综合教程(2版)1册U7 练习答案

An Integrated English Course (2nd Edition) Book 1

Unit 7

Text I When Lighting Struck

Text Comprehension

I. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose of writing.

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II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.

1. F. Refer to the very first sentence of the text. The author was in the back of the plane when the accident happened.

2. F. This statement is false for the destination was Newark according to Paragraph 2.

3. T. Refer to Paragraph 3.

4. T. Refer to Paragraph 6.

5. F. This is a false statement since everybody was behaving quite well on board of the plane as is described in Paragraph 8.

III. Answer the following questions.

1. Refer to Paragraph 2. The plane must have been hit by lightning.

2. Refer to Paragraph 4. Because she thought she would have already died of terror if she ever got to the point where she needed to use life jackets.

3. Refer to Paragraph 8. Soothing conversations could be heard here and there in the plane.

4. Refer to Paragraph 9. It suggests that as death is an experience everyone has to go through, one should die peacefully; there is no need for alarm.

5. Refer to Paragraph 10. She did it so that anyone who wanted to make a call to hear the reassuring voice of a loved one could use it.

6. Refer to Paragraph 12. She felt tearful as the lives of her fellow passengers had so intensely touched hers.

7. Refer to Paragraph 14. The significant message she gets from the incident is that kindness is not just to be paid back but to be passed on to others.

IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.

1. I tried to comfort her by saying that we would manage to tide it over.

2. After experiencing such an incident, the girl’s visit to London would seem much less exciting in comparison.

3. The young woman, who was as confident as that businessman, must have noticed my fear.

4. The young businessman was sorry that he had not got a chance to buy his two little girls a present.

5. I am very grateful to my fellow passengers.

Structural analysis of the text

1. Yes. It is explicitly stated at the end of the text: ...not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

2. A high school girl from a small town in east Texas: scared and most likely looking pale The author herself: worried, but still trying to encourage the young girl

A young businessman: looked worried, but confident

A glamorous young woman: as confident as the young businessman, tried to

comfort the author, offered her cell phone to anyone who wanted to make a call

An older woman: generously offered her box of chocolates to the businessman

Passengers in general: Calm. No one panicked. No one screamed.

Vocabulary

I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

1. having the seat belt fastened on

2. catch another flight to continue the journey

3. he completed his job (announcement)

4. controlled my feelings and began behaving calmly again

5. to land successfully and safely

6. am very grateful to; do something nice in return

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

1. witnessed 2. figured 3. lightning 4. lunged 5. confided

6. blessed 7. indiscriminate 8. terra firma 9. sure 10. creature

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. D 7. C 8. B

IV. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in its appropriate form and note the difference of meaning between them.

1. Somehow is used when we don't know or cannot say how something has been done or will be done. Somewhat indicates that something is the case to a limited extent or degree.

a. somehow b. somewhat c. Somewhat d. somehow

2. Both words refer to producing an upsetting emotional response to something unpleasant or dangerous. Fear means to “be afraid or worried that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen or might have happened,” while panic stresses the confused, hysterical or ineffective action that results from an unpleasant or dangerous event.

a. feared b. panic c. feared d. panicked

3. Both words pertain to the attitude of looking forward to something that is to occur in the future. Hope suggests looking forward exclusively to some positive or favorable outcome. Structurally, it should be followed by either a nominal(名词性的) clause or an infinitive, or used intransitively. Anticipate is restricted to thoughts of the future of either a pleasant outcome or an unpleasant one. Normally, it is followed by a nominal phrase, and occasionally, by a nominal clause.

a. hope b. hope c. anticipating d. anticipate

4. Both words indicate continued existence. Survive emphasizes the successful overcoming of an ordeal(严酷的考验) or threat to existence. It can be used both transitively and intransitively. Live means to “have life or to function as an animate organism.” It is basically an intransitive verb, and if used transitively, it must be followed only by a cognate object, as in the exercise. (cognate object同源宾语, 是句子层面一个通常为不及物的动词后面接一个看似其宾语的名词短语)

a. surviving b. survive c. live d. live

V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.

1. Synonym: open (unlock, unlatch, unchain)

2. Antonym: hopelessly (unconfidently, despairingly)

3. Synonym: think (believe, imagine)

4. Antonym: unafraid (brave, bold, fearless, dauntless)

5. Synonym: unselective (uncritical, random)

6. Antonym: enjoyable (comfortable, agreeable, pleasant)

7. Synonym: grumble

8. Antonym: lightly (barely, hardly, scarcely)

VI. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in the bracket.

