2022年2022年Unit3OnReading练习答案

1、精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载unit 3 on readingconsolidation activitiesi. text comprehension1. decide which of the following best states the author's purpose.a. to recommend some masterpieces for pleasurable reading.b. to let the readers share his experience of reading.c. to urge the exercise of personal tas

2、te in the selection of what to read from the books he is going to recommend.key: c 2. judge、 according to the text、 whether the following statements are true or false.1. if books can fulfill your utilitarian purposes、 you will find reading them enjoyable. f 2. all masterpieces、 due to their importan

3、ce and value acknowledged by critics、 shouldbe given priority on readers booklists. f3). the first criterion in book-selection is that the reader should get pleasure from his/her reading. t4). reading habits vary from person to person、 depending on individuals preferences. t5). the author does not b

4、elieve in skipping、 because he often worries that he may have missed something important and valuable in reading as a result of skipping. f4. explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.1. even though many scholars highly praise a book、 you don t have to read it at all if y

5、ou don t find it interesting.2. later on、 when i finish my work、 and i feel relaxed、 and don t want to beat my brains、 i usually read history、 essays、 criticism or biography、 and in the evening i read a novel.ii. writing strategies1) read the following sentences that are structured in an inverted se

6、quence.a. such books we read with resignation rather than with alacrity. paragraph 1b. that、 however、 they cannot do unless you enjoy reading them. paragraph 1c. now of such books as this i mean to say nothing. paragraph 31 / 12精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载d. . but how you are to learn it i cannot tell yo

7、u .paragraph 6try to give the normal order of these sentences and comment on their stylistic functions.a. normal sequence: we read such books with resignation rather than with alacrity.function: to create a closer relation between“ books ” in this sentence and“ them in the preceding one.b. normal se

8、quence: however、 they cannot do that unless you enjoy reading them.function: to achieve emphasis by putting“ that” at the beginning of the sentence.c. normal sequence: now i mean to say nothing of such books as this.function: both to achieve emphasis and to create a closer relation between“ this” in

9、 the sentence and what has been discussed in the preceding one.d. normal sequence: . but i cannot tell you how you are to learn it .function: both to achieve emphasis and to create a closer relation between“ it” in the sentence and“ to know how to skip” in the preceding one.2) with the exception of

10、paragraphs 1 and 4、 the author supplies his own experiences in the second half of each paragraph to shed more light on the suggestions he puts forward. read these experiences again、 and identify the author s viewpoints.the author s viewpoints involved in his personal experiences:精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢

11、迎下载a. the author s experience in reading george eliotadam bedesparagraph 2 to精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载indicate that masterpieces do not necessarily bring enjoyment in reading.b. reading certain books makes the author feel the richer paragraph 3 to suggest that what pleases one person does not necessar

12、ily please another.精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载c. the a uthor s reading habit paragraph 5according to their own interests.to advise people that they need to read精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载d. the author s experience as a bad skipper paragraph 6 to prove that reading could be more enjoyable、 if you know how to

13、 skip.iii. language work1. explain the underlined parts in each sentence in your own words.1. such books we read with resignation rather than with alacrity.read with unresisting acceptance because we know we have to; eagerness 2. the books i shall mention in due course will help you neither to get a

14、 degree nor to earn your living.later、 after these introductory remarks3). i wish to deal only with the masterpieces which the consensus of opinion for a long time has accepted as supreme.2 / 12精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载for a long time have generally been accepted as the most important books精品学习资料精选学习资

15、料 - - - 欢迎下载4). don t forget that critics often make mistakes blunders the most eminent of them have made .full of mistakes; famous and respectedthe historyof criticism isfull of the精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载5). . i would not go so far as to pretend that to read a book willassuage the pangs of hunger o

16、r still the pain of unrequited love .ease the painful feeling; kill6). but who is going to acquire the habit of reading for readingbsidsdaekne、toif he is read books that bore him.told to7). it sets me off for the day.warms me up and gets me ready for a whole day s work8). later on、 when my work is d

17、one and i feel at ease、 but not inclined for mental exercise of a strenuous character、 i read history、 essays、 criticism or biography .ready for; a toilsome / difficult nature 9. . i am aware i have not done it justice .have not treated the book in a way that is fair10. i am apt to think that i migh

18、t just as well never have read it .tend to; it might have been equally good if i had never read it note: it is a phrase used to mean that another course of action would have an equally good result.2. fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1). they received the news with res

19、ignation. resign2). the company has begun to challenge the supremacy supreme of the current leading manufacturers in the textiles industry.3). all four proposals to the committee were unanimously unanimous approved.4). havingachievedeminenceeminentas anactor、henowintendstoperforma comparable feat in

20、 politics.5). this part of the law is only applicable apply to companies employing more than fivepeople.6). the museum houses a fascinating miscellany miscellaneous of nautical treasures. 7. i m not sure of thcehronology chronological of the events.8. the children sat listening attentively attention

21、 to the story. 9. my own inclination incline would be to look for another job.10. he strenuously strenuous denies all the allegations against him.3. fill in the blanks in each sentence with a phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.3 / 12精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载incline | resign | class as |

