四川大学推免大学英语课后习题答案解析

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My job varies between the extremely tedious and the annoyingly busy. On balance I think I'm

happier during the really busy times; no time to think about how bored I am

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我的工作既有特无聊的时候，

也有忙得要命的时候。

但总的来说，

我在真正忙的时候高兴些，< /p>

因为在那个时候，我没时间去想我有多厌倦。

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It is the nature of the wise to resist leasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them

。

明智之人天生会抵制

享乐，而愚蠢之人却成了它的奴隶。

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I figure out a good team of dogs, hitched to a light sled, can haul 1,000 pounds of goods.

一组

健壮的狗可以用 轻小的雪橇拉动

1,000

磅的货物。

4

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In the story, the little girl has a wicked stepmother, who makes her life a misery.

在这个故事

中，小女孩有一个心肠很坏的

继母，让她生活很痛苦。

5

、

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced

--

even a proverb is no proverb to you till your

life has illustrated it.

眼见为实——即使是谚语在你没有在生活中得到证明

时，也不一定正确。

6

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Nowadays almost all libraries are finding it increasingly difficult to remain within

Their budget.

当前，几乎所有图书馆发现靠他们的预算生存下去越来越难。

7

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You can increase a tyre

’

s grip in winter by slightly lowering its pressure .

冬天可以稍微放点气来增强轮胎的抓力。

8

、

Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are shared by the United States and Canada, and form

part of the boundary between the two countries.

苏比利尔湖、

修伦湖、

伊利湖和安大略湖归美国和加拿大共同所有，< /p>

也构成了两国的部分分

界线。

9

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The police are investigating the three men allegedly involved in organizing and carrying out the

bank robbery.

警方正在调查这三名涉嫌参与组织和实施银行抢劫案的人。

10

、

I do not doubt in the least that inflation leads to economic decline.

我毫不怀疑，通货膨胀导致经济衰退。

11

、

A blizzard was blasting great drifts of snow across the lake.

（吹起）

暴风雪席卷了整个湖面。

12

、

Tim says just about everybody will be affected by the tax increase, but I

’

m sure he

’

s

exaggerating.

（几乎）

蒂姆说，几乎每个人都会受到增税的影响，但我肯定他是在夸大其词。

Vocabulary 2

:

an effort to feel better , I started to make small changes in my life and cut down /back from

20 cigarettes in day to a mere three or four.

为了感觉更好，我开始做一 些小小的改变在我的生活中，以及减少从每天

20

支香烟到大约

< br>只有三或四。

I wasted electricity as you do at home , my dad would make me pick up the bill.

如果我像你一样浪费在家浪费电的话，我的爸爸将 肯定会让我支付账单（自己买单）

。

can get by with four computers at the moment , but we’ll need a couple more when the

new staff arrive.

这个时候我们还有四台电脑尚可（通过）

，但是我们需要两台以上的电脑，当新的职工来的

时候。

is impossible to get through this course just by working hard around exam times .

这是不可能通过这门课程的，单单只是考前临时抱佛脚的话。

they quickly face up to their mistakes , the will miss a unique opportunity to settle the

problem once and for all.

除非他们很快面对自己的错误，

否则就会失去一个独一无二的机会来解决这个问题一劳 永逸。

students were instructed to do the experiment carefully and to turn in their reports at the

beginning of next week.

学生被指示做实验仔细，为了上交他们的报告在下星期初。

7.I did not travel much when I was younger , but I’m certainly making up for lost time now.

在我年幼的时候我不太去旅行，但我现在一定要弥补失去的时间。

sful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

成功的人就是那些思考这世界还剩下什么东西，并且为此保持忙碌。

Unit 2 Vocabulary 1 :

’s economic success over the past three decades has raised the living standards of

hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens.

中国的经济成就在于过去的三十年里提高了数以亿 计的中国公民生活水平。

nk picked the chief executive of as its first Chinese customer Thursday to open

an account at its new branch in the historic Peace Hotel along Shanghai’s fabled waterfront.

花旗 银行选首席执行官

作为其第一个中国客户，星期四开立帐户在其新的分支，

在有历史意义的沿上海传说中的海滨和平宾馆。

United States last Wednesday imposed tariffs of up to 30 percent on a range of foreign

steel imports to help protect its domestic industry.

