练习题
1 There are many arguments for and against television.
The poor quality of its program is often criticized and TV
commercials are also boring. So television is undoubtedly 1.__________
a great comfort to many lonely and elderly people.
2 The manager of a large office building had received
many complains about elevator service in the building,
but he engaged a group of engineers to study the situation 2.__________
and make recommendation for improvement.
3 We asked a lady, who replied that she thought
you could tell a well-mannered person by the way
they occupied the space around them——for example,
when such a person walks down a street he or she is
constantly unaware of others. Such people never 3.__________
bump into other people.
4 Until the very latest moment of his existence,
man has been bound the planet on which he
originated and developed. Now he has the capability
to leave that planet and move out into the universe to
those worlds which he has known previously only directly. 4.__________
5 One major decision which faces the American
students ready to begin higher education is the
choice of attending a large university or a small
college. The large university provides a wide range of
specialized departments as well as numerous courses
within such departments. The small college, therefore, 5.__________
generally provides a limited number of courses
and specializations but offers a better student-faculty
ratio, thus permitting individualized attention to students.
6 Music the Johnny has learned to appreciate as
unpleasant is just dull noise to Jimmy——and quite 6.__________
possible, vice versa.
7 We are learning, finally, that silence is a natural
resource and must be protected by law. It appears
that we all find company in sound, if we all 7.__________
demand a little quiet from time to time.
8 The farmer aroused at down or before it and
had much work to do, with his own muscles as his
chief source of power. He used axes, spades and 8.__________
other complicated tools.
9 Whether women who have started a career
will attain pay equality with men rests on at least
two factors. First, will most of them continue
part-time at their jobs after they have children? A 9.__________
break in their employment, or a decision to work
part-time, will slow their raises and promotions as
it would for men.
10 Whether true or not, the story illustrates the
problem with idioms. They are almost possible to 10.__________
understand from the meanings of the individual
words. And with English idioms, even the same
words may have different meanings.
答案解析：
1.将so改为转折性连词but。虽然前句说电视节目质量遭到批评，并且还有令人讨厌的广告，但是接下来是说对孤寡老人的益处，因此此处表达转折的意思。
2.将but 改为so。文章并没有表达转折的意思，因为经理收到了许多关于电梯服务的投诉，所以他才做出后面的措施，因此此处应该是因果关系。
3.将unaware改为aware。根据后文说这样的人从来不会撞到别人便可看出，他们时刻在注意着别人。
4.将directly改为indirectly。根据前文所说，人类先前并没有进入这些宇宙空间而是现在才具有了这种能力，因此不可能是直接而只可能是间接的了解。
5.将therefore改为however。根据上文可以看出，此处学院是和大学在做对比，因此是一种转折关系。
6.将unpleasant改为pleasant。此句意思是说对于Johnny来说pleasant的音乐对Jimmy却完全是噪音，从而显示出两人的不同，从后文vice verse也可看出原句是将两人在进行对比。
7.将if改为although，though，but或者yet。仔细分析此句会发现，原文其实在表达一种让步或转折关系而非条件关系。该句意思是：尽管我们时常要求一点宁静，却似乎我们都离不开声音。
8.将and改为or。此处是表示选择，即农民既可以使用斧子，也可以使用铁锹或者其他类似的工具。
9.将part-time改为full-time。根据后文可知，妇女选择兼职将会减缓她们工资增长以及提升，因此要想获得和男性同样的薪水，将决定于她们应该是否会继续从事全职。
10.将possible改为impossible。根据后文可知，即使同样的词语意思也是不一样，因此这个问题应该是从单个词语意思来理解习语是个可能的事情。
