2-2 Exercises

Exercises Unit2 I Fillinthegapswithwordsorphrasesgiveninthebox Changetheformwherenecessary Vocabulary blessconsequencecuriositysentimentdatedemotionalgenuineprimarilyabruptseeminglydenyticklenotingmorethanwearandtearconfusionincontrastto 1 Pro Williamssaysthatmycompositionisgoodexceptfortheendingwhichseemstoo 2 Sufferingfrominsomnia 失眠 forseveraldays Annwenttoseeherdoctorandwastoldthattheproblemwasmore thanphysical abrupt emotional exceptfor 表达前后性质不一 Pro Williamssaysthatmycompositionisgoodexceptfortheendingwhichseemstooabrupt 一句中 我的作文写得很好 与 结尾太唐突 性质不一 E g Thenightbuswasemptyexceptforanoldlady 晚班公交车上除了一位老太太空空如也 车子是空的 与 有一位乘客 即老太太 性质相反 3 Theorganizerofthecharityconcertsaid IaskallofyoutojoinmeinprayingthatGodwill thosewhohavegivensogenerouslyforthepoorandneedy 4 Theinsurancepolicydoesnotcoverdamagetothegoodscausedbynormal bless wearandtear 5 Theoldeconomicbeliefarewidelyregardedastoo tobeusefulinsolvingtheproblemsnowemerginginoureconomy 6 Youarefreetosaywhatyouthink butasaresponsibleindividualyoushouldalsobepreparedtofacethe ofwhatyousay dated consequences 7 Pricesaregoingdown Howeverthis welcomechangemaybringaboutotherproblemsintheeconomy 8 John sviewonthetraincrashstands thoseofalmostallofhiscolleagues seemingly incontrastto 9 isthemostpowerfuldrivingforceinone spursuitofknowledge 10 Afterteachinggradeschoolforayearorso shefelta loveforthepupils Curiosity genuine 11 Donationsfromalumni 校友 areanimportantsourceoftheuniversity sincome Butresearchfundscome fromthegovernment 12 Shouldjudgesconsiderpopular beforedecidingcases primarily sentiments II Rewriteeachsentencewiththewordorphraseinbrackets keepingthesamemeaning Thefirstparthasbeenwrittenforyou 1 Whenyouhavetofacemorethanoneproblem trytosolvetheeasiestonefirst confront Whenyouare confrontedwithmorethanoneproblem trytosolvetheeasiestonefirst 2 Allformsoflifeneedwaterforexistence vital Wateris vitaltotheexistenceofallformsoflife 3 Somestudentsstilldon tknowwhattodoafterclasstofollowuponthesubject confusion Thereisstill someconfusionamongthestudentsaboutwhattodoafterclasstofollowuponthesubject 4 Asapersonofsimplelivinghabits hewillbehappyifhehasajobandanapartment nothingmorethan Asapersonofsimplelivinghabits heneeds nothingmorethanajobandanapartmenttobehappy 5 Hethoughtitamusingthatshe dcometoaskhisadvice tickle It tickledhimtothinkthatshe dcometoaskhisadvice III Completethesentences usingthewordsorphrasesinbrackets Makeadditionsorchangeswherenecessary 1 Thecandidatehasmadehisearlypoverty themeofhiscampaignspeeches This ofcourse isacleverthingtodo especiallyindistrictswherevotersaremostlyblue collar But storiestowinvotesiscertainlygoingtoofarandmayarousenegative amongvoters linger sentiment fabricate alingering fabricating sentiments 2 Whenyou thetaxreturn youshouldtakecareover ontheformandnotleaveoutany information Otherwise youmayfaceserious consequence item fillout vital leaveout遗漏 fillout everyitem vital consequences 3 Itcannot thatwehavemade improvementsinourwork Weshould thecurrentfavorableconditionsandworkharderto oursetgoals tangible deny attain cherish Itcannotbedeniedthat 不可否认的是 bedenied tangible cherish attain II Wordswithmultiplemeaning Rewritethesentenceswiththewordtakeinitsproperform 1 Itisalongtripandwewillneedfivehourstoreachtherebybus Itisalongtripandwilltakeusfivehoursbybus 2 Shearrivedearlyandsatdowninthefrontrow Shearrivedearlyandtookafrontseat 3 Don tthinkIamafool Don ttakemeforafool 4 Oneneedalotofimaginationtofabricatesuchastory Ittakesalotofimaginationtofabricatesuchastory 5 MyunclewillletmegototheArcticwithhimthissummer Myunclewilltakeme alongonhistrip totheArcticthissummer 6 HereachedoutandgotthedinnerplateIpassedtohim HetookthedinnerplateIpassedtohim 7 Kevinwonsecondprizeintheweight liftingcompetition Kevintooksecondprizeintheweight liftingcompetition 8 Ifyoudonotacceptmyadvice youwillregretit Ifyoudon ttakemyadvice youwillregretit 不听老人言 吃亏在眼前 III Usage Nowcompleteeachofthesentences usingtheproperformoftheverbinbrackets 