Unit ONE
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
▆ Working with Words and Expressions
1.In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following ntences with the words given. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) spark
2) compelled
3) bare
4) scrape
5) destruction
6) output
7) retreat
8) tipped
9) miracle
10) eternal
11) pile
12) transfer
13) mass
14) thereby
15) have emerged
16) trigger
17) threaten
18) consumed
19) hollow
2.In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Complete the ntences with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) show signs of
2) cope with
3) lives in fear of
4) tough it out
5) cut down
6) from head to foot
7) arched out
8) nothing short of
9) As yet
10) ttle in
11) take heart
▆ Increasing Your Word Power
1.You will read six pairs of words which are similar in meaning but are different in usage. Reflect on the differences in usage between the words in each group and fill in each blank with a proper one. Change the form if necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) temptation
2) attraction
3) chance
4) opportunity experience
5) states
6) country
7) warned
8) threatened / threatens
9) refu
mini bus10) reject
11) total
12) gross
2. A blend is a word produced by combining parts of other words, such as “comsat” from “communications” and “satellite”. T奥林匹斯十二神ry to find out what words the following blends are formed from. You may consult a dictionary if necessary.
▆ Answers:
Blend | 四级官方网站Formation | Meaning |
smog | smoke + fog | 烟雾 |
blog | web + log | 博客 |
brunch | breakfast + lunch | 早午餐 （早餐和午餐合为一餐） |
autocide | automobile + suicide | 撞车自杀 |
chunnel | channel + tunnel | 海峡隧道 |
motel | motor + hotel | 汽车旅馆 |
netizen | net + citizen | 网民 |
sci-fi | science + fiction | 科幻小说hsy |
workaholic | work + alcoholic | 工作狂 |
wi-fi | wireless + fidelity | 无线网络 |
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3.Fill in the blanks in Column B with an adjective in Text A. The target adjective must be opposite in meaning to the one in Column A and must form a correct collocation with the noun in Column C.
▆ Answers:
1) individual
2) contradictory
3) destructive
4) rational
5) primitive
6) synthetic
7) distant stargazy pie
8) pessimistic
9) irreplaceable
10) enormous
Grammar in Context
1.Study the following ntences from Text B and point out the grammatical function of each of the prent participles ud as an adverbial.
▆ Answers:
1) an adverbial of accompanying circumstances
2) an adverbial of accompanying circumstances
3) an adverbial of result
4) an adverbial of result
5) an adverbial of manner; accompanying circumstances
6) an adverbial of result
chee什么意思7) an adverbial of time
2. Complete the following ntences by translating the Chine in the brackets into English, using a preventativeprent participle as an adverbial.
▆ Answers:
1) killing thousands upon thousands of people
2) raising the average yield by 15 percent
3) trying to deduce its operating principle
4) Seeing that everyone was bending over his / her book
5) Not having heard from his parents for a long time
6) leaving the project unfinished
7) Turning to the right
8) Not wanting to make the patient nervous
Cloze
▆ Complete the following passage with words chon from this unit. The initial letter of each is given.
▆ Answers:
(1) realm
(2) elemental
(3) obtain
(4) stubbornly
deposit是什么意思(5) transferred
(6) transformed
(7) subdued
(8) expansion
(9) irreplaceable
(10) extinct
(11) dynamic
(12) verge
(13) moderate
(14) ecological
(15) rational
Translation
1. Translate the following ntences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets.
进展英文
▆ Answers for Reference:
1) The village is so clo to the border that the villagers lived in constant fear of attacks from the enemy.
2) In only twenty years the country was transformed into an advanced industrial power.
3) Seeing the project successfully completed, tho who had invested so much time and energy in it felt very proud.
4) Given the current financial situation, it is inevitable that the US dollar will be further devalued.
5) There are so many vehicles nowadays that the roads in this area are barely adequate t
o cope with the prent traffic.
6) The weather showed no signs of getting better so the government called upon us to get prepared for floods.
7) Alice had been confined to bed for over 10 years after the traffic accident, and so her recovery emed nothing short of a miracle.
8) The students were all very much concerned about the World Cup, spending at least two hours every day watching the live matches on TV.
