新世纪大学英语(第二版)综合教程4Unit1-4
Unit One
Man and Nature
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
▆Working with Words and Expressions
1.In the boxes below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with the words given. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) spark
2) compelled
3) bare
4) scrape
5) destruction
6) output
7) retreat
8) tipped
9) miracle
10) eternal
11) pile
12) transfer
13) mass
14) thereby
15) have emerged
16) trigger
17) threaten
18) consumed
19) hollow
2.In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Complete the sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆Answers:
1) show signs of
2) cope with
3) lives in fear of
4) tough it out
5) cut down
6) from head to foot
7) searched out
8) nothing short of
9) As yet
10) settle in
11) take heart
▆Increasing Your Word Power
1.You will read six pairs of words which are similar in meaning but are different in usage. Reflect on the differences in usage between the words in each group and fill in each blank with a proper one. Change the
form if necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) temptation
2) attraction
3) chance
4) opportunity
5) states
6) country
7) warned
8) threatened / threatens
9) refuse
10) reject
11) total
12) gross
2.  A blend is a word produced by combining parts of other words, such as “comsat”from “communications”and “satellite”. Try to find out what words the following blends are formed from. You
3.Fill in the blanks in Column B with an adjective in Text A. The target adjective must be opposite in meaning to the one in Column A and must form a correct collocation with the noun in Column C.
▆ Answers:
1) individual
2) contradictory
3) destructive
4) rational
5) primitive
6) synthetic
7) distant
8) pessimistic
9) irreplaceable
10) enormous
Grammar in Context
1.Study the following sentences from Text B and point3d综合版