Unit 1
A. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.
internal ditch fabulous renovate plaster amateur blunder instinct
1. The police _blundered___ badly by arresting the wrong man.
2. The house was severely destroyed, so the couple spent thousands of dollars _renovating__it.
3. The pilot was forced to _ditch___ the jet plane in the Gulf because of the hijacking.
4. Unlike the Satellite, it has no __internal__ battery, though it will accept external batteriesmade for the iPad.
5. The basis for traing relies on the dog’s natural __instinct__ to hunt. 6. The __plaster___ was beginning to fall from the walls.
7. During each war the monopoly capitalists amassed ___fabulous__ wealth. 8. At college he studied English and did _amateur___ boxing
B. Fill in the blanks with the expressions given below. Change the form where necessary.down to call in beat up
wind up trial and error at all costs
Don’t _beat___ yourself up__ over something that you have no control over. They decided to _call in__ a doctor because the child was not any better. Ultimately, he said, the issue came ___down to __a dispute between the two countries.I always said he would _ wind up __ in jail.
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Growth is a process of __ trial and error _____. You can learn as much from failure as youcan from success. Maybe more.
The bridge must be repaired within three days __ at all costs __. 这座房子在地震中损毁严重，汤姆花了不少钱来修它。
The house was badly damaged in the earthquake, and Tom spent a lot of money renovating it.正如史蒂夫·乔布斯所指出的，不断摸索一直都是苹果模式的一部分。
As Steve Jobs noted, trial and error has always been part of the Apple model. 如果你总是无所事事，最后结果会怎样呢？当然是失败
If you are idling around all the time, what will you wind up with? Of course, failure.
别犯错———现在可是关键时刻，谨慎是永远不会错的。
Don’t make a blunder—it is a critical time now, and caution will never be wrong. 你不要为难自己，毕竟你是个新手。
You shouldn’t beat yourself up; after all, you are a green hand.
B. For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.中国人通常在屋子里挂灯笼过元宵(the Lantern Festival)。自制纸灯笼只需要彩色硬纸、剪刀和胶水(construction paper, scissors and glue)。首先，将一张长方形的(rectangular)纸对折，从对折线往开口处，每隔4厘米就剪开一直线。每次不要剪到底，留边约2厘米。然后打开硬纸，将纸卷成圆筒状(cylinder)，接着在两条短边上涂好胶水后把它们黏在一起。最后，剪下长12厘米、宽1厘米的一硬纸条做灯笼柄，并把剪好的纸条黏在灯笼上端的内沿上。 Chinese people always celebrate the Lantern Festival by hanging up Chinese lanterns in the house.Construction paper, scissors and glue are all things you need for DIY of a paper lantern. First, folda rectangular piece of paper in half, and cut along the folded edge every 4 cm. Don’t cut all theway to the edge of the paper, leaving
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about 2 cm at the top of each cut. Next, unfold the paper,and roll it into a cylinder. Then apply glue along the short edges and press the paper together.Last, make the handle of the lantern by cutting a strip of construction paper 12 cm long and 1 cmwide, and glue the strip cut-out to the inside edges of the lantern’s top margin.
Unit 2
A. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.
function apparently elaborate bother presence sacred disregard radically
1. I’m sorry to __ bother ____ you, but can you direct me to the railway station? 2. His father grew increasingly nervous athis son’s __ disregard __ for danger. 3. I regard it as a ___ sacred ___ trust to carry out my father’s last wishes. 4. The health service must be ___ radically ____ reformed.
5. Beneath that __ apparently __ calm surface is a man of fierce temper. 6. This telephone can also __ function __ as a fax machine.
7. She made __ elaborate __ preparations for the party, but no one showed up. 8. She was so quiet that her _ presence ___ was hardly noticed
B. Fill in the blanks with the expressions given below. Change the form where necessary.swarm with do away with think nothing of
to the exclusion of well off die away
1. The place is ___ swarming with __ pickpockets.
2. The sheer (欢呼声) had _ died away __ and there was a moment of absolute silence.
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21世纪大学英语应用型综合教程修订版4课本练习答案
