大学英语综合教程4课后答案

大学英语综合教程

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课后答案

大学英语综合教程

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课后答案

【篇一：新标准大学英语综合教程

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课后答 案】

lass=txt>unit 1

active reading (1)

looking for a job after university? first, get off the sofa

reading and understanding

dealing with unfamiliar words 1 to make progress by moving

to the next stage in a series of actions or events (proceed)

2 the process of changing from one situation, form or state to

another (transition)

3 not feeling involved with someone or something in a close or

emotional way (detached)

4 referring to something which will happen soon (upcoming)

5 to be sitting still in a position that is not upright (slump)

6 to return to a previous state or way of behaving (revert)

7 to say what happened (recount)

it isn‘t easy to make the (1) transition from a busy university

student to an unemployed young adult (2) slumped on a bar

stool or half watching a mindless television show, wondering if

and how their career is going to (3) proceed. many people who

have experienced a long period of inactivity like this, when

(4) recounting how they felt at the time, refer to the same

strange psychological effect. as the days pass, they begin to

feel (5) detached from any sense of pressure to go and look for

a job, and tend to regard (6) upcoming interviews as if they

were not very important. typically, back at home after three or

four years away, they (7) revert to old habits, start seeing old

friends, and, in many cases, become dependent again on their

parents.

1 i went to a mixed-ability secondary school just outside

london. (comprehensive)

2 i got stopped by a policeman who asked to see my driving

licence. (cop)

3 have you seen this beautiful from the air view of oxford?

(aerial)

4 isabel tightly her bag as she walked down the corridor

towards the office. (clutched)

5 y

ou should speak to toby; he‘s an supporter of flexible

working hours. (advocate)

6 i hurt my leg badly a couple of months ago, and it still hasn‘t

got better completely. (healed)

1 is a dead-end job one with (a)

exciting prospects, or (b) no future?

2 is a tricky problem (a) difficult, or (b) easy to solve?

3 if an activity saps all your energy, do you feel (a) tired, or (b)

more active than usual?

4 does a pushy person try to (a) persuade you to do something

you don‘t want to, or (b) help you by liste

ning to what you have

to say?

5 if you feel apathy, do you want to (a) change the world, or (b)

stay at home and do nothing?

1 is fork out (a) a formal, or (b) an informal way of saying to pay

for something?

2 if you are in the same boat as another person, are you (a)

making the same journey together, or (b) in the same difficult or

unpleasant situation?

3 if you feel you have come full circle, do you (a) feel you are

back where you started, or (b) feel a sense of satisfaction

because you have completed something?

4 if someone takes a soft line, do they deal with a person (a) in

a kind and sympathetic way, or (b) in a lazy way without making

a decision?

5 if you strike the right note about something, are you

expressing yourself (a) well, or (b) badly? 6 if you do something

by all means, do you (a) try your best to do it, or (b) not care

about it?

7 if you nudge someone back into the saddle, are you

encouraging them to (a) take responsibility again, or (b) take it

easy?

8 if you talk through a problem with someone, do you (a)

examine it carefully and sensitively, or (b) refer to it quickly and

then change the subject?

active reading (2)

if you ask me

dealing with unfamiliar words 1 funny or entertaining

(amusing)

2 used for emphasizing that something good has happened,

especially because of good luck

(fortunately)

3 an amount of money that a person, business or country

borrows, usually from a bank (loan) 4 to take an amount or

number from a total (deduct)

5 the most exciting, impressive, or interesting part of an event

(highlight)

6 to show that you understand someone‘s problems

(sympathize)

7 needing a lot of time, ability, and energy (demanding)

a after three years at university, i‘m now quite heavily in debt

.

b i (1) sympathize with you, i know what it‘s like to have

financial problems. but (2) fortunately i didn‘t need to take out a

student (3) loan when i was at university, because i had a

part-time job.

a what did you do?

b i worked in a restaurant at weekends.

a that must have been very (4) demanding.

b yes, it was. i had to get the right balance between work and

study. but the other people who worked there were good fun to

be with, so it was quite (5) amusing too. the (6) highlight of the

weekend was always saturday night when we worked overtime.

a but i don‘t expect you made a lot of money?

b no, there wasn‘t much after they‘d (7) deducted tax and

pension contributions. but it was enough to keep me going.

1 when i was at college i kept all my personal things in an old

cupboard.

2 a lot of people who leave university before getting a degree

end up in good jobs.

3 i think she‘ll get a good degree, but i wouldn‘t risk my money

on the exact result.

4 the money i spent at college was more than what i earned in

my part-time job.

5 the chances of my being offered a job after that interview

must be quite remote.

6 our business has done very well since we changed our

advertising.

7 i think telling the truth and not cheating is always the best

policy.

key: (1) belongings (2) dropouts (3) gamble (4) exceeded (5)

odds

(6) has thrived (7) honesty

1 if something is not all it’s cracked up to be, is it (a) valid and

interesting, or (b) just a little bit disappointing?

2 if someone keeps banging on about something, are you

likely to be (a) interested in, or (b) bored by what they say?

3 if there is a lot of hassle in your life, are you likely to feel (a)

stressed, or (b) relaxed?

4 if something happens out of the blue, is it (a) unexpected, or

(b) part of your plan?

5 if you say you ended up in a particular job, do you suggest

that (a) you have fulfilled your ambition, or (b) it happened

almost by chance?

6 are the regulars in a pub (a) the customers who come very

often, or (b) the food the pub offers most often?

7 if something is dead easy, is it (a) very easy, or (b) not easy

at all?

8 if you treat someone to something, do you (a) buy something

nice for them, or (b) behave badly to them?

