Answer to Unit 5 Text A.ppt

Unit 5

I Vocabulary

1.

1) monthly 2) acquaintances 3)classic 4) look; in the eye 5)manufactured 6) options 7)finance

8) replacement 9) survived 10) pick out 11) married 12) grabbed  at

2.

1) survived a car crash that killed both her parents.

2) almost embarrassed to death when Sarah read my poem out to the whole class.

3) of the Children’s Hospital will care for the seriously injured pupils.

4) several phone calls making inquiries about the position of the Chief Financial Officer.

5) straighten out all your financial problems if you join our club.

3.

1) inquiry; died of hunger; people survied2) Instantly; give up his; retire; replace him; executive 3) his beloved; odd jobs; and all that

II Word Formation

1.     embarrassment 2. survivors 3. newly 4. marketable 5. monthly 6. competition 7. conceivable

8.     respectable

III. Usage

1.     the poor 2. The deceased/The dead 3. the disabled 4. the French 5. The accused 6. the young 7. the unemployed 8. the latter…the former…

Comprehensive Exercises

I.                   Cloze

1.     Text-related

1)    died of 2) instantly 3) classic 4)ask around 5) surviving 6) retire 7)executive 8) replacement

9)     stock 10) look…in the eye

2.     Theme-related

1)    impressed 2) diligence 3) Instead 4) Contrary 5) professionally 6) perform 7) personal

8) balance 9) commitment 10) revealed

II. Translation

1.

1) I’m not sure where you can find a good carpenter---you’d better ask around.

2) Feeling a little embarrassed, he quickly cleared his throat and looked up at the painting on the wall.

3) Michael was survived by three sons, two daughters, and his wife Elizabeth.

4) As a financial expert, William advised us to invest our money in the stock market.

5) We small retailers can’t compete with supermarkets in pricing and sales.

2.

My dad is a hard-working executive of a manufacturing firm. He works six days a week. Every day he has to straighten out various kinds of problems so that he often stays up late/nights. However, he tries his best to balance/maintain balance between work and family. On Sundays my dad usually stays at home and cares for us as much as he can. To my greatest joy, he cooks our favorite dished and plays ball with us.