全新版大学英语综合教程(第二版)课后答案unit1unit8

Key to Exercises (unit 1)

Vocabulary:

I. 1). respectable 2) .agony 3). put down 4). sequence 4). rigid 5). hold back 6). distribute 7). off and on

8). vivid 9). associate 10). finally

11). turn in 12). tackle

2. 1) has been assign

ed to the newspaper

s Paris office

2) was so extraordinary that I didn

t know whether to believe him or not 3) a clear image of how she would look in twenty years time

4) gave the command the soldiers opened fire 5) buying bikes we

' ll keep turning them out

3. 1) reputation/rigid / to inspire 2) and tedious / of date ideas

what ' s more / out 3) compose / career / avoid showing / hardly hold back

II. 1). composed 2). severe 3) agony

4). extraordinary

5). recall 6). command 7). was violating 8). anticipate

III. 1. at 2. for 3. of 4. with 5. as 6. about 7. to 8. in 9. from 10. on/upon

Comprehensive Exercises (A)

(1) hold back (2) tedious (3) scanned (4) recall (5) vivid (6) off and on (7) turn out/in (8) career (B)

(1) last (2) surprise (3) pulled (4) blowing (5) dressed (6) scene (7) extraordinary (8)image (9)turn (11) excitement

II. Translation 1) As it was a formal dinner party, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to.

2) His girlfriend advised him to get rid of

/get out of his bad habit of smoking before it took hold.

3) Anticipating that the demand for electricity will be high during the next few months, they have decided

to increase its production.

4) It is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating the company rules./Bill is said to have been

fired for continually violating the company

' s safety rules.

s s

'

5) It is reported that government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage./The local government is reported to have taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage.

2.

Susan lost her legs because of/in a car accident. For a time, she didn ' how to face up to the fact that t know she would never be able to walk again.

One day, while scanning

( through ) some magazines, a true story caught her

eye/she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl became a writer. Greatly inspired, Susan began to feel that she , too, would finally be able to lead a useful life.

Key to exercises Unit 2 I. Vocabulary : 1. 1) absolutely

6) mostly

2) available 7) hangs out

3) every now and then 8) right away 9) reunion

4) are urging/ urged 5) destination 10)or something 11)estimate 12) going ahead 2.

1) It seemed that his failure in the examination was still on his mind.

2) He was completely chocked up by the sight of his team losing in the final minutes of the game. 3) She was so lost in study that she forgot to have dinner.

4) Something has come up and I am afraid i won't be able to accomplish the project on time. 5) The cost of equipping the new hospital was estimated at $2 million. 3.

1) were postponed ... the awful ...is estimated 2) reference ... not available ... am kind of 3) not much of a teacher... skips...go head II. 1. III.

1). more or less; 3). Something 5). more or less

to; 2. for; 3. at; 4. from; 5. in; 6. to; 7. on; 8.with 2) . kind of/ sort of 4) . kind of/ sort of 6) . or something

Comprehensive Exercises:

I. (A) 1) choked up 2) awful 3) practically 4) neighborhood

5) correspondence 6) available 7) destination

8) reunion 9) Mostly 10)postponing (B) 1) how 2)savings 3) embarrassment

6)touch

11) absolutely

4) phone 5)interrupted 9) message

7)envelope

8) signed

10) needed

II. Translation

1.1) Half an hour had gone by, but the last bus hadn

' t come yet. We had to walk

home.

2) Mary looks as if she is very worried about the Chinese exam because she hasn ' t learned the texts by heart.

3) Since the basketball match has been postponed, we might as well visit the museum. 4) He stayed in Australia with his parents all the way through World War II.

5) Since I graduated from nanjing University in 1985, I have kind of lost touch with my classmates. 2.

It is not easy to keep in touch with friends when they are far away. This is certainly true in my case. It has been a couple of years since I left my old meighborhood and all the friends

I had there. I've been meaning to write to them but something or other comes up and I just don't seem to find the time. They are always on my mind, however, and I think I will certainly make an effort to keep up correspondence with them in future.

Key to Unit 3: Vocabulary: I:

1) brief 6) precise 1. 1)

2) in terms of 3) cut …off 4) tend 5) any way 7)in the form of

8) initiative 9) convey 10) in two minds 11)concept 12)grasp

? has en sured their team a place in the Cup Fin al.

2) … .medical workers ' responsibility to heal the wounded and rescure the dying.

3) … ..entertain as well as educate the learner. 4) … .can do without air and water.

