1、英语写作课后问题详解PART4ANSWER KEYPart Four: Handbook of Sentence Skills23 Subjects and VerbsActivity, 402 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 fro
2、m cinder blocks and planks of wood. 5. A jackrabbit bounds up to fifteen feet in one leap. 6. The singers diamond earrings sparkled in the spotlight. 7. My roommate dries her nylons over the lampshade in her bedroom. 8. On St. Patricks Day, our neighborhood tavern serves green beer. 9. My six-year-o
3、ld 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, 404 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
4、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
5、. 7. The modems 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 Brians throat is the result of an emergency opera
6、tion to clear his windpipe.Review Test, 405 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, Antoinetta and Jorge rushed to the coffee machine in the hall. 4.
7、 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 brandingcattle more than four thousand years ago. 7. Lilacs and honeysuckle perfume our yard on summe
8、r nights. 8. The driver abruptly halted her Jeep and backed up toward a narrow parking place. 9. During the American Revolution, some brides rejected white wedding gowns and wore red as a symbol of rebellion.10. The little girls frantic family called a psychic to locate the child. 24 FragmentsNote:
9、For each item the fragment, or that part of the original fragment not changed during correction, is underlined.Activity 1 (DependentWord Fragments), 408409 Answers will vary.Activity 2 (Dependent-Word Fragments), 409410 1. Whenever I spray deodorant, my cat arches her back. 2. We had a great time pl
10、aying football in the house until he came home for the weekend. 3. If Kim takes too long saying good-bye to her boyfriend, her father will start flicking the porch light. 4. Scientists are studying mummified remains that are thousands of years old. 5. Before I turn on the microwave oven, I have to t
11、urn off the overhead light in the kitchen.Activity 1 (-ing Fragments), 411 1. Marble-sized hailstones fell from the sky, flattening the young plants in the cornfield. 2. They came to a stop at my house. 3. The reason for this is that I am partially deaf.Activity 2 (-ing and to Fragments), 412 Answer
12、s may vary. 1. Looking at the worm on the table, Shelby groaned. 2. I put a box of baking soda in the freezer to get rid of the musty smell. 3. Staring at the clock on the far wall, I nervously began my speech. 4. Fantasizing about the upcoming weekend, Jerome sat quietly at his desk. 5. To get to t
13、he bus station from here, you have to walk two blocks out of your way.Activity 1 (Added-Detail Fragments), 413414 1. For example, he sees the new movies first. 2. And his fingertips are always black, like ink pads. 3. Electronic devices, such as video cameras and cell phones, keep getting smaller.Ac
14、tivity 2 (Added-Detail Fragments), 414 Methods of correction may vary. 1. Left-handed students face problems. For example, they must sit at right-handed desks. 2. Mrs. Fields always wears her lucky clothes, such as a blouse printed with four-leaf clovers, to bingo. 3. Hundreds of moths were swarming
15、 around the stadium lights like large flecks of snow. 4. For instance, he buys and sells comic books and movie posters. 5. I wonder now why I had to learn certain subjects, such as geometry.Activity (Missing-Subject Fragments), 415416Answers may vary. 1. Then she does fifty sit-ups. 2. I like all ki
16、nds of pizza but refuse to eat frozen pizza. 3. They break out in hives when they eat it, andthey can even have trouble breathing. 4. To distract me, the dentist tugged at a corner of my mouth. Thenhe jabbed a needle into my gums and injected a painkiller. 5. Last semester, I took six courses and wo
17、rked part-time in a discount drugstore.Review Test 1, 417 1. C 5. C 9. C 13. C 17. C 2. F 6. F 10. C 14 F 18. C 3. F 7. F 11. F 15. C 19. F 4. C 8. C 12. C 16. F 20. C Corrections (methods of correction may vary): 2. Im starting to think there is no safe place left to ride a bicycle. 3. When I try t
18、o ride in the highway, in order to go to school, I feel like a rabbit being pursued by predators. 6. Drivers whip past me at high speeds and try to see how close they can get to my bike without actually killing me. 7. When they pull onto the shoulder of the road or make a right turn, drivers complet
