新世纪综合教程3-何兆熊-unit2-课后答案.docx

Unit 2 练习答案Text comprehensionI. Decide which of the following best states the authors tone of writing. BII. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.1. T2. T3. F4. F5. FIII. OmittedIV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.1. He had dedicated all his time to his work and had no hobby at all, except that he played a golf game every month which cannot be taken as a hobby anyway.2. Their daughter said that, when they were still small, her father had become a company man and her mother had given up and attempt to keep him at home.VocabularyI. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.1. worked himself to death: died from self-motivated overwork2. conceivably: most likelythe top spot: the presidency of the company; the highest position in the company3. of no particular marketable skills: with no specific skills wanted by employers4. researching his father: trying to discover facts about his father; collecting memories of his father5. a heart-attack natural: a person vulnerable to heart attacksII. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate form.1. survived2. grabs3. discreetly4. deceased, obituary6. conceivably6. board7. classics8. executivesIII. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1. widowed2. nerves3. precisionist4. competitiveness5. execution6. presided7. marital8. accompaniedIV. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.1. died of2. stay up3. cares for4. straightened out5. picked out6. given up7. grabbed at8. considered forV. Given a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.1. Precisely: Synonym: exactly2. Instantly: Synonym: immediately3. Workaholic: antonym: slacker (idler, loafer)4. Survived: synonym: outlived5. Embarrassed: synonym: disconcerted (abashed)6. Deceased: synonym: departed7. Overweight: antonym: underweight, slim8. Replacement: synonym: successorVI. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words:1. Let down: disappointed2. Hold on: wait3. Insisted up: required4. Refer to: read5. Was driving at: meant6. Breezed in: entered cheerfully7. Works up: intensifies gradually8. Died out: became extinctGrammarI. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form: the present perfect or the present perfect progressive.1. have been playing / have played2. has been putting / has put 3. have pulled down, havent touched 4. have been waiting, have waited 5. have just picked, have grown / have been growing, have never had 6. has been getting / has got, has been rising / has risen, has come7. has been, has been looking, hasnt found 8. has failed, has gotII. Choose “a” or “b” to end each sentence as you see fit.1. A2. B3. B4. B5. A6. A7. B8. AIII. Complete the following dialogue with the proper forms of the verbs given.A. Have been waiting for, have you been doingB. Have been shopping, have boughtA. Met, was waitingB. SpeaksA. Has be been learningA. Did you sayB. Has been studying, wasB. Have you goneA. are sayingB. isnt, have been walkingIV. Correct the errors, where found, in the following sentences.1. Has been breaking- has broken2. Won- has been winning3. correct4. Has been joining- has joined5. Have been knowing-have known6. Correct7. Has been looking- was looking8. Did you wait- have you been waitingV. Choose the right word or expression to connect the two sentences.1. Even so2. yet3. However4. Nevertheless5. for example6. In contrast7. However8. AlsoTranslationI. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. 如果你不把每月打一次高尔夫球算作业余爱好的话，他就没有什么工作以外的“业余爱好”可言了。2. “这些年来他都不在身边，”她一定早已放弃了曾经有过的对丈夫的深深牵挂了。3. 就是他，还想方设法吸引父亲的注意，让父亲疼爱自己，呆在家里。4. 在葬礼上，60岁的公司总裁对48岁的寡妇说，她那51岁的亡夫对公司来说非常重要，人们将怀念他，他是难以取代的。II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and phrases given in brackets.1. My immediate boss is a typical workaholic, for hi works for over ten hours each day all the year round.2. The principal attaches much importance to extracurricular activities and he believes that they will help to cultivate students tremendous interest in the external world. 3. He always grabs a shower, a sandwich and then a taxi to go to work every Monday morning.4. Since you are leaving the company, you should straighten out the accounts within the week.5. He often stays up late at night in order to finish writing his Ph. D. dissertation on time.6. Nothing can replace the profoundest love lodged in ones heart of hearts.7. He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an excellent vice-president for almost ten years.8. He is just t