⾼英第四课课后习题答案
V. Answers to Questions (I. Comprehension P64)
1. For more than half an hour, 38 respectable, law-abiding
citizens watched a killer stalk and stab a woman in three
parate attacks.
2. He is Assistant Chief Inspector. Becau not one person telephoned the police during the assault.
3. She is manager of a bar in Hollis. She was returning
home from her job at about 3 am.
4. She was grabbed by a man.
5. No.
6. Yes. He walked away and then returned.
7. Windows were opened again, and lights went on in many apartments. A city bus pasd, but nobody helped.
8. The assailant returned, found her at the cond door to the apartment, saw her slumped on the floor, and stabbed her a third time.
9. They received a call from a neighbor.
10. Some said that they didn’t want to get involved. Some said
that they were afraid. And others simply said that they didn’t know. VI. Exercis
Page 67. C. Translate:
1. Doctor Cooper was in charge of the ward.
2. The hare lost the race to the tortoi not becau he could
not run quickly but becau he was too conceited (proud).
3. We put a wreath at the foot of the statue.
4. He rattled off the names of the cities he had visited.
5. We keep in touch with the arch party by radiophone.
6. The doctor did not hold much hope of (for) the patient’s recovery.
7. The kitchen is in the rear of the hou.
8. When Ted is angry, let him alone.
9. Now read the poem again, and this time don’t rattle it off
like a machine gun.
10. We walked as far as the City Hall.
E. Word formation
1. –ish: after a noun: “characteristic of, like”. after an adjective: somewhat.
2. difference: childlike; simple; innocent.
childish: immature; na?ve.
VII. Word Study
Notes:
Compare: apart from---besides
Besides English, we study Chine and politics. (we also…)
Apart from English, we study Chine and politics. (we only…)
P.68 Translate
1. Our purpo is to ek friendship and co-operation.
2. The rebels are eking to overthrow (destroy, subvert) the
government.
3. We sought out some local people to find out the situation.
4. A deliberate person usually acts after weighing all the
aspects of the situation.(after taking everything into
consideration)
A deliberate person usually weighs…before he acts (takes
action).
5. I believe that the hou was deliberately t fire to.
6. He deliberated his decision for veral days.
7. His appetite is better and he remains cheerful except
when he occasionally recollects that he is an invalid.
8. There is an exception to this grammatical rule.
9. The teacher excepted George from the exam list. (from
the examinees.)
10. He is deeply involved in debt.
11. The job (task) involves a lot of extra work.
12. Some writers write in an involved style.
VIII. Grammar
P.70 C. Correct
1. “elder and eldest” can be ud as nouns
She’s the elder of the two (brothers or sisters)
Mary was the eldest of the four children (brothers and sisters).
But not: she is elder than her brother.
5. Meaning: It is more true to say John is good than to say John is bad (Not: John is better than wor, becau it is not comparison here, it is negation.) John is good. He is not bad.
< I am more angry than frightened. (Not: angrier than frightened)
7. When comparison is made between different aspects of the same object or between different aspects of different objects, the clau does not usually allow ellipsis: Mary is cleverer than Jane is pretty. (The degree of cleverness is greater than that of prettiness) The hou is taller than it is wide. (The height is greater than its width)
