新世纪大学英语第二版B2U5

Unit Five The Value of Life

Enhance Your Language Awareness

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Words in Action

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Working with Words and Expressions

1.

In the box 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.

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Answers:

1)

stretched

2)

remedy

3)

confine

4)

remarkable

5)

owe

6)

lower

7)

response

8)

reveal

9)

characterized

10)

picture

11)

adopt

12)

proposed

13)

trembling

2.

In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their

meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the

blank-filling exercise. Be sure to change the form where necessary.

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Answers:

1) singled out for

2) kept back

3) all but

4) in search of

5) on earth

6) in particular

7) first and foremost

8) took in

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Increasing Your Word Power

1.

In each of the following sentences you are given two words in the bracket. Choose the appropriate one

to fill in the blank. Please note that for some sentences, both words are acceptable.

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Answers:

1) similar

2) alike / similar

3) sleeping

4) asleep

5) cheerful

6) glad

7) afraid / frightened

8) frightened

9) living

10) alive

2.

Fill in each blank in the following sentences with a proper word or phrase in the table.

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Answers for Reference:

1) regardless of

2) While / Though / Although

3) as

4) In spite of / Despite

5) Though / Although / While

6) disregard

7) regardless of

8) in spite of / despite

9) disregard

10) as

3.

Word Building

Match each of the English word in Column A with its Chinese meaning in Column B. You may consult a

dictionary if necessary.

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Answers:

1) o

2) g

3) i

4) n

5) b

6) k

7) h

8) c

9) d

10) a

11) l

12) m

13) e

14) j

15) f

Grammar in Context

1. Sequence of Tenses

Study

the

following

paragraphs

from

the

texts

in

this

unit,

paying

special

attention

to

the

sequence

of

tenses. Reflect on its grammatical function in each sentence.

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Now fill in each blank of the following passage with the proper form of the verb given in brackets, paying