现代大学英语精读2课后答案

(1) nothing (2) everything

(3) something (when \ (4) nothing (5) anything (6) something, anything (7) something (8) nothing (9) everything (10) nothing (11) everything (12) anything

(13) Something, anything (14) something (15) nothing

3) Put in indefinite pronouns beginning with any/some/every/no.

This is a story about four people called Everybody, Somebody, Nobody, and Anybody. There was an

important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. But Everybody knew Anybody could do it as it was not so difficult and thought that Somebody really ought to do it. As it turned out Nobody did it and Everybody was very angry because Nobody had done what Anybody could have done and Somebody should have done.

2. Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets into English, using a that-clause. 1) that time is running out (object clause)

2) The fact that he is somebody's relative (appositive clause) 3) that people need (relative clause)

4) that a university put its students in touch with the best of what the human race has achieved (predicative clause)

5) that Beijing had won the bid to host the 2008 Olympics (appositive clause) 6) That anyone would believe such nonsense (subject clause) 7) that women are not as intelligent as men (appositive clause)

8) that quite a number of parents don't like the way their teenage children are dressed (apposi?tive clause) 9) that reflects his love of freedom and movement (relative clauses)

3. Answer the questions on the four heroes in the disaster, using modals. Give as many answers as you can. Samples:

1) No, he wasn't. He didn't have to do so. It wasn't his job dragging drowning people out of water. 2) He just thought he had to/should go into the water to save a fellow human being. 3) No, he hadn't. He had never thought he would do such a thing before the disaster. 4) They said it was their duty and that any other team would have done the same. 5) According to Usher's and Windsor's description, he must have been in his 50s.

6) He must have been an ordinary man and passenger. He must have behaved like anybody else on board. He must have fastened his seat belt as he was told. He might have panicked and must have wished to survive.

7) He must have been aware of the consequence. The helicopter team found him alert and in control. 8) He must have acted on his beliefs, principles and moral standards.

9) He must have been a man of great moral strength. 10) The man could have been saved if more

helicopters had been employed. He might have been pulled out of the water if he had been stronger and persisted a little longer.

4. Put in the correct form of the verbs in the brackets. 1) examined, concluded? had been

2) had been watched/were watched, were captured 3) told, had been selected, didn't take, was joking

4) is sent, received, changed, stored, did not change, were invented, have quickly changed/ have been quickly changing

5) getting, is/has been, to write, send, using, takes, has already taken over 6) have, suggests, are designed, to sell, are, to do, have, cook, prepared 5. Identify and correct the mistake in each of the sentences. 1) Everyone in our class went to the international book fair.

2) Every one of their new products became popular soon after it was launched.

3) The Chinese Delegation expressed the hope that the two sides would soon stop fighting in the area. 4) I suggest that you first read the novel on which the film is based. Or: I suggest that you first read the novel the film is based on.

5) I don't like the way (in which) he speaks to his patients. 6) Is there anyone in the office?

7) I think it was the director's fault, and nobody else is responsible for the disaster.

8) Has anyone got anything important to say?

9) Li Ying can't be in the library. I saw her going to the sports ground just a moment ago. 10) People don't need to understand how their brain works to be able to talk, write, etc. IV. Written work

Describe the plane crash briefly in about 130 words, with emphasis on the behavior of ―the man in the water‖ Sample;

On Wednesday, due to bad weather, a jet plane of Air Florida crashed soon after it took off from

Washington National Airport. The plane hit a bridge at a moment of high traffic and then dropped head-on into the river. Six of the passengers at the back of the plane had survived the crash and found themselves struggling in the cold water. A helicopter was sent to their rescue. It picked up five of the survivors. The other one had sunk before the helicopter came back for him. The man could have lived if he hadn't again and again given the chance of survival to others. His behavior brought millions to tears. In what he had done at a time of life and death they saw the strength of the human spirit in an ordinary man. (136 word)

Lesson Seven The Greatest Invention

I.Oral Work

Discuss the following questions.

1) In the story, the scientist said, ―I do not work for use, but for wonder.‖ Great scientists like Newton, Darwin or Einstein might have the same thing. But on the other hand, a lot of other scientific and

technological discoveries have been the result of very careful planning and have been made to meet very practical needs. What is your view on this? Which do you think produces better results, ―the idle curiosity‖ of scientists or their ―purposeful effort‖?

