综合教程答案 Unit_4_Dealing_with_Aids

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Key to Unit 4 dealing with aids

Text comprehension

IV.

Explain in your own words the following sentences.

1.

David and I felt so young and healthy that we couldn't believe we would fall victim to any

disease before the word AIDS appeared in my life.

2.

We didn't spend as much time together as before.

3.

I asked him face to face to explain why we were not friends any more.

4.

I couldn't go away from him when he needed me badly.

5.

I was unable to control any more the strong emotions which I had been trying to hold back

until this moment.

Vocabulary

I.

Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

having a very enjoyable and exciting time

disconnected and refused to take my phone call

go away from or refuse to be with

didn't give up, still taking him to be my best friend as before

experience so much pain and stress

endure all the pain and sorrow by myself

II.

Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its

appropriate form.

1.

2.

3.

4.

invincible

stress

confront

keep up

5.

6.

7.

8.

marking

blame

pushing aside

emotional

9.

positive

10.

recognized

III.

Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

1-4 B C A C

5-8 D D D A

IV

. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in its appropriate form

and note the differences in meaning between them.

1.

(Careless is used when people do not pay enough attention to what they are doing, so they

make mistakes, or cause harm or damage, while carefree refers to a person or a period of time

that does not involve any problems, worries, or responsibilities.)

a.

carefree

c.

careless

b.

careless

d.

carefree

2.

(Both words can refer to suffering from a disease or a health problem. In this sense, sick can

often be used as attributive in front of a noun. When ill is used as attributive, it often refers to

something

harmful

or

unpleasant.

Sick

can

also

mean

to

vomit,

so

it

can

be

confusing to say

something.)

a.

sick

c. ill

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b.

sick

d. ill

3.

(Disease refers to any kind of bad health or is an illness that affects people, animals or plants.

It does not have any implications as to whether the sickness is acute or chronic, mild or harsh,

or long or short in duration. Plague specifically refers to a very infectious disease that spreads

quickly over a wide area and kills large numbers of people.)

a.

disease

c. disease

b.

plague

d. plague

4.

(Keep, among its many different uses, can mean

to do something,

something and do not let it stop or grow weaker,

regularly checking it and repairing it when necessary.

a.

keep

c. maintain

b.

keep

d. maintain

V.

Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in

each sentence in the

sense it is used.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

tighten (intensify, enhance)

unhappy (wretched, miserable, cheerless)

quickly (rapidly, swiftly)

negative (doubtful, pessimistic, uncertain)

benefit (profit, advantage)

gain (increase, gather)

cautious (alert, watchful)

beginning (start, commencement)

VI.

Fill

in

the

blank

in

each

sentence

with

an

appropriate

form

of

the

given

capitalized word in brackets.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

unfavourable

organisation

worthless

imperfect

strengthening

ashamed

gratitude

youth

Grammar

I. Put in any, each, every, some or one of their compounds.

1. every (We use

“

each

”

when we talk about people or things as individuals and we use

“

every

”

when we think of them as a group.)

2. everything

3. anywhere (

“

Any where

”

in an affirmative sentence means

“

in any place; no matter where

”

)

4. everyday

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5. somehow; anything

6. anyone; someone

7. some

8. somewhere

II. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

(The nouns in the underlined parts are all normally uncountable, but they are used as countable

nouns here.)

1.

a kind of seriousness

2.

a kind of devotion

3.

people that cause joy

4.

the water of the stated river

5.

a kind of zeal

6.

many kinds of tea

7.

something that distracted

8.

something that made him disappointed

III.

Choose the best answer.

1-4

C

C

B

C

5-8

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

DACB

IV

.

Insert suitable prepositions in the following sentences.

in

since

behind

in; by

in

(

to; for

by; for; by; in/under; of

by; of; in; around

to; in; with; on; in

under

(

V

.

Correct the errors, where found, in the following sentences.

1.

√

(We use

2.

above

→

over

(We use

else and is in contact with it.)

3.

under

→

below (We use

4.

through

→

across

5.

√

(

6.

on

→

in

7.

√

8.

in

→

at

Translation

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