大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案
Unit 1
Study & Practice
II. Comprehension of the Text
1. 1) d 2) c 3) d 4) b 5) c 6) d 7) a 8) b
III. Vocabulary Activities
1.
1) accent
2) turn ... against
3) a couple of
4) takes his time
5) fate
6) confirmed
7) witness
8) subsequent
9) stands a chance
10) trial
2.
1) belief
2) brilliant
3) employment
4) has saved up
5) stood a chance
大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案
6) were awarded
7) Presumably
8) conducted
9) casual
10) around (which student life) revolves
3.
1) Joe wrote to say that he had to put off his visit because of his illness.
2) Despite the noise, they went on working as if nothing were happening.
3) Traffic was held up for several hours by the accident.
4) Called (up)on to speak at the meeting, I couldn't very well refuse.
5) Mrs. Stevenson looked in the cupboard and found there was not a single lump of sugar left.
6) It was the rumor that turned Joe against his twin brother.
大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案
7) We wondered how Sara was getting on in her new job.
8) Although Anne agreed with me on most points, there was one on which she was unwilling to give in.
9) Visitors could photograph almost anything here without having to ask for permission.
10) Whether we make an excm'sion or stay home will depend on tomorrow's weather,
IV. Enriching Your Word Power
1.
l) un + a. --a.
uncertain, unafraid, unacceptable, unfamiliar, unequal
2) un + p.p. -- a.
unanswered, unattached, unexpected, unknown, undecided
3) un + ad. -- ad.
unhappily, unskilfully, unconsciously, unnecessarily, uncomfortably
4) un + v.--v.
unsay, undress, untie, unlock, unload
大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案
2.
l) reliable
2) changeable
3) enjoyable
4) exhaustible
5) permissible
6) regrettable
7) breakable
8) imaginable
9) workable
10) applicable
3.
1) countercharge
2) counterattack
3) counterpart
4) counteract
5) countermeasures
6) Counterculturists
V. Usage
1. Liz sang perfectly in the town hall yesterday afternoon.
2. I saw your brother and his girlfriend walking arm in arm in the park the other day.
大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案
3. It began to blow quite hard before midnight.
4. They moved the piano into another room upstairs last
evening.
5. Come to my office at ten o'clock.
6. I was still living alone at home at the time.
7. Believe it or not, I ran into your cousin in a shop in New
York three weeks ago.
8. The old couple were sitting quite happily in the garden at
this time yesterday.
VI. Structure
1.
1) It turned out that his methods didn't work at all.
2) It turned out that the necklace was not made of diamond, but
of glass.
3) It turned out that the "lost" money had been in the safe all the
time!
4) It turned out that the experiment was much mom difficult
than they had supposed.
大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案
5) It has turned out that your nephew is the most suitable person for the job.
6) To his surprise, it turned out that the fashionable young lady
he spoke to was a pickpocket.
2.
1) it was indeed a miracle that he had done so much in so short a
time.
2) the young people have done a good job.
3) X minus four is six.
4) he can finish the work in a couple of weeks.
5) the goal can certainly be attained.
6) Paul might make it.
VI. Cloze
1.
(1) Fate
(2) trial
(3) guilty
(4) couple of
(5) conducted
(6) wandering
大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案
(8) confirm
(9) temporary
(10) brilliant
(11) stand a chance
(12) employment
(13) turn against
2.
(1) into
(2) at
(3) Before
(4) cur
(5) station
(6) confirmed
(7) injured
(8) drank
(9) jail/prison
(10) charged
(11) court
(12) dismissed
(13) but
(14) fine
大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案
(16) killing
(17) from
(18) up
(19) fine
(20) free
(21) not
(22) who
(23) drunken/drunk
(24) or
(25) received
(26) such
(27) why
(28) injured
I. Translation
1. The spokesman made it clear that the President would not cancel the trip under any circumstances.
2. Jack didn't know anything about any of the books on the bookshelf, so his choice was quite arbitrary.
3. The subsequent events confirmed my suspicions once again.
4. I think we should encourage high school students to find temporary jobs/employment during their summer holidays.
大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案
5. To Our surprise, the governor who had often been praised for his honesty turned out to be a corrupt official.
6. A few workers were promoted, but meanwhile hundreds of workers were dismissed.
7. Given the chance, John might have become an outstanding painter.
8. Several hours later, the boy was found wandering around in the woods.
Reading activity
Exercise B
1. a 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. c 6. b 7. b 8. c 9. c
10. a
Guided Writing
l. The right order is 3, 1, 7, 2, 4, 8, 11, 13, 5, 9, 6, 12, 10.
A Frenchman had arrived at a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there. One night he went out for a walk alone. Suddenly he saw a young Italian hurrying past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman found that his watch was gone. He thought it was the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided to follow him.
大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案
Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other's language. The Frenchman threatened the Italian with his fist and pointed to his watch-pocket. In the end the puzzled Italian was forced to give up his watch to the Frenchman. When he returned to the hotel the Frenchman told his wife what had happened.. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the Italian of his watch.
2. A Funny Mistake
At 8:15 one Sunday morning, a police officer saw a man climbing down a drainpipe from an open bedroom window. As soon as the man reached the ground, the officer caught him by the arm. In answer to the officer's questions, the man said that his name was Charlie Crane and he was a lorry driver from Nottingham. He explained that the day before he had had a breakdown and had spent the night in the house where the officer saw him; That morning the landlady had given him breakfast and he had gone on his way. Later he found that he had left ￡80 under his pillow. He returned and rang the bell, but no one answered it. Spotting the bedroom window still open, he climbed up the drainpipe. As he was again leaving, the officer
大学英语精读第三册课后练习答案
saw him. Just as the officer was figuring out whether or not it was only a funny mistake, a woman shouted from the kitchen wiadow, "Mt. Crane, whatever are you doing here? I thought you'd gone away an hour ago. '
