现代大学英语精读1第二版8-16单元课Unit 9Key to ExerciseVocabularyGrammar1 Translate the Chinese1. no matter what / whatever happens2. no matter how old/young they are, whatever their age (is)3. No matter what/ Whatever you say4. no matter how much it costs5. No matter where/ Wherever his business took him6. No matter how / However we tried to reassure her7. no matter where/ wherever you are in the world8. no matter how/ however difficult your workmates/ colleagues are9. no matter how/ however difficult that is10. no matter what /whatever will happen to them2Complete the response to each of the remarks using the wish +that-clause pattern as shown in the examples.1. I had realized this2. I could help3. I had a brother4. I had hiscourage5. We could do more than we did6. I lived7. I had better news8. we could be 9. she had listened to 10. I had been taught4 Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.1. since3. popular4. idea/ practice5. relationships6. ways7. tradition8. among/ with9. longer 10. text5 Identify and correct the mistakes in each of the sentences1. This free copy is yours no matter whether/ if you buy any of our books. / Thisfree copy is yours whether you buy any of our books or not.2. Wherever the people want us to go, we’d go there.3. In some ways we whish we could turn the clock back.4.On parting,the three of them decided to meet again at the same place in ten years.5. I wish my parents were as understanding as yours.6. The hotel treats its guests equally, no matter where they are from.7. His family and friends are all worried about him, for they haven’t heard from him for six weeks./As his family and fr iends haven’t heard from him for six weeks,t hey are all worried about him.8. All these years, I have kept track of the progress of the project.9. Toward 10 pm, the man in the doorway became anxious; he was not sure whether hisfriend would come./Toward 10pm,the man in the doorway became anxious,for he was not sure whether his friend would come.10. I wish the earthquake had never happened.Key to exerciseVocabulary2 Complete the following verb+noun collocations or expressions1. have / get / show / produce/ achieve the results2. have / take / accept / show / bear / assume responsibility3. discuss / debate / raise/ settle/ confuse / avoid issues4. pursue / have / develop hobbies5. have / make / lose / avoid contact6. save face / lives / time / money/ trouble7. remove roots / chairs/ hats / gloves / shoes / bandages / make-up/ doubts8. cultivate land / field / roses/9. eliminate enemies / rivals / opponents / suspects / errors10. produce oil / cars / cotton / results / a movie11. lack care / time / money / experience / patience / courage12. bury the dead / treasure / past / head13 nourish the plants / children / animals / relationship14. arrange meeting / appointments / time / place / flowers / business affairsGrammar4 Fill in the blank of the passage with ONE suitable word.1. comes2. different3. Anybody4. as5. longer6. burdens7. them8. who9. life 10. days5 Identify and correct the mistakes in each of the sentences.1. When Mandela no longer had to do manual labour, he started a garden in the yard.2. Medals enjoyed working in his garden because gardening offered him a sense ofsatisfaction in prison.3. He wants to pursue a career in journalism after graduation from college.4. They refused to discuss the matter in public.5. Neither his parents nor his friends thought he would become a writer.6.When he learned that he had been admitted by Tsinghua University,he could hardly wait to tell his family the news.7. We can meet either on campus or at my place.8. I was so absorbed in the story that I did not realize it was getting dark.9. I haven’t finished the book I’d borrowed from the library yet.10.Is it possible to arrange for me to work as a volunteer for the Landon Olympics?Unit 11Key to the exerciseVocabulary5 Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.1 across, for, out 2. in search of 3. across/upon, out, from4. for, to5. upon, with6. to7. up, for, into8. through, into 9. at, with, in, toGrammar2 Rewrite the sentence by inverting the subject and main verb.1. Along a wall of the study stood three floor-length bookcases.2.It was midnight,but now and then,from the distance,came bangs of firecrackers.3. In a corner of the park lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.4.Present at his 90thbirthday party were people from all walks of life,along with over a hundred former students.5. Gone are the days when the big powers could order other countries about.4 Fill each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word.1. social2. typical3. have 4 depending 5. life6. cubs7. that8. trained9. on 10 such5 Identify and correct the mistakes in each of the sentences.1. The miners demanded that the accident be looked into.2. I was reading China Daily on the Internet when the light went out.3. We hurried to the stadium only to be told (that) the football game had beencancelled.4. It might be years before you can work your way up to the head of the department.5. The passengers had just fastened their seat belt when the plane began dippingwildly.6. It was quite some time before the boy could see everything around him clearly.7. On by training hard can an athlete hope to break a world record.8. In front of the bookshelves stood a desk on which pens and pieces of paper layabout.9. Where have you been? I’ve been looking for you the whole morning.10. In the 21st century, the computer is / computers are playing a more and moreimportant role in our everyday life.Unit 12Key to the exerciseVocabulary4. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word in the brackets.1. simplified2. authorized, organize3. normalization4. industrialization, urbanized5. modernization, classified6. legalized, justified, civilized7. intensify, unification8. nationalized 9. notified, computerized 10. globalization, idealized3. Complete the following sentences1. a. success / luck b. I had more timec. I were ten years younger2. a. everybody is here b. are college studentsc. we have become one of the world’s largest economies3. a. we put environmental protection before GDPb. gave more attention to critical thinking4. a. the grammar exercisesb. helping you withc. help us with5. a. what the book says is always correctb. take it for grantedc. take it for granted6. a. say b. plan my time c. kiss/ thank, criticize7. a. like fish b. did go c. did smoke4.Rewrite the following sentences,replacing the parts in bold type with words and expressions from the text.1. strange2. to be bursting with3. the habit of… clung to him still, slipping into, check4. can’t take anything for granted, take it for granted that we will be able5. Come to think of it6. But come to think of it / But now that I think about it7. Now that people all seem to have more money than before,I do hate, nowadays8. manage to (dig), Come to think of it9. but now that I am, will slip back easily in time5. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.1. in, in2. of, of, instead of3.with, to, as4. to, as5. Unlike, for6. in, off, of/about/with7. as, to, up 8. in with7. Fill in the blanks with the correct form or the words given below.1. worth2. worthwhile3. worthy4. worth5. now/nowadays6. now7. nowadays8. look 9.gaze 10. staring 11. glanced 12. glanced13. hay 14. wild herbs to eat 15. grass 16. weeds17. received, accepted 18. will accept 19. received20. lovely, beloved/loving 21. beloved 22. loving23. cry/ weep 24. crying 25. sobbingGrammar2. Complete the sentence using the proper conjunction from the box below.1. as if/ as though2. before3. as long as4. even though5. Even if6. now that7. as long as8. as if/ though9. Even though 10. Now that4. Fill in each blank of passage with ONE suitable word.1. smoke 2 what 3 teach 4 control 5 complaints6 group7 at8 could9 shared 10 more5. Identify and correct mistakes in each of the sentences1.At about three o’clock,the boy wen t to the barn and did the milking all by himself.2. Up until now there are still people who cling to the idea that men are superiorto women.3.I think I locked the doors and closed the windows,but I’ll just go and make sure of th em. ( or:…make sure I did.)4. It suddenly occurred to me that I had left my bike key in the classroom.5. Every one of us must arrive before 8 pm without exception.6. It’s important for young people to learn how to survive in the wild.7. It’s time our s chool upgraded its computer program.8. Robert woke up twenty times for fear that he would oversleep.9.Upon graduation,he was bursting with gratitude to the university for a first-class education he had received there.10.The teacher could hardly believe a student who grew up in a mountain village had never seen a computer before he came to college.Unit 13Key to the Exercise:Vocabulary:2 Translate the following phrases into English:1.uncork the bottle;undress the children;unearth the buried treasure;unpack the books from the box; uncover the dirty plan2.fulfill one’s wish/aspirations,fulfill one’s plan;fulfill /realizeone’s dream;fulfill one’s promise;achieve theresult;achieve independence;fulfill one’s demand;fulfill one’s expectations; ac hieve/ realize one’s purpose/aim/goal3. make progress; make inventions; make threats4.obey orders;obey the law;obey the authorities;obey the rules;obey the command;obey the leadership5.spread germs;spread the news;spread the map;spread the fire;spread the terror6. demand an explanation; demand a reply; demand an apology7. threaten life; threaten stability; threaten the economy; threaten the unity8. dominate/control the world; dominate/control one’s life; dominate the match;dominate the family9.master a language;master art;master the new technology;masterskills/techniques3. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets according tothe sentence patterns in bold.1. Once we all agree to regard our problems as differences among family members.2. Once you learn to look at the problem from the perspective of the opposite side.3. Once you get to know him better.4. what if we can’t find suitable jobs5. what if everybody decides to protect their home market6.what if we were hit by serious floods,droughts or earthquakes?What if the weather conditions were terrible and our harvests failed? What if there should be another serious energy crisis?7. If only he had kept at it.8. If only we had spent more money on the development of agriculture9. If only he were still alive4Rewrite the sentences replacing the parts in bold type with the words and expressions below.1. regard him as, turned out to be2. as it turned out later, carry out3. were capable of (destroying), call for4. keep at, spur them on5. appealed to her to think of6. depend on, get rid of7. were devoted to each other, but for8. different from, adapt to9. aims at (increasing)5. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs1. from, to, out, in2. of, under3.for, off4. of, in 5 of 6 of, around, as7 of, to, to 8. to, to 9. to, forGrammar2 Study the use of as in the examples and complete each of the sentences using anappropriate verb from the box.1. accept2. described / regarded / thought of3. regard / see / think of4. introduced5. used6. treated /used7. regard / think of8. describe 9 regarded / thought of 10. described4 Fill in each blank of the passage with One suitable word.1 early2 locked3 rest4 but5 what6 words7 found8 frozen9 working / operative 10 killed5. Identify and correct the mistake(s) in each of the sentences.1. Many men still have difficulty accepting a woman as a business partner.2. At the daycare center, the teachers treated the children as their own children./At the daycare center, the teachers treated the children like mothers.3. The other day my father witnessed a terrible road accident in which two peoplewere killed and three injured.4.There is always someone on campus to whom you can turn for advice./There is always someone whom you can turn to for advice on campus.5. The movie is generally viewed as trash in spite of its box office success.6. He’s the kind of person with whom many people feel uncomfor table.7. People tend to regard as the center of the world the place where/ in which theyare born and brought up./People tend to regard as the center of the world the place they are born and brought up in.8. Whether it is fine or it is rainy, they exercise every day.9. But for his help, I wouldn’t have been able to finish the project in time.10. The computer is believed to be one of the most important inventions of the 20thcentury.Unit 15Key to the exerciseVocabulary2 Translate the following expressions into English1 wipe sweat2 sting one’s eye3 plough the field4 sow a cover crop5 produce good crops6 fell trees7 hunt squirrels8 bend one’s shoulders 10 fondle the clouds 11 rouse the curiosity 12 cross the fence 13 clear a piece of land 14 fence the land15 smell the soft mud /dirt 16 think the same thought 17 take the trouble18 make a narrow escape 19 thin the corn 20 mat the top3 Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets following theexample given1 prevent / keep/ stop government officials from abusing their power2 prevent /keep the children from entering his garden3 prevent /keep ordinary people from entering his garden4 not to drink and smoke any more5 not to build a big city here ever6 not to be content with what has been achieved.7 Isn’t it too risky for us8 Isn’t it too early for her9 Isn’t it too hard for you10 it was in this temple that Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing dynasty was supposed tosecretly become a monk.11 it is not the place where the famous battle in history was fought12 it was not because of Qin Gui, but because of the then emperor that Yue Fei, thefamous patriotic general of Southern Song dynasty was executed13 you would think that he knew everything14 you might take her for princess of a certain Arab country15 all these have happened in the past three decades5 Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs1 at, in2 up, up with3 about, down4 out of5 away from, on/over/across6 away/ off7 on, round, in, at8 up 9 toward, with, at, without, for, fromGrammar4. Fill in each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word.1. removed2. more3. followed4. however5. sorry6. let7. with8. leave9. wrong 10 silent5 Identify and correct the mistake(s) in each of the sentence.1. The joke had us all laughing outright.2. Parents shouldn’t force their children to do what they don’t like.3. These children are made to work 10 hours a day.4. Xiao Li’s gone to the barber’s to have his hair cut /…to have a haircut.5. At the end of the story, Maheegun, the wolf, returned to (the place) where hebelonged—the wild. / At the end of the story, Maheegun, the wolf, returned to the place he belonged to –the wild.6.On Christmas morning,Rob got up an hour early and did the milking all by himself.7. It’s high time we gave our dorm room a spring-clean. / It’s high time to give our dorm room a spring-clean.8.Rob woke up several times to look at his watch for fear (that)he would oversleep.9. Don’t take it for granted that once you enter college you’re sure to succeed.10. Even if none of you go, I’ll be th ere rain or shine.Unit 16Key to ExerciseVocabulary3 Fill in the blanks with correct form of the word(s) in the brackets.1. honest, honestly, honesty2. ignorant, ignorance, ignorant3. discussion, exchange, argument, exchange4. justice, democracy, inclination, injustice, democracy2 Translate the following phrases into English1. wash the car ; park the car2. ride a bike; ride a horse3. water the flowers; water the lawn4. exchange a look; exchange a grin / smile5. get the same deal / have the same problem6. lighten the atmosphere7. keep distance9. point a finger at10. gr ab / seize / grasp/ grip one’s arm11 make a joke12. smash a window13. watch / observe the effect14. blanket / cover / envelop this place4 Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.1. for, of, off, into2. up, out of, up, with, with, away3. on, at, by, by, under, in4. up, out5. from, on, of, on5 Complete the following sentences with appropriate expressions from the box blow1. might as well2. scared of, nothing of the sort3. watch out for / keep an eye on4. above suspicion5. talk us into6. anything, except/but, or something7. set foot in8. made up9. wise up, go by10. keep an eye on/watch out for。
