北大综合英语课件(大英四)---综合教程U3-U7答案

(B)

1. range 2. to 3. called 4. Although 5. as 6. rural 7. below 8. understanding 9. suffer 10. but 11. other 12. it 13. emotional 14. no 15. from 16. into 17. at 18. reduce 19. basis 20. about/of

II. Translation

For my own part, I should certainly hesitate to hire a clerk on his face/appearance alone. Appearances are all too often deceptive. For instance, you might well commit an error in judgment if you went by appearances only with people like Edward Hyde Burton, the character created by Maugham. As far as appearance and manners were concerned, Burton seemed a man all of a piece. He was a tiny little fellow with white hair and mild blue eyes. Kind, gentle and candid, he was described by many as one of the most respectable people on earth. Nevertheless, he turned out to be cruel to a friend in need of his help. He insulted and fooled Turner who was down and out and made him commit himself to an insane venture. What was still more surprising was that he was completely indifferent to Turner's death. Without doubt, Burton was a man with a heart of stone. UNIT6

Vocabulary I.

1. 1) appliance 2) comparative 3) multiply 4) oblige 5) prosperity 6) in reality 7) aircraft 8) volunteers 9) a handful of 10) distribution

11) famine 12) large quantities of/a large quantity of 13) widespread 14) streamline 15) provoke

2. 1) take back 2) cling to 3) stand out/stood out 4) set aside 5) set about 6) switch off 7) amount to 8) poured in

3. 1 ) The unemployment rate is forecast to be below average next year, which at

the moment is 4 percent.

2) There seems to be some confusion over who is actually giving the talk as both

men are speaking to the audience.

3) Efforts to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers

were driven out by the heat and flames.

4) The board was urged to divert some of its attention from controlling production

and get more involved with demand issues.

5) Losing just one or two items of expensive clothing can really eat heavily into

your profits when you are selling suits at ￡900 and dresses at ￡2,000.

4. 1) After two days' discussion, industry leaders who took part in the forum

concluded that the most common reason for a company to 'go international' was

insufficient growth in the domestic market, mostly due to a shortage of financial back-up from the local government.

2) There is an abundance of evidence showing that in the eleventh and twelfth

centuries, in almost every corner of Europe the area under the plough was expanding, villages were springing up, new lands were being colonized, and the frontiers of Europe were being pressed forwards and outwards.

3) Has the ever-increasing pace of modern living gotten you down Has the quest for more money and more excitement become a burden in your life Surveys show that today a lot of Americans feel weary of being knocked backwards and sideways just because they are always on the go/seem forever on the go. In their crazy search for fulfillment, they've gotten themselves into situations in which they are not able to cope.

II. Confusable Words

1. 1) nervousness 2) tension 3) stress, stress/tension 4) tension

2. 1) honorary 2) Honorable 3) honorable 4) honorary 5) honorable 6) honorary III. Usage

1) Dealing with the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible, we

may ask, to spend large sums of money to save some species -- be it an elephant or an orchid -- in a nation in which a large proportion of the population is living below the poverty line

2) This new technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to

be quickly screened -- at airports, train stations, bus terminals or border

crossings. However, experts suspect, there is also the risk that people will learn to fool the machine the same way they try to fool polygraph (测谎器) readings by controlling their breath or taking drugs to relax themselves. 3) With a high percentage of marriages ending in divorce, often due to financial

difficulties, you would say that money is a big factor in making a good marriage. But, believe it or not, it isn't money that ensures you a happy marriage; it is your philosophy of life that does.

4) Not all the risks on the Internet are sexual, you know. Sites promoting violence

are just a click away, and may include instructions for making bombs and other destructive devices.

Structure

1. 1) Philosophical essays and translations apart, Mr. Sinclair's early literary

production also covered poetry and short stories.

2) Interest in computer science apart, Michael has an enduring love of the arts,

especially music and painting.

3) Handsome reward apart, the work can be thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding in

its own right.

4) Good looks apart, there is a quality about her that makes her stand out from

all the other girls in the class.

2. 1) What I am convinced of is that the world's population will grow to an unforeseen extent.

2) The service that we can provide for our customers is what we really care about

and our staff make every effort to maintain as high standards as possible. 3) He may have traveled all over the world, yet what most often emerges in his

dreams are not the mountains he has climbed nor the oceans he has crossed,