I. Vocabulary:
I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words. II. 1. important event
2. refill their hearts and minds with their cultural traditions 3. the American beliefs, values and loyalties 4. true demonstration of what happened 5. brief experience or idea 6. live in the way of
II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase from the box in its appropriate form. 1. took pride in
2. was immersed in 3 3. resonating with 4. had been exposed to 5. in his mind's eye 6. a glimpse of 7. convey to 8. turned to
9. III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1. fluency 2. enrollment 3. accessible 4. Obtainable
5. personification 6. enlightenment 7. globalization 8. promptly
IV. Choose the word that can replace the underlined part in each sentence without changing its original meaning.
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. D 7. D 8. C
V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.
1. education (instruction, illumination) 2. available (attainable, accessible) 3. tale (story)
4. harmless (auspicious) 5. begin (start, commence) 6. tackle (face, handle) 7. comfort (relaxation, ease
VI. Explain the meaning of the underlined part in each sentence. 1. literature 2. joined 3. motionless 4. more than 5. quickly 6. has 2.
3. Grammar 4. 5. I.
1. why 2. where 3. when 4. where 5. where 6. where 7. why 8. when 2. II.
1. Sam knows where we are meeting. 2. /
3. Four o'clock in the afternoon is the time he always reads. / Four in the afternoon is when he always reads. 4. /
5. I don't know the exact time I should meet him. 6. The reason he resigned is still unknown.
7. I remember the morning he first came to school. 8. I'll never forget the day we first met. III. 2 3 1; 4 6 5
IV. 1. When Mrs Brown arrived home, she found that her flat had been robbed and all her silver had been taken. Enquires were made by the police to find out possible clues. The burlgar hasn't been caught yet but he is expected to be arrested before long.
2. After a hideout for terrorists had been discovered yesterday a raid was carried out by the police and five terrorists were arrested. The police said more terrorists are expected to be arrested in the next few days.
V. 1. shall 2. should 3. shall 4. would 5. would 6. will 7. shall
Translation exercises
I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1. 虽然我没见过有人抬头看它一眼,但打心眼里希望来自美国的旅游者能看到它并会心一笑,或者路过此地的法国人能想到悬挂它的日期和理由。
2. 7月4日是一个这样的日子:我的美国心为孩子们对自己的身份一片空白而感到焦灼万分,这促使我想填补所有空白。
3. 美国的校园枪击事件对我们的孩子来说是活生生的一课,让他们了解到千里之外那个社会丑恶的一面。
4. 一方面,我们的孩子所面对的不和谐的文化差异比我们小时候要少,而且他们有更多的机会接触本族文化。
II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in brackets.
1. The hall resonated with the notes of the trumpet solo.
2. I saw, in my mind's eye, the pale face of the mother when she heard the news of her son's death.
3. The way he walks reminds me of the way his father used to walk. 4. I mixed the dates up and arrived on the wrong way.
5. Her heart swelled with pride when she learned that her daughter had been admitted by Oxford University.
6. Theoretically speaking, the whole population should have direct access to information without waiting for its being filtered by the government or the media.
7. Democrats have launched a campaign to win women voters in this presidential election. 8. After he inherited his father's estate, he was immersed in all kinds of sensuous pleasures. III. Translate the following passage into Chinese.
美国人热情友好,不像许多外国人想象的那样浮于表面。人们认为美国人易动感情。在典礼上看到国旗或者参加庆祝美国昔日荣耀的游行时,美国人可能会热泪盈眶。与家人团圆或与朋友相聚时,他们也会十分激动。他们喜欢穿着得体,即使“得体”无异于奢华炫耀。他们爱说大话,虽然只不过是说说而已。他们有时会嘲笑自己,嘲笑自己的国家,有时候甚至过于自责,然而他们始终有着强烈的爱国之心。他们对日常琐事知之甚广,对自己所在的城市和州深为关切。然而,有时候外国人却抱怨说,美国人对外部世界漠不关心,一无所知。
Exercises for integrated skills
II. 1. by 2. but 3. on 4. for 5. although 6. avoid 7. ones 8. celebrations
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