The Answers to Unit 4

Enhance Your Language Awareness

(I)               Working with Words and Expressions

2.  (1) exclaimed     (2) arrange      (3) aroused        (4) resembles

(5) volunteered    (6) appreciate    (7) requires        (8) cracked

(9) miracle       (10) victims      (11) precious      (12) delicate

(13) expected     (14) interviewed 

3. (1) take over       (2) get through      (3) no way         (4) Leave off

  (5) put…together  (6) in touch with   (7) No sooner…than   (8) in advance          (9) looking forward to  (10) arrange for  (11) in contrast     (12) took on

(13) made sure  (14) move in  (15) in the hands of  (16) go with (17) in poverty

(II)            Increasing Your Word Power

1. (1) commission     (2) smashed    (3) smash     (4) volunteered

(5) spill           (6) crash       (7) contrast    (8) commission  

(9) spilt          (10) volunteer   (11) contrasts   (12) crashed

2. (1) e  (2) e  (3) a  (4) a  (5) c  (6) d

3. (1) happy    (2) impulsive   (3) carelessness   (4) calmness   (5) firm

(6) illness    (7) awareness   (8) weakness     (9) submissive

(III)         Grammar

Task 2:

No Mistake

has lived → has been living

enjoyed → enjoys

No Mistake

have tried → tried

No Mistake

No Mistake

No Mistake

visit → have been visiting

has been liking → likes

got → had I got

broke → had broken

No Mistake

No Mistake

had suffered → was suffering

No Mistake

received → have been receiving

No Mistake

has insisted on → insisted

No Mistake

No Mistake

(IV)          Cloze

(1) chilly     (2) sooner    (3) than   (4) exclaimed   (5) fabric

(6) delicate    (7) joints    (8) that    (9) miracle     (10) sacrificed

(11) precious  (12) loving

(V)             Translation

1. Translate the sentences

1)     Let’s get in touch as soon as we know the results of the test / exam.

2)     The music aroused an intense feeling of homesickness in him.

3)     You’ve been working all morning — you deserve a rest now.

4)     I had no sooner lain down than the telephone rang. / No sooner had I lain down than the telephone rang.

5)     My doctor says I’m too tired and has advised me not to take on any more work.

6)     Jenny volunteered to clear up after the gathering.

7)     The subject of the talk is announced a week in advance, but the name of the speaker is not.

8)     Your performance in the exam did not reach the required standard — in other words, you failed.

9)     She was so ill that she had to leave off work.

10)There is no way to tell what is going to happen. The case is in the hands of the judge, and all we could do is to wait.

2. Translate the paragraph

    當(dāng)人們變得很老時(shí)，像祖父母或曾父母那樣，他們有時(shí)不再能夠照顧自己。他們會(huì)生病，或者摔倒而折斷股骨，或者他們根本都不記得該如何穿睡衣。有時(shí)候雖然有些老人看起來(lái)還健康，但是因?yàn)樗麄冏约邯?dú)居，所以覺(jué)得很孤單。這時(shí)候全家人要碰個(gè)頭，商討一下讓他們?nèi)諠u衰老的家人去養(yǎng)老院居住是否是一個(gè)較好的辦法，因?yàn)樵谀抢锼麄兛梢缘玫礁玫恼疹櫋?/span>