现代大学英语精读4 1-8(缺5)课后答案

LESSON1

More Work on theT ext Vocabulary

1) into Chinese.

1) into Chinese.

(1)浴巾(2) (美)小学(3)永恒的真理(4)文件柜(5)纯属无稽之谈(6)违规行为(7)常客(8)新鲜空气

(9)格调很高的独自(一个人唱高调)(10)一种固定的观点(11)时事(当前国内外大事) (12)身体障碍

(13)可怕吓人的风(14)令人厌恶的景象(15)言语障碍 (16)使人兴奋冲动的爱国激情 (17)无情的人侵者 (18)首相

(19)国际联盟(国联)

(20)思维过程(思想方式)

(21)条理清楚的文章

(22)一个完整的体系

(23)一位口译好手

(24)一种不可阻挡的趋向

(25)烂苹果

(26)根据事实(启示〉写成的

(27)一位点头之交

2) into English.

(1) to sink one's head

(2) to sink the ship

(3) to contemplate the meaning of life

(4) to catch the light

(5) to ruin one's health

(6) to ruin the country

(7) to bang the desk

(8) to playa prominent role

(9) to hold a prominent position

(10) a pious Buddhist

(11) to gain a reputation

(12) to satisfy one's ego

(13) to give sb the third degree

(14) to devise a teaching method

(15) to slide a gun into sb's hand

2.

1) Synonyms.

(1) to spring (to jump, to leap)

(2) lest (for fear that)

(3) utterly (completely)

(4) to symbolize (to represent)

(5) to sink one's head (to lower ... )

(6) to contemplate (to think/ponder)

(7) spectacles (glasses)

(8) impediment (barrier, obstacle)

(9) to collapse (to fall/to tumble down)

(10) to ruin (to destroy)

(11) to vanish (to disappear)

(12) oddly (strangely)

(13) to aspire to (to desire/to aim for)

(14) to do away with (to eliminate)

(15) to stop/give up (smoking) (to quit)

(16) deficiency (weakness, fault, shortcoming)

(17) folly (stupidity)

2) Antonyms.

(1) coherent (incoherent)

(2) mental (physical)

(3) disinterested (interested)

(4) hideous (pleasant)

(5) settled (unsettled)

(6) frequent (infrequent)

(7) integration (disintegration)

(8) proficient (incompetent)

(9) to destroy (to create)

(10) to surpass (to lag behind)

(11) remorseless (remorseful)

(12) to vanish (to appear)

(13) accustomed (unaccustomed)

(14) irreverent (reverent)

(15) few and far between (many, innumerable, countless, numerous) (6) loyalty (disloyalty)

(17) contented (discontented)

(18) pre-war (post-war)

(19) prominent (unimportant)

3. Translate

1) I knew I could expect my brother to stand by me whatever happened.

2) As a general rule, young people tend to be more interested in the present and the future.

3) Both sides will stand to lose if they do not compromise.

4) It is our hope to integrate all the courses and teaching materials.

5) The Chinese written language has been a major factor for integrating our nation.

6) In traditional Chinese art, the bamboo stands for moral integrity and uprightness.

7) The great majority of the people stand for reform.

8) Queen Elizabeth the First ruled England for 45 years, and the country prospered under her rule.

9) The truth is always in the hands of a small minority at first. That's the rule.

10) Democracy means that the majority rules, but the minority's right to disagree is also respected. These two

basic rules are of equal importance.

11) A nation cannot be strong unless it is well-integrated economically, politically and culturally as well as

geographically.

13) The party was boring, so she slipped out of the room and went home.

14) The road was muddy. He slipped and fell into the river.

15) One day I was drowning my sorrows in a restaurant because I was broke when he came and slipped a roll

of money into my hand.

16) The Court of Florida ruled that it was necessary to recount the votes.

17) The idea that the sun moves round the earth ruled ancient scholars for more than a thousand years.

18) The hutongs are an integral part of old Beijing.

19) Days slipped by and I still had not made much progress.

20) He weighed every word carefully lest he should make a mistake.

21) Her health was such that she would not go out in the sun even in winter lest she got sunstroke.

4.

1)c.

2) A.

3) D.

4) A.

5) B.

6) B.

7) C.

8) B.

9) A.

10) C.

11)D

12) A.

13) A.

14) B.

5.

1) (1) sexy (2) sexual (3) sexy (4) sexist (5) sexual

2) (1) uninterested (2) disinterested (3) disinterested (4) disinterested, uninterested

3) (1) Literary (2) literally (3) literate (4) literal (5) literary

4) (1) bulging (2) sticking out of (3) bulging (4) bulging (5) sticking out of

( 6) protruding, protruding

5) (1) slid (2) slip (3) slipped (4) sliding (5) slip

6) (1) prestige (2) reputation (3) reputation (4) prestige

6

1) decisive

2) sang beautifully

3) robust

4) soft

5) democratic

6) eloquent

7) have lost his appetite.

8) The slice of meat was so thick that it was quite (transparent).

9) His room was surprisingly clean and tidy. It was almost as clean as (pigsty).

10) Many people are just as original as (parrots).

7

(1) their

(2) even

(3) reason

(4) disagree

(5) to express

(6) thinking

(7) for

(8) dealing with

(9) Staying

(10) hungry

(11) gains

(12) born of

(13) can

(14) superficial

(15) when

III Grammar

1

1) Point out the parallel construction and its grammatical form in each of these sentences.