美国上周三强加一系列国外钢 铁进口的关税高达百分之

30

以保护国内产业。

gh he was raised as a Christian , he’s not really very religious.

虽然他被提出是一个基督教徒，他并不是真正的信仰于宗教的。

can distinguish between frogs and toads in the following way : frogs have slender bodies,

long limbs , and a smooth skin , and toads have stouter bodies , short limbs , and dry skin.

你可以区分为青蛙和蟾蜍的方式如下：青 蛙身体细长，四肢长，和皮肤光滑，而蟾蜍身体，

四肢短，和皮肤干燥。

the airplane window I could see a web of city streets.

从飞机的窗口可以看到一个网状的城市街道。

Pat smiled at her little niece and bade her to eat.

帕特舅妈对她侄女微笑和吩咐她吃饭

Hamilton is planning his own World Wide Web site on the Internet to provide assistance to

anyone who asks for medical help.

丰富的汉密尔顿博士计划自己的万维网址 ，

在互联网上提供帮助给那些寻求医疗帮助需要的

人。

is difficult to estimate the number of people doing part

-

time jobs on the side.

这是很难估计人们做兼职的数量（作为兼职，秘密的）

。

president has authorized his foreign minister , Mr Burns , to act as representative to the

international conference to be held in Tokyo next month.

总统授权他的外交部长， 伯恩斯先生，担任下个月在东京举行的国际会议的代表。

es in telecommunications have meant that it is just as easy to work from a computer

terminal at home as it is from a town center office.

在电信方面的进步意味着它是一样简单的工作从家里的计算机终端，

在家 和在市中心的办公

室。

the new gym is built , you have no option but to make the best of existing buildings

which may or may not suit your immediate requirements.

< /p>

直到新体育馆建设完成，

你都没有选择，

只能充分利用现有 建筑物，

那些也许适应或可能不

适合你最近的要求。

Vocabulary 2 :

she was younger , my mother experienced (wet through) a depression so severe she had

to be hospitalized.

在她年轻的时候，他妈妈经历过很严重的绝望，并且使她住院

rest of them used to be really nasty to me , but Susie always defended and supported

(stood up for) me .

其 余的人曾经是真的讨厌的我

,

但是苏茜总是扞卫和支持我。

local government established (laid down) strict rules and regulations to be followed by all

soccer fans in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in the South Korea.

当地 政府制定了严格的规章制度

,

紧跟其后的是所有球迷在

2002< /p>

年世界杯在韩国。

was quite unhappy about having to undertake (take on) all the household chores when his

wife went out to work.

Tim

很不高兴关于必须承 担

(

承担

)

所有的家务活当他的妻子外出工作。< /p>

ng promised to be in the school library by eight o’clock but it looks like he’s disappointed

(let (us) down) us again.

Sterling

承诺是在学校的图书馆 在八点，但它看起来像他让我们失望

((

下降

)

了 。

professor suggested that I make use of (draw on) the data accumulated over the years

when I work on my project.

我的教授建议我使用

(

利用

)

数据累积多年来当我工作项目时。

problems we are confronted with belong to (fall into) two categories:one is financial , the

other is technical.

< br>我们面临的问题属于（分为）两类

:

一是金融

,

en’s toy guns now looks so real that they can often be taken for (pass for) the real thing.

孩子们的玩 具枪现在看起来如此真实

,

他们经常会被看做真实的东西。

Unit 3 Vocabulary 1 :

ing to some scientist , global warming threatens the survival of the whole human race.

根据一些科学家

,

全球变暖 威胁着整个人类的生存。

number of visitors from parts of Scotland not including the Edinburgh area was , in fact ,

relatively small (19%) , and exceeded the number of overseas visitors (16%) by a small margin.

游客的数量从部分苏格兰地区不包括爱丁堡

,

事实上

,

相对较小

(19%),

超过了数量的海外游客

( 16%)

小幅度的。

early Spaniards established a chain of missions to civilize the local population along the San

Antonio River.

早期的西班牙人建立了一个链的任务来教化当地人沿着圣安东尼奥河

was common practice then that when the store owners wanted to go on vacation they simply

closed up.