Key to exercises:

Vocabulary exercises:

I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.

1. suddenly found myself faced with

2. share the same characteristic

3. summer is an everlasting season

4. let yourself be overcome by

5. keep it in your mind and don’t ever forget it

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

1. instead 2. Confronted with 3. lock away 4. welled up 5. summon

6. brief 7. stared 8. whispering 9. evil 10. give in

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

1. D 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. C

IV. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair and note the difference of meaning between them.

1. a. shaking b. shuddered c. shaking d. shuddered

Both words refer to agitated movements that are quick, slight, or intense and are often involuntary expressions of stain of discomfort. Shake, both transitive and intransitive, designates something that is done to as well as by a person or object, while shudder suggests horror, revulsion, or extreme pleasure as possible causes for the involuntary movement that is less noticeable to an onlooker.

2. a. answer b. reply c. reply d. answered

Both words can be used as noun and verb respectively. As noun, when a question is asked, any words or actions in return, or any satisfactory conclusion, may be called an answer; an answer in the form of a statement appropriate to the question is a reply. As verb, answer is transitive while reply intransitive.

3. a. general b. general c. general, common d. common

General means current among the majority of the persons, things, or class specified; common applies to many or a large part.

4. a. small b. tiny c. tiny d. small

Small suggests a slight reduction of proportions that is noticeable but not necessarily objectionable, while tiny refers to so drastic a reduction of scale as to put the thing described outside established norms, as well as suggesting a miniature or model of something.

V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.

1. pain, grief, sorrow, agony

2. loudly, harshly, roughly

3. sorrow, grief, dismay

4. inconspicuously, unnoticeably

5. small, little

6. meet, gather

7. seriously, severely, hopelessly

8. lengthy, long

VI. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in the bracket.

1. Nobody wanted to live in the industrial part of the town.

2. The police asked him to give a description of the suitcase he had lost.

3. He had no suspicion that he was being watched.

4. This is Alexandra, my personal assistant.

5. Although some of my work-mates quickly found new jobs after the factory closed down, my brother and I were unemployed for several months.

6. Although I was positive that the girl had stolen my ring, I could not find any proof.

7. With very high scores in the entrance examination/exam, he succeeded in entering the world-famous university.

8. Completely exhausted and utterly starved after a long day’s march, the soldiers could hardly walk any further/farther.

Grammar exercises:

I. Complete the following sentences using the simple past, past progressive or past perfect.

1. were bathing, were looking, were playing

2. was sitting, was reading

3. was leaving, was, arrived, learned, had left, found, had used

4. were playing, heard, hid, took

5. was crying, stepped, was going, managed, didn’t hit

6. gave, thanked, said, had enjoyed, knew, had not read, were

7. had played, reached, entered

8. was running, struck

II. Complete the following passage with the proper form of the verbs given.

Para. 1: left, spent, had been travelling, appeared, was, were crossing, could

Para. 2: arrived, was sleeping, stopped, came, were getting, was, had not arrived, would be

III. Correct the errors.

1. …, he talked ... – he was talking

3. when I had remembered – when I remembered

4. He was working – he had been working

5. the Prime Minister had resigned – the Prime Minister resigned

IV. Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the verb in the bracket.

1. take

2. to play

3. lifted, thrown

4. barking

5. played

6. to say

7. beaten

8. bite, slither

9. drop

10. lying

V. Rewrite the following sentences according to the example.

1. Poor as he was, he was honest.

2. Terrible as the storm was, we continued our journey.

3. Hard as he tried, he was unable to make much progress.

4. Tired as I was, I went on working.

5. Much as I would like to help you, I’m afraid I’m simply too busy at the moment.

6. Much as I admire him as a writer, I do not like him as a man.

7. Strong as / though he was, Tom couldn’t lift it.

8. Bravely as / though they fought, they had no chance of winning

Translation exercises:

I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1. 我10岁那年，突然要搬家，从我唯一知道的家搬走，我心中痛苦万分。

2. 我们似乎有许多不同的方式说再见，但它们都有一个共同之处，那就是令人感到悲哀。

3. 有一天，一场可怕的战争爆发了，我的儿子，就像许许多多的别人家的儿子一样，离乡背井去参加反法西斯战争了。

4. 我在自己的心灵深处搜寻那些构成我们友谊的特殊感情。

II. Translate each of the following sentences into English, using the word or phrase given in the bracket. Inflect the word or phrase where necessary.

1. He has prepared answers to the questions that he expects to confront during the interview.

2. His sad story touched us so deeply that we nearly cried.

3. The two of them are walking hand in hand along the river bank, chatting, laughing, and looking happy.

4. When he heard the exciting news, tears of joy welled up in his eyes.

5. People from Shanghai can understand Suzhou dialect with ease, for Shanghai dialect and Suzhou dialect have much in common.

6. Henry and his wife are looking into the possibility of buying a new house within 3 years.

7. He finally gave in to his daughter’s repeated requests to further her education abroad.

8. We locked all our valuables away before we went on holiday.

9. Although we have parted from each other, I hope that we will remain good friends and that we will care for and help each other just as we did in the past.

10. At that critical moment, the army commander summoned all the officers to work out new strategies and tactics which would make it possible to conquer the enemy.

Exercises for integrated skills:

I. Dictation

Throughout history / the basic unit of almost every human society / has been the family. /Members of the family live together / under the same roof. / They share the economic burdens of life / as well as its joys. / The family head usually has considerable influence / in arranging marriages, / selecting careers / and determining all the important moves and purchases / by any member of the family. / Particularly in conditions / where society or the state / does not give aid / and the responsibilities of the family are greater, / this large group / provides better protection / in times of economic or other emergency.

II. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE word you think appropriate.

1. later

2. push

3. what

4. puzzled

5. custom

6. that

7. hosts

8. visitor

9. table

10. however

Writing practice:

Rewrite the following sentence fragments to make complete sentences.

1. a. We want to do something perfectly.

b. Sometimes we tend to put off what we can do today till tomorrow simply because we want to do something perfectly.

2. For example, a strict control over the access to the secret data shouldn’t be absent.

3. a. I was born and bred in a city.

b. Being born and bred in a city, I am interested in everything in the countryside.

4. a. Those people can see …

b. Lucky people are those who …

5. The dog ran around the yard to find the ball.

6. Many unique animals live in Australia, such as the kangaroo and the koala.

7. “If only” is a great excuse, especially if it’s something totally out of your control.

8. You feel rewarded for your hard work and get spiritual or sometimes material satisfaction.

9. a. The bird flew through the air, swooping and diving.

b. Swooping and diving, the bird flew through the air.

10. The moon hung in the sky, like a brilliant silver disk.

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