22、 with equanimity | rob of | stall off | apt | dip into | apply to extract | do justice to | set off1. she didn t reallydo justice to herself in the interview.2. he resigned from the company to take a more challenging job. 3. a last-minute injury robbed me of my place on the team.4). it s the sort of

23、 book you can jusdt ip into now and again.5). that bit of the form is for foreigners it doesnappt ly to you. 6. no one seemed inclined to help.7). i m 17、 but iclamsssetidll as a child when i travel by bus.8). she s in her eighties now andapt to be a bit forgetful.9). she s finally stopped cryingn o

24、w donstet her off again.10). the oil which is extracted from olives is used for cooking.11). the thief broke into the office while his accomplice stalled off the security guard.12). he received the news of his motherwiths dreematahrkable equanimity.4. explain the meaning of the underlined part in ea

25、ch sentence.1). there is a supreme moment at the end of the opera. a moment which causes great excitement2). the air was so still that not even the leaves on the trees were moving.there was so little wind 3. he bade them to leave at once.ordered or told4). if symptoms persist、 seek medical attention

26、. visit a doctor5). the kitchen roof is apt to leak when it rains. likely to6). she felt that life had lost most of its savour. pleasure and interest7). somebody set the alarm off.made the alarm bell ring8). i incline to disagree with you on that point.i more disagree than agree 9. i ve ondliypped i

27、nto the book.read a few pages of the book、 not from cover to cover10. the winner has been disqualified for cheating、 so justice has been done. fairness has been achieved4 / 12精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载5. correcttheerrorsinthefollowingpassage.thepassagecontainsten errors、 one in each indicated line. in

28、each case、 only one word is involved.corrections should be done as follows:wrong word: underline the wrong word and write the correct word in the blank. extra word: delete the extra word with an“× . ”missingword:markthepositionof themissingwordwitha “ ” andwritethemissing word in the blank.精品学习

29、资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载joseph conradjoseph conrad led a fascinating life. born in poland、 he moved around the world as a sailor and eventually settled in england. he must have been an excellentlanguagelesarner as he soon became a famous english writer. he wrote a largenumber of short stories and a lot o

30、f novels、 mainly about thesea. manyalso、as he livedaround1900、wereconcernedcolonialism.nostromoexposedthewaywesterncapitalism sometimes exploiting the third world、 and lord jim was about a ship osfficer who lost his honor when he abandoned passengers on a sunk ship. perhaps his mostfamous and powerf

31、ul book is the heart of darkness . a decent man、 marlow、 is sent to investigate what has happened to kurtz、 an ivory trader、 based a long way up oneofthegreatafricanrivers.kurtz bsehaviorhasbecomeincreasingly odd、 and his employers want to know what has happened. as marlow travels up to the river、 m

32、oving into theheart of africa、 through thick、 dangerous jungle、 he finds(1) language(2) with(3) exploited(4) sinking(5) to精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载himselfalsotravelingintotheheartofdarkness、man s精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载savagery and evilness. but at the very heart he finds、 not an african、butkurtz、there

33、presentativeof whitecivilization、 who has turned himself over into a god-king、 ruling over hisown tribe. terrible things happen、 and eventually the mad kurtz dies whispering、 “ oh、the horror、 the horror. ”th e story has been filmed for a number of times、 and was used bycoppola as the base for his fi

34、lm apocalypse now 、 a study of the american present in vietnam. it remains a powerful warning of the danger of superiority.6evil(7) over(8) for(9) basis(10) presence精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载5 / 12精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载6. fill in each blank in the passage below with one appropriate word.the beauty of

35、readingall good books have one thing in 1 common they are truer than if they really 2 happened and after you have finished reading one you will feel that all that happened toyouandafterwards、itall 3belongsto you:thegoodandthebad、 theecstasy、the remorse and sorrow、 the people and the places and how t

36、he weather was. ernest hemingwaybooks、 as we all know、 are the stepping stones to human progress、 for they reflect theworld s greatest minds. however、 they are only gaudy ornaments on the 4shelves until someonereadsthem.so itis readingthat5makesthedifference.readingis to the mind what food is to the

37、 6 body、 for it transforms the way people understand the world、invokes self-awareness and helps to fulfill 7 personal potential.reading unfolds a sketch of the real world in front of readerseyes. bookspre8sentthe landscape and stories of the whole world beyond the 9 limitations of time or space.and

38、by reading、 readers get to 10 know exotic cultures and traditions、 enjoy numerousanecdotes、andeven11 experiencethelegendarylifeoftheiridols.inthisregard、 reading 12 enables people to understand the world from a new perspective.reading motivates personal development. merely 13sustaining life is a veg

39、etable state. thoroughly 14 living life requires continuous exploration of mankind itself. andreading enhances people s capacity to judge themselvesnia moral and rational way、 andthen correct their 15 misunderstanding of the concept of themselves.reading develops potential. books are the legacies th

40、at great geniuses leave to 16 mankind. and reading provides readers with a shortcut by which they can get 17 accessto their great minds. the beauty of reading is just like the sunshine、 illuminating 18 everything. by reading and getting access to great 19 minds、 readers tend to be encouraged and enl

