新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）
Unit 5
Part I
Exercises
I. Reading for information 。
A. Reading to find main ideas
1.B
2. D
B. Reading to find major details
3.C
4. A
C. Reading to find relevant facts
5. A
6.C
II. Translation
Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1 Their favorite topic of conversation is, of course, relationships: men’s reluctance to commit, women’s independence, and when to have children —or, increasingly, whether to have them at all. 当然，他们最热衷的谈资是人际关系：男人不愿意承诺、女人的独立、什么时候生孩子，或者是越来越多地讨论究竟要不要孩子。
2 Greece was known as one of Europe’s most traditional societies, where the Orthodox Church’s strict commandment to marry and multiply held sway.
希腊曾被认为是欧洲最为传统的国家之一，正教会要求人们结婚生子的严格戒律占主导地位。
3 In Britain, there’s a growing market for books such as Child-Free and Loving It, which journalist Nicki Defago says she wrote “to let women deciding against children know that their feelings are perfectly normal.”
在英国，像《无子无女享人生》这样的书市场越来越大。身为记者的尼克·德华格说，她写这本书的目的就是“让决定不生小孩的女人知道她们的感情生活绝对正常”。
4 In fact, demographers say it was the family-happy 1950s and 1960s that defied the historical norm. 事实上，人口学家说，是家庭生活幸福的20世纪50年代和60年代改变了历史准则。
5 And while child-free households have long been common in the big cities ofAmerica and Western Europe, they’re fast gaining acceptability in more-traditional rural societies as well.
在美国和西欧的大城市，成家不要孩子长期以来都很常见，这种家庭模式在更为传统
的农村地区也正快速地得到人们的认可。
III. Summary
Complete the following statements with words and expressions from the box. Use their proper forms.
1 Just a few decades ago, childlessness might have been considered odd in Greece, where the Orthodox Church’s strict commandment to marry and multiply held sway . Powerful social and religious taboos labelled childless women as barren spinsters, and cast suspicion on the sexual preferences of single, middle-aged men.
2 Today, to young Greeks, babies are great — if the timing is right. But they’re certainly not essential. As a matter of fact, having kids is no longer a given among a growing swath of the population.
3 In a rapid shift occurring in countries as disparate as Switzerland and Singapore, Canada and South Korea, young people are extending their child-free adulthood by postponing children until they are well into their 30s, or even 40s and beyond.
4 The trend has spawned a new culture of childlessness. Some businesses even capitalize on the trend by turning out goods or providing services that cater to the childless.
5 In the past, childlessness was usually the product of poverty or upheaval, of missing men in times of war; infertility strikes 3 percent of couples at most. Today the decision to have — or not have — a child is the result of a complex combination of factors , including relationships, career opportunities, lifestyle and economics.
6 While child-free households have long been common in the big cities of America and Western Europe, they’re fast gaining acceptability in more-traditional rural societies as well.
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Exercise
Answer the following questions.
1 Why does the author say that in some cases childlessness among Japanesewomen can be seen as a quiet form of protest?
Because support for working mothers is almost non-existent (though recently that’s begun to change). Child care is expensive, men don’t help out, and som e companies strongly discourage mothers from returning to work.
2 Who are more against childlessness, men or women?
From the sentence “At the same time, around the world it’s mostly men who are at the head of a growing backlash against the childless”, w e can say that men are more against childlessness.
3 What have economists and politicians demanded in response to the increasing childlessness in Germany?
In Germany, economists and politicians have demanded that public pensions for the childless be slashed by up to 50 percent.
4 What measures have been taken in France to encourage childbearing?
France recently raised child subsidies to increase sharply with children numbers three and four.
5 Why does the author say that growing up in smaller families affects childbearing plans?
Because polls among young adults today show a continued decline in their ideal family size.
