新世纪大学英语综合教程B2U4课后练习答案

新世纪大学英语综合教程第二册   

Unit  4

Words in Action1

▇Workingwith Words and Expressions

1. In the boxes beloware some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the followingsentences with the words given. Change the form where necessary.

■Answers:

1) objective     

2) current             

3) adopt               

4) exhibit           

5) capture

6) integrated      

7) outstanding     

8) strategies  

9) convince        

10) striving/strive

11) diagnosed    

12) side         

13) spaced  

14) thick            

15) painful

16) eventually 

17) fascinating 

18) confidence  

19)label       

20) creations

2. In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand theirmeanings? 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) at rest               

2) dropped out       

3) drying out                    

4) drop in

5) dawned on      

6) falls away             

7) drowned out         

8) on the sidelines     

9) falling out        

10) start over               

11) lose faith                    

12) sign off

▆Increasing Your Word Power

Fillin each blank in the following sentences with a proper preposition given in thebox.

▆Answers:

1)with    

2)to      

3)with     

4)on      

5) at      

6)with

7) from    

8)beyond 

9)from    

10)on     

11)for    

12）to

1.     Study the use of but indifferent contexts and then do the task that follows.

▆Answers for reference:

1)  What can wedo but sit and wait for a passing car to bring us to a city nearby?

2)     Helied to the court not just once, but on several occasions.

3)     “Gonewith the Wind” was/is a great movie, but it was/is a little long.

4)   I had/haveno choice but to accept the challenge.

5)  Thesituation looked/looks desperate, but they didn’t/don’t want to give up.

6） But for these interruptions, the meetingwould have finished earlier.

7） Who else but John would have played atrick like that?

8） She was the best singer inChinaat thattime. I could not but admire her.

9） The machines we bought were cheap, butthey went quite well.

10）  Becausehe had/has a sore throat he was/is unable to swallow anything but liquids.

2.     Word Building 

Match each of the English words in Column A withits Chinese meaning in Column B.You may consult a dictionary if necessary.

▆Answers:

1) j  

2) k  

3) g  

4) h   

5) i   

6) b  

7) n

8) l  

9) f 

10) c 

11) m  

12) d  

13) a 

14) e  

Grammar in Context2

Task 1: Fill in eachblank in the following sentences with the proper form of the verb given in  brackets, paying special attention to the useof the active voice and the passive voice.

▆Answers:

1) be done away with                                      

2) is /gets punished                                         

3) beingerected

4) Havingbeen ignored                                     

5)believing          

6) tohave sent 

7) be looked up                                            

8)speak / speaking                                          

9)being interviewed   

10)taken

Task 2. Translate the following sentences intoChinese, paying special attention to the differences in the choice of the verbvoice.

▆Answers for Reference:

1）  杰克，有你的电话。

2）  贺卡上印有“新年快乐”的字样，在下面还有一条附言。

3）  给了他们两天的时间来为会议作必要的准备。

4）  物体受热时膨胀。

5）  你的笔写起来很流畅。

Cloze3

Complete the following passage with wordschosen from Text A. The initial letter of each is given.

■Answers

(1) connecting        

(2) advance          

(3) significance            

(4) backwards              

(5) path

(6) well-worn        

(7) true               

(8) satisfied                

(9) believe              

(10) what

(11) settle          

(12) devastating        

(13) stumbled             

(14) destination    

(15) trapped

(16) drown

Translation4

▆Translatethe following sentences into English, using the words given in brackets.

▇ Answers for Reference:

1)  I justcan’t figure her out, she’s a mystery to me.

2)  Hetravelled from one village to another, droppingin on families and listening to their complaints and problems.

3)  Jim alwayssides with John in an argument.

4)  Thenit dawned on me that they werespeaking Spanish.

5)  Theyhave to live with the consequencesof their wrong decision.

6)  Hiswords were drowned out by loudcheers from the crowd.

7)  Ilooked at the printed page but the words madeno sense.

8)  Wemust awaken people to the need to protect our environment.

Theme-Related Writing5

Choose one of the following writing tasks and completeit after class.

1) Based on Text A and what you’vediscussed in “Voicing Your Views”, write a short essay (of about 150 words)entitled “A Creative Person” in accordance with the following outline:

a. A creative person I know

b. The traits that can be found in him / her

▆ Sample Essay:

My physics professor is a very creative person. Hisresearch project for his doctoral dissertation dealt with a very complicatedphysics problem at a time when many others thought it was impossible to solveit. But he creatively introduced a new concept and finally resolved thetheoretical and experimental contradiction.

He possesses many unique traits. He is very energeticand hard-working. He chairs the Physics Department and teaches many hours aweek. Meanwhile, he is in charge of the university’s technology research.Obviously he is a quick efficient worker. My professor can be eccentric, oncehe shocked the whole class by saying “Good physics, everyone” instead of “Goodmorning, everyone”. But above all, my professor has a sincere interest and astrong passion in his research field. No wonder he is highly respected by bothhis colleagues and his students.

2) Some sayings in our life sound sofamiliar and natural to us that we take them for granted without a secondthought. Do you realize that when you take them as “absolute truths”, you arelocking your mind and creativity?

Write a brief comment on such a saying inabout 150 words.

▇ Sample Essay:

PopularSayings May Become “Mental Locks”

To cultivate a creative mind, one needs to chip awayat one’s “mental locks”. Some of the “mental locks” are shaped by popular sayings,which sound so familiar to us that we tend to take them for granted.Instructive as they may be, these common statements may restrict our freedom tothink.

“Look beforeyou leap!” We make this remark to caution someone to think carefully beforemaking a decision or taking an action. It may seem sound advice, but it mayalso put him or her in a passive position. He or she may just keep “looking”round and without making a “leap”. Similarly, we may say to the same person, “Don’t let the chance slip through yourfingers!” Then, the person may be motivated to act promptly, regardless ofthe consequences.

In either case, the personal may fall victim topopular sayings. So, if we want to come up with a new idea, we must break upthe “mental locks” that close our minds.

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