新世纪大学英语综合教程第三册 Unit 2课后练习答案

新世纪大学英语综合教程第三册   

Unit  2

Words in Action1

▆ Workingwith Words and Expressions

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

▆ Answers:

• curled

• minimum

• clip

• yielded

• Given

• preserve

• fascinated

• affection

• interact

• haste

• grief

• defies

• presence

• acquire

• manipulate

• restraints

2.       In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in thisunit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in theproper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Changethe form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

• let, loose on

• fit into

• hold on

• state ofaffairs

• in the courseof

• in vain

• build, on

• In short

• reached for

• give and take

▆ Increasing Your Word Power

1.        The prefix over- can be added to nouns, verbs,adjectives and adverbs, meaning “above”, “outside”, “across”, or “too much”. Study the wordsgiven in the box and choose the proper word to fill in each of the blanks inthe following sentences. Change the form where necessary. 

▆ Answers:

• overcoat

• overhead

• overjoyed

• overslept

• overweight

• overdue

• overtime

• overworking

2.         Many words in English can be usedboth as nouns and as verbs. Listed in the following table are some of thesewords that you have learned in Unit One and Unit Two. Study them carefully andthen complete each of the following sentences with one of them as you see fit.Change the form where necessary.

▆ Answers:

• crush

• attributes

• fancy

• bubbled

• grasp

• drizzling

• labeling

• yield

3.        Listed in the box below are some idiomatic expressions formed with theword “hand”. Study themcarefully and try to make out their meanings. You may consult a dictionary ifnecessary. Then translate the given sentences into English, using one of them.

▆ Answers:

• We are short of hands.

• I still havesome money in hand.

• Give me a handwith this box, please.

• I often keep adictionary at hand.

• The footballfans were out of hand.

• Hand outthe pencils to everyone in the class.

• This ring was handed downto me by my grandmother.

• Time’s up. Please handinyour test papers.

• Please hand on the magazineto your roommates.

• I’m afraid I can’t help you. I’m a green hand.

Grammar in Context2

1.       Now complete thefollowing sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets into English.Make sure that the sentences are in the inverted order.

▆ Answers for reference:

1)        Sitting on thestairs was / On the stairs was sitting

2)        Over the wallcame / flew

3)        Round thecorner was

4)        Then finallycame

5)        Under the tablewas lying

6)        At / On the topof (On top of) the hill stood

2.        Now correct the mistakes in the followingsentences, if any. Write NONE under the correct sentence(s).

▆ Answers for reference:

1)       The beaver chews down treesto get food and material to build its home with.

2)       Do your parentsthink Tom is a nice boy to go out with? (Cross out him)

3)       The goals for which he has fought all his lifeseem unimportant to him now.

4)        NONE.

5)        The essaystarts by asking a question, to which the author then gives a positive answer.

Cloze3

Complete the following passage withwords chosen from this unit. The initial letter of each is given.

▆ Answers:

1)  haste

2)  state of affairs

3)  distinguished

4)  meeting of minds

5)  blossom

6)  inner charm

7)  intimacy

8)  emotion

9)  acquiring

10)  ideals

11)  admiration

12)  lasting

13)  affection

14)  forge

15)  honor

16)  overwhelming

Translation4

1.       Translate thefollowing sentences into English, using the words and expressions given inbrackets.

▆ Answers for reference:

• 1)      In either friendship or love /In both friendship and love, you should never expect to take / receive the maximum while you give the minimum.

• I built all my hopes onhis promise(s), only to find that he was not a man of sincerity at all.

• We took Mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all ourefforts were in vain; she failed to survive thedisease.

• Valentine’s Day is an annualholiday celebrated on February 14, a perfect day to express love to the objectof your / one’s affection.

• In the information era, communications withfar-away friends via e-mailcan be almost / virtually simultaneous.

• Love needs to be nurtured, and the “eternal /everlasting love” that we all dream to have is not forged until we learn to appreciate and tolerate the other.

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

▆ Answers for reference:

After dinner, we all sataround the hearth. Aunt Susan was still in the grief of losing Uncle Robert. In her soft voice she told usabout their past years. Uncle Robert joined the army shortly after they were engaged. Given the critical situation at the time when lots of armymen didn’t return alive, you can imagine how much horrified Aunt Susan was every day, and how much overjoyed she was to see UncleRobert back safe and sound from the European battlefield. Then they got marriedand brought up five children. For all those years, their affection for each other grew stronger in the course of overcoming difficulties and hardships inlife. I was fascinated byAunt Susan’s story, which was totally different from my ideal of love. They practiced, in their daily life, givingand sharing instead of pursuing passionand romance, or making complaints.Amazingly, such love lasted through their whole life.

Theme-Related Writing5

▆ Sample EssayOne:

Male-femalerelations are indispensable to adults all through their lives. But different generationshandle them differently. Our parents’ generation lived in an era ofconstraints, restraints, respect, admiration, and plenty of romance. They kepta distance from people of the opposite gender in order to preserve the holinessof love and relationships.

Mygeneration, on the other hand, began with countless crushes for the oppositesex just because of their superficial charm. Harmless as they were, the lovewas as brief as soap bubbles. As we grew up, we came to the stage of developingreal relationships, believing that love demanded a lot of give and not so muchof take.

Bycomparison, the younger generation is more open-minded and less restricted inhandling the matter of love and relationships. They jump on the bandwagon oflove with so much haste that it is difficult for them to distinguish betweenphysical attraction and mental compatibilities.

In short,the younger generation focuses more on physical beauty, closeness and passion,and they tend to seek what they want from the relationships. The other twogenerations give priority to inner charm, intimacy, emotion and sharing indealing with relationships. (196 words)

▆Sample Essay Two:

What Do Girl Students Look for in Loveand Life?

In order toknow about girl students’ opinion about love and life, a survey with girlstudents was conducted in 2005 in two universities — Chongqing University ofTechnology and Business and East China Normal University. The survey sought answersto two questions: What do you look for first in a boyfriend? What’s the mostimportant thing for a happy life?

About onethird of the students chose personality as the top factor in choosing aboyfriend, followed by 27 percent focusing on abilities. Next came commoninterests and goals, favoured by 17 percent, with only 14 percent of studentsclaiming appearance to be uppermost in their minds. Fewer still, 11 percent,rated economic status as the first consideration.

As to theirviews about a happy life, nearly seventy percent of the girls attached thegreatest importance to marriage and family. “Career” was given top priority byjust under 20 percent, while even fewer, around 9 percent, believed that money wasthe key to a happy life.

Based on thesurvey, we may conclude that nowadays, girl students generally hold a rational attitudetowards love and life. Admittedly, the improved material conditions of lifeexplain why girls take economic status and money rather lightly. But contraryto the popular view that girls are more concerned about self-development in theworkplace and social status, they still regard marriage and family life ascentral to a happy life. (235 words)

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