Unit 1 Part Ⅱ Reading Task Vocabulary Ⅰ1. 1)respectable 2)agony 3)put down 4)sequence 5)hold back 6)distribute 7)off and on 8)vivid 9)associate 10)finally 11)turn in 12)tackle 2. 1)has been assigned to the newspaper’s Paris office. 2)was so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether to believe him or not. 3)a clear image of how she would look in twenty years’time. 4)gave the command the soldiers opened fire. 5)buying bikes we’ll keep turning them out. 3. 1)reputation; rigid; to inspire 2)and tedious; What’s more; out of date ideas 3)compose; career; avoid showing; hardly hold back Ⅱviolating Ⅲ;in upon Comprehensive Exercises ⅠCloze back; tedious; scanned; recall; vivid; off and on; turn out/in; career ; surprise; pulled; blowing; dressed; scene; extraordinary; image; turn; excitement ⅡTranslation As it was a formal dinner party, I wore formal dress, as Mother told me to. 2)His girlfriend advised him to get out of /get rid of his bad habits of smoking before it took hold. 3)Anticipating that the demand for electricity will be high during the next few months, they have decided to increase its production. 4)It is said that Bill has been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules. /Bill is said to have been fired for continually violating the company’s safety rules. 5)It is reported that the government has taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage. /The local government is reported to have taken proper measures to avoid the possibility of a severe water shortage. 2.Susan lost her legs because of/in a car accident. For a time, she didn’t know how to face up to the fact she would never (be able to) walk again. One day, while scanning (through) some magazines, a true story caught her eye/she was attracted by a true story. It gave a vivid description of how a disabled girl became a writer. Greatly inspired, Susan began to feel that she, too, would finally be able to lead a useful life. Unit 2 Part ⅡReading Task Vocabulary Ⅰ1. 1)absolutely 2)available 3)every now and then 4)are urging/urged 5)destination 6)mostly 7)hangs out 8)right away 9)reunion 10)or something 11)estimate 12)going ahead 2. 1)in the examination was still on his mind. 2)was completely choked up by the sight of his team losing in the final minutes of the game. 3)was so lost in study that she forgot to have dinner. 4)has come up and I am afraid I won’t be able to accomplish the project on time. 5)of equipping the new hospital was estimated at﹩2 million. 3. 1)were postponed; the awful; is estimated 2)reference; not available; am kind of 3)not much of a teacher; skips; go ahead Ⅱ;on Ⅲor less of/sort of 4. kind of/sort of 5. more or less 6. or something Comprehensive Exercises ⅠCloze up; awful; practically; neighborhood; correspondence; available; destination; reunion; Mostly; postponing; absolutely ; savings; embarrassment; phone; interrupted; touch; envelope; signed; message; needed ⅡHalf an hour had gone by, but the last bus hadn’t come yet. We had to walk home. 2)Mary looks as if she is very worried about the Chinese exam because she hasn’t learned the texts by
全新版大学英语综合教程4（第二版）习题答案 Unit 1 Vocabulary I. 1. 1) alliance 2) at the cost of 3) stroke 4) limp 5) minus 6) regions 7) declarations 8) siege 9) raw 10) bide his time 11) have taken their toll 12) in the case of 2. 1) is faced with 2) get bogged down 3) is pressing on / pressed on 4) drag on 5) get by 6) dine out 7) have cut back 8) get through 3. 1) lead to the conquest of cancer in the near future 2) has been brought to a halt by the delayed arrival of raw materials due to the dock workers’ strike 3) will/should never get in the way of her career 4) caught the foreign minister off guard 5) of the electronic calculator has rendered the slide rule out of date/obsolete 4. 1) Being faced with … the occupation of … regions 2) crucial to … efficient … to reckon with … weaken … be brought to a halt 3) a heroic …the decisive …turned the tide …siege …by launching II. More Synonyms in Context 1) During the First World War, battles occurred here and there over vast areas. Some of the most dramatic fighting took place in the gloomy trenches of France and Belgium. 2) Elizabeth made careful preparations for the interview and her efforts / homework paid off. 3) I spent hours trying to talk him into accepting the settlement, but he turned a deaf ear to all my words. 4) Pneumonia had severely weakened her body, and I wondered how her fragile body could withstand the harsh weather. III. Usage 1) fall ill 2) lay dead at home for two weeks 3) dropped dead from a heart attack 4) fell asleep.
阅读教程2 Unit 1 Part I P7 I Reading for Information 1-6 A C D B C A P8 II Translation 1.有一百份卷子要批，而且全是男孩们用潦草的字迹写的，这事它已经拖了好几个星期了。这些日子，他一直觉得头上仿佛悬着把剑。 2. 我私下里已经花了一大笔钱来学音乐。 3.他的脸上挂满了汗珠。 4.没有哪个宣布判决的法官会比吃上的谢卡尔更痛苦、更无助。 5.说出事实和接受事实同样需要勇气。 P8 III Summary 1.sun, straight in the face, blinking, dazed. 2.morning , night, tempering truth, shock 3.truth, trials, wife, headmaster 4.apple pie, culinary masterpiece, good, swallow 5.fine, mean, selfish 6.singing, stupefied 7.frogs, buffalo, window shutters 8.strength, give, receive Part II P14 Answer the following questions.
