大學(xué)英語精讀課后習(xí)題(共5頁)

1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上1.luxury n.奢侈，豪華；奢侈品Rich as he is, Mr. Phyllis, unlike many other wealthy people, never lives a life of luxury.盡管很富有，菲利斯先生和很多別的有錢人不同，他從不過奢侈的生活。2.unscrupulous adj.沒有道德原則的/肆無忌憚的Lewis admitted that some of his actions may have been unscrupulous, but he denied doing anything illegal.劉易斯承認自己

2、的一些行為的確有違道德，但是他否認自己做過任何違法的事情。3.summon vt.傳喚，召集 Harley was summoned to appear in court on a charge of reckless（魯莽的,不顧后果的） driving.哈利因為被指控魯莽駕駛而被法庭傳召到庭。4.under obligation (to do) 有責(zé)任有義務(wù)做The one who did the damage(損壞,破壞) is under obligation to pay for it.誰破壞的，誰就有責(zé)任賠償。5.trivial adj.微小的,微不足道的The objection

3、s raised(養(yǎng)育) by one of the members of the committee were considered trivial and brushed(掠過) aside by the chairman.該委員會里有一個成員的反對之聲被當作微乎其微，并被主席置之不理。6.at sb.'s expense 由某人花費I declined(拒絕) to have dinner at the expense of my friends and insisted(堅持) on treating them instead.我婉拒了朋友們掏錢請我吃飯，相反的，我堅持掏錢請他

4、們。7.lay ones hands on 設(shè)法擁有John kept his money stored away(儲存,收起來) in a secret place, for fear his nephew should lay his hands on it.約翰把自己的錢放在一個秘密的地方，以防他的侄子得到。promise n.妥協(xié)，折中 vt.連累，危害，損害 vi. 以折中辦法解決He said he could not compromise with conscience(良心,良知) and would never betray his country and his peopl

5、e.他說自己不會背棄良心，也不會背棄自己的國家和人民。9.run up v.匆匆制成，積欠，迅速積累，向上跑，高漲Susan has run up/ran up a large bill for all her new clothes.蘇珊因為買了新衣服而迅速債臺高筑。10.good for 有效的，會產(chǎn)生，有支付能力的If we try to persuade Robert to contribute more, he will be good for another thousand dollars.如果我們能勸說羅伯特多捐點，他也有財力再捐幾千塊。11.agony n.極大的痛苦，劇痛A

6、s much as she hated visits to the dentist, the agony of her toothache made it impossible for her not to go.盡管她恨透了去看牙醫(yī)，但是牙齒的劇痛還是迫使她去看大夫了。12.release n.解除，免除，發(fā)表 v.緩解，釋放，發(fā)行Humor is wonderful for releasing tension(緊張,不安).幽默有助于減緩緊張局面。13.offend vt.觸怒，冒犯，使反感，使受冒犯vi.犯規(guī)，觸犯Jack went into the bar hoping to find

7、 a relaxing way to pass a Friday night, but the loud music offended his ears and he left after less than an hour.杰克去那家酒吧本來是想在周五的晚上找個休息放松的地方，但結(jié)果卻是酒吧里嘈雜的音樂聲讓他的耳朵受不了，很快不到一個小時他就離開了。14.masterpiece n.巨著,杰作,業(yè)績Handel's masterpiece Messiah is one of the most popular musical works of all time.韓代爾的巨作彌賽亞一直是

8、最受歡迎的音樂作品。15.tiresome adj.使人疲倦的，煩人的，討厭的，無聊的Iris finds it very tiresome making copies of the documents all day long.艾瑞斯十分厭惡整日抄寫文件。16.coarse adj.粗糙的，粗魯?shù)腡he old peasant's(農(nóng)民) skin was dark and coarse, which reminded us of the severe hardship(艱難,困苦) of farming in that mountain region.這位老農(nóng)的皮膚黝黑粗糙，這讓我

9、們想起在那個山區(qū)里務(wù)農(nóng)的艱辛。詞組：1.cast about / (a)round for 尋找，搜尋Being without founds, Owen cast about / (a)round for some means of obtaining financial help.由于沒有資金，歐文搜尋了一些金融援助的方法。2.cast back 追溯，回想Grandfather would cast back and recall the years before radio and television existed.祖父常追溯回想起收音機和電視被發(fā)明之前的日子3.cast down

10、 使沮喪，使下降，推翻In making scientific experiments, one should not be cast down by temporary setbacks.在做科學(xué)實驗，人們不應(yīng)該因一時的挫折而沮喪。4.cast off 解纜放船，拋棄，丟棄When you grow too big for your clothes, cast them off and I'll give them away.就你的衣服而言，當你長的夠大時，丟棄它們以及贈送它們。When he rose to a position of responsibility he cast

11、off a number of his former associates.當他提升到一個負責(zé)部門后，就不再理會他的大部分老朋友了。5.cast out 驅(qū)逐，逐出Having repeatedly broken the rules of the game, Williams was cast out from the football club.多次違反了游戲規(guī)則,威廉姆斯被逐出足球俱樂部。6.cast over 籠罩，覆蓋When I came into her room I found her eyes (were) cast over with sorrow.當我走進她的房間，我發(fā)現(xiàn)她

12、的眼睛充滿悲傷。7.cast up 嘔吐，加在一起Will you please cast up this column of figures for me?請你替我把這行數(shù)字加起來好嗎?1.think ahead 事先考慮；預(yù)見It's difficult to think ahead a whole year and make plans according to future need.很難預(yù)見一整年和根據(jù)未來的需要制定計劃。2.think aloud 邊想邊說出，自言自語Sorry , no, I wasn't talking to you, I was thinkin