1. ungrateful 2. shortage 3. unfortunately 4. invaluable

5. lengthen 6. destruction 7. timely 8. rustless

Grammar

I. Identify the different infinitive (不定式) forms after the modal auxiliary (情态助动词).

When a modal auxiliary takes the predictive meaning, the infinitive after it may appear in the perfect form to denote “past time\" and in the progressive form to denote “future time.\" When the modal auxiliary takes the non-predictive meaning, the infinitive after it usually appears in its base form as in Sentences 6 and 7.

II. Rewrite the following, using “modal auxiliary + the correct form of the infinitive.”

1. He may know the answer. (“May” is used to show that something is possible.)

2. It must have been difficult. (“Must” is used to show that something is very likely or certain.)

3. He couldn't have forgotten his appointment.

(“Couldn't” is used to show that something is not possible.)

4. She must be coming tomorrow.

5. We ought to help people in need.

6. May / Can I say something?

(Both “may” and “can” express permission. “May” is more formal than

“can.”)

7. He may have gone to the museum.

8. You ought to have apologized. (“You ought to have done sth.” means “You didn’t do it but it would have been the right thing to do.”

III. Rewrite the following, using be going to.

(“Be going to” can express intention as in sentences 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, and prediction as in sentences 2, 5, 8.)

1. When are you going to start?

2. I'm sure it is going to rain.

3. I'm going to take a few days' holiday.

4. When are you going to sell it?

5. There is going to be trouble.

6. We are going to have dinner out.

7. I’m going to watch the news.

8. We’re going to be late for the party.

IV. Decide which of the underlined parts is correct.

1. I'm going (\"Be going to\" refers to a premeditated预先想过的intention.)

2. I'll carry (\"Will\" refers to an unpremeditated intention.)

3. I won't tell (\"Won't\" here expresses the speaker's resolution.)

4. I'm going to be

(\"Be going to\" refers to a prediction based on the present symptom, sign or evidence.)

5. are you meeting (The present progressive indicates the future fulfillment of the present plan.)

6. It's going to rain

7. I'll post it

8. is going to take

V. Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the verbs in brackets.

1. had listened (This is a conditional条件句with mixed time reference. The past perfect in the if-clause refers to an event that was not real. \"Wouldn't be\" in the main clause refers to the state that is not real now.)

2. could (In the clause following \"wish,\" \"would rather,\" \"it's time,\" \"as if,\" we use the past tense when we talk about an idea that is not real.)

3. knew 4. had

5. were / was (We can use \"were\" or \"was\" to show the hypothetical假设的meaning.)

6. didn't have 7. knew

8. had meant (We use the past perfect of \"mean,\" \"wish,\" \"expect,\" \"want,\" etc. when we talk about an unfulfilled intention.)

VI. Make sentences of your own after the sentence given below, using the inverted倒装的pattern AVS (adverbial + verb + subject).

e.g. On the eastern bank of the Huangpu River, side by side with the Jinmao Tower, stood the Shanghai World Financial Centre.

Translation

I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1. 我踉踉跄跄向座位冲过去时，乘客们抬起头来望着我，满脸惊恐，似乎感到死期已到。

2. 我快昏过去了，但是一看见身旁女孩的脸，我稳住了自己的情绪。

3. 在那痛苦煎熬的20分钟里，我脑海里思绪万千，但其中不乏自豪之情——为飞机上所有人都表现得那么出色而感到自豪。

4. 我想起在那次生死攸关却又万分侥幸的飞行中结识的乘客们，希望能够为自己亲眼所见、有幸承受的友好行为向他们表示感谢。

II. Translate each of the following sentences into English, using the word or phrase given in the bracket.

1. I scrambled up the cliff for a better view the sea.

2. He lunged at the burglar and wrestled with him for the weapon.

3. I figure that our national economy will continue to develop rapidly.

4. The chairman made effort to reassure the shareholders that the company's bad results would not be repeated.

5. Stop acting like a baby! Pull yourself together!

6. Being very much a private man, he does not confide in anyone.

7. We all hate the terrorists' indiscriminate violence against ordinary people.

8. Many people in this country are alarmed by the dramatic increase in violent crime.

9. We anticipated that the enemy would try to cross the river. That was why we destroyed the bridge.

10. I am indebted to all the people who worked so hard to make the party a great success.

Exercises for integrated skills

I. Dictation

Our boat floated on, / between walls of forest. / Nowhere did we find a place / where we could have landed. / In any case, / what would we have got by landing? / The country was full of snakes / and other dangerous animals, / and the forest was so thick / that one would be able to advance only slowly, / cutting one's way with knives / the whole day. / We live on fish, / caught with a homemade net of string, / and any fruit and nuts / we could pick up out of the water. / As we had no fire, / we had to eat everything, / including the fish, / uncooked. / As for water, / there was a choice: / we could drink the muddy river water, / or die of thirst. /

II. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE word you think

appropriate.

