Keys to Exercises in Unit 1
Words in action
Working with words and expression
1. obtain
2. confident
3. communicate
4. advantage
5. relevant
6. helpful
7. extreme
8. enjoyable
9. means 10. process 11. particularly 12. characters 13. astonished 14. apparently
1.fond of
2. is … related to
3. according to
4. To a certain extent
5. vice versa
6. no doubt
7. rid … of
8. cleared up
9. or else 10. at all costs 11. sure enough 12. let alone 13. based on 14. It's no use 15. in my view 16. was worth
Increasing your word power
1. c
2. d
3. b
4. b
5. b
6. d
1. highly/very
2. quite/very
3. quite/very/increasingly
4. quite/simply/very
Efficiently efficient
Fluently fluent
Quickly quick
Cheaply cheap
Continually continual
Probably probable
Adventurously adventurous
Finally final
Steadily steady
Slowly slow
Solemnly solemn
Really real
Apparently apparent
Tentatively tentative
Exactly exact
1.No mistake
2. especially
3. necessary
4. frequently
5. No mistake
6. easy
7. No mistake 8. individual 9. many 10. highly 11. apparent 12. remarkable
13. probably 14. No mistake
Grammar review
1.would/should
2. should/would
3. might
4. would
5. must
6. can't
7. should, should
8. must
1.We passed the afternoon very pleasantly, roller-skating in the sun and talking about our
childhood under a tree. /
The afternoon passed very pleasantly, while we roller-skated in the sun and talked about our
childhood under a tree.
2.On entering the lecture hall, I was surprised at the size of the crowd. /
When I entered the lecture hall, I was surprised at the size of the crowd.
3.When I was only a small boy, my father took me to Beijing and we had a lot of fun together.
4.To write well, a person must read good books.
Warning: The implied or logical subject of an infinitive, a participial phrase or an elliptical clause should be consistent with the real subject of a sentence.
cloze
(1)doubt (2) efficient (3) where (4) advantage (5) afford (6) claim (7) fluently (8) qualified
(9) extent (10) ridiculous (11) perfect (12) as (13) because (14) individual
Translation
1.The baby can't even crawl yet, let alone walk!
2.Will claimed he was dining with a group of friends at the time of the murder, but in my opinion
he told a lie.
3.To a certain extent the speed of reading is closely related to reading skills; and with reading
skills you can cope with outside class reading better.
4.According to the regulation/rule, they both can play the game/participate in the game.
5.Some people assume that there is a Chinese equivalent for every Japanese word.
6.We have passed all relevant information on to the police.
7.There is no use asking me any more questions about that matter because I won't answer.
8.It was a mistake on Jim's part to sign the contract without reading it carefully.
9.They refused to provide us with all the information we need.
10.This accident is very similar to the one that happened three years ago.
11.The film is based on a play by Shakespeare.
12. If you have a good command of English and computer skills, you will surely have an advantage over others in finding a job.
近年来英语教学法有了很大改变，但是还是有大量的教学活动建立在行为主义心理学基础之上。那些信奉行为主义心理学理论的教师热衷于让学生复述短语，并迫使学生做一些只需不断更换句中某个词的练习。假如我们是鹦鹉或黑猩猩，那么这些方法或许能奏效。但是我们不是鹦鹉或黑猩猩，人类的语言交际必须是真实、有意义的。