5) … is likely to be held in June

.con tact betwee n

… .is likely

… .sufficient

… .at the moment

… .ensures … will be highly 2.

undecided

3. undersupplied 8. enrich

4. disabled

… . 5.

2) basis of 3) the steady

2. 1) lies in

II.

1. regained precondition 6. foresight 1. 略

2. 1) majority 2) accepted 3) increased 4) weakness 5) local/regional

6) late 7) wrong 8) false III.

7. mispronounced

Comprehensive Exercises: I. (A)

Cloze

1) highly; 2) bring about 3) evident proportion 8) Hence, 9) ensure..

put across; …proportion;

(B) II.

1.

1) As is predieted by seientists, global pollution has beeome one of the most serious problems humans are faeed with.

2) Competition for these jobs is very tough -- we have five times as many

applieants this year as we did last year/there are five times as many applieants this year as there were last year.

3) As the faets show, edueational programs need to fit into the national plan for eeonomie development.

4) The ear burns too mueh gas, and moreover, the priee is almost twiee as mueh as I intend to pay.

5) To understand a great international event, we, first of all, need to eonsider the historieal and politieal baekground to it.

Someday Translation:

….Henee;

….ensure;

….audienee

4 )rate 5) sufficient; 6) put across 7)

1)understand 2) tracel 3) practical 4) use 5) Another 6) likely 7) affect 8) developments 9) supply 10)

2.

It is hard to imagine how our forefathers eould do without so many eonvenienees that modern teehnology has brought about. Baek then only a small proportion of the population enjoyed the eomforts of life. The majority didn ' t even have suffieient food, not to speak of/ let alone the privilege of being edueated. However, many people blame modern teehnology for ereating so many problems. They want to slow down the rate of progress. But no one ean put the eloek baek.

UNIT 4

1. Language sense enhaneement.

passed away prineiple above all

grew in stature

proud

route values and

bottom tiny giant balanee sheets

2. Vocabulary.

wreck balance approaching handle discard Above all diet do with checked on clean up weekly principle

3. Rewrite sentences.

<1> to look for survivors were abandoned after it had been/was determined that all the people in the sunken ship had died.

<2> was amazed that bob left a well-paid job to travel around the world. <3> for a loan has been turned down by many a bank as her business is small and she could provide no guarantee.

<4>express her thoughts with precision, so people often misunderstand her.

<5> will weaken our determination to modernize our country in the shortest possible time.

4. Complete the sentences.

for sale hunting for be amazed by become skilled handle their loans character by calling on

he passes away

5.

Confusable words. personal

personnel / sometime

sometimes

some time sometime

6.

Euphemism

d e h

c g a b f

7.

Cloze. sponsored

determination

turned hunting

dream

away assumed capacity for save

business

skilled loan character recent modest grow engineering invest rich

for sale send immigrant

8. Translation.

<1> It is reported that UN mediators have worked out a plan which they hope will be acceptable to both sides.

<2> Doris walked in the forest cautiously, afraid of being attacked by giant snakes.

<3> Earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters cannot be prevented, but action can be taken to protect life and property.

<4> I bought a new issue of my favorite sports magazine and hurried home, anxious to amuse myself reading it.

<5> Helen lacks confidence. I ' ve never known anyone so unsure of herself.

Translation

After graduating from college, Tony decided to start his own business. At the beginning, many a bank turned down his request for a loan. But he was not a bit discouraged, and continued to call on one banker after another seeking help. Impressed by his determination and optimism, one banker finally agreed to loan him the money. Now he has become a wealthy businessman. Talking about his amazing achievement, Tony puts great emphasis on the importance of creating, rather than waiting for opportunities. UNIT 5

Vocabulary: 1.monthly, 5.manufacured 9. survived

Rewrite:

2.acquaintances,

6. options

10. pick out

3. the eye

classic, 4.look in

7. finance 8. replacement

12. grabbed at

11. married

1. survived a car crash that killed both her parents. 3. of the Children

2. almost embarrassed to death when Sarah read my poem out to the whole class.

s 'Hospital will care for the seriously injured pupils./

4. several phone calls making inquiries about the position of Chief Financial Officer. 5. straighten out all your financial problems if you join our club. Complete: 1. injury, died of hunger, people survived 2. instantly, give up his,

retire, replace him, executive

4. marketable 8. respectable

3. his beloved, odd jobs, and all that Suffixation: 1. embarrassment 2. survivors, 3 newly,

6. competition, 7.conceivable 5. monthly

Usage:

