大学生旅行现代大学英语book3unit11练习答案-副本

Unit 11

Why Historians Disagree

Key to the Exercises

Preview Do the following exercises.

1. Translate the following words and analyze how they are formed. Page 266

1)

亲英的

;

亲美的

;

赞成现代化的

;

赞成妇女堕胎权利的

pro-:

亲

;

赞成

;

拥护

2)

万无一失的

;

防水的

;

防火的

;

防弹的

;

隔音的

-proof:

防

/

抗

/

耐…的

3)

尽管

;

借以

;

在那种情况下

;

在那以后

;

因此

;

从而

;

在那里

;

以后

;

于是

;

直到那时

4)

现在已经听惯了的借口

;

一种等着瞧的政策

;

一种随意的、无计划的行动

;

因交通肇事者逃逸而受

害的人

;

一种自 己机活也让别人活的哲学

(

和平共处哲学

);

一个千载难逢的机会

;

一场殊死斗争

;

笑了笑

,

表示早就和你说过

,

你就是不听

;

一副悉听尊便的态度

Note: These compound words may consist of a whole sentence and they are hyphenated.

2. Give synonyms of the following words and expressions. Page 266

(1) elusive: puzzling, baffling

(2) intriguing: fascinating (3) evident: clear, plain, obvious,

noticeable

(4) ultimate: final, last

(5)

to

revise:

to

correct,

to

change,

to

alter,

to

modify,

to

rewrite

(6) to probe: to dig into, to investigate, to look into

(7)

belligerent:

warlike,

aggressive,

hostile

(8) in the event of: in the case of, should sth occur

(9)

nonetheless:

nevertheless,

in

spite of, just the same

(10) to conclude (the quest): to end (the search/probing)

(11) to denote: to refer to

(12)

persuasively: convincingly

(13)

more

or

less:

on

the

whole,

generally

speaking

(14)

moreover: in addition, besides, apart from, what's more (15) by way of: through

3. Give antonyms of the following words and expressions. Page 266

(1) exhilarating: depressing

(2) unquestioned: doubtful

(3) premise: conclusion

(4) motivation: effect

(5) proportionate: disproportionate (6) pro-British: anti-British

(7)

to

take into account: to ignore

(8) a

crude (theory): a well-developed (theory), a sophisticated (theory)

(9)

confused:

clear-minded

(10) professional: non-professional, amateurish

II Vocabulary

Translate 1) into Chinese. Page 268

(1)

专业的历史学家

(2)

常识反应

(3)

情况

;

事态

(4)

已经准备好了的东西

(5)

个人喜好问题

(6)

截然不同的观点

过去的遗留物

一旦发生潜艇战

(9)

一个不成熟的理论

(10)

好战的行为

(11)

宣传机器

(12)

力量均衡

;

实力平衡

(13)

（事物的）因果

(14)

海岸炮兵

(15)

终极关怀

(16)

近因

(17)

万无一失的解释

(18)

永不停止的探索

2) into English. Page 269

(1) to gain new insights

(2) to benefit from the comparison

(3)

to

trace

the

cause (4)

to dig into the problem

(5) to begin from this premise (6) to be immersed in a vast sea (7) to master the new techniques

(8)

to

give

equal

weight

to

sth

(9)

to

be

destined

to

do

sth (10)

to

influence

the

government

(11) to make an assumption

(12) to destroy the balance of power

(13) to form an alliance

(14) to repay the loans (15) to contemplate war (16)

to

intercept

the

secret

message

(17) to fill in the gaps

(18) to conclude the quest

Replace the words in bold type with words and phrases that convey more or less the same meaning. Page

269

1)

crude

: simple

required

: made

fat

: thick

2)

contemplating

the

destiny

:

pondering

the

future/

thinking

about

the

future

trivial

:

insignificant

3)

diametrically

opposed:

completely

different 4)

deem

:

consider

view

:

look

at

perspectives

:

points of view

5)

is fully aware of

: knows only too well/ knows very well

mounting resentment

: growing anger

6)

In addition to

: Apart from

convenient

: easy

in the event of

: in the case of

7)

deliberately

: intentionally

ignored

: neglected; paid no attention to

8)

more or less

: generally

Nevertheless

: However

stemming from

: coming from

9)

foolproof

: completely reliable

eliminating

: getting rid of

are destined to

: are bound to

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions. Page 269-270

(1) In, of, to

(2) over, throughout, with, in, of

(3) to, in (4) with, to, On, to

(5) from, in, as, to, of (6) with, up, in, of, out, out, in (7) to, to, under, on (8) into, In, to

(9) to, of, as (10) At, from, from, from

Translate the following sentences into English. Page 270-271

1) Scientists more or less agree that global warming is a fact,

but its

cause is still hotly debated among

them.

Many

believe

that

if

we

piece

together

all

the

available

evidence,

we

can

conclude

that

it

is

caused

by human activities, but others think we need to dig into the problem further, and that natural forces

are at least of equal importance.

2)

He

devoted

all

his

life

to

the

cause

of

water

conservancy

.

He

was

one

of

the

few

scientists

who

first

saw what kind of trouble it would cause us in future if we were to build a dam here.

3)

Those

who

sympathize

with

international

terrorism

view

the

problem

from

a

different

premise.

They

believe

that their goal can justify the means. But I am strongly opposed to this view. I believe that no excuse

can justify cold-blooded murder of innocent women, children and old people.

4) It is a good thing

to have NGOs at work. In a pluralistic society, people

’

s views are bound

to differ.

Opposition

should

not

only

be

allowed,

but

also

be

respected

and

encouraged.

It

is

also

to

our

advantage

to do this.

5) Government

’

s over-investment means that many state bank loans will not be repaid and these bad debts

will finally lead to a financial crisis.

6) Special bank loans are now available to university students. Those who can

’

t pay for their education

can benefit from these

loans. .

7) He ended his speech by saying that as soon as they concluded their investigation they would report to

the Security Council. He firmly believed that any attempt to maintain the rulers of a country in power

using mass killing was destined to fail.

8) She will fly to India by way of Hongkong to conclude a new agreement on the protection of intellectual

property rights with the Indian government.

9)

Based

on

these

reasons,

we

could

only

come

to

the

conclusion

that

they

were

out

to

make

trouble.

Therefore,

we decided to recall our ambassador immediately by way of protest.

Ex. 5 Choose the right words in their proper form. Page 271-272

1) (1) historic

(2) historical

(3) historical; historical

(4) historic

(5) historic

2) (1) economic; economic

(2) economical

(3) economical

(4) economical (5) economic