Key toexercises
Unit1
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1.Listentothe recording of the text and then fill in the blanks in the following sentences.
1.. aim/purpose; training;
practical/professional skills; technical training;universities
graduateschool;Shakespeare’s p lays; be apharmacist
3. makingaliving;keephimself;hisfamily;expose;ideas
4.
waking;average;aliving;allabout
5. in dang er; m echanized savages; push-buttonNeanderthals
6. have left us; peculiar accom plishments;species
7.. center;storehouse
8.. sarcastic;humorous
2.R ead the text for better comprehension a nd a nswer
thequestions,paying special a ttention to the par ts in boldtype.
1)It m e a ns a nnoyi n g experiences, t ou g h pro blems or failures.
2)The y must have finishe d their graduat e s t udie s w i th a n advanc e d d e gr e eli ke
aPhD.
3)Itsimplymeans?one of the
students?.Theword?body?here meansthewholegroupofstudents.Becausethestude
ntisthinandtall.Itismeanttobe humorous rather thaninsulting.
4)He t ea ches Englishliterature.
5)Byus i ngt he
like t h e c our s word?s t u f f?,h eshowshisdislikefor t he c ou r se ve r y clea r ly.Hedoesn’ｔ
ebe c ausehethinksitis us e l ess forhisplanned career.
6)Wecanassumethathedoesnotthinkitnecessarytowastemoneyonthe books since he
intends to drop thecourse.
7)The latter. It is a humorous way of referring to a certain type of people.
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8)He is talking about the Pharmacy School. He is being sarcastic
whenhecallsit?a DrugstoreMechanicsSchool?
Itmeans?技工？.
9)He is talking about the diploma for university or
collegegraduates.He has in mind people like what the student wants to
be:pharmacists.十六大精神
10)Itmeans?havingbeenintroduced to the
ideasdevelopedorproduced throughouthistory.
11)It refers to his effort to convince thestudent.
12)?Hold?hereisanintransitiveverbmeaning?remaintrue?.Itisoftenused
a sase t phrase?hol dtrue?.大山里的土家娃
13)Itmeans?thingsofthesamekind?.诸如此类
14)We call it the fut ure c on tinuou s t e ns e. It i s used for ongoin g future ac t ions.
15)He is saying here that you will make sure that the medicine
you make will not be mixed with poison if you are trained as a pharmacist;
thatthehousesyoubuildwillsuccessfullykeepoutbullsifyourchosenjobise ngineering;
and t h at yo ur client w i l l not be sentenc ed to d eat h b e cause you a re inc om petent if you want to b e al a wyer.
16)T he s e are a ll us eful things to d o… a nd raises/bri n g s up your c hildren.
17)InformalEnglish,?may?is usedtoexpress a
hopeorwish.Moreexamples:
Mayourcountrybeprosperousandourpeoplehappy.May peace
fina l lypr e vail.
Note: suf fi ce (be s uff i cient) It is formal for hu m orouseffect.
18)民主的思想家. Will you be heading a family that is familiar withthegreat
democratic ideas in past history?
19)He meansthetallstudent.?Pest?is oftenused to refer to anannoying person especially achild.
20)No. H e means that he i s a i ming to m ak e m oney. T hat i s his
purpos e forcoming toschool.
21)…you’re
goi n gto ha vetroublefi n dingsometh i ngt od owhen you arenot spending money.
22)…ｔhenyoushouldn’tgotocollege.Youhavenoreasontogotocollege.
23)Heissayingherethatyoungpeoplemaybecomesavagesliketheancientpe opl e
w ho lived 35,000 t o 130,000 yea rs a go although t h ey c an
nowpushbut t onsa ndu semachi n e s,hence, a ?n ew s p ec i es?.
24)Ourcoll e g e sareboundtoprod uc eso m estude nt softhi s ki nd.H e i sver ysarcastic
about these people and thinks that they are not truly educatedandcivilizedastheyshouldbetoday.Ther
eforeheusestheexpression:?such li feforms?. Note alsothattheword?graduate?is usedas a transitiveverbhere.
