率领一个代表团 、拔园中的草面对现实 肩负责任 用刀捅一个老人主持一次会议 用好奇的眼光看人 刮去鱼鳞狼吞虎咽地吃东西 骑自行车上学 来回乘公共汽车跟踪某人 将酒装瓶 火箭般迅速掌权More Work on the TextII Vocabulary1. Translate.1) From English into Chinese.(1) 经营一家五金店 (11)同情穷人(2) 给顾客赊账太多 (12)弄到一些酒(3)拒绝赊账 (13)喝了几口啤酒(4)忍受炎热 (14)雇一个助手(5)忍受侮辱 (

5、15)活跃气氛(6)负责指挥这支军队 (16)打败敌人(7)打碎窗户 (17)啪的一下把一个东西放在桌上(8)变得不名分文 (18)使客人感到难堪(9)编一个故事 (19)把某人吓了一跳(10)避免张扬 (20)向黑暗中奋力游去2) From Chinese into English using “to be“ as the predicate where possible.(1) My father was down and out at that time.(2) We can go there either by train or by air. Its up to you.(3) Th

6、e police officer decided that the two men hanging around the bank at this hour were up to no good.(4) OK, the game is up. You are under arrest.(5) Now, time is up. You must stop here.(6) You are up early. Its not yet six.(7) Shes not in Beijing at the moment. She has been away for almost two weeks.(

7、8) Where are you off to? Dont you know that there is an English movie on this afternoon?(9) When the cat is away, the mice will play.(10) There was always laughter in the house when my father was about/around.(11) Nearly a quarter of our class were down with the flu.(12) We were down to the last 500

8、 yuan. We had to raise a loan from the bank.2. Give synonyms and antonyms of the following.1) Give synonyms.(1) ridiculous, silly, foolish; stupid, idiotic, laughable(2) hut, shack, tool-house, outbuilding(3) major, main, leading, principal; key, outstanding(4) comical, funny, ridiculous, absurd, la

9、ughable, amusing(5) wasting time, being lazy, doing nothing, being idle, killing time(6) bankrupt, penniless, impoverished(7) dignity, self-respect, honor, self-esteem(8) to defeat, to beat, to conquer, to overcome(9) close, intimate, familiar, friendly, inseparable, devoted(10) to break into pieces

10、, to shatter, to destroy(11) to scare, to make afraid, to terrorize, to horrify, to shock(12) to stick, to hold fast, to hang on tO, tO hold on to.2) Give antonyms.(1) noisy, talkative, chatty, lively, excited(2) distant, formal, remote(3) tragedy, serious play, high drama(4) grateful, thankful, fri

11、endly, pleasant, amiable, appreciative(5) cash(6) interesting, exciting(7) lasting, permanent, long-lived(8) loudly, loud, noisily(9)uncertain,doubtful,unconvinced (10) sober(11) dressed, clothed, covered3. Translate.1) Their discussion covered all the important issues of mutual interest.2) The Worl

12、d Fair to be held in Shanghai next year covers an area of about 200,000 square meters.3) The higher they climbed, the more difficult it became. At one time, they only covered 5 meters in four hours.4) That school charges the students about three thousand yuan a year. But that does not cover food and

13、 lodging.5) That terrible sandstorm.left the whole city covered with a thick layer of dust.6) These papers showed how their manager tried to the financial crisis of the cover up the financial crisis of the company. 7) I still remember those days when the bike was considered the most important piece

14、of family property.8) We must always remember not to waste our limited water resources.9) I remember going to that place once. It was so dry that a well could be nearly 1,300 feet deep.10) He was so absorbed in his work that he often did not even remember to eat his meals.11) Even to this day I stil

15、l remember my mother mending my clothes until late at night.12) You cant get it on credit. You have cash.13) We regard all our former students, not just a few celebrities, as the credit to our university.14) European Culture is a three-credit course conducted in English.15) People used to give credi

16、t to Columbus for the discovery of the New Continent.16) So how did our new boss strike you? He seemed quite a nice guy to me.17) After some 50 years I revisited my home vitlage and I was struck by the great changes that had taken place18) There have been fewer strikes in recent years since the new

17、labor law came into effect.19) Wu Song struck the tiger again and again with his massive fist.5.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word.1) D 4) D 7) D 10) C 13) B2) A 5) A/B 8) B 11) A 14) D3) A 6) D 9) A 12) C 15) A6. Translate. Pay attention to the idiomatic use of “up“.1) Time is up. He is u