1. different 2. minds 3. policeman 4. jam 5. third

6. cross 7. what 8. how 9. experiments 10. results

Writing

Revise the following choppy sentences (连续采用的简单的句型，断断续续、支离破碎的的句子).

(The following versions are for reference only. Students may propose various versions of their own. As long as the revisions are grammatically correct and semantically sensible, they are acceptable.)

1. If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; if you teach him how to catch fish, you feed him for a lifetime.

2. We can lose a pint of blood without feeling anything, but if we lose a great deal of blood, we feel weak and cold.

3. Don't pretend to know what you don't and don't pretend not to know what you really know.

4. If you want someone on your side, if you want to persuade someone to see your point of view, one of the best ways is to approach him with sincere kindness

and caring.

5. Successful people are on a permanent vacation, not because they don't work hard but because they love what they do.

6. Don't keep things which do not belong to you; don't love the person who does not care about you.

7. Helen took dance classes, but she had no natural grace or sense of rhythm, so eventually gave up the idea of becoming a dancer.

8. When bears emerge from hibernation in the spring, they wander through wetlands and feed mainly on grasses.

9. Exhausted, I stared at the page, unable to comprehend a single word.

10. The five-year-old boy asked his father a question about death.

Listening

TRANSCRIPT

Flying Your Own Plane

My husband always wanted to fly a plane. So once for Father's Day my two daughters and I ... made an arrangement for lessons with a local teacher ... flying

teacher. And I told them, I said \"now I can always get a new husband, but you can't get a new father.\" And so they said, \"well maybe we'd better not give him those lessons\" but we did and he learned to fly and he bought his own plane. Well it was a twin-engine plane. And it would go ... if could go as, say, three thousand miles at a shot, and without having to stop for gas. But then people can't go that long, so we would fly just so far, like from California to Phoenix for instance and have lunch and get oxygen in the plane and then fly on to maybe St Louis and spend the night. And the next day, stop at Lexington maybe for lunch. And then that night we would be in Princeton to visit our daughter. So it was always great traveling across country in that plane.

We had a house in Arkansas and we would fly there occasionally to check on it. And that was always very interesting landing there. The first time we tried it, the landing strip was between a lake and a mountain and the windsock was all worn out so we couldn't see what way the wind was blowing except by looking at the waves on the lake. So that was entertaining trying to land in that little dangerous spot. But Arkansas is interesting that way.

And of course sometimes it could be quite worrying. I know on one trip back home we came into a storm. That was at San Bernardino and somehow we got caught up in snow. We were trapped and we didn't know how to get out of there because we had the mountains between us and home. And we had to call on Edwards Airforce Base to get us over the mountains.

Little things like that made it entertaining. And then once on a trip to Seattle,

the landing gear light came on saying that it wasn't working. And that way you don't know if the wheels are down really because you can't see under there. And we were coming home and it was a Sunday night and no one was at the airport so we couldn't fly by the tower to let someone see if the wheels were down. So we really had lo kind of chance it to land. So we didn't know if we were going to land on wheels or on the bottom of the airplane.

So there were interesting moments like that. How did my husband put it? \"You spend thousands and thousands of hours with just boring ordinary flying, punctuated by moments of sheer terror.\" But we always made it. Sometimes I thought we weren't going to, but it was fun.

Key to listening exercises:

B.

1. Route: California (starting point) — Phoenix (for lunch and oxygen) — St Louis (spend the night) — Lexington (for lunch) — Princeton (visit daughter)

2. Landing spot: Between a lake and a mountain.

Problem: The windsock was worn out.

3. Problem: They got caught up in snow.

Solution: They called on Edwards Airforce Base for help.

4. Problem: The landing gear light lit up to indicate that the landing gear failed to work.

When: A Sunday night.

C.

1. As a present for Father's Day.

2. The plane didn't need to stop, but they needed a break.

3. She is suggesting that things don't always work properly, or as you expect.

4. She was worried about the possibility of hitting the mountains, as the visibility was poor.

5. She was not too worried about it, and she seemed to accept it as normal.

Text II Dad Had Lost Any Purpose in Life

1. He was a kind and generous father who loved all his children, but he never said how much he loved them.

2. On the night of her father's death, the author did want to say \"I love you, dad,\" even though she didn't, for the family were not in the habit of showing outward affection. And after her dad passed away, the author and his brothers and

sisters decided to call on their mum regularly to help her overcome her grief and loneliness.

3. Her father had become physically weak and self-consciously superfluous, while his mother was always energetic and busy running her home.

4. From what the author tells about his mother, we can see that she is an energetic woman with a strong love for life but no regrets and that she enjoys dominance over her old man.

5. In reliving their lives together by talking about her relationship with her husband, her mother conveyed her affection. And she clearly did not feel sorry for her life with her husband.

6. She was energetic, impatient, willful and self-important.