2) Do you think terrorism is justifiable for small nations or nationalities who have ―just aspirations‖ and yet do not have any other way to make their voice heard or their demand taken seriously? Interview other students. Summarize their ideas and be prepared to present them to the class. II.Vocabulary

1. Practice using the rules of word formation.

1) Examine how the words ―socialism‖ and ―warmth‖ are formed. Find out the meaning of the suffixes ―-ism‖ and ―-th‖ with the help of a dictionary. socialism: + warmth: +

2) Turn the following into words ending in the suffix ―-ism‖ and then give their meaning. And more words to the list.

Example: capitalist → capitalism communist internationalist environmentalist Marxist fascist nationalist feudalist racist idealist realist

industrialist socialist sexist

3) Complete the sentences based on the Chinese in the brackets. (1) (信念) will move mountains.

(2) This book shows the author‘s (高深) of learning. (3) We were stunned by the (宽度) of the waterfall. (4) (真理) lies at the bottom of life.

(5) In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through (力量) but by perseverance.

(6) (健康) is better than wealth.

(7) I closed my eyes and felt the (温暖) of the sun on my face.

(8) (财富) is only yours when you enjoy it but not when you just have it.

(9) Alfred Nobel‘s name has brought fame and glory to others since his (死亡). But he felt he should have died at (出生) because his invention had been used in wars to kill people.

(10) We perhaps can‘t control the (长度) of our life but we can control its (宽度) and (深度). 2. Give words or expressions with similar meanings. 1) to change 8) to finish

2) content (adj.) 9) wonderful 3) to exclaim 10) disaster 4) deadly 11) difference

5) decent (wines) 12) important 6) to dominate 13) effect 7) intelligence 14) likewise 15) peculiar 18) considerate 16) situation 19) reasonable 17) actually 20) wholly

3. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms. but for to appeal to

to spur on if only to the capable of to turn out to aim at to get rid of to let sth. loose

1) Something must be done to the broken desks and chairs in the corridor. They stand in our way. 2) Each time she went out, she would her dog .

3) We had many anxious days and sleepless nights, but things to be all right in the end. 4) her encouragement and generous help, I wouldn‘t have come to college.

5) Professor Robinson giving dates, figures and names from memory. He seldom refers to his nots. 6) He winning two gold medals at the 21st Universiade and that him .

7) I had been there, I would have had the chance to try my English on him. 8) The city government has the citizens to save water and electricity.

9) I looked for my ID card everywhere. As it , it was right under the pillow. 10) Even the most intelligent people making stupid mistakes sometimes.

11) By joining the WTO, China is further improving its economic cooperation with the international community.

12) In his letter, he the government for more support of agriculture. 4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions or adverbs. 1) He said that he would regard our gift a token of friendship.

2) ―As a Chinese saying goes: seeing is believing,‖ he went , ―we hope more of your people will come to visit China.‖

3) She came home a look of joy and excitement because she had been admitted the drama club. 4) Many people think of safety a problem when going a journey.

5) How can we be silent their attack on us?

6) Dorothy opened her eyes the sound of the door being opened. 7) She devoted her last years of life caring for the disabled.

8) The parking lot is to be built behind the hotel. It has been marked already.

9) It was foolish them to threaten others sanctions(制裁).

10) Just like the children in the city, these kids were also born the right to receive a good education. 11) When dinner was over, Mr. Fang and I went the draft of the joint statement while we went to the acrobatic show.

12) George said nothing. He gazed the distance, deep in thought. 5. Put the following into English.

1) 举一个例子 7) 驱使他(拼命地干)

2) 取得进步 8) 作出了一项发明 3) 散布细菌 9) 摧毁那个国家 4) 进行威胁 10) 实现他们的愿望 5) 给我看全过程 11) 统治世界

6) 把他吸引住 12)(船)驶进大连港停泊

6. Choose the right word or expression and put it in the proper form. 1) ?alive ? living ? live (adj./ adv.)

(1) The court issued an order for his arrest when they learned that he was still . (2)Scientists have made several experiments with mice.

(3) Things are getting better. Now people in most rural areas can watch TV programs broadcast . (4) The blue whale is the largest animal. 2) ? able ? capable

(1) Helen Keller was not to see or hear or talk and yet she learned to read and write, and to become an author.

(2) Computers are of doing calculations billions of time in a fraction of a second now .

(3) Mrs. Xu is a very woman. She is successful in her career and she is a good mother and wife, too. 3) ? to check ? to examine ? to inspect

(1) I can't tell you anything about this case. I have to the evidence first. (2) According to the plan, the mayor had to a public school that morning. (3) I think the door is licked. But I‘ll go and .

