课后练习答案与讲解：

Vocabulary

III. Complete the following sentences with the helpof the first letters.

1. The local government has given priority to the construction of infrastructure so as to attract more foreign in          .

2. He placed his house at my d          during my holidays.

3. The writer has c          a great deal of material into just over 100 pages and presented it in a reasonably readable style.

4. An absence of s           vision and insufficient customer focus were two other areas identified as key problems facing this wireless phone servicecompany.

5. The San Francisco-based company said the contract is expected to generate r           of $250 million in the first year.

6. We had only two weeks to tour Malaysia, which was hardly enough to s            the surface.

7. Monopolies inindustries like railways and various u            need breaking up.

8. To head off competition, the telecommunications companies have in            heavily in high technology.

9. BT’s prices fornational and international calls are now among the lowest in the world, although local call prices are n          near the cheapest.

10.Manufacturers currently are working to establish industry standards for digitalt           and reception ofthe signals.

参考答案：

IV. Replace the underlined words or expressions inthe following sentences with expressions from the text that best keep theoriginal meaning.

1. We are afraid our company is developing far more slowly than many of our competitors in using modern technology.

2. For the time being, they have no choice but to use the old technology, but they will soon turn to new technologies. 

3. By choosing the most advanced technology, Shanghai aims to become one of the top financial centers in the world.

4. They haven’t met again for all these years, but they continue to send messages to each other.

5. We must make sure that we make changes in response to new developments in computer technology, otherwise we will soon lag behind.

6. The professor promises that she will have a computer for you to use for the whole year.

7. They discovered that the oldest part of the building has existed since the early 16th century.

8. There’s farmore to be done—they’ve only dealt with a verysmall part of the problem.

9. Congestion make things worse: Cars caught in traffic jams pollute three times as much as those on the open road.

10. In the meantime, consumers are forced to make a choice between just two US and two UK airlines, which provide 95 percent of transatlantic services from Heathrow.

参考答案：

V. Fill in the blanks in the following passage byselecting suitable words from the World Bank. You may not use any of the wordsmore than once.

Mr. Li runs a small trade company in Sichuan Province. He used to be worried about the sales of his goods, but now he simply logs on to the Internet and   1   the information about his company to almost anywhere. He now has so many resources at his   2   than before. He has even started to   3   in foreign countries and make money almost anywhere.

The  4  revolution has certainly changed the way we look at the world. And, most importantly, it allows peopleto get equal   5   to the information. People in less developed areas of the world are taking   6   of the benefits as well. One person says, “I used to have a small farm, but now I am doing international business.” This is just one of the many benefits of theinformation   7  . There are, however, some   8   challenges we will have to face. For example, there is a great deal of concern over   9   in the Information Age. Mr. Li   10   this point. Hopefully, we can solve this problem in the near future.

A)  attends            B) highlights      C) buy            D) invest         E)  telecommunications   F)  superhighway      G) assess                H) access           I) advantage     J) privacy   K)  transformation     L) transmits           M) charge          N) disposal      O) potential

参考答案：

1.L      2. N       3. D      4. E     5. H     6. I     7. F     8. O     9. J     10. B

录屏讲解：

SentenceStructure

IX. “Rather than” is used like a conjunction to link words or expressions of the sametype. Combine the following sentences using “rather than”.

1. Concentrate on indoor delights and you’ll be much better appreciated. Don’t concentrate on outdoor fights.

2. As a result of the development of computer technology many people may eventually be able to work at home. They don’t have to go to the office.

3. Some people say that the pupils’ achievements this term will be measured by a formal test. They are not to be measured by their teacher’s assessment.

4. They argued that their products should be developed on the basis of need. Products should not be developed on the basis of profit.

5. During weekends the businessmen may spend time establishing friendship and mutual trust. They would not discuss any particular item of business.

参考答案：

点拨：“rather than”可作连词链接两个并列成分，表示在两者中进行选择，意为“是A而不是B”、“选A不选B”、“宁愿A而不是B”等。它连接的两个并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词 （短语）、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。

X. Complete the following sentences by translatingthe Chinese into English, using “twice as … as”, “three times as … as”, etc.

1. Prices are going up so rapidly. ____________________________________.

(现在的汽油价格是几年前的两倍)

2.Have you visited their house? ____________________________________. 

(他们的屋子大约是我们的三倍大小)

3. The company estimates its annual revenue per average customer at about $2,000 as compared to $860 in the United States. That’s partly due to the fact that____________________________________. (拉丁美洲电话客户的通话时间是北美洲客户的二至四倍)

4. In spite of the fact that ____________________________________. (移动电话的资费通常是固定电话资费的两倍),they are still very popular, especially among the young people.

5. Fiber-opticcable is a tremendously efficient carrier of information. Lasers shooting light through glass fiber ____________________________________. (可以传送高达标准电话线25万倍的数据)

参考答案：

Translation

XI. Translate the following sentences into English.

（习题与参考答案）

1.我父母不是对我的教育投资，而是把钱花在了买新住房上。(ratherthan)

  Rather than invest on my education, my parents spent their money on a new house.      

2.如今，人们用于休闲娱乐的开支是过去的两倍。(twiceas … as)

  Nowadays, people are spending twice as much onentertainment and relaxation as they 

did in the past.                                                                                                                       

3. 一家公司要成功，它必须跟上市场的发展。(keeppace with)

 In order to be successful, a business must keep pace with developments in the market        place.                                                                    

4. 与申请这个职位的其他女孩相比，她流利的英语是个优势。(givean advantage over)

 Her fluency in English gave her an advantage over other girls for the job                            

5.对于学生而言，没有任何地方比图书馆更好了，在那里所有的图书都任由他们使用。(atone’s disposal)

1)For students, nowhereis better than the library, where all the books are at their disposal.

2)For students, nowhere is studying better than in the library, where…                                

6.我们要充分利用好这个平台，加强交流，拓展合作领域，共谋发展大计。(make use of)

 We should make full use of the platform tostrengthen communication, expand cooperation in more areas and seek furtherdevelopment through joint efforts.