现代大学英语精读二unit4详细答案杨立民版.docx

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现代大学英语精读二unit4详细答案杨立民版

现代大学英语精读二unit4详细答案（杨立民版）

Unit4

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1.Listentotherecordingofthetextandthenfillintheblanksinthe

followingsentences.

1）anaircrash;Washington;1982

2）terriblecrash;jetplane;WashingtonNationalAirport;bridge;Potomac;

sank;inicy-coldwater;four;survive

3）greatdamageandlossoflife;special;tears;helicopterteam;topickup

survivors;“themaninthewater”

4）courageandnoblecharacter;nature;totheoccasion

5）pride;themoralpower

2.Readthetextforbettercomprehensionandanswerthequestions.1）Theunusualelementisthebridge,becausenormally,aircrashesdonotinvolveabridge.Note:

Theword“element”heremeansfactororabasicpartofsthcomplicated..

2）Cityofformandrulesmeansacitythatisshapelyorbeautifulandorderly,butitsuddenlyturnedintoitsoppositeandbecamechaotic,turnedintoastateofcompletedisorderandconfusion.

Ablastofrealwinter:

Blastmeansasuddenstrongmovementofwindorair.Thetwometalshererefertothebridgeandtheplane,bothofwhicharemadeofmetal.3）Fromthepointofviewofartisticbeauty,therewasalsoaclash,becausetheplanewasblueandgreen,theriverwasblack,andthechunksoficeweregrey.Perhapspeopledidnotseefailureinitatall.Theyonlysawthetriumphofhumannatureovertheelements.

5）Herethehumannatureandnaturalpowersareinconflict.

6）“Risetotheoccasion”:

Dealsuccessfullywithaproblemorsituationthatisespeciallydifficult.“Gropingandstruggling”referstothefactthatnormallyitis

humaninstincttogropeforsomethingtohangontoandstruggleforlife.7）Thesentencemeans“Threeoutofthefouracknowledgedheroes…,areabletoaccountfortheirbehavior.”

“Accountfor”:

giveasatisfactoryexplanation

8）“inthelineofduty”:

whileworking;whileonduty

9）Skutnicaddedthatsomebodyhadtogointhewatersayingwhateveryherowouldsayunderthecircumstances,butalthoughthesentimenthasbeenrepeatedbymanyheroes,itisstilladmirable.

10）Itmeansthemainreasonfortheemotionalimpactorthepersonwhocausedthegreatestemotionalimpact.

11）“masscasualty”:

agreatnumberofpeopleinjuredandkilledinanaccidentorbattle.Theword“mass”hereisanadjective,meaningaffectingalotofpeople.Also

massmurder;masskillings;massdestruction;masshysteria;massprotest;massmovement.

“commitment”:

asenseofdutyandresponsibilityandadeterminationtoworkhardatit.

12）Ashisnameremainedunknown,itmadehimasortofsymbol,asymbolofwhathumanbeingscandowhentheyareattheirbest.

13）“listeningto…”isaparticiplephraseusedasanadverbialofmanner,modifyingthepredicateofthemainclause“sitting”;“tell…”and“saying..”arebothpartofthecomplexobjectof“listeningto”;and“tofasten…”ispartofthecomplexobjectof“tell”.

14）intheessential,classiccircumstance:

inthemostbasicandtypicalcircumstance15）theage-oldbattlebetweenhumansandnature

16）goateachother:

fighteachotherviolently

actondistinctions:

actaccordingtothedistinctionbetweengoodandevil;actaccordingtomoralprinciples

17）Itmeansthatwhenthemaninthewatergavealifelinetothepeoplegaspingforsurvival,inthesamewayheseemedtobealsosavingthelivesofthosewhowatchedhim,makingthemunderstandlife’struemeaning.

18）“holdittoastandoff”:

makenatureunabletowinthebattleimmediately迫

使自然接受在和人的斗争中的僵持局面，使它不能马上得逞。

Vocabulary

1.Dothefollowingexercisesonwordformationrules.

1）Turnthefollowingintotheiroppositebyaddingin-orim-:

1.incompetence

2.immoral

3.impossible

4.incomplete

5.impersonal

6.incredible

7.indirect

8.immovable

9.immortal

10.impolite

11.informal

12.improper

13.impartial

14.impatient

15.incorrect

16.incapable

17.insignificant

18.impractical

19.imperfect;

20.insensitive

21.impermissible

22.impenetrable

23.indifferent

24.immovable

25.invisible

26.immodest

27.immature

28.invaluable

29.invariable

30.immeasurable

2）Guessthemeaningofthefollowingsuffixes.

（1）-ee

Referee;employee;payee;divorcee;trainee

（2）-eer

volunteer;pioneer;engineer;profiteer;

（3）-ess

Stewardess;actress;conductress;tigress;lioness;duchess;

countess;mistress;princess;hostess;

3）Translatethefollowingexpressionspayingspecialattentionto

thecompoundnounsinboldtypemadeofverbs+adverbs.

1.经济起飞

2.欢送会

3.梦想复辟

4.可耻的出卖

5.后续讨论

6.产品用后就扔的现代经济

7.脸上涂脂抹粉化妆品用得太多8.严重的精神崩溃

9.给了个表示许可的信号

10.怀疑这是有意掩盖真相

11.我们叫个外买吧

12.在那个军事接管以后

13.给学生一些讲义

14.改革的好处

15.这联盟最后的破裂16.学校中途撤学的人

17.第二天清晨仍能感觉酒后头昏

18.出来参加投票的人不多

2（Givetheoppositeofthefollowingwords.

