大学英语综合教程课后答案book4,Unit8
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Unit 8 The
Discus Thrower
Vocabulary
I. 1. reddish
brown
2. low-growing
3.
almost unbearable degree
4. brings the spoon
into light contact with
5. visit the
patients
II. 1. accomplice
2. probing
3. furtive
4. solid
5. pruned
6. acknowledging
7. hefted
8.
unwrapped
III. 1. peculiar
2.
impression
3. dwellings
4.
delivery
5. disinfectants
6.
assembly
7. probings
8.
awkwardly
IV. 1. B 2. A 3. A 4.
C 5. D
V. (watch, look)
2. live
(reside, inhabit, lodge, stay)
3. sway
4. satire (sarcasm, derision, ridicule)
5. tense (nervous, stressed, anxious)
6.
remarkable (extraordinary, notable, striking)
7. desirable (pleasant, agreeable)
8.
stretch (extend)
VI. 1. location
2.
praises
3. much
4. supporting
5. usually
6. bring together
Grammar
I. 1. you have enjoyed it
2. she needs a
good rest
6. C 7. A 8. A
3. you have had a good time
4.
someone hashad smoked in here
5. I had run a
marathon
6. Susan isn’t coming
7. he were
an old man
8. the world were coming to an end
II.
1. I werewas a child
2. it
happened only yesterday
3. she knew everything
4. to let the painful memories pass
5.
awakened from some dream
6. searching for
something
7. she were the Queen
8. he were
a patient
III.
1. J
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. G
6. H
7. E
8. F
9. I
10. C
IV.
1. Apes are the
animals nearest to men in appearance.
2. These
articles are well written, but there is still room
for improvement.
3. Crises often occur in the
best-regulated families.
4. The passers-by
stopped and put their hands into their trouser
pockets.
5. Traffic accidents often occur at
crossroads.
6. Telephones are a necessity in
the modern world.
7. The storms did great
damage to the crops.
8. We have a very high
opinion of the old professors.
V.
1. are
2. is
3. areis
4. is
5. isare
6. isare
7. are
8. Is
VI.
1. When she came in from the rainstorm, she
looked as though she had just taken a shower
with her clothes on.
2. Diana stood
motionless at the end of the diving board, hands
at her sides, heels slightly
raised, every
muscle anticipating action.
Translation
I.
1. 这让他看上去像一盘盆景，树根和树枝都被修剪了，一棵大树只剩下矮小的树干。
2. 他两腿的残肢，失去了腿和脚的负荷，翘在半空，露出双腿的病况。
3.
他双手端起盘子，放到右手上，移到手心里，然后把它稳住。
4.
传来盘子在他床头对面墙上撞碎的声音以及湿漉漉的炒蛋轻轻地掉到地板上的声音。
II.
1. Searchlights fingered across the black
water.
2. Since a robbery happened in this
building, the night watchman has become more
careful and
makes his rounds once every hour.
3. He stuck to his plan, though there was
nothing left to prop him up.
4. He is paid by
the police to spy on the activities of the
terrorists.
5. In time they will come to
accept the harsh reality.
6. That man’s
behavior looks very suspicious. He is pretending
to sleep, but now and then he
steals a furtive
glance at the passers-by.
7. The social and
economic changes that have taken place in this
country are so sweeping that it
has dwarfed
all its neighbors.
8. In the dim light of the
daybreak, I saw a dark shape looming athwart the
door.
III.
父亲那些浆得发硬的衬衫是个问题。他穿衬衫时，把它套住
头往下拉，两只手左右乱伸，
寻找袖子。新衬衫非常结实，经得起这样拉扯，不会撕裂，但经父亲穿过后
，很快就不那么
结实了。首先他知道，他会听到它开始撕裂的声音，这使他感到讨厌。他憎恨任何脆弱的
表
现，不管是人还是物。他愤怒时摸索袖子会比以前更加用力，接着会传来衬衫撕裂时刺耳的
劈
啪声和母亲大声的抱怨。
Exercises for integrated
skills
II. 1. on
2. under
3. even
4. how
5. where
6. at
7.
true
8. camps
9. as
10.
either