精读第一单元答案

Keytoexercises:

Vocabularyexercises:

I. Explaintheitalicizedpartineachsentenceinyourownwords.

1. suddenlyfoundmyselffacedwith

2. sharethesamecharacteristic

3. summerisaneverlastingseason

4. letyourselfbeovercomeby

5. keepitinyourmindanddon’teverforgetit

II. Fillintheblankineachsentencewithawordorphrasetakenfromtheboxinitsappropriateform.

1.instead2.Confrontedwith3.lockaway4.welledup5.summon

6.brief7.stared8.whispering9.evil10.givein

III. Chooseawordorphrasethatbestcompleteseachofthefollowingsentences.

1.D2.B3.B4.B5.A6.D7.B8.C

IV. Fillineachblankwithoneofthetwowordsfromeachpairandnotethedifferenceofmeaningbetweenthem.

1.a.shakingb.shudderedc.shakingd.shuddered

Bothwordsrefertoagitatedmovementsthatarequick,slight,orintenseandareofteninvoluntaryexpressionsofstainofdiscomfort.Shake,bothtransitiveandintransitive,designatessomethingthatisdonetoaswellasbyapersonorobject,whileshuddersuggestshorror,revulsion,orextremepleasureaspossiblecausesfortheinvoluntarymovementthatislessnoticeabletoanonlooker.

2.a.answerb.replyc.replyd.answered

Bothwordscanbeusedasnounandverbrespectively.Asnoun,whenaquestionisasked,anywordsoractionsinreturn,oranysatisfactoryconclusion,maybecalledananswer;ananswerintheformofastatementappropriatetothequestionisareply.Asverb,answeristransitivewhilereplyintransitive.

3.a.generalb.generalc.general,mon

Generalmeanscurrentamongthemajorityofthepersons,things,orclassspecified;commonappliestomanyoralargepart.

4.a.smallb.tinyc.tinyd.small

Smallsuggestsaslightreductionofproportionsthatisnoticeablebutnotnecessarilyobjectionable,whiletinyreferstosodrasticareductionofscaleastoputthethingdescribedoutsideestablishednorms,aswellassuggestingaminiatureormodelofsomething.

V.Giveasynonymoranantonymofthewordunderlinedineachsentenceinthesenseitisused.

1.pain,grief,sorrow,agony

2.loudly,harshly,roughly

3.sorrow,grief,dismay

4.inconspicuously,unnoticeably

5.small,little

6.meet,gather

7.seriously,severely,hopelessly

8.lengthy,long

VI.Fillintheblankineachsentencewithanappropriateformofthegivencapitalizedwordinthebracket.

1. Nobodywantedtoliveintheindustrialpartofthetown.

2. Thepoliceaskedhimtogiveadescriptionofthesuitcasehehadlost.

3. Hehadnosuspicionthathewasbeingwatched.

4. ThisisAlexandra,mypersonalassistant.

Althoughsomeofmywork-matesquicklyfoundnewjobsafterthefactorycloseddown,mybrotherandIwereunemployedforseveralmonths.

AlthoughIwaspositivethatthegirlhadstolenmyring,Icouldnotfindanyproof.

Withveryhighscoresintheentranceexamination/exam,hesucceededinenteringtheworld-famousuniversity.

Completelyexhaustedandutterlystarvedafteralongday’smarch,thesoldierscouldhardlywalkanyfurther/farther.

Grammarexercises:

Completethefollowingsentencesusingthesimplepast,pastprogressiveorpastperfect.

werebathing,werelooking,wereplaying

wassitting,wasreading

wasleaving,was,arrived,learned,hadleft,found,hadused

wereplaying,heard,hid,took

wascrying,stepped,wasgoing,managed,didn’thit

gave,thanked,said,hadenjoyed,knew,hadnotread,were

hadplayed,reached,entered

wasrunning,struck

Completethefollowingpassagewiththeproperformoftheverbsgiven.

Para.1:left,spent,hadbeentravelling,appeared,was,werecrossing,could

Para.2:arrived,wassleeping,stopped,came,weregetting,was,hadnotarrived,wouldbe

Correcttheerrors.

…,hetalked...–hewastalking

whenIhadremembered–whenIremembered

Hewasworking–hehadbeenworking

thePrimeMinisterhadresigned–thePrimeMinisterresigned

8. Youfeelrewardedforyourhardworkandgetspiri