1.Hell is not so terrible as most people think because it can be transformed into Heaven through hard work, courage, faith and love. The real hell is in one’s heart. 2.Heaven is a land of beauty and peace, and it is the result o our hard work. 3.all those hardworking people with courage and determination can rest in Heaven after they die, because although they cannot all reach Heaven in the first place, they can build hell into Heaven. 4.Those who are afraid of Hell and do not have courage to fight difficulties and disasters will end up in Hell. 5.This parable tells us that our destiny is controlled by ourselves. Part III P.16 True or False Passage 1 1-5 T F T F F Passage 2 6-10 T F T T F Passage 3 11-15 C B B B D Passage 4 16-20 C D B D C Unit 2
2. (1) obtain (2) confident (3) communicate (4) advantage (5) relevant (6) helpful (7) extreme (8) enjoyable (9) means (10) process (11) particularly (12) characters (13) astonished (14) apparently 3. (1) fond of (2) is…related to (3) according to (4) To a certain degree (5) vice versa (6) no doubt (7) rid… of (8) cleare d up (9) or else (10) at all costs (11) sure enough (12) let alone (13) similar to (14) It’s no use (15) in my opinion (16) was worth (II)Increasing Your Word Power 1. (1) c (2) d (3) b (4) b (5) b (6) d 2. (1) highly/very (2) quite/very (3) quite/very/increasingly (4) quite/simply/very 3. 4.No Mistake especial→ especially
necessarily → necessary frequent → frequently No Mistake ea sily → easy No Mistake i ndividually → individual m uch → many h igh → highly a pparently → apparent r emarkably → remarkable p robable → probably No Mistake (III)Grammar Task 1: (1)would/should (2) should/would (3) might (4) would (5) must (6) can’t (7) should would (8) must Task 2: (1)We passed the afternoon very pleasantly, roller-skating in the sun and talking about our childhood under a tree. / The afternoon passed very pleasantly, while we roller-skated in the sun and talked about our childhood under a tree. (2)On entering the lecture hall, I was surprised at the size of the crowd. / When I entered the lecture hall, I was surprised at the size of the crowd. (3)When I was only a small boy, my father took me to Beijing and we had a lot of fun together. (4)To write well, a person must read good books. (IV)Cloze (1) doubt (2) efficient (3) where (4) advantage (5) afford (6) claim (7) fluently (8) qualified (9) extent (10) ridiculous (11) perfect (12) as (13) because (14) individual (V)Translation 1. Translate the sentences (1) The baby can’t even crawl yet, let alone walk. (2) Will claimed he was dining with a group of friends at the time of the murder, but in my opinion he told a lie. (3) To a certain extent the speed of reading is closely related to reading skills; and with reading skills you can cope with outside class reading better. (4) According to the regulation/rule, they both can play the game/participate in the game.
Unit Two Man and Technology Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action ■ Working with Words and Expressions 1. In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. ■ Answers: productivity phenomenon isolation gradual opponent advent genetic universal extreme ))))))))) 123456789 10) nasty 11) boom 12) formal 13) survey 14) Similarly 15) modify 16) rough 2. In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary. ■ Answers: at the same time are stuck with for certain make no difference on average when it comes to are better off built into come to mind ))))))))) 123456789 10) close to 11) in favor of ■ Increasing Your Word Power 1. You will read six pairs of words which are similar in meaning but are different in usage. Reflect on the
《全新版大学英语阅读教程》 (通用本课后练习答案) 第二册 UNIT ONE The Pleasure of Learning Key to the Exercises I. 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B II. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. T. 5. F. 6. T III. 1.对于太多的人来说,学习似乎是自己的意愿屈服于外界的指引,是一种奴役. 2.然而,只要幸运,有决心,指导得法,人的精神不仅经得起贫穷而且经得起富裕的考验. 3.对一个人来说,形成完整和协调的人格与保持自身的卫生,健康以及经济上的自立是同样必要的,那些从来没有认识到这一点的人已经吃尽苦头. IV. 1. First of all , the writer points out that there is a mistake about learning. Some young people dislike learning simply because they are educated in the wrong way. Learning is a natural pleasure that should be enjoyed. Then he develops this idea by examples to illustrate the different aspects: learning from books, by travel and trough practice. Learning can expand one’s knowledge over a period of time. 2. The chief danger of learning is laziness, sloth, routine, stupidity. It sneaks into people’s mind like wind through the shutters, causing people to slowly give up learning. We should realize that learning is a life-long endeavor, and only by continuous learning can one gain a meaningful and rewarding life. Key to the reading—skill Exercises 1. Students have improved SAT scores. 2. Teenagers planned patrols 3. TV programs are less thorough than newspapers. 4. Welcome to Our City is about the South and its people 5. Some films show little children fascinated at the world. 6. One can communicate with the writer as one reads a book. with Santa Claus Key to the Exercises I . 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B II. . 1. 朱莉让我们如此为难,我的确感到生气.难道圣诞老人不存在的事实不是从同学那里得知的吗 2.我给她讲述了事情的经过,尽量使它听起来滑稽有趣,希望她不要注意到我和杰里在处理我开始认为的"圣诞老人问题"上是如此拙劣. 3.我可以看出,他正努力在想一种办法,用来解释我们的行为,使其听起来不太像事实那样具有欺骗性,那样错误和愚蠢. 4.事情就这样结束了.对圣诞老人不存在的事实悲伤了片刻只后,生活又恢复了正常. III. 1. Santa Claus is an imaginary old man with a long white beard and a red coat.