25)We are talking about how ideas or concepts are developed
andhowimportant they are in the evolution of the human species. Animalslive
by instinct. Only human beings are able to formulate ideas such aslove,freedom,democracy,andequality.Theseideasmakeusdifferentfromotherani mals. And we get these ideas from people in the past. That is why readingissoimportant.Manyscholarsmaintainthatwithoutreadingwe do n’ｔknowhow tothink.Thereare,however,peoplewhoemphasizetheimportanceofdirect experience
Sometimestheyevengoas far as to maintain .Theysaythat‘Doing isalsolearning’．
that reading may prevent us from creativethinking.
26)The fact that we have the faculty means that…
Vocabulary
1.D o t he f ollowing exercises on wor d f or mation rules.
1)Thefollowingwordsareadjectivesendingwiththesuffixes?-ent?a nd?-a nt,?
andtheircorrespondingnounsusuallyendingwith?-ence?a nd?-a nce.?Decide which of the following should be the for mer, and which the latter.
1.di f fe r ent
2.i nd ependent
4petent
5.arrogant
6.important
7.c o nfi de nt
8.fra g ra n t
9.signifi c ant
12.i nt e ll i g ent
< levant
14.present
15.urgent
16.violent
17.c ur re n t
18.fr e qu en t
19.di stant
Note: The following words are nouns, not adjectives: accountant;assistant;defendant; dependant;attendant
2)Guess the cor r esponding nouns of the following, paying special a ttention totheirpronuncia t ion.
1.qua l ifi c ati o n c l arifi c at i on
unification notification
classification identification
intensification justification
simplif i cation c ert ifi c at i on
glori f ication speci fi cat i on
2.m o derniz a ti on
mechani z ation
realization civilization
globalization specialization
Americanization industrialization
urbanization idealization
centralization marketization
nationalization privatization
3.permission discussion
admission profession
commission confession
remission impression
emission oppression
submission compression
transmission expression
om i s s i on depre s sion
3)Giveder i vative s of th e f oll o wi n gwords.
1.se ns e: sensitive; s en sible; s en se l ess; sens i bility; ove rs ensitive; ins e ns i tive
3.special: specially; specialty;specialize
4.intellect: intellectual; intelligent;intelligence
5.civil: c i vi l ize; c i vi l ization; ci v i l ized;u nc iviliz e d
4)T r ans l ate the following i nt o C hi n e s e.
1.Many people agree that the increased enrollment is a bigaccomplishment.
2.The lack of availability of certified accountants who can meet
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suchhighqualifications is still a bigproblem.
3.Early specialization is not wise. Students should have a wide exposure to
worldculturebe f ore t h eyspeci a lize.
4.Strong as we might be some day we must never become a r rogant. We shouldcontinueto
pur sue the policy of peaceful co-existence amongnations.
powerrestsessentiallywithitsadvanced civilization.
5.Itis a penetr a tingthoughtthat a nation’ｓ
6.Ourmemoryofpastdisastrousexperiencesisanextremelyimportantspiritualresource.
2.Tr anslate the following v er b+noun c oll oc at i ons intoEn g li s h.
1)f oldone’sarms
2)fold theletter
3)acquireknowledge
4)generateideas
5)g en e ratejobs
6)gen e r ate p ow er
7)g en e r at e i nte r e s t
8)employworkers
9)use/employtime
10)rear/raiseone’schildren
11)rearsheep
12)raiseone’sfamily
13)raiseone’svoice
14)raisetax
15)raise thequestion
16)maintaincontact
17)maintain law andorder
18)maintainpeace
3.Give the synonyms and antonyms of thefollowing.
Synonyms
< a sona bl y/r athe r/quite
2.c l earl y/evi d ently
6.t opr oduce
7.t opr ove
8.de pa rtment(univers i ty)
9.humanity
10.drugstore /chemist (英)
1.una v aila bl e
2.m ode s t ly
4.unqualified
5.uncivilized/savage
6.t ounfol d
7.unemployed
8.incompetence
9.insensitive 12.t oent e r/join
13.how eve r/but
14.sharp/thoughtful
15.thinker/intellectual
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17.una voidably/ce rt ainly/
18.t o s uppos e/presume/thi nk/guess
19.t ohel p/ass i st
20.strange/odd/unusual/queer
21.achievement/success/victory
22.specialskill
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