自考英语泛读三 课后第一题.doc

Unit One1. It is often the case that the truth can be elicited through discussion.2. The parents are amazed at the kids acquisition of self-control in the matter of fear.3. Like other branches of science, history is now encumbered and hampered by its own mass.4. This statement is not consistent with what the chairman has announced at the meeting.5. If you had remained calm, the discussion might have been more temperate.6. He repeated his assertion that it was his father who has deserted the family.7. The students should behave in obedience to the rules and regulations of the university.8. Grandmother has been getting feebler lately，and she is confined to her bed all the day.9. You may construe the statement of the politician in a number of different ways.10. Professor Smith excels at imparting basic skills in language to his students.Unit Two1. Her singing evoked warm acclamations.2. We were all bored by the lengthy speech of the lecturer.3. For lack of money, the municipal government has to leave the construction of the bridge unfinished.4. He is an exceedingly insular man, so deeply private as to seem inaccessible to the scrutiny of a novelist.5. The hero was an orphan adopted by his uncle.6. At first glance, life at the boarding school seemed to belie all the bad things I had heard about it.7. Hard-pressed farmers are tempted to cash out by selling their valuable land.8. Her impeccable pronunciation impressed everybody at the interview.9. Budgetary concerns overrode all other considerations.10. When we came to the top of the mountain, we beheld a beautiful vista before us.Unit Three1. He sat there deep in contemplation on the question of the purpose of life.2. Having discussed this question, let us proceed to the next topic on the list.3. There is decidedly a difference between the two philosophies of life.4. I havent the vaguest idea of what they want.5. In Britain an accused man is presumed innocent until he is proved guilty.6. In my opinion, $10 is sufficient for the expenses of our journey to Suzhou.7. From his tutors face glowing with satisfaction, undoubtedly you may know he has put forward a convincing argument to successfully persuade us.8. Does the Christina religion promise eternal life?9. Please confine your remarks to the subject we are debating.10. As the tide recede, we were able to explore the rocky pods on the beach.Unit Four1. Was the money honestly come by?2. The police worked in conjunction with the army.3. The sun is a luminous object because it is a source of light.4. They boil down the syrup until it is very thick.5. The good harvest sends the prices down.6. The sea down there looks so inviting.7. The speaker shouted and thumped the table.8. The nice room makes you feel as snug as a bug in a rug.9. Bobs interest in astronomy was fired by the astronaut.10. Mist stole over the valley.Unit Five1. Popular newspapers often offer a somewhat sensational view of the news.2. The balloon was distended because of filling of hydrogen.3. The most explosive eruptions are essentially blasts of steam that create spectacular displays.4. The grandma has undergone the agony of the cruel war.5. The abnormal man was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies.6. The car was mangled almost beyond recognition.7. Alexander Pope, the superb poet of the 18th century, wrote largely in heroic couplet.8. During World War II, German air force bombed England relentlessly.9. Many species of monkeys are imminent danger of extinction because of habitat loss.10. A striking feature of the original prairie was the vast expanse of tall grass billowing in the wind.Unit Six1. The child is physically and mentally retarded from malnutrition.2. A definite plan of attack, with thorough study of an opponents moves, is generally better than a haphazard strategy.3. International support has given rise to a new optimism in the company.4. Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in this area.5. The recent factory closures and job losses are just a foretaste of the recession that is to come.6. If the heavy rain had coincided with high tide, serious flooding would have resulted.7. Tom has been sent on an errand to press for the payment of debt for the boss.8. The procession moved through the mountain village at a slow, stately pace.9. The stunning natural beauty of Huangshan Mountain fascinates domestic and foreign visitors.10. The stormy sea engulfed the small motor sailboat.Unit Seven11. We are much obliged to you for your help.1. She was adept at the fine art of irritating people.2. In the rest of his life, he was afflicted with a conscience.3. I perceived that I could not make her change her mind.4. He believed that she had succumbed to his charms.5. Constant reassurance could not assuage their fears.6. Those demagogues are good at playing on the public opinion.7. The new library will perpetuate its founder great love of learning.8. We tried every means conceivable to contact her.9. We are vulnerable both by water and land, without either fleet or army.Unit Eight1. Once an implicit idea becomes explicit, it is dead.2. The football fans were delirious with joy, when their favorite team beat all their rivals in the finals.3. Antelopes acute senses of smell and hearing allow them to detect any lurking danger quickly.4. Environmentalists plan to file a lawsuit to close a repository of nuclear wastes built near Carlsbad, New Mexico.5. The secretary was scrolling through her file with the mouse.6. Moby Dick is singularly expressive, in its vivid portrayal of Captain Ahabs obsession with the great white whale, of an interpretation of life.7. Statism implies the supremacy of the state in all matters pertaining to the lives of its subjects. 