综英3练习答案(完整)

Unit 1

1.I planned to keep silent and act in such a way that nobody would notice that I was only a

newcomer in college.

2.For three days, I had not been to the cafeteria due to my feeling of humiliation and shame.

Instead, I stayed alone in my room and ate junk food of various kinds from a vending machine which was in just the right place to aid me in avoiding others.

3.It didn’t matter whether or not you were widely accepted or admired; you did not have to

behave to the liking of everybody else.

1.I had just the feeling of a newcomer at college without the strength a mature student might

posses

2.my apparent confidence

3.some food to appease my hunger (as well as my anxiety)

4.going with the tide was no longer crucial to one’s success

5.foolish and glaring mistakes

1.It distressed me a great deal to hear the news that he had suffered repeated failures.

2.He assumed an air of cheerfulness, even though he lost favor with his boss.

3.Gulliver met with extraordinary adventures and saw a strange assortment of people.

4.He will be furious with you if you repeat the same mistake.

5.We were all greatly drawn by his frank views, humorous words and genial manner.

6.After the cheers and applause died down, the Nobel Prize winner began his speech.

7. He is gifted with a sort of insight and foresight, so he rarely runs with the crowd.

8. I feel realities are after all very harsh, so one can hardly live up entirely to his ideals.

Unit 2

1.He had dedicated all his time to his work and had no hobby at all, except that he played a golf

game every month which cannot be taken as a hobby anyway.

2.Their daughter said that, when they were still small, their father had become a company man

and her mother had given up any attempt to keep him at home.

1.died from self-motivated overwork

2.most likely

the presidency of the company; the highest position in the company

3.with no specific skills wanted by employers

4.trying to discover facts about his father; collecting (the neighbors’) memories of his father

5. a person vulnerable to heart attacks.

1.My immediate boss is a typical workaholic, for he works for over ten hours each day all

the year round.

2.The principal attaches much importance to extracurricular activities and he believes that

they will help to cultivate students’ tremendous interest in the external world .

3.He always grabs a shower, a sandwich and then a taxi to go to work every Monday

morning.

4.Since you are leaving the company, you should straighten out the accounts within the

week.

5.He often stays up late at night in order to finish writing his Ph.D. dissertation on time.

6.Nothing can replace the profoundest love lodged in one’s heart of hearts.

7.He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an excellent

vice-president for almost ten years.

8.He is just too common to be picked out from the crowd.

Unit 3

1.People in the United States tend to drive for every purpose, so much that they have forgotten

that they still have legs and about what their legs can do.

2.I admit that I had never realized how poorly equipped our bodies are in this respect.

3.…Maybe I was the only person who had ever attempted to cross that intersection on foot.

1.pleasant/comfortable

practically

2.very long

(places of ) physical exercises

3.was mad to realize this

4.decided not to have coffee and instead to go (to the bookstore)

5.held in mind

1.The university is one of the most venerable institutions of higher learning in the world.

2.If one is deficient in practical experience, he can hardly make himself a success with only

what he has acquired in class.

3.I felt exasperated by constant interruptions, for I had to finish writing the monograph by

the end of this week.

4. He feels that it is ludicrous to write on a contemporary theme in an ancient style.

5. The Bund in Shanghai was a place where young couples liked to come to coo in the 70s

and the 80s of the last century.

6. His daughter is very sedate for a girl of about ten, for she likes reading more than

playing.

7. The couple strolled hand-in-hand along the country road when the sun in its first

splendor steeped the earth.

8. The poet was commonly considered as an eccentric romantic genius when alive.

Unit 4

1.Nowadays, people believe that they can have fun whenever they want it , and that they should

have fun; otherwise they would be leading a dull and bitter life as a puritan.

2.We have long assumed that fun was easy to have, but now we are paying a price for that

shallow-mindedness, i.e., our party is hardly as much fun as it is expected to be.

1.we would be morally too strict with ourselves to enjoy life

2.that made all other questions less significant

3.counting fun as the most important quality of life

4.the best example of having fun

5.by nothing more than simple exposure

1.It goes without saying that Shakespeare overshadows all the other playwrights throughout

the ages.

2.The Great Gatsby is commonly deemed as the epitome of the Jazz Age of the last century

in America.

3.It is advisable for you not to put a damper on his enthusiasm to further his studies at

Harvard.

4.Y oung people tend to make a fetish of glamorous stars in sports and entertainment circles.

5.They traipsed all the way to the downtown area to watch the National Day fireworks

display.

6.He does not deserve such a severe punishment as he has committed neither serious errors

nor grave crimes.

7.Every time I met him, he would talk a whole lot of nonsense.

8.Reputation is a trap into which many people are ready to fall.

Unit 5

1.When we start to tell a lie, we have entered a very intricate situation, as a lie often requires

other lies until the whole structure of lies becomes so complex that it ensnares the liar.

2.One is less inhibited from lying; his ability to make moral right and wrong judgments is

dulled, and he may become less cautious against being caught.

3.The most understandable and acceptable lies are those which are told for the sake of love and

care at the expense of trust, according to the ethicists.

1.very important/shocking/traumatic

2.avoid hurting the other’s feelings/avoid doing something that would upset the other person

3.telling the truth with a favorable emphasis or slant/modifying the truth

4. a course of action which can easily lead to something unacceptable, wrong or disastrous

5.under any circumstances/whatever might happen

1.Hamlet feigned madness when he was hesitating what to do.

2.Prevarication is one of the techniques this businessman likes to employ.

3.Sometimes the light of the truth is just too dazzling, so white lies are ubiquitous.

4.Many women in America profess that they are unhappy with their status as second-class

citizens.

5. One the impulse of the moment, he blurted out the secret.

6. Y ou should get rid of any prejudice, resist temptations and let nothing warp your judgment.

7. Being over-sensitive and imaginative, he often weaves a tangled web in his mind.

8. He is very popular among his peers as he always tries to spare others any trouble.

Unit 8

1.It would be unwise to pursue a goal that is bound to fail, although it might be noble to do so.

2.I think the essence of wisdom is to get one’s horizon free from the confinement of time and

space.

1.consider (when judging a situation)/ take into consideration

give proper value to each/attach adequate importance to each

2.certainly/very probably

brought a good and helpful effect to mankind

in reality/ in actual situations

3.talk (disapprovingly) about something less worthy or less important

4.destroy or ruin each other

5.connected with/ dependent on

6.accordingly

1.The result of the experiment far surpassed their expectations.

2.We should take full account of the cost of the project and the difficulties we might

encounter.

3.The fair weather contributed to the success of the scientific expedition.

4.Ronaldo, one of the football stars from Brazil, scored several spectacular goals in the

2002 FIFA World Cup.

5.Many honorary degrees from different colleges and universities in America were

conferred upon Robert Frost for his remarkable contributions to poetry.

6.Patience and perseverance are required in emancipation from bad habits.

7.They tried to instill such new ideas into students’ minds.

8.Y ou should demonstrate impartiality in your assessment of the employees.