Unit 11

Key to the exercise

Vocabulary

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5 Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.答案

1 across, for, out ?????2. in search of ???????3. across/upon, out, from

4. for, to ??????5. upon, with ????6. to ????7. up, for, into

8. through, into ????9. at, with, in, to

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6. Translate the following sentences into English

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1. 我很好奇你后來是怎么決定學英語的。

??I am quite curious how you come to decide to study English.

2. 一直到改革開放以后，人們才開始明白，市場并不是壞事。

It was not until the reform and opening-up started when people began to realize that the market was ?not a bad thing.

3. 那些將軍、官員和學者都不知道如何稱那頭大象的重量，但是一個小孩突然想出一個主意。

None of those generals, officials and scholars knew how to weigh the elephant, but a young child suddenly came up with a brilliant idea.

4. 那時候我們遇到的最大的困難是沒有糧食，所以從未有過減肥的想法。

The biggest difficulty we came across / up against was lack of food. Therefore it never came to our mind that one day we might have to live on a diet.

5. 我從來沒有聽說過這個說法。你是在哪里碰到的？

I have never heard of this expression. Where did you come across it?

6. 這座廟的油漆已經開始剝落，該重新刷一下了。

The paint of the temple is coming off. It needs repainting.

7. 這里的水不深，只到一般人的胸口。他們很容易從這里過河來。

The water here was not deep. It only came to an ordinary man’s chest. So they could easily come across the river here.

8. 大門突然開了，跳出來一條狗。它開始沖我吼叫，直到它主人出來才安靜下來。

The door opened suddenly and out jumped a dog. It started barking at me and didn’t quiet down until its master came out.

9. 那片美麗的草地不見了，一個大飯店取而代之。

Gone was the beautiful meadow, and in its place stood a big hotel.

10. 我們現在最緊迫的事情是保護那些被恐怖分子扣留的中國人的性命。

Our most urgent need is to protect the life of those Chinese who were kidnapped by the terrorists.

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Grammar

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2 Rewrite the sentence by inverting the subject and main verb.答案

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 90th birthday 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.

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3 Translate the following sentence using when/ before or inversion

答案：

1. It was a couple of days before the children recovered from the horror of the road accident.

2. It was revising my essay on computer and was about to finish when the screen went blank due to power failure.

3. The school is located at the foot of a hill. Beyond the hill lies a large stretch of rice fields.

4. It won’t be long before Jim begins to regret having lost a friend like you.

5. “It’s pleasant to touch the land,” whispered the farmer.

6. The family had just put their winter clothes away when the area was hit by a snowstorm.

7. In the center of the Tian’anmen Square stands the Monument to the People’s Heroes.

8. It wasn’t long before a number of economists realized the world would soon be face with a serious global financial crisis.

9. They were leaving for Thailand when they were told the trip had been cancelled.

10. Gone are the days when China could not make big planes on its own.

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4 Fill each blank of the passage with ONE suitable word.

答案

1. social ???2. typical ????3. have ???4 depending ???5. life

6. cubs ????7. that ???????8. trained ???9. on ??10 such

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5 Identify and correct the mistakes in each of the sentences.

答案

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 been cancelled.

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 dipping wildly.

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 lay about.

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 more important role in our everyday life.

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Unit 12

Key to the exercise

Vocabulary

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4. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word in the brackets.

答案：

1. simplified ???2. authorized, organize ?????3. normalization

4. industrialization, urbanized ????????5. modernization, classified

6. legalized, justified, civilized ???????7. intensify, unification

8. nationalized ?????9. notified, computerized ????10. globalization, idealized

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3. Complete the following sentences

答案：

1. a. success / luck ??????b. I had more time ???????

c. I were ten years younger

2. a. everybody is here ???b. are college students

??c. we have become one of the world’s largest economies

3. a. we put environmental protection before GDP

??b. gave more attention to critical thinking

4. a. the grammar exercises

??b. helping you with ?????????c. help us with

5. a. what the book says is always correct

??b. take it for granted ????????c. take it for granted

6. a. say ?????b. plan my time ???????c. kiss/ thank, ?criticize

7. a. like fish ????b. did go ?????c. did smoke

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4. Rewrite the following sentences, replacing the parts in bold type with words and expressions from the text.

答案：

1. strange ???2. to be bursting with ??????

