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海内存知己，天涯若比邻。现代大学英语精读第二册练习与答案 2007-1-22 16:59:28 Lesson One Another School Year --- What For?
I . Discuss the following questions:
1) Why did the professor draw a line between training and education? In what way are they different? 2) Are universities only for job training according to the professor? What else should a student strive for in a university
3) How did the professor try to prove the importance of book-reading?
4) How would you respond if your brother or sister or your best friend declares that he/she is only
interested in learning some job skill and therefore has no use for literature, politics, philosophy, history, art, music, etc.?
5) Discuss with or interview a classmate, find out his/her ideas, summarize them and report back briefly to the class: Is education for living or make a living? II. Vocabulary
1. Practice using the rules of word formation.
1) Examine how the words specialize and simplify are formed. Find out the meanings of the suffixes ―–ize‖ and ―–fy‖.
specialize:____ + ____ simplify: ____ + ____
2) Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with the suffix ―–ize‖ and vice versa. Example: computer (n.) + -ize computerize (v.) Noun/Ajective Verb capital __________ central __________ final __________ hospital __________ ideal __________ __________ apologize __________ civilize __________ fertilize __________ industrialize __________ realize
3) Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with the suffix ―–fy‖. Example: beauty (n.) + -fy Noun/adjective Verb clarity __________ class __________ identity __________ intense __________ just __________
4) Complete the sentences based on the Chinese given in the brackets.
(1) If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, it is a time for you to ________ (施肥) your lawn. (2) Just enjoy the little things you are doing. When you look back, you will ________ (意识到) they were doing the big things.
(3) Walt Disney ________（总结）how he made his dreams come true in four C‘s: curiosity, confidence, courage and constancy.
(4) The plan was ________ (批评) as too idealistic and impractical.
(5) The waste water is now ________ (净化) and then used for irrigation.
(6) The training courses aims to ________ (使合格) them as teachers of English. (7) How can you ________ (说明 有正当理由的) your behavior? (8) The freshmen will first read some ________ (简写) stories. (9) Books can be ________ (分类) in different ways.
(10) I was really ________ (害怕的) when I was told that 500 million people would watch my performance. 2. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms.
to average out (to a certain number) to be exposed to to be out to to be stuck to be true of to do with sth.
to have no business doing sth. to put sb. In touch with
to see to sth./to see to it that clause to specialize to
1) They said that they would __________ no more trees are cut from now on
2) When he first retired, he felt very uncomfortable. He did not know what to __________ all his time. 3) If you want to know this, I can __________ a real expert. 4) Meals at the hotel __________20 yuan per day.
5) James protested that others __________ saying such things about him.
6) Eric told me that everything in the hospital was first-rate, and so was it __________ its doctors and nurses.
7) They were shocked to hear Professor Jin say that a company should not __________ make profit only. 8) My father was a historian. He __________ the history of the Ming Dynasty.
9) There are several ways to get around the difficulties when you __________ in the middle of a sentence. 10)Some sociologists argue that the ever-increasing crime rate is due to the fact that people __________ too much violence in TV programs.
11) In the first half of the year, Li Fan‘s income __________ 6,000yuan per month. 12) They promised to __________ the nuclear power station would be safe. 3.Choose the right word and put it in the proper form.. i . to say to speak to talk to tell
1) ―I can __________ you how to start, but you‘ll have to work out the answer yourself, ‖ __________ Mr. Baker.
2) She insisted that parents should try to find out why children sometimes __________ lies. 3) Would you please stop __________? We can‘t hear what the speaker is __________.
4) He __________ a few words about himself and then on to __________ about the recent development in the Sino-Russian relationship.
5) We learned from what students __________ about him that he __________ four languages. ii . fairly rather
1) The food was__________ good, but not as delicious as in the other restaurant. 2) She speaks __________ fluently, but her pronunciation is __________ poor. 3) It‘s___ hot here in the room. Will you please open the window? iii . sensitive sensible
1) I didn‘t mean you .You are too__________..
2) I thank it was a very __________ thing for you to do on such occasions. 3) It was __________ of them to withdraw their troops from that area. 4. Complete the sentences based on the Chinese given in the brackets.
1) The town used to __________ almost entirely __________ (依靠) tourism for its economic development .
2) The president asked me to __________ (主持) the meeting on his behalf .
