The Answers to Unit 2
Enhance Your Language Awareness
(I) Working with Words and Expressions
2. (1) create (2) conflict (3) involved (4) overcame
(5) have survived (6) attend (7) frowned (8) wander
(9) guilty (10) sustained (11) survey (12) awkward
(13) recall (14) terrified (15) insurance (16) Adapting
3. (1) was sick of (2) choking back (3) Compared with
(4) settled into (5) would give anything (6) in the midst of
(7) in his own right (8) on my own (9) fit in with
(10) grew apart from (11) No wonder (12) staying up
(13) was annoyed with (14) was scared of (15) in trouble (16) For instance
(II) Increasing Your Word Power
1. (1) possessive (2) overprotective (3) frustrated (4) possessive
(5) lenient strict (6) rebellious (7) frustrated (8) restless
(9) stubborn
2. (1) survey (2) sustain (3) attend (4) terrify (5) wrap (6) recall
3.
Words | Suffixes | Adjectives | Chinese meaning |
danger | -ous | dangerous | 危险的 |
irony | -y→-ic | ironic | 具有讽刺意味的 |
fury | -y→-ious | furious | 暴怒的 |
industry | -y→-ious | industrious | 勤劳的 |
joy | -ous | joyous | （令人）高兴的 |
ambition | -ion→-ious | ambitious | 有抱负的；有野心的 |
fame | -e→-ous | famous | 著名的 |
hero | -ic | heroic | 英勇的 |
adventure | -e→-ous | adventurous | 喜欢冒险的 |
4. (1) dangerous (2) ironic (3) fury (4) heroic (5) adventure fame
(III) Grammar
Task 2:
1. × (argue with each other)
2. × (The accident happened….)
3. × (enjoy it)
4. √
5. √
6. × (shouted at)
7. √
8. √
Task 3:
Verbs | Transitive | Intransitive | Sample Sentences |
settle | √ | √ | 1.He finally managed to settle the problem. 2.He settle down in a small seaside village. |
change | √ | √ | 1.You have changed my life. 2.Do you think Jane has changed a lot? |
agree | √ | I agree with you. | |
panic | √ | √ | 1.The thunder panicked the horse. 2.Don’t panic in the face of emergencies. |
pass | √ | √ | 1.The congress passed the bill. 2.He passed by without greeting me. |
explain | √ | √ | 1.Let me explain the problem to you. 2.Don’t be angry. I can explain. |
attend | √ | √ | 1.You can attend the meeting. 2.Please attend to the details. |
follow | √ | √ | 1.Do not follow me. 2.Whatever I do, he will just follow. |
(IV) Cloze
(1) beamed (2) honorable (3) awkward (4) protested (5) complaints
(6) compliments (7) stubborn (8) frowned (9) recall (10)panicked
(11) insurance (12) surveyed (13) groaning (14) recognition
(V) Translation
1. Translate the sentences
1) Many teachers frowned on this practice.
2) An old man glared at me when I was trying to cut across the lawn.
3) When I mentioned my father, she showed a smile of recognition on her face.
4) My firstborn was quite obedient, whereas my younger child was very stubborn. I can still recall now how the younger child insisted on going abroad to study after he finished his secondary school.
5) Countries in South East Asia sustained great losses when the tsunami struck the area.
6) Every time the mother tries to compare the younger brother with his elder brother, the younger one will protest.
7) He found himself unable to fit in with his classmates when he first came to this school.
8) The fury on her face terrified me. I dared not say no to her again.
9) No wonder you ended up in trouble. You never followed your parents’ advice.
10)It took him two years to adapt to the new environment.
2. Translate the paragraph
我还是个婴儿的时候，我的父母就搬到了佛蒙特州。我那温文尔雅的父亲在那儿的一个小镇上毫不张扬地开业行医了。很快，他就赢得了当地人对他的尊敬。我每到一处，也被人尊称为埃普利医生的儿子。一开始我很高兴同学和老师们因为我有一个受人尊敬的父亲而善待我，但随着我的长大，事情起了变化。我开始讨厌父亲的好名声像影子一样跟着我。我要独立。我变得顽固倔强又反叛，还开始对我父亲直呼其名，令他伤透了心。但有一天，发生了一件事令我的态度彻底改变了。
