Unit 9
Key to Exercise Vocabulary Grammar
1 Translate the Chinese
1. no matter what / whatever happens
2. no matter how old/young they are, whatever their age (is) 3. No matter what/ Whatever you say 4. no matter how much it costs
5. No matter where/ Wherever his business took him 6. No matter how / However we tried to reassure her 7. no matter where/ wherever you are in the world
8. no matter how/ however difficult your workmates/ colleagues are 9. no matter how/ however difficult that is 10. no matter what /whatever will happen to them
2Complete the response to each of the remarks using the wish +that-clause pattern as shown in the examples.
1. I had realized this 2. I could help 3. I had a brother 4. I had hiscourage
5. We could do more than we did 6. I lived 7. I had better news 8. we could be 9. she had listened to 10. I had been taught4 Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.
1. since 2. has 3. popular 4. idea/ practice 5. relationships
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6. ways 7. tradition 8. among/ with 9. longer 10. text 5 Identify and correct the mistakes in each of the sentences
1. This free copy is yours no matter whether/ if you buy any of our books. / Thisfree copy is yours whether you buy any of our books or not.
2. Wherever the people want us to go, we’d go there. 3. In some ways we whish we could turn the clock back.
4.On parting,the three of them decided to meet again at the same place in ten years.
5. I wish my parents were as understanding as yours.
6. The hotel treats its guests equally, no matter where they are from.
7. His family and friends are all worried about him, for they haven’t heard from him for six weeks./As his family and friends haven’t heard from him for six weeks,they are all worried about him.
8. All these years, I have kept track of the progress of the project.
9. Toward 10 pm, the man in the doorway became anxious; he was not sure whether hisfriend would come./Toward 10pm,the man in the doorway became anxious,for he was not sure whether his friend would come.
10. I wish the earthquake had never happened. Unit 10 Key to exercise Vocabulary
2 Complete the following verb+noun collocations or expressions 1. have / get / show / produce/ achieve the results 2. have / take / accept / show / bear / assume responsibility
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3. discuss / debate / raise/ settle/ confuse / avoid issues 4. pursue / have / develop hobbies 5. have / make / lose / avoid contact 6. save face / lives / time / money/ trouble
7. remove roots / chairs/ hats / gloves / shoes / bandages / make-up/ doubts 8. cultivate land / field / roses/
9. eliminate enemies / rivals / opponents / suspects / errors 10. produce oil / cars / cotton / results / a movie
11. lack care / time / money / experience / patience / courage 12. bury the dead / treasure / past / head
13 nourish the plants / children / animals / relationship
14. arrange meeting / appointments / time / place / flowers / business affairsGrammar
4 Fill in the blank of the passage with ONE suitable word.
1. comes 2. different 3. Anybody 4. as 5. longer 6. burdens 7. them 8. who 9. life 10. days 5 Identify and correct the mistakes in each of the sentences.
1. When Mandela no longer had to do manual labour, he started a garden in the yard.
2. Medals enjoyed working in his garden because gardening offered him a sense ofsatisfaction in prison.
3. He wants to pursue a career in journalism after graduation from college. 4. They refused to discuss the matter in public.
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现代大学英语精读1第二版8-16单元课
