课后练习答案Unit5Therealtruthaboutlies

Unit 5 The real truth about lies.

Vocabulary.

1. Exp la in the un derli ned part in each sentence in your own words. (1)

very imp orta nt/shock in g/traumatic;

(2) avoid hurting the others (3)

modifyi ng the truth;

'feeli ngs;

(4) a course of acti on which can easily lead to somethi ng un acce ptable, wrong or disastrous;

(5) un der any circumsta nces/whatever might happen;

2. Fill in the bla nk in each sentence with a word take n from the box in the proper form.

(1) supp ortive; (2) p erceived; (3) p revaricatio n; (4) asto un ded; (5)un derm ine; (6) faltered; (7) fibs; (8) volun teered

3. Fill in the bla nks with the approp riate forms of the give n words. (1) un ethical; (2) feig ned; (3) unsparing; (4) cyni cal; (5) confoun dedly; (6) lubricated;⑺ entan gled; (8) Willful

4. Fill in the bla nk in each sentence with an approp riate p hrasal verb or collocati on take n from the text.

(1) cover up; (2) blurted out; (3) set up; (4) find out;

(5) wear dow n; (6) sp ecialize in; (7) pro fesses to; (8) comp lime nted, on;

5. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word un derli ned in each sentence in the sense it is used.

(1) evasi on( equivocatio n); (2) chronic (rep eated); (3) com mon ( p revale nt, omnip rese nt); (4) slightly; (5) in sult (repr oach, criticize); (6) distort;

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(7) growth (mult ip licati on); (8) stre ngthe ned (con solidated) 6. Explain the un derli ned p hrasal verbs in your own words. (1)ca ncelled; (2)overcome; (3)follow; (4)fell into; (5)make it more acce ptable; (6)feel unhappy about; (7)removed from con siderati on; (8)reserve for future use. Grammar.

1. 1.p robability 2.p ossibility 3.i nten ti on 4.po ssibility

5. n ecessity 6. possibility 7.obligati on 8.p robability

2. Comp lete each sentence with what you thi nk the most approp riate 1~5 CCBAD 6~10 BBBAA

3. rewrite the senten ces below using the words and p hrases from the box.

(1) He can ' t have told us everything. (2) Somethi ng must have gone wrong. (3) She can ' t be only thirty years old. (4) They may not know yet.

(5) The road could/may have bee n closed. (6) The p olice must know that.

(7) There may/could have bee n a traffic jam. (8) The letter could/may arrive today. (9) That will/must be my mother.

(10) There should be time to do some sho pping.

4. Rewrite the followi ng senten ce, using verbless clauses.

1. Whe n in doubt, tell the truth. It will confound your en emies and

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asto und your frie nds.

2. Whe n heated, metal expands.

3. If true, it will cause us a lot of trouble. 4. Whe never po ssible, they should be typed. 5. Whe n in Rome, do as the Roma ns do. 6. Send the goods no w, if ready.

7. If n ecessary, ring me at home.

8. He gla need about as if in search of somethi ng.

5. Comp lete the senten ces with the proper forms of the verbs give n. 1. discuss ing, hav ing reached

2. pay ing

3. Ly ing, sitt ing

4. to p acify, to be p acified, grumbli ng 5. rep eat, to make, to do

6. going, stay

7. to see, to avoid, hitt ing

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8. to arrive, rising 9. doi ng 10. to make Tra nslatio n.

1.1.十分惊人的是，这些无数次说谎的人称，说谎并没有使他们十

分纠结或后悔。

2.尽管承认说谎，91%的反馈者称 对自己的道德和性格还是 感到满意” 3.毫无疑问，这些 好心的谎话”是无害的、善意的，也是 种社交必需的润滑

剂。

4.如果你没有把握，马克吐温给了我们一条经验法则:

不准的时候，就说实话，实话会迷惑敌人，震惊朋友。

2.1. Hamlet feig ned madn ess whe n he was hesitati ng what to do.

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2. Prevaricatio n is one of the tech niq ues this bus in essma n emp loy.

likes to

3. Sometimes the light of the truth is just too dazzli ng, so white ubiquitous.

lies are

4. Many wome n in America pro fess that they are unhappy with their status of sec on d-class citize ns.

5. On the impu Ise of the mome nt, he blurted out the secret.

6. You should get rid of any p rejudice, resist temp tati ons and let no thi ng warp your judgme nt.

7. Being over-se nsitive and imag in ative, he ofte n weaves a tan gled web in mind. 8. He is very popu lar among his p eers as he always tries to spare others any trouble. 3.美国有调查表明，大多数人出于不同的原因，在不同程度上说

谎。有时，他们说谎是为了让别人高兴。比如：装出积极的态度来 肯定朋友或配

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偶，实际上他/她内心却没有如此认可。有时，他们说 谎时为了提升自己。这种情况现在越来越普遍了。有时，是为了避 免伤害别人，当未加粉饰的实情难以接受的时候更是如此。有人则 把说谎看作一种必要的社交润滑剂。不管怎么说，说谎都是为了掩 饰实情。关于说谎，不同的人有不同的观点。有些人认为，假话, 即便是看上去无害的假话，也可能带来预料不到的后果。一个人说 了第一个谎话之后，他就需要说更多的谎话来掩饰最初的谎话，最 后会变成沉重的精神负担。一位哲学家警告说，如果一个人说谎, 他就等于把自己置于一个溜滑的斜坡上，因为他的心里障碍减轻了。

但是，另外一些人则认为，我们不必不惜一切代价去避免所有善意 的谎言，因为一个善意的谎言可能仅仅是牺牲信任而去换取关心和 爱护而已。对此，你持什么观点呢?

Exercises for in tegrated skills.

2. Fill in each bla nk in the p assage below with ONE word you thi nk approp riate.

(1) service (2)rather (3)off (4)are

(5)adva ntage (6)much (7)relatio ns (8)if (9)as (10)moral (11)either (12)truth