1. \stacks of paper\is being personified as someone who can bear witness to something.
2. \
3. \origins.
4. As we know a portrait does not have life. It is in a figurative way to say \living portrait\
5. The word \crowns.
6. \tiny birds\are clearly a metaphor for the girl's two small hands, showing that it was with
loving care that the blind man held the girl's hands. Comprehension of the Text II.
1. The stacks of paper bore witness to a huge amount of work waiting to be done, even though I had
been working seven days a week.
2. I remember feeling annoyed at this dense collection of humanity. 3. Then the truth struck me. He was blind.
4. As we waited for our drinks, the blind man said, \tune to our Western ears, but it has charm.\
5. They are motionless, waiting for the performance to start.
6. The first performance ended just as we finished dessert, and I excused myself and went to talk to the theater manager.
7. A few minutes later he was standing next to one of the dancers, her little crowned head hardly reaching his chest.
8. About a week after our trip, the chairman told me the Chinese executive had called to express great satisfaction with the trip. Vocubulary III. 1. skimmed 2. steer 3. chartered 4. angle 5. veil 6. magic 7. realm 8. annoy 9. dense 10. highlighted IV.
1. Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India, England, and China.
2. The other players in the team are better than me, but I'm slowly catching up.
3. 1 was loaded with many parcels, unable to walk any faster.
4. The place was deserted and there was no sign of human beings living there.
5. These instruments should be switched on and checked before we start our work.
6. My friend was dressed in a black coat whereas I was in jeans.
7. All those connected with the mission were in prayer for her, but her life was not spared.
8. May I excuse myself for a while, Mr. Davis?
9. Have you ever noticed that at yesterday's concert one of the violinists was out of tune?
10. All too soon it was over and we left feeling we had just skimmed the surface of this fascinating topic.
unit 4 Section A Vocabulary III.
1. investment 2. disposal 3. condensed 4. strategic 5. revenue 6. scratch 7. utilities 8. invested 9. nowhere 10. transmission IV.
1. is lagging far behind 2. are stuck with 3. going for 4. remain in contact 5. keep pace with 6. at your disposal 7. dates from 8. scratched the surface of
9. stuck in 10. choose between V.
1.L 2.N 3.D 4.E 5.H 6.1 7.F 8.0 9.1 10.B Collocation VI.
1. exchange 2. growth 3. opportunities 4. understanding 5. benefits
6. peace 7. development 8. career 9. will 10. status Word Building VII.
1. superpower 2. superabundant 3. supermarket 4. super-speed 5. supercomputer 6. superman 7. superstar 8. super-efficient VIII.
1. auto-timer 2. auto-focus 3. autograph 4. auto-reverse
5. autobiography 6. automakers 7. autoloading 8. autocriticism sentence structure IX
1. Concentrate on indoor delights rather than outdoor fights and you'll be much better appreciated.
2. As a result of the development of computer technology many people may eventually be able to
work at home rather than go to the office.
3. Some people say that the pupils' achievements this term will be measured by a formal test rather
than their teacher's assessment.
4. They argued that their products should be developed on the basis of need rather than profit.
5. During weekends the businessmen may spend time establishing friendship and mutual trust rather
than discussing any particular item of business. X.
1. Petrol now is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago. 2. Theirs is about three times as big as ours.
3. Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America.
4. the fee for cell phones is typically twice as much as for calls made over fixed lines
5. can transmit 250,000 times as much data as a standard telephone wire Translation XI.
1. Rather than invest in my education, my parents spent their money on a new house.
2. Today, people are spending twice as much on entertainment and
relaxation as they did in the past.
3. In order to be successful, a business must keep pace with developments in the marketplace.
4. Her fluency in English gave her an advantage over other girls for the job. 5. For students, nowhere is better than the library, where all the books are at their disposal.
6. We should make full use of the platform to strengthen communication, expand cooperation in more
areas and seek further development through joint efforts. XII.
1，发展中国家认为信息技术是促进经济发展的途径，但一些国家在估 算成本与选择技术方面缺乏经验。
2.据说地球拥有的地下水量大约是其拥有的河流和湖泊水量的三千倍， 而且地下水要干净得多。
3.任何人都能照出好照片—问题只是你是否在合适的时间和地点。
4.通过在他们的学校和图书馆安装计算机，这些社区的领导们表明他们 决心不在技术上落后。
5.当他开始创办这家公司时，他想他将能在市场上与那些顶级公司并驾 齐驱，可是他现在失望 了，因为他没有成功。
6.佛罗里达的一对夫妇在建造一座他们称之为未来之家的房子，它既能 抵御咫风，又与周围环境十分协调。 Cloze XIII.
1 ．C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. D
11．A 12.C 13.B 14.D 15.C 16.D 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.C Structured Writing XV.
Compare the new welfare system with the old one and you would find a world of difference between
the two. Under the new welfare system, the law encourages welfare clients to work on their own for a
gradual shift away from welfare, and this is not the case in the past. Welfare clients now can develop
their talents to make money. In the past, they often cheated to bleed the system for a few extra dollars.
Now caseworkers will gladly help their clients find appropriate jobs rather than act like detectives to
try to seek out any unreported properties. Today many welfare clients have made a choice to live a life
of complete honesty and they tell the truth to caseworkers and declare any extra income they make.
In cases like this, caseworkers will feel greatly relieved because they don't need to search for any cheating as in the past. Section B Readinq Skills I.
1. Your home computer or TV can provide whatever you need whenever you like.
2. You can learn language easily via computer over distance.
3. Poor people must also have access to high technology as it is essential for their education, work and daily lives.
4. Some companies provide the technology of information highway to the rich first as that is business.
5. Advocates of universal access have already launched a number of projects of their own for the poor. Comprehension o f the text II.
1.F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.F 6.T 7.T 8.T Vocabulary III.
1. transmit 2. insure 3. crucial 4. feedback 5. correspondence 6. specialized 7. tutor 8. hence 9. portion 10. files Exercises on Web course only:
11. format/file 12. dose 13. terminal 14. correspondent IV.
1. differ on 2. refer to 3. Compared to 4. specialize in
5. make routine 6. come up with 7. has access to 8. Some steps should be taken
9. signed up for 10. in the hands of
新视野大学英语读写教程4课后习题答案(完整版)
