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key to unit 1Page5 Text comprehension I. Decide which of the following best states the autors purpose of writing. C II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 15 T T T F F III. Answer the following questions 1. What made the authors grandpa cry sadly? The mere tought of his sons death in that terrible war in Italy made him cry. 2. How long had Grandpas son been in the war? Three months. 3. What is the implication of the authors grandpas words “Never say goodbye”? They mean “Never give in to sadness”. 4. What did Grandpa ask the author to do even if he and his friends had to part? He asked him to always remember the joy and happiness of the times when he first said hello to his friends. 5. What caused the author to return to the old house? His grandpa was gravely ill. 6. Why do you think the authors grandpa smiled at him during his last moments? His grandpa must have felt greatly relieved when he realized that the author had finally found out the essence of his words. IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences. 1. Our big old house had seen the joys and sorrows of four generations of our family. 2. I planted these roses a long time ago before your mother was born. 3. Many son left home to fight against fascists. 4. Take the first friendly greeting and always keep it deep in your heart. Page 69 Vocabulary I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words. 1. When I was ten I suddenly found myself faced with the anguish of moving from the only home. 2. they all share the same characteristic: sadness. 3. in that place in your heart where summer is an everlasting season. 4. Dont ever let yourself overcome by the sadness and the loneliness of that word. 5. Take that special hello and keep it in your mind and dont ever forget it. II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its Appropriate form. 1. instead 2. Confronted with 3. lock away 4. welled up 5. summon 6. brief 7. stared 8.whispering 9. evil 10. give in III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences. 14 D B B B 5 8 A D B C IV. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in its appropriate form and note the difference in meaning between them. 1. shudder & shake a. shaking b. shuddered c. shaking d. shuddered 2. answer & reply a. answer b. reply c. reply d. answered 3. common & general a. general b. general c. general; common d. common 4. small & tiny a. small b. tiny c. tiny d. small V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used. 1. anguish: pain, grief, sorrow, agony 2. softly: loudly, harshly, roughly 3. sadness: sorrow, grief, dismay 4. conspicuously: inconspicuously, unnoticeably 5. tiny: small, little 6. part: meet, gather 7. gravely: seriously, severely, hopelessly 8. brief: lengthy, long VI. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an approapriate form of the given capitalized word in brackets. 1.industrial 2. description 3. suspicion 4.assistant 5. unemployed 6. proof 7.examination 8. Farther Page 1012 Grammar I. Complete the following sentences using the simple past, past progressive or past perfetc. 1. were bathing; were looking; were playing 2. was sitting; was reading 3. was leaving; was; arrived; learned; had left; found; had used 4. were playing; heard; hid; took 5. was cycling; stepped; was going; managed; didnt hit 6. gave; thanked; said; had enjoyed; knew; had not read; were 7. had played; reached; entered 8. was running; struck II. Complete the following passage with the proper form of the verbs given. left; spent; had been travelling; appeared; was; were crossing; could; arrived; was sleeping; stopped; came; were getting; was; had not arrived; would be III. Correct the errors, where found, in the following sentences. 1. talked was talking 2. 3. had remembered remembered 4. was working had been working 5. had resigned resigned 6. 7. 8. IV. Fill in each blank with the proper form of the verb in brackets. 1. take 2. to play 3. lifted 4. barking 5. played 6. to say 7. beaten 8.bite; slither 9. drop 10. lying V. Rewrite the following sentences according to the example. 1. Poor as/though he was, he was honest. 2. Terrible as/though the storm, we continued our journey. 3. Hard as/though he tried, he was unable to make much progress. 4. Tired as/though I was, I went on working. 5. Much as I would like to help you, Im afraid Im simply too busy at the moment. 6. Much as I admired him as a writer, I do not like him as a man. 7. Strong as/though he was, Tom couldnt lift it. 8. Bravely as/though they fought, they had no chance of winning. Page 13 Translation I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1. 我十岁那年 , 突然要搬家 , 从我唯一知道的家搬走 , 心中痛苦万分 . 2. 我们似乎有许多不同的方式说再见 , 但它们都有一个共同之处 , 那就是令人感到悲哀 . 3. 有一天 , 一场可怕的战争爆发了 , 我的儿子 , 就像许许多多的儿子 , 离乡背井与极大的邪恶战斗去了 . 4. 我在自己的心灵深处搜寻那些构成我们友谊的特殊感情 . II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and phrases given in brackets. 1. He has prepared anwers to the questions that he expects to confront during the interview. 2. His sad story touched us so deeply that we nearly cried. 