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综
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第
三
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四
第
8
单
元
课
后
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习
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Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
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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.
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Answers:
1)
ensure2) exclude3) sustain4)
domestic
5) fundamental
6)
transparent
7) elastic 8)
inherent
9)
input 10)
margin
11) reverse 12)
potential 13) subsidies 14)
restored 15) features
16) urged
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.
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Answers:
1) is
based on2) lived up to
3) account for4)
has borne out
5) slow down6) act on
7) cash in on8) regardless of
9) on top of10) at their
peril
11) in part…in part 12) in the
name of
13) torn down
▆
Increasing
Your Word Power
1
Each of the following sentences has
four parts underlined and marked with A, B,
C and D. You are to identify the one
that needs correction. Write down the correct
usage in the space provided at the end
of each sentence.
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Answers:
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Answers:
1) C
(are→is)
2)
C (scent→smell / odour)
3) B (is told
→
be
told)
4) D
(since→
while/whereas)
5) C
(deciding→
decide)
6) A
(take
s→
gives)
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7) B
(medicine→
medical)
8) C
(minutes→minutes’
)
9) C (as well→as well
as)
10) B (have
usually→usually have)
11)
D (while→when)
12) A
(Viewing
→
Viewed)
13) D (seventh→
seven)
14) B (said
of→said)
15) C
(progresses
→
progress)
2
Clipping is a process that
shortens a polysyllabic
(
多音节的
)
word by
deleting one
or more syllables, such as
“prof” for “professor”, “copter” for “helicopter”,
etc. A
number of such abbreviations
have been accepted in general usage. Now work in
pairs and turn the clipped words into
their original forms. Consult a dictionary if
necessary.
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Answers:
Clipped word
Original form
Clipped word
Original form
fax
facsimile
fridge
refrigerator
auto
automobile
memo
memorandum
burger
hamburger
poli-sci
political science
demo
demonstration
sub
substitute;
submarine
flu
influenza
zoo
zoological garden
3
Fill in the blanks in
Column B with an adjective in this unit. 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.
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Answers:
Column A
Column B
Column C
1) falling
rising
tide
2)
tragic
comic
opera
3) disorderly
orderly
mind
4) momentary
lasting
peace
5)
developing
developed
countries
6) guilty
innocent
person
7) particular
universal
rule
8) general
specific
purpose
9) limited
endless
patience
10) concrete
abstract
concept
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Grammar and Rhetoric
The following sentences seem to be
grammatically correct, but they are in effect
faulty. Discuss in pairs why they are
not acceptable and then improve them.
▇
Answers for
reference:
1) Reason: Wordiness
Improved: Before going to the
supermarket, we made a list of the groceries we
needed
to prepare
dinner.
2) Reason: Wordiness
Improved:
A lot
of research has been done to determine its causes.
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3) Reason:
Wordiness
Improve: Professor Smith
knows a great deal about American history.
4) Reason: Dangling modifier
Improved: To finish the work on time,
they have taken some new and effective
measures.
5) Reason:
Dangling modifier
Improved:
After I graduated from college,
my father
wanted
me to pursue my
education in the United
States.
6) Reason: Dangling modifier
Improved: Having been bitten by a mad
dog, the boy was cured by the doctor
with a new kind of medicine.
7) Reason: Split infinitive
Improved: Sara hopes to
finish
her chemistry
homework quickly so that she
can return
to the more interesting novel she has been
reading.
8) Reason: Random shift of the
verb tense
Improved: Professor Smith
has worked in the university for over twenty years
and (has) published many books.
9) Reason: Not parallel
Improved: He told us to look at the
picture and to tell him what we found.
10) Reason: Not parallel
Improved: She was a woman of mean
understanding, little information, and
uncertain temper.
11)
Reason: Dangling modifier
Improved: To
get ready for the trip, I put all the things I
needed into a suitcase
the previous
night.
12) Reason: Not parallel
Improved: Dictionaries can be used for
these purposes: to find word meanings,
pronunciations, correct spellings, and
irregular verbs.
Cloze
▇
Complete the
following passage with words chosen from this
unit. The initial
letter of each is
given.
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▇
unit 8 cloze:
(1) manifestation(2) lies(3)
promoting(4)
minds (5)recognize
(6)benefit (7)
economic(8) denied (9)
excluded
(10) prosperity(11) imperative
(12) assistance(13) fostering
(14) triumph(15) separate
Translation
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