UnitDealing-with-AIDS答案综合教程一

Unit 4 Dealing with AIDS

Key to the Exercises

Text comprehension

I. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose of writing.

D

II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.

1. T

2. T

3. F

4. T

5. F

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.

having a very enjoyable and exciting time

2.

disconnected and refused to take my phone call

3.

go away from or refuse to be with

4.

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

5.

experience so much pain and stress

6.

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.

invincible 5.

marking 9.

positive

2.

stress 6.

blame 10.

recognized

3.

confront 7.

pushing aside

4.

keep up 8.

emotional

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.

a.

carefree c.

careless

carefree

ss

b.

2.

a.

sick

c. ill

b.

sick

d. ill

3.

a.

disease

c. disease

b.

plague

d. plague

4.

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.

tighten (intensify, enhance)

2.

unhappy (wretched, miserable, cheerless)

3.

quickly (rapidly, swiftly)

4.

negative (doubtful, pessimistic, uncertain)

5.

benefit (profit, advantage)

6.

gain (increase, gather)

7.

cautious (alert, watchful)

8.

beginning (start, commencement)

VI. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in

brackets.

1.

unfavourable 5.

strengthening

2.

organisation 6.

ashamed

3.

worthless 7.

gratitude

4.

imperfect 8.

youth

Grammar

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

1. every

5. somehow; anything

2. everything 6. anyone; someone

3. anywhere

7. some

4. everyday 8. somewhere

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

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