课后练习答案Unit_2_the_company_man

1、Unit 2 the company manVocabulary1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.(1) died from self-motivated overwork; (2) most likely; the presidency of the company; the highest position in the company; (3)with no specific skills wanted by employers;(4) trying to discover facts ab

2、out his father; collecting memories of his father.(5) a person vulnerable to heart attacks.2. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in the proper form.(1)survived; (2) grabs; (3) discreetly; (4) deceased, obituary; (5)conceivably; (6)board; (7) classics; (8) executives;3.

3、 Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.(1) widowed; (2) nerves; (3) precisionist; (4) competitiveness (5) execution; (6) presided; (7) marital; (8) accompanied4. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate phrasal verb or collocation taken from the text.(1) died

4、 of; (2) stay up; (3) cares for; (4) straightened out; (5) picked out; (6) given up; (7) grabbed at; (8) considered for5. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.(1) exactly; (2) immediately; (3) slacker(idler, loafer) ; (4) outlive; (5)disconcert

5、ed(abashed); (6) departed; (7) underweight(slim); (8) successor6. Explain the underlined phrasal verbs in your own words.(1) disappointed; (2)wait; (3) required; (4)read; (5)meant; (6) entered cheerfully; (7) intensifies gradually; (8) became extinct;Grammar.1. Put the verbs in brackets(1) have been

6、 playing/have played (2) has been putting/has put(3) have pulled; havent touched (4) have been waiting; have waited(5) have picked; have grown/have been growing; have never had (6) has been getting/has got; has been rising/has risen; has come(7) has been; has been looking; hasnt found ; (8) has fail

7、ed; has got2. Choose “a” or “b” to end each sentence.(1)a ; (2) b; (3) b; (4) b; (5) a; (6) a; (7) b; (8) a.3. Complete the following dialogue with the proper formsA: ve been waqiting for; have you been doingB: ve been shopping; ve boughtA: met; was waiting;B: s; speaks;A: has he been learning;A: di

8、d you sayB: s been studying; wasB: Have you goneA: re sayingB: isnt; ve been walkingTranslation.1. My immediate boss is a typical workaholic, for he 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

9、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 night in order t

10、o finish 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 too common to be picked out from the crowd.Exercises for integrated skills.2. Fill in each