硕英精读答案.doc

硕英精读答案.docLESSON ONE
ENGLISH — A WORLD LANGUAGE
Vocabulary
3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. B
4. A 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. B
C.
tribal 2. dominant 3. obscurity 4. popularity 5. unavoidable 6. concision/conciseness
7. imperfections 8. lost 9. displaced 10. irregularities
1. D (performer and area of concern) 2. B (action and performer)
C (whole and part) 4. C (antonyms)
D (cause and effect) 6. D (synonyms)
7. A (characterization) 8. B (area of study)
C (part and whole) 10. C (characterization)
Cloze
back 2. like 3. wings 4. to 5. as 6. use 7. complimentary 8. another 9. because
as 11. more 12. why 13. well 14. what 15. understood 16. don't 17. mentioned 18. with 19. wearing 20. latest
Error Correction
the — a 2. And — But 3. was used - used 4. anything — something 5. some — one
off — from 7. and — or 8. nearby — near 9. long — longer 10. straightly — straight
Translation
A.
Dr. Sun was keen on sports while he was studying at college. Often as not, he had a two-kilometer run round the campus before breakfast.
Education is to a human soul what gardening is to a piece of land.
The invasion of France by Germany in 1942 demonstrated the might of the Nazi military machine, which made Hitler all the more arrogant and conceited.
Having been well prepared, she managed to overcome her usual nervousness and delivered a smooth speech , only stumbling once or twice over the beginning part.
Steven Spielberg is a talented director well known to everybody in the United States, and his movies have also appealed to people of all ages all over the world.
This reasonably priced home-made refrigerator is comparable in quality to that more expensive imported one.
B.
English is one of the major languages of the world. At the beginning of the 19th century, English was the native speech of barely 15 million people. Today, it is used regularly by as many as 400 million and is second only to Chinese.
Of the 3000 or more tongues spoken today, abo