新世纪大学英语综合教程5课后题答案完整版(2)

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Increasing your language proficiency Working with words and expressions

1. Listed in the box are some of the words you have learned in the text. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.

1) rusted 2) dwarfs 3) dwell 4) possessions 5) intensity 6) assembled 7) alert 8) probed 9) fingering 10) awkwardly

2. Listed in the box below are some expressions that you have learned in the text. Complete the sentences with each of them. Change the form where necessary.

1) spy on 2) watching for 3) presented itself 4) came loose 5) drew back 6) out of the reach 7) making his rounds 8)by accident 9) No wonder 10) empty of Cloze

1) frosted 2) missing 3)rotting 4) intensity 5) cast 6) sickroom 7) cards 8) impressive 9) ordered 10)instead 11) palm 12) threw 13) discus 14) laugh 15) way Translation

Translate the following passage into English.

The patient in Room 542 was unusual. He had the look of vigor and good health, but he was blind, legless, and his deteriorating body was like a rotting log. His life was like a candle in the wind, about to be blown out at any moment. His body was not whole, but he was still impressive. He had been suffering physical pain beyond imagination, but he was always quiet. He always ordered scrambled eggs for breakfast but he never ate them. Instead, he would throw the breakfast plate against the wall earnestly as if it were a discus. He had no feet but he repeatedly asked the doctor to bring him a pair of shoes. The room he dwelled in was empty