大学英语精读4U1课后答案

1、下一页,back,1. a _person thinks before speaking and considers the feelings of others.,thoughtful,.,2. the library is closing. we _go home.,might as well,draw your attention to,4. harry has a vivid imagination; he can make up _stories.,marvelous,3. id like to _the fact that there is some sense after all

2、 in the speakers nonsense.,下一页,上一页,back,5. although margie was swimming so well, she failed to win the first prize and had to _the second.,settle for,6. im quite determined to have the thing finished and _before leaving the office.,done with,7. _ sports are recommended to young adults to prepare the

3、m for the _world of college and business.,competitive,competition,下一页,上一页,back,8. it _me to admit that i was such a fool as to repeat the mistake.,pained,9. my boss paid me and added a _for the new customers i had signed up,bonus,10. a soldier should never _form the duty of defending his country eve

4、n in the face of certain death,shrink,下一页,上一页,back,11. due to exceptionally bad weather, the ship arrived late and the _of goods was not on time,delivery,12. my wife was rather embarrassed when she _some of our guests say they didnt like the meal shed cooked for them.,overheard,13. people in my home

5、town tend to eat more _ food on hot summer days presumably because it could help quench their thirst.,sour,下一页,上一页,back,14. in the united states it is quite easy to find a place_, but the high cost keeps many young people away,for rent,15. the professor was reluctant to stop grading the _papers on h

6、er desk, but she was really too tired to read on,stack of,16. bacteria _themselves by splitting into two.,reproduce,下一页,1. a visiting scholar asked _ how long it would take a chinese factory worker to save up for a refrigerator.,上一页,back,2. the general managers telegram told_ the seattle branch when

7、 he was due to arrive at the city.,3. conditions in the hospital were very poor _ . the place was falling apart and it was understaffed.,iii. vocabulary activities,inquired,informed,awful,下一页,4. at first the man demanded two hundred dollars for the used bike but eventually he had to accept _ half th

8、at amount.,上一页,back,5. one of the greatest problems facing the 21st century will be what to do with all the rubbish_ produced in the world.,6. the man declared_ hed been drinking with friends at the time of the murder, but the police were still suspicious.,iii. vocabulary activities,settle for,trash

9、,claimed,下一页,7. ordinarily _ farmers welcome the rainy seasons, but if there is too much rain, the flood will destroy the crops.,上一页,back,8. it may be an easy task _ to learn to drive an automobile but many new drivers are afraid to drive on crowded city streets until they have more experience.,9. a

10、n unpleasant task like this needs to be finished with _ as quickly as possible.,iii. vocabulary activities,normally,a piece of cake,be done with,下一页,10. the new test should make doctors able to detect the disease early.,上一页,back,11. i think i have the right _ to know why i was fired.,12. peter has b

11、een away from rockford for a fairly long time _, so he knows nothing about what happened there recently.,iii. vocabulary activities,enable,am entitled,quite a while,上一页,下一页,back,5) we might as well listen to the radio program since there isnt anything interesting on television.,1) it pained jenny to

12、 learn of jims refusal to help her with the translation.,2) the extra work to be assigned to you will greatly cut into your spare time.,3) wed been at the job for hours, but we hardly made a dent in it.,4) you have no business saying those nasty things about dick.,1. a _ is a person who stands when

13、there are no vacant seats.,上一页,下一页,back,2. a _ is a person to whom money is or should be paid.,4. an _ is a person to whom a letter, a package, or the like is addressed.,3. a _ is a person to whom a grant is made.,standee,addressee,payee,grantee,5. an absentee is,上一页,下一页,back,6. a trainee is,8. an a

14、ppointee is,7. a divorcee is,a person who is absent,a person who is appointed.,a person who is being trained.,a divorced person.,下一页,上一页,back,1. there has bee a marked increase in industrial _ during the past few months. (put),output,2. believe it or not, henrys car had a _ on the very day it was bo

15、ught.(break),breakdown,3. do you know why the young applicant for the teaching post was so upset about the teaching _. (set),setup,下一页,上一页,back,4. _ is at 12 oclock. lets get ready for boarding the plane.(take),takeoff,5. despite its many _, the program has much to recommend it .(draw),drawbacks,6.

16、the discovery of this latest drug marks a _ in the treatment of this disease. (break),breakthrough,下一页,上一页,back,7. the lower level of industrial activity is likely to lead to a considerable _ in capital investment (cut),cutback,8. it is reported that the firm has changed considerable since the _(tak

17、e),takeover,newspaper,3. exercisesword building,1) n.+n.,drugstore,workshop,ice-cream,bookcase,2) n.+gerund,shoe-making,timekeeping,sun-bathing,air-conditioning,ropewalking,3) a.+n.,supermarket,highway,full stop,blacksmith,background,sleeping-pill,3. exercisesword building,4) gerund.+n.,drinking wat

18、er,building materials,washing machine,freezing point,5) ad.+v,downpour,outcome,income,6) v.+ad.,check-out,setback/up,breakthrough,5) you cant eat your cake and have it too,1) a great deal of pain has been caused by evils which have never happened,2) the elderly lady miss morris quarrelled with was n

19、one other than her future mother-in-law,3) this essay is well-written except for a few grammatical mistakes,4) i just caught the train in time,back,5) you cant eat your cake and have it too,1) you ought to know better than to go swimming straight after a meal.,2) uncle rob should have known better t

20、han to trust that treacherous son of his.,3) sally is old enough to know better than to spend all her money on fancy goods.,4) miss miller certainly knows better than to explore the desert all alone.,back,5) his college sons should have known better than to try to get the best out of their employees by threatening them with bodily harm.,6) you ought to know better than to go out in this freezing weather in those thin clothes. youll get frozen.,back,1) 我们接到通知，财政部长将于次日接见我们。,we were informed that the minister of finance was to give us an audience /receive us the