新编英语教程（李观仪）Unit4练习答案.doc
Unit 4
Vocabulary
I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.
1. provided = as long as need never be out of touch = can never fail to be reached
2. regardless of = no matter
3. overlook at one’s peril = fail to notice at great risk
4. hovers somewhere in and around all those words = may be described by these words to varying
degrees
5. hit the problem of untranslatability head-on = were directly confronted with the problem th
at
something in one language cannot be rendered into another
II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.
1. stepping stone
2. at their perilminimal
3. serve
4. mentality
5. staple
6. facilitating
7. messaging
8. hybrid
III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1. economy
2. accessible
3. fundamentally
4. homesick
5. negotiable
6. adjusted
7. remoteness
8. complacently
IV. Choose the word or phrase.
1. D
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. B
6. A
7. B
8. C
V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.
1. Synonym: time, era, epoch
2. Synonym: meetings
3. Synonym: basic, fundamental
4. Antonym: misshape
5.Synonym: unavoidably
6.Synonym: worry, concern, anxiety, apprehension
7. Synonym: therefore, so, thus
8. Antonym: hide, conceal
VI Write in each space one word that has the same prefix as underlined in the given word.
1. unreliable unbelievable 5. maltreat malfunction
2. impatient ich enable
3. disapproval disagreement 7. surmount surpass
4. mistake misplace 8.subordinate submarine
Grammar
I. Complete the following sentences with the correct verb forms.
1. helps
2. hope, are enjoying, sunbathe, go, are going
3. is being
4. is typing
5. am not eating
6. am reading
7. are always leaving
8. go, belongs, wants, is using
9. is boiling 10. is putting 11. is rewiring, is building
II. Correct the errors.
Key:
1. passes, shoots
2. correct
3. are, crying
4. correct
5. know
6. gather
7. am working
8. are, sneezing
III. Complete the following letter.
1. thank,
2. are dispatching,
3. regret,
4. have,
5. are contacting,
6. hear,
7. enclose/ are enclosing,
8. decide,
9. have, 10. are listed, 11. regret, 12. hope, 13. enclose/are enclosing
IV. Compare the italicized parts.
1. a. The speaker is complaining. b. The speaker gives a fact.
2. a. am considering b. have the opinion
3. a. It suggests a permanent nature. b. It suggests a temporary behaviour.
4. a. is taking care of b. have no objection to
5. a and b are approximately the same.
6. a. am waiting for b. believe
V. Rewrite the following descriptions putting the adjectives in the correct order.
1. a large pair of red woolen socks
2. a powerful new white German car
3. a small rectangular grey Japanese radio
4. a big modern concrete office building
5. a medium size French stainless steel saucepan
6. a superb medieval rose-shaped stained-glass window
7. a prominent triangular red road sign
8. a tiny black and white Chinese dog
Translation
I. English → Chinese
1. 因此，您也许会问，为什么还有人会对这些绝妙的发展顾虑重重？为什么英语成为世界语言会让一部分人惴惴不安？
2. 不同的文化并不仅仅是给世界贴上不同标签的人；语言给了我们塑造世界观的工具，而语言又是不一样的。
3. 当千百万人在学习文化沟通的时候，英语国家却越来越沾沾自喜，以为懂得英语就足够了，因而削减了外语课程。
4. 最能推动这一进程的不一定是那些掌握了最新技术、拥有最先进手机的人，而是那些能够理解众多不同语言的言内之意、言下之意以及言外之意的人。
II. Chinese → English
1. Children may swim here provided that they are accompanied by adults.
2. This American journalist made a fool of himself over his remarks about China, because he’s been out of touch with what’s been happening in the country in the past three decades.
3. Every person has the right to education, regardless of his or her family background, sex, and age.
4. The invention of the Internet, despite the fact that it has given rise to some problems, h
as greatly facilitated almost every aspect of our life, including education, medicine, and business.
5. Never overlook your travel insurance when you are planning to spend your holiday abroad; otherwise you might find yourself in great trouble if any accident should occur.
6. In the movie that billionaire was faced with a dilemma — either divorce his wife, who would then carve out half of his financial empire, or murder her at the risk of being found out by the police.

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