新世纪大学英语第二版综合教程Unit精编

Unit One

Man and Nature

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

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.

▆ 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

(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.