基英复习

基础英语3期中复习资料 Unit1 I.Explain in your own words the following sentences. 1.My plan was to keep my ears open and my mouth shut and hope no one would notice I was a freshman. I planed to be cautions and kept silent so as to avoid other's attention that I was a freshman. 2.For three days,I dined alone on nothing more than humiliation,shame and assortment of junk food from a machine strategically placed outside my room. For 3 days,I felt humiliating and ate nothing but junk food that were brought from a machine which seemed to be placed outside my room on purpose. 3.Popularity was not so important;running with the crowd was no longer a law of survival. Popularity was not so important in collage as it in high school.you don't need to meet the taste of others. II.Explain the underline part in each sentence in your own words. 1.The fact was that no matter how mature I liked to consider myself,I was feeling just a bit first-gradish. I had some characteristic of freshman 2.I only hoped his attention was drawn to my airs of assurance rather than to my shaking knees. Self-confidence 3.After class I decided my stomach needed a litter nourishment and I hurried to the cafeteria. Something to eat 4.This wasn't like high school/Popularity was not so important;running with the crowd was no longer a law of survival. You don't need meet other's taste 5.Collage,I decided,was probably the only time I would be completely forgiven for massive mistakes. A lot of foolish mistakes III.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1.Who can assure me that I'm mistaken?(assurance) 2.He showed much discreetness in handling the delicate situation.(discreet) 3.You have been under strain for too long;you need some relaxation badly.(relax) 4.I hate such empty compliments;they only humiliate me.(humiliation) 5.We should map out a global strategy to develop our markets.(strategically) 6.I felt greatly amused when I saw our manager's embarrassment at failure to remember the name  of that distinguished guest.(embarrass) 7.It is the only automobile manufacturer in this country that makes trucks with high,maneuverable platforms.(maneuver) 8.There have been many complaints about the young coach's immaturity and lack of judgment. (mature) IV.Explain the underline phrasal verbs in your own words. 1.At first,many people did not like that kind of music,but after a while,it caught on. It became popular 2.Dr.Brown is someone all the students look up to. respect 3.If you persist in this reckless behavior you'll risk losing everything. Go on with 4.I predict that the experiment will result in complete disaster for us all. Bring about 5.I can't figure out why she left home so suddenly. Understand 6.They exhibited all the satisfaction of someone who has just hit upon a method of causing water to flow uphill. Put forward 7.She had to draw on her money to settle the matter. Take out/withdraw 8.The publisher plans to kick off the promotional tour with a press conference for the author. To begin/to start with V.Translate English to Chinese. 1.The fact was that no matter how mature I liked to consider myself,I was feeling just a bit first—gradish. 事实是无论怎样让自己看似成熟，我总感觉自己有点像大一新生。 1.Freshmen manuals advised sitting near the front,showing the professor in intelligent and energetic demeanor. 新生指南建议坐在靠前的位子，让老师看到聪明和充满活力的一面。 2.For three days I dined alone on nothing more than humiliation,shame,and an assortment of junk food from a machine strategically placed outside my room. 三天来，我感到羞辱，独自在宿舍吃各种各样从那个好像故意放在门口的机器里买来的垃圾食品。 3.What I had interpreted as a malicious attempt to embarrass a naive freshman had been merely a moment of college fun. 我曾认为那些恶意捉弄大一新生的东西不过是大学里的开心一刻。 VI.Translate Chinese into English. 1.听到她屡遭失败的消息，我感到很难过 （distress） It distressed me a great deal to hear the news that she had suffered repeated failure. 2.他虽然失去了老板的欢心，但仍然装出一副高兴的样子 （assume） He assured an air for cheerfulness, even though he lost favor with his boss. 3.格列佛（Gulliver）经历了冒险奇遇，见到了各色奇异的人物 （assortment） Gulliver met with extraordinary adventures and saw a strange assortment of people. 4.如果你再犯同样的错误，他会很生你气的 （furious） He will be furious with you if you repeat the same mistake. 5.我们都被他坦率的观点、幽默的语言和亲切的态度所深深吸引 （draw） We were all greatly drawn by his frank views, humorous words and genial manner. 6.等到欢呼的掌声平息下来，那位诺贝尔奖获得者开始演讲 （die down） After cheers and applause died down, the Nobel Prize Winner began his speech. 7.他天生有一种特别的洞察力和预见力，因此，他很少随大流 （run with the crowd） He is gifted with a sore of insight and foresight, so he rarely runs with the crowd. 8.我发现现实毕竟是非常严酷的，一个人难以完全按照自己的理想去生活 （live up to） I feel realities are after all very harsh, so one can hardly live up entirely to his ideals. Unit2 I.Explain in your own words the following sentences. 1.He had no outside "extracurricular interest," unless,of course,you think about a monthly golf game that way. He didn't have any other interests after work, except for playing golf once a month. 