大学英语之基础英语综合教程第一册Key to Exercises--Unit 9

Unit 9 Hollywood

Text Comprehension

I. C

II.

1. T.

2. F

3. F

4. T

5. F

6. T

IV

.

1.

Young

teenagers

who

were

preoccupied

with

a

dream

of

becoming

movie

stars

could realize their it if they were lucky enough.

2.

The fate of the stars was entirely in the hands of the studio chiefs, who had the

absolute

power

to

create

or

ruin

a

star,

except

those

who

really

attracted

the

audience.

3.

Stars were nearly always made to play the same type of roles.

4.

Hollywood is not the center of the world

’

s movie producing industry any longer.

Vocabulary

I.

1. ended up with

2. was most successful / was at its best

3. are still operating very well

4. cherished hopes that would never come true

5. having great popularity among audiences

6.

do

whatever

they

want

to

do,

regardless

of

all

the

dissatisfaction

and

opposition

from others

II.

1. interfere

2. neighbouring

3. swung

4. determined

5. hits

6. As for

7. intellectual

8. leasing

9. appeal

10. clossal

III.

1. C

2. A

3. D

4. A

5. B

6. A

7. C

8. D

IV

1. a. means, means

b. suggests

c. mean, suggests

d. means

【

Both words refer to the agreed-upon ideas or things that words or signs stand for.

Mean

is

the less formal and the more general

in embracing every kind

of import a

sign

may

have,

whether

explicit

or

implicit,

and

it

can

well

be

translated

as

“

represent

,”

or

“

intend to (do/say).

”

Suggest

, by contrast, concentrates specifically on

implicit qualities or associations in signs or language.

】

2. a. realized

b. fulfilled

c. realize

d. fulfill

【

Fulfill

means

“

carry out in action, as an assignment or a task, or do or be what is

required, necessary, or expected.

”

Realize

stresses on making actual or real something

that has previously existed only as a plan or desire. Both words can collocate with the

word

.

】

3. a. constant

b. constant

c. continuous

d. continuous

【

Constant

refers

to

something

that

remains

the

same

or

changes

at

a

regular

rate

over a long period of time, while

continuous

refers exclusively to something that is

unbroken throughout its entire length, great or small, whether its extension is through

time or space.

】

4. a. cease

b. stopped

c. stops

d. ceased

【

Both words refer to the act of coming to rest or of breaking off previous activity.

Stop

is a general, less formal and more commonly used word, having no suggestions

about the way in which activity is concluded.

Cease

carries the specific implication of

a total extinction. Attention should also be paid to the kinds of objects they take.

】

V

.

1. rich (splendid, grand, magnificent)

2. small (little, tiny, insignificant)

3. continuous (continual, non-stop)

4. unambitious (ambitionless, unmotivated)

5. fortunate

6. fall (drop, decline, sink)

7 skillfully (competently, professionally)

8. public

VI.

1.

Do you mind my sitting here for a few minutes?

2.

I

’

m going to put you in charge of today

’

s programme.

3.

Everybody is going to be given a raise/rise.

4.

Did Pamela give any reason for being so late?

5.

You needn

’

t have done all that washing-up.

6.

Things are always going wrong in a job of this sort.

7.

Virginia learned to ski at the age of five.

8.

There

’

s no point in trying to mend this tyre.

Grammar

I.

1. causes

2. are

3. flows

4. has

5. gives

6. knits

7. passes, shoots

8. opens, closes

II.

is, retains, have, are, are, has, will supply