18、p already. The economy is up by 10%, It is up to you.2) Lift it up. Pick it up. Pull it up. Take it up. Stick it up. Dig it up.Hang it up. Roll it up. Wrap it up. Fold it up. Cover it up. Link it up.Clean it up. Dry it up. Heat it up. Turn it up. Wind it up. Pile it up.Check it up. Burn it up. Start

19、 it up. Add it up. Divide it up. Cut it up.Break it up. Tidy it up.3) Eat it up. Drink it up. Finish it up.7. Translate, with special attention to the different meanings of the same word. or words which happen to have the same spelling.1)她危险期已过，现在情况已经平稳。2)他对医院里的有些医生非常有意见，说他们又愚蠢又不负责任。3)火车突然硬生生地停了下来。4

20、)由于他又赌叉嫖，最后不名分文。5)那传令兵跌断了腿，一位老农民把他藏在马厩里。6)那位将军有做事非常有条理的习惯。7)穆斯林斋戒的时候，他们不吃东西，只喝水。8)当他醒来的时候，发现他的狗在舔他的伤口。9)当时一般的意见是敌人已经被打败。10)那张画已牢牢地贴在墙上。11)银行说他们在呆账问题上没有向人们说谎。12)有些年轻人正坐在河边的草地上，听着鸟的歌唱。13)她对她的儿子十分担心，因为他和一些游手好闲的二流子打得火热。14)他脑子有点发木，过了相当一会儿才弄明白究竟是怎么回事。15)战斗已基本结束，但有时还能听到零星的枪声。16)我们把希望寄托在她的身上，希望她能获得铅球金牌。17)司

21、机不承认喝了白酒，他说他只喝了几口淡啤酒。18)她是国家篮球队的队员，投篮特准。8. Choose the best word or phrase in brackets for each blank.(1) This (4) hardship (7) purity (10) at (13) part(2) gave (5) honored (8) never (11) Yet (14) remembering(3) like (6) day (9) innocent (12) seen (15) somethingMore Work on the TextGrammar1. Understa

22、nd grammar in context.1) Identify participles or participle phrases and point out their grammatical function in each of these sentences.(1) hired from a livery stable: past participle phrase as attribute,(2) listening to his stories: present participle phrase as adverbiaI(3) licked: past participle

23、as object complement(4) riding by: present participle as attribute(5) all covered with mud: past participle phrase as predicative(6) visiting around at farmhouses: present participle phrase as adverbial(7) not leaving us a cent for food: negative present participle phrase as adverbial(8) speaking to

24、 a woman in our street: present participle phrase as object complement(9) thinking his wife was dead: present participle phrase as adverbial(10) reading by the kitchen table: present participle phrase as adverbial modifying “alone in their house“(11) not saying a word: present participle phrase as a

25、dverbial(12) followed by thunder: past participle phrase as attribute modifying “flashes of lightning“(13) takingmy hand: present participle phrase as adverbial(14) clinging to him in the darkness: present participle phrase as attribute modifying “the boy“(15) knowing that I would never again be wan

26、ting another father: present participle phrase as adverbial(16) seeing my father in a different way and relating to him as a friend: two-present participle phrases as object complement2) Study the tense of the italicized verbs and point out the concept each expresses.(1) past continuous tense with a

27、dverbs of frequency denoting a habitual action, especially an annoying one(2) the same as in (1): the habitual past(3) all four verbs in the past continuous tense denoting an action that was going on at a particular moment in the past(4) the habitual past(5) the habitual past “would“ is a modal verb

28、 expressing “willingness“(6) the same as in (1)(7) the first four verbs in the habitual past; “would have + past participle“, here “(I)d have be lieved“, is the tense form of the main verb in an unreal conditional sentence when the conditional clause is in the past perfect tense.(8) the same as in (

29、1)(9) (there) would be: the habitual past(10) future-in-the-past continuous tense with an adverb of frequency expressing a future-in-the-past habitual action, especially an annoying one2. Practice using participles.1) Rewrite the sentences using participles where possible.(1) They talked to her for

30、a good hour, trying to persuade her to stay on.(2) Reading the book again, she discovered that she had missed a lot in the first reading.(3) Anything grown in new ground like this has a better flavor.(4) All those wishing to participate in the seminar must sign up by Friday.(5) Here the relative cla

