大学英语精读第四册第三版答案

7) lowering 8) conceived 9) Rhythm 10) reserve 11) romantic 12) productivity 13) dependent 14) internal 1) mature 2) reserve

3) deposit/deposit enough money 4) currency 5) ample 6) fundamental 7) given birth to 8) somewhat 9) an excess 10) expended 11) safeguard 12) conceive

1) drew on/draws on 2) depend on

3) slowing down 4) put on 5) turn down

1) The country is trying to be/become less dependent on foreign aid. 2) It amused us to see the actor's beard fall off.

3) The rhythm of life is made up of a cycle of birth, youth, maturity, and death.

4) Conservation of our mineral resources is highly important because they can never be replenished.

5) Parking spaces in this city are scarce on Saturdays.

1) man-eating 2) earth-shaking 3) body-building 4) labor-saving 5) fact-finding 6) record-breaking 7) tone-setting 8) paper-cutting

1) biochemistry: the science that deals with the chemical processes of living animals and plants; biological chemistry 2) biocide: any substance poisonous to life

3) bioconversion: the conversion of biological waste, garbage, and plant material into energy, fertilizer, and other useful products

4) biophysics: the branch of biology which applies the laws of physics to explain the phenomena of biology

5) ecoactivity: any project or undertaking to combat pollution or improve the quality of the environment

6) ecocatastrophe: a large-scale or world-wide disaster resulting from uncontrolled use of pollutants

7) ecocide: the destruction of the earth's environment or ecology through the uncontrolled use of pollutants

8) ecospecies: a group of organisms only somewhat fertile with organisms of related groups, usually considered equivalent to a species

1) All children in that country are 2) all her life/her whole life

3) Whole Indian tribes in the region were killed off. 4) the whole staff/all the staff 5) all the time/the whole time

6) this whole business/all this business

1) in the case of Tom: he was ill.

2) A case in point is Dujiangyan, which was built about 2000 years ago. 3) in the case of my two college sons, they try to live on their parents as long as possible.

4) A case in point is the successful launching of space shuttles. 5) A case in point is the chimp, who can learn to paint like a small child.

1) He does not lend his books to everybody. 2) She is not always so cooperative.

3) Not all his stories make interesting reading. 4) This plant is not to be found everywhere.

5) The exhibits are not all of them worth looking at.

1) go round 2) romantic 3) fundamental 4) dependent 5) resources 6) abundant 7) deposited 8) scarce 9) slowing down 10) pull through 11) draw on

12) in good condition 13) give birth to 1) with 2) on 3) future 4) as