41、ightened、 20 which naturally makes life more meaningful.iv. translation1. translating sentencestranslate the following sentences into english.1). 她欣然接受了那笔钱；with alacrity she accepted the money with alacrity.2). 但为他并未能从成功中获得满意,由于他发觉有个无辜的男孩在战役中被杀死了；extracthowever、 he could extract no satisfaction from

42、 the victory、 because he found that6 / 12精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载an innocent boy had been killed in the battle.3). 关于这一点,专家们的看法并不一样；unanimous the experts are not unanimous on this point.4). 人们说受过良好训练的人在作重要打算时往往会徘徊一再；apt tothey say that well-educated people are apt to hesitate too much before they mak

43、e important decisions.5). 尽管他已经晋升为总经理,但为他的权力欲望依旧没有得到满意；assuage despite his promotion to general manager、 his desire for power was not assuaged.6). 这为又一首关于单恋痛楚的诗；unrequitedit s just another poem on the pain of unrequited love.7). 这部小说不完全为按时间次序写的；chronological the novel is not entirely written in a ch

44、ronological order.8). 要充分观赏这部电影,你就必需再看一遍；do justice to you must watch the movie again to do it justice.9). 那场悲剧三年之后,她才开头复原安静；equanimityshe did not begin to regain her equanimity until three years after the tragedy.10). 假如你想喝杯咖啡的话,我们仍有时间呢；be/feel inclined to there is still time if you feel inclined t

45、o have a cup of coffee.2. translate the following passage into chinese.the life i desiredthat must be the story of innumerable couples、 and the pattern of life it offers has ahomelygrace.it remindsyou of a placidrivulet、meanderingsmoothlythroughgreen pastures and shaded by pleasant trees、 till at la

46、st it falls into the vasty sea; but the sea isso calm、o silent、so indifferent、thatyou are troubledsuddenlyby a vague uneasiness.perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature、 strong in me even n those days、 that i felt insuch an existence、 the share of the great majority、 something amiss. i recognized i

47、ts socialvalue.i saw itsorderedhappiness、buta feverinmybloodasked fora wildercourse.there seemed to me something alarming in such easy delights. in my heart was desire to live more dangerously. i was not unprepared for jagged rocks and treacherous shoals if i7 / 12精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载could only h

48、ave change change and the excitement of the unforeseen.参考译文我希望的生活这肯定为世间很多对夫妻的生活写照,这种生活模式给人一种天伦之美；它使人想起一条安静的溪流, 曲折畅游过绿茵的草场,浓荫遮挡,最终注入烟波浩渺的汪洋大海；但为大 海太过安静,太过缄默,太过不动声色,你会突然感到莫名的担心；或许这只为我自己的一种怪诞想法,在那样的时代,这想法对我影响很深：我觉得这像大多数人一样的生活,似乎有点儿不对劲； 我承认这种生活有社会价值,我也看到了它那井然有序的幸福,但我血液里的冲动却希望一种更桀骜不驯的旅程；这样的安逸中似乎有一种叫我惊惧担心

49、的东西；我的心希望一种更加惊险的生活；只要生活中仍能有变迁变迁以及不行知的刺激,我情愿踏 上怪石嶙峋的山崖,奔赴暗礁满布的海滩；v. oral activities1. giving a talkreading is important to almost everyone and reading different books will have different impacts on us. in his “ ofstudy、 ”f rancis bacon says、 “ readingmaketh a fu ll man. ” and “ histories make men wis

50、e; poems、 witty; the mathematics、 subtle; naturalphilosophy、 deep; moral、 grave; logic and rhetoric、 able to contend.” and in this article、 w.somerset maugham suggests that some books have a lifelong effect on us by saying“ . ithink i should not be quite the man i am if i had not read them.” have yo

51、u ever read a book that has changed you in your life. if there is such a book、 give a talk about it.for referenceonce i read a book called another me in the world . i read it so long ago that i can rtemember its author anymore. but the touching story never leaves my mind、 not even for a day. it is a

52、 true story about the friendship between a white millionaire and ablack tramp. ron hall is a wealthy businessman in the art trade、 but his life is empty withno friendsaround.undertheinfluenceof his wife、he startstoengage inthepublic welfare undertakings. he exposes himself to denver moore、 a black t

53、ramp、 when food isbeing distributed in the church.the two gradually develop a strong friendship and join hands to devote themselves to public welfare undertakings. finally they change the living conditions of the new yorkhomeless.thisbookimpressesmea lot、becausethetruestoryprovestomethat friendship

54、can overstep race and class. loyalty and trust are the most important factorsin friendship.精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载2. having a discussion8 / 12精品学习资料精选学习资料 - - - 欢迎下载in the opening text of this unit、 w. somerset maugham puts much emphasis on theword“ enjoy. h”e thinksthatreadingshouldbe enjoyableandt

55、h at、 ifwe are readingunderan obligation、itis hardto be enjoyable.butthe factis that、mostof the time、 students、 especially those majoring in language and literature、 are forced to read in orderto fulfill their assignments. they cannot enjoy those books、 can they. on the basis of your understanding、 please hold a group discussion on whether