大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案(Key to Exercises Unit 6--10)

大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案

Unit 6

Study & Practice

I. Comprehension of the Text

1. 1) b 2) c 3) d 4) c 5) b 6) a 7) b 8) c

II. Vocabulary Activities

1. 1) prescribcd 2) shiver

3) scattered 4) acid

5) slid 6) slipped

7) flushed 8) poised

9) take it easy 10) varnishing

11) slack 12) epidemic

2. 1) flushed 2) keep from

3) gaze 4) icy

5) commenced 6) shiver

7) hold tight onto themselves 8) scattered

9) out of sight 10) overcome

3. 1) brought down 2) wrote down

3) is going on 4) hold onto

5) look up 6) woke up

7) keep from 8) worry about

4. 1) The story of his adventures makes good reading.

2) We've made 80 miles since noon.

3) George makes $250 a week.

4) I make the distance 12 miles.

5) If you work hard you'll make a good engineer.

6) Twelve inches make one foot.

7) One swallow does not make a summer.

8) That event made the headlines in all the big newspapers.

5. three tenths two thirds

a/one quarter three quarters

four ninths four fifths

IV. Enriching Your Word Power

1. tbermochemistry: the branch of chemistry dealing with the relations between chemical action

and heat

thermodynamics: the branch of physics that deals with the relations between heat and other

forms of energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other

thermoelectron: a negatively charged particle given off by a heated body

thermology: the science of heat

thermomagnetic: of or having to do with the effect of heat as modifying the magnetic

properties of bodies

thermomotor: an engine driven by the expansive power of heated air or other gas

thermonuclear: of or having to do with the fusion of atoms through very high temperature

大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案

thermotherapy: therapy in which heat is used

V. Usage

1. I'd rather not talk about it

2. I'd rather you didn't

3. I'd rather you went back there now

4. I'd rather have a quiet night in front of the TV

5. I'd rather go early

6. I'd rather you didn't smoke in our office

VI. Structure

1. I) I knocked several times before an elderly lady answered the door.

2) Marcus practised three long years before he made the school boxing team.

3) We waited five hours before the runway was cleared of heavy snow and made

ready for takeoff.

4) It will be five years before we meet again.

5) He sent in throe applications before he obtained permission to set up an experimental

workshop.

6) It will be months before he is fit for work.

2. 1) The point under discussion is of vital importance.

2) I wish I could be of help.

3) This discovery would be of great significance to the study of the subject.

4) I think her advice is of no value to us.

5) This dictionary is of little use to beginners of English.

VII. Cloze

1. (1) prescribed (2) bringdown (3) overcome (4) gazed

(5) miserable (6) shiver (7) flush 18) detached from

(9) keep from (10) slid (11) take it easy

2. (1) house (2) floor (3) opened (4) out

(5) smoke 6) as (7) instead 18) thicker

(9) around (10) my (11) But 112) fell

(13) felt (14) from (15) and (16) wood

(17) in (18) When (19) surprise (20) gathered

(21) in (22) crowd (23) out (24) saved

VIII. Translation

1. Fitted with the artificial leg, he walked unsteadily/shakily at first, but with practice his

steps became steady.

2. The doctor said [ had caught a severe cold and she prescribed me four different

medicines. Three of them are pills to be taken after meals and the other is liquid to

be drunk before going to bed.

3. My sister felt miserable for weeks after she had her pet dog stolen.

4. Jenny was still standing at the gate gazing at the end of the road long after the car

was ont of sight.

5. As far as 1 know, they have been emotionally detached from each other for some time.

6. In general, prices may be brought down by increasing supply or d~reasing demand.

大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案

Reading Activity

Exercise B

3. d 4, a 5. d 6. c 7. b 8. d

Exercise C

Guided Writing

1. Story One: 4, 7, 1, 5

TWO burglars broke into a bank. One went up to the safe, took off his shoes and

socks and started moving the combinations with his toes. His friend was upset and told

him to hurry up. He replied: "Don't worry. It will take a bit longer, but we'll drive the

fingerprint department crazy."

Story Two: 8, 3, 6, 2

A horse had dropped dead in a street named Nebuchadnezzar Street and a

policeman was laboriously dragging it round the corner into the next street. "Whatever

are you doing that for?" asked a bystander. The policeman replied with a knowing

look: "When I make out my report it will be easier to write 'King Street' as the place

of occurrence."

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