2.She had,according to her daughter,given up trying to complete with his work years ago, when the children were small. Her daughter said that when she was small, her mother had given up attempt to keep their father at home. II.Explain the underline part in each sentence in your own words. 1.He worked himself to death,finally and precisely,at 3:00am.Sunday morning. Died from overwork 2.He was,however,one of six vice-presidents,and one of three who might conceivably---if the president died or retired soon enough---have moved to the top spot. Possible;the highest position 3.He is survived by his wife,Helen,forty-eight years old,a good woman of no particular marketable skill,who worked in an office before marrying and mothering. No special skills to support the family 4.In the day and a half before the funeral,he went around the neighborhood researching his father,asking the neighbors what he was like. Make inquiries about his father 5.Phil was a Type A,a heart-attack natural. To have a nature tendency to suffer from heart-attack III.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1.Gordon lives near his widowed father and they are very close.(widow) 2.Her poignant style got on her boss's nerve.(nervous) 3.A real precisionist,Miss Evans does not allow any slightest mistakes in her student's compositions.(precise) 4.She resigned for the reason that she couldn't stand the competitiveness and unfriendliness in the office.(compete) 5.All of our suppliers are supposed to ensure prompt execution of orders.(execute) 6.The symposium will be presided over by a famous scholar.(president) 7.Their marital problems started soon after they adopted the child.(marry) 8.The movie is rated PG,so children under 15 who want to see it had better be companied by their parents.(company) IV.Explain the underline phrasal verbs in your own words. 1.It's understandable that people feel let down by a government that said it would not bring taxes down. disappointed 2.Tell them to hold on a few seconds until we get the rest of the cartoons unpacked. enclosed 3.The smallest details can be insisted upon in a formal contract. involved 4.For guidance on grammar,refer to the appendices at the back of the book. read 5.Do you know what he was driving at when he said he suspected some people were being disloyal meant/point out 6.He breezed in as if he didn't have a care in the world. Enter freely 7.No wonder the film is a huge success.It works up to thrilling climax. achieve/reach 8.The students have been researching tribes and tribal customs that died out centuries ago Wipe out V.Translate English to Chinese. 1.He had no outside"extracurricular interests", unless, you think about a monthly golf game that way. 他没有其他的业余爱好，除了每个月打一次高尔夫球。 2."Missing him all these years,"she must have given up part of herself which had cared too much for the man. 他这些年一直不在身边，她一定已经放弃了对那个男人的关心。 3.He was the one who tried to grab at his father, and tried to mean enough to him to keep the man at home. 他是那个想抓住并试图把父亲留在家里他父亲的人，让他觉得自己很重要。 4.At the funeral, the sixty—year—old company president told the forty—eight—year—old widow that the fifty—one—year—old deceased had meant much to the company and would be missed and would be hard to replace. 在葬礼上，六十岁的公司董事长对四十八岁的寡妇说：“她死去的五十一岁丈夫对公司很重要，我们都会怀念他，他也很难被取代。” VI.Translate Chinese into English. 1.我的顶头上司是典型的工作狂，一年365天每天工作10小时以上 （workaholic） My immediate boss is a typical workaholic, for he works for over ten hours each day all the year round. 2.校长十分注重课外活动，他认为课外活动有助于培养学生对外部世界的浓厚兴趣 （extracurricular） The principal attaches much importance to extracurricular activities and he believes that they will help to cultivate students' tremendous interest in the external world. 3.星期一早上，他总是快速冲个澡，胡乱吃块三明治，拦辆出租车去上班 （grab） He always grabs a shower, a sandwich and then a taxi to go to work every Monday morning. 4.既然你要离开公司了，你要在本周内清算账目 （straighten out） Since you are leaving the company, you should straighten out the accounts within the week. 5.为了按时完成博士论文，他经常熬夜 （stay up） He often stays up late at night in order to finish writing his Ph.D dissertation on time. 6.没有什么能够取代内心深处最深切的爱 （replace） Nothing can replace the profoundest love lodged in one's heart of hearts. 7.他被认为是总裁职位的当然人选，因为他已经出色地做了近10年副总裁 （natural n.） He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an excellent vice-president for almost ten years. 8.他实在太普通了，丢人堆里根本找不着 （pick out） He is just too common to be picked out from the crowd. Unit3 I.Explain in your own words the following sentences. 1.In the United States we have become so habituated to using the car for everything that it doesn't occur to us yo unfurl our legs and see what those lower limbs can do. People in the United States tend to drive for basically every purpose,so that they have forgotten that they still have legs and abouts what their legs can do. 2.I confess it had not occurred to me how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in this regard. I admit that I have never realized I had been so stupid. 