新加坡的大学现代大学英语精读第三册unit_11课后答案

Unit 11 Silent Spring

Pre-class Work

Word-building

Give the corresponding nouns of the following.

(1)

suppression (2) modification (3) contender (4) restraint (5) alteration (6) desertion

(7) contamination (8) radiation (9) isolation (10) reservation (11) confinement (12)adaptation

More Work on the Text II Vocabulary

ate

1 ) From Chinese into English.

(1)

to mold youngster's thinking

(11)

to work miracles

(2)

to restrain one's impulse

(12)

to acquire power

(3)

to spread butter

(13)

to desert one's friends

(4)

to set the stage

(14)

to desert the city

(5)

to contaminate the environment

(15)

to settle the dispute

(6)

to undergo great sufferings

(16)

to settle the matter

(7)

to spray paint

(17)

to delight the eye

(8)

to still the noises

(18) to invade that country

(9)

to modify the tone

(19)

to invade someone's privacy

(10)

to work unknown harm

(20)

to sink a well

2) into Chinese.

(1)

妖魔所施的魔法或所下的咒语

(8)

品牌名

(2)

焦黄枯萎的草木

(9)

化学战

(3)

严峻的现实

(10)

事先的调查

(4)

空气的污染

( 11)

生死斗争

(5)

致命的武器

(12)

外来的物种

(6)

人工合成的材料

(13)

自然保护区

(7)

有创造力的头脑

( 14)

农业的精耕细作

2. Give synonyms

(1) numerous

，

innumerable

(2) large amount

，

great supply

，

plenty

，

more than enough

(3) to shake

，

to shiver

，

to shudder

(4) big

，

large

，

considerable

，

abundant

(5) cruel

，

pitiless

，

ruthless

，

severe

，

(6) to shape

，

to form

，

to remodel

(7) to change

，

to transform

，

to revise

，

to convert

，

to modify

，

to vary

(8) to use

(9) prepared

，

adjusted

，

or adapted for a particular purpose

(10) exactly just

(11) to experience

，

to go through

，

to endure

(12) us eless

，

vain

，

unsuccessfu l

(13) artificial, man-made, unnatural

(14) to rise, to appear, to surface, to come up, to come into view

(15) contamination

(16) deadly, fatal

(17) attack

(18) evil, wicked, threatening, frightening

(19) to alter, to change, to adjust, to adapt

3. Translate

1) Building a house is no joking matter. You have to check carefully at every step.

2) His troops successfully checked the advance of the enemy.

3) I really wanted to refute his arguments, but I checked myself because I thought it was not the

right occasion.

4) Are you sure that we can trust him? I think we ought to check it up on him.

5) Our original intention was to check into a hotel, but our friend insisted that we should stay at

his p!ace.

6) Rachel Carson devoted all her life to the cause of environmental protection.

7) They are devoted to each other. Nothing can separate them.

8) He devoted a whole chapter to this subject in his recently published book'

9) This reservoir can hold two billion cubic meters of water.

10) At that time, we all held our breath. You could hear a needle drop.

11) Diogenes held the view that the property people hold does not really being happiness.

12) He did not intend his discovery to be used for war purposes.

13) These colorful clothes are intended for the African market.

14) Today there are so many cars in the streets. I'd rather walk than drive. It's quicker.

15) He would rather die standing on his feet than live on his knees.

16) You can use my bike , or rather my wife's bike.

17) I hear that the movie is intended to be a hit. But I must confess I think it is rather silly.

4.

1) A.

4) D.

7) A.

10) D.

13) A.

2) B.

5) C.

8) B.

11) A.

14) D.

3) A.

6) B.

9) A.

12) B.

15)C.

5.

1) a piece of news

2) a piece of information

3) a newspaper/paper

20) a jacket

4) a slip/piece of paper

21) a suit (of clothes)

5) a piece of advice/a proposal (suggestion)

22) a piece of land/a plot

6) a song

23) a piece/bar of soap

7) a piece of music

24) a piece of furniture

8) a stone/a rock

25) a rope

9) a piece of wood

26) a hair

10) a tree

27) two fish

11) a lump of sugar/a piece of candy

28) three sheep

12) a piece of evidence

29) a lot of (lots of, much, a great deal of, a

13) a loaf of bread

large amount of, a large quantity of, large

14) a piece/slice of bread

quantities of) money

15) a job

30) a lot of (lots of, many, a great number

16) a means

of, large numbers of) problems

17) a fish

31) some (a little, a bit of) time

18) a piece of cloth

32) some (a few, several) deer

19) a piece of clothing/a garment (dress, coat)

B

1) a pair of (shoes, glasses, gloves etc)

9) a blade of (grass)

2) a drop of (water, wine' oil etc)

10) a flock of (birds, sheep)

3) a set of (teacups, books etc)

11) a pile of (books, stones, melons)

4) a bunch of (keys, bananas, people .etc)

12) a roll of (film, toilet paper)

5) a glass of (beer, wine, milk etc)

13) a swarm of (bees, flies)

6) a cup of (tea, coffee etc)

14) a heap of (stones, money)

7) a pack of (cigarettes, wolves etc)

15) a cluster of (flowers, students)

8) a grain of (rice, salt, sand etc)

16) a herd of (cattle)

6.

1) (1) exchange

(2) changed

(3) exchanged, changed

(4) an exchange, an exchange

2) (1) except

(2) Besides

(3) beside

(4) except

3) (1) used to, is used to

( 2) am used to

(3) used to

4) (1) shaking

(2) shivering

(3) trembled/shook

(4) trembled

7.

1)

你上月的电话费

( bill

账单

)

付了吗

?

2)

那个法案

(bill

法案

)

在国会里被否决了。

3)

这 是一张十块钱的钞票（

bill

钞票）

，你就别找了。

4)

人们说这位新教皇心灵是敞开的，但思想很封闭保守。

5)

这里空气很不新鲜，你们为什么不开窗

?

6)

这场比赛旗鼓相当，最后结果是

87

比

86

，我们赢。

7)

她是我最亲密的朋友，我们感情很深。

8)

仔细照看那孩子，别让他掉进火里去。

9)

我要问你一个直接了当的问题，我希望你给我一个直接了当的回答。

10)

这部电影是一个才华出众的年轻人导演的。

11)

一位年轻教授被委任来主持这个项目。

12)

这个批评不是针对你的，你不要这么过敏。

8.