3. The two of them are walking hand in hand along the riverbank, chatting and laughing. 4. When he heard the exciting news, tears of joy welled up in his eyes. 5. People from Shanghai can understand Suzou dialect with ease, for Shanghai dialect and Suzou dialect have much in common. 6. Henry and his wife are looking into the possibility of buying a new house within three years. 7. He finally gave in to his daughters repeated requests to further her education abroad. 8. We locked all our valuables away before we went on holiday. 9. Although we have parted from each other, I hope that well remain good friends and that we will care for and help each other just as we did in the past. 10. At that critical moment, the army commander summoned all the officers to work out new strategies and tactics which would make it possible to conquer the enemy. key to unit 2Page26 Text comprehension I. Decide which of the following best states the authors purpose of writing. A II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 15 T F T F T III. Answer the following questions. 1. What is a “real book” to Margies understanding? A “real book” is a very old book in which stories are printed on yellow and crinkly pages. 2. What books are Tommy and Margie using? They must be using telebooks, as is mentioned in the text. 3. Why does Margie now hate school more than ever according to the text? She hates school because she has been doing worse and worse in her tests of geography. 4. Why was Margie disappointed after the mechanical teacher was repaired and installed again? She was disappointed because she had been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether. 5. What lesson did the mechanical teacher give Margie that day? It gave Margie an arithmetic lesson on the addition of proper fractions. 6. Explain briefly the major differences between the schools in Margies day and those in the old days. The schools in Margies day give classes by computer, assigning homework by computer software programs while students in the old days went to school to attend their lessons given by human teachers, experiencing interaction, friendliness and team spirit instead of taking lessons alone at home as Tommy and Margie do. IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences. 1. Her mother asked the County Inspector to come over. 2. The mechanical teacher worked out the mark very quickly. 3. Tommy looked at Margie with an air which suggested he knew far better about school than others. 4. A teacher had to make necessary changes about what to teach and how to teach so as to meet the different needs of different pupils. Page 2730 Vocabulary I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words. 1. When you have finished reading the book, you just throw it away. 2. She read the book by looking from behind his shoulder for a while. 3. Our television screen must have a million books on it and it is capable of providing plenty more. 4. Her mother sent a message asking for the assistance of the County Inspector . 5. He smiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then dissembled the machine / computer teacher. 6. Margie didnt like / want to dispute that. II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form. 1. in no time 2. crinkly 3. scornful 4. neighborhood 5. awfully 6. adjusting 7. tuck 8. nonchalantly 9. punched 10. fit III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences. 14 D A B B 5 8 A C C B IV. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in its appropriate form and note the difference in meaning between them. 1. funny & interesting a. Funny b. interesting c. interesting d. funny 2. still & silent a. silent b. silent c. still d. still 3. dispute & argue a. dispute b. arguing c. disputing d. arguing 4. regular & usual a. usual b. usual c. regular d. regular V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used. 1. real: actual, genuine, true 2. still: moving, movable, mobile, restless 3. crinkly: rough, coarse, uneven 4. hate: like, love, enjoy 5. scornful: disdainful, contemptuous 6. superior: inferior, subordinate, secondary 7. nonchalantly: indifferently, coldly, coolly, casually, offhandedly 8. regular: irregular, uncertain, random VI. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in brackets. 1.pointless 2. reproduction 3. unreliable 4.generosity 5. apologetic 6. disobedience 7.employer; employees 8. encouragement Page 3033 Grammar I. Put in a / an or the where necessary. 1. the; the 2. a 3. a; a; 4. a 5. the 6. ; the 7. The; the; 8. the; the 9. a; a; a 10. a; a; a II. Put in the where necessary. 1. ; ; 2. 3. the; 4. the; 5. ; 6. The 7. the 8. the; the 9. the; 10. III. Choose the correct noun or noun phrase from the underlined parts of the following sentences. 1. Light 2. a noise 3. very good weather 4. bad luck 5. president 6. The vegetables 7. war 8. All the books 9. coffee 10. poetry IV. Complete the sentences with the if necessary. 1. 2. the 3. 4. the 5. the 6. 7. 8. the V. Rewrite the newspaper headlines using articles where necessary. 1. A Briton falls to his death on the Matterhorn. 2. An Olympic Silver medalist dies in a crash. 