key for the exercises Vocabulary
II. 1. sidled up 2. carve out 3. attribute... to 4. stake a claim
5. tread on 6. plowed into 7. is proportional to 8. breathing down their necks III. 1. annoying 2. intuition 3. relented 4. proliferates 5. lamentably 6. expansive 7. routine 8. shrinkage IV. DABDCBAB
V. 1. significantly( considerably incautiously) 2. shrinking( receding) 3. private 4.give to, confer 5. tightened (tense, rigid) 6. recently
7. old-fashioned, odd, antiquated 8. uncomfortable, nervous, upset VI. 1. promotion 2. endure 3. willingly 4. canceled 5. the most important thing 6. moderately warm Grammar I. CBBADBDB II. Omitted III. Omitted
IV. 1. so 2. not/so 3. does 4. so 5. one 6. so 7. do 8. did V. Omitted
Translation II.
1. The pigeon was wedged in the fork of a branch and it fell after a while.
2. The payment that the motorist will have to make is proportional to the amount of damage he has done to the other person's car.
3. You can only enter the cave by inching through a narrow tunnel on his stomach.
4. She stammered some apology for entering my office without knocking as she sidled towards the door.
5. He took pains to explain to me that I was not being dismissed because I didn't do my work well but because the company was confronted by financial troubles.
6. The enlistment of young soldiers infused new hope and morale into the army.
7. Once the older boys stake a claim to the lawn, the younger ones had to give way to them to avoid conflict.
8. The man following her made her uneasy and she couldn't help quickening her steps.
Integrated skills
II. 1. in 2. as 3. for 4. judgments 5. as 6. head 7. to 8. with
大学英语综合教程4第二版(上海外语教育出版社)unit 2课后练习答案
