新世纪大学英语综合教程3(第二版)unit1-8习题答案全

Unit One

People Around Us

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in Action

▆ Working with Words and Expressions

1. In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the

following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1) crease

2) hint

3) assured

4) awaiting

5) hovering

6) scrawled

7) glistening

8) frail

9) sole

10) visible

11) engaged

12) biased

13) dreading

14) grinning

2. In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you know

how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling

exercise. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1) for fear of

2) pulled up

3) except for

4) get by

5) make a living

6) every so often

7) in the background

8) Shut off 9) each and every

10) as it is

11) wraps … around her little finger

12) caught us …unawares

▆ Increasing Your Word Power

1. Choose the definition from Column B that best matches each phrasal verb in Column A,

paying attention to the V+ Prep./Ad. collocation.

▆ Answers:

1) f

2) c

3) d

4) e

5) b

6) g

7) h

8) a

Fill in each blank in the following sentences with a proper phrasal verb. Change the verb form

where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1) let out

2) clean … up

3) come through

4) waiting on

5) picked up

6) ended up

7) headed for

8) ran through

2. The prefixes ex-, fore-, pre- mean “former, before, or in advance” while the prefix post-

means “after or later than”. Study the following examples and form words by adding ex-,

fore-, pre-, post- to the words given in the table and then complete each of the following

sentences with a proper word you have just formed. Change the verb form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1) foretell

2) preview

3) forerunner

4) postscript

5) postgraduate

6) precondition

7) ex-husband

Grammar in Context Task 1: Combine the given sentences into one by using attributive clauses.

▇ Answers for reference:

1) I encountered many people whose lives amazed me. (See Para. 3, Text B)

2) We drove in silence to the address (that/which) she had given me. (See Para. 21, Text B)

3) He pushed through the doors and headed for the back room where his apron and busing cart

were waiting. (See Para. 16, Text A)

4) I had seen too many people trapped in a life of poverty who depended on the cab as their

only means of transportation. (See Para. 6, Text B)

5) Their social worker, who stopped to check on Stevie every so often, admitted Stevie and his

mother had fallen between the cracks. (See Para. 6, Text A)

Task 2: Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets into

English. Be sure to use present particles or past particles to modify nouns.

▇ Answers for reference:

well-considered decision, folded paper, written notice, laptop storing my annual report, a postman

delivering express mail

Cloze

▆ Complete the following passage with words chosen from Text A. The initial letter of each is

given.

▆ Answers:

1) reliable

2) syndrome

3) adopted

4) got done with

5) gloomy

6) or something

7) chance

8) come through

9) barely

10) in good shape

11) booth

12) mess

13) scrawled

14) peeking

15) in

Translation

▆ Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in

brackets.

▆ Answers for reference: 1) What I didn’t count on was that over time I would sincerely take pride in being a social

worker.

2) Shooting a quick look at the clock on the wall, Grandma let out a cry, “Oh, My dear /My

goodness/My gracious, we’re going to miss the train!”

3) At the kindergarten entrance, I always see some kids/children holding firmly on to their

parents. Should young parents be sterner towards their kids/children and leave immediately

under these circumstances?

4) In the dim street light stood a weeping little girl/ a girl weeping.

5) When making donations, rich people should be as considerate as possible in order not to put

the recipient in an embarrassing situation.

6) Since last month, my work has been revolving around the routine office duties, so now I am

counting the days until the National Day comes, when my friends and I are going hiking in the

countryside.

▆ Translate the following paragraph into English using the words and expressions in the box

below.

▆ Answer for reference:

That was a time when life was difficult for everyone. My family could barely get by on my

small income from driving a cab. One late night I responded to a call for a cab ride. To my

surprise, when I arrived at the address, I found it was a frail old lay who was awaiting me. After