新世纪大学英语综合教程1-课后答案-第二版-秦秀白-Unit-1-Key-to-Some-Exercises-U1

UnitOne

CollegeEnglish

EnhanceYourLanguageAwareness

WordsinAction

▆WorkingwithWordsandExpressions

Listedintheboxesbelowaresomeofthewordsthatyouneedtobeveryfamiliarwith.Nowworkinpairsandmakesentenceswitheachofthemtoseeifyouhavereallymasteredtheirusages.Youareencouragedtoconsultadictionaryifyouarestillnotquitesureabouttheirmeaningsandusages.

▆Samplesentencesforreference:

Doyouthinkthegovernmentwilldeliverontheirelectionpromises?

Ineedtopolish(up)myFrenchnowbecauseI’mgoingtoFrancenextsummer.

Detailsofthecompetitionareavailablefromourheadoffice.

Manypeoplechoosetogobycarratherthanbybus,butIpreferthelatter.

Pleasefilethisletter(away),MissSmith.

Todayhiscompanycontinuestothriveinspiteofseverecompetition.

Sheundertookresponsibilityforthechangeshemadeinthearticle.

Acareeradvisorcanofferyousoundandpracticalsuggestionsonhowtomakecareerdecision.

Anursehasmanydutiestofulfillincaringforthesick.

Heperceivedasubtle(微妙的；细微的)changeinhermannerwhenhemetherthesecondtime.

Overtheyears,Ihaveaccumulatedhundredsofbooks.

Hehasmultipliedhisfortunemanytimeswithinashortperiodoftwoyears.

Intheboxbelowaresomeofthewordsyouhavelearnedinthisunit.Completethefollowingsentenceswiththem.Changetheformwherenecessary.

▆Answers:

compromise

self-induced

steered

frame

demonstrated

employ

promote

impressed

contribution

deliberately

financial

economic

Intheboxesbelowaresomeoftheexpressionsyouhavelearnedinthisunit.Doyouunderstandtheirmeanings?Doyouknowhowtousetheminthepropercontext?Nowcheckforyourselfbydoingtheblank-fillingexercise.Changetheformwherenecessary.

▆Answers:

makesapointof

refreshmymemory

leadto

athand

workingout

underpressure

Lastbutnotleast

took,down

Inadditionto

wereinvolvedin

inotherwords

pointedout

payoff

Fillintheblankswithwordslistedintheboxbelow.Changetheformwherenecessary.Thenrearrangethegivenletterstoformtwowordsrelatedtocollegelifeandcompletethefinalsentencewiththetwowords.

▆Answers:

scored

scheduled

assigned

motivate

crucial

promote

performed

debate

scanned

devised

advocated

clarify

priorities

compromised

context

undertook

academicexcellence

▆IncreasingYourWordPower

Thesamewordcanperformdifferentrolesandfunctionsasdifferentpartsofspeech.Listedintheboxbelowaresomeofthesewords.Completethefollowingsentenceswiththewordsinthebox.Makesurethatyoursentencesaregrammaticallycorrect.

▆Answers:

principal/major

top

major

top

principal

major

schedule

advocate/haveadvocated

top

Ø

a

the

the

the

a

a

a

the

the

Ø

the

the

a

Ø

the

the

a

Cloze

Completethefollowingpassagewithwordschosenfromthisunit.Theinitialletterofeachisgiven.

▆Answers:

academic

priorities

conducted

principles

begin

priority

compromised

addition

filing

Speaking

formula

Participation/Participating

based

least

way

pressure

Translation

TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthewordsandexpressionsgiveninbrackets.

▆Answersforreference:

Thejudgeaskedthereportersnottodisclosethenameofthevictim.

Theteachertookpainstomakesurethatweallunderstoodwhathesaid.

Recentlytheschoolconductedasurveyamongthosestudentswhohaveattainedacademicexcellence.

Hesaidhewouldacceptthejob,sowehaveaskedhimtoconfirmhisacceptancebywritingusaletter.

Georgestudiesveryhard.Hewantstomakethemostofhischancetolearn.

Wecan’tgo.Tobeginwith,it’stoocold.Besides,we’rebusy.

It’sabouttimethatsomeonespokeupforthesebasictruths/facts.

Youshouldbeworkinginsteadoflyingthereinbedatthistimeoftheday.

I’lljotdownsomenoteswhilehe’sspeaking.

Ican’tcarrythesuitcaseonmyown;it’stooheavy.

Theme-RelatedWriting

1.Writeanessayinabout100–120wordsbasedonyourdiscussioninOptionalClassroomActivities.Youcantakeeitherofthefollowingtitles:

1)Iliketostudyonmyown

2)Iliketostudyinagroup

2.Ifyoudidn’tdoTask3inOptionalClassroomActivitiesyoucanwriteanessayofaround120wordsonthefollowingtopic.

CollegeIsNotanIvoryTower

▆SampleEssaysforTask1:

Iliketostudyonmyown

Manyofmyclassmatesliketostudytogether.However,Ialwaysliketostudyonmyown,withgoodreasons.First,IfeelthatIcanconcentratebetterwhenIstudyalone.WhenIhavetoworktogetherwithotherpeople,Ioftengetdistractedandmoreoftenthannot,Iendupchattingwiththemwithoutcompletingthetaskathand.Second,whenIstudyonmyown,Icanworkatmyownpace,choosingtospendmoretimeoncertaindifficultsectionsandlesstimeonlesschallengingparts.IcanalsocheckmyclassnotesorreferencebookswheneverIfeeltheneedto.Onefinalgoodadvantageofstudyingaloneisthatunlikegroupwork,selfstudyisnotrestrictedbytimeandspace.Inotherwords,ifIfeellikestudying,Icandosoatanytimeandanywhere.

(146words)

Iliketostudyinagroup

Accordingtoarecentstudy,studentswhostudytogetherbydiscussinghomeworkandproblemsusuallyscorehigherthanthosewhoworkontheirown.IamhappytohearthatbecauseIliketostudyinagroup.Ithinkwecanreinforceourunderstandingofwhatwehavelearnedinclassbyaskingeachotherquestions.Besides,itisalwaysenjoyableworkingwithsomeoneelse.Adiscussiononquestionswedon’tunderstandverywellwillhelpclearupanypossibleconfusion.Lastbutnotleast,weshouldnotignoretheimportanceofcooperationinoursociety.Workingwithothershelpsdevelopourteamspirit,whichhasbecomeessentialinthismodernworldofours.Afterall,twoheadsarealwaysbetterthanone.

(125words)

▆SampleEssayforTask2:

CollegeIsNotanIvoryTower

Peopleoftensaythatcollegeisanivorytowerandlifeoncampusisc