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Unit 7
Inter
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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!
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.
6. I opened the account myself, so why
can't I withdraw any money?
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.
Tree.
12.
“
Press closer, little Nightingale, or the Day will come before the rose is finished
”
cried the
4. Put into the passage punctuation
marks: comma and full stop, capitalizing the first
word
of each sentence.
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.
Tips: the use of the full
stop/period
（句号）
and the comma
（逗号）
The
full stop/period:
a.
is used to end declarative and imperative sentences(
陈述句和祈使句
)
eg
I took a few steps. (Unit l)
Go in by yourself, and join them. (Unit
l)
b. follows some
abbreviations
（缩写词）
eg
Dr.
a.m.
p.m.
v.s.
etc.
Note: In
modem usage, the full stop/period following some
abbreviations can be omitted; only
one period follows an abbreviation that
ends a sentence.
Eg
The lecture begins at 2:00 pm.
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.
Paraphrase: school wasn't just fun;
there were work to do and unpleasant things to
face.
Method used for
paraphrasing: replacing abstract words with
concrete ones
2. suggested: showed
Authority: a person in charge
Paraphrase: The way the man
looked showed he was the man in charge there.
Method: 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: explaining
abstract words (occasion, recognition) in concrete
everyday expression.