3) I told them that Mr. Shen __________ ( 坚持) their giving a straightforward answer 4) No country has the right to __________ (干涉) other countries‘ internal affairs . 5) His grandparents __________ (渴望) his return to his own country .
6) In the last twenty years his research __________ (集中) a new strain of rice .
7) All this __________ (同意了的) at our last discussion .I don‘t see why we need to talk about it again . 8) Alice is still __________ (犹豫) the choice between the tow jobs . 9) They would never __________ ( 采取) these means to get rich .
10) There is no use __________ (埋怨) the situation we are in . We should take action and __________ (依靠) ourselves o change it for the better .
11) Do you remember the name of the Chinese who __________ (成功) swimming across the English Channel ?
5.Put in the missing words.
If you are like most people, your intelligence (1) __________ from season .You are (2) __________ a lot sharper in spring than you are at any (3)___ time of the year.
Spring appears to be the best (4) __________ of the year for thinking. One (5) __________ may be that in spring man‘s mental (6) __________ are affected by the same factors that bring (7) __________ great changes in all nature.
Autumn is the next best season, (8) __________ winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to (9) __________ a long vacation from thinking! It has been (10) __________ that cool weather is much more favorable (11) __________creative thinking than is summer hear. This does not (12) __________ that all people are (13) __________ intelligent in summer than they (14) __________ during the rest of the year. It (15) __________ mean , however , that the mental powers of large numbers of people (16) __________ to be lowest in summer. III . Grammar
1. Complete the following sentence wit one of these ways of expressing future time, using the verbs in the brackets.
shall/will shall/will be doing shall/will have done be to do sth. be doing sth. be going to do sth.
1) It has been decided that Beijing __________ (host) the 2008 Olympics.
2) The mayor of Beijing says that all construction work for the Beijing Olympics __________ (complete) by 2006.
3) The central government __________ (do) do what is within its power to help make the event a success. 4) Thousands of people __________ (work) as volunteers when the games __________(hold). 5) There __________ (be) no financial problem for Beijing in organizing the games. 6) By then the air in Beijing __________ (be) cleaner.
7) By then all factories that cause serious air, water or noise pollution __________ (move) out of the city. 8) Beijing __________ (be) more beautiful in 2008.
9) Many people in Beijing __________ (learn) English in the seven years ahead.
10) Both the government and the people of Beijing __________ (work) hard to make the Beijing Olympics one of the best in history.
2. Combine each pair of the sentences, using the right emphasizing coordinate conjunctions. not…but
not only …but also both …and either … or neither …or
1). His brother is a lawyer. His sister is a lawyer, too.
2). What they lack is not money. What they lack is experience.
3). They have come to china to learn Chinese. They have also come to china to learn about her culture. 4). I find the new manager is not easy to get along with. I find he is not delightful to talk to, either. 5). You may write your essay in your regular exercise book. You may print a copy if you do it on your computer.
3. Put in the right preposition from the list below.
about along with as at behind by for from in into like near of off on on to out of round to under upon with beside
1) Professor Li spoke __________ an expert __________ modern Chinese literature. 2) He talks __________ a computer expert, but really he knows little. 3) In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were __________ work.
4) __________ her 21st birthday, her parents sent her a leather coat __________ an affectionate letter. 5) The manager‘s office is large and airy. __________ the window is a CEO-type of desk. An office chair stands __________ the desk. Future back __________ the corner there is a floor-to-ceiling bookcase filled __________ books, magazines, etc.
6) Everyone knows him __________ Old Arthur. He lives __________ a little hut __________ the middle of a small wood, about a mile __________ the village. He goes __________ the village twice a week to buy food, and occasionally he collects letters and his pension __________ the post office.
7) This is what old Arthur said __________ himself __________ a reporter __________ the local
newspaper: ―I get up every morning __________ the birds. There is a stream __________ my hut and I fetch water __________ there. It‘s good, clear, fresh water, better than you get __________ the city.
Occasionally, __________ winter, I have to break the ice. I cook simple food__________ my stove; mostly stews and things __________ that. I don‘t have much money, but I think I‘m a lucky man.‖
8) Recently I came __________ a little group __________ worried people, gathered __________ a man lying __________ the pavement __________ a busy London road. They were waiting __________ an ambulance, because the man had been knocked down __________ a passing taxi. Apparently he had
stepped the pavement and __________ the street, to avoid walking a ladder. This superstition goes back the days when the gallows were built a platform. To get up __________ the platform you had to clime a ladder. To pass __________ that ladder therefore was considered very unlucky. IV . Written work
Suppose you are the writer and write what you said to the tall student about the purpose of a university in about 130 words.
