Languagework I Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1 except the most important aspects of her life 2 having no concrete goals or purposes to attain 3 because of their own efforts and talents 4 cry to her heart's content 5 and thus became somebody to remember 6 started a complete characteristic change II Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them. glistening luminous Explanations:luminous describes a source of light.Indicating the brightness or clarity,but it can also specifically suggest a soft or barely perceivable radiance or one enclosed within or seen through something else.Glistening is almost exclusively restricted to reflected light,although sometimes it does suggest in addition to dimness an undulating reflection or a moist surface. 1 luminous 2 luminous 3 glistening 4 glistening grave serious Explanation:Both words emphasize something that is urgent or crucial and that promises to have an extremely undesirable outcome.Grave is the more restricted of the two,specifically suggesting something that may well have a fatal conclusion. Serious is more general and it suggests the crucial,ponderous,or solemn,but with less emphasis on urgency and even less on negative eventualities 1 grave 2 serious 3 serious 4 grave fantasy imagination Explanation:Both words refer to the mind's power to call up images,to picture or conceive things that are not actually before the eye or within the experience.Fantasy is imagination divorced from reality.The creations of fantasy may be delightfully bizarre or may be weird and grotesque,as in the case of science-fiction stories depicting monstrous beings from Mars.Engaged in fantasy,the imagination projects unreal images or imaginary scenes on the screen of the mind,creating a dream world. 1 fantasy 2 imagination 3 fantasies 4 fantasies;imagination prominent outstanding
1 Language work ⅠExplain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1 except the most important aspects of her life 2 having no concrete goals or purposes to attain 3 because of their own efforts and talents 4 cry to her heart’s content 5 and thus became somebody to remember 6 started a complete characteristic change Ⅱ Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them. glistening luminous Explanations: luminous describes a source of light. Indicating the brightness or clarity, but it can also specifically suggest a soft or barely perceivable radiance or one enclosed within or seen through something else. Glistening is almost exclusively restricted to reflected light, although sometimes it does suggest in addition to dimness an undulating reflection or a moist surface. 1 luminous 2 luminous 3 glistening 4 glistening grave serious Explanation: Both words emphasize something that is urgent or crucial and that promises to have an extremely undesirable outcome. Grave is the more restricted of the two, specifically suggesting something that may well have a fatal conclusion. Serious is more general and it suggests the crucial, ponderous, or solemn, but with less emphasis on urgency and even less on negative eventualities . 1 grave 2 serious 3 serious 4 grave fantasy imagination Explanation: Both words refer to the mind’s power to call up images, to picture or conceive things that are not actually before the eye or within the experience. Fantasy is imagination divorced from reality. The creations of fantasy may be delightfully bizarre or may be weird and grotesque, as in the case of science-fiction stories depicting monstrous beings from Mars. Engaged in fantasy, the imagination projects unreal images or imaginary scenes on the screen of the mind, creating a dream world. 1 fantasy 2 imagination 3 fantasies 4 fantasies; imagination prominent outstanding
Explanation:Both words refer to something of unusual distinction or relevance by reason of its excellence or motivating force.Outstanding,besides its general meaning of being excellent,suggests a feature that is sharply distinct from its surroundings. Prominent carries less suggestions of excellence than outstanding,and it may point to status gained on other grounds entirely or suggest merely familiarity to a wide audience. 1.outstanding 2 prominent 3 outstanding 4 Prominent II Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box, using its appropriate form. 1.A useful definition of an air pollutant is a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in such quantities as to affect humans,animals, vegetation,or materials adversely. 2.The most distant luminous objects seen by telescopes are probably ten thousand million light years away. 3."What some wine?"she asked.He smiled and took a swig from the bottle.He thanked her and retreated again into his silence. 4.The self-educated son of a Delaware farmer,Evans became obsessed by the possibilities of mechanized production and steam power. 