大工10春《大学英语4》辅导资料十二

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大学英语4辅导资料十二

主 题：Unit 4 课后部分习题的答案与讲解 学习时间：2010年7月5日－7月11日

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Exercise 1 Fill in the blanks with words or expressions chosen from the following list. Change the form where necessary.

demonstrate limber up amateur decline professional deny indifference demanding despite put out of action jam charge prominence destined in honor of compete excel await strain play a joke on

1. Carl wrote in his postscript that he would await/was awaiting my answer to his letter with eagerness.（卡尔在信的结尾说他迫切希望看到我的回信。）

2. I played a joke on Jim by pretending to be asleep when he came in.（我跟吉姆开了一个玩笑，当他进来时，我假装睡着了。）

3. It is reported that some twenty pianists will compete in the contest.（据报道将有二十位钢琴家参加比赛。）

4. A ceremony was held yesterday in honor of those who died in the antifascist war.（昨天，为纪念那些在反法西斯战争中死去的人们举行了一个仪式。）

5. A position of prominence may appear to be a worthwhile goal, but to achieve that goal requires painstaking effort.（显要的位臵看起来是一个值得为之奋斗的目标，但要实现这一目标需要艰苦的努力。）

6. Despite the fact that the area had been hit by the severest drought in twenty years, a fairly good harvest was gathered in.（尽管该地区受到了二十年来最严重的干旱的袭击，收成还是相当不错的。）

7. The enemy machine gun was put out of action by the hand grenade he threw from the hiding-place a dozen yards away.（敌人的机关枪被他从12码以外的藏身处扔出的手榴弹摧毁了。）

8. Robert decided to quit the demanding job for an easier one.（罗伯特决定辞掉这份费神的工作，找份容易些的。）

9. At college he studied modern languages and played the violin in an amateur orchestra.（上大学时，他学习现代语言并在一个业余管弦乐队拉小提琴。） 10. It is hard to deny that Jim’s friends did not treat him fairly.（很难否认吉姆的朋友对他不公正。）

11. Not only should you limber up before exercising, but you must also be sure to cool down afterwards.（你不仅应该在锻炼前热身，还必须在锻炼后确保降温。） 12. You had better get professional advice from your lawyer before you take any action.（你采取行动前最好从律师那里获取一些专业建议。）

Exercise 2 Replace the italicized parts in the following sentences with words or expressions from the text:

1. Experienced teachers realize that there are often exceptionally talented students

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who are never given a chance to show their special abilities.

答案：demonstrate（有经验的老师意识到经常有一些特别有天赋的学生没有机会展示他们的特别才能。）

2. In spite of all the difficulties they had, the dockers were determined to unload the ships ahead of schedule.

答案：Despite（尽管有各种各样的困难，码头工人还是决定提前卸船。） 3. The store was crowded with people shopping for household wares. 答案：was jammed （商店里挤满了购买家庭用品的人。） 4. Oscar is very good at long-distance running. 答案：excels（奥斯卡在长跑方面很出色。）

5. In Western eyes, Iraq is a major strong country in an area of great strategic importance.

答案：power（在西方看来，伊拉克是一个位于重要战略意义地区的强国。） 6. It is reported that there has been a decrease in the annual birth rate over the last two decades.

答案：decline（据报道在过去二十年中出生率有了下降。）

7. His wife’s assertion proved false that his poems were fated never to be published. 答案：destined（他妻子认为他的诗注定永远不会发表的断言证明是错的。） 8. Jimmy rushed into the courtyard after his little brother. 答案：charged （杰米在他的小弟弟之后冲进了院子。）

9. His lack of interest in the project upset his colleagues who were trying every possible means to have it carried out.

答案：indifference to（他对这个项目的漠不关心使得他的那些想尽一切可能办法以实施该项目的同事们很伤心。）

10. It was quite apparent that both sides were making a great effort to win the prize. 答案：were straining （很显然双方都在努力赢奖品。）

11. Many strikers joined in the debate as to whether they should accept the management’s new terms.

答案：took part in （许多游行者加入了关于他们是否该接受管理层条款的争论中。）

12. The committee decided with complete agreement that the application should be turned down.

答案：unanimously（委员会一致认为该请求应予拒绝。）

Exercise 3 Complete the following sentences with appropriate phrasal verbs formed from the verbs given below:

compete turn hear breeze give take excel catch

1. The purse was given back to the passenger when she proved that it belonged to her.（当她证实钱包是属于那个游客的时候，她把钱包还给了她。）give sth. back to sb.把某物还给某人，此处因是sth.做主语，故用被动语态。

2. After Gerald graduated from London University he became a teacher, but later he turned to translation.（在杰拉德从伦敦大学毕业后，他成了一名老师，但随后他转向翻译。）turn to 把（兴趣、注意力等）转向，离开

3. The police overpowered the mugger and took his knife away from him. （警察制

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服了那个劫犯，没收了他的刀。）take sth. away from sb.从某人处将某物拿走 I don’t know the pop singer, but I have heard of him.（我不认识那个流行歌手，但我听说过他。）hear of听说，此处用现在时态，表示我曾听说过他。

The girl has often competed against men table-tennis players and so far she has never been beaten.（这个女孩经常和男乒乓球手打比赛，到目前还没被打败过。）compete against sb.和……比赛。由句子后半部分可推出此处该用现在完成时态。