31、use “who spoke to MBA students of the university yesterday“ cannot be replaced by “speaking to. “ because a present participle expresses either a habitual action or an action that is going on at the moment of speaking or was going on at a specific moment in the past.(6) Films produced by a group of

32、young Chinese directors are gaining acceptance worldwide.(7) Encouraged by the success of his fellow swimmers, he decided to go for the gold medal.(8) The runners reached their destination, utterly exhausted.(9) It was Harley, who entered, looking dirty and tired, carrying a suitcase and an umbrella

33、.(10) The young woman talking with Professor Liu is a PH.D. candidate.(11) When the news reached them, they stared at each other, puzzled, troubled.(12) Stunned by the charges against their country, they walked out of the conference.(13) In those days of loneliness, he would often sit by the window

34、and look.out, hoping that someone would come to see him.(14) The first prize of the singing contest went to a young Danish woman studying Chinese literature at Peking University.(15) The football fans went home, greatly disappointed by the performance of their favorite team(16) Having taken the inju

35、red boy and his parents to hospital, the taxi driver left quietly.2) Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in brackets, using participles as complement or attribute.(1) her name called(2) herself understood(3) him flying(4) came running (here “running“ is used as an adverbial)(5) badly d

36、amaged in an earthquake last year(6) going in and out of, their hair done(7) used in ordinary speech(8) the potatoes peeled and the table laid(9) them informed of(10) had his garden producing(11) the wolf sitting still(12) thousands of wooden houses ruined3. Complete the sentences by putting the ver

37、b in brackets into the proper tense form.1) never complains 6) would yell2) is always singing 7) is working on3) are constantly forgetting 8) is forever breaking4) would never stay, would go 9) is forever telling5) always meet 10) pulled4. Translate the sentences into English, using participles wher

38、e appropriate.1) Shes always borrowing money and forgetting to pay back.2) Deeply touched by those words, he decided to turn over a new leaf.3) This semester, Im assisting a professor specializing in international law.4) When the talk was over, the audience stayed on for a few minutes, waiting for t

39、he speaker to leave first.5) The couple were continually quarreling about trifles.6) Her family did not want the matter known to the public.7) She was a roommate of mine at college and we would often play tennis at the weekend.8) This is the first time Ive had turkey cooked this way.9) Whos left the

40、 tap running all night?10) In the early days of the company, the boss would seek employees opinions on big decisions.5. Put the verbs in the right form, adding an auxiliary or a modal where one is needed.had had/had, are not given, was dying, gathered, seemedcame, could be controlled, took, said, lo

41、ve, stiffened, puts, thought, would push, ran. punched, was, was to be, (I)ve felt, could let, go, had, (It)s, love come, cling, should go, hold, should be said6. Complete each of the following sentences with the most likely answer.1) D 2) C 3) B 4) A 5) 13 6) C 7) A 8) C9) D 10) D 11) A 12)C 13) B

42、14) C 15) CMore Work on the TextIV Written WorkWrite, in essay form, a character sketch of the narrators father in about 150 words.FatherIn this world, there.is an ordinary name for a certain type bf men, .that is father. In this article, thenarrators father was a very nice, popular and magical pers

43、on. After a period of misunderstanding between the father and son, the boy discovered that he really had a dignified father who was powerful, talented, loving, responsible and ready to face the harsh life.The father had a lot of qualities which made him special. Firstly, he had many friends, even in

44、cluding some of the most respectable local celebrities, Such as the superintendent of our achool. And he was so kind-hearted and generous to his friends that he gave too much credit to them which even made him bankrupt at last. Secondly, he was very responsible for the whole family. After being bank

45、rupt, he usually got something to eat from his farmer friends and brought the food back home. He also thought a lot about his son. He felt ashamed because he had not been able to give his son what he needed, and he worried because he loved his son. Thirdly, he was a natural actor and a born story te

46、ller. He was not a clown or windbag as the. boy had thought him to be. He loved life and loved people around him, and he could liven up the dull life of the sleepy little town. And his mother was always proud of his father verymuch. He was also good at literary creation because of his rich imagi.nat

47、ion and rare talent. He invented many interesting stories about both himself and the civil war.Father is a nickname for all men. Father is a dream of all men. Father is an honor for all men. Father is the bridge over the streams of water in life. Father is the angel who can help you out when you are in a tight corner. Father is the rainbow which can brighten your darkened sky. So finally the boy discovered that his own father was so powerful and unique that no one could replace