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Key to the Exercises
Text
Comprehension
I.
Decide
which of the following best states the author’s
purpose of writing.
C
II. Judge, according to the text,
whether the following statements are true or
false.
1-5 F F F T T
IV. Explain in your own words the
following sentences.
1.
I
am
embarrassed
to
admit
that
women
are
less
capable
than
men
of
resisting the temptation of fashion.
2. It means that you make friends with
different people in order to find a new
identity for yourself.
Structural analysis of the text
1. see III. 2.
2. Paragraph
3:
the
last
sentence;
Paragraph
4:
the
second
sentence;
Paragraph 5: the
first sentence.
Vocabulary
I. Explain the underlined part in each
sentence in your own words.
1. be apt
to: be likely to
易于
< br>……
，有
……
的倾向
2. fall apart: break up,
disintegrate
3. in general: as a whole
通常，大体上；总的来说，从总体上看
4. at the mercy of: powerless against;
completely controlled by
对<
/p>
……
无能为
力；任
……
处置，任由
……
摆布
5. no wonder: not surprising /
only too natural
不足为奇，并不奇怪
II.
Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or
phrase taken from the box
in its
appropriate form.
1. delay
2.
Feverishly
3.
fa?
ade
4. confronted
5. premise
6. dreaded
7.
automatically
8. awaiting
III. Fill in the blanks with the
appropriate forms of the given words.
1. obsessive
2. moodiness
3. tolerable
4. beneficial
5. satisfying
6. hidden
7.
preference
8.
criticisms
IV.
Choose
the
word
or
phrase
that
can
replace
the
underlined
part
in
each
sentence.
1-4 CDAA
5-8 BDCB
V. Give a synonym
or an antonym of the word underlined in each
sentence in
the sense it is used.
1. Synonym: conceal, disguise
2. Antonym: narrow
3.
Synonym: satisfaction, happiness, joy
4. Synonym: merits, advantages
5. Synonym: fat, plump
6.
Synonym: well-built
7. Antonym: old-
fashioned, outdated
8. Synonym:
clearly, evidently
VI.
Write
in
each
space
one
word
that
has
the
same
prefix
as
underlined
in
each given word.
1. preface
prepare
5. periphery
perimeter
2. prologue
progress
6. dialogue
diameter
3. foresight
foresee
7. semifinal
semiconductor
4.
paralysis
parallel
8. devaluate
decelerate
Grammar
I. Complete the following sentences
with the appropriate forms of the nouns
given.
1. agony
2. agonies
3. experience
4. experiences
5. youth
6. a youth
7. a
great help
8. a good
knowledge
9. a gray hair
10. work
II. Complete the following sentences
with quantifiers & determiners.
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. C
III. Complete the
reading.
a lot of, a little,
some, a few, A, some, some, a lot of, x, many, x,
a lot of
IV. Complete the following
with
every, each, everyone, every one,
all.
1. all, every one
2. each
3. every
4. each
5. everyone
6. each
7. everyone, everyone
8. each
V.
Correct errors in the following sentences.
1. you must take care
2. Though he received the
document late at night; it
3. When you
fell
4. When you read
5. I
became clear about what he meant
6. We
saw the first star shining in the sky
7. who were eating
8. he was
cleaning
Translation
I. Translate the following sentences
into Chinese.
1.
许多中年人去健身房锻炼，到街上跑步，为的是延缓衰老。
2.
青年人最不稳定的因素就是，他
们对价值观、人生目标和梦想还犹豫不定。