3....but afterward I realized that I was possibly the only person ever to have entertained the notion of negotiating that intersection on foot But afterward I realized that I was likely to be the only person who had ever attempted to cross that crossing on foot II.Explain the underline part in each sentence in your own words. 1.It is,in short,an agreeable,easy place to go about one's business on foot,and yet as far as I can tell,virtually no one does. Enjoyable;in fact 2.I'm sure he jogs extravagant distances and plays squash and does all kinds of healthful things,but I am just as sure that he drives to each of these undertakings. Very long;item 3.I had this brought home to me one summer when we were driving across Maine and stopped for coffee in one of those endless zones of shopping malls,motels,gas stations and fast-food places. Was made to realize it 4.I noticed there was a bookstore across the street,so I decided to skip coffee and head over. Gave up to have a cup of coffee and went ahead 5.At the time ,it seemed ridiculous and exasperating,but afterward I realized that I was possibly the only person ever to have entertained the notion of negotiating that intersection on foot Thought about III.Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1.Shopping at this time of the year was a most disagreeable experience:people trod on your toes,poked you with their elbows and almost knocked you over in their haste to get to a bargain ahead of you.(agree) 2.Mrs.Peterson was considered a mad woman partly because of her eccentricity and partly because of her violent temper.(eccentric) 3.I'm afraid I haven't been fully acquainted with the facts.(acquaintance) 4.Benjamin Franklin's father used to ridicule him for his performances.(ridiculous) 5.The triumphal arch commemorates Caesar's victory over Pompey.(triumph) 6.Regardless of the presence of the President,Professor Truman frankly pointed out the deficiencies the urban planning of the capital city.(deficient) 7.Supervision of students on teaching practice is woefully inadequate.(woe) 8.The war correspondent has seen so many faces contorted with fear.(contortion) IV.Explain the underline phrasal verbs in your own words. 1.One day,during a discussion of Coleridge's"The Ancient Mariner,"we came across the word albatross. met 2.The technologies that have made this possible ---from the simplest wooden plow to the most advanced personal computer----have also helped bring about fundamental economic and social changes. contribute to 3.The company has acceded to most of the strikers' demands. Agreed to 4.It is now known that the illness is not confined to any one group in society. Limited to 5.Anthony had just left university and was hanging around,not trying very hard for a job. Hanging out 6.The Times could be counted upon for lengthy discussion of cricket and rugby union. Relied on 7.We dislike the traffic noise,but we have to live with it.. Bear 8.She had a bitter childhood,as her father walked out on the family when she was two the family when she was two years old. abandon V.Translate English to Chinese. 1.Nearly every day, I walk to the post office or library or bookstore, and sometimes, if I am feeling particularly debonair, I stop at Rosey Jekes Café for a cappuccino. 基本上我每天都会步行去邮局，图 书 关于书的成语关于读书的排比句社区图书漂流公约怎么写关于读书的小报汉书pdf 馆或是书店。有时，如果感觉很清闲，我便会去Rosey Jekes咖啡店喝一杯咖啡。 2.We will go through the most extraordinary contortions to save ourselves from walking. 我们通过身体极其奇怪的扭曲来避免步行。 3.I`m sure he jogs extravagant distance and plays squash and does all kinds of healthful things, but I am just as sure that he drives to each of these undertakings. 我肯定他去跑步，打壁球和做所有健康的事，但是我也确信他会开着车去做这些事。 4.At that time, it seemed ridiculous and exasperating, but afterwards I realized that I was possibly the only person ever to have entertained the notion of negotiating that intersection on foot. 在那个时候，这似乎是荒唐和令人恼火的，但是后来我意识到我可能是唯一一个想步行穿过十字路口的人。 VI.Translate Chinese into English. 1、这所大学是世界上历史最悠久的高等学府之一 （venerable） The university is one of the most venerable institutions of higher learning in the world. 2、如果一个人缺乏实践经验，仅凭课堂里学到的东西是难以成功的 （deficient） If one is deficient in practical experience, he can hardly make himself a success with only what he has acquired in class. 3、我火冒三丈，这片专 题 快递公司问题件快递公司问题件货款处理关于圆的周长面积重点题型关于解方程组的题及答案关于南海问题 文章本周内必须写完，但老是被打断 （exasperate） I felt exasperated by constant interruptions, for I had to finish writing the monograph by the end of this week. 4、他认为用就问题来写一个当代的主题是滑稽可笑的 （ludicrous） He feels that it is ludicrous to write on a contemporary theme in an ancient style. 5、上海的外滩在上世纪七八十年代是年轻情侣喜欢来的谈情说爱的之地 （coo） The Bund in Shanghai was a place where young couples liked to come to coo in the 70s and the 80s of the last century. 6、作为10来岁的孩子，他女儿算是非常恬静的，因为她喜欢读书胜于嬉戏 （sedate） His daughter is very sedate for a girl of about ten, for she kikes reading more than playing. 7、当一抹阳光洒向大地的时候，这对情人手拉手，在乡村道路上散步 （stroll） The couple strolled hand-in0hand along the country road when the sun in its first splendor steeped the earth. 8、这个诗人在世时被普遍认为是一个怪癖的浪漫天才 （eccentric） The poet was commonly considered as an eccentric romantic genius when alive.