As was expected, excessive drinking and smoking caught up with him.（正如想的那样，过度的喝酒和吸烟对他的身体产生了不良影响。）catch up with 最终对……产生不良影响

Her first-born is not the only one in her family who is good at hand-writing; in fact, all her children excel in/at calligraphy.（她的第一个孩子不是家里唯一擅长书法的人，事实上，她所有的孩子都擅长书法。）excel in/at 在……出色 To Mrs. Langton’s surprise, her little daughter breezed through that difficult book with no trouble at all.（使朗顿夫人惊讶的是，她的小女儿看那本难懂的书不费任何力气。）breeze through 轻松地前进或进行

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Exercise 4 Rewrite the following sentences after the model: Model: Is there any fun in playing in the rain? What’s the fun of playing in the rain?

1. Is there any fun in spending the evening doing nothing?

答案：What’s the fun of spending the evening doing nothing? （整夜无所事事有什么意思？）

2. Is there any fun in riding to the beach on such a windy day? 答案：What’s the fun of riding to the beach on such a windy day? （在这样的大风天骑车到海滩有什么意思吗？）

3. Is there any use in crying over spilled milk? 答案：What’s the use of crying over spilled milk? （事已至此，后悔有什么用？）It’s no use crying over spilled milk是一句习语，意思是“于事无补，覆水难收。” 4. Is there any point in complaining? They can’t do anything to help you.

答案：What’s the point of complaining? They can’t do anything to help you. （抱怨有什么用？他们不会帮助你的。）

5. Joe promised to come at six and it’s seven now. Is there any sense in waiting any longer?

答案：Joe promised to come at six and it’s seven now. What’s the sense of waiting any longer? （乔承诺六点来，但现在都七点了。等下去有什么意义？）

6. Is there any sense in treating the dying horse? There is absolutely no hope of its recovery.

答案：What’s the sense of treating the dying horse? There is absolutely no hope of its recovery.（去治疗要死的马有什么意义？它绝对没有任何希望康复了。） [注] What is the +名词+ of doing sth. ? 该种句型的疑问句还可以表示为：

Is there any +名词+ in doing sth.?

e.g. Is there any sense in going abroad? （出国有意义吗？） What’s the sense of going abroad? （出国有什么意义吗？）

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Is there any fun in going to the seaside in winter?（冬天去海边有意思吗？） What’s the fun of going to the seaside in winter? （冬天去海边有什么意思吗？）

Exercise 5 Make sentences after the model, using the pattern “There is (can be) no doubt that ...” and the given words:

Model: Jim, have more talent, anybody who ever played football

There’s no doubt that Jim had more talent than anybody who ever played football.

1. they, get the machine working, before morning 答案：There is no doubt that they can get the machine working before morning.（毫无疑问他们能让机器在早上之前运转。） 2. jury, find Steve guilty

答案：There is no doubt that the jury will find Steve guilty.（毫无疑问陪审团将裁决史蒂夫有罪。）

3. Shakespeare, not Bacon, that wrote the plays

答案：There can be no doubt that it was Shakespeare, not Bacon, that wrote the plays.（毫无疑问是莎士比亚写的这些戏剧，而不是培根写的。） 4. payment, strictly legal

答案：There can be no doubt that the payment is strictly legal.（毫无疑问付款是非常合法的。）

［注］doubt是个常用词，也是考试经常考查的词语之一。doubt既可用作动词，也可用作名词。现将其用法归纳如下。 一、doubt用作动词

1. doubt + 名词或代词。

e.g. I doubt his word. （我怀疑他的话。）

They doubted him before. （他们以前曾经怀疑过他。） 2. doubt + 宾语从句

（1）在否定句和疑问句中，doubt后面接that引导的宾语从句。

e.g. I don’t doubt that he can finish the task on time. （我相信他能按时完成任务。） Do you doubt that she will succeed? （你怀疑她会成功吗？）

（2）在肯定句中，doubt后面一般接whether或if引导的宾语从句。

e.g. I doubt whether they can swim across the river.（我怀疑他们能否游过河去。） He doubts if she will keep her word. （他不敢肯定她是否会遵守诺言。）

注意：在肯定句中，doubt后面也可以接that引导的宾语从句，但表示疑虑较大或“不相信”。

e.g. We doubt that they can complete the work ahead of time. （我们不相信他们能提前完成这项工作。

I doubt that he will come. （我看他未必会来。）

二、doubt用作名词

1. doubt常与about/of/as to/on等介词连用。 e.g. There is no doubt about it. （此事无可怀疑。）

No one has any doubt on this point.（这一点没有人会怀疑。）

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2. doubt后面接同位语从句

（1）doubt用在否定句中，后面接that引导的同位语从句。 e.g. I have no doubt that he will succeed. （我相信他会成功的。）

There is no doubt that they will agree with you on this matter. （毫无疑问，他们在这件事上会同意你的意见的。）

（2）doubt用在肯定句中，后面接whether引导的同位语从句。注意不可以用if替换whether。

e.g. He had his doubts whether they would give him another chance to have a try. （他不能肯定他们是否会再给他一次机会试一试。）

There is some doubt whether their football team will win the match. 球队会不会赢得这场比赛还不能肯定。）

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