可复制、编制，期待你的好评与关注！ 第一单元答案
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
▆ Working with Words and Expressions
1. In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the
following sentences with the words given. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) spark
2) compelled
3) bare
4) scrape
5) destruction
6) output
7) retreat
8) tipped
9) miracle
10) eternal
11) pile
12) transfer
13) mass
14) thereby
15) have emerged
16) trigger
17) threaten
18) consumed
19) hollow
2. In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit.
Complete the sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) show signs of
2) cope with
3) lives in fear of
4) tough it out
5) cut down
6) from head to foot
可复制、编制，期待你的好评与关注！ 7) searched out
8) nothing short of
9) As yet
10) settle in
11) take heart
▆ Increasing Your Word Power
1. You will read six pairs of words which are similar in meaning but are different in
usage. Reflect on the differences in usage between the words in each group and fill
in each blank with a proper one. Change the form if necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) temptation
2) attraction
3) chance
4) opportunity
5) states
6) country
7) warned
8) threatened / threatens
9) refuse
10) reject
11) total
12) gross
2. A blend is a word produced by combining parts of other words, such as “comsat”
from “communications” and “satellite”. Try to find out what words the following
blends are formed from. You may consult a dictionary if necessary.
▆ Answers:
Blend Formation Meaning
smog smoke + fog 烟雾
blog web + log 博客
brunch breakfast + lunch 早午餐 （早餐和午餐合为一餐）
autocide automobile + suicide 撞车自杀
chunnel channel + tunnel 海峡隧道
motel motor + hotel 汽车旅馆
netizen net + citizen 网民
sci-fi science + fiction 科幻小说
workaholic work + alcoholic 工作狂
wi-fi wireless + fidelity 无线网络
3. Fill in the blanks in Column B with an adjective in Text A. The target adjective must
be opposite in meaning to the one in Column A and must form a correct collocation
with the noun in Column C.
可复制、编制，期待你的好评与关注！ ▆ Answers:
1) individual
2) contradictory
3) destructive
4) rational
5) primitive
6) synthetic
7) distant
8) pessimistic
9) irreplaceable
10) enormous
Grammar in Context
1. Study the following sentences from Text B and point out the grammatical function of
each of the present participles used as an adverbial.
▆ Answers:
1) an adverbial of accompanying circumstances
2) an adverbial of accompanying circumstances
3) an adverbial of result
4) an adverbial of result
5) an adverbial of manner; accompanying circumstances
6) an adverbial of result
7) an adverbial of time
2. Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets into
English, using a present participle as an adverbial.
▆ Answers:
1) killing thousands upon thousands of people
2) raising the average yield by 15 percent
3) trying to deduce its operating principle
4) Seeing that everyone was bending over his / her book
5) Not having heard from his parents for a long time
6) leaving the project unfinished
7) Turning to the right
8) Not wanting to make the patient nervous
Cloze
▆ Complete the following passage with words chosen from this unit. The initial letter
of each is given.
▆ Answers:
(1) realm
(2) elemental
(3) obtain
(4) stubbornly
(5) transferred
可复制、编制，期待你的好评与关注！ (6) transformed
(7) subdued
(8) expansion
(9) irreplaceable
(10) extinct
(11) dynamic
(12) verge
(13) moderate
(14) ecological
(15) rational
Translation
1. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given
in brackets.
▆ Answers for Reference:
1) The village is so close to the border that the villagers lived in constant fear of
attacks from the enemy.
2) In only twenty years the country was transformed into an advanced industrial power.
3) Seeing the project successfully completed, those who had invested so much time and
energy in it felt very proud.
4) Given the current financial situation, it is inevitable that the US dollar will be
further devalued.
5) There are so many vehicles nowadays that the roads in this area are barely adequate to
cope with the present traffic.
6) The weather showed no signs of getting better so the government called upon us to get
prepared for floods.
7) Alice had been confined to bed for over 10 years after the traffic accident, and so
her recovery seemed nothing short of a miracle.
8) The students were all very much concerned about the World Cup, spending at least two
hours every day watching the live matches on TV.
9) Thomas said that his family had settled in Florida more than half a century ago.
10) Ask for help. Don’t tough it out yourself. I learned this lesson early in my life.
2. Translate the following passage into English.
▆ Answers for reference:
Human beings live in the realm of nature. They are not only dwellers in nature, but
also transformers of it. With the development of society and its economy, people tend to
become less dependent on nature directly, but indirectly their dependence grows.
Human beings are connected with nature by “blood” ties. No one can live outside
nature. However, the previous dynamic balance between man and nature has shown signs of
breaking down. Problems such as the population explosion, ecological imbalance and the
shortage of natural resources have become major factors keeping human society from being
further developed.
Professor Spirkin holds that the only choice for human beings is the wise
organization of production and care for Mother Nature.
