全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程第二册全部课后练习答案

air force

daughter-in-law first-rate greenhouse half brother ice-cream lifelike light year salesperson self-centered threefold overuse stone-still worldwide

Chinese meaning

古老的 空军 儿媳妇 一流的 温室

同母异父兄弟；同父异2.

1) poverty-stricken people 2) heart-breaking news 3) newly-built database 4)

well-fed kids

III. Confusable Words

1. lying 4. lain 2. laid 5. lie 3. lay

6. lay

Comprehensive Exercises I. cloze

1.

(1) spell

母兄弟 冰淇淋 逼真的 光年

售货员；推销员 以自己为中心的，自私的 三倍 过度使用

石头似的一动不动 全世界范围的；在世界范围内

5) successful spacewalk 6) peace-loving people 7) need-based scholarships 8) color-blind people

7. lie 10. lies

8. lay 9. lay

(2) stricken

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(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 2.

(1) (2) (3) (4)

misfortunes surroundings blossom/bloom migrant deserted rate

publication dangerous banned

(5) (6) (7) (8)

(8) silence (9) sickened (10) hatch (11) puzzled

(12) in harmony with

export profit accept

comprehend

(9) boundaries (10) ultimately

II. Translation

1.

1) This is a prosperous town, but there is still poverty in the midst of wealth

and abundance.

2) The Brown family was stricken with one misfortune after another, but

their children never complained.

3) The museum is designed in such a way that it stands in perfect harmony

with its surroundings.

4) It was a miracle that these flowers did not wither at all in the blazing

sun.

5) Flocks of sheep feed on the patches of vegetation that rise above the

winter snow.

2.

This village was once famous for its beautiful natural surroundings. All the year round, the trees were green and the flowers in bloom. Clear streams flowed out of the hills through a checkerboard of rice fields. Birds sang all day, and deer came and went in a leisurely manner. However, with the coming of DDT and other pesticides, an evil spell seemed to have settled over the village. Misfortunes came one after another. Chicken died suddenly, cattle and sheep were stricken by mysterious maladies, and farmers complained about a sickening feeling that puzzled the village doctor. The village square, once throbbing with life, was now deserted.

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