unit-8-大学英语综合教程答案

BOOK1-Unit8-LanguageFocus-Vocabulary

1.Fillinthegapswithwordsorphrasesgivenbelow.Changetheformwherenecessary.

1)Theproblemofairpollutioninourcityisveryseriousbecauseoursisabigzoneofbothresidentialand[industrial]buildings.

2)Averagestudentswhoworkhardusuallydobetterthancleverstudentswhoare[idle].

3)Whenthecamera[isfunctioning]properly,agreenlightcomeson.

4)Thefundamentalissueinthecurrentdebateiswhetherenvironmentalleadcontamination(环境铅污染)causes[intellectual]impairment(受损)inchildren.

5)Thegirl,[scared]andtrembling,stoodinthedoorwayhidingfromthemanwhohadfollowedher.

6)Itisreportedthatnomorethana[handful]ofU.S.companieshavebeensuccessfulintheJapanesemarket.

7)I'vebeendoingthesummerjobfortwomonthsnow.Itwouldbea[luxury]tobeabletohaveadayoff.

8)Clarencerefusedtocommentonthestateofhismarriage,sayingitis"a[private]matter."

9)William[wokeup]lateanddidn'tgettoworkuntilteno'clock.

10)Weagreedbeforewedidthedealthatwe'dbothtakeanequal[slice]oftheprofit.

11)Whenyoulookatthestateofhiscarit'sa[miracle]thathewasn'tkilled!

12)AweekbeforetheSpringFestivalthetelephoneexchange[wasjammed]withpeoplewantingtobooktraintickets.

2.Rewriteeachsentencewiththewordorphraseinbrackets,keepingthesamemeaning.Thefirstparthasbeenwrittenforyou.

1)Theriseingaspriceswillprobablyhaveaseriouseffectonthecostofelectricity.(affect)

Thecostofelectricityislikely[tobeseriouslyaffectedbytheriseingasprices].

2)Icouldn'tcarelesswhetheryoustayorleave.(indifference)

Whetheryoustayorleave[isamatteroftotalindifferencetome].

3)Thepersonnelmanagerofthecompanyexplainedveryclearlythattheyneededextrapeople.(drivehome)

Thepersonnelmanagerofthecompany[drovehomethepointthattheyneededextrapeople].

4)Theyfoundthemissingwillafteralonghunt.(searchfor)

Themissingwill[wasfoundaftertheysearchedforitforalongtime].

5)Therewasnowaterleftbythetimetheygottothecamp.(runoutof)

They[hadrunoutofwaterbythetimetheygottothecamp].

3.Completethefollowing,usingthewordsorphrasesinbrackets.Makeadditionsorchangeswherenecessary.

1)Withthehelpofabankloan,thecompanyemployedagroupofskilled[manual]workers.New[andcomplex]productsweredevelopedandputonthemarket.Asaresultthecompanysolved[itsfinancial]problems.(financial,complex,manual)

2)Philip[wasveryupset]tofinditsohardto[makealivingby]writinginthenewcountry.He[swore]thathewouldgiveuphiswritingcareerandtrysomeotherjob.Tohisdelight,he[wasmuchbetteroff/becamemuchbetteroff]whenheswitchedtoteaching,andevenhadadequatemoneyforanewcar.(swear,upset,betteroff,makealiving)

3)TheotherdaymyfriendJohnandIpaidavisittothemuseumoffineartsinourcity.Themuseumhadrecentlyacquireda[handful]oforiginalpaintingsbyanAmericanwomanartist.[Ignorantof]art,IturnedtoJohnandaskedhowherworksstruckhim.Johnrepliedthatforhim,her[paintingssummedup/workssummedup]therestlessspiritofAmerica.(ignorant,sumup,handful)

BOOK1-Unit8-LanguageFocus-WordswithMultipleMeanings

Nowwritesentencesofyourown,usingmakeandthegivenwords.

1.youngman,$5,hour,inhissummerjob

[Theyoungmanmade$5anhourinhissummerjob.]

2.what,you,changeyourmind

[Whatmadeyouchangeyourmind?]

3.I'msure,Jason,goodlawyer

[I'msureJasonwillmakeagoodlawyer.]

4.vet,putsomething,downthedog'sthroat,it,vomit(呕吐)

[Thevetputsomethingdownthedog'sthroattomakeitvomit.]

5.story,interestingreading

[Thestorymakesinterestingreading.]

education,withnousefulskills,hecouldhardlyearnanadequateliving