8. Spectroscopy is a catchall for a wide variety of techniques for studying the quantum structure of matter in all its varied forms. 9. Upon entering the cave, you will have to wade through shoulder deep water. You will be wet during the entire tour.10. These days shes much more enlightened in her views on education.Unit Nine1. Plants can imbibe as much as nourishment through their leaves as via their roots.2. Uncle Sam muttered that he had business to attend to.3. Hypnosis is produced essentially by inducing deep relaxation and focused concentration.4. He found his bosss utterances too cryptic and was at a loss as to what to do.5. His health degenerates rapidly with the years.6. William Goldings Lord of the Files tells of a group of schoolboys isolated on an island who revert to savagery.7. Mary is at pains to point out that she isnt like that.8. Music has charms to soothe even a savage beast.9. Some sociologists insisted that the government should use its power to intervene in the economy for the general welfare of all citizens.10. During World War II, many oil tankers were convoyed by destroyers into the safe port.Unit Ten1. We banished all our doubts and fears.2. The annihilation led to a severe labor shortage in the mines and on ranches.3. Sixteen prisoners had died before new security measures put an end to the gruesome practice.4. For the kings sake the soldiers were willing to suffer all that could be inflicted upon them.5. There is sports apparatus in the gym.6. They faced formidable difficulties in their attempt to reach the mountain summit.7. He is under a delusion in this matter.8. I felt a compelling need to explain my actions9. Too much food induces sleepiness. 10. Shes become quite indispensable to the company.Unit Eleven1. Einstein mused on how the funny toy bird operated.2. She cried in anguish of despair over her lost husband.3. Drinking too much liquor made her head reel.4. In its mockery of the tales of knights and their ladies, Don Quixote is one of the best satires ever written, though it is much more than satire.5. This gentleman is sociable and gregarious: he does not like solitude.6. The characters in his novel aspire to a wild life of freedom and fantasy.7. It is an undeniable fact that ice is cold.8. In a number of developing countries, war has been an additional impediment to progress.9. Dante revered Virgil as his master and represented the ancient Roman poet as his guide in Divine Comedy.10. The team rejoiced in the decisive goal in the final.Unit Twelve1. Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.2. Cooking changes foods physically or chemically so that they become more palatable and more easily digested.3. The full atrocity of what was happening came home to Sara after the tragic event.4. People with hepatitis type B virus are more susceptible to liver cancer.5. Constant absence from class bears unfavorably upon his study.6. Work paid according to the amount done puts a premium on speed, not on quality.7. Children do not give up their innate imagination, curiosity, and dreaminess easily.8. Violence is reaching extreme levels in some of the films and TV plays.9. You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative. The jolliest steamroller will not plant flowers.10. An applied scientist often uses information recently gathered by other scientists as well as the cumulative knowledge of pure sciences.Unit Thirteen1. The noise marred the peace of the night.2. On the basis of the collected facts, we may come to a conclusion that he was patently lying.3. He was tempted into making a false step.4. We common people were easily troubled by the little vexations of life.5. The testimony was consistent with the known facts.6. I remember meeting the man two years ago but I cant visualize him.7. It is wrong to trifle with the girls affections.8. The sandstorm obliterated us footprints9. The police and the volunteers combed the forest for the missing puma from the zoo.10. He is willing to converse with anyone about the quotations on the stock market.Unit Fourteen1. The President has accused two cabinet ministers of working secretly to undermine his position.2. The prospect of this firm will be very bleak indeed if they cant devise new models of products.3. I suppressed the urge to say what I really thought.4. The ministers statement was designed to lull the public into believing that the situation is improving.5. There is a team of writers working in conjunction with each other on the book.6. That jewellery looks sham to me.7. Most plants are nourished by water drawn up through their roots.8. To the professors disappointment, her students didnt accept kindly criticism.9. The ads induced me to buy a VCR.10. In this photo, we positioned him in front of the light to produce a halo around his head.Unit Fifteen1. After quite a perceptible pause, during which he consulted his notes, the lecturer continued.2. When I seemed deserted by almost the whole world, you have fearlessly and manfully stood by me, with unsurpassed deal and undiminished friendship.3. So seemingly intractable were the issues separating Egypt and Israel that the achievement of peace was extraordinarily difficult.4. Plaid suits stressing definite pattern and colors were a strong tailored and sports vogue.5. A recrudescence of crime and of smuggling was given as the motives for this action.6. The two men meet to tell each other the outcome of their amo