大学英语4参考.docx

Part I Levels of WordsTask 1The underlined words and phrases are often used in a formal way. Please replace them with some more common words.1. A bizarre experiment in the United States has demonstrated that psychiatrists cannot distinguish effectively between people who are mentally disturbed and those who are sane.2. At the end of the interview they told me that I would be notified of any vacancies suitable to my experience and qualifications.3. A very trivialcircumstance will serve to exemplify this.4. The absence of variation in the result of our experiments gave us confidence in the scientific law.5. In a scientific inquiry, a fallacy, great or small, is always of importance and is sure to be, in the long run, productive ofmischievous results.Task 2 Identify the level of the following sentences.1.a. When his dad died, Pete had to get another job. b. After his father’s death, Peter had to change his job. c. On the decease of his father, Mr. Brown was obliged to seek alternative employment.a. Pete’s old womanhit the roof when he came home with that doll from the disco. b. Peter’s wifewas very angry when he came home with the girl from the discotheque. 3.a. You’re extremely talkative. b. You talk a lot. c. You’re an old windbag. 4.a.?At what time shall we dine?b. When do we eat? 5.a. The college requires all the students to submit their essay by a given time. b. I’ve got to hand in this essay by tomorrow. Keys Task 11.bizarre (formal)—strange, odddemonstrate (formal)—prove, showmentally disturbed (formal)—mad2. notify (formal)—tellvacancy (formal)—job (common)3. trivial (formal)—common, smallcircumstance (formal)—incident, thing 4. absence (formal)—lack variation (formal)—difference 5. fallacy (formal)—mistake, causebe productive of (formal)—producemischievous (formal)—harmful Task 2 1.a. colloquialb. common c. formal 2.a. colloquial, impoliteb. common 3.a. formalb. informalc. slang 4.a. formalb. informal 5.a. formalb. colloquialPart II Meanings of wordsTask 1