现代大学英语精读1第二版9-16单元课后答案

现代大学英语精读1第二版9-16单元课后答案Unit 9 Key to Exercise Vocabulary

6 Translate the following sentences into English 答案:

1. At first, he was very successful in his business, but then his success turned his head. His partners advised him to be more modest, but he turned a deaf ear to their advice.

2. Jingke was very confident/sure that when he unfolded the map he would be able to kill the Emperor of Qin with the sharp knife/dagger hidden in it.

3. We ought to welcome more and more wealthy people, but our law must make sure that they have made their fortune in honest ways.

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4. For years our school has produced many good students, most of whom have important positions in various departments.

5. Due to cultural differences many foreigners are turned off at the sight of dog meat or cat meat.

6. Whenever you have time, turn it over in your mind, will you?

7. She used to consider philosophy dull and boring, but later she found that it turned out to be very interesting.

8. His father had just turned fifty, and his hair has turned gray, but otherwise, he is quite all right.

9. The power of government officials must be checked and balanced. Otherwise those who are supposed to be people’s

servants will turn into people’s masters.

10. He believed that it was worth trying because he knew that whatever you do, you must have people’s support.

Grammar

1 Translate the Chinese 答案:

1. no matter what / whatever happens 2

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

2 Complete the response to each of the remarks using the wish +

that-clause pattern as shown in the examples. 答案

1. I had realized this 2. I could help 3. I had a brother 4. I had his courage

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 taught 3

3 Translate the following sentences, using a conditional clause …

答案

1. Wherever he goes, he is recognized.

2. No matter how hard I try, I can’t persuade him to play the part of Hamlet.

3. No matter what you have planned for the future, your parents will support you.

4. The boy hates crime and means to stop it whenever he can. 5. No matter what you decide in the end, this digital dictionary is yours to keep for a semester.

6. No matter how capable and efficient you are, you cannot finish the task on your own in three days.

7. A well-known philosopher once said, ‘ I eat and drink whatever I like, and sleep whenever I cannot keep awake. I am in good health.’

8.I wish I could go and see my parents whenever I want. 4 9.

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whatever I feel.

10. I’ll do whatever I can to restore law and order in the region. But I wish the riot had never happened.

4 Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word. 答案: 1. since 2. has 3. popular

4. idea/ practice 5. relationships 6. ways 7. tradition 8. among/ with 9. longer 10. text

5 Identify and correct the mistakes in each of the sentences 答案:

1. This free copy is yours no matter whether/ if you buy 5

any of our books. / This free copy is yours whether you buy any of our books or not.

2. Wherever the people want us to go, we’d go t here. 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 his friend would come. / Toward 10 pm, 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. 6 Unit 10 Key to exercise Vocabulary

2 Complete the following verb+noun collocations or expressions答案:

1. have / get / show / produce/ achieve the results

2. have / take / accept / show / bear / assume responsibility 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 7

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 affairs

6. Translate the following sentences into English 答案:

1. 如果他们拒绝归还小岛，他们两国的关系就不能完全正 常化。

If they refused to give back these small islands, the two

countries would not be able to normalize their diplomatic relations completely.

2. 我知道放弃这个机会十分愚蠢，但我别无选择。

I know that it is stupid to give up this opportunity, but I have no other choice/ alternative.

3. 由于缺少公众的支持，白宫最后退让了。

For lack of public support, the White House Had to give in 8 at last.

4. 要一下子消灭毒品不

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万以上的人成功地戒了烟。

It may not be possible to eliminate drugs all at once/ immediately / at one go, but now there are millions of people throughout the world who succeed in kicking the habit of cigarette smoking every year.

5. 我们已经和对方代表联系。我们已经安排不久在厦门会 面，讨论双方有兴趣的重要问题。

We have already made contact with the representatives of the other side and arranged to meet in Xiamen before long to discuss important issues we are both interested in.

6. 有一天，那座新楼突然倒塌，楼里很多人都被埋了。

One day, that new building suddenly gave way / collapsed / fell down, burying many people under it.

7. 爱情是要双方的培养，而真正的爱表现在给予而不是在 获取上。 9

Love requires nourishment from both sides, and true love is

in the giving, not in the taking.

8. 奶奶的健康一有改善，她就开始把她的财产分给她的亲 戚朋友们。

As soon as Grandma’s health improved, she began to give out her belongings to her folks and friends.

9. 一种长久的友好关系要求双方都十分真诚。

It requires perfect honesty on both sides to cultivate a lasting /

an enduring friendly relationship.

10.据称，今年的经济计划已经完成了，国内市场也非常繁 荣。

It is announced that our economic plan this year has been fulfilled and our domestic / home market has also been flourishing.

Grammar

3 Translate the following sentence into English, using a to- infinitive or either…or… / neither …nor… 10 答案:

1. He said again and again that he had come to China to broaden his horizons.

2. Julia says she has neither the time nor the energy for sports after a day’s hard work.

3. Sometimes it takes courage to disagree openly with one’ s immediate boss.

4. Neither the teachers nor the students here believe there is any shortcut in learning English.

5. Upon graduation, most college students have two options: either to find a job or to go to graduate school.

6. To see all the flood victims properly housed is the relief

workers’ number one task at present.

7. During my stay in China. I would like you to arrange for me to see some of my old friends.

8. In order to prevent the price of houses from going up too fast, the government promised to adopt / launch a series of policies.

9. Such interviews are generally conducted either in a hotel or in a café, never in offices.

10. They opened a shelte r for the city’s homeless to stay overnight in extreme weather condition. 11

4 Fill in the blank of the passage with ONE suitable word. 答案: 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. 答案

1. When Mandela no longer had to do manual labour, he started

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2. Medals enjoyed working in his garden because

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gardening offered him a sense of satisfaction in prison. 3. He wants to pursue a career in journalism after graduation from college.

4. They refused to discuss the matter in public.

5. Neither his parents nor his friends thought he would become a writer.

6. When he learned that he had been admitted by Tsinghua University, he could hardly wait to tell his family the news.

7. We can meet either on campus or at my place.

8. I was so absorbed in the story that I did not realize it was getting dark.

9. I haven’t finished the book I’d borrowed from the library yet.

10. Is it possible to arrange for me to work as a volunteer for the Landon Olympics?

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5 Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.答案

1 across, for, out 2. in search of 3. across/upon, out, from 4. for, to 5. upon, with 6. to

7. up, for, into

8. through, into 9. at, with, in, to

6. Translate the following sentences into English 答案

1. 我很好奇你后来是怎么决定学英语的。

I am quite curious how you come to decide to study English. 2. 一直到改革开放以后，人们才开始明白，市场并不是坏 事。

It was not until the reform and opening-up started when people began to realize that the market was not a bad thing.

3. 那些将军、和学者都不知道如何称那头大象的重 量，但是一个小孩突然想出一个主意。

None of those generals, officials and scholars knew how to 14

weigh the elephant, but a young child suddenly came up with a

brilliant idea.

4. 那时候我们遇到的最大的困难是没有粮食，所以从未有 过减肥的想法。

The biggest difficulty we came across / up against was lack of food. Therefore it never came to our mind that one day we might have to live on a diet.

5. 我从来没有听说过这个说法。你是在哪里碰到的,

I have never heard of this expression. Where did you come across it?

6. 这座庙的油漆已经开始剥落，该重新刷一下了。

The paint of the temple is coming off. It needs repainting. 7. 这里的水不深，只到一般人的胸口。他们很容易从这里 过河来。

The wate r here was not deep. It only came to an ordinary man’s chest. So they could easily come across the river here.

8. 大门突然开了，跳出来一条狗。它开始冲我吼叫，直到 它主人出来才安静下来。

The door opened suddenly and out jumped a dog. It started

barking at me and didn’t quiet down until its master

came out.

9. 那片美丽的草地不见了，一个大饭店取而代之。 15

Gone was the beautiful meadow, and in its place stood a big hotel.

10. 我们现在最紧迫的事情是保护那些被扣留的 中国人的性命。

Our most urgent need is to protect the life of those Chinese who were kidnapped by the terrorists.

Grammar

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1. Along a wall of the study stood three floor-length bookcases.

2. It was midnight, but now and then, from the distance, 16

came bangs of firecrackers.

3. In a corner of the park lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

4. Present at his 90th birthday party were people from all walks of life, along with over a hundred former students.

5. Gone are the days when the big powers could order other countries about.

3 Translate the following sentence using when/ before or inversion

答案:

1. It was a couple of days before the children recovered from

the horror of the road accident.

2. It was revising my essay on computer and was about to finish when the screen went blank due to power failure.

3. The school is located at the foot of a hill. Beyond the hill lies

a large stretch of rice fields.

4. It won’t be long before Jim begins to regret having lost a

friend like you.

5. ―It’s pleasant to touch the land,‖ whispered the farmer. 17

6. The family had just put their winter clothes away when the area

was hit by a snowstorm.

7. In the center of the Tian’anmen Square stands the Monument to the People’s Heroes.

8. It wasn’t long before a numb er of economists realized the world would soon be face with a serious global financial crisis.

9. They were leaving for Thailand when they were told the trip had been cancelled.

10. Gone are the days when China could not make big planes on its own.

4 Fill each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word. 答案 1. social 2. typical

3. have 4 depending 5. life 6. cubs 7. that 8. trained

9. on 10 such 18

5 Identify and correct the mistakes in each of the sentences. 答案

1. The miners demanded that the accident be looked into. 2. I was reading China Daily on the Internet when the light went out.

3. We hurried to the stadium only to be told (that) the football game had been cancelled.

4. It might be years before you can work your way up to the head of the department.

5. The passengers had just fastened their seat belt when the plane began dipping wildly.

6. It was quite some time before the boy could see everything around him clearly.

7. On by training hard can an athlete hope to break a world record.

8. In front of the bookshelves stood a desk on which pens and pieces of paper lay about.

9. Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you the whole morning.

10. In the 21st century, the computer is / computers are playing a more and more important role in our everyday life.

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Key to the exercise Vocabulary

4. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word in the brackets.

答案:

1. simplified

2. authorized, organize 3. normalization

4. industrialization, urbanized 5. modernization, classified 6. legalized, justified, civilized 7. intensify, unification

8. nationalized 9. notified, computerized 10. 20

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3. Complete the following sentences 答案:

1. a. success / luck b. I had more time c. I were ten years younger

2. a. everybody is here b. are college students

c. we have become one of the world’s largest economies 3. a. we put environmental protection before GDP b. gave more attention to critical thinking 4. a. the grammar exercises b. helping you with c. help us with

5. a. what the book says is always correct b. take it for granted c. take it for granted

6. a. say b. plan my time c. kiss/ thank, criticize 7. a. like fish b. did go c. did smoke 21

4. Rewrite the following sentences, replacing the parts in

bold type with words and expressions from the text.

答案: 1. strange

2. to be bursting with

3. the habit of… clung to him still, slipping into, check 4. can’t take anything for granted, take it for gran ted that we

will be able

5. Come to think of it

6. But come to think of it / But now that I think about it 7. Now that people all seem to have more money than before, I do hate, nowadays

8. manage to (dig), Come to think of it

9. but now that I am, will slip back easily in time

5. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.答案:

1. in, in

2. of, of, instead of 3.with, to, as 22 4. to, as 5. Unlike, for

6. in, off, of/about/with 7. as, to, up 8. in with

6 Translate the following sentences into English 答案:

1. 你是怎样将身体保养得这么好,说起来，我还从来不知 道你生过病。你的秘密法宝是什么,

How do you manage to keep fit? Come to think of it, I have never known you to be sick. What’s your secret?

2. 我小时候一直讨厌做家务。我甚至理所当然地认为这是 女人做的事情。现在我真为自己以前的态度后悔。

I always hated to do household chores when I was a boy, taking it for granted that they were only for women. Looking back, I really feel sorry for my past attitude.

3. 他的大房子包括两座分开的建筑，分别设计成不同的风 格，中间有个暗道连接起来。

His big house contains two separate buildings designed in different styles and connected with / by a secret passage.

4. 年轻人总希望有更多的权利和财富，老年人则希望他们 能年轻三十岁。那样，他们就会成为世界上最幸福的人。但 23

对于我，我的幸福是不需要条件的。

Young people always wish they had more power and money, whereas old people always wish they were thirty years younger. Then they would all become the happiest people on earth. As for me, I am happy unconditionally.

5. 前些日子我无意中听到几个外国人在评论我们有些同 胞在国外旅游时的不良举止，我很难为情。我觉得我们有些 坏习惯真要改改了。

The other day I overheard some foreigners talking about how some of our people behave

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overseas. They made me so ashamed. I think we really have to change some of our habits.

6. 现在我们的公交系统有了如此大的改进，私家车实在不 值得买了。

Now that our public transportation system has improved so

much,

private cars are really not worth buying.

7. 现在你很少看到年轻人在街上游荡，人们都是行色匆 匆。但有时候我真希望我们能放慢一点速度。 24

Nowadays you seldom see young people loitering in the streets.

People always seem to be in a hurry. Sometimes I do hope we can slow

down a little bit.

7. Fill in the blanks with the correct form or the words given below.

答案: 1. worth 2. worthwhile 3. worthy 4. worth

5. now/nowadays 6. now 7. nowadays

8. look 9.gaze 10. staring 11. glanced 12. glanced 13. hay 14. wild herbs to eat 15. grass 16. weeds 17. received, accepted 18. will accept 19. received 20. lovely, beloved/loving 21. beloved 22. loving 23. cry/ weep 24. crying 25. sobbing 25 Grammar

2. Complete the sentence using the proper conjunction from the box below.

答案:

1. as if/ as though 2. before 3. as long as 4. even though 5. Even if 6. now that 7. as long as 8. as if/ though

9. Even though 10. Now that

3. Translate the following sentences into English 答案:

1. I love autumn—it’s a season of harvest.

2. I didn’t recognize my best friend at high school u ntil he removed his sun glasses.

3. It takes courage to ask what others regard as ―stupid‖ questions.

4. The children looked as if they hadn’t had a wink of /any 26

sleep last night.

5. It must be exciting to report on / cover such sports events as the Olympic Games and the World Cup.

6. My house guest behaves as if she were the owner of the house.

7. Even if the country is gradually recovering from the financial crisis, it may be some time before its economy gets back on its feet.

8. ―As long as I’m in charge,‖ said the president of the university, ―I will make sure no one drops out because they can’t pay tuition any more.‖

9. Now that they have a new Minister of Education, they hope

to see some change in their education system.