9 if you cheer a place up, do you (a) make the place look

brighter, or (b) make the people in the place happier?

reading and interpreting

1 twelve years at school and three years at university, teachers

banging on about opportunities in the big wide world beyond

our sheltered life as students, and what do i find?

this shows the informality of an incomplete sentence in the

first part, the use of an informal expression (banging on) and a

rhetorical question to the reader (what do i find?)

2 try as i might to stay cheerful, all i ever get is hassle,

sometimes with people (especially boys, god, when will they

grow up?) …

this has the use of an informal word (hassle), an informal

exclamation (god) and a question to the reader (when will they

grow up?)

3 actually, i had my eye on the course at the london school of

economics (lse).

here there is a discourse marker typical of speech (actually)

and an informal phrase (had my eye on). 4 i kind of understand

it, and not just because my degree is in economics.

here ―kind of‖ is a sort of discourse marker of informal

speech (showing something is general, vague or not definite).

5 i wanted something in finance and investments, because you

know, maybe with a job like that, i

could use my degree.

this has a discourse marker of informal speech (you know).

6 ... it‘s true, he really did seem to have three hands.

again here is a discourse marker of informal speech (it‘s true).

7 i talked to him about ... well, about pretty well everything …

this has another discourse marker of informal speech (well)

and an informal phrase (pretty well).

language in use

1 write the compound nouns which mean:

1 a degree which is awarded a first class (a first- class degree)

2 work in a hospital (hospital work)

3 a ticket for a plane journey (a plane ticket)

4 a discount for students (a student discount)

5 a pass which allows you to travel on buses (a bus pass)

6 a room where an interview is held (an interview room)

7 a period spent in training (a training period)

word formation: noun phrases

1 a career which is rewarding from the financial point of view

(a financially rewarding career) 2 legislation which has been

introduced recently (recently introduced legislation)

3 instructions which are more complex than usual (unusually

complex instructions)

4 an institution which is orientated towards academic

(academically orientated work)

5 work which makes physical demands on you (physically

demanding work)

6 information which has the potential to be important

(potentially important information)

7 candidates who have been selected after a careful procedure

(carefully selected candidates)

8 a coursebook in which everything has been planned

beautifully (a beautifully planned textbook)

try as … might

1 i‘m trying to fill this last page, but i just can‘t think of

anything.

try as i might to fill this last page, i just can‘t think of anything.

2 i try to be friendly with marta, but she doesn‘t seem to

respond.

try as i might to be friendly with marta

, she doesn‘t seem to

respond.

3 i try hard to get to sleep, but i can‘t help thinking about my

family.

try as i might to get to sleep, i can‘t help thinking about my

family.

4 he just doesn‘t seem to get the promotion he deserves, even

though he keeps trying.

try as he might, he just doesn‘t seem to get the promotion he

deserves. / try as he might to get the promotion he deserves, he

just doesn‘t seem to get it.

5 i keep trying to remember her name, but my mind is a blank.

try as i might to remember her name, my mind is a blank.

given that … 1 since i know several languages, i thought i

would look for work abroad.

given that i know several languages, i thought i would look for

work abroad.

2 xiao li has the best qualifications, so she should get the job.

given that xiao li has the best qualifications, she should get

the job.

3 since we‘re all here, i think it would be a good idea to get

down to some work.

given that we‘re all here, i think it would be a good idea to get

down to some work.

4 sinc

e it‘s rather late, i think we should leave this last task

until tomorrow.

given that it‘s rather late, i think we should leave this last task

until tomorrow.

clauses introduced by than

1 she‘s experienced at giving advice. i‘m more experienced.

she‘s less experienced at giving advice than i am. / i‘m more

experienced at giving advice than she is. 2 you eat too much

chocolate. it isn‘t good for you.

you eat too much chocolate than is good for you.

3 she worked very hard. most part-

timers don‘t

work so hard.

she worked harder than most part-timers do.

4 you have arrived late too many times. that isn‘t acceptable.

you have arrived late more times than is acceptable.

5 i don‘t think you should have given so much personal

information. it isn‘t wise.

i think you have given more personal information than is wise.

collocations

1 highlight a highlight is the most exciting, impressive, or

interesting part of an event.

(a) what would you like to be the highlight of your career?

i would like the highlight of my student career to be to receive

a national award for the best student research project.

(b) how can you highlight an important sentence in a text?

you can underline it in pencil or pen or you can use coloured

pens or highlighters.

(c) what are the edited highlights of a football match?

the highlights are when someone scores a goal or prevents

one from being scored.

2 loan a loan is an amount of money someone borrows from

someone else.

(a) have you ever taken out a loan?

no, i haven‘t. but my parents have taken out several loans to

buy kitchen equipment.

(b) what is the best way to pay off a loan?

it is best to pay a loan off quickly, although you will still have

to pay some interest.

(c) if you have a library book on loan, what do you have to do

with it?

you have to return it before the date it is due, otherwise you

may have to pay a fine.

3 thrive to thrive means to be very successful, happy or

healthy.

【篇二：全新版大学英语综合教程

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课后习题答案】

ss=txt>unit 1

i. vocabulary

1.

1) alliance2)

at the cost of

3) stroke 4)

limp

5) minus 6)

regions

7) declarations

8) siege

9) raw10) bide his time

11) have taken their toll 12) in the case of

2.

1) is faced with2) get bogged down

3) is pressing on / pressed on4) drag on

5) get by

6) dine out

7) have cut back 8) get through

3.

1) the rapid advance in gene therapy may lead to the conquest

of cancer in the near future.

2) production in many factories has been brought to a halt by

the delayed arrival of raw materials due to the dock workers’

strike.

3) sara has made up her mind that her leisure interests

will/should never get in the way of her career.

4) obviously the reporters question caught the foreign minister

off

guard.

5) the introduction of the electronic calculator has rendered

the slide rule out of date.