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Unit4MatriculationFixation练习答案

Unit4

MatriculationFixation

ConsolidationActivities

I.TextComprehension

1.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurpose.

A.Totellhispersonalexperienceincollegeselectionprocedures.

B.Toofferhisphilosophyaboutcollegeselectionandone’sfuturecareerorsuccessinlife.

C.Todescribetheimportanceofparents’roleinchildren’scollegeeducation.

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Key:

[B]

2.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

1）.Theprimaryreasonforthefathertochoosealocal,second-echelonuniversityforhisdaughterisbasedoneconomicconsiderations.[T]

2）.Theauthor’ssuccessasafreelancewriterislargelyduetohiseducationinaprestigiousuniversity.[F]

3）.Itisimplied,thoughnotstated,thatallparents（includingtheauthorhimself）undergoacriticaltimewhentheirchildrenaregoingtocollege.[T]

4）.Ensuringthattheirchildrenenteroneofthetopuniversitiesistheultimateobjectiveofsomeparents.[T]

5）.Theparentswhorecognizetheirchildren’sincapabilitytomakethecuthaveneverexpectedtheirchildrentogotoprestigiousuniversities.[F]

6）.ThecampustourofMITenabledtheauthortochangehisattitudeaboutcollegeselection.[F]

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4.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenfromthetext.

1）Suchpeoplebelievethatifachildsucceedsingettingadmissiontoafirst-rateuniversity,thenheorshewillbeguaranteedsuccessfulfuture.

2）Someparentsthinkmoreofthefameofauniversitythantheuniversityitself.However,theirfamehasmoreweightthantheinstitutionsthemselves.

II.WritingStrategies

Writteninapersonalandinformalstyