通州大学现代大学英语精读3第二版。课后练习答案

Unit One

Key to Exercise

Vocabulary

4. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets

1. differ

2. differently, different

3. difference

4. serious, serious, seriously

5. seriousness, seriously polluted

6. Fortunately/ Luckily, pollution, seriously, pollute

7. attention

8. attentively, attentive

3 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the phrases and expressions.

1. on their own

6. to resort to

2. show off

7. clinging to

3. burst into

8. give rise to

4. given rise to

9. took advantage of

5. brought about

10. in vain, make, out of

4

Translate the following sentences using words and expressions taken from the text.

1.

他们利用我们求助无门的困境把我们公司接管了。

They

took advantage of

our helpless situation and

took over

our company.

2.

虽然我们面前仍有困难，但 我肯定我们中国人有智慧靠自己实现国家的和平统一

。

Although there are still difficulties ahead of us, I am sure that we Chinese people will have the wisdom to

bring abou

t the

peaceful unification of our country

on our own

.

3.

只强调国内生产总值是错误的，它会引起很多严重问题。

It is wrong to put emphasis on

nothing

but

GDP. It will give rise to many serious problems.

4.

他喜欢炫耀他的财富，但是这完全是徒劳的，人们仍然像躲避毒药那样躲避他。

He loves to

show off

his wealth, but this is all

in vain

. People still avoid him as though he were poison.

5.

他不久就爱上了这个村子。他决心和村民一起把这个地方变成一个花园。

He soon

fell in love with

the village and was determined to make it a beautiful garden together with other villagers.

6.

我们必须花更多的钱来和全球气温上升作斗争。另外，我认为我们 还必须采用严厉的法律措施。这不只是一个

钱的问题。

We must spend more money fighting against global warming. In addition, we must

resort to

tough laws. It is not just

a

matter of

money.

7.

当警察到达学校的时候，学生和老师还在一种茫然不知所措的状态。

When the police arrive at the school, the students and the teachers were still

in a daze

.

8.

这个腐败的官员还在死死抓住他的权力不放。他拒绝靠边站。

This corrupt official was still

clinging

to

his power. He refused to

step

aside

.

9.

当那个人最后进入 视界时，我发现他原来是我父亲。不知道他怎么在这大雪中找到这个地方的。那时候，我放

声大哭起来。

When the man finally

came into view

, I found it was my father. I didn

’

t know how he managed to find this place in the

blinding snow. At that moment, I

burst into tears

.

10.

她不时地偷偷朝他张望。

她发现自己第一次这样看一个年轻男子。

She glanced at him

from time to time

. It was the first time in her life that she had found herself looking at a young like

that.

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

1 of

2 from

3 for

4 out

5 up

6 up

7 up for

8. out

9. with

10. of

11. of

12. of

13. up

Grammar:

2

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of word(s) in the brackets.

1. had overslept

2. had invited

3. was born, had left

4. had gone, told

5. had worked, were admitted

6. loved, had always been

7. was, had been

8. became, had read

9. returned, came

10. met, had once treated, said, was, had done,

forgave, asked

3

.

Fill in the blanks with ONE suitable word.

1. easy

2. beginning

3. But

4. suddenly

5. worried

6. If

7. master

8. number

9. habit

10. go

4

Translate the following sentences into English

1.

上大学之前，我没有想到大学生活如此丰富多彩。

Before I came to/ entered college, I had never thought life at college would be so rich and interesting.

2.

出生于< /p>

20

世纪

90

年代的中国大学生大多数是独生子女。

Most of the Chinese college students born in the 1990s are the only child of their families.

3.

了解他的人都因为他出色的工作而钦佩他。

All those who know him admire him for his hard work.

4.

我那天缺课了，因为我不知道课已提前到了周四。

I missed the class because I didn

’

t know it had moved up to Thursday.

5.

在某些国家，超重的人会受到一定的惩罚。

In some countries, those who are overweight will be punished one way or another.

6.

在大火中失去家园的人们很快被安置到安全的地方。

Soon after the fire, those who had lost their homes were taken to a place of safety.

7.

再见面的时候，我们发现我们两人变化都很大。

When we met again, we found we both had changed a lot.

8.

以李教授为首的专家们很快就会来帮助农民解决问题。

A team of experts headed by Professor Li will soon come and help farmers solve their problems.

9.

现在种着西红柿的那块地以往是荒地。

The field planted with tomatoes used to be wasteland.

10.

我们老师叫我们读像矛盾、巴金那 样大师们写的作品。

Our teacher told us to read books written by such masters as Mao Dun and Ba Jin.

Unit 3

Vocabulary

3 Translate the following expressions

1

心中不高兴的纳税人

2.

一个不平等条约

3.

不为人知的捣蛋分子

4.

不幸的结果

5.

未曾预料到（出其不意）的访问

6.

可以预见的未来

7.

一个令人难忘的人物

8.

变化莫测的天气

9.

非饮用水

10.

在可以付得起的价位上

11.

难以描述的痛苦折磨

12.

由于可以理解的原因

13.

拓宽街道

14.

加深湖泊

15.

缩短文章

16.

重组政府

17.

重游故乡

18.

更换旧机器

4. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets.

1. represent, represented

2. employer, unemployed, employees, reemployed

3. well-informed, information

4. informer, inform, authorities

5. complaints, complain, unemployment

6. insult

7. insulting, insult

8. representative

9. be insulted

2 Complete the following verb + noun collocations or expressions

1 mind (his own business)

2 plant / grow / harvest / reap (the rice)

3 dig / sink (a well)

4. (catch) fish / birds / crabs / mice/ a thief / a cold / the meaning / the disease

5 till / improve / conserve (the soil)

6 plough (the field)

7 (condemn) the enemy / the killings

8 (attract) attention / interest / criticism

9 (gather) flowers/ nuts / information /troops

4

.

Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions and adverbs

(1) in, of, with, at, with, about/of, to, of, on, to

(2) of, for, from, till, on, after, against/from, in

(3) to, in, of, of, for, to, for, in, to,

(4) down, over, with

(5) by, over,

(6) along, with, across

(7) around/ round, away, with

(8) to, up, off, off, on

5 Translate the following sentences, using the

link +predicative pattern

1.

祝英台虽然不愿意嫁给马家小少爷，但她不能不服从她父亲。她的心都碎了。

Zhu Yingtai had to (was forced to) obey her father and marry the young master of the rich Ma family although she was

extremely unwilling. She was heartbroken.

2.

那个人从来没见过这么大的一张钞票。他说：

“这东西看着好，摸着也好，的确就是好。< /p>

”

The man had never seen such a large note. He said,

“

It looks good, feels good, and it is good.

”

3.

树叶都变黄，变红，变紫了。看起来真是如天堂一样美。

Leaves had turned/got/gone/become yellow, red and purple, It really looked heavenly beautiful (beautiful like heaven).

4.

随着年纪越来越老，她开始容易感到疲惫。

As she grew older, she began to feel tired easily.

5.

他的话听起来很有说服力，但好听的理由并不等 于好的理由，两者之间存在很大差别。

What he said sounded very convincing, but reasons that sound good do not always mean good sound reasons. There is a

big difference between the two.

6.

他爱说话，他永远无法保持沉默，而他说的往往被证明是错的。

He likes to talk. He can never keep quiet, and what he says often proves (turns out to be) incorrect.

7.

他在战斗中受了伤，流了很多血 ，变得十分虚弱，他的领导强迫他留在医院到伤口痊愈为止。

He got wounded in battle, lost a lot of blood, and became very weak. His leaders ordered him to stay in the hospital until

he was completely recovered ( healed).

8

他以为可以从我们手中滑过去；他们错了，他们休想干了坏事就溜走。

They thought they could slip through our fingers. They were wrong. They couldn

’

t get away with what they had done.

9.

长征的时候，红军需要越过大渡河，穿越草地，翻过雪山。

During

the

Long

March,

the

Red

Army

had

to

get

across

the

Dadu

River,

through

the

grassland

and

over

the

sown- covered mountains.

10.

你在哪里生活习惯了 吗

?

你和同学相处的如何？我们给你寄的钱够你凑合着用吗？

Are you used to the life there? How do you get along with your classmates? Can you get by with the money we send you?

(Is the money we send you enough for you?)

7 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the appropriate word or phrase in the brackets

.

1

wish

2

hoping

3

hope,wish

4

wished5

hope

6

can

’

t,ca n,won

’

t7

should,would/could/might8

happened/occurred,happen/occur9 occurred,taken place/happened/occurred10 happen,take place

Grammar

3. Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word

1. trying

2 enough

3 brought

4 without

5 first

6 simple

7 any

8 times

9 in

10 only

4 Translate the following sentence using sentence patterns o

f

unreal condition

or

as

.

1. If you had arrived ten minutes earlier, you could have caught the train.

2. Your father would have forgiven you if you had told him the truth.

3. If it hadn

’

t snowed heavily, I would have taken you along to

yesterday’s

party.

4. If there had been more rain in spring, the harvest would have been much better.

5. If they hadn

’

t learned a lesson from their failure, they wouldn

’

t have achieved so much.

6. If my family hadn

’

t supported me, I wouldn

’

t have taken part in this contest.

7. Many people think that China

’

s Great Wall is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world,.

8. As so often happens, misfortunes/troubles never come singly/alone.

9. As is often the case with many first-year college students, Jim finds it hard to adapt to the life at college.

10. As is reported, the president will visit five African countries next month.

5 Identify and correct the mistake(s)

1. Supermarkets

have sprung up

everywhere in Beijing since the 1990s.

2. The old lady finds the shop filled with goods

she has no use for

.

3. If I

had had time

, I would have joined you for dinner yesterday.

4. The old couple told me that they had nothing to

complain abou

t.

5. My grandfather

advised

me to apply to Nanjing University for admission.

(or: My grandfather

suggested

that

I apply to Nanjing University for admission.)

6. He went back to work as soon as he

was back on his feet

.

7. He said he would

pass on

the message to all his friends.

8. We might have finished our work by 5 pm if the manager

had not interfered

.

9. Any country will sooner or later fall behind if

it fails to

keep up with the times.

10. Maybe it is fate that

brought

my children back to our hometown.

Unit 4

Vocabulary

2 Complete the following verb + noun collocation or expression

1. fit the (description; lock; theory)

2. (make; receive; have; get; answer ) a telephone call

3.(make; have; arrange; keep; break) an appointment

4. risk (failure; life; health)

5. affect the (health; future; economy; result; decision)

6. raise (hell; hands; eyes; a finger; voice; glass; wages; prices; hope; issue)

7. save (time; money; trouble; life; face; country)

8. wave (a gun; arms; hand; flag; cloth)

9. (do) harm

10 bite (one

’

lip; one

’

s nails; none

’

s tongue)

11. (take; seize; miss; gives; have; get) chances

12. cover (a table; one

’

s body; somebody; ground; field; anger; all subjects; all expenses; many miles; pages)

5 Rewrite the following sentence using the words or expressions in the brackets.

1. He did not fit the description of a great scholar. For one thing, he was half naked. For another, he slept by the roadside

of a busy city, hardly a setting for a philosopher.

2. I wish I knew how they learned about this secret missile.

3. Her face suggested a ripened apple, and she was otherwise very strong except for the loss of both her leg.

4. They made an appointment in a restaurant that evening, where the waiter quickly slipped a note into the spy

’

s hand

concerning he secret message.

5.

We

waited

for

almost

one

hour

and

the

food

we

ordered

still

did

not

come.

I

decided

to

raise

the

devil

with

the

management.

6.

The

government

has

promised

that

it

will

not

hesitate

to

punish

those

who

deal

in

cheating,

gambling,

black

marketeering, and prostitution.

7. Had the authorities aggressed with the plan, it would have brought a lot of problem. Luckily, it was turned down and no

harm had been done.

8. We must make sure that the nuclear power stations are absolutely safe. We can

’

t take chances.

9.

I think we should mind our own business. But I will check on him anyway.

6 Translate the following sentences into English

1.

他们别想当然地以为我们会接受他们的条件，把我们当傻瓜。我们 不那么容易上当。

Don

’

t let them take it for granted that we will accept their conditions/terms. We are no fools, and we won

’

t be so easily

taken in.

2.

我们只花了三年时间就使我们的村民收入增加了一倍

.

It took us only three years to double the income of our villagers.

3.

他们要是不收回他们的话并道歉

,

我要给他大闹一场

.

If they do not take back their remarks and apologize, I am going to raise the devil with them.

4.

我们提出的这个问题很复杂

,

有很多东西需要考虑

.

但是我们得碰碰运气吧

.

The problem we raised is complicated. Many things have to be taken into consideration. But we have to take our chances.

5.

这孩子像他爹

,

对一切都好奇

.

给他一个玩具

,

他立刻就拆开

.

The boy takes after his father/Dad. He is full of curiosity. Give him a toy, and he will immediately take it apart.

6.

你一定 要确保他们带你去见他们的经理

,

告诉他们

,

事情 很重要

,

很可能关系到我们的投资计划

.

你必须见 他本人

.

You must sure that they take you to the manager. Tell them that it

’

s very important and may affect our investment plan,

and therefore you must see him in person.

7.

他们告诉乘 客说

,

天已晴朗了

,

飞机估计半小时以后起飞

.

They told the passengers that the sky had cleared up and the plane was about to take off in half an hour.

8.

我建议你落实一下你们逮捕的那个人和描绘的犯人是否相符

.

I suggest you go and check if the man you have arrested fit the description of the wanted man.

9.

你意思是假如我们采取这一步

,

就可能影响我们两国的关系吗

?

Do you mean that it will affect the relationship of our two countries if we take this step?

7. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the appropriate word or phrase in the brackets.

1 except, except for

2 effect, affect

3. ordinary, common

4. cause, cause, course

5. used to

6. hard- , hardly

7. am used to

8. glanced at

9. staring at

10. gazing at

Grammar

3 Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word.

1 time

2 buy

3 instead

4 with

5 did

6 pushed

7 nobody

8 When

9 what

10 used

4 Translate the sentences into English

(1)

using adverbial clauses of time and reason introduced by

as

1. As the final exams are coming nearer, students have stopped computer games, and they are busy preparing for them.

2. As time goes by, it becomes easier to forgive and forget.

3. The couple sat and listened as their daughter told them about her first day at school.

4. As we approached the 21

st

century, we keenly felt the need for understanding and cooperation between nations.

5. As he is learned and humors, Professor Yan is very popular with his students.

6. As many important people will go to the party, the couple think they should be seen there, too.

(2) using the passive

1. Three subway lines are being built in the city.

2. Shakespeare

’

s works have been translated into many languages and read all over the world.

3. Almost half of the crops in the area have been destroyed in the rainstorm.

4. If you were asked to list ten people you admire, who would you name?

5. What would you do if you saw a stranger being bullied?

6. Their relationship is based on shared dreams and interests.

Unit 5

Key to Exercise

Vocabulary

3. Fill in the blacks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.

1 for, on

2 against, out

3 to, in

4 with, to

5 of, of

6 of, in spite of, on

7 of, in

8 Upon, into

9 in, with

10 to/with

4. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate phrase in the brackets. Change the form if necessary.

1. springing up/ going up (

两者均可。前者更生动些

)

2. go about/ go over

（两者均可，但前者指开始 某项工作，后者指该计划本身要仔细审阅一下，意思有所不同）

3. went out

4 going on

5 went off

6 goes with, go to

7 go under, go for

8 go into

9 going, go to, go for, go along with, went crazy

10 go with, go together

5 Translate the following sentences into English

1.

这是个难得的机会。你要是让它从身边溜掉就太傻了。

This is a wonderful opportunity. You would be foolish to let it slip by.

2.

我们的出口和去年相比增加了百分之二十。

Compared with last year, our exports have increased by 20%. (or

…

are up by 20% /

…

have gone up by 20%)

3.

因为没有更好的词，我们姑且称之为“走后门主义吧”吧。

For want of s better word, let

’

s call it

“

backdoorism

”

.

4.

这个年轻人喜欢修理摆弄东西。他可以说是个万金油。

。

This young man is fond of fixing things. He is something of Jack of all trades.

5.

和他们父母一代相比，今天的年轻人认为他们是比较现实的一代。

Compared to their parents

’

generation, young people today consider them to be a more practical generation.

6.

他气得脸色发青，决定将这场抗议运动扼杀在萌芽状态。

His face turned/ went blue with anger. He was determined to nip the mass protest in the bud.

7.

这说来话长，

但是今天我不想去研究这件事的历史了。

It is a long story, but I won

’

t go into the history today.

8.

我们花了比我们想象多得多的时间才过了海关。

It took us much more time than we had expected to go through the customs.

9.

灯光突然全灭了。全城一下陷入完全黑暗中。

The power went out suddenly, and the whole city was thrown into complete darkness.

10.

别等我了，你先走。我要先把这份文件看完。

Don

’

t wait for me. You go ahead. I must go over this document.

11.

我们无法否认这样的事实：我们为经济发展付出高昂的学费。

We cannot deny the fact that we have paid dearly for our economic development.

12.

消防队员要是晚到一会儿，火就会蔓延到附近的油罐。

Had the firemen arrived a bit later, the fire would have spread to the nearby oil tanks.

Grammar

1 Combine each pair of sentences following the pattern below.

1. The narrator was as helpless as the boy at the bank.

2. In a bad year the soil is as hard as stone.

3. Luckily, the final exam isn

’

t as difficult as the mid-term.

4. At the moment, your health is more important than anything else.

5. To his mind, the two cultures are as different as chalk and cheese.

6. Xiao Fang is the most creative student I

’

ve ever known.

7. This is the most fantastic story I

’

ve ever heard.

8. Five thousand yuan is the lowest price we can offer for the PC.

9. Jack says that Avatar is the best science fiction film he

’

s seen in the last three years.

10. The snowstorm last week was the worst my grandmother can remember.

11. I think Dialogue on CCTV News is one of the most thought provoking talk shows CCTV offers.

12. The Bird

’

s Nest, the Olympic Stadium in Beijing, is the most magnificent stadium I

’

ve ever been to.

2. Compete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets, using one of the patterns given.

1. The doctor did all (that) they could

2. everything he says

3. anything the ask for/demand

4. all he got from a week of hard work

5. All that is written in his wife

’

s letter

6. Nothing the doctors said

7. anything you suggest

8. Something he read in a popular magazine

9. All that can be done is /has been done

10. Anything the artist painted

11. something that never existed before

12. nothing the doctors could do

3 Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs

1 through

2. over

3. like

4 As, like

5 through

6 Over/ In/ During

7 through

8 over

9 from, without, around/ in, As, with, with, to/with

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

1 much

2 kind

3 doing

4 called

5 fought

6 become

7 good

8 other

9 himself

10 then

Unit 7

Inter-lesson (I)

Answers to Exercises

1 Put in the, a/an, or a 0 when no article is needed.

1. A, a

2. a

3. The, the

4. 0,0

5. the, the

6. a

7. 0, the, the, The

8. The, a , 0

9. A, 0

10. The, an, 0, a, the, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 // 0, 0, The, a, a, 0, a, 0, 0, the, 0, 0, 0

2 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets.

1. goes

2. is having, won

’

t be

3. will stay

4. had

5. has just offered, told, am/was, need/needed

6. arrived, were

7. has happened, have been trying

8. is, find, are

9. arrived, had begun

10. were still sleeping, was, were barking, began

3 Put into these compound sentences a conjunction (and, but, or, so) and a comma.

1. I did not know a single one, and none of them knew me.

2. I clung to my father

’

s hand, but he gently pushed me from him.

3. One of our daughters is working in a textile factory in Bangkok, and the other has a jib in a store.

4. The harvests were poor at first, but they soon improved.

5. Send them away, or

I’

ll shoot and take my chances!

6. I opened the account myself, so why can

’

t I withdraw any money?

7. Our piece of land is small, and it is no longer fertile.

8. No, we two haven

’

t changed much, but the village has.

9. But there is no more rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely and my heart will break.

10. I know, times have changed, but certain things should not change.

11. Sometimes, they get bullied, and it is like a knife piercing my heart.

12.

“

Press closer, little Nightingale, or the Day will come before the rose is

finished”

cried the Tree.

4 Put into the passage punctuation marks:

…

.

My sister and I are three and a half years apart in age, but a world apart in the way we live our lives. She is conservative

and quiet. I take too many risks, and the only time I

’

m really quiet is when I

’

m sleep. I

’

ve spent most of my adult life

apologizing

to

my

sister

and

the

rest

of

my

family

for

being

different,

for

embarrassing

them

by

something

I

wear,

something I do or something I say.

5 Paraphrase these sentences, paying special attention to the underlined parts.

1. Our path: life at school

Not totally sweet: not just fun

(not) unclouded: (there were) work to do and unpleasant things to face.

Method used for paraphrasing

: replacing abstract words with concrete ones

Paraphrase:

school wasn

’

t just fun; there were work to do and unpleasant things to face.

2. suggested: showed

Authority: a person in charge

Paraphrase

: The way the man looked showed he was the man in charge there.

Metho

d

: finding out the exact meaning of words or phrases in the context

3. it: hearing (that) my children are badly treated

Is like a knife piercing my heart: gives me great pain

Paraphrase

: Whenever I hear (that) my children are badly treated, I feel great pain.

Method

: replacing similes or specific words with general words.

4. fit the description of any secret agent: was like a secret agent (described in spy novels)

Paraphrase

: Ausable wasn

’

t like any secret agent in spy novels Fowler had read.

Method

:

explaining phrases in everyday language

5. The occasion: the fact that the villager was serious about the rock being the center of the world

Show of recognition: agreeing with them in some way

on my part: from me

Paraphrase

: As the villagers were serious about the rock being the center of the world, I felt I had to show

I agree with them for the sake of politeness.

Method

: e

xplaining abstract words (occasion, recognition) in concrete everyday expression.

Answers to Test Paper

I. Spelling

1. rivalry

2. variety

3. stretch

4. whisper

5. pierce

6. scarcity

7. scent

8. interfere

9. ridiculous

10. jewelry

11. conscious

12. genius 13. ignorance

14. potential

15. automatic

16. mysterious

17. passable

18. blossom

19. marvelous

20. philosophy

II. Word Formation

1 overcrowded 2 withdrawals

3 Amazingly

4 determination