The Answers to Unit 8

Enhance Your Language Awareness

(I)               Working with Words and Expressions

2. (1) compromise   (2) scheduled   (3) steered   (4) frame   (5) demonstrated

(6) employ     (7) promote   (8) impressed   (9) confirmed  (10) deliberately

(11) financial   (12) economic

3. (1) makes a point of               (2) make the most of

(3) lead to                       (4) at hand

(5) to begin with                  (6) Last but not least

(7) took…. down                 (8) In addition to

(9) takes pains to                 (10) came to

(11) pointed out                  (12) paid off

4. Across:

(1) scored    (2) scheduled    (3) debate       (4) motivate

(5) crucial    (6) promote     (7) performed  (8) assigned

Down:

(9) scanned      (10) devised    (11) advocated   (12) clarify

(13) priorities    (14) comprised  (15) context     (16) undertook

(II)            Increasing Your Word Power

1. (1) principal / major   (2) top     (3) major     (4) top    (5) principal

(6) major   (7) schedule    (8) advocate / have advocated  (9) top

(10) approach   (11) blame   (12) major / principal   (13) advocate

(14) schedule   (15) blame   (16) approaching

2.

Words and phrases that are similar in meaning:

Words and phrases that are opposite in meaning:

3. set priorities / timetables / standards / an exam / an alarm / an example / a price / a record / limits

4. (1) edition     (2) revisions     (3) addition    (4) anticipation   

(5) frustration  (6) recreations    (7) association  (8) expectations

(III)         Grammar Review

Task 1:

(1) the

(2) the

(3) the, the

(4) the, the

(5) ／

(6) ／

(7) ／

(8) the

(9) ／

(10) The

(11) ／

(12) ／

(13) ／

Task 2:

(1)   The, the, ／

(2)   The, ／, the, ／, the, the

(3)   ／, the, the, the, ／

(4)   ／, the, the, ／

(5)   The, the, ／, the, ／, ／

(6)   The, ／, ／, ／

(IV)          Cloze

(1) academic  (2) priorities  (3) conducted  (4) principles  (5) begin  (6) priority   (7) compromised (8) addition (9) filing (10) Speaking (11) formula (12) Participation/ Participating   (13) based   (14) least  (15) way  (16) pressures

(V)             Translation

1. Translate the sentences

1)     The judge asked the reporters not to disclose the name of the victim.

2)     The teacher took pains to make sure that we all understood what he said.

3)     Recently the school conducted a survey among those students who have attained academic excellence.

4)     He said he would accept the job, so we have asked him to confirm his acceptance by writing us a letter.

5)     George studies very hard. He wants to make the most of his chance to learn.

6)     We can’t go. To begin with, it’s too cold. Besides, we’re busy.

7)     It’s about time that someone spoke up for these basic truths / facts.

8)     Don’t say it is profitless to do this. The effort will pay off in the long run.

2. Translate the paragraph

據(jù)一位教育學方面的專家所言，高智商的學生有時并沒有智商較低的學生學習成績好。因為學習對這些學生而言是一件較輕松的事情，所以他們從來不會去探究如何認真學習。

當然努力學習也不能保證成績優(yōu)異。“這不是由你手捧書本，端坐桌前多久而決定的。你要坐在那里認真讀書才行?！币晃蝗珒?yōu)生如是說。事實是有些優(yōu)等生學習時間不多但是成績卻比其他同學高。