【正文】 o an insane venture. What was still more surprising was that he was pletely indifferent to Lenny’s death. Without doubt, Burton was a man with a heart of stone.Unit 6Vocabulary 1. 1) appliances 2) parative 3) multiply4) distribution 5) prosperity 6) decorate7) famine 8) large quantities of / a large quantity of 9) streamline 10) fax 11) pointed the way to 12) bewildered2. 1) eat into 2) cling to 3) stand out / stood out 4) wears away5) set about 6) switch off 7) will be turned loose 8) poured in3. 1) is forecast to be below average next year, which at the moment is 4 percent.2) to enter the building and find the baby girl proved futile as rescuers were driven out by the heat and flames.3) was urged to divert some of its attention from expanding production and get more involved with issues of market demand.4) can really eat heavily into your profits when you are selling suits at ￡900 and dresses at ￡2,000.5) has toiled endlessly over the exercise machine for the last twenty years in order to keep her body in shape.4. 1) reaction to … discontent … provoked2) Convention … evading tax … the confines of3) a burden … are always on the go / seem forever on the go … to copeII. Confusable Words1. 1) nervousness 2) tension 3) stress … stress 4) tension2. 1) honorary 2) Honorable 3) honorable4) honorary 5) honorable 6) HonoraryIII. Usage1) Dealing with the extinction crisis is no simple matter. Is it sensible, we may ask, to spend large sums of money to save some species – be it an elephant or an orchid – in a nation in which a large proportion of the population is living below the poverty line?2) This new technology could be used anywhere large numbers of people need to be quickly screened at airports, train stations, bus terminals or border crossings. However, experts suspect, there is also the risk that people will learn to fool the machine the same way they try to fool polygraph readings by controlling their breath or taking drugs to relax themselves.3) With a high percentage of marriages ending in divorce, often due to financial difficulties, you would say that money is a big factor in making a good marriage. But, believe it or not, it isn’t money that ensures you a happy marriage。全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)綜合教程4（第二版）習(xí)題答案Unit 1VocabularyI.1. 1) alliance 2) at the cost of3) stroke 4) limp5) minus 6) regions7) declarations 8) siege9) raw 10) bide his time11) have taken their toll 12) in the case of2. 1) is faced with 2) get bogged down3) is pressing on / pressed on 4) drag on5) get by 6) dine out7) have cut back 8) get through3. 1) lead to the conquest of cancer in the near future2) has been brought to a halt by the delayed arrival of raw materials due to the dock workers’ strike3) will/should never get in the way of her career4) caught the foreign minister off guard5) of the electronic calculator has rendered the slide rule out of date/obsolete4. 1) Being faced with … the occupation of … regions2) crucial to … efficient … to reckon with … weaken … be brought to a halt3) a heroic … the decisive … turned the tide … siege … by launchingII. More Synonyms in Context1) During the First World War, battles occurred here and there over vast areas. Some of the most dramatic fighting took place in the gloomy trenches of France and Belgium.2) Elizabeth made careful preparations for the interview and her efforts / homework paid off.3) I spent hours trying to talk him into accepting the settlement, but he turned a deaf ear to all my words.4) Pneumonia had severely weakened her body, and I wondered how her fragile body could withstand the harsh weather.III. Usage1) fall ill2) lay dead at home for two weeks3) dropped dead from a heart attack4) fell asleep.5) marrying young6) to sit still for longer than a few minutesComprehensive ExercisesI. Cloze1. 1) invasion 2) stand in the way3) Conquest 4) catching ... off his guard5) launching 6) declaration7) campaign 8) drag on9) reckon with 10) bringing ... to a halt2. 1) allow 2) reckoned3) highly 4) forecasts5) rapidly 6) instant7) delivery 8) advantage9) observing 10) powerfulII. Translation1. 1) Mr. Doherty and his family are currently engaged in getting the autumn harvest in on the farm.2) We must not underestimate the enemy. They are equipped with the most sophisticated weapons.3) Having been cut of a job/Not having had a job for 3months, Phil is getting increasingly desperate.4) Sam, as the project manager, is decisive, efficient, and accurate in his judgment.5) Since the chemical plant was identified as the source of solution, the village neighborhood mittee decided to close it down at the cost of 100 jobs.2. The offensive had already lasted three days, but we had not gained much ground. The division mander instructed our battalion to get around to the rear of the enemy at night and launch a surprise attack. To do so, however, we had to cross a marshland and many of us were afraid we might get bogged down in