美国大学英语写作(第六版)part_four.doc

23 Subjects and Verbs Activity,410 1. The ripening tomatoes glistened on the sunny windowsill. 2. Acupuncture reduces the pain of my headaches. 3. Elena twisted a strand of hair around her fingers. 4. My brother built his bookshelves from cinder blocks and planks. 5. A jackrabbit bounds up to fifteen feet in one leap. 6. The singer’s diamond earrings sparkled in the spotlight. 7. My roommate crashed his car on the icy highway. 8. On St. Patrick’s Day, our neighborhood tavern serves green beer. 9. My six-year-old brother survives on a diet of peanut butter and jelly. 10. During my parents’ divorce, I felt like a rag doll being torn between two people. Activity, 412 1. A thick layer of dust covers the top of our refrigerator. 2. In June, sagging Christmas decorations were still hanging in the windows of the abandoned house. 3. The people in the all-night coffee shop seemed weary and lost. 4. Every plant in the dim room bent toward the small window. 5. A glaring headline about the conviction of a local congressman attracted my attention. 6. Two of the biggest stores in the mall are going out of business. 7. The modem’s tiny red lights suddenly started to flicker. 8. A neighbor of mine does all her work at home and E-mails it to the office. 9. The jar of peppercorns tumbled from the spice shelf and shattered on the floor. 10. The scar in the hollow of Brian’s throat is the result of an emergency operation to clear his windpipe. Review Test, 413 1. With one graceful motion, the shortstop fielded the grounder and threw to first base. 2. Like human mothers, sheep and goat mothers develop close bonds with their babies. 3. Before class, Antonietta and Jorge rushed to the coffee machine in the hall. 4. I shifted uncomfortably on the lumpy mattress before falling into a restless sleep. 5. Waiting in the long ticket line, Matt shifted his weight from one foot to the other. 6. Ancient Egyptians were branding cattle more than four thousand years ago. 7.