Unit 7

Inter-lesson (I)

Answers to Exercises

1 Put in the, a/an, or a 0 when no article is needed.

1. A, a ??????2. a ?????3. The, the ?????4. 0,0 ??????5. the, the

6. a ????????7. 0, the, the, The ????8. The, a , 0 ????9. A, 0 ???

10. The, an, 0, a, the, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 // 0, 0, The, a, a, 0, a, 0, 0, the, 0, 0, 0

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2 Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets.

1. goes ???2. is having, won’t be ?????3. will stay ????4. had

5. has just offered, told, am/was, need/needed

6. arrived, were ????7. has happened, have been trying ??8. is, find, are

9. arrived, had begun ???

10. were still sleeping, was, were barking, began

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3 Put into these compound sentences a conjunction (and, but, or, so) and a comma.

1. I did not know a single one, and none of them knew me.

2. I clung to my father’s hand, but he gently pushed me from him.

3. One of our daughters is working in a textile factory in Bangkok, and the other has a jib in a store.

4. The harvests were poor at first, but they soon improved.

5. Send them away, or I’ll shoot and take my chances!

6. I opened the account myself, so why can’t I withdraw any money?

7. Our piece of land is small, and it is no longer fertile.

8. No, we two haven’t changed much, but the village has.

9. But there is no more rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely and my heart will break.

10. I know, times have changed, but certain things should not change.

11. Sometimes, they get bullied, and it is like a knife piercing my heart.

12. “Press closer, little Nightingale, or the Day will come before the rose?is finished”?cried the Tree.

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4 Put into the passage punctuation marks:….

My sister and I are three and a half years apart in age, but a world apart in the way we live our lives. She is conservative and quiet. I take too many risks, and the only time I’m really quiet is when I’m sleep. I’ve spent most of my adult life apologizing to my sister and the rest of my family for being different, for embarrassing them by something I wear, something I do or something I say.

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5 Paraphrase these sentences, paying special?attention to the underlined parts.

1. Our path: life at school

??Not totally sweet: not just fun

??(not) unclouded: (there were) work to do and unpleasant things to face.

Method used for paraphrasing: replacing abstract words with concrete ones

Paraphrase: school wasn’t just fun; there were work to do and unpleasant things to face.

2. suggested: showed

???Authority: a person in charge

Paraphrase: The way the man looked showed he was the man in charge there.

Method: finding out the exact meaning of words or phrases in the context

3.?it: hearing (that) my children are badly treated

??Is like a knife piercing my heart: gives me great pain

Paraphrase: Whenever I hear (that) my children are badly treated, I feel great pain.

Method: replacing similes or specific words with general words.

4. fit the description of any secret agent:?was like a secret agent (described in spy novels)

Paraphrase: Ausable wasn’t like any secret agent in spy novels Fowler had read.

Method:?explaining phrases in everyday language

5. The occasion: the fact that the villager was serious about the rock being the center of the world

Show of recognition: agreeing with them in some way

on my part: from me

Paraphrase: As the villagers were serious about the rock being the center of the world, I felt I had to show I agree with them for the sake of politeness.

Method: explaining abstract words (occasion, recognition) in concrete everyday expression.

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Answers to Test Paper

I. Spelling

1. rivalry??????2. variety ????3. stretch ?????4. whisper ????5. pierce

6. scarcity ????7. scent ??????8. interfere ???9. ridiculous ??10. jewelry

11. conscious ?12. genius ????13. ignorance ?14. potential ??15. automatic

16. mysterious ?17. passable ?18. blossom ???19. marvelous ?20. philosophy

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II. Word Formation

1 overcrowded ????2 withdrawals ???3 Amazingly ???4 determination

5 doubtful ??????6 wordy ????7 good-natured ???8 telecommunications

9 curiosity??????10 disagree

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III. Cloze

1 has ?????2 meeting ???3 at ????????4 hours ???5 alone

6 lecture ??7 weekends ??8 Among ???9 way ????10 that ?