13、g aloud.對不起。沒有，我沒有和你聊天,我在自言自語。3.think about 回想，回憶，考慮，對感興趣We must think about Mother's health when choosing a home.在選擇住所時，我們要考慮母親的健康。I often thought about what you said last time I saw you.我經(jīng)常思考最后一次我看到你時你說的話。4.think back (to) 回想Sitting by the table I thought back to certain happenings at Cambridg

14、e.坐在桌子旁我回想起了在劍橋的某些事件。5.think ofas 以為;認為;把當作 But this desert must not be thought of as merely “a sea of sand”.但這個沙漠不能僅僅被認為是“沙的海洋”。6.think out 解決，仔細考慮，發(fā)現(xiàn)Sam wanted to quit his job, but when he thought out the matter he decided not to.山姆想辭去工作，但當他仔細考慮這件事后決定不辭職了。7.think up 想出，發(fā)明，虛構(gòu)He put his whole heart

15、into thinking up ways to improve the quality of their products.他把整個心思都用來想辦法提高他們的產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量。8.think better of 重新考慮后選擇不做；對有更高的評價Olivia was going to sell the piano but then she thought better of it when her cousin（堂或表兄弟） said that its value could increase if she waited.奧利維亞打算出售鋼琴，但她的表弟說如果她等一等它的價值可能會增加，她重新考慮后

16、選擇不賣了。完形：Some of my misery(痛苦,悲慘) was loneliness and some of it fear of old William Pollexfen my grandfather. 我的痛苦，一部分是因為孤獨，一部分是因為害怕我的爺爺威廉·坡勒克芬。he was never unkind, and I cannot remember that he ever spoke harshly(嚴厲地) to me, but it was the custom(習(xí)慣,慣例) to fear and admire him. he had great phy

17、sical strength and had the reputation of never ordering a man to do anything he would not do himself. 他從來都很友好，我不記得他曾經(jīng)對我嚴厲過，但是人們都習(xí)慣了怕他、欽佩他。他力氣很大，人人都知道，他自己不愿意做的事情從來不會命令別人去做。he owned many sailing ships and once, when a captain who had just come to anchor(使固定) at Rosses Point reported something wrong wi

18、th the rudder(舵), had sent(派遣) a messenger to say “Send a man down to find out what's wrong.” 他擁有很多帆船，有一次，一位剛到羅色斯碼頭泊船的船長，報告說船舵出問題了，他讓派來的人來說，“請派人過去看看哪里壞了”?！癟he crew(全體船員) all refuse,” was the answer, and to that my grandfather answered, “Go down yourself,” and not being obeyed, he dived from the

19、main deck(甲板), all the neighbourhood lined along the pebbles(小圓石,小鵝卵石) of the shore. he came up with his skin torn but well informed about the rudder. 結(jié)果他得到的回答是，“所有的船員都拒絕去?！?對此，我爺爺說，“你自己下去看看。” 結(jié)果，那個人沒有遵命，我爺爺就從甲板上跳下了水，所有附近的人都一排排站在海邊的鵝卵石上觀看。他上來時皮膚撕破了，但他完全搞清楚了船舵的情況。he had a violent temper and kept a ha

20、tchet(短柄小斧) at his bedside for burglars(竊賊) and would knock a man down instead of going to law, and I once saw him hunt a party of men with a horsewhip(馬鞭). He had no relations for he was an only child and, being solitary(單獨的,孤獨的) and silent, he had few founds. 他脾氣暴躁，床邊隨時放著一把斧頭防賊，他寧愿用斧頭砸倒竊賊也不愿意用法律來解

21、決問題。有一次我看見他手持馬鞭追趕一群人。由于是獨生子，他沒有親人；因為孤寂和沉默，他幾乎沒有朋友。he corresponded with Campbell of Islay who had befriended(待人如友) him and his crew after a shipwreck, and Captain Webb ,the first man who had swum the Channel and who was drowned(淹死，溺死) swimming the Niagara Rapids, had been a mate(伙伴，同事) in his employ

22、and a close friend.他一直和伊斯雷的坎貝爾保持通信，那個人是在一次沉船事故中結(jié)識爺爺和他的船員的。而韋博船長也曾經(jīng)是他的雇員和親密朋友，那位船長是游過（英吉利）海峽的第一人，后來在尼亞加拉大瀑布的湍流中游泳時淹死了。That is all the friends I can remember and yet he was so looked up to(尊敬) and admired that when he returned from taking the waters（飲礦泉水治?。゛t Bath his men would light bonfires along th

23、e railway line for miles. 這是我能記得的他的所有的朋友。但是他受到人們?nèi)绱说木囱龊蜌J佩，以至于當他在巴斯引礦泉水治療返回時，他的員工就在會沿鐵路幾英里的地方點上篝火。I think I confused my grandfather with God, for I remember in one of my attacks(n.發(fā)作) of melancholy(憂郁) praying that he might punish me for my sins(罪孽), and I was shocked and astonished when a daring litt

24、le girl a cousin I think having waited under a group of trees in the avenue, where she knew he would pass near four o'clock on the way to his dinner, said to him, “If I were you and you were a little girl. I would give you a doll.”我想我是把我爺爺和上帝混為一談了，因為有一次當我抑郁癥又發(fā)作時，我竟然祈禱他會因為我的罪孽懲罰我。有一次，一個膽大的小女孩-我想是我的表妹-在一條大路的樹下等爺爺，她知道他4點去吃飯的時候會經(jīng)過那里。見到他后她說，“如果我是你