大学公共英语第一册练习题答案4.docVIP

Unit 4 The American Dream Text organization: 1. daily, weekly, monthly, yearly Part I ( paras 1-29) With determination, and with help from Mr. Crawford, Tony achieved his dream of owing his own farm. Part II (paras 30-33) Tonys career set the author thinking about why and to what extent he had been successful. 2. Main Events 1) Tony worked as a help at Mr. Crawfords house. 2. Tony got a job clearing snow at Mr. Crawfords factory. 3. Tony learned to become a skilled worker. 4. Tony bought a house with Mr. Crawfords help. 5. Tony bought a farm and sent for his family in Italy. Vocabulary 1. be on a diet achieve a balance between study and play litter bag litter bin litter bug be in a litter=be in chaos drought 1) wreck 2) balance 3) approaching 4) handle 5) discard 6) Above all 7) diet 8) do with 9)checked on 10) cleaned up 11) weekly 12) principles 2. 1) Efforts to look for survivors were abandoned after it had been determined that all people in the sunken ship had died. 2) I was amazed that Bob left a well-paid job to travel around the world. 3) Her request for a loan has been turned down by many a bank as her business is small and she could provide no guarantee. 4) She doesn’t express her thoughts with precision, so people often misunderstand her. 5) Nothing will weaken our determination to modernize our country in the shortest possible time. 3. 1) You can spend hours wandering around the department stores, leisurely inspecting the items for sale, or hunting for some antiques along the sidewalks, where youll most likely be amazed by the variety of things on display. 2) The local government encourages laid-off workers to learn about trade and become skilled workers. Besides, it has done a lot to help handle their financial troubles by creating reemployment opportunities and by providing business startup loans. 3) The farmer was a man of good moral character. For years, he had built up a reputation for kindness by calling on his needy neighbors an