5.Stone carvers engraved their motifs of skulls and crossbones and other religious icons of death,into the gray slabs that we still see standing today in old burial grounds. 6.The employment department has undergone several metamorphoses over the past few years. 7.Respect is never given freely;every shred of it has to be earned and you earn it by how well you treat others. 8.The professor argued that these books had a pernicious effect on young and susceptible minds. IV Put a word in each blank that is appropriate for the context. 1 despite 2 resembled 3 because 4 ran 5 repeated 6 Those 7 which 8 solving 9 While 10 exhausted Translation I Translate each of the following sentences into English,using the words or expressions given in the brackets. 1.Researchers suggest that people in their old age should engage in mental and physical activities individually ad well as in groups. 2.The fact that he won the gold medal at the Olympic Games made him overnight the toast of his hometown. 3.Many states leaders came to pay homage to him for his lifetime achievements. 4.I suppose that the rapid change in life and globalization are apt to make people become less single-minded
2 Explanation: Both words refer to something of unusual distinction or relevance by reason of its excellence or motivating force. Outstanding, besides its general meaning of being excellent, suggests a feature that is sharply distinct from its surroundings. Prominent carries less suggestions of excellence than outstanding, and it may point to status gained on other grounds entirely or suggest merely familiarity to a wide audience. 1. outstanding 2 prominent 3 outstanding 4 Prominent Ⅲ Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box, using its appropriate form. 1. A useful definition of an air pollutant is a compound added directly or indirectly by humans to the atmosphere in such quantities as to affect humans, animals, vegetation, or materials adversely. 2. The most distant luminous objects seen by telescopes are probably ten thousand million light years away. 3. “What some wine?” she asked. He smiled and took a swig from the bottle. He thanked her and retreated again into his silence. 4. The self-educated son of a Delaware farmer, Evans became obsessed by the possibilities of mechanized production and steam power. 5. Stone carvers engraved their motifs of skulls and crossbones and other religious icons of death, into the gray slabs that we still see standing today in old burial grounds. 6. The employment department has undergone several metamorphoses over the past few years. 7. Respect is never given freely; every shred of it has to be earned and you earn it by how well you treat others. 8. The professor argued that these books had a pernicious effect on young and susceptible minds. Ⅳ Put a word in each blank that is appropriate for the context. 1 despite 2 resembled 3 because 4 ran 5 repeated 6 Those 7 which 8 solving 9 While 10 exhausted Translation ⅠTranslate each of the following sentences into English, using the words or expressions given in the brackets. 1. Researchers suggest that people in their old age should engage in mental and physical activities individually ad well as in groups. 2. The fact that he won the gold medal at the Olympic Games made him overnight the toast of his hometown. 3. Many states leaders came to pay homage to him for his lifetime achievements. 4. I suppose that the rapid change in life and globalization are apt to make people become less single-minded
5.His failure in winning a second championship dampened his enthusiasm for athletic activities. 6.Expectations for economic recovery faded away when devaluation occurred again. 7.My father and I fought,with no cooling-off period between rounds.It was a cold war lasting from the onset of my adolescence until I went off to college. 8.The pitifil story told by the girl deeply softened the old lady's heart. I Translate the following into Chinese. 瑞典发明家和实业家阿尔弗雷德·诺贝尔是一个在各方面对比鲜明的人。他 是一个破产者的儿子，但成了百万富翁。他是一个科学家，却又爱好文学。他是 一个实业家，但坚持理想主义。他很有钱，然而生活简朴。和友人在一起他兴致 勃勃，可私下里他常常郁郁寡欢。他热爱人类，却未曾有妻子和儿女去关爱他。 对祖国他一片赤子之心，却子然一身，客死异乡。他发明了一种新炸药，以改进 采矿和筑路等和平时期工业，但他却目睹炸药被用作战争武器杀伤同伴。在他有 用的一生中，他常常感到自己无所作为。他的成就名扬天下，而他自己却始终 默默无闻，殊不知他一生总是在回避抛头露面。但是他逝世以后，他的名字却给 别人带来了名誉和荣耀。 2
3 5. His failure in winning a second championship dampened his enthusiasm for athletic activities. 6. Expectations for economic recovery faded away when devaluation occurred again. 7. My father and I fought, with no cooling-off period between rounds. It was a cold war lasting from the onset of my adolescence until I went off to college. 8. The pitiful story told by the girl deeply softened the old lady’s heart. Ⅱ Translate the following into Chinese. 瑞典发明家和实业家阿尔弗雷德•诺贝尔是一个在各方面对比鲜明的人。他 是一个破产者的儿子, 但成了百万富翁。他是一个科学家，却又爱好文学。他是 一个实业家，但坚持理想主义。他很有钱，然而生活简朴。和友人在一起他兴致 勃勃，可私下里他常常郁郁寡欢。他热爱人类，却未曾有妻子和儿女去关爱他。 对祖国他一片赤子之心，却孑然一身，客死异乡。他发明了一种新炸药，以改进 采矿和筑路等和平时期工业，但他却目睹炸药被用作战争武器杀伤同伴。在他有 用的一生中，他常常感到自己无所作为。 他的成就名扬天下，而他自己却始终 默默无闻，殊不知他一生总是在回避抛头露面。但是他逝世以后，他的名字却给 别人带来了名誉和荣耀