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P 73---79 II．

1. Our host entertained us with many interesting stories of adventure because/for he had been a

member of an exploration team working in the arctic.

2. When I woke up I saw him asleep in the bed. But I had not heard him when he came back,

because I was sleeping soundly.

3. Liu always did his work a little better than his fellow workers. That’s why he got higher pay

than others.

4. No student could answer that question. Even Yao, usually quick in answering questions was

silent,

5. Lin looks like Li. However, they are not related.

6. Hunching forward, with his head tilted at an angle, and his eyes half closed, the old man

looked very sleepy.

The old man hunched forward, with his head tilted at an angle, and his eyes half closed, looking very sleepy.

7. Because their work was well planned, and everyone worked with great enthusiasm, they

overfulfilled their quota.

Their work was well planned, and everyone worked with great enthusiasm, so they overfulfilled their quota.

8. Mark Twain is a well-known American writer whose experience as a pilot on a steamboat was no doubt an important factor that helped him to become a famous writer.

Mark Twain，whose experience as a pilot on a steamboat was no doubt an important factor that helped him to become a famous writer，is a well-known American writer III.

1. Xu, a student from a working-class family, enrolled in college last fall.

2. The librarian declared a bulletin which said/saying the library would remain open on weekends. 3. Last night was wild, with the thunder roaring, the wind blowing a gale, and the rain falling in torrents.

4. There are icicles on the trees, so the temperature must have fallen considerably during the night. 5. He returned to his hometown twelve years later, looking in vain for the familiar landmarks. After he had been away for twelve years, he returned to his hometown and looked in vain for the familiar landmarks.

Having been away for twelve years, he returned to his hometown and looked in vain for the familiar landmarks.

6. We have made some progress, but we still have a long way to go. 7. The sky was cloudless, and the sun was shining brightly. Cloudless in the sky, the sun was shining brightly. In the cloudless sky, the sun was shinning brightly.

8. There were over two hundred passengers on board the plane, and about one third of them were foreigners.

There were over two hundred passengers on board the plane, about one third of whom were foreigners.

Among over two hundred passengers on board the plane, about one third of them were foreigners.

9. The girl whose mother was a famous pianist began to learn to play the piano when she was a child.

The girl because her mother was a famous pianist began to learn to play the piano when she was a child.

10. Napoleon was born in 1769, when Corsica had just been acquired by France.

11. When/As soon as/as/ The moment she appeared on the stage, a stormy applause broke forth. 12. Once thought to be Egyptians, the gypsies are really a nomadic people who migrated from India into Europe.

13. The new workers who are young and inexperienced are eager to learn from the veteran workers.

Because the workers are young and inexperienced, they are eager to learn from the veteran workers.

The new workers are young and inexperienced, so they are eager to learn from the veteran workers.

14. At the poor quarter, there were a lot of small huts with mud walls and straw roofs, dotting a hillside.

At the poor quarter, a lot of small huts with mud walls and straw roofs, dotted a hillside.

It was a small quarter where a lot of small huts with mud walls and straw roofs dotted a hillside.

15. When he heard that his father was ill/Hearing his father was ill, he was so anxious to go home to see him that he went to the station early in the morning to buy a ticket. IV

1. She began to speak very fast at the meeting held at ten o’clock. 2. Bernard Shaw was one of the best-known playwrights of Ireland

3. The houses were mere shanties, and the cracks and holes were stuffed with rags. The houses were mere shanties, with rags stuffed in the cracks and holes. 4. On the train I read the novel, but it didn’t interest me at all.

I read the novel which did not interest me at all on the train.

5. A well-dressed man admitted us to the house. Later we learned that he was a thief. 6. I lost some important documents, and the police helped me find them three days later.

7. When we entered the shop, a saleswoman greeted us. We can see shoes on the shelves, prices quite reasonable, and a lot of customers were buying them. . 8. Tell Helen that I will come to see her if she is at home, 9. Listening attentively, you/he could hear a faulty sound. 10. When entering the room, I can see no one. 11.Fred is an energetic, capable, and reliable man.

12. The children promised to be careful and return home early.

13. Dickens’s novels offer no solution to the social injustices he exposes.

14. Either my watch is fast or yours is slow.

15. Glancing out of the window, I was attracted by the beautiful view. 16. He finished nearly ten books during the vocation.

17. If interested in painting, you can take a course at the evening school.

18. She said that she would come if she could, but asked us not to wait for her. 19. To tell my friend the good news, I posted the letter at once. 20. I will go to the lecture, because I like the speaker’s poems. V

1) In 1840 the Opium War broke out.

2) There are more books in their library than ours.

3) He returned home after he graduated from college. 4) We planned to meet just before sunrise.

5) The cause of the flood was the heavy rain in last morning.

6) He was asked to repeat the sentence.

7) I play badminton as well as my brother.

8) It seemed to his friends that his attitude was puzzling.

9) These watermelons are large and sweet.

10) He did not tell the truth.

11) A number of students want to join the drama club.

12) He was kind enough to let me share the umbrella with him.

13) Zhao was elected the representative of the class.

14) At present I am taking the courses of World History and Geography.

15) The plane circled around the airport for about ten minutes and then disappeared.

16) What I am trying to say is that he has not done his work very well。

17) I would like you to consider whether you will let our journal publish your recent article on

women scientists in china.

18) Because he had missed many lectures, he was aware that he would fail the exam.

19) You must first work out an outline for your paper, and then collect all kinds of material to

support your point.

20) In that country violent death has became common.

21) He is not only a good pianist, but also a good singer.

22) This pretty actress keeps appearing in TV serials.

23) As a rule, students are not allowed to take books out of this reading-room.

24) According to the speaker, it is obvious that responsibility system has helped to increase

production.

25) One reason why people are well informed in this country is that many newspapers can easily

be bought or subscribes to.

26) Statistics show that from 1980 to 1990 enrollments at these schools doubled.

27) There are so many inexperienced unskilled workers in a particular job that production of the

factory has been affected.

28) There are about 50 patients in this ward, many of whom are being given acupuncture

treatment. VI.

1. Over two meters tall, Huang is the tallest man of the team. Huang, the tallest man of the team, is over two meters tall.

2. Social position, reputation, friends, even life itself were no longer interesting to him after he went bankrupt.

3. It was unexpected that he decided to take the job.

4. Under no circumstances will China be the first to use nuclear weapons. 5. Among twenty students in the class, Yang alone can do the work.

6. During the past 14 years, as a result of reform and the open policy, China has changed a great

deal.

7. According to newspaper reports, she was the first Chinese woman who had won a gold medal for figure skating in an international contest.

8. While serving as a cabin boy on the ship, Robert made an attempt to do all the things that the sailor members of the crew usually did.

9. Among his neighbors was the famous writer, Mrs. Jones.

10. With the patient help of their teachers, the students made good progress.

11. It is she who often helps many students in her class to improve pronunciation. To improve their pronunciation, she often helps many comrades in her class.

12. Though there are few mistakes in the language of the composition, it is not very good in the content.