1）employer

2）unfasten

3）bad/evil

4）unidentified

5）concerned/caring/interested/sympathetic

6）immovable

7）impersonal

8）irresponsible

9）selfishness

10）individual/personal/specific/private

11）shallow

12）undress

13）slightly/somewhat/inpart

14）deny

bridegroom15）

3.TranslatethefollowingChineseintoEnglish.

1）aircrashes/aircollisionandothernaturaldisasters

humannatureandcharacter2）

3）thetailsectionofajetplane

4）hugechunksofice

5）flotationring

6）fastentheseatbelt

7）culturalconflict/clash

8）Flight911

9）mechanicfailure

10）humantragedy

11）harshremarks

12）makeadistinctionbetweengoodandevil

13）presidentialmonuments

14）typical/classiccircumstance

15）universalcharacter

16）publichero

17）emotionalimpact

18）momentofhightraffic（peak）

19）enduringwonder

20）AirFlorida

21）CongressionalBudgetOffice

22）masscasualties

4.Completethesentenceswiththeexpressionslistedbelowintheir

properforms.

1）referto;knownas

2）inreality;asever;responsiblefor

3）brought;totears;sticks

4）worth;referto;Ontheotherhand;makeacarefuldistinction5）cametotheconclusion;forthe

6）takesoff;onbehalfof

7）tobesure;careabout;risetotheoccasion

8）responsiblefor;accountfor

5.Fillintheblankswithappropriateprepositionsoradverbs.1）to;as

2）on;to

3）to;of

4）on;in;under

5）accordingto;over

6）with;at;at

7）against;for;to

8）on;to

9）on;to

10）In/Owingto/Becauseof;of

6.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish.

1）Thefactthathewasabletoavoidtheseeminglyinevitablecrashmade

himanationalhero.

2）Ofthefourstudentswhoriskedtheirlivestotrytodragthedrowning

childrentoshore,twoneverreturned.

3）TheJapaneseareknownfortheirlonglifespan.Theybelievetheyowethis

totheireatinghabits/compositionoftheirdiet,whichcontainsalotoffish

products.

4）IknowHarris.Icouldn’timagineamanlikehimmakingsuchstupid

remarks.

5）Aftertestingherloyaltymanytimes,hewasnowgoingtogiveherthe

mostdangeroustask.

6）IhearthatLincolndeliveredanextremelypowerfulspeechonthat

occasion.Whateverdidheactuallysay?

7）Thatthistimetheymustbereadytochallengedeathwasclearto

everybody.Butnooneregrettedthismove.

8）Asaccidentsgo/Asfarasaccidentsareconcerned,therewasnothingoutof

theordinary:

acrazyyoungmandrivesacaronauniversitycampusand

killsayoungwomanstudent.Whatisunusualisthefactthatthemandares

tochallengethepeoplewhowanttotakehimtocourtbecausehisfatheris

alocalpoliceofficer.

9）Everytime/Wheneverwedecideonafinancialpolicy,wehavetomakea

cleardistinctionbetweenshort-terminterestsandlong-terminterests.10）AlthoughitwasearlyOctober,peoplecouldalreadybeseendriving

acrossthefrozenriver.

Grammar

1.Learntousetheappositiveclause.

1.Studytheclausesintroducedbythatandsaywhichareappositiveclauses

andwhicharetherelativeclauses.

Explanatorynotes:

a.Theappositiveclauseisonethatexplainsthemeaningofthepreviousnoun.

b.The“noun+appositiveclause”functionsasanoun（phrase）,andlikeanoun

（phrase）,itisusedassubject,objects,andpredicative.c.The“noun+appositiveclause”formisusedastheobjectofprepositionsand

ofverbsthatcannotbefollowedbyasimplethat-clause.d.Onlyasmallnumberofnounscanbefollowedbyanappositiveclause.

Amongsuchverbsarefact,feeling,idea,news,opinion,order,suggestion.

1）appositiveclauseinappositionto（与……同位）“thefact”

2）relativeclausemodifying“thejets…”

3）relativeclausemodifying“everyhero’sline”

4）appositiveclauseinappositionto“thefact”

5）appositiveclauseinappositionto“proof”

6）relativeclausemodifying“something”

7）appositiveclauseinappositionto“theconclusion”

8）appositiveclausesinappositionto“thefact”

2.Respondtoorrewriteeachoftheremarks,usinganappositiveclause

andthewordsinbrackets.

1）Theboy’sfearthathewouldfailtheexaminationwastotallygroundless.2）Ihaveafeelingthatthefarmer’swifedoesn’tlikethewaysomeyoung

peoplebehave.

3）Ayearaftertheplanecrash,thecouplestillclungtothehopethattheirson

wouldonedayreturnhome.

4）Ithinkthepolice’sopinionthatthevictimwaspartlyresponsiblefortheftis

ridiculous.）

5）Theinternationalcommunitywelcomesthenewsthatthetwocountrieshave

decidedtoreturntothenegotiatingtable.

6）Alotofscientistsdon’tthinktheresultoftheirresearchisabsoluteproofthat

globalwarmingisn’treallyhappening.

7）Teddecidedtojointheteam,forhecametotheconclusionthathehadmore

togainthanlose.

8）Ourdepartmentheadseemstohave