现代大学英语精读3 unit 5课后联系答案~
(1) watching (2) selling '(3) to launch
(4) (to) secure (5) wondering (6) to save
(7) feeling (8) being, being/to be (9) to answer
(10) having (ll) to say (12) asking
(13) starting (14) to invest/investing (15) treating, using
2) Choose between the "noun ~ to-infinitive" construction and the "noun + of + gerund".
(1) of telling (2) to do (3) of writing -
(4) of being discovered (5) to organize (6) of making
money/to make money
(7) to thank (8) of owning (9) to become
(1 O) to practice ( 11 ) of running and dieting (12) of looking after
(13) to help (14) to open, (to) read (15) of living
Note: The choice between the infinitive and "of + gerund" is a matter of idiomatic
usages rather than that
of grammar. Students are encouraged to observe the choice of those native speakers
whose writings can be
used as safe models of good English.
4. Translate the sentences using gerunds.
1) The old lady resents being referred to as a busybody.
Or: The old lady does not like being called a busybody.
2) "I appreciate your offering to go and tell the parents about the accident." The
principal told me.
(Note: "Offer" is also correct.)
3) The cheat thought being dressed like a policeman would make us trust him. But he
looked like a
swindler just the same.
4) It's important to know what it is that you don't know, and asking questions is the way.
5) Foreign journalists in the country often complain about being suspected of spying.
6) I reviewed my lessons by first reading the texts over and then trying to retell them
in my own words.
7) There are many ways to get data into a computer. Processing the data is
accomplished within the computer
itself.
8) Being a guest on a talk show requires wit, eloquence, and insight.
9) Today, by using telecommunications equipment, CEOs can preside over meetings
without leaving from
their desks.
10) I can understand your hopping from job to job in search of something you really
love doing, but your
rejecting such a generous offer--no!
5. Put the verb in brackets in the right form, adding modals where necessary.
1) looks, shining, seems, looking, seems, taken
2) finding out, is generally divided