2024年大学公共英语第一册练习题答案.doc

Unit 1 Growing Up
Text organization:
1. 1. Baker’s feelings about English courses.
2. Baker’s impression of his new English teacher
3. A topic that attracts Baker’s attention.
4. Vivid memories the title brought back.
5. Baker’s sudden desire to write about that topic.
6. Anticipating punishment.
7. Mr. Fleagle’s announcement.
8. Classmates’ response to the essay.
9. What Baker discovered.
2. up to date argue hold up hand in
Part I ( paras 1-2)
Baker was bored by everything associated with English courses, including essay writing.
Part II (paras 3-5)
Baker found himself attracted by one particular topic and wrote about it for his own joy.
Part III (paras 6-9)
The experience of writing the essay helped him discover his talent for writing and realize what he wished to do in life.
Vocabulary
I. 1. put aside put off put out put through put into
open-minded broad-minded narrow-minded strong-minded
independent-minded politically-minded
1) respectable
2) agony
3) put…down
4) sequence
5) hold back
6) distribute
7) off and on
8) vivid
9) associate
10) finally
11) turn in
12) tackle
2. 1) George has been assigned to the newspaper’s Paris office.
2) The man’s story was so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether to believe him or not.
3) She had a clear image of how she would look in twenty years’ time.
4) When the officer gave the command the soldiers opened fire.
5) As long as people keep buying bikes we’ll keep turning them out.
3. 1) reputation rigid to inspire
2) and tedious What’s more, out of date ideas.
3) compose career
avoid showing pleasure hardly hold back
II. Synonyms in Context
1. composed 2. severe 3. agony
4. extraordinary 5. recall 6. command
7. was violating 8. anticipate
III. Collocation
1. at 2. for 3. of 4. with
5. as 6. about 7. to 8. in, in
9. from 10. on/upon.

Comprehensive Exercises
I. Cloze
1. Text-related
(1) hold back (2) tedious (3) scanned
(4) recall (5) vivid (6) off and on
(7) turn out/turn in (8) career
2. Theme-related
(1) last (2) surprise (3) pulled
(4) blowing (5) dressed (6) scene
(7) extraordinary (8) image (9) turn
(10) excitement

II. Translation
1.
1) As it was a formal dinner party, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to.
2) His girlfriend advised him to get out of/get rid of his bad habit of smoking before it took hold.
3) Anticipating that the demand for electricity will be high during the next few months, they have decided to increase its production.
4) It is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules.
/ Bill is said to have been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules.
5) It is reported that the local government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage.
/The local government is reported to have taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage.
2. handicapped
Susan lost her legs because of a car accident. For a time, she didn’t know how to face up to the fact that she would never (be able to) walk again.
One day, while scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye/she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl became a writer. Greatly inspired, Susan began to feel that she, too, would finally be able to lead a useful life.