1 Stop aroundher Youaregettinginthewayofothers hang 2 Hestoppedinthemiddleofasentence measmilewhenhesawmecomein give hanging togive 3 WhatwouldhetakemeforifIforgot ontimethemoneyIborrowedfromhim return 4 Doyouremember byyourteacherforthefirsttime praise toreturn beingpraised 5 Myletterarrivedshortlyafterhepassedaway Iregret earlier not write 6 Prof McDonaldsaid Iregret thatthispieceofwritingisnotwell focused say nothavingwritten tosay 7 Doremember thewindows I mafraidthesmelloffishstilllingersinthekitchen open 8 Howcomeyoucouldhaveforgotten bythemsogenerously help toopen beinghelped ComprehensionExercises Cloze 1 Text relatedCompletethepassagewithwordschosenfromtheWordsandPhrasestoDrillbox Changetheformwherenecessary IfyouvisitedKarlGreen youmightnotatfirstsightthinkhewas 1 Mostofwhatheownsisrather 2 andhewillreadilyadmitto 3 thebottomincome 4 well off affluent dated fallinginto bracket Yethewould 5 thatheispoor forhefeelsthathislifeisfullofless 6 riches Ratherthandevotinghimselftothe 7 ofmoneybeforeallelse he 8 thepleasuresoffriendship deny tangible pursuit cherishes Hislackofinterestinpossessionsdoes however sometimesmakehimfeel 9 intoday smaterialisticsocietyandhestillclearlyfeelshurtwhenheremembersthe 10 departureofagirlfriendwhodidnotsharehisviews out ofplace abrupt Yettherearemanywhoadmirehim particularlyforhis 11 onhelpingthepoorthroughcollecting 12 eachChristmas focus donations 2 Theme related Readthepassagecarefullyuntilyouhavegotitsmainidea andthenselectoneappropriatewordforeachgapfromtheboxfollowingthepassage Howdoesspendingconnecttohappiness Oneexplanationliesin conspicuousconsumption 炫耀式消费 Theideaisthattherichdon taccumulatewealthsimplyinorderto 1 it consume security innocent equally destination traditional physically indicates significance plain mostly follows annual estimated fueled consume Rathertheyaccumulatewealthinordertodisplayit andtheirhappinessis 2 bytheirneighbors envy Asaresult thecountryfindsitselfinthegripsofa luxuryfever familieswith 3 incomeof 50 000trytoemulate 仿效 theconsumptionofthosewith 70 000 whointurntrytoemulatethosewith 140 000 andsoon beinthegripsofsth 在 掌控中 consume security innocent equally destination traditional physically indicates significance plain mostly follows annual estimated fueled fueled annual It sjust 4 commonsense It s 5 impossibleforapieceofpaperlikemoneytomakeyouhappy Instead whatmakespeoplehappyisthefeelingof 6 orpowermoneybrings physically consume security innocent equally destination traditional physically indicates significance plain mostly follows annual estimated fueled plain security Arecentsurvey 7 thatthosefromtheForbeslistofthe400richestAmericansandtheMaasaiofEastAfricaarealmost 8 satistied TheMaasaiarea 9 herdingpeoplewhohavenoelectricityorrunningwaterandliveinhutsmadeofmud consume security innocent equally destination traditional physically indicates significance plain mostly follows annual estimated fueled indicates equally traditional It 10 thateconomicdevelopmentandpersonalincomecannotaccountforthehappinessthattheyaresooftenlinkedto Itfollowsthat 因为上述原因 所以 或否定用法 itdoesnotfollow Heiswrong butitdoesnotfollowthatyouareright 他错了 但并不意味着你就对了 follows consume security innocent equally destination traditional physically indicates significance plain mostly follows annual estimated fueled Translation 1 TranslatethesentencesintoEnglish usingthewordsorphrasesinbrackets 1 该公司否认其捐款有商业目的 deny commercial Thecompanydeniedthatitsdonationshadacommercialpurpose 2 每当他生气的时候 他说话就有一点结巴 stammer Wheneverhewasangry hewouldbegintostammerslightly 3 教育是我们家庭最看重的传统 这就是为什么我父母从不带我到昂贵的饭店吃饭 却送我到最好的私立学校上学 cherish Educationisthemostcherishedtraditioninourfamily That swhymyparentsnevertookmetodinneratexpensiverestaurants butsentmetothebestprivateschool 4 手术康复后不久 他失业了 因此经历了人生的又一个困难阶段 shortlyafter gothrough Shortlyafterherecoveredfromthesurgery helosthisjobandthushadtogothroughanotherdifficultphaseofhislife 5 与我们的富裕邻居相比 我们的父母就相当穷了 但是他们总是努力满足我们最起码的需求 af