19、ely ignore my vehicle.11. Regardless of an approaching bike rider, street-side car doors will unexpectedly open.14. Frustrated drivers who are stuck in traffic will make nasty comments or shout out obscene propositions.16. While jaywalking across the street, the pedestrian will treat me, a law-abidi
20、ng bicyclist, to a withering look of disdain.19. Pedestrians may even cross my path deliberately, as if to prove their higher position in the pecking order of the city streets.Review Test 2, 418 1. We both began to tire as we passed the halfway mark in the race. But whenever Id hear Reggies footstep
21、s behind me, I would pump my legs a little faster. 2. I have a few phobias, such as fear of heights and fear of dogs. My ultimate nightmare is to be trapped in a hot-air balloon with three German shepherds. 3. Punching all the buttons on the radio in sequence, Phil kept looking for a good song. He w
22、as in the mood to cruise down the highway and sing at the top of his voice. 4. My children joke that we celebrate “Hanumas” with our Jewish neighbors. We share Hanukkah and Christmas activities, including making potato pancakes at their house and decorating our tree. 5. I noticed two cartons of ciga
23、rettes sticking up out of my neighbors trash bag. I realized that he had made up his mind to give up smoking for the fifth time this year. 6. Ive decided to leave home and rent an apartment with my best friend. By being away from home and on my own, I will get along better with my parents. 7. The al
24、ley behind our house was flat except for a wide groove in the center. We used to sail paper boats down the groove whenever it rained hard enough to create a “river” there. 8. Don passed the computer schools aptitude test, which qualifies him for nine months of training. Don kidded that anyone could
25、be accepted if he or she had $4000.Review Test 3, 419 Answers will vary. 25 Run-OnsActivity (Period and a Capital Letter), 422423 1. job. They 6. words. He 2. wills. She 7. scissors. Then 3. dressing. She 8. roof. Their 4. water. They 9. work. Every 5. environment. They 10. movies. IActivity 1 (Comm
26、a and a Joining Word), 424 1. but 6. so 2. and 7. but 3. so 8. and 4. for 9. for 5. but 10. so or andActivity 2 (Comma and a Joining Word), 424425 Answers will vary.Activity 3 (Period and a Capital Letter or Comma and a Joining Word), 425426 Corrections may vary. 1. refrigerator, and then 6. stiff,
27、but soaking 2. environment. They 7. work. Some 3. heat, so I 8. house. Now 4. Russia. We 9. Correct 5. T-shirts. The 10. city. WeActivity (Semicolon), 427 1. plates; they 6. house; they 2. week; now 7. window; Joey 3. immense; its 8. microscope; he 4. bacon; her 9. street; the 5. covers; she 10. fis
28、t; laterActivity (Semicolon with a Transitional Word), 429 1. ; as a result, (or thus, consequently, ortherefore) 2. ; however, (or on the other hand) 3. ; otherwise, 4. ; meanwhile, 5. ; nevertheless, (or however)Review Test 1, 430431 Corrections may vary. 1. break, but 6. victims, so 2. drivers. W
29、hen 7. marriage. Five 3. tray. Then 8. health, so 4. bare, and they 9. schoolwork. The 5. corner. A 10. CorrectReview Test 2, 431432 1. days. Its Or: days, and its Or: days; its 2. heels. Then Or: heels, and then Or: heels; then 3. diner. A Or: diner, and a Or: diner; a 4. occult. It Or: occult, for
30、 it Or: occult; it 5. parents. This Or: parents, for this Or: parents; this 6. intersection. Rusty Or: intersection, but rusty Or: intersection; rusty 7. deafness. He Or: deafness, so he Or: deafness; he 8. far. Larger Or: far, so larger Or: far; larger 9. common. No Or: common, for no Or: common; n
31、o10. soda. It Or: soda, but it Or: soda; it Review Test 3, 432 Corrections may vary. coming, so theyrelax. Thenbathroom; shedoor. Itcoffee, but IReview Test 4, 432Answers will vary. 26 Regular and Irregular VerbsActivity (Present Tense Endings), 434 Activity (Past Tense Endings), 435 1. wakes 1. caved 2. clowns 2. complained 3. watches 3. realized 4. wants 4. burned 5. works 5. edgedActivity (Irregular Verbs), 438 1. chose chosen 6. rung rang 2. begun began 7. forgot forgotten 3. drunk drank 8. went gone 4. breaked broke 9. throwed thrown 5. s