(4) Did you our mail today? I‘m expecting a letter form my parents.

(5) I don‘t like the way they the students. It kills their interest in learning.

7. Examine the uses of ―offer‖ and ―work‖ in the sentences below. List other possible uses of these words and then make sentences after the models.

So I asked him if I might offer him a glass of wine. (para.5) ( to offer sb. sth. ) Yes, he worked and he was working for us on something wonderful. (para. 20) ( to work vi. ) ( to work on sth. )

Other possible of ―offer‖ and ―work‖: offer: work:

1) Up to now, they have not offered any explanation yet.

2)TheUNDP(United Nations Development Program) offered to cooperate with China in improving China‘s land planning and management.

3) The company made an offer to train our workers. 4) I think it‘s a good plan. It‘s going to work. 5) Don‘t work her too hard .She‘s still weak.

6) I‘ll be at work from 7 to 10. So call me after 10. will you?

8. Give the verb pattern of the underlined part in the sentence below. List other possible adverbs and then, using the pattern, put the Chinese into English.

…or that the influence of the strange wine was over, … ( para.45) Verb pattern:

Other possible adverbs:

1) 你去哪里?( use ―off‖) 2)贝克先生在外面散步。 3)你从泰国回来多久了? 4)他们还没有起床呢。 5)为什么白天还开着灯?

6)电影还在放呢,要到10点才能结束。 7)汽车展览会已展出了两个星期了。 8)李燕不在,她去武汉开会了。 9)看完这些杂志后请放回原处。

10)我妈不在家,她去办公室值夜班了。 9. Put in the missing words.

There were three engineers in a car: an electrical engineer, a chemical engineer and a microsoft engineer. Suddenly the car (1)_______ by the roadside, and the three engineers looked at each other (2)_______ what could be wrong and what could be (3) .

The electrical engineer (4) that they strip down the eletronics of the car and try to trace (5) a fault might have (6) . The chemical engineer, not (7) much about cars, said that the fuel (8) becoming emulsified(乳酪) and getting (9)_______ somewhere.

Then, the microsoft engineer, (10) didn‘t know much about anything, came (11) with a suggestion, ―why (12) we close all the windows, get (13) , get back in , open the windows (14) ,and maybe it will(15) !‖ III Grammar

1.Complete the sentences by translating the Chinese in brackets. 1) China‘s national economy achieved an increase of 7.8% in 2000, (正如不少经济学家所预料的那样).

2) (正如一位科学家所说), no invention is the work of a single person. 3) These tales are described (作为西藏人民的一部史诗). 4) (就自然灾难而言), this earthquake is not too bad.

5) Joe and Delia finally decided to get married (正如双方家庭所希望的那样). 6) Wuxi is known (中国的威尼斯).

7) Liu Feng has a very large vocabulary and is regarded (我们班的活字典).

8) (众所周知), Taiwan has been China‘s territory since ancient times. 9) Customs officers are forbidden to accept anything (作为礼品)from business people.

10) Global warming has both negative and positive effects on our environment, (如科学家所证明的那样). 2. Rewrite the sentences as shown in the examples.

Example 1: To know if tomorrow week will be fine is impossible. → It‘s impossible to know if tomorrow week will be fine.

Example 2: You would be surprised if you realized how things have changed. → It would surprise you to realize how things have changed. Example 3: I had to work for two hours before finishing the job. → It took me two hours to finish the job.

Example 4: I wish Linda could win the scholarship. How wonderful that would be. → It would be wonderful if Linda could win the scholarship.

Example 5: You missed Professor Li‘s lecture on globalization. What a pity. → It was a pity that you missed Professor Li‘s lecture on globalization. 1) To find a qualified person for the position is not very easy.

2) To deal with complaints from difficult customers requires patience.

3) She was terribly upset when she saw many of the trees destroyed.

4) I wish you and your family could visit Beijing next summer. It would be wonderful.

5) To report on sports events such as the World Cup and the Olympics must be exciting.

6) To have the three skills — driving, good English and the ability to use a computer helps a person a lot in the job market.

7) Dr. Wu was pleased when he saw that his research was being carried on by dedicated young people.

8) To ask what others regard as ―stupid‖ questions needs courage.

9) They‘ve decided to cancel the trip. It‘s a pity.

10) To show your ID to the guard at the entrance is necessary whenever you want to enter the building.

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