答案Unit-8-语言.doc

语言单元
Unit 8

Section A
Text One You Are What You Say

I. Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions provided, making some change when necessary

1. faux-pas
2. is built into
3. endearment
4. leeway
5. corroboration
6. paraphrasable
7. idiosyncrasy
8. consummate
9. girl Friday
10. frivolity
11. apt to
12. pejoratively
13. show up
14. assertive
15. undermine

II. Use the appropriate form of the words given in the brackets to fill in the blanks
1. inadequacy
2. engagement
3. assert
4. confirmation
5. subliminal
6. address
7. immature
8. pursuit, pursuit
9. originality, unoriginal
10. fussy

IV. Test your general knowledge
1. B. 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. C. 7A 8.B. 9. B 10. C 11. D. 12. A 13. B 14. A 15. A

V. Proofread the following passage.
1. avoid→to avoid
2. points→points out
3. his→her
4. a→the
5. at→as
6.with→without
7.much→much more
8.are→is
9.were→are
10.are→is

Section A
Text Two The Story of Human Language

I. Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions provided, making some change when necessary
1. emotional
2. apocryphal
3. strategy
4. arduous
5. from scratch
6. utterance
7. entrust
8. respond to
9. delicacy
10. birthright
11. account for
12. have taken place
13. accord with
14. resemble
15. mimic

II. Use the appropriate form of the words given in the brackets to fill in the blanks
1. underdeveloped, developed 2. amaze 3. creature 4. resemblance 5. dictate 6. considerate 7. generative 8. disregard 9. speculation 10. distinctive

V. Proofread the following passage
1. as→for
2. for→on
3. useful→use
4. doubts→doubters
5. science→scientist
6. make→makes
7. in→on
8. theory→theorize
9. with→by
10. whatever→however

Section B
Text One The World of Doublespeak

I. Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions provided, making some change when necessary
1. circumvent
2. ambushed
3. revenue
4. inflate
5. dividend
6. shorthand
7. theft
8. laid off
9. at variance with
10. subject-matter
11. preemptive
12. cover up
13. cynicism
14. fall on
15. subject to

II. Use the appropriate form of the words given in the brackets to fill in the blanks
1. insight
2. distaste
3. grieve
4. deprivation
5. enhance
6. co-operative
7. legitimate
8. hostility
9. assembling
10. profundity

IV. Test your general knowledge
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. A 11. C 12. D 13. A 14. A 15. B

V. Proofread the following passage.
1. bring→brings
2.has large→has a large
3.grip→gripping
4.by→through
5.through→by
6.all→every
7.lying→lies
8.call→calls
9.instead→instead of
10. with→with a

Section B
Text Two Sexism and Language

I. Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions provided, making some change when necessary
1. lag far behind
2. the other way around
3. deteriorate
4. delectable
5. take on
6. virile
7. grotesque
8. are uncovered
9. come up with
10. unscrupulous
11. cooped up
12. remnant
13. bolster
14. trivial
15. passive

II. Use the appropriate form of the words given in the brackets to fill in the blanks
1. comparative
2. hesitant
3. acquisition
4. extension
5. threatening
6. experimentation
7. encouragement
8. villain, villainy
9. perception
10. glorify

V. Proofread the following passage
1. in that→in which
2.retain→retains
3.of→for
4.(no mistake)
5.that→like
6.rejecting the idea→rejecting that the idea
7.pair→pairs
8.is added→being added
9.it→there
10. if→unless