Key to exercises
1. Translate
Into Chinese
1.夜生活
2.吃和住
3.供吃住的寄宿舍
4.一秒钟都不到
5.玻璃弹子
6.抽打死马 (做徒劳无益的事)
7.阿司匹林片
8.在此情况下
9.提前, 事先
10.走过场
11.楼梯间平台的窗户
12.紧张气氛
13.毛线针
14.梦游
15.飞机翼展
Into English
1.to whip up a little interest
2.to keep the ball rolling
3.to set the ball rolling
4.an eccentric millionaire
5.to allot capital
6.to tighten one’s belt
7.to make a remark
8.to stretch out one’s hand
9.to moisten one’s lips
10.to complain of the weather
11.to plunge the stick into the sand
12.to turn on me
13.to get on one’s nerve
14.to put something out of someone’s mind
15. to come off the hook
16.to do a crossword puzzle
17.to blow one’s nose
18.to powder one’s nose
19.to give an alibi
2. Replace the italicized derogatory words int eh following sentences with commendatory ones.
1. slim
2. robust
3. famous
4. orator
5. wonderful/terrific/superb/excellent
6. beauty
7. mansion
8. innocent; kind-hearted
9. principle
10. revolutionaries
11. debates
12. boom
13. thrifty; honesty or common decency
14. Discussion
15. Stability
16. regulate
3. Translate
1.It is a miracle how our company has become a multinational in such a short span of time.
2.The average life span in that country has increased from 42 years to 50 years in a matter of two decades.
3.The conflict between the two countries has spanned more than half a century.
4.There are four bridges spanning the river.
5.I’m much obliged to you. Without your help, I would never have finished the book.
6.No, you are not obliged to go to the party. You don’t have to go if you don’t want to.
7.She’s always ready to oblige when people come to her for help.
8.In the valley is a small lake right between a meadow and a hill. It is a perfect spot for a picnic.
9.Sitting in a shady spot, he soon dozed off.
10.He criticized me on the spot when he saw me throw a plastic bad down by the roadside.
11.It was a white shirt with blue spots. It looked quite pretty.
12.The detective spotted the suspect, and he walked over and arrested him.
13.One of the balloons popped, and it gave me quiet a start.
14.It is very impolite to keep popping in and out of the classroom when the class is still going on.
15.When he saw the young man ready to pay for the BMW in cash, his eyes almost popped out of his head.
16.In those countries, water is worth a lot more than oil. Friends will often bring ten dollars’ worth of water as a gift.
17.When this project is completed, it will benefit about a hundred thousand people. It will be well worth the effort and investment.
18.This movie is not worth seeing twice. In fact, it is not worth seeing at all.
19.I think it is worthwhile to visit that place. I hear they have kept all their traditional house intact – houses that were built in Ming-Qing styles.
20.Jia Baoyu was sick and tired of being his father’s worthy son. He yearned for freedom.
4. Put the most appropriate words in the blanks.
1-6 B D A B B D
7-12 B A CC A D
5. Tell the difference between the following pairs or groups of words.
1. 1) earnest/ serious
2) serious
3) serious
4) earnest/serious
5) serious
2. 1) make full use of
2) took advantage of
3) take advantage of
4) take full advantage of/ make full use of
5) take advantage of
6) make some use of
3. 1) weird
2) strange
3) eccentric
4) odd
5) strange/unusual/odd; peculiar/weird
4. 1) advise
2) advised
3) suggest
4) proposed
5) suggest
6) propose
7) proposes/suggests
5. 1) always/constantly
2) regularly
3) normally/usually
4) constantly
5) always
6) regularly; always
7) normally/usually
6. Study the following sentences and point out what it is that is being exaggerated.
1.how startled she was
2.the fat that she never seemed to stop knitting
3.how he has been touring the world to give lectures for money
4.how all food is removed or destroyed leaving nothing for the enemy
5.his poor shooting
6.his chronic tardiness
7.his dumbness
8.the strong smell of the cheese
9.his eagerness to please powerful people
10.his complete absence of moral considerations in his attempt to grab money
11.my hunger
12.difficulties in life
13.the number of people
14.the amount of medicine
15.the heavy pompous word
7. Choose the best word or phrase for each blank from the four supplied in brackets.
1.While
2.average
3.under
4.being
5.mutual
6.favorable
7.account
8.status
9.relate
10.stay
11.On
12.actual
13.friendly
14.nervousness
15.in
More work on the Text
1.Grammar in context
1.
1) In the circumstances: explanatory
2) approximately: explanatory
3) as you know: afterthought
4) and Mr. Houghton was ruined, there was no doubt about that: afterthought
5) he explained: afterthought
6) the trick of interrupting here: explanatory
7) in fact: transitional
8) I’ve often wondered: afterthought
9) for his part: transitional
10)it’s true: afterthought
11) if anyone should ask my opinion: afterthought
12) ‘for its part’ and ‘on the other hand’: both transitional
2.Study and summarize ways of making suggestions.
Using a question:
1)Shouldn’t…
2)Shall we…
5)Why don’t you/we
Using an imperative sentence:
6) Suppose we…
7) Let’s…
Using ‘suggest/propose’’
3)I propose…
4) I suggested…
2.Insert the appropriate parenthetical expression into the sentences from the list below.
1.In fact
2.Especially at an advanced level
3.It was that long, I am sure
4.Of course
5.However
6.On the other hand
7.I suppose
8.Forty-five years ago
9.Whether invited or not
10.For example
11.Voluntarily orinvoluntarily
12.It had been tested only once
3.Complete the senteces below by translating the Chinese in the brackets.
1.I suggest/propose we break up for two weeks.
2.Shouldn’t we get a lawyer
3.Why don’t you go and have a look in
4.Suppose we take/ Let’s take
5.Why don’t we just stay home/ Let’s just stay home
6.Take a shortcut through the sports-ground
7.We propsoe that the UN security Council meet at the earliest possible time
8.Shouldn’t they be informed of
9.Let’s/ why don’t we draw lots
10.Shall we set a limit
4.Translate
1.It seems the patient has no relatives in this city.
2.It’s easy to make friends but difficult to keep them.
3.He can always understand what his friends are thinking and worrying about.
4.Perhaps it wasn’t Xiao Jiang at all who had left the tap running all night.
5.The boy had no idea how he had become an old man in half a day.
6.I wonder how Wang Ning has been doing in London. I havent heard from him for almost a year.
7.It doesn’t matter what family you were born into. The real test is how far you can go from where you started.
8.She simply couldn’t believe what she saw. It was only yesterday that the twin towers were standing there.
9.Juror No. 8 pointed out that it might have been someone else who had stabbed the boy’s father to death.
10.In the market economy, it is primarily by idividuals and firms rather tha by government agencies that decisions about what to produce, how much to produce are made.
5.
1. are making, were considered, are, are being used, don’t compact, have, starting, do
2. will work, is, are , reproduces, deplete, is, are fueled, add
3. can move, don’t tear, skin, will never take, are
6.
1-5 C D B C A
6-10 D C A B B
11-16 D A D C A B