新世纪大学英语综合教程第三册 Unit 1课后练习答案

新世纪大学英语综合教程第三册   

Unit  1

Words in Action1

▆ Working withWords and Expressions

1.       In the box below are some of thewords you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences withthem. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1) crease

2) hint

3) assured

4) awaiting

5) hovering

6) scrawled

7) glistening

8) frail

9) sole

10) visible

11) engaged

12) biased

13) dreading

14) grinning

2.       In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned inthis unit. Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check foryourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1)  for fear of

2)  pulledup

3)  exceptfor

4) get by

5)  makea living

6)  everyso often

7)  inthe background

8)  Shutoff

9)  eachand every

10) as it is

11) wraps … around her little finger

12) caught us …unawares

▆Increasing YourWord Power

1.      Choose the definition fromColumn B that best matches each phrasal verb in Column A,payingattention to the V+ Prep./Ad. collocation.

▆ Answers:

1)f 

2)c 

3)d 

4)e 

5) b

6)g 

7)h 

8) a

Fill in each blank in the following sentences with aproper phrasal verb. Change the verb form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

1)  let out

2)  clean … up

3)  come through

4)  waiting on

5)  picked up

6)  ended up

7)  headed for

8)  ran through

2.        The prefixes ex-, fore-, pre- mean “former,before, or in advance” while the prefix post- means “after or later than”.Study the following examples and form words by adding ex-, fore-, pre-, post-to the words given in the table and then complete each of the followingsentences with a proper word you have just formed. Change the verb form wherenecessary.

▆  Answers:

1)  foretell

2)  preview

3)  forerunner

4)  postscript

5)  postgraduate

6)  precondition

7) ex-husband

Grammar in Context2

Task 1: Combine the given sentences into oneby using attributive clauses.

▇Answers for reference:

1)     I encountered many people whose lives amazed me. (See Para. 3,Text B)

2)      We drove in silence to the address (that/which) she had givenme. (See Para. 21, Text B)

3)      He pushedthrough the doors and headed for the back room where his apron and busing cart were waiting. (See Para. 16, Text A)

4)      I had seen too many people trapped in a life of poverty who depended on the cab as their only meansof transportation. (See Para. 6, Text B)

5)      Their socialworker, who stopped to check on Stevieevery so often, admitted Stevie and his mother had fallen between thecracks. (See Para. 6, Text A)

Task 2: Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in thebrackets into English. Be sure to use present particles or past particles tomodify nouns.

▇ Answers for reference:

well-considereddecision, folded paper, written notice, laptop storing my annual report, apostman delivering express mail

Cloze3

▆ Answers:

1)     reliable    

2)     syndrome       

3)     adopted        

4)     got done with     

5)     gloomy   

6)     or something   

7)     chance       

8)     come through    

9)     barely            

10)  in good shape

11)  booth         

12)  mess      

13)  scrawled         

14)  peeking          

15)  in

Translation4

1. Translate the following sentences intoEnglish, using the words and expressions given in brackets. 

▆Answers forreference:

1)       What I didn’t count on was that over time I wouldsincerely take pride in being asocial worker.

2)     Shooting a quick look at the clock onthe wall, Grandma let out a cry, “Oh,My dear /My goodness/My gracious, we’re going to miss the train!”

3)     At the kindergarten entrance, Ialways see some kids/children holdingfirmly on to their parents. Should young parents be sterner towards their kids/children and leave immediately underthese circumstances?

4)     In the dim street light stood a weepinglittle girl/ a girl weeping.

5)     When making donations, richpeople should be as considerate aspossible in order not to put the recipient in an embarrassing situation.

6)     Since last month, my work hasbeen revolving around the routineoffice duties, so now I am counting thedays until the National Day comes, when my friends and I are going hikingin the countryside.

2. Translate thefollowing paragraph into English using the words and expressions in the boxbelow.

▆ Answer forreference:

That was a time when life was difficult for everyone. My familycould barely get by on my smallincome from driving a cab. One late night I responded to a call for a cab ride.To my surprise, when I arrived at the address, I found it was a frail old lay who was awaiting me. After she got into thecab, I engaged her in conversation.I learnt that she was going to the hospice. Her doctor said she didn’t havevery long. The old lady told me to drive through the downtown area. She pointedat some old buildings, telling me those were the places where she used to workor live. When the cab finally pulled upin front of the hospice, I didn’t accept her fare. In the rest of the day, Iwas lost in thought. Though I had to makea living, I lived not for the solepurpose of surviving. When circumstances looked gloomy, the small favour I haddone could be a candle light. However faint the light was, it managed to warmup a soul and ennobled me as well. Idid take pride in that small favour.

Theme-Related Writing5

▆ Doone of the following writing tasks afterclass.

1)        Suppose you were Frannie, the head waitress, inText A. Write a short story about Stevie from your perspective.

2)        Read the following newspaper clipping and write ashort essay on the question:

Should We Offer Seats to Elderly People on the Busduring Rush Hours?

▆Sample Essay for Task 1:

We all knew Stevie was mentally handicapped, so everyone, especiallyour boss himself, doubted whether he would be a capable busboy in thetruck-stop restaurant where I worked as the head waitress. However, our worrieswere gradually removed one week later. Smiling and hard-working, Stevie wonover all our trucker regulars as well as us employees.

Later we learnt that Stevie badly needed the job because the moneyhe earned made it possible for his mother and him to live together; otherwisehe would be sent to a group home. So you can imagine how worried Stevie waswhen he had to take sick leave for heart surgery. He was afraid that he wouldlose his job. After the operation, in the week before he returned, he called 10times to make sure that he could still have the job back. At that time, whatconcerned me most was how Stevie could handle the huge medical bills.

But something happened which completely caught me unawares. Ourregular customers, those warm-hearted truckers, were so generous that they,together with their companies, contributed over $10,000 for Stevie. ThatThanksgiving Day was a big day when Stevie was back to work and when the moneywas presented to Stevie as a surprise gift. I cried a bit while people werecheering for the occasion.

Now, Stevie is still working here. Our boss thinks that Stevie isthe best worker he has ever hired. (240 words)

▆Sample Essay for Task 2:

Should We Offer Seats to Elderly People on the Bus During Rush Hours?

I am amazed to read what a blogger says about offering bus seats tothe elderly. He claims that “it’s the young who need it more” because they goto work early in the morning and feel exhausted after a day’s work. The bloggeralso argues that it is unfair to offer seats to the elderly since they alreadyenjoy free rides, and further suggests that during rush hours senior citizensbe denied such treatment.

I could never bring myself to agree with the blogger. Taking goodcare of the elderly is a universally accepted standard of conduct. In myopinion, offering seats to our elders is not just an indication of goodmanners; it is a moral issue. I always consider it my moral obligation to helpothers. Yes, you may feel comfortable for a while by remaining in your seat,but you will lose your character and moral values in the long run.

Respecting the elderly is also our social convention. It isprecisely out of our love and respect for the elderly that such specialbenefits as free rides are offered to them. No one can deprive senior citizensof their right to go out by bus at any time they like, and what’s more, weshould make sure that they get special care when the bus is fully packed withpassengers.

Caring for the elderly and beingtaken care of can be a mutually satisfying experience for everyone involved. Itis through performing such small acts as offering seats to the needy that welearn to contribute to the building of a harmonious society.        (268 words)

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