3. the habit of… clung to him still, slipping into, check

4. can’t take anything for granted, take it for granted that we will be able

5. Come to think of it

6. But come to think of it / But now that I think about it

7. Now that people all seem to have more money than before, I do hate, nowadays

8. manage to (dig), Come to think of it

9. but now that I am, will slip back easily in time

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5. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.答案：

1. in, in ????2. of, of, instead of ???????3.with, to, as

4. to, as ????5. Unlike, for ????6. in, off, of/about/with

7. as, to, up ???8. in with

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6 Translate the following sentences into English

答案：

1. 你是怎樣將身體保養(yǎng)得這么好？說起來，我還從來不知道你生過病。你的秘密法寶是什么？

How do you manage to keep fit? Come to think of it, I have never known you to be sick. What’s your secret?

2. 我小時候一直討厭做家務。我甚至理所當然地認為這是女人做的事情?，F在我真為自己以前的態(tài)度后悔。

I always hated to do household chores when I was a boy, taking it for granted that they were only for women. Looking back, I really feel sorry for my past attitude.

3. 他的大房子包括兩座分開的建筑，分別設計成不同的風格，中間有個暗道連接起來。

His big house contains two separate buildings designed in different styles and connected with / by a secret passage.

4. 年輕人總希望有更多的權利和財富，老年人則希望他們能年輕三十歲。那樣，他們就會成為世界上最幸福的人。但對于我，我的幸福是不需要條件的。

Young people always wish they had more power and money, whereas old people always wish they were thirty years younger. Then they would all become the happiest people on earth. As for me, I am happy unconditionally.

5. 前些日子我無意中聽到幾個外國人在評論我們有些同胞在國外旅游時的不良舉止，我很難為情。我覺得我們有些壞習慣真要改改了。

The other day I overheard some foreigners talking about how some of our people behaved while they were traveling overseas. They made me so ashamed. I think we really have to change some of our habits.

6. 現在我們的公交系統(tǒng)有了如此大的改進，私家車實在不值得買了。

Now that our public transportation system has improved so much, private cars are really not worth buying.

7. 現在你很少看到年輕人在街上游蕩，人們都是行色匆匆。但有時候我真希望我們能放慢一點速度。

Nowadays you seldom see young people loitering in the streets. People always seem to be in a hurry. Sometimes I do hope we can slow down a little bit.

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7. Fill in the blanks with the correct form or the words given below.

答案：

1. worth ????2. worthwhile ????3. worthy ????4. worth

5. now/nowadays ????6. now ????7. nowadays

8. look ???9.gaze ???10. staring ??11. glanced ???12. glanced

13. hay ??14. wild herbs to eat ????15. grass ????16. weeds

17. received, accepted ??18. will accept ?????19. received

20. lovely, beloved/loving ???21. beloved ????22. loving

23. cry/ weep ???24. crying ????25. sobbing

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2. Complete the sentence using the proper conjunction from the box below.

答案：

?1. as if/ as though ????2. before ????3. as long as ????4. even though ??

5. Even if ???6. now that ????7. as long as ???8. as if/ though

9. Even though ?????10. Now that

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3. Translate the following sentences into English

答案：

1. I love autumn—it’s a season of harvest.

2. I didn’t recognize my best friend at high school until he removed his sun glasses.

3. It takes courage to ask what others regard as “stupid” questions.

4. The children looked as if they hadn’t had a wink of /any sleep last night.

5. It must be exciting to report on / cover such sports events as the Olympic Games and the World Cup.

6. My house guest behaves as if she were the owner of the house.

7. Even if the country is gradually recovering from the financial crisis, it may be some time before its economy gets back on its feet.

8. “As long as I’m in charge,” said the president of the university, “I will make sure no one drops out because they can’t pay tuition any more.”

9. Now that they have a new Minister of Education, they hope to see some change in their education system.

10. It was a brilliant /sunny summer morning in 1945. At exactly 8:15, a B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing tens of thousands of people.

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4. Fill in each blank of passage with ONE suitable word.

答案：

1. smoke ???2 what ????3 teach ???4 control ??5 complaints

6 group ????7 at ?????8 could ???9 shared ????10 more

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5. Identify and correct mistakes in each of the sentences

答案：

1. At about three o’clock, the boy went 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 superior to women.

3. I think I locked the doors and closed the windows, but I’ll just go and make sure of them. ( 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 school 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.

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