新标准大学英语综合教程4课后答案

新标准大学英语综合教程4课后答案unit1

Unit1

Active reading (1)

3 Match the words in the box with their definitions. 1. proceed 2. transition 3. detached 4. upcoming 5. slump 6. revert 7. recount

4 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the words in Activity 3.

(1) transition (2) slumped (3) proceed (4) recounting (5) detached (6) upcoming (7) revert

5 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box. You may need to makeother changes.

1 I went to a mixed-ability secondary school just outside London. (comprehensive)

2 I got stopped by a policeman who asked to see my driving licence. (cop) 3 Have you seen this beautiful from the air view of Oxford? (aerial) 4 Isabel tightly her bag as she walked down the corridor towards the office. (clutched)

5 You should speak to Toby; he’s an supporter of flexible working hours. (advocate)

6 I hurt my leg badly a couple of months ago, and it still hasn’t got better completely. (healed)

6 Answer the questions about the words. B A A AB

7 Answer the questions about the phrases. B B A A A A A A

Active reading (2)

4 Match the words in the box with their definitions. 1. amusing 2. fortunately

3. loan 4. deduct 5. highlight 6. sympathize 7. demanding 5 Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in Activity 4.

(1) sympathize (2) fortunately (3) loan

(4) demanding. (5) amusing (6) highlight (7) deducted

6 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box.

(1) belongings (2) dropouts (3) gamble (4) exceeded (5) odds (6) has thrived (7) honesty

7 Answer the questions about the words and expressions. B B A A B B A A A

Language in use

word formation: compound nouns

1 Write the compound nouns which mean:

1 a degree which is awarded a first class (a first-class degree) 2 work in a hospital (hospital work)

3 a ticket for a plane journey (a plane ticket) 4 a discount for students (a student discount)

5 a pass which allows you to travel on buses (a bus pass) 6 a room where an interview is held (an interview room) 7 a period spent in training (a training period)

2 Write the noun phrases which mean:

1 a career which is rewarding from the financial point of view (a financially rewarding career)

2 legislation which has been introduced recently (recently introduced legislation)

3 instructions which are more complex than usual (unusually complex instructions)

4 an institution which is orientated towards academic (academically orientated work)

5 work which makes physical demands on you (physically demanding work)

6 information which has the potential to be important (potentially important information)

7 candidates who have been selected after a careful procedure (carefully selected candidates)

8 a coursebook in which everything has been planned beautifully (a beautifully planned textbook)

3 Rewrite the sentences using try as … might .

1 I’m trying to fill this last page, but I just can’t think of anything. Try as I might to fill this last page, I just can’t think of anything. 2 I try to be friendly with Marta, but she doesn’t seem to respond. Try as I might to be friendly with Marta, she doesn’t seem to respond. 3 I try hard to get to sleep, but I can’t help thinking about my family. Try as I might to get to sleep, I can’t help thinking about my family. 4 He just doesn’t seem to get the promotion he deserves, even though he keeps trying.

Try as he might, he just doesn’t seem to get the promotion he deserves. / Try as he might to get the

promotion he deserves, he just doesn’t seem to get it.

5 I keep trying to remember her name, but my mind is a blank. Try as I might to remember her name, my mind is a blank.

4 Rewrite the sentences using given that …

1 Since I know several languages, I thought I would look for work abroad. Given that I know several languages, I thought I would look for work abroad.

2 Xiao Li has the best qualifications, so she should get the job.

Given that Xiao Li has the best qualifications, she should get the job. 3 Since we’re all here, I think it would be a good idea to get down to some work.

Given that we’re all here, I think it would be a good idea to get down to some work.

4 Since it’s rather late, I think we should leave this last task until tomorrow.

Given that it’s rather late, I think we should leave this last task until tomorrow.

5 Rewrite the sentences using clauses introduced by than . 1 She’s experienced at giving advice. I’m more experienced. She’s less experienced at giving advice than I am. / I’m more experienced at giving advice than she is.

2 You eat too much chocolate. It isn’t good for you. You eat too much chocolate than is good for you.

3 She worked very hard. Most part-timers don’t work so hard. She worked harder than most part-timers do.

4 You have arrived late too many times. That isn’t acceptable. You have arrived late more times than is acceptable.

5 I don’t think you should have given so much personal information. It isn’t wise.

I think you have given more personal information than is wise.

7 Translate the paragraphs into Chinese.

依我看，现实生活与人们想象的不一样。我们上了12年的中、小学，又上了3年的大学，这期间老师们一直在没完没了地谈论在安宁的学生生活之外那个广阔天地里的各种机会，可我遇到的又是什么呢？无论我怎么想保持心情愉快，麻烦事总是接踵而来：有时是跟人争吵（尤其是跟男孩，天哪！他们什么时候才能长大？），但通常是为钱发愁。这个地方什么东西都很贵！人人都想从我身上拿点钱去：国税局要收个人所得税，银行经理要我偿清学生贷款，房东催我交房租、燃气费、水费、电费，手机账单也不断地寄来。所有这些还没算上吃饭的钱。更可气的是，不知从哪里冒出一个自作聪明的家伙冷不丁地给我打电话，问我要不要买养老金。照这样下去，我连今年都活不过去了，更别提活到60岁领养老金了。

8 Translate the paragraphs into English.

If you ask me, taking a second major isn’t good for every undergraduate. In my freshman year as anEnglish major, I took economics as my minor. By all odds, I was the most hardworking student inmy class. But try as I might to meet the requirements of the two different subjects, I still couldn’t dowell enough to pass all the exams. Given that the study of economics required a good command ofmathematics, I had to spend so much time on math that I neglected my English English Literature and Macroeconomics in the second semester sounded the alarm for me. Thiswas the first time I did not pass a course in my life, which had greatly sapped my confidence. AlthoughI was not a man who would easily bow to fate, as the summer break came to a close, I decided to giveup economics for fear that I would fail in both subjects. Now that I had only one subject to attend to,everything seemed to be on the right track again.