4. 为什么说一个图书馆拥有大量可供随时阅览的新书及电子图书资源很重要呢？因为那样的话，学者们就可以了解自己学科领域里的最新进展，知道自己的研究是否有价值。(matter; readily availabe to; if so) Suggested answer:
Why does it matter that a library has many new books and electronic resources readily available to the readers? This is because if so, the scholars know the latest development in their own fields and know whether their research is valuable.
Unit4
Replace the underlined words with compounds made from down and the words in brackets.
1. I'm going to the centre of town tonight. (town) Your replacement: Correct answer downtown
2. I need to transfer this data onto my computer. (load) Your replacement: Correct answer
download
3. I'm afraid they're going to move me to a job which is less important. (grade) Your replacement: Correct answer downgrade
4. The editor's office is on the floor below this one. (stairs) Your replacement: Correct answer downstairs
5. Why have you bought such a cheap and popular tabloid? (market) Your replacement: Correct answer downmarket
6. There has been a sharp fall in demand in recent months. (turn) Your replacement: Correct answer downturn
Replace the underlined words with phrasal verbs made from the verbs in brackets and down.
1. House prices began to fall a few months ago. (go)
Your replacement: Correct answer go down
2. I applied for a job with the local paper, but they didn't offer it to me. (turn) Your replacement: Correct answer turned me down
3. They always criticize the education minister on that programme. (run) Your replacement: Correct answer run down
4. You are expected to leave the position after three years as president. (stand) Your replacement: Correct answer stand down
5. It's time we all started to work. (get) Your replacement: Correct answer got down
6. For centuries these stories have been transmitted from one generation to the next. (hand)
Your replacement: Correct answer handed down
7. The government lowered interest rates in order to tackle inflation. (bring) Your replacement: Correct answer
brought down
8. She started crying when she heard the news. (break) Your replacement: Correct answer broke down
Rewrite the sentences using by someone + participle. Follow the example.
Example:
Technicians were worried that the mouse could chew through wires. Eventually they caught it.
The mouse was eventually caught by a group of technicians worried that the mouse
could chew through wires.
1. A lot of people were interested in the results of the match. They all bought the late-night edition of the paper.
Suggested answer:
The late-night edition of the paper was bought by a lot of people interested in the results of the match.
2. Photographers were determined to get a photo of the princess. They followed her across the town.
Suggested answer:
The princess was followed across the town by photographers determined to get a photo of her.
3. Millions of people watched the programme. They were hoping to win the star prize. Suggested answer:
The programme was watched by millions of people hoping to win the star prize.
4. Two children set off the alarm. They had been startled to hear a noise in the back room.
Suggested answer:
The alarm was set off by two children startled to hear a noise in the back room.
5. The mother of one of the boys contacted the police. She was worried that he might have got lost.
Suggested answer:
The police were contacted by one of the boys' mothers worried that he might have got lost.
6. The editor was hoping to be the first to break the news. He changed the front-page headlines.
Suggested answer:
The front-page headlines were changed by the editor hoping to be the first to break the news.
7. More and more people are reading online editions of the newspapers. They don't want to buy the traditional edition.
Suggested answer:
Online editions of the newspapers are being read by more and more people not wanting to buy the traditional edition.
Now rewrite the sentences using So + inversion + that. Follow the example.
Example:
The news was so striking that years after the event, many people can still remember exactly what they were doing when they first heard it.
So striking was the news that, years after the event, many people can still remember exactly what they were doing when they first heard it.
1. The newsreader's accent was so odd that I couldn't understand what she was saying. Suggested answer:
So odd was the newsreader's accent that I couldn't understand what she was saying.
2. The language on that programme was so incredibly bad that I switched off the TV. Suggested answer:
So incredibly bad was the language on that programme that I switched off the TV.
3. The story was so exaggerated that it had to be completely rewritten. Suggested answer:
So exaggerated was the story that it had to be completely rewritten.
4. One of the trainees was so careless that he left his notebook at the scene of the crime.
Suggested answer:
So careless was one of the trainees that he left his notebook at the scene of the crime.
5. The distance from one region to the next was so great that we had to travel by plane. Suggested answer:
So great was the distance from one region to the next that we had to travel by plane.