KEY TO EXERCISES-unit 4

上外综合英语教程第二册答案

KEY TO EXERCISES

III. Answer the following questions.

1. Being a successful athlete, the writer assumed that a good tradition in his country could enable

him to be a good product spokesman, because people would eat the same peanut butter, drink the

same beer and wear the same pants as he did.

2. The most intolerable thing for the writer as a toupee model was that he had to wear the wig

whenever he appeared in public, whether it was hot or cold.

3. The partner assumed that as a successful football player the writer should naturally have the

capability of giving insightful comments in sports broadcast.

4. The writer's problems in the first few broadcasts were his lack of knowledge and preparation,

his inability to watch the players in a game, and his nervousness.

5. The writer eventually succeeded in sports broadcasting for three reasons; his talent of "big

mouth" (knowing how to make people smile), help from his partner and his enduring effort to adapt

himself to the new situation.

IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.

1. As a player I only cared about the winning of the game, i. e. the general picture of it, while as

a broadcaster I soon learned that it was the details, i. e. the series of actions taking place on the field

that make up the whole view of the game.

2. I thought my only talent was to play football (an inflated ellipsoid), but in job transition I

have come to realize what I can do best.

Vocabulary exercises

I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

1. those people who might become customers in the future

2. advertisements on TV or radio

3. complete failure

4. a group of

5. made me lose consciousness

II. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.

1. athletic 2. insightful 3. potentially 4. pleasant

5. offensive 6. supposedly 7. announcement 8. challenging

III. Choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

1. B 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. C

IV. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate

form.

1. knocked ... out 2. brand-new 3. fumbled 4. deal 5. suffocate

6. on the air 7. display 8. trouble

V. Write in each space one word that has the same prefix as underlined in each given word.

1. disagree 2. acquire 3. denote 6. reply

Grammar exercises

I. Note the use of the italicized parts in the following sentences.

1. The how-clause functions as the appositional clause.

2. The that-clause functions as the subject complement.

3. Being ... functions as the subject.

4. The what-clause functions as the subject.

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上外综合英语教程第二册答案

5. I was ... functions as the object.

6. When ... functions as the object.

II. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions.

1. on 2. from 3. within 4. concerning 5. of 6. among 7. of 8.in 9. at 10. of

m. Rewrite the following sentences according to the model.

1. Unfortunately, we have run out of stock.

2. Apparently, her sister had warned her time and again to play hard to get.

3. Hopefully, the report will go out to shareholders no later than June 1.

4. Oddly enough, he did not raise any objection to the plan.

5. Foolishly, the boy did not say a single word.

6. Rightly, you returned the money.

IV. Rewrite the descriptions, putting the adjectives in the correct order.

1. a medium-size French stainless steel saucepan

2. a rose-shaped stained-glass window

3. a powerful new white German car

4. a big modern concrete office building

5. a tiny black and white Chinese dog

6. a pair of large red woolen socks

V. Make sentences of your own after the sentences given below, keeping the underlined parts in

your sentences.

1. As a quarterback, the big picture had been the only thing that mattered to me, but as a

broadcaster I soon learned it was the small frames that make up the big picture. e. g. As a student,

grade was the only thing that mattered to me, but as a teacher I have

come to realize that it is only one of the ways to evaluate one's learning. As a breadwinner, money

was the only thing that mattered to me, but as a father 1 soon learned it was love that made a family

happy.

2. I would not describe my first game as a disaster, mostly because that would be understating

how truly bad I was.

e. g. I would not describe my first interview as a disaster, mostly because I knew what fierce

competitions one had to go through in society.

I would not describe my first lesson as a disaster, mostly because that would be understating what

awful blunders I had made.

3. e. g. All I could describe about the scene was a couple whose faces I couldn't see clearly taking a

walk on the beach hand in hand.

All I could see in the hall was a group of employees with cards I couldn't read discussing the

problem that the company was facing.

Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in tin

brackets.

1. The new system will be introduced over a six-month transition period.

2. The police officers claimed that their actions in the riots were purely defensive.

3. About $250,000 worth of medical supplies has been distributed among families affected by the

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