现代大学英语精读课后答案夜莺与玫瑰

1、现代大学英语精读课后答案LessonFourTheNightingaleandtheRoseLesson Four The Nightingale and the RoseI. Oral Work1. Discuss the following:1) The characters different attitudes towards love:(1) The Students(2) The Lizards, the Butterflys and the Daisys(3) The Nightingales2) Is love better than life, as the Nighting

2、ale believed? Interview other students. Be prepared to summarize their ideas.II. Vocabulary1. Practice using the rules of word formation.1) Examine how the compound nouns from the text are formed. Work out their meanings. Add more words that are formed in the same way.sunbeam (para. 9) grass-plot (p

3、ara.14) rose-tree (para. 14) sun-dial (para. 16)moonlight (para. 26) life-blood (para. 27) oak-tree (para. 31) bridegroom(para.39) 339)These compound nouns are formed by _+_.2) Examine how the word sincerity is formed. Find out the meaning of the noun suffix -ty with the help of a dictionary.sinceri

4、ty: _+ _3) Turn the following adjectives into nouns ending with -ty or -ity and then vice versa. Add more words to the list.Adjective Nounable _active _available _certain _cruel _curious _relative _ stupidity_ capability_ creativity_ humanity_ responsibility_ originality_ possibility_ probability_ s

5、pecialty_ visibility_ _4) Complete the sentences with the words in the brackets in their noun forms.(1) The road to success is always under_(construct) .(2) _(creative) is finding new things or expressing old ideas in new ways.(3) High_ (motivate) will always beat mere talent.(4) Winning organizatio

6、ns will be those that give individuals the chance to make a _ (differ).(5) Hard work is the best _ (invest) a man can make.(6) Learn to take risks and stretch beyond what you think your _(capable).(7) Progress is the _(active) of today and the assurance of tomorrow.(8) The Nazi war criminals were co

7、ndemned for crimes against_(human).(9) _(poor) is the root of all evils.(10) The more a man learns, the more he sees his _ (ignorant).(11) Misfortune tests the _ (sincere of friends.(12) _(polite) costs nothing and gains everything.(13) _(curious) keeps us moving forward, exploring new ways and open

8、ing new doors.(14) Often those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain about its _(short).2. Give words or expressions with similar meanings.10) to pluck11) precisely12) real13) silly14) to supervise15) to tremble16) to weep17) wretched1) to chill2) dear (said of life)3) delic

9、ate (said of color)4) faint (said of voice)5) to fling6) great7) to nip8) pang9) plot (said of land)3. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms.for want of in return something of ato be blind., (.blue, drunk .) wjth to be fond of to press agaistto be compared to

10、 to linger on1) The boy stumbled out of the room, _sleep.2) She _her face _the window and saw that it had started to snow outside.3)_ something better to do, he decided to try gardening.4) The government should respect peoples citizen rights. And the people _ should give the government their support

11、.5) In spite of the medicine, the pain _ .6) Our exports have increased by 20% _ the same period of last year.7) This young man _ fixing things. He could fix almost everything. He was_jack-of-all-trades8) _ other industrial cities, this one is the least polluted.9) _a better word, lets call this bac

12、kdoorism.10) Lin Lin is more hardworking _ many other officials.11) Her face _ cold when she came back through the snowstorm.4. Put the following into English.1) 举行舞会 8）按下门铃2）举行晚会 9）牺牲性命3）举行记者招待会 10）掐去花蕾4）埋葬宝物 11）穿透心脏5）以手遮面 12）否认事实6）摘下花朵 13）否认指控7）付出代价 14）装满瓶子5. Complete the sentences with the follow

13、ing phrasal verbs of “go” in their proper forms.to go b) to go on with to go up to go ahead to go on to go together go into n go over to go o to go through1 ) Dont wait for me. You just _.2) This time, we shouldnt let the chance_.3) The light suddenly_ when I was working on the computer the other da

14、y.4) The visitors were surprised to see so many buildings_ at the same time.5) There is a grand opening ceremony _in the Workers Stadium.6) In spite of the opposition, he _the plan.7) Ive _ her paper. It is full of new ideas.8) We didnt expect that the time taken for_ the customs would be so long.9)

15、 It is a long story. But I wont_ the history of the matter.10) The color of your hat should_ that of your coat. This hat is brown, and your coat is red. These two colors just dont_.6. Give the meanings of the underlined parts in the sentences below. Note how the meanings are different in different c

16、ontexts.1) The speaker cleared his throat before he started to talk.2) Suddenly the rain stopped and the sky cleared. We were all overjoyed.3) Why dont you go out for a walk to clear your head?4) Id like to clear my debts as quickly as possible. I dont like owing people money.5) Im still not quite c

17、lear about the cause of international terrorism.6) Each prisoner was locked in a small cell.7) Human brains have more than 100 million cells per cubic centimetre (每立方厘米).8) Attention, please. Passengers for Shanghai are now boarding on Platform 5.9) Mary is Party Bs representative on the Board of Di

18、rectors.10) I pay $350 a month for board and lodging.11) The boards on the floor are in need of repair.7. Give the sentence patterns of the underlined parts in the sentences below, and then using the patterns, rewrite the sentences that follow.Give me a red rose, she cried, and I will sing you my sw

19、eetest song. (para. 14) Press closer, little Nightingale, cried the Tree, or the Day will come before the rose is finished. (para. 37)Sentence patterns:1) If you read Lu Xun, your mind will include a piece of Lu Xuns.2) If you drink tomato juice for some time, you will not be afraid of seeing blood.

