现代大学英语 精读1 U7-U10课后答案(2)

7. He stayed (in) home all weekend, trying to reflect on what had happened.

8. When he was young, he believed in freedom so much that he would rather die than live without it.

9. When I visited Beijing for the second time, I found the city?s public amenities had greatly improved.

10. If anything unexpected happened during the conference, the security guards would arrive with in a few seconds. Unit 8 Key to Exercise Vocabulary

3 Give the word that refers to a person coming from that land or area 1. Japanese 2. Italian 3. Brazilian 4. Iranian 5. Cantonese 6. Indonesian 7. Cuban 8. Vietnamese 9. Lebanese 12. Korean 13. Egyptian 14. Portuguese 15. Indian 16. Nepalese 17. Chilean 18. Russian 19. Mexican 20. Romanian 10. Syrian 11. Canadian

21. Sudanese 22 Mongolian 4 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word “addict” or “consider”

1 addicts 2 addictive, addicted 3 addiction

4 consider, consideration 5 considerate 6 Considerable, considered

2 Complete the following verb+ noun collections or expressions 1. pitch 2. meal, dish, food 3. guests, friends 4. take, plan 5 rouse 6. faith, library books, friendship 7. hitch 8. drive, travel, cover

3. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets. 1. that all nations realize that global warming is everybody?s bushiness 2. that life is always full of opportunities and challenges/risks

9. people 10. people, animals 11. test, develop, prove 12. conquer, feel 13. make, take, accept 14 nip 15 touch, break 3. that all this has proved that our efforts have not been in vain 4. that the earth moves round the sun 5. that she had been admitted to that university 6. that wives ought to stay at home

7. that the best policy is to tell people the truth 8. that he mentioned the other day that

9. that our teacher once said that he had noticed that some students still had difficulties with their grammar.

5 Fill in the brackets with the correct prepositions or adverbs 1 for 2 into 3 after 4 away, over 5 out of

6 out, into 7. to, in 8 over, out for, for 9 to, about, on, across

6. Translate the following sentences into English

1. The fuel/gas ran out, but he managed to make a safe landing in rice fields.

2. There are already quite a few students who are considering running for the chairman of the Students? Union.

3. That student who was run over by the horse carriage is now out of danger. I consider him really lucky.

4. It is said that this well has never run dry in the past hundreds of years,

and this has been considered a miracle.

5. We are running short of hands. You have just come in the right time. 6. I?d rather have some of our public works run by the state than by private businessmen.

7. She warned me not to make friends with those who are always running after name and money.

8. We warned them that what they did was against/a violation of the agreement/contract, and we would take legal action.

7. Fill in the blanks with the correct word(s) in the brackets. More than one word may be correct.

1 remember/memorize 2 remember/recall 3 remember/recall

4 remember, special 5 middle 6 center 7 however, visits

8 special, trip 9 particular, tour 10 found, found out

Grammar

2 Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets, using a what-clause. 1. What farmers what most

2. what they suggested 3. what my parents said to me 4. what they were trying to do 5. what life was all about

6. what they should get out of college 7. what we need 8. what you look like

9. what the village had achieved in the past 30 years 10. what the federal government should not do at the moment

3 Translate the sentences using a what-clause or a present participle phrase

1. Do what you like without caring about what other people think. 2. We should find out what the students think about the matter. 3. We?ll do what we can to help the earthquake victims.

4. I hope what I have written will be of help to other college students. 5. Being journalism majors, we ought to keep ourselves informed of what is happening around the world.

6. “Stop thief!” a student called, raising his voice.

7. Having nothing more interesting to do, the boy decided to take his alarm clock apart.

8. Wang Lan opened the wardrobe, wondering what she should wear to