2022年2022年Unit3Outofstep练习答案综合教程三

1、精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载unit 3 out of stepkey to the exercisestext comprehensioni. decide which of the following best states the author's purpose of writing. athe author brings the attention of americans to the fact that they walk too little by citing many of his personal experiences as well as others&

2、#39;. he does not write out any solution to the problem; he simply "sounds the siren" as the last sentence of the passage shows: "and if that isn't sad、 i don't know what is."ii. judge、 according to the text、 whether the following statements are true or false.1. t refer t

3、o paragraph 1. the author and his wife wanted to live in a small、 compact、 and sedate town where they can go about their business on foot when they moved back totheunitedstates.as a result、theysettleddowninhanover、a typicalnew england town.2. t refer to paragraph 6. though it was convenient to go ab

4、out one's business on footin the town、 the author could hardly find anyone else who did so. his acquaintances inthe early days would "depart reluctantly、 even guiltily" when failing to persuade the author to accept a ride as if they escaped the scene of an accident without giving their

5、 names.3. f people like the man who drove his car to do the chores and the woman who complained about the difficulty of parking outside the gymnasium make a clear distinction between exercise and walking for business. they "jog extravagant distances"orwalkonthetreadmill、buttheynevertake wa

6、lkingonthesidewalkas a formof exercise.4. t refer to paragraphs 18 and 19. the pedestrian mall constructed in the early 1970sin laconia proved to be a commercial disaster simply because people had to walk one whole block to the mall from the nearest parking place. when the shopping mall was reconstr

7、ucted so that people could park their cars immediately before the stores、 downtown laconia thrived again. that suggests how reliant americans are on their cars.iii. answer the following questions.1. refer to paragraphs 3 to 6. they find it odd to see the author walking around for his business and th

8、ey even feel slightly guilty for leaving the author on the sidewalk without driving him to the place he is going to.2. refer to paragraphs 2、 3 and 7. ordinary americans、 even in this agreeable and easy place to go about on foot、 have virtually never done so. in fact、 in the u.s.、 people have精品学习资料精

9、选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载got accustomed to using the car for everything.3. refer to paragraphs 7 to 9. the american people have come to depend on cars for almost everything to the extent that they have forgotten about what they can do with theirlegs. sometimes、theywouldtakegreat and ridiculoustroublewith dri

10、vingratherthan take an easy walk.4. refer to paragraph 14. according to an editorial in the boston globe、 the u.s. has spent less than one percent of its transportation budget on facilities for pedestrians. thegovernment、inthissense、 has basicallyignoredtheneedforpedestrians、whichhas caused some tro

11、ubleforthe authorand discouragedpeoplefromgoingabouton their business on foot.5. refer to paragraphs 16 and 17. he is sad because he has come to realize、 from the case of laconia、 n.h.、 that people don't walk anywhere anymore in the country.iv. explain in your own words the following sentences.1

12、. people inthe unitedstates tendto driveforevery purpose、so muchso thatthey have forgotten that they still have legs and about what their legs can do.2. i admit that i had never realized how poorly equipped our bodies are in this respect.3. maybe i was the only person who had ever attempted to cross

13、 that intersection on foot.structural analysis of the texttheauthordevelopshisideasbymeansofexamples.hecitesfactualandverifiable examples:themanheobservedoutsidethepostoffice、hisconversationwithan acquaintance of his who would drive to the gym to do exercises、 his own effort to walkacross thestreeta

14、ndthecommercialfailureofthe pedestrianmallinlaconia.these examples have made his idea more effective and convincing.rhetorical features of the text1. "iconfessit hadnotoccurredto mehowthoughtlesslydeficientnatureis inthe regard." paragraph 13 for self-debasement2. "anacquaintanceofour

15、swas complainingtheotherday aboutthedifficultyof finding a place to park outside the local gymnasium. she goes there several times a weekto walkon a treadmill.the gymnasiumis、 at most、a six-minutewalkfromherfront door." paragraph 10 for satire on some ridiculous contradiction in a particular ac

16、tvocabulary exercisesi. explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.1. pleasant/comfortable、 practically2. very long、 places of physical exercises精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载3. was made to realize this4. decided not to have coffee and instead to go to the bookstore5. held in mindii. fi

17、ll in the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate pact6.contortion7.thrive8.undertakingiii. fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1.disagreeable2.eccentricity3.acquainted4.ridicule5.triumphal

18、6.deficiencies7.woefully8.contortediv. fillin the blankin each sentencewithan appropriatephrasalverbor collocation taken from the text.1.going about2.going through3.pops out4.pace off5.pulled up6.dug out7.stroll up to8.habituated tov. give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sente