20、3) If you rest for a while, your headache will be gone.4) If you give Jimmy too much money, he will develop some bad habit.5) If you dont improve the quality of your product, you will lose your market.6) If you dont punish these people severely, illegal trade in wild life will never stop.7) If you d

21、ont take this opportunity, you will live to regret it.8) If we dont stop polluting our rivers and lakes immediately, we will be in deep trouble.8. Put in the missing words.Music has traditionally been a recreational activity. It has recently become part of our everyday (1) _ , including our work.It

22、is not easily (2)_ but it is everywhere. Its influence is very small (3) _ measurable. Whether in restaurants, shopping centers (4) _assembly lineseven farmsbackground or mood music can be (5) _ almostanywhere in the United States from hushed executive offices (6) _ noisy loadingyard. One hand tool

23、manufacturing (7) _ found that efficiency increased(8 )_4. 5 % with the introduction of background music. A California fannerdiscovered that such music (9) _ nervous cattle and prevented stampedes (马群或牛群受惊奔跑) that (10) _ to cause thousands of (11) _ indamage. The type of music (12) to have an impact

24、. Department stores play (13)_ music during the week to encourage (14) ? _ but speed up the beat on (15)_ when the crowds are heavier. The music is basically designed not to (16)_ listened to, says one background music man, but to (17)_ a favorable mood or build a tempo to work (18) _. III. Grammar1

25、. Combine each pair of the sentences as shown in the example.Example: The Teahouse is a good play. Ive never seen a better Chinese play before. The Teahouse is the best Chinese play Ive ever seen.1 ) Xiao Fang is a smart girl. Ive never known a smarter girl.2) This is a fantastic story. Ive never he

26、ard a more fantastic story.3) 15, 000 yuan is the lowest price. We cant offer anything lower than that for this laptop4) Pearl Harbor is a very good film. I have not seen a better American film for quite a while.5) Lin is an easy-going professor. Ive never met a more easy-going professor.6) There wa

27、s a terrible storm last night. I cant remember a worse one.7) Dialogue on CCTV is a thought-provoking talk show. I think it is better than any other talk shows CCTV offers.8) Mr. Cui is a witty talk show host. I dont think you can find any wittier talk show host at the moment.9) In the 1930s, nursin

28、g and teaching were very good jobs for capable women. They could dream of no better jobs.10) These are delicious Korean noodles. We havent had such good noodles for a long time.2. Complete the sentences by translating the -Chinese in the brackets Into English, using all/everything etc. +a relative c

29、lause.1) (医生作了最大努力) to save the injured miners.2) Much as I respect the professor, _（我并不总是同意他说的一切）.3) Some parents cant say no to their children and never deny them _（他们所要的任何东西）.4) (他一个星期辛勤劳动所得) was only a sack of rotten rice.5) (他妻子信里所写的) is one word: forgiven.6) (医生说的话没有一句 ) could shake her belief

30、 that though her son was physically crippled he was not mentally so.7) Well take seriously _ _ (你所提出的任何建议).8) (他在一本通俗杂志中读到的一些东西) arousedhis interest in folk medicine.9) (能做到的都已经做了), but the patient has shownno sign of improvement.10) (这位艺术家所画的任何作品) was eagerly soughtafter.11) Each human being is bor

31、n as something new, （一种以前不存在的东西）.3. Put in the blanks proper modals listed below._can/cant | may (not) j might (not) | must/mustnt | have to(1) In this mountain village there are still adults who_ . read and write.(2) As a teacher, you _ mind what you say before the children.(3) Public servants _ ta

32、ke advantage of their position for their personal interests.(4) As the eldest son of a poor family, I _ help support the family, and _ start work at 15 when my father was out of a job.(5) Once Galileo said, You _ teach a man anything. You _only help him discover it within himself. (6) _ I have anoth

33、er ice cream?No, you _. Youve had two. Too much ice cream _ upset your stomach.(7) What _. I do? My passports stolen.I think you _ tell the local police about it immediately.(8) I badly need a copy of yesterdays China Daily. Where do you think I _ get one?Why dont you go to the post office? I saw qu

34、ite a few there just an hour ago. There _ still be some.(9) Do you think the director _? still be in his office? Ive got something that I _ report to him without delay.He _ be there at this hour. And his car isnt where he usuallyparks it.(10) Someones fixed our computer. Who do you think it _ be? It

35、_ be Xiao Lu. Hes the expert in the department. But It_ be somebody else. Many people have offered to help.(11) Im afraid I _be going now. Its getting late._ you stay a little longer?Id like to. But I _catch the last bus.I wont keep you then.Good night. Its been a pleasure.4. Put in proper prepositi