1. the poor,

2 the deceased\\the dead 3. the disabled

4. the French ,

6. the young. 5 the accused 7. the unemployed

Cloze: 1. died of

2. instantly, 6 . retire

8 the latter

….the former

5. surviving 9 stock 10 look in the eye

2 diligence 1 impressed 3 instead 4 contrary

6 perform 7 personal 8 balance 5 professionally

10 revealed 9 commitment Translation:

4. ask around, 3 classic,

8 replacement 7. executive,

1. I ' m not sure where you can find a good carpenter around.

2. Feeli ng a little embarrassed, he quickly cleared his throat and looked up at the

pain ti ng on the wall.

you ' d better ask

3. Michael was survived by three sons, two daughters, and his wife Elizabeth. 4. As a finan cial expert, William advised us to in vest our money in the stock market. 5. We small r etailers can ' t compete with supermarkets in pricing and sales.

My dad is a hard-working executive of a manufacturing firm. He works six days a week. Every day he has to straighte n out various kinds of problems so that he often stays up late/nights. However, he tries his best to

balance/maintain a bala nee betwee n work and family. On Sun days my dad usually stays at home and cares for us as much as he can. To my greatest joy, he cooks our favorite dishes and plays ball with us.

Unit 6

Tran slatio n

1) Before I went off to university, my grandfather gave me a few words of wisdom which impressed me deeply.

2) Never tell my pare nts about my injuries and I environment.

4) The management has/ have agreed to grant the workers a 10% pay rise in resp onse to union pressure. 5) It was very thoughtful of the hostess to give the home a thorough before we arrived.

Not rich himself, Uncle Li n ever hesitates to help others. Previous to / Before _____

his retireme nt, through Project Hope he located the addresses of two country kids who grew up in poor families but had a kee n desire to study. From the n on he sent them money regularly. Later the two made their way to college, and even got a cha nee to study overseas. cleaning

' ll be very grateful to you (for it).

3) At the meeti ng some of our colleagues put forward sen sible suggesti ons about improv ing our work ing

UNIT 6

Key to Exercises (Unit 6) Vocabulary: 1. I:

1) 7) whichever 2. 1)

2)

…of carpets and furniture in the bedroom disgusts me. …corresponding with Henry after the death of her mother. fertile 2) reflected

3) overseas 4) slim 5) split 6) sustained glow 8) thrust 9) kee n

10)bud 11) previous 12)

3) ….is best located at an isolated place far from cities. 4)

…was so absorbed in the game on TV that I didn

' t hear Martin come in.

5) … players grip the ball.

3 1) to broaden

2) disgusts 3) the grand 1. 1). frightened II. Usage 3. 1) alive 2)

III. word family 1.

… make their way ….take a chanee on

… and overseas … .reflected

2) . afraid/frightened 2. 1). alike/similar 2) similar living 4. 1)sleeping 2) asleep

1) disappointed2) disappointment 3) disappointing 4) disappoint 5) disappointingly 6) disappointing

2. 1)attractive 2) attract 3) attraction

4) attractively 5) unattractively 6) unattractive Comprehensive Exercises: III. (C) (D) IV.

Cloze

(1) — (10) identifying, gripped, margins, corresponding, overseas, more than a little, hesitated, grateful, made my way, going my way (1)---(10)

first, ring, Nor, another, threw, deliberately, reasoned, himself,

restaurant, matter Translation:

which impressed me deeply.

2. Never tell my parents about my injuries and I

improving our working environment.

4. The management has agreed to grant the workers a 10% pay rise in response

to union pressure.

5. It was very thoughtful of the hostess to give the house a thorough cleaning

before we arrived.

Not rich himself, Uncle Li never hesitates to help others. Previous to/ before his retirement, through Project Hope he located the addresses of two country kids who grew up in poor families but had a keen desire to study. From then on he sent them money regularly. Later the two made their way to college, and even got a chance to study overseas.

Unit 7 Animal Intelligence Text A What Animals Really Think

Text Organization

' ll be very grateful to you (for it).

3. At the meeting some of our colleagues put forward sensible suggestions about 1. Before I went off to university, my grandfather gave me a few words of wisdom

Working on your own

Do the exercises and then compare your answers with a partner.

1. The text is a piece of expository writing. As mentioned in Unit Three, the purpose of exposition is to

explain -- explain what a certain phenomenon means, how an operation works, etc. Now, think over what the author, Eugene Linden, wants to express here and write it down. Eugene Linden wants to tell the reader that animals do have, at least, some

limited intelligenee, and the personal experiences of those who are in close con tact with ani mals are more convincing evide nee tha n that any experime nts can provide.

