现代大学英语第二版精读2-Unit-5-Key-to-Exercises-Quick-Fix-Society

Lesson 5 Key to Exercises Vocabulary 1 1 above over extremely very 2 before 3 small 4 two 5 between 2 1 超人 2 超级明星 超自然地 3 洲际的高速公路 4 预计 芯片 集成电路 超级计算机 5 双 半月刊 预先安排好的 6 工业化前的 微生物学 显微镜 7 学前的 史前的 8 预先确定的 9 过早的 先决条件 10 互相关联的 互动 4 1 attentive 2 personal 3 convenient 4 symbolic 5 favorable favorite 6 true truthful 7 impatient 8 weighty 9 informative 10 devoted 11 massive 12 moved moving 13 medical medicinal 14 pervasive 15 musical 2 1 fast food 2 best seller 3 home made bread 4 musical excepts 5 express mail 6 life style 7 personal relationship 8 a mass movement 9 subtle changes 10 pastoral changes 11 a rear view mirror 12 an exist sign 13 a Civil War battlefield 14 horse carriages 15 antique cars 16 factory outlets 17 quality time 18 deferred gratification 19 a credit card 20 ready made clothes 21 an Automatic Teller Machine 22 a convenience store 23 Polaroid store 24 current affairs 25 news briefings 26 the Fifth Symphony 27 classic novel Q Rewrite the sentences below using the expressions given in brackets 1 We have decided to slow down our economic growth so as to devote ourselves more to the improvement of people s living standard 2 Lucy is good at swimming More often than not she can win a prize in a contest 3 My sister said that she wanted to be on her own instead of working for that company any longer but she had not saved up enough capital She wondered if I could help her out 4 Thanks to government policy the unemployment rate has dropped It was reduced to less than four percent for the first half of the year 5 Joe was crazy about the raw fish and he stuffed himself with it The fish didn t agree with him and that night he had a terrible stomachache Finally he had to go to the hospital for quick relief 6 I am getting sick and tired of this unpleasant job We have been lingering over it for almost a week Let s finish it today somehow to get it over and done with 7 The new president ordered professors to double their publications in three years hoping that that would make the school more famous Well he sped out of control Teaching suffered because the professors did not have enough time to devote to it The quality of their publications also suffered and so did the professors health 4 1 up out 2 down at 3 for up 4 aside away out of with 5 On with 6 with off 7 in out 8 in of on 9 into around at 10 out in 5 1 The government will have to decide when and how to put brakes on the economy before it speeds out of control 2 Why waste money building an airport in the middle of nowhere We must not ignore the fact that what people here need most is clean water and clean air 3 They thought they might take a different route on their return trip so as to explore the great canyon in Tibet 4 She traveled around the world and came back home quite a changed person educated and greatly revitalized 5 There is no quick fix for our social problems We should explore all possibilities and move one step at a time 6 All old traditions die a slow and lingering death The disappearance death of all old traditions is a slow and lingering process Customs and habits that have taken so long to form can t be expected to disappear overnight 7 Madam Chang was considered a pioneer who advocated combining classic Chinese music with Western music 8 When I heard the news I was so stunned that for quite some time I didn t know what to say 9 The soldiers are learning how to survive in the wilderness 10 I ll go there with you if you insist But really I won t be much help to you Q Point out the difference between the gerund and the infinitive when they are used as objects after the same verb try doing sth to do sth to see if it works or will be successful try to do sth to make an effort or take action to do sth that you may not be able to do like doing sth to enjoy doing sth referring to a general preference like to do sth to want or prefer to do sth referring a particular case begin to do sth very little difference begin doing sth regret doing sth to feel sorry about sth you did or did not do regret to do sth formal used in writing to express sad feelings about sth that is disappointing or unpleasant stop doing sth not to continue what you had been doing stop to do sth to stop doing one thing so as to do another mean doing sth to have or represent a particular meaning mean to do sth to intend to do sth 2 1 to live 2 living living 3 arguing 4 to watch 5 pretending 6 to perform 7 trying 8 settling down Translate choosing between the gerund and the to infinitive 1 Remember to bring your ID with you when you go to the airport 2 I remember feeling greatly disappointed after my first job interview 3 Finally they decided to apologize to the passengers for what had happened at the airport 4 I m sorry that I clean forgot to pass the message to Big Li 5 At midday we stop to have lunch in a fast food restaurant 6 I stopped listening about the disaster on the radio but I was too shocked to move out of the chair Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word affect 2 signs 3 passing 4 depend 5 providing 6 lack 7 Whether 8 superficial 9 on 10 isolated 4 1 1 prepositional phrase 2 adjective phrase 3 three to infinitive phrase 4 past participle phrase 5 present participle phrase 6 adjective 2 1 sth important to say 2 known as a nation on wheels 3 as well informed about Beijing opera as Anna 4 called the sixth generation of Chinese directors 5 living and working overseas abroad in foreign countries 6 with a big nose and big hands 7 sitting in the corner 8 to play center forward central forward on the university team 9 anything particular to do 10 all the things mentioned above Identify and correct the mistake s in each of the sentences Those who refused to work for the invaders were sent to concentration camps I don t remember se