36、ons.1) He got to know his wife _ a Marriage Bureau.2)1 dont think its proper to discuss such important matters _the telephone.3) People may not know that sometimes they act _ their father or mother.4) _ a hardened businessman he never admits that sometimes he wants to cry _ a baby.5) He slept _ the

37、concert and woke up only to find everybody gone.6) _ the past fifteen years the coastal town has grown _ a prosperousport.7) The bullet went _ the wall and fell on the mans desk.8) What he likes to do after a day in the office is to chat with a friend or two _ a glass of wine.9) Patting the family d

38、og can help you to live longer, said Jim. _a psychologist （心理学家), he believes that pet owners suffer less _stress and high blood pressure than people _ a cat or dog _ the house. _ part of a three-year study he brought groups of people together _ their pets. He found that their blood pressure was muc

39、h lower when they were alone _ their pets than when they were left to talk _ each other.10) Many patients who dont want to tell their doctor how much they really drink are often more honest _ a computer. The computer used _ this purpose isprogrammed to be friendly. For example, if a patient called A

40、nn says that both herparents are dead, the computer will say: Im sorry to hear that, Ann. expressing sympathy, the computer can also question and remind. If a patient says he never drinks alcohol, the computer can ask him: Never? Not even parties or _ Christmas? Does this direct contact _the patient

41、s and the computer mean that we do not need doctors any more?It depends. Computers are useful because they do not look shocked if you say you drink two bottles _whisky a day. And they do not stop to talk _ the phone as doctors often do.But as a doctor said: We smile and we give a patient a handkerch

42、ief orput an arm _ her shoulder if she is crying. That is why people will always want us.”5. Identify and correct the mistake in each of the sentences.1) Something which a witness said during the trial has been bothering me.2) Many parents mistakenly believe that the more toys children have, they wi

43、ll be more creative.3) A house without a book is as a room without a window.4) He was very glad to see his old friend that tears ran down his cheeks.5) People believe that tomorrows car will be bigger, faster, and more comfortable as before.6) Both on land and sea, helicopters (直升飞机) have rescued ma

44、ny people.7) Jim is intelligent, but not as hard-working like his sister.8) The most humorous person whom Ive ever met is my teacher of Chinese.9)1 dont believe an old man of 80 could be so strong to knock down a door.10) All those that the people want are lasting peace and social progress.IV. Writt

45、en WorkDescribe how the Nightingale built a red rose out of music in about 150 words.Key to the ExercisesII. VocabularyI. Practice using the rules of word formation.1) Examine how the compound nouns from the text are formed Work out their meanings. Add more words that are formed in the same way.Thes

46、e compound nouns are formed by noun+noun.2) Examine how the word sincerity is formed. Find out the meaning of the noun suffix -ty with the help of a dictionary.sincerity; sincere + -ityThe suffix -ty, from French, is used to form abstract nouns that refer to the state of having a particular quality

47、or sth. that has that quality.e. g. certain + -ty ? certaintyNote: -ity is a variant form of -ty.3)Turn the following adjectives into nouns ending with -ty or -ity and then vice versa. Add more words to the list.Adjective Noun Adjective Nounable ability stupid stupidityactive activity capable capabi

48、lityavailable availability creative creativitycertain certainty human humanitycruel cruelty responsible responsibilitycurious curiosity original originalityrelative relativity possible possibilityprobable probabilityspecial specialtyvisible visibility4) Complete the sentence with the words in the br

49、ackets in their noun forms.(1) construction (8) humanity(2) Creativity (9) Poverty(3) motivation (10) ignorance(4) difference (11) sincerity(5) investment (12) Politeness(6) capabilities (13) Curiosity(7) activity (14) shortness2. Give words or expressions with similar meanings.1) to freeze 10) to p

50、ick/to pull off2) precious 11) exactly3) soft 12) true/genuine/actual4) low/soft/weak 13) foolish/stupid/unwise/dumb/brainless5) to throw/to toss/to cast 14) to watch over/to look after/to control/to6) big/gigantic/huge/large preside over/to manage/to direct/to guide7) to cut/to cut short/to cut off

51、/to destroy 15) to shake/to shiver/to quiver8) ache/pain 16) to sob/to cry9)area/field/patch/space/section/lot 17) miserable/unhappy/pitiful/unfortunate/sorrowful/ broken-hearted3. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms .1) blind with 2) pressed, against 3) Fo

52、r want of4) in return 5) lingered on 6) compared to7) was fond of, something of 8) Compared to 9) For want of10) compared to 11) was blue with4. Put the following into English.1) to give/hold/have a ball 8) to press the doorbell2) to give/hold/have/throw a party 9) to sacrifice/give/lay down ones li

53、fe3) to give a press conference 10) to nip the buds4) to bury the treasures 11) to pierce the heart5) to bury/cover ones face in ones hands 12) to deny the fact6) to pluck/pick the flowers 13) to deny the charge7) to pay the price 14) to fill up the bottle5. Complete the sentences with the following phrasal verbs of go in their properforms.1) go ahead 2) go by 3) went off 4) going up5) going on 6) went on with 7) gone over 8) going through9) go into 10) go with, go togeth