现代大学英语精读2课后答案.doc

推荐栏目：网络祭奠祭拜免费下载艺人专辑 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。现代大学英语精读第二册练习与答案 2007-1-22 16:59:28 Lesson One Another School Year - What For? I . Discuss the following questions: 1) Why did the professor draw a line between training and education? In what way are they different? 2) Are universities only for job training according to the professor? What else should a student strive for in a university 3) How did the professor try to prove the importance of book-reading? 4) How would you respond if your brother or sister or your best friend declares that he/she is only interested in learning some job skill and therefore has no use for literature, politics, philosophy, history, art, music, etc.? 5) Discuss with or interview a classmate, find out his/her ideas, summarize them and report back briefly to the class: Is education for living or make a living? II. Vocabulary 1. Practice using the rules of word formation. 1) Examine how the words specialize and simplify are formed. Find out the meanings of the suffixes “ize” and “fy”. specialize:_ + _ simplify: _ + _ 2) Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with the suffix “ize” and vice versa. Example: computer (n.) + -ize computerize (v.) Noun/Ajective Verb capital _ central _ final _ hospital _ ideal _ _ apologize _ civilize _ fertilize _ industrialize _ realize 3) Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with the suffix “fy”. Example: beauty (n.) + -fy Noun/adjective Verb clarity _ class _ identity _ intense _ just _ 4) Complete the sentences based on the Chinese given in the brackets. (1) If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, it is a time for you to _ (施肥) your lawn. (2) Just enjoy the little things you are doing. When you look back, you will _ (意识到) they were doing the big things. (3) Walt Disney _（总结）how he made his dreams come true in four Cs: curiosity, confidence, courage and constancy. (4) The plan was _ (批评) as too idealistic and impractical. (5) The waste water is now _ (净化) and then used for irrigation. (6) The training courses aims to _ (使合格) them as teachers of English. (7) How can you _ (说明 有正当理由的) your behavior? (8) The freshmen will first read some _ (简写) stories. (9) Books can be _ (分类) in different ways. (10) I was really _ (害怕的) when I was told that 500 million people would watch my performance. 2. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms. to average out (to a certain number) to be exposed to to be out to to be stuck to be true of to do with sth. to have no business doing sth. to put sb. In touch with to see to sth./to see to it that clause to specialize to 1) They said that they would _ no more trees are cut from now on 2) When he first retired, he felt very uncomfortable. He did not know what to _ all his time. 3) If you want to know this, I can _ a real expert. 4) Meals at the hotel _20 yuan per day. 5) James protested that others _ saying such things about him. 6) Eric told me that everything in the hospital was first-rate, and so was it _ its doctors and nurses. 7) They were shocked to hear Professor Jin say that a company should not _ make profit only. 8) My father was a historian. He _ the history of the Ming Dynasty. 9) There are several ways to get around the difficulties when you _ in the middle of a sentence. 10)Some sociologists argue that the ever-increasing crime rate is due to the fact that people _ too much violence in TV programs. 11) In the first half of the year, Li Fans income _ 6,000yuan per month. 12) They promised to _ the nuclear power station would be safe. 3.Choose the right word and put it in the proper form. i . to say to speak to talk to tell 1) “I can _ you how to start, but youll have to work out the answer yourself, ” _ Mr. Baker. 2) She insisted that parents should try to find out why children sometimes _ lies. 3) Would you please stop _? We cant hear what the speaker is _. 4) He _ a few words about himself and then on to _ about the recent development in the Sino-Russian relationship. 5) We learned from what students _ about him that he _ four languages. ii . fairly rather 1) The food was_ good, but not as delicious as in the other restaurant. 2) She speaks _ fluently, but her pronunciation is _ poor. 3) Its_ hot here in the room. Will you please open the window? iii . sensitive sensible 1) I didnt mean you .You are too_. 2) I thank it was a very _ thing for you to do on such occasions. 3) It was _ of them to withdraw their troops from that area. 4. Complete the sentences based on the Chinese given in the brackets. 1) The town used to _ almost entirely _ (依靠) tourism for its economic development . 2) The president asked me to _ (主持) the meeting on his behalf . 3) I told them that Mr. Shen _ ( 坚持) their giving a straightforward answer 4) No country has the right to _ (干涉) other countries internal affairs . 5) His grandparents _ (渴望) his return to his own country . 6) In the last twenty years his research _ (集中) a new strain of rice . 7) All this _ (同意了的) at our last discussion .I dont see why we need to talk about it again . 8) Alice is still _ (犹豫) the choice between the tow jobs . 9) They would never _ ( 采取) these means to get rich . 10) There is no use _ (埋怨) the situation we are in . We should take action and _ (依靠) ourselves o change it for the better . 11) Do you remember the name of the Chinese who _ (成功) swimming across the English Channel ? 