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IV. Translation

Chinese to English

1. He doesn’t seem to have the courage to speak out about what’s happening in the factory.

2. The couple told the reporter that they had nothing to complain about.

3. Compared with our old place, our new apartment/house seems like a palace.

4. It is surprising that it has taken people so long to take advantage of this win-win opportunity.

5. The guests told the host that they had spent a very enjoyable evening at the party chatting with old friends.

6. I was about to pay for the shopping when it suddenly dawned on me that I had left my purse at home.

7. He stayed (in) home all weekend, trying to reflect on what had happened.

8. When he was young, he believed in freedom so much that he would rather die than live without it.

9. When I visited Beijing for the second time, I found the city’s public amenities had greatly improved.

10. If anything unexpected happened during the conference, the security guards would arrive with in a few seconds.

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Unit 8

Vocabulary

3 Give the word that refers to a person coming from that land or area

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4 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the word “addict”?or “consider”

1 addicts ????2 addictive, addicted ??????3 addiction

4 consider, consideration ???5 considerate ????6 Considerable, considered

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2?Complete the following verb+ noun collections or expressions

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3. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets.

1. that all nations realize that global warming is everybody’s bushiness

2. that life is always?full of opportunities and challenges/risks

3. that all this has proved that our efforts have not been in vain

4. that the earth moves round the sun

5. that she had been admitted to that university

6. that wives ought to stay at home

7. that the best policy is to tell people the truth

8. that he mentioned the other day that

9. that our teacher once said that he had noticed that some students still had difficulties with their grammar.

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5?Fill in the brackets with the correct prepositions or adverbs

1 for ???2 into ??3 after ??4 away, over ???5 out of

6 out, into ???7. to, in ????8 over, out for, for ???9 to, about, on, across

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6.?Translate the following sentences into English

1. The fuel/gas ran out, but he managed to make a safe landing in rice fields.

2. There are already quite a few students who are considering running for the chairman of the Students’?Union.

3. That student who was run over by the horse carriage is now out of danger. I consider him really lucky.

4. It is said that this well has never run dry in the past hundreds of years, and this has been considered a miracle.

5. We are running short of hands. You have just come in the right time.

6. I’d rather have some of our public works run by the state than by private businessmen.

7. She warned me not to make friends with those who are always running after name and money.

8. We warned them that what they did was against/a violation of the agreement/contract, and we would take legal action.

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7. Fill in the blanks with the correct word(s) in the brackets. More than one word may be correct.

1 remember/memorize ??????2 remember/recall ?????3 remember/recall

4 remember, special ????????5 middle ???????????6 center ???7 however, visits

8 special, trip ??????9 particular, tour ????????10 found, found out

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Grammar

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2 Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets, using a what-clause.

1. What farmers what most

2. what they suggested

3. what my parents said to me

4. what they were trying to do

5. what life was all about

6. what they should get out of college

7. what we need

8. what you?look like

9. what the village had achieved in the past 30 years

10. what the federal government should not do at the moment

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3 Translate the sentences using a what-clause or a present?participle phrase

1. Do what you like without caring about what other people think.

2. We should find out what the students think about the matter.

3. We’ll do what we can to help the earthquake victims.

4. I hope what I have written will be of help to other college students.

5. Being journalism majors, we ought to keep ourselves informed of what is happening around the world.

6. “Stop thief!”?a student called, raising his voice.

7. Having nothing more interesting?to do, the boy decided to take his alarm clock apart.

8. Wang Lan opened the wardrobe, wondering?what she should wear to the interview the next day.

9. The village head went from door to door telling people to leave for a nearby hill.

10. Realizing he’d been deceived, the old man reported the painful experience to the police.

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4. Fill in each blank of the passage with one suitable word.

1 easy ???2 away ???3 them ????4 running ????5 However

6 change ???7 exercise ???8 can ????9 anyone ???10 that

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5 Identify and correct the mistake(s) in each of the sentence.

1. Shortly after the Spring Festival, he returned to Beijing to prepare for a job interview.

2. I don’t like the way some young people speak to their elders/people older than themselves.

3. it was in high school that Tommy first/ for the first?time realized he was different from his peers.

4. Turning the corner of the street, we found a new duck restaurant?there. / As we turned the corner of the street, a new duck restaurant came into view.

5. What they need most at the moment is encouragement, not merely financial?support.

6. Making a presentation?in English for the first time, I was so nervous that my knees kept shaking. / When I was making a presentation in English fore the first time, I was so nervous that my knees kept shaking.

7. Being a spoiled child, Jim is rarely popular with other children.

8. While training for the school sports meet, Linda ran at least five kilometers every day.

9. He wrote to inform us that he was leaving for India next Friday.

10. Knowing Grandma had heart trouble, Dad broke the bad news gently. / As he knew Grandma had heart trouble, Dad broke the bad news gently.

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