Your retelling should contain three parts. 1. How you came to talk about it 2. What you said
3. What you pointed in conclusion
Key to the exercises II . Vocabulary
1. Practice using the rules of word formation.
1) Examine how the words specialize and simplify are formed. Find out the meanings of the suffixes ―–ize‖ and ―–fy‖.suffixes ―–ize‖, from Greek, is used to form verbs meaning: (1) to cause to be, to make (2) to become
(3) to put into the stated place
suffixes ―–fy‖, from Latin, is used to form verbs meaning: to cause to be, to make.
2) Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with the suffix ―–ize‖ and vice versa. capitalize apology centralize civil finalize fertile
hospitalize industrial idealize real
3) Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with the suffix ―–fy‖ clarify classify identify intensify justify
4) Complete the sentences based on the Chinese given in the brackets. (1) fertilize (2) realize (3) summarized (4) criticized (5) purified (6) qualify (7) justify (8) simplified (9) classified (10) terrified
2. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms. (1) see to it that (2)do with (3)put you in touch with (4)average out to (5) had no business (6)true of (7)be out to (8)specialized in
(9) are stuck (10)are exposed to (11)averaged out to (12)see to it that 3. Choose the right word and put it in the proper form.
i 1) tell, said 2) tell 3) talking, saying 4) said, speak/talk 5) said, spoke ii 1) fairly 2)fairly, rather 3) rather iii 1) sensitive 2) sensible 3) sensible
4. Complete the sentences based on the Chinese given in the brackets. 1) depend on/upon 2)preside over 3)insisted on 4)interfere in/with
5)are longing for/longed for 6)has been concentrated on 7)was agreed on/upon 8)hesitating about/over 9)resort to 10)complaining about, rely on/upon 11)succeeded in 5. Put in the missing words.
(1)varies (2)probably (3)other (4)period (5)reason (6)powers (7)about (8)then (9)take (10)found (11)for (12)mean (13)less (14)are (15)does (16)tend III . Grammar
1. Complete the following sentence wit one of these ways of expressing future time, using the verbs in the brackets.
1) will host
2) will have been completed/will be completed 3) shall/will do
4) will work, is held 5) will be
6) is going to be/will be 7) will have (been) moved 8) will be
9) are going to learn 10) are going to work2.
2. Combine each pair of the sentences, using the right emphasizing coordinate conjunctions. 1) Both his sister and brother are lawyers.
2) What they lack is not money but experience.
3) They have come to China not only to learn Chinese, but also to learn about her culture as well. 4) I find the new manager neither easy to get along with nor delightful to talk to.
5) You may either write your essay in your regular exercise book or print a copy if you do it on your computer.
3. Put in the right preposition from the list below. 1) as, on 2) like 3) out of
4) For/On, along with
5) By/Near, behind, in, with
6) as, in, in, from, to/into, at/from
7) about, to, from, with, near, from, in, in, on, like
8) on/upon, of, round, on, beside, for, by, off, into, under, to, on, on to, under IV . Written work
Suppose you are the writer and write what you said to the tall student about the purpose of a university in about 130 words. Sample:
One day back in January of 1940 , a student came to my office and told me that he had come to college to be a pharmacist. He said he didn‘t see why he should read Shakespeare. I tried, to the best of my ability, to explain what a university is supposed to do. I told him that the job of a university was to produce/ turn out specialists is who were at the same time civilized citizens. In other words, the business of a university is not only to help its students acquire knowledge and professional skills, but also to put them in touch with the great minds of the past. I pointed out that if a person just wanted to be a mechanized savage he had no business being in college.
Lesson Two Maheegun My Brother
I. Do you have a similar story to tell? Is it also about a wolf, about how a dog saved his little master from drowning, about how a horse saved a horseman, about how a tiger rapid the kindness of a doctor who had cured his skin trouble? OK, go ahead and tell us. II. Vocabulary
1. Practice using the rules of word formation.
? Complete the following sentences with the words in their proper forms from the list below. Write N (noun) or V (verb).
bandage hit waste journey risk camp
(1)You can‘t run a business without taking __________. ()
(2)The secret of his successful business is that he gets ahead during the time others __________. ()