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Unit 3 Parents and Children 课后练习答案

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in Action

2 In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Completethe following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

1) There was a(n) awkward moment when she didn’t know whether to shake his hand or kiss his cheek.

2) She breathed a sigh of relief when she found out she had passed her exam. 3) Parents should really take extra care of their babies as many accidents actually occur at home.

4) The government has two options; to reduce spending or to increase tax. 5) The following program contains scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers.

6) When the doctor told her that it was only a minor case, she released her husband’s arm.

7) The woman felt panicky and she spoke almost without pausing for breath. 8) The policeman blew his whistle and the protesters scattered in all directions. 9) He put a grape into his mouth and swallowed it whole.

10) Don’t wipe your nose on your sleeve, kid — that’s what your handkerchief’s for!

11) I took my son to the zoo as a birthday treat.

12) As I recall, it was you who suggested this idea in the first place.

3 In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.

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1) In just a few days he became well acquainted with all his new classmates. 2) Jane has locked herself up in her room for the whole day. She took us by surprise when she came out with her hair dyed red.

3) Let’s sit down quietly and gather our thoughts first before the discussion. 4) To my surprise, the stranger turned out to be an old friend of my mother’s. 5) Seeing Jim wearing a funny hat, Maggie tried hard to fight back adesire to laugh.

6) Don’t hang up on me — I need to talk to you.

7) After quarrelling with his step-father, Colin ran away and hasn’t been heard of ever since.

8) They’ve hired someone to take care of the children for a week.

9) When I asked him how he was doing, he hemmed and hawed before telling me that he had just lost his job.

10) Once a very shy boy from a small mountainous village, he turned into a competent engineer in a matter of six years.

11) The newspaper refused to keep the facts from the public.

12) As we sat on the beach soaking up the sunshine, she started to tell me her childhood stories.

Increasing Your Word Power

1 Complete the multiple choice exercise by choosing the right answer.

1) All the following verbs can form acceptable collocations with the noun RELATIONSHIP except ________.

a. make b. create c. acknowledged. deepen e. build

2) All the following adjectives can form acceptable collocations with the noun RELATIONSHIP except ________. a. close b. mutual c. intimated. potential e. fluent

3) All the following adjectives can form acceptable collocations with the noun PANIC except ________.

a. blind b. sudden c. sturdyd. growing e. total

4) All the following verbs can go with the noun PANIC except ________. a. feel b. cause c. created. spread e. throw

5) All the following verbs can go with the noun RELIEF except ________. a. seek b. create c. experienced. express e. offer

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6) All the following adjectives can form acceptable collocations with the noun RELIEF except ________.

a. deep b. sheer c. temporary d. desperate e. obvious

7) All the following verbs can go with the noun MEMORY except ________. a. lose b. arouse c. refresh d. survive e. cherish

8) All the following adjectives can form acceptable collocations with the noun MEMORY except ________.

a. early b. sociable c. lasting d. fond e. vivid

2 Many words in English can be used both as nouns and as verbs. Complete all the sentences using either the noun form or the verb form of the words given in the box. Change the form where necessary.

1) Please focus your minds on the following problem.

2) She has constant fears that her husband will abandon(抛弃)her and the kids. 3) The focus of recent research has been on environmental issues. 4) Her father died of a heart attack when there was no one else at home. 5) She fears that the child may have got a blood problem. 6) This kind of disease attacks the central nervous system.

7) She paid frequent visits to her parents and they were so happy to see her every time she visited them.

8) The blind man touched the elephant’s ear and concluded that the elephant is in the shape of a huge fan.

9) My long chat with my mother over the phone every day has relieved a lot of my stress.

10) He has got a strange skin problem. Even a light touch on his face hurts. 11) The colour of the curtains and the paint on the wall do not match. 12) My husband often chats with me over dinner so I know very well what is happening at his workplace.

13) The young couple are a perfect match.

14) Experts fear that the disease will spread far and wide.

3 Did you notice the suffixes -y, -able in words such as panicky and portable in this unit? The suffix -able can be added to a noun or a verb to form an adjective, and -y can be put after a noun to form an

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adjective. Now form adjectives by adding -y or -able to the words given in the table and write down the Chinese meaning for each adjective.

Nouns/Verbs Suffixes Adjectives Chinese Meanings faultfaulty有错误的;有缺点的;不完善的 guiltguilty有罪的;有过失的 handhandy 手边的;方便的 panicpanicky惊恐的;易恐慌的 pickpicky吹毛求疵的;爱挑剔的

adapt-y/-ableadaptable能适应新环境的;适应性强的 imagineimaginable可想象的;想得到的

portportable便于携带的;轻便的 predictpredictable可预言的;可预料的 relyreliable可靠的;可信赖的

Complete each of the following sentences with a proper word you have thusformed.

1) He pleaded guilty to charges of theft (盗窃) and robbery in court. 2) I’m sure she’ll cope with the changes very well; she’s very adaptable. 3) Keep your pills handy just in case you feel carsick.

4) The doctor tried every means imaginable to save the patient, but invain. 5) Considering the great disparity (悬殊)in strength between the twoteams, the result is predictable .

6) Many people feel panicky when speaking before the public.

7) If the product you bought turns out to be faulty , you may request arepair or a replacement.

8) He is such a picky eater that he won’t eat anything but fresh vegetable. 9) He’s not very reliable . You’d better not count on him to help you out. 10) A portable computer is a computer designed to be easily moved from one location to another. Grammar in Context

Observe the following sentences from both Text A and Text B, paying special attention to the use of the past perfective aspect of the verb. Then do the following two tasks.

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