综合教程1课后答案 Unit 1 College Life Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action 1. (P.23) 1) deliver 2) polish 3) available 4) latter 5)file 6) thrive 7) undertook 8) practical 9) fulfill 10) perceived 11) accumulated 12) multiplied 2. (P.24) 1)compromise 2) self-induced 3) steered 4) frame 5)demonstrated 6) employ 7) promote 8) impressed 9)contribution 10) deliberately 11) financial 12) economic 3.(P.24) 1)makes a point of 2) refresh my memory 3) lead to 4) at hand 5) working out 6) under pressure 7) Last but not least 8) down 9) In addition to 10) were involved 11) in other words 12) pointed out 13) pay off 4. (P.25) 1) scored 2) scheduled 3) assigned 4) motivated 5) crucial 6) promote 7) perform 8) debate 9) scanned 10) devised 11) advocated 12) clarify 13) priorities 14) compromised 15) context 16) undertook Final sentence: academic excellence Increasing Your Word Power 1.( P.26~27) 1)principal/ major 2) top 3) major 4) top 5)principal 6) major 7) schedule 8)advocate/have advocated 9) top 10) approach 11)blame 12) major/ principal 13) advocate 14) schedule 15)blame 16) approaching 17) pressure 18) pace 19)pressured 20) pace Cloze (P.31) 1)academic 2) priorities 3) conducted 4) principles 5)begin 6) priority 7) compromised 8) addition 9)filling 10) Speaking 11) formula 12)Participation/ Participating 13) based 14) least 15)way 16) pressure
全新版大学英语综合教程4【第二版】习题答案 主编：荫华 外语教育 Unit 1 Part II Text A lexf Organization Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas Part One Paras 1-2 Introduction — Both Napoleon's and Hitler's military campaigns failed because of the severity of the Russian winter. Part Two Paras 3-11 Napoleon's military campaign against Russia Part Three Paras 12-20 Hitler's military campaign against the Soviet Union Part Four Para 21 Conclusion—the elements of nature must be rekoned with in any military campaign. 2. Sections Paragraphs Main Ideas Section One Paras 12-13 Hitler's blitzkrieg against Russia and Stalin's scorched earth policy Section Two Paras 14-18 the battles fought at Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad Section Three Paras 19-20 the Russian counter-offensive and the outcome of the war Vocabulary I. 1. 1) alliance 2) at the cost of 3) stroke 4) limp 5) minus 6) regions 7) declarations 8) siege 9) raw 10) bide his time 11) have taken their toll 12) in the case of 2. 1) is faced with 2) get bogged down 3) is pressing on / pressed on 4) drag on 5) get by 6) dine out 7) have cut back 8) get through 3. 1) The rapid advance in gene therapy may lead to the conquest of cancer in the near future. 2)Production in many factories has been brought to a halt by the delayed arrival of raw materials due to the dock workers’ strike 3)Sara has made up her mind that her leisure interests will/should never get in the way of her career. 4) Obviously the reporter's question caught the foreign minister off guard. 5)The introduction of the electronic calculator has rendered the slide rule out of date /obso lete.