2. With subheadings the organization of the text is made very clear: the first two paragraphs serve as an in

troduct ion; it is followed by support ing facts grouped un der three subheadi ngs; the last paragraph is the con clusi on. Now put dow n the main idea of each part un der their respective subheadi ngs Subheadi ngs Let's Make a Deal

barga in with people.

Ani mals like whales can assess a situati on and act

Tale of a Whale Primate Shell Game

Vocabulary

accord in gly.

Ani mals sometimes can be tricky.

Mai n Ideas

Some ani mals are in tellige nt eno ugh to know how to

1. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases chose n from the box. Change the form where n ecessary.

1) go (very) far 4) only to 7) assessed

2) has expanded

5) encountered

3) In the in terest(s) of

6) has cooperated 8) (had) switched

9) horiz ons 11) disaster 10) gaze

12) wiped out 2. Rewrite each sentence with the word or phrase in brackets, keep ing the same meaning. The first

part has been written for you.

1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

a long /long-running

con troversy

over whether the book should be

published or not.

felt relieved after her first meeti ng with Tom had gone smoothly.

sudde nly went wrong with my computer whe n I was in the middle of writ ing the essay. is obvious that our company leader in

software.

give in until they give her a pay rise. Make additi ons or cha nges where n ecessary. 1) have un dertake n 2) evide nee convinced II. Con fusable Words

Fill in the gaps with at first or first or firstly accord ing to the con text:

origi nal to explore undern eath

exte nding to

explore

is still maintaining its position

as market

3. Complete the follow ing senten ces, using the words or phrases in brackets.

3) to n egotiate encoun ter to figure out

1. firstly 5. first

2. first, first 6. First

3. At first 7. at first

4. First/Firstly 8. first

III. Usage

Find out eight similar phrases from the text and tell how the attributive noun modifies another noun.

1. animal intelligence: 2. zoo keeper: 3. eye contact: what

4. money supply: what

5. killer whale: kind

6. baby whale: 7. family member: what 8. sea turtle:

how old

of what

whose

where through

of

what

e

In the phrase, the attributive noun

Phrases

kind/ where

Comprehensive Exercises I. Cloze

1. 1. Text-related

indicates

Complete the following passage with words chosen from the

Words and Phrases to Drill box. Change the form where necessary.

(1) emergency (5) negotiates

(9)in their interest(s) (12) judgment

(2) evidence (6) reveal 13 ) explore 2.

(3) original

(7) make a deal (10) deceiving

(4) sizing up 8) dominant ( 11 )controversy

Theme-related Read the passage carefully until you have got its main

idea, and

then select one appropriate word for each gap from the box following the passage. (1) protect (6) together II. Translation

(2) However (7) rang

(3) type (8) associate

(4) situation (9) without

(5) sights (10) environment

1. Tran slate the sentences into En glish, using the words and phrases in brackets. 1) A local bus in ess

completed.

2) Let ' s make a deal ___ you wash my car, and I

slightly damaged.

4) My garde n is dry and shady __ few pla nts thrive in that con diti on. 5) Mystery s till surrounds the exact truth behind the film star

circumstances of the film star

' s death.

' s death /exact

' ll let you use it tonight.

un dertook the project but went ban krupt before it was

3) We got to the village which we thought must have bee n wiped out in the severe earthquake, only to find it

2. Tran slate the passage into En glish, using the words and phrases give n below.

我小时候常去家乡的动物园参观。 那里最吸引我的是一对老虎，特别是那只雄虎。它们 起初被关在一只大的铁笼子 (cage)里，后来放了出来，被安置在一个叫虎山的地方。 不是两只了。

When I was young I used to visit the zoo in my hometown.

There what

二十

年后我再度访问了这个动物园，欣慰地发现虎山仍在 ，但已扩大了许多。在那里活动的共有 大小六只老虎，而

attracted me most was a couple of tigers, especially the male. They were kept in a huge iron cage at first, but later were released from it and moved to a place called Tiger Hill. Twenty years later, I revisited the zoo and was relieved to fin d the Tiger Hill was still there, but greatly exte nded. Moving ar ound now were six tigers, old and young, in stead of two!

Un it 8 Educati onal Problems Text A Fable of the Lazy Teen ager

Text Orga ni zati on

Work ing on your own

Do the exercises and compare your an swers with a part ner.

1. The text can be roughly divided into two parts. In the first part the author expresses a concern, and in the

sec ond he n arrates a tale. Now put dow n the paragraph nu mbers of each part and the n give its main idea.

