现代大学英语精读第一册课后答案

Lesson One Half a Day

Vocabulary

1.

1) Noun suffixes: -tion, -ment, -ing, -ness, -or/er

Adjective suffixes: -ful, -less, -ed

Adverb suffixes: -ly

2)

1 adverbs: simply, hurriedly, terribly, possibly, miserably, politely, fortunately, practically, favorably, roughly, seriously

2 adjectives: complete, accurate, particular, total, absolute, easy, angry, miserable, exact, final

3 nouns: power/powerfulness, success/successfulness, care/carefulness, tear/tearfulness, price/pricelessness

meaning/mingfulness,

home/homelessness,

4 verbs: express, impress, attend, celebrate, attract, spell, produce, pollute, prevent, oppose, organize, inform, appoint, require, judge

4)

1 differ

2 differently, different

3 difference

4 serious, serious, seriously

5 seriousness, seriously polluted

6 Fortunately/ Luckily, pollution, seriouly pollute

7 attention

8 attentively, attentive

2

1 take

2 lose/find

3 dry

4 play

5 take/have

6 tell/read/write

7 change/speak/read/cross

8 life/facts/reality/difficulties

9 an event/ a plan/ the news/ the death/ the marriage

10 a country/a place/ privacy

11 a river/ a street/ a bridge/ a desert/ the sea

12 an end/ a decision/ a place

13 workers/ waiters/ servants/ people

3

1 on their own

2 show off

3 burst into

4 given rise to

5 brought about

6 to resort to

7 clinging to

8 gave rise to

9 took advantage of

10 in vain, make, out of

4 Translation

1 They took advantage of our helpless situation and took over our company

2 Although there are still difficulties ahead of us, I am sure that we Chinese people will have the wisdom to bring about the peaceful unification of your country on our own

3 It’s wrong to put emphasis on noting but GDP. It will give rise to many

serious problems.

4 He loves to show off his wealth, but that is all in vain. People still avoid him as though he were poison.

5 He soon fell in love with the village and was determined to make it a beautiful garden together with other villagers.

6 We must spend more money fighting against global warming. In addtion, we must resort to tough laws. It is not just a matter of money.

7 When the police arrived at the school, the students and teachers were still in a daze.

8 This corrupt official was still clinging to his power. He refused to step aside.

9 When the man finally came into view, I found it was my father. I didn’t know how he managed to find this place in the blinding snow. At that moment, I burst into tears.

10 She glanced at him from time to time. It was the first time in her life that she had found herself looking at a young man like that.

5 fill in the blanks with the correct prep. or ad.

1 of

2 from

3 for

4 out

5 up

6 up

7 up for

8 out

9 with

10 of

11 of

12 of

13 up

6

1 the door lock, very angry

2 the city gate wide open, playing the guqin, very strange

3 quite obvious/clear, his successor

4 worried/anxious, talking to yourself

5 so heavily polluted, pay the price

6 the ground shaking/trembling/quaking, rolling down

7 laugh, laugh himself

8 put these things in order, do it

9 lying in the grass, covered with blood

10 interested in gardening or painting, keep him busy

11 hear her say, put off/postponed

7

1 High/tall, huge

2 vast, high

3 tall, big/large

4 every, affairs

5 matter, countries/nations, big/huge

6 affair, nation, matter

7 state

8 a few, big/huge/great, high

9 everything, something

10 anybody, any, nothing, nothing

11 little, few, a little, a few

Grammar Work

2 Fill in the blanks with correct forms.

(1) Had overslept

(2) Had invited

(3) Was born; had left

(4) Had gone; told

(5) Had worked; were admitted;

(6) loved; had always been

7 was, had been

8 became, had read

9 returned, came

10 met, had once treated, said, was, had done, gorgave, asked

3

1 easy

2 beginning

3 But

4 suddenly

5 worried

6 If

7 master

8 number

9 habit

10 go

5．

1 takes

2 turn a boy into a man/ make a man out of a boy

3 tried to persuade

4 had taken place

5 searched his room for

6 failed

7 take advantage of

8 would

9 made/have made

10 had imagined college was a paradise