蒋静仪阅读教程2 课后习题答案（含quotations） Unit One Human Relationship 1. Interpretation of the quotations ①No man can be separated from the society and disconnected with other people as an island is isolated from the mankind. The inherent(内在的) oneness of mankind is just like a whole mass land. ②. when you deal with issues about yourself, try to be calm, reasonable and intelligent; but when you deal with issues about other people, you need to be affectionate, sincere and sympathetic. ③Here is an easy-to-follow, buy established and uncontroversial model for getting along with other people successfully. You just face and accept any serious misfortune or failure peacefully, as if it were something of litter significance or value; but never treat some ordinary, commonplace things as if they were extremely serious. Reference answers to the exercises Reading One: Check your comprehension 1-5 ADCCB Check your vocabulary 1.Fisher and Ury’s theory is based on the belief that the “win or lose”model does not work when two sides try to reach an agreement. https://www.doczj.com/doc/1e1793339.html,e positive statements surrounding ideas that are negative. 3.You can often successfully resolve differences if you try this collaborative approach. Reading Two Check your vocabulary Resisted; frustration; fluttered; jerked; restless; haltingly; gratefully; thoughtless Reading Three Check your comprehension 1-7 FTFFTFT Check your vocabulary Administrative; meekly; hysterical; requisition; deposit; severe Confronted; spluttered; irate; bogus; purchase Reading four Check your comprehension 1-6 FTTTFT Check your comprehension 1.How often does this seriously affect people’s communication and make them fail in building
大学英语综合教程一 Unit 1 Growing Up Part II Language Focus Vocabulary Ⅰ. 1.respectable 2.agony 3.put…down 4.sequence 5.hold back 6.distribute 7.off and on 8.vivid 9.associate 10.finally 11.turn in 12.tackle 2. 1.has been assigned to the newspaper’s Paris office. 2.was so extraordinary that I didn’t know whether to believe him or not.
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阅读教程第三册答案 Unit 1 I.Reading for information 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. C II. Translation 1.今天你们将离开培育你们的学术环境，直面真实的世界。 2.你们即将离开学校，终于可以开始接受教育了。 3.想找到一位保守的教授，那比要找到一个雪人还难。若想挑战一些有关政 治正确性的正统观点，那你将会被冠以一些难听的名号。 4.如果你不相信我的话，那不妨去问一问那些因追随网络公司是通往财富之 路这一理论而破产的人们。现实击碎了他们的梦想。 5.因此，欢迎你来到我们生活的这个理性的世界。一旦你把那些不切实际的 幻想拒之门外，你就会发现这个世界并不是太糟。 III．summary 1.emerge from, face the real world, go about https://www.doczj.com/doc/1e1793339.html,mitment to, benefit from 3.the enjoyment of reading, was associated with 4.reality, theory, realist, in theory 5.wishful thinking, go for, wind up with, twist and turns Unit 2 I. Reading for information 1.B 2.A 3.D 4.C 5 .B 6.D II. Translation 爱是再简单不过的事，这一观点至今仍然十分盛行，尽管大量事实都对此予以否定。几乎找不到任何一种活动、任何一项事业像爱情这样满怀希望地开始，又频繁地以失败而告终。如果换了别的事情，人们一定会急于知晓失败的原因，思量如何才能做得更好，或者干脆放弃。既然人们永远不可能放弃爱情，那么要战胜失败，似乎就只有一个办法可行，那就是探究失败的原因，进而领会爱的真义。III. Summary 1.a matter of chance, learned about 2. is based on , primarily, how to be loved 3. assumption, the right object 4. leading to, initial excitement, permanent state 5. theoretical knowledge, the mastery of the art Unit 3 I.Reading for information 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. C II. Translation 1.莫顿把《纽约时报杂志》小心地放在腿上，转过那张精致而清瘦的脸对着那 人，脸上带着腼腆、歉意的微笑，像在指点学生的错误一般对那男人讲道理。 2.他那傲慢的话音里透着威胁。
Unit Two Man and Technology Enhance Your Language Awareness Words in Action ▆ Working with Words and Expressions 1.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary. ▆ Answers: 1)productivity 2)phenomenon 3)isolation 4)gradual 5)opponent 6)advent 7)genetic 8)universal 9)extreme 10)nasty 11)boom 12)formal 13)survey 14)Similarly 15)modify 16)rough
2. In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their meanings Do you know how to use them in the proper context Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary. ▆ Answers: 1)at the same time 2)are stuck with 3)for certain 4)make no difference 5)on average 6)when it comes to 7)are better off 8)built into 9)come to mind 10) close to 11)in favor of ▆ Increasing Your Word Power 1.You will read six pairs of words which are similar in meaning but are different in usage. Reflect on the differences in usage between the words in each group and fill in each blank with a proper one. Change the form if necessary. ▆ Answers: 1)exterior 2)external 3)delightful 4)pleasant 5)separate