新世纪大学英语综合教程4(第二版)-习题答案

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第一单元答案

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 the words given. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1) spark 3) bare 4) scrape 2) compelled 5) destruction 6) output 7) retreat 8) tipped 9) miracle 10) eternal 11) pile 12) transfer 13) mass 14) thereby 16) trigger 17) threaten 18) consumed 19) hollow 精品资料

15) have emerged

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2. In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Complete the sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1) show signs of 2) cope with 3) lives in fear of 4) tough it out 5) cut down 6) from head to foot 7) searched out 8) nothing short of 9) As yet 10) settle in 11) take heart

▆ Increasing Your Word Power

1. You will read six pairs of words which are similar in meaning but are different in usage. Reflect on the differences in usage between the words in each group and fill in each blank with a proper one. Change the form if necessary. ▆ Answers:

1) temptation 2) attraction 3) chance 5) states 6) country 7) warned 9) refuse 10) reject 11) total 精品资料

4) opportunity 8) threatened / threatens

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12) gross 2. A blend is a word produced by combining parts of other words, such as “comsat” from “communications” and “satellite”. Try to find out what words the following blends are formed from. You may consult a dictionary if necessary. ▆ Answers: Blend smog blog brunch autocide chunnel motel netizen sci-fi workaholic wi-fi Formation smoke + fog web + log breakfast + lunch automobile + suicide channel + tunnel motor + hotel net + citizen science + fiction work + alcoholic wireless + fidelity 烟雾 博客 早午餐 （早餐和午餐合为一餐） 撞车自杀 海峡隧道 汽车旅馆 网民 科幻小说 工作狂 无线网络 Meaning 3. Fill in the blanks in Column B with an adjective in Text A. The target adjective must be opposite in meaning to the one in Column A and must form a correct collocation with the noun in Column C. ▆ Answers:

1) individual 2) contradictory 3) destructive 4) rational 5) primitive 6) synthetic 7) distant 8) pessimistic 9) irreplaceable 10) enormous Grammar in Context

1. Study the following sentences from Text B and point out the grammatical function of each of the 精品资料

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present participles used as an adverbial.

▆ Answers:

1) an adverbial of accompanying circumstances 2) an adverbial of accompanying circumstances 3) an adverbial of result 4) an adverbial of result 5) an adverbial of manner; accompanying circumstances 6) an adverbial of result 7) an adverbial of time

2. Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets into English, using a

present participle as an adverbial.

▆ Answers:

1) killing thousands upon thousands of people 2) raising the average yield by 15 percent 3) trying to deduce its operating principle 4) Seeing that everyone was bending over his / her book 5) Not having heard from his parents for a long time 6) leaving the project unfinished 7) Turning to the right 8) Not wanting to make the patient nervous

Cloze

▆ Complete the following passage with words chosen from this unit. The initial letter of each is given. ▆ Answers:

(1) realm (3) obtain (5) transferred (2) elemental (4) stubbornly (6) transformed (7) subdued (8) expansion (9) irreplaceable 精品资料