新世纪大学英语综合教程4第二版U4

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第四单元

Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action

▇ Working with Words and Expressions

1 In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit.

Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. ■Answers: 1) mass 2) gambled 3) voluntary 4) hunted 5) classified 6) abolished 7) division 8) senseless 9) fashions 10) coordination 11) declarations 12) committed 13) necessity 14) moderately 15) slightest

16) considerable 17) evaluate 18) derived

2 In the boxes below are some of the expressionsyou have learned in this unit. Complete the sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. ■Answers:

1) stands/stood a chance 2) ruled out

3) consist /consists of 4) gone through 5) in the strict sense 6) At a guess 7) earns a living 8) coincide with 9) gone in for

10) got their teeth into ▆ Increasing Your Word Power 1 Word Building

Did you notice the suffix -ary and -ory in words such as “ voluntary and”

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“ satisfactory ” in Texts A and B? The -suffixaryor -ory can be added to a noun to form an adjective. Now add the suffixes of -ary or -ory to the nouns in the following table to form adjectives, then translate them into Chinese. ▆ Answers:

Chinese nouns suffixes adjectives meaning planet planetary 行星的

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congratulation ry

contradiction y custom -ary / -ory document y

explanation imagination introduction legend migration vision 1) imaginary 2) congratulatory 3) Migratory 4) documentary 5) legendary 6) introductory 7) contradictory 8) explanatory

congratulato

contradictorcustomary

祝贺的

矛盾的，对立的

通常的，习惯的；惯例的

公文的，文件的

解释的；说明的

想象中的，虚构的

介绍的，导言的

传说（中）的，传奇的迁徙的，移居的

有远见的；不实际的

documentarexplanatory imaginary introductory legendary migratory visionary

2 Study the following usage notes and then complete each of the following sentences with an appropriate word from the box. ▆ Answers for reference: 1) vocation 2) posts 3) trade 4) job 5) work 6) profession 7) career 8) position

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3 Underline the mistakes in the following sentences, paying special attention to the use of prepositions. Write down your corrections in the space provided. If

there is

no mistake, write “ No Mistake ”. ▇ Answers:

1) ( of agains2) ( t 3) ( for 4) ( with 5) ( over 6) ( of ) Natural disasters are inevitable and they are independent onman’ s will.

) This incident can by no means justify their discrimination for the black people. ) My son has little aptitude of sport but he excels in music. ) The deceased musician was buried in his home village in accordance to his wishes.

) The mayor (市长 ) presided on the ceremony to lay the

foundation stone of the new museum.

) Truth be told, I am envious about his fame and success

though I always pretend otherwise.

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