19、nce in the sense it is used.1. antonym: bustling exciting2. synonym: old time-honored3. antonym: depressed downhearted、 low-spirited4. synonym: absurd ridiculous5. antonym: indifferent unconcerned6. synonym: infuriating irritating7. antonym: failure defeat8. synonym: againvi. explain the underlined

20、phrasal verbs in your own words.1. encountered2.cause3.agreed to4.limited to5.idling about6.relied on精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载7. tolerate8.deserted/abandonedgrammar exercisesi. completethe sentences with thepast perfector the past perfectprogressiveof the verbs in brackets.1. had been talking2. had be

21、en working3. had worked4. had been applying5. had broken6. had been standing7. had swallowed8. had beenii. complete the following sentences according to the given situation.1. has been empty2. had been working for the company3. had been waiting for me for half an hour4. had had lunch5. had left6. ha

22、s been living7. had repaired the engine8. had toldiii. put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.had seenreturneddidn't havedidn't have had donewasdidn't havedidlefthadwasdecidedpickedwentslammedfelthad remindedhad searchedfound rememberedwereiv. complete the following sentences w

23、ith shall、 should、 will or would.1. will2. shall3. should should ministers decide = if ministers should decide4. would5. will will expresses strong intention.6. shall when shall is used with the third person、 it suggests strong determination.精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载7. should8. should9. would here、 we

24、 use would not to say that mary is unwilling to or refuses to listen to the doctor.10. would stressed would is used to criticize. it means "it is typical of youv. fill in each blank with a word or phrase taken from the box.1. nowadays2. ages ago3. lately、 just4. soon、 after a long time5. immedi

25、ately、 eventually6. once7. recently8. for weeksvi. make sentences of your own after the sentences given below、 keeping the italicized parts in your sentences.1. after standing in the queue for hours、 we got good seats. i always feel better after talking to you.2. you look as if you knew each other.

26、he lay still、 as if shot.translation exercisesi. translate the following sentences into chinese.1. 我几乎每天都步行到邮局.图书馆或书店,心情特殊不错的时候,路过罗斯·杰可斯咖啡店仍会进去喝上一杯卡布奇诺；2. 为了省力不走路,我们宁可大费周折；3. 我确定, 他每天长跑, 会打壁球, 仍会进行各种各样有益健康的运动,但我同样也确定,他去健身时每次都为开车去的；4. 当时我真为觉得又好气又好笑,但后来我意识到,可能也就只有我一个人想要步行通过那个十字路口；ii. translate th

27、e following sentences into english、 using the words given in brackets.1. the universityis one of themostvenerableinstitutionsof higherlearninginthe world.2. if one is deficient in practical experience、 he can hardly make himself a success with only what he has acquired in class.3. ifeltexasperatedby

28、constantinterruptions、forihadtofinishwritingthe精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载monograph by the end of this week.4. he feels that it is ludicrous to write on a contemporary theme in an ancient style.5. the bund in shanghai was a place where young couples liked to come to coo in the 70s and the 80s of the las

29、t century.6. his daughter is very sedate for a girl of about ten、 for she likes reading more than playing.7. the couplestrolledhand-in-handalongthe countryroadwhenthe sun initsfirst splendor steeped the earth.8. the poet was commonly considered as an eccentric romantic genius when alive.iii. transla

30、te the following passage into chinese.大约三年前, 我和我妻子对大城市的嘈杂生活感到厌倦,因此,打算在一个小镇落户、 那里寂静宜人； 现在我们的生活很好,由于这地方便利,办点事步行去就行；我常常四处走走,心情好的时候,在咖啡店歇一下,喝杯饮料,或在洲际戏院停住脚步,看一场戏；但为,有些人好像不懂得我的怪僻行为；我喜爱尽可能地多走路,这为大部分人所不能懂得的,由于他们太过于依靠车子了；有时,几乎到了荒唐滑稽的程度,即便只为10 分钟步行的路程,他们仍旧喜爱驾车；有时,我在独自漫步,他们会问我为否需要搭车；但我认为,车子使腿脚功能退化；在这个社会里,多数派占据主导位置；我意识到,我或许为唯独主见短距离步行的人,这也就为我不时地遇到麻烦的缘由；比如：很多商店把门前清理出来,只容顾客停车,店家关怀的只为商业胜利；exercises for integrated skillsi. dictation scriptrecentlyintheunitedstates、/therehas beena debateconcerningolddrivers./ there have