unit.11.现代大学英语精读第一册1maheegun.my.brother.答案讲解学习

V

. Key to Exercises

V

ocabulary

[1]. Become familiar with the rules of word formation.

1. Make compound adjectives following the given example.

1. blood-soaked

2. hand-made

3. sugar-coated

5. church-controlled

4. enemy-occupied

2. Translate the following expressions into Chinese paying attention to

the different use of

the

prefix

l

解开拴狗的铁链

7

打开门锁

2

解开外套扣子

8

解开绳子

3

脱去婴

儿的衣服

9

卸掉船上的货

4

把鸟从笼子里放出去

10

揭露秘密

5

拉开短上衣的拉链

11

打开包裹

6

拔开瓶塞

12

展开卷着的地圈

3 Decide whether the adjectives in the brackets can he used as verbs ~r should be turned into verbs

by adding the verb suffix

1. thickened

6. widened, deepened

2. thinning

7. narrow

3. emptied

8. wetted, cleared

4. cool

9. weakened

5. warmed

10. slow, quicken

[2] Translate the following phrases into English.

1, keep a dog, keep a car, keep horses, keep fish, raise children

2. gain strength, gain weight, gain speed, gain profits, gain experience

3. upset the basket, upset a person, upset a plan, upset the balance

4. make a fire, set fire, light a fire, catch fire, put out fire

5. raise the rifle/gun, lift one's head, poke one's head, tower one's head. rinse one's voice.

lower one's voice

6. lay/set the table, lay the foundation, lay a trap, sit on eggs

7. fog the mind, confused the readers, complicate the matter

8. fill the pipe, fill the box, fill the gap, store/gather food, store information store nuclear

waste

[3] Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets

according to the sentence patterns in bold.

1. that the time bomb exploded

2, that the terrible earthquake took place in Tangshan

3. until it was too late

4. until after he died

5. before I came to realize my mistake

6. before man began to know that they could not try to conquer nature day and night

7, before 1 remembered that I bad forgotten to tell her something important

8. before he lost his wife in a car accident

9, Not that my husband was the most clever or the most handsome

10. Not that she doesn't have her share of serious problems

l 1. when we bad to worry where our next meal might be

12. when we did not have to be afraid that there would not be enough clean air and water

13. , who gave us great joy

14. which changed every aspect of our life

I5. shivering with cold

16. with his clothes soaked with blood

17. described as one of the most forgetful persons in the world ever

18. the most upright person in the world ever

19. only to drop it on his own toes

20. only to find the man a police officer

[4] Rewrite the following sentences replacing the parts in bold type with the correct

form of the words and expressions listed below. Some answers may be used more

than once.

1. Fan the fire back to life

6. in search of, has been left unchanged

2. in search of

7. caused (to fall), eventually

3. all the

best for him, for life

8. sailed, demanding

4. work his way through

9. demanded, taken its toll on

5. not that, serve

10. come into focus

[5] Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.

1. across, for, out

6. to

2. by, over

7. up, for, into

3. across/upon, out, from

8. through, into

4. for, to

9. at, with, in, to

5. upon, with

[6] Translate the following sentences using words and phrases taken from the text.

l. I am quite curious how you came to decide to study English.

2. It wasn't until the reform and opening-up started when people began to realize that the

market was not a bad thing.

3. None of those generals, officials and scholars knew how to weigh the elephant, but

young child suddenly came up with a brilliant idea.

4. The biggest difficulty we came across/up against was lack of food. Therefore it never

came to our mind that one day we might have to live on a diet.

5. I have never heard of this expression. Where did you come across it?

6, The paint of that old temple is coming off It needs repainting.

7. The water here was not deep. It only came to an ordinary man's chest. So they conic

easily come across the river here.

8.

The

door

opened suddenly

and

out

jumped

a

dog.

It

started

barking

at

me

and

didn't

quiet down until its master came out.

9. Gone was the beautiful meadow, and in its place stood a big hotel.

10. Our most urgent need is to protect the life of those Chinese who were kidnapped by the

terrorists.