Part One Paras 1-10

Teen agers' idle ness and ignorance will produce serious effects on all concerned and society as a whole.

Part Two

Paras

Kevin 1990 comes to realize in his dream how greatly lack of educati on costs his forebears,

11-24

himself, his childre n and the society they live in, and how importa nt it is to study hard.

2. Both parts of the text are, as it were, developed by an alysis using cause and effect. The follow ing charts

sum up the cause and effect relati on ships in the two parts of the text. Now write the cause for Part One and the effects for Part Two. Part One

Cause : Teen agers' in tellectual laz in ess and ignorance

Kevin 1990, his forebears (with the exception of his intellectual father), and his children

lead a poor, miserable Part Two Effects ： life.

America is on the decline.

There is no law and order in the country.

American children have no chance to receive a good education. Businesses in America are owned by wealthy Europeans and Asians.

Vocabulary

1. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases chosen from the box. Change the form where necessary.

1) industrial 2) idle

3) is functioning

4) intellectual

5) scared

6)

12) was

handful 7) luxury jammed

8) private

9) woke up 10) slice 11) miracle

2. Rewrite each sentence with the word or phrase in brackets, keeping the same meaning. The first part has been written for you.

1) to be seriously affected by the rise in gas prices. 2) is a matter of total indifference to me.

3) drove home the point that they needed extra people. 4) was found after they searched for it for a long time. 5) had run out of water by the time they got to the camp.

3. Complete the sentences, using the words or phrases in brackets. Make additions or changes where

necessary.

1) manual and complex its financial 2) was very upset off

3) handful Ignorant of paintings/ works summed up II. Words with Multiple Meanings

make a living by swore

was/became much better

Now write sentences of your own, using make and the given words.

1. The young man made $5 an hour in his summer job. 2. What made you change your mind? 3. I'm sure Jason will make a good lawyer.

4. The vet put something down the dog's throat to make it vomit. 5. The story makes interesting reading. 6. Five and five make ten.

7. On foot they can only make about 20 miles a day. 8. I don't think she'll ever really make it to the top. III. Word Family

Study the following words. Then use them correctly in the sentences below:

1. 2.

1) developing 1) amazed

2) develop 3) developme nt 4) develop

5) develop ing, developed Comprehe nsive Exercises I. Cloze

2) amazes 3) amaz in gly 4) amaz ing 5) amazeme nt

1. Text-related Complete the following passage with words chosen from the Words and Phrases to Drill

box. Change the form where n ecessary.

(1) complex (2) idle (3) make a livi ng by

(4) accumulated (8) ignorant

⑸ affect

(9) wake up

⑹ fun cti on (7) faculties

2. Theme-related Read the passage carefully un til you have got its main idea, and then select one appropriate word for each gap from the box follow ing the passage. (1) dormitory (6) destroyed II. Tran slati on

1. Tran slate the sentences into En glish, using the words and phrases in brackets.

1) Without his pers onal file, an applica nt can hardly expect to get / be employed as a teacher. 2) With eno ugh ice, we would be able to chill the drin ks. 3) In my humble opinion, reading is the most pleasant

leisure.

4) Some people said it was simply a miracle that the America n athlete

Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beiji ng Olympic Games.

5) The washi ng mach ine has broke n dow n, so we have to wash our clothes by han d. 2. Tran slate the follow ing passage into En glish, using the words and phrases

way to spend one ' s

(2) pass ing (3) leap ing

(4) departme nt (5) burned

(7) seriously (8) marriages (9) report (10) perspective

give n below:

今天早晨我从我的便携式收音机中听到一则很有意思的新闻：一个三十六岁的男子和他 十岁的儿子在同一个班级上课，为取得高分而互相竞争。事情是这样的：那个男子叫李伟， 小时候太懒散，什么都不肯学。由于几乎没有受过教育，

没有掌握有用的技术，所以他

很难

挣到足够维持生活的工资。他的生活经历使他充分认识到一个道理：他必须首先获得知识， 然后才能积累财富。李伟发誓要跟儿子一起上学，下决心努力学习。

This morni ng I heard an in terest ing piece of n ews over my portable radio: A ___

man of 36 and his son of 10 attend the same class competing with each other for high marks. The story goes/It's like this:

The man, Li Wei by name, was too idle to learn anything when young. With little education, with no useful skills, he could hardly earn an adequate living wage. His life experie nces drove home to him the point that he had to acquire kno wledge before he was able to accumulate wealth. So Li Wei swore that he would go to school with his son, determ ined to lear n.