现代大学英语精读4-Lesson Five答案

Lesson Five Man of the Moment

Ⅱ Vocabulary

1. Translate

(1) 假日别墅 (11) 加重了的潜水腰带

(2) 著名的电视明星 (12) 心碎的

(3) 下流语言 (13) 一切以自我为中心的人

(4) 黄色故事 (14) 光是重量

(5) 银行抢劫 (15) 光凭运气

(6) 生产双层玻璃的公司 (16) 纯粹是胡言

(7) 联合抵押 (17) 军号声

(8) 一句气话 (18) 人工呼吸

(9) 永远达不到的目标 (19) 一溜气泡

(10) 乡村音乐和西部音乐 (20) 一丁点的关心

(1) to trickle (18) to abuse one’s wife

(2) to puff like a whale (19) to screw his way around

(3) to melt like snow (20) to lay a finger on sb

(4) to sum up the scene (21) to catch sb trying to sb sth

(5) to do their interview (22) to try the kiss of life

(6) to bear resentment (23) to heave oneself up

(7) to feel sick in the stomach (24) to float to the surface

(8) to come in like thunder (25) to thrash about under the water

(9) to drift away gradually (26) to prop oneself against

(10) to value one’s opinion (27) to break surface

(11) to increase one’s standing with sb (28) to seize hold of sth

(12) to have a liking for sb (29) to haul oneself up

(13) to pull oneself together (30) to pinion one’s arms

(14) to serve dinner (31) to fend sb odd

(15) to tackle an armed robber (32) to land a blow

(16) to stick with sb (33) to stay under in the water

(17) to fasten the belt

2. Replace the words and expressions italicized with suitable words and expressions from the text.

(1) obscene

(2) melted (down)

(3) summed up the scene

(4) their staff; concern

(5) came of

(6) at the bottom of her reserves as far as romance was concerned

(7) Do you really bear me no resentment

(8) resigned herself to a life without (her) sight

(9) increase your standing with

(10) to be partial to; to like; to have a special liking for

(11) the full significance of the matter hit her

(12) barely; toppled

(13) snoring away

(14) importence against the attack

(15) land; pull up; haul up; heave up

3. Translate

(1) We need to increase our oil import in the coming years to meet the growing

demand for energy.

(2) Our profit has increased by 20% in the past two years.

(3) The number of privately-owned cars has increased five times in five years.

(4) The number of mobile phone owners in our city has increased from 20 thousand

to about half a million in less than 5 years.

(5) She propped her bike against a tree.

(6) The local economy is largely propped on tourism.

(7) He was fast asleep with his head propped on a big rock.

(8) You need strong props to keep the tower from leaning any further.

(9) Flight 901 is due to land at the airport at 8:55.

(10) Many foreign observers say that the next man to land on the moon may very

well be a Chinese.

(11) One of the stones they threw landed on the head of a young soldier.

(12) If you go on like this, you will land yourself in a jail.

(13) I landed a powerful punch to his chin and sent him sprawling.

(14) When you approach a drowning person, you must not let him grip your hands.

(15) Reported of the sudden appearance of these whales gripped the interest of the

whole city.

(16) If she lost grip of the rope, she’d fall 1000 feet to sure death.

(17) You must keep a grip on yourself. Don’t despair.

(18) Our government did everything posssible to defend the value of our currency.

(19) The total value of our exports to that country in the first nine months this year

has reached $ 94 billion.

(20) A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

(21) At college, students acquire certain values. This is an important part of their

education.

(22) If you value your life, quit smoking!

(23) This painting is valued at $ 20 millioon.

4. Fill in the blanks with appropritate prepositions or adverbs.

(1) down; up (6) away; at (11) away; away

(2) with; of/from (7) up; off (12) back; to

(3) to; for (8) at; off; over (13) up; at

(4) in (9) on; up with (14) of; off

(5) to; by; for (10) on; on (15) for; with/by

5. Tell the difference between the following pairs or groups of words.

1) (1) tormented/tortured (2) torture (3) tormenting/torturing

2) (1) first/first of all/in the first place (2)first/in the first place (3) At first (4) in the first place (5) in the first place

3) (1) grabbed/seized (2) grab (3) seized (4)grasped (5) grasp/seize (6) grab

(7) gripped/grasped

4) (1) sprinkle (2) sprayed (3) spray (4) sprinkle

5) (1) topping/falling (2) topple (3) topple (4) fall

6) (1)murmuring (2) mutter (3) murmuring (4) murmuring

7. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.

(1) mark (6) must have disliked (11) Some

(2) presented (7) had asked (12) had

(3) which (8) in (13) as saying

(4) as (9) coming (14) to be destroyed

(5) raises (10) apparently (15) until after

Ⅲ Grammar

2. Turn the following into tag questions.

(1) You really don’t bear any resentment for what he did, do you?

(2) I just don’t think there is anything you can do for uss, is there?

(3) Nobody has ever complained, have they?

(4) There aren’t enough copies to go round, are there?

(5) It’s surely a big decision to make for a young man, isn’t it?

(6) It isn’t so difficult to choose between Oxford and Cambridge, is it?

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