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现代大学英语第二版精读4 Unit2 Spring Sowing Key to Exercises

现代大学英语第二版精读4 Unit2 Spring Sowing Key to Exercises
现代大学英语第二版精读4 Unit2 Spring Sowing Key to Exercises

精读4 Unit 2 课后练习答案

Vocabulary

1. Into English

1. assert one’s manhood 6. rub his eyes

2. cross one’s mind 7. munch her bead and butter

3. measure the ground 8. overpower that feeling of dread

4. secure one’s food 9. carry a long way

5. scatter the darkness 10. bend their backs

Into Chinese

1. 燃烧着的煤 6. 一家之主

2. 他那长满雀斑的脸7. 一颗怦怦直跳的心

3. 淡淡的八字须8. 一组山间小屋

4. (不好的)事情迫在眉睫9. 一块狭长的地

5. 一位精明的妇女10. 一副凶猛严厉的表情

3.

1. Zhuge Liang pretended to be very calm and succeed in hiding the fact from Sima Yi that the city was really ungrounded. He proved himself worthy of the admiration he had received.

2. He knew that a bloody battle was imminent and his army was terribly outnumbered. So he pretended to be retreating quickly to the rear. Actually he was laying a trap for the enemy troops.

3. Social Darwinists asserted that we can compare human society to the animal world. It did not cross their minds that human beings could be different from other animals. They relied on their brain rather than their instinct.

4. These mass-produced chickens can not compare with the chickens we used to raise at home. Chicken farms may have increased the output, but they have robbed the chickens of their good taste.

5. The financial bubbles finally burst, causing a serious crisis that swept over the whole world.

6. Thanks to our price edge, our exports to that region increased by 30% compared with the same period the previous year.

7. The reporters were all bursting with questions. But the government spokesman/spokesperson said that all she knew was that people were watching a play when some thirty armed terrorists burst into the theater.

8. When the prisoners burst out singing, the prison warden was frightened.

9. The area is dotted with factories. It also has holiday inns dotted around the whole island. But there are already signs that many local people will rebel against this trend.

10. He declared that all the rebels would be pardoned if they laid down their arms.

4

1 B

2 A

3 C

4 C

5 B

6 D

7 D

8 C

9 A

10 D

5

1.

1.bosom, brest, bosom

2. chest

3. chest

4. brest,bosom

5. breast

6. breast

2

1. jump/leap

2. leaped

3. skip, jumped/sprang

4. jumping

5. hopping/jumping, leaping/skipping

6. skip/jump

3

1. verge

2. verge

3. border

4. edge

5. brim

6. rim

7. edge

4

1. swearing

2. curse, curse

3. abused

4. calling names/ name-calling

5

1. rubbing

2. scraped

3. scratch

4. scraped

5. scratched

6. rub, scrape

6

Scattered

Spread

Sprayed

Spreading

Scattered

6.

1. clearly/evidently/obviously whole-heartedly/heartily/greedily/hungrily

2. fiercely/furiously/feverishly

3. gruffly/sharply/rudely/roughly

4. doubtlessly/undoubtedly/unquestionably/undeniably/ indisputably

proudly/arrogantly/boastfully

5. cruelly/brutally/heartlessly/mercilessly/pitilessly/remorselessly/savagely/ruthlessly

6. oddly/strangly

7. coolly/calmly/evenly/placidly

8. convincingly/persuasively/rationally completely/entirely/wholly/thoroughly

9. greatly/ dramatically/considerably/enormously/immensely

Grammar

1.if

2.suppose/ supposing

3.If

4.only if

5.If

6.even if

7.unless

8.Suppose/Supposing

9.If

10.If

2. 2.

1. As the saying goes, there’s no smoke without fire.

2. There’s no denying that the film has no equal in cinema history.

3. I warned him about the danger involved, but he paid no heed to my warning.

4. There’s no generally accepted definition of happiness.

5. These are no ordinary students; they are going to be trained as astronauts.

6. There are no easy or painless solutions to the company’s financial problems.

7. Away from home for the first time, college students have to do day-day chores themselves. It’s no bad thing.

8. The two sides are so far apart on key issues that there’s no telling how long the talks could drag on.

9. That’s the kind of holiday I dream of—no telephone, no TV and no worries.

10. Some of the nation’s top economists say that they see no sign of economic

recovery in the country.

4

此时此刻西里尔●博吉斯先生装扮成一位身着袍服的牧师,除此之外,倒也看不出他有什么邪恶阴险之处。他的职业是古董家具经销商,在伦敦切尔西区国王大道有自己的店铺和展示厅。他的卖场不大,通常生意做得也不大,不过由于他能以极低极低的价格买进,又以极高极高的价格卖出,每年都能小赚一把。博吉斯先生天生会做生意,无论是买还是卖,他都能一下看准各类客户的心态,以最佳方式应对他们。对长者,他既老成持重而又讨人喜欢;对富人,则巴结献媚;对虔诚的圣徒,他态度严肃庄重;对弱者,则派头十足说一不二;对寡妇,他会淘气调皮,故作天真;对老处女,佯装幽默,低级挑逗。他很清楚自己有这个才能,一有机会就肆无忌惮地加以使用。往往在他淋漓尽致的表演后,他真的只能拼命克制自己才能不站到一边,在剧场的观众发出如雷掌声时,向观众鞠躬表示谢意。

尽管博吉斯先生具有这种小丑般的特性,但他不是个傻瓜。事实上有人说他对法国、英国和意大利的家具的了解不比其他伦敦人少。此外,他的鉴赏力也惊人的好,即使遇到一件真品,他也能很快看出设计品位不高而拒不收购。

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