最新精编大学英语精读第二册第三版课后练习参考答案.docx

1、最新精编大学英语精读第二册第三版课后练习参考答案大学英语精读第二册(第三版)课后练习参考答案 大学英语精读第二册（第三版）课后练习参考答案 上海外语教育出版社 Unit1 III Vocabulary Activities 1. 1). bare 2). empty 3). empty 4). bare 5). empty 6).bare 2. 1). shortly 2).track down 3).faint 4).motioned 5).at the sight of 6).feel like 7).slamming 8).rang out 9).contract 10).made fo

2、r 11).heated 12).emerged 3 1). host 2). sprang up/rang out 3). impulse 4). came to 5). track down 6). unexpected 7). outgrow 8). widened 9). shortly 10). emerge / spring up 11). at the sight of 12). made for 13). crisis 14). Colonial 4 1). Jimmy has outgrown the shirts his aunt made for him a few ye

3、ars ago. 2). Does the doctor think the elderly lady is likely to survive the operation / it is likely that the elderly lady will survive the operation? 3). The other day your cousin paid us an unexpected visit. 4). Dont you see the nurse motioning us to be silent? 5). Her face lit up with joy at his

4、 return. 6). The sound of her footsteps grew fainter as she walked farther away. IV. Enriching Your Word Power 1. additional advantageous anxious conditional courageous curious dangerous educational emotional famous industrial intentional medical mountainous musical mysterious national occasional pe

5、rsonal practical 2. heated colored pigtailed gifted bearded pointed experienced aged skilled diseased V. Usage 1.The people questioned gave very different opinions on the issue. 2. Can you see the man climbing on that rock? 3. Several days passed before they came up with a satisfactory solution to t

6、he problems discussed. 4. We were woken early by the sound of the birds singing. 5. The chairman made it clear that those objecting should explain their reasons. 6. After a days work, I felt I had little energy left. 7. I knew of some of the athletes taking part. 8. The success obtained surprised th

7、ose who had given up the project as impossible. VI. Structure 1. 1). During the time that 2). As long as 3). Although 4). as long as 5). whereas 6). Although 7). whereas 8). Although 2. 1). They frightened the child into telling the truth. 2). He tricked her into marrying him by pretending that he w

8、as the son of a millionaire. 3). My tactless words forced the old gentleman into buying something he could not possibly afford. 4). He finally talked me into accepting his terms. 5). The girl persuaded her father into giving up smoking. 6). Their severe criticism shocked her into realizing her selfi

9、shness. 3. 1). Guests are to be back in the hotel by twelve oclock. 2). An investigation is to be made next week. 3). I am to meet them at the airport. 4). You are to finish your homework before you watch TV. 5). The medicine is to be taken three times a day after meals. 6). Bob and Susan are to get

10、 married in October VIII 1. 1).hosts 2).heated 3).argument 4).impulse 5).shortly 6).emerged 7).slam 8).crawled 9).crisis 2. Fill in the missing words 1.corner 2.attention 3.noticed 4.shining 5.directed 6.there 7.bed 8.snake 9.its 10.feet 11.from 12.however 13.do 14.as 15.forward 16.neither 17.still

11、18.if 19.through 20.floor 21.pulling 22.under 23.cried 24.out 25.to 26.where 27.made 28.eyes VIII. Spot Dictation 1.do the cooking 3.hardly thought so 3.settled down 4.half expected 5.equipment 6.boiled over 7.why things were so quiet 8.burning 9.greeted 10.battlefield IX. Translation 1.她砰地关上门，一声不吭地

12、走了，他们之间那场争执就此结束。 Their argument ended when she slammed the door and left without a word. 2. 出席晚宴的客人对那个美国人威严的语气感到有点意外。 The guests at the dinner party were slightly surprised at the commanding tone of the American. 3. 约翰尼已长大成熟，不再害怕独自呆在家里了。 Johnny has outgrown the fear of staying at home alone. 4. 当全部乘

13、客都向出口处 (exit) 走去时，他却独自留在座位上，好像不愿意离开这架飞机似的。 While all the other passengers made for the exit, he alone remained in his seat as if unwilling to leave the plane. 5. 这封信必须交给威尔逊博士本人。 The letter is to be handed to Dr. Wilson himself. 6. 南希虽然很想参加辩论，但腼腆得不敢开口。 While she felt like joining in the argument, Nan

14、cy was too shy to open her mouth. 7. 你觉得什么时候最有可能在家里找到他？ What do you think is the likeliest time to find him at home? 8. 猎人一看见有只狐狸从树丛中出现并向他设下 (lay) 的陷阱 (trap) 方向跑去，脸上顿时闪出了兴奋的表情。 The hunters face lit up with excitement as soon as he saw a fox emerge from among the bushes and run in the direction of /

15、make for the trap he had laid. Unit5 III. Vocabulary Exercises 1. 1)h 2)e 3)a 4)g 5)f 6)d 7)b 8)c 2. 1)makes up 2)fraction 3) perspectives 4) from year to year 5) poisonous 6) liberate 7) crept 8) transparent 9) to make matters worse 10) consume 11) be replaced 12) interior 13) has disappeared 14) c

