选择题
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
I won’t pay you today unless you finish the work in time.
He was brave; no other soldier fought so bravely in that battle. Don’t blame it on me. In fact, I have nothing to do with that. The police asked me for information on the accident.
I didn’t buy the apples; she gave them to me for nothing. I won’t pay $20 for the coat; it’s not worth all that much. It would have been a good match, had it not rained.
After the rescue of the climbers, the police were praised for their work. Peter’s car is out of order. All he can do now is to walk to the nearest telephone.
10. Tom is the captain of our team, and we all have confidence in him. 11. They had a long and exhausting meeting this morning. 12. People like working in a pleasant atmosphere.
13. John is busy seeking a job as he will graduate next month. 14. Confine your resume to two typewritten pages or less.
15. His proper behavior gave a good impression on the interviewer. 16. Jack has a strong sense of duty.
17. The young man wants to get a better job and earn more money. 18. His silly questions always annoy me very much. 19. Let me measure you so that I can make you a suit.
20. At the moment it is difficult to assess the extent of the damage. 21. A dress made of our new material is quite easy to wash. 22. Today the public is becoming concerned about the way the environment is damaged. 23. I can tell you for sure that the new building will have been finished by the
time you come back next year.
24. The number of spelling mistakes in his paper was so big that everyone was taken
aback by that.
25. We have no idea which hotel we are to stay at when we get to Beijing.
26. Judging from what he said, Tom seemed to have understood everything already. 27. On getting off the rain, the Minister found himself closely surrounded by large
number of reporters.
28. Those who know Tom will not deny that he is one of the brightest students who
have graduated from Boston University.
29. To our greatest delight we found that our hotel was only within a stones’ throw
to the sea.
30. Can you tell me which you like best, coffee, milk or tea? 31. I’m used to staying up late at night.
32. In the meantime, the question facing business is whether such research is worth
the cost.
33. Let us get out quickly. It is no good wasting time.
34. Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only had followed your advice. 35. Mrs. Brown is supposed to have left for Italy last week.
36. My sick father was going to Tokyo, but the doctor suggested that he should not
go there.
37. No matter how frequently performed, the works of Beethoven always attract large
audiences.
38. Silver is the best conductor of electricity, copper following it closely. 39. My clock didn’t work this morning. It needs repairing.
40. Comparing Julia with Alice, you can find Alice is the more intelligent of the
two.
41. His father is outstanding physicist, and a famous writer as well.
42. Being asked to sing a song for her friends, Helen couldn’t very well refuse. 43. Nick’s father is something of a musician.
44. He preferred to continue his work rather than rest on his achievements. 45. It’s obvious that wooden bridges are inferior to concrete bridges. 46. I have two brothers, One is at college, the other works in a factory. 47. Not being able to help him, I told Jim to do himself.
48. Although it was raining, many visitors had picnics in the woods.
49. The shop assistant wrote out a receipt for the customer who bought a camera. 50. “Do you have much work to do this weekend?” “Yes, I have to write a
two-thousand-word paper.”
51. Since studies have shown a relationship between cancer and cigarette smoking,
many people have cut down smoking.
52. So far as I am aware, there were no problems during the first six months. 53. Ignorance and poverty often go hand in hand.
54. I had thought it would be a rainy day but on the contrary we had fine sunshine. 55. I can assure you that if a message is really important it well reach you sooner
or later. 56. He was concerned about his family; he had been out of touch with them for a month. 57. The high turnout of the audience, as we had expected, was well over one thousand. 58. With several reports to write, I doubt if I shall have time to visit you. 59. I wonder if you could help me to make out what the teacher wrote on the blackboard. 60. John has a gift for conversation. He can carry on talking for several hours
running.
61. The fire had been burning for three hours before the fire fighters arrived. 62. He is ill and he has not eaten any food since last night.
63. The flood might have caused sever damage to the people had we not built so many
reservoirs.
64. I regret to inform(有informing就填informing) you that you are to be dismissed
next week.
65. One doctor suggests that people write until they are tired of writing and then
read over what they have written.
66. We will not start the project he comes back from the United States.
67. Young as he is, he has been exposed to different cultures during his travels
with his father.
68. Had I taken my umbrella with me this morning, I would not be wet now.
69. Gentle exercise is the most common advice to people who wish to stay healthy.
70. Unless heated, a body will have no tendency to expand. 语法填空(我看好第一篇)
1. The end of the exam procedure, which is in some cases worse than revision period, is awaiting the results. While waiting you can’t do much about your own school work. You feel that it is very hard to resist the temptation to light a fire with all your notebooks and files instead of logs, but at the same time you feel that you had better keep all your notes safe in case you discover you have failed and need to retake all your subject. The worst day of all is the one when you know that the postman is to deliver the letter which will inform you whether the academic world considers you a failure or a success, whether you can get the job you want, or go to the university you wish to attend. That envelope is to contain the key to your future and, perhaps most important of all, to inform you whether you need to suffer again the horrors of exams. 2. Small as it is , the pen has changed the course of history, recorded events, carried news, and done more work for mankind than all other tools or weapons. Progress without it would it would have been almost impossible. The invention of the wheel and screw, the introduction of steam power, the use of electricity, all these have changed the lives of millions. But the pen has done more. It has prepared the way for all progress. Whatever plans have been draw up have come from the pen. Behind all we do today is the pen. We cannot sign a check or write a letter or complete a business exchange without our pen. The student would fail to pass his examination without it.
3. When I was 14, I got a job at the local hospital, where I was told that my duties would include mopping floors. Even though my job did not pay much, I was thrilled to have any work to do at all. I didn’t see it as a handicap(障碍) but as a challenge, because it was my first job. I learned to be punctual and to meet certain standards. In return, I was treated with respect by the hospital staff and the patients. Each morning I imagined that the plates coated with oatmeal(燕麦粥) would only make patients more sick, if I were not there to wash them clean. Once breakfast was over, I worked hard to mop the floors of all the patient wards(病房), and clean the toilets. Though I was very tired, I wanted the job to be done well. People would beam and say, “That young guy surely does a job.” That gave me a great sense of pride.
4. Young people often make their parents angry with their choices in clothes, in music, and in entertainment. But they do not mean to cause any trouble; it is just that they feel cut off from the older people’s world, into which they have not yet been accepted. That’s why young people want to make a new culture of their own. And if their parents do not like their music or entertainment or clothes or their way of speech, this will make the young people extremely happy. A young man once said, “Sometimes you are so proud of yourself that you do not want your parents
新世纪高职英语Book2 第三版unit1~6答案
