综合教程5、6单元课后练习答案

综合教程5、6单元课后练习答案

Key to Exercises of College English

Unit 5

★ Text A

Vocabulary

I.

1. 1) startled 2) mere 3) motion 4)

sweating 5) stretched 6) vain 7) On one occasion

8) anxiety 9) emotions 10) ashamed 11) In my mind’s eye

12) recurring 2. 1) Mrs. White’s birthday coincides with her

husband’s.

2) They make big profits on the stuff

they sell by creating an artificial

shortage, which send s the prices

soaring/results in the soaring of

prices.

3) It has been a week of alternate sunshine and rain.

4) Politics and philosophy have been

his lifelong passions, although he

studied economics at university.

5) Tension came over her, as she waited for her first TV

interview.

3. 1) media, dedication to, grace 2) his competitors, in

excitement, hug him, congratulate him on

3) emotions, numerous, intensity, passion for

II.

, a Green, made the suggestion that a large park be

built near the community.

a letter to his daughter, Mr. Smith expressed his wish that

she (should) continue her education to acquire still another

degree.

is no reason to hold the belief that humans have no

direct moral responsibility to safeguard the welfare of animals.

en need to feel safe about the world they grow up in,

and it is unwise to give them the idea that everything

they come into contact with might be a threat.

y can result from the notion that life has not treated

us fairly.

believed his claim that he was innocent.

III.

1.I work out in the gym for one hour every morning.

ce has worked as cleaner at the factory for five years.

wounded man worked his way across the field on his

hands and knees.

safe load for a truck of this type works out at about

twenty-five tons.

is difficult to understand how human minds work.

my disappointment, the manager’s plan of promoting

the new products doesn’t work at all.

teacher has a lot of experience

of working with children who don’t know how to learn.

medicine was like magic, and it worked instantly after

you took it. Comprehensive Exercise

I.

1. 1) In my mind’s eye 2) groan 3)

competitor 4) intensity 5)

anxiety 6) tense

7) sweat 8) tension 9) soaring

10) recurring 11) brought me back

to earth

12) fantasy 13) sweat 14)

congratulate 15) numerous 16)

media

2. 1) engineer 2) forget 3) convinced 4) how 5) build 6)

accident

7) thought 8)only 9) sharp 10) touched 11) instructions 12)

finally

II. Translation

1. 1) It is the creativity and

dedication of the workers and

executives that turned the company

into a profitable business.

2) The prices of food and medicine have soared in the past

three months.

3) We plan to repaint the upper floors of he office building.

4) His success shows that popularity and artistic merit

sometimes coincide.

5) I don’t want to see my beloved grandmother lying in a

hospital bed and groaning painfully.

2. Numerous facts bear out the

argument/statement/claim that in order to recover speedily

from negative emotion, you should allow yourself to cry. You

needn’t/don’t have to be ashamed of crying.

Anxiety and sorrow can flow out of the body along with tears.

Consider the case of/Take Donna, Her son unfortunately died

in a car

accident. The intensity of the blow

made her unable to cry. She said, “It

was not until two weeks later that I

began to cry. And then I felt as if

a big stone had been lifted from my

shoulders. It was the tears that

brought me back to earth and helped

me survive the crisis.”

★ Text B

Comprehension Check: b c b b c a Language Practice

1. a e d c b h f g

2.1) aid 2) inclined 3) in good health 4) shortcomings 5)

penetrated

6) dismiss 7)has suffered from 8)progressive 9)optimistic

10)to a degree 11)hold on to 12)install

Unit 6

★ Text A

Vocabulary

I.

1. 1) culture/cultural 2) indication 3) miniature 4) ironic 5)

stumbled into 6) decent

7) buzzing 8) abnormal 9) mechanical 10) Shuddering 11)

implied 12) leap

2. 1) You can convert RMB into US dollars in the foreign

exchange office a the airport.

2) I figured she didn’t know the first

thing about cooking as she looked

puzzled as to how to cook rice with

the rice cooker.

3) The manager glowed with pleasure

upon hearing that in spite of their

faulty equipment the team had

accomplished some very useful

work.

4) I’m grateful to my company for

allowing me to work flexible hours

as long as I work eight hours a day.

5) On seeing the comments made in the

margins by previous readers, Tom

couldn’t help thinking the book

must be quite fascinating.

3. 1) will not panic/feel panic, ’ll be

at a disadvantage 2) hybrid, transmission

3) crave, One indication, to distinguish

II. 1. also 2. as well/too 3. too 4. also 5. as well/too 6. too 7.

also 8. Also

III. 1. I’ve had enough 2. When

I was old enough to work and earn money

3. can’t get enough sleep at night

4. has so far collected enough of them

5. have strong enough arms

6. have just enough money to live on Comprehensive

Exercise

I.

1. 1) stumbled into 2) not know the first thing about 3)

mechanical 4) when it comes to

5) hybrid 6) gritted her teeth 7) premise 8) at a disadvantage

9) panic

10) cultural

11) flexible 12) imply

2. 1) chair 2) force 3) secrets 4) painstaking 5) recognized 6)

steered

7) essentially

8) observation 9) women 10) tutor 11) inspired 12) unless

II. Translation

1. 1) He is a man of few words, but when

it comes to playing a computer games,

he is far too clever for his

classmates.

2) Children who don’t know any better

may think these animals are pretty

cute and start playing with them.

3) There is no way to obtain a loan, so

to buy the new equipment, I will

just have to grit my teeth and sell

my hybrid car.

4) The hunter would not have fired the

shots if he hadn’t seen a herd of

elephants coming towards his

campsite.

5) I find it ironic that Tom has a

selective memory --- he does not seem

to remember painful experiences in

the past, particularly those of his

own doing.

2. Nancy Hopkins is a biology

professor at MIT. She craves

knowledge and works hard. However, as

a scientist, she could not help

noticing all kinds of indications of

gender inequality on campus. Men and women professors

did the same work, but when it came to promotion the

administrators were rather selective.

It was ironic that after so much

cultural progress, women were still

at a disadvantage in institutions of

higher education. When her request

for more lab space was refused, she

knew she had to fight. So she gritted

her teeth and complained to the

President. The fight ended in victory

and Nancy was converted into a

gender-equality advocate.

★ Text B

Comprehension Check: b a d b d c a

Language Practice

1. b d a e g c f h

2.1) crisis 2) weighed down 3) supportive 4) takes all the

credit

5) pleaded

6) in control of 7) party 8) expense 9) lives for 10) semester

11) at every opportunity 12) stir