5.Put in the missing words. If you are like most people, your intelligence (1) _ from season .You are (2) _ a lot sharper in spring than you are at any (3)_ time of the year. Spring appears to be the best (4) _ of the year for thinking. One (5) _ may be that in spring mans mental (6) _ are affected by the same factors that bring (7) _ great changes in all nature. Autumn is the next best season, (8) _ winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to (9) _ a long vacation from thinking! It has been (10) _ that cool weather is much more favorable (11) _creative thinking than is summer hear. This does not (12) _ that all people are (13) _ intelligent in summer than they (14) _ during the rest of the year. It (15) _ mean , however , that the mental powers of large numbers of people (16) _ to be lowest in summer. III . Grammar 1. Complete the following sentence wit one of these ways of expressing future time, using the verbs in the brackets. shall/will shall/will be doing shall/will have done be to do sth. be doing sth. be going to do sth. 1) It has been decided that Beijing _ (host) the 2008 Olympics. 2) The mayor of Beijing says that all construction work for the Beijing Olympics _ (complete) by 2006. 3) The central government _ (do) do what is within its power to help make the event a success. 4) Thousands of people _ (work) as volunteers when the games _(hold). 5) There _ (be) no financial problem for Beijing in organizing the games. 6) By then the air in Beijing _ (be) cleaner. 7) By then all factories that cause serious air, water or noise pollution _ (move) out of the city. 8) Beijing _ (be) more beautiful in 2008. 9) Many people in Beijing _ (learn) English in the seven years ahead. 10) Both the government and the people of Beijing _ (work) hard to make the Beijing Olympics one of the best in history. 2. Combine each pair of the sentences, using the right emphasizing coordinate conjunctions. notbut not only but also both and either or neither or 1). His brother is a lawyer. His sister is a lawyer, too. 2). What they lack is not money. What they lack is experience. 3). They have come to china to learn Chinese. They have also come to china to learn about her culture. 4). I find the new manager is not easy to get along with. I find he is not delightful to talk to, either. 5). You may write your essay in your regular exercise book. You may print a copy if you do it on your computer. 3. Put in the right preposition from the list below. about along with as at behind by for from in into like near of off on on to out of round to under upon with beside 1) Professor Li spoke _ an expert _ modern Chinese literature. 2) He talks _ a computer expert, but really he knows little. 3) In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were _ work. 4) _ her 21st birthday, her parents sent her a leather coat _ an affectionate letter. 5) The managers office is large and airy. _ the window is a CEO-type of desk. An office chair stands _ the desk. Future back _ the corner there is a floor-to-ceiling bookcase filled _ books, magazines, etc. 6) Everyone knows him _ Old Arthur. He lives _ a little hut _ the middle of a small wood, about a mile _ the village. He goes _ the village twice a week to buy food, and occasionally he collects letters and his pension _ the post office. 7) This is what old Arthur said _ himself _ a reporter _ the local newspaper: “I get up every morning _ the birds. There is a stream _ my hut and I fetch water _ there. Its good, clear, fresh water, better than you get _ the city. Occasionally, _ winter, I have to break the ice. I cook simple food_ my stove; mostly stews and things _ that. I dont have much money, but I think Im a lucky man.” 8) Recently I came _ a little group _ worried people, gathered _ a man lying _ the pavement _ a busy London road. They were waiting _ an ambulance, because the man had been knocked down _ a passing taxi. Apparently he had stepped the pavement and _ the street, to avoid walking a ladder. This superstition goes back the days when the gallows were built a platform. To get up _ the platform you had to clime a ladder. To pass _ that ladder therefore was considered very unlucky. IV . Written work Suppose you are the writer and write what you said to the tall student about the purpose of a university in about 130 words. Your retelling should contain three parts. 1. How you came to talk about it 2. What you said 3. What you pointed in conclusion Key to the exercises II . Vocabulary 1. Practice using the rules of word formation. 1) Examine how the words specialize and simplify are formed. Find out the meanings of the suffixes “ize” and “fy”.suffixes “ize”, from Greek, is used to form verbs meaning: (1) to cause to be, to make (2) to become (3) to put into the stated place suffixes “fy”, from Latin, is used to form verbs meaning: to cause to be, to make. 2) Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with the suffix “ize” and vice versa. capitalize apology centralize civil finalize fertile hospitalize industrial idealize real 3) Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with the suffix “fy” clarify classify identify intensify justify 4) Complete the sentences based on the Chinese given in the brackets. (1) fertilize (2) realize (3) summarized (4) criticized (5) purified (6) qualify (7) justify (8) simplified (9) classified (10) terrified 2. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms. (1) see to it that (2)do with (3)put you in touch with (4)average out to (5) had no business (6)true of (7)be out to (8)specialized in (9) are stuck (10)are exposed to (11)averaged out to (12)see to it that 3. Choose the right word and put it in the proper form. i 1) tell, said 2) tell 3) talking, saying 4) said, speak/talk 5) said, spoke ii 1) fairly 2)fairly, rather 3) rather iii 1) sensitive 2) sensible 3) sensible 4. Complete the sentences based on the Chinese given in the brackets. 1) depend on/upon 2)preside over 3)insisted on 4)interfere in/with 5)are longing for/longed for 6)has been concentrated on 7)was agreed on/upon 8)hesitating about/over 9)resort to 10)complaining about, rely on/upon 11)succeeded in 5. Put in the missing words. (1)varies (2)probably (3)other (4)period (5)reason (6)powers (7)about (8)then (9)take (10)found (11)for (12)mean (13)less (14)are (15)does (16)tend III . Grammar 1. Complete the following sentence wit one of these ways of expressing future time, using the verbs in the brackets. 1) will host 2) will have been completed/will be completed 3) shall/will do 4) will work, is held 5) will be 6) is going to be/will be 7) will have (been) moved 8) will be 9) are going to learn 10) are going to work2. 2. Combine each pair of the sentences, using the right emphasizing coordinate conjunctions. 1) Both his sister and brother are lawyers. 2) What they lack is not money but experience. 3) They have come to China not only to learn Chinese, but also to learn about her culture as well. 4) I find the new manager neither easy to get along with nor delightful to talk to. 5) You may either write your essay in your regular exercise book or print a copy if you do it on your computer. 3. Put in the right preposition from the list below. 1) as, on 2) like 3) out of 4) For/On, along with 5) By/Near, behind, in, with 6) as, in, in, from, to/into, at/from 7) about, to, from, with, near, from, in, in, on, like 8) on/upon, of, round, on, beside, for, by, off, into, under, to, on, on to, under IV . Written work Suppose you are the writer and write what you said to the tall student about the purpose of a university in about 130 words. Sample: One day back in January of 1940 , a student came to my office and told me that he had come to college to be a pharmacist. He said he didnt see why he should read Shakespeare. I tried, to the best of my ability, to explain what a university is supposed to do. I told him that the job of a university was to produce/ turn out specialists is who were at the same time civilized citizens. In other words, the business of a university is not only to help its students acquire knowledge and professional skills, but also to put them in touch with the great minds of the past. I pointed out that if a person just wanted to be a mechanized savage he had no business being in college. Lesson Two Maheegun My Brother I. Do you have a similar story to tell? Is it also about a wolf, about how a dog saved his little master from drowning, about how a horse saved a horseman, about how a tiger rapid the kindness of a doctor who had cured his skin trouble? OK, go ahead and tell us. II. Vocabulary 1. Practice using the rules of word formation. ? Complete the following sentences with the words in their proper forms from the list below. Write N (noun) or V (verb). bandage hit waste journey risk camp (1)You cant run a business without taking _. () (2)The secret of his successful business is that he gets ahead during the time others _. () (3)Success is a _, not a destination. () (4)The old city area has been heavily_ by the earthquake. () (5)She has _successfully across the desert. () (6)The weather was fine, so we decided to _ out for the night. () (7)The soldier refuse to leave his comrades. He _ his head and continued to fight. () 2) Study how the compound words“snow-filled”(para.23) and “blood-soaked”(para.29) are formed. snow-filled (adj.): _ + _ (meaning: filled with snow) blood-soaked (adj.) _ + _ (meaning: soaked with blood) Put the following phrases into Chinese. o a state-owned factory o home-made cakes o heart-felt thanks o an enemy-occupied area o snow-covered fields o test-oriented education o government-controlled shares o a poverty-stricken village o a student-centered approach o sugar-coated pills 2.Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms. all for the best at the edge of in search of in sths or sbs place to below itself outto quite down to come into focus to work ones way out of ? Mr. Watson put up a fence _ his vegetable field to keep the passersby from crossing it. ? Before I wrote his biography, I spent almost two years in the national library _ information about him. ? The chairperson tried to make the discussion _ because it was impossible to solve all the problems just in one afternoon. ? He decided to take the job although it didnt pay well. He felt it was probably_. ? It took them a whole week to _ the big forest. ? When the storm finally _, they found three people missing. ? Ms. Wu acted _ while he was away on holiday. ? The people were extremely angry. They shouted in loud protest. It took the mayor 10 minutes to make them _. ? For days, warships and fishing boats were sent to that area _ survivors. ? When the moving object