3. Callaghan recalls the British Ambassador from Chile . 4. The army ends the chaos in the capital. 5. A college student wins the first prize. Page 33 Translation I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1. 玛吉的爷爷曾经说过，小时候他的爷爷告诉他，过去的故事都是印刷在纸上的。 2. 他们翻阅那些旧得泛黄，皱巴巴的书页，阅读那些一动不动的单词真是好玩极了。那些单词并没有象我们平时看到的那样在屏幕上滚动。 3. 这个机器老师一直在接二连三地让她做些地理测验，但她越做越糟糕。结果她的母亲伤心地摇摇头，请来了县视察员。 4. 玛吉希望他无法将机器重新组装起来，但他还是成功了。过了个把小时，机器又好了，硕大的黑色机器，奇丑无比， 有个大大的屏幕，所有的课程和问题全都显示在上面。 II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and phrases given in brackets. 1. Yesterday a government delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs arrived in South Africa and began a three-day friendly visit to the country. 2. It is awfully funny to look at these caricatures which satirize social ills. 3. Computers are one of the most useful teaching aids, for all your lessons as well as all the questions asked and all the answers provided can be shown on a screen. 4. Zhang Lis mother fell ill suddenly the day before yesterday; he sent for a doctor immediately. 5. He failed in the college entrance examination last year, but he did not feel disappointed. Instead, he continued to study hard, passed the examination successfully and became a student in a famous university this year. 6. There are many English words that this middle school student cannot pronounce correctly. 7. In this era of information explosion, we have to make constant efforts to renew our knowledge. Only thus can we become adjusted to the requirements of our work. 8. With his shirt tucked into the top of his trousers and a leather bag tucked under his arm, the boy looked just like a boss. 9. Although she is only 8 years old, the little is already very good at calculating fractions. No wonder her parents feel proud of her. 10. All the neighborhood have heard of the news, but you havent. Dont you think it is strange? key to unit 3Text comprehension4. Explain in your own words the following sentences. 1. A gracious manner adds great splendor to your image. 2. I dare say the note my guest sent me didnt take long to write. 3. The simple phrase Excuse me made most of your irritation disappear. 4. Being punctual has always been considered a virtue, both in the past and at present; it has not become outdated. 5. You shouldnt accept the other persons presence without thinking of how much it means to you. 6. Good manners can be communicated from one person to another. 7.Vocabulary1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words. 1. become different from what it should be like 2. displaying gratitude by waving a hand or nodding the head; move out onto the main road 3. be of great significance 4. who receives the thank-you remark 5. produce a far-reaching effect 6. practice good manners 7.2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.1. Punctuality 2. routine 3. infectious 4. bet 5. terrific 6. board 7. valued 8. count 9. cherishes 10. irritations 11.III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences. 14 D A B B 5 8 C A D AIV. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in its appropriate form and note the difference in meaning between them.1. (To praise someone or something is to express approval for their achievements or qualities; compliment often applies to praise given insincerely as an empty formality or as a self-interested gesture, as well as to a genuine admiration, and this word often appears in the structure compliment somebody on something.) 1. praised 2. compliment 3. praise 4. complimented 2. (Enjoy is to find pleasure and satisfaction in doing something, and often appears in the structure of enjoy oneself, meaning take pleasure in a situation one is in. Appreciate means be thankful or grateful for something, as well as like or value something for its good qualities.) 1. appreciated 2. enjoyed 3. enjoying 4. appreciated 3. (The differences between these two words can be very subtle. While precious emphasizes the fact that something is valuable, rare and important, and should not be wasted, lost or used badly, priceless refers to something that is worth a lot of money, or that cannot be calculated in monetary terms.) 1. priceless 2. priceless 3. precious 4. precious 5.4. (Notice suggests the taking in, almost by chance, of a small detail that may yet be important to some larger pattern. It can also be used in the imperative as a call to attend to some small detail that might otherwise be overlooked. See is a general word to suggest an accidental or deliberate viewing of an occurrence and it carries few connotations beyond those the context may give it.) 1. see 2. Notice 3. see 4. noticed 5.5. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used. 1. thanks (recognition) 2. activeness (liveliness, briskness, eagerness) 3. fashionable (graceful, elegant) 4. selfish (mean, ungenerous) 5. nice (courteous, polite, friendly) 6. leisurely (relaxed, idle, unoccupied, lazy) 7. annoyance (vexation, displeasure, dissatisfaction) 8. promptness (timekeeping, reliability) 9.6. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in brackets. 1. unfriendly 2. boyho