16、ame about 3. 1) has served as 2) may do harm to 3) makes up 4) convert them into 5) in all likelihood 6) from year to year 7) compete with for 8) is essential to IV. 1. 1) poisonous 2) joy 3) treacherous 4) religious 5) prosperous 6) spontaneous 7) humorous 8) mysterious 9) jealousy 10) curious 11)

17、cautious 12) ridiculous 13) ambition 14) generous 15) virtue 16) error 2. 1) fast-growing 2) fast-moving 3) good-looking 4) far-reaching 5) outstanding 6) ill-fitting 7) high-sounding 8) everlasting 3. 1) ill-planned 2) well-paid 3) well-designed 4) well-read 5) newly-wed 6) well-meant 7) widespread

18、 8) far-fetched V. 1) at first 2) firstly/first 3) First of all 4) first of all/first 5) firstly 6) first 7) at first 8) at first VI. 1. 1) A ballet dancer who does not practice every day loses a lot of skill, as does a musician. 2) Almost all the teachers at the training centre were women, as were

19、the majority of the learners. 3) The first lines gripped him; as did the next verse; and then the whole poem. 4) Isaac watched her winning smile, as did every man in the group. 5) Anyone accompanying a disabled person will be admitted to the meeting, as will guide dogs. 6) The second individual sess

20、ion began with a review of the homework assignment, as did all sessions. 2. 1) It is believed that between 50,000 and 100,000 people in this country, who are free of symptoms, are likely to be carrying the HIV virus. 2) During this period, it is estimated that half a million people were killed in th

21、e communal violence that flooded the country. 3) When it is discovered that a substance harms womens reproductive health, women of childbearing age are usually kept from jobs that might expose them to it. 4) Official figures give average class sizes as forty to fifty, but it is reported that in the

22、rural areas there are often seventy to eighty children in a class. VII. Cloze 1. 1) apparent 2) disappear 3) pressure 4) widespread 5) collapse 6) alternative 7) does us no harm 8) tissue 9) liberate 10) visible 11) radiation 12) by itself 13) consume 14) in all likelihood 2. 1) grow 2) hotter 3) se

23、em 4) run 5) fall 6) melt 7) means 8) away 9) retreat 10) to 11) necessarily 12) possible 13) so 14) exist 15) gained 16) though 17) found 18) another 19) piled XXXX年复一年地上升，极地的冰帽将会开始融化，沿海城市中一半的建筑物很可能会消失在劈啪飞溅的海浪下面。 If the temperature on the Earth continues to go up from year to year, the polar ice ca

24、ps will begin to melt and, in all likelihood, half of the buildings in coastal cities will disappear beneath splashing sea waves. 6) 因为这些生物很小并且常常躲在叶子茂密的植物下面，肉眼并不都可以看见。 Because these creatures are small and tend to hide beneath leafy plants, they are not always visible to the naked eye. 7) 由于受到原子辐射，他

25、最终在工作时倒下了。 As a result of exposure to atomic radiation, he finally collapsed at work. 8) 有明显的证据表明工作上的重压与身体的某些毛病有联系。 There is distinct evidence of the connection between heavy pressure of work and some disorders of the body. Unit8 III. Vocabulary Activities 1. 1) decrease 2) outside 3) plus 4) vague

26、5) hard 6) empty 7) thin 8) fall 9) exclusive 10) clever 11) light 12) present 13) false 14) stale 15) pull 16) at least 17) minor 18) alive/living 19) relatively 20) narrow 2. 1) is on the rise 2) numerous 3) was launched 4) come to no good end/come to bad ends 5) different from 6) go down 7) being

27、 hard on/being so hard on the child 8) an indication 9) possess 10) a case in point 3. 1) out of style 2) In the case of 3) overnight 4) on the other hand 5) evidence 6) clue 7) incident 8) corresponding 9) contagious 10) lay in 11) anyway 12) reinforced 13) behavior 4. 1) We think of the Great Wall

28、 of China as one of the wonders of the world. 2) Medical scientists have long recognized that heart disease is linked to cigarette smoking. 3) San Francisco and Shanghai are both major seaports and financial centers, but unlike Shanghai, San Francisco is hilly and surrounded by water on three sides.

29、 4) An increase in investments will lead to a corresponding rise in profits in times of rapid economic growth. 5) The size of the prize tempted many people to enter the competition. 6) All the candidates for the position must meet the requirement of successful completion of secondary school. IV. Enr

30、iching Your Word Power 1. 1) disagreement 2) disadvantage 3) disappear 4) disapprove 5) misbehave 6) discomfort 7) miscount 8) discontented 9) discontinue 10) disclose 11) misdeed 12) misdirect 13) misfortune 14) misguide 15) dishearten 16) dishonor 17) misjudge 18) mislead 19) disobey 20) disorder

31、21) misprint 22) misspelling 23) mistranslate 24) misunderstanding 2. 1) overpraised 2) overate 3) overwork 4) overcrowded 5) overweight 6) overloading 7) overanxious 8) Overpopulation V. 1) shoe repairers 2) clothes shops 3) cigarette packets 4) customs duties 5) child welfare 6) arms control 7) a

32、salesperson/a sales clerk 8) a ticket office VI. Structure 1. 1) Helen will have that dress altered to fit her. 2) It was Qin Shi Huang who had all the walls joined up. 3) I had my meals brought to me when I was ill in bed with a bad cold. 4) He had three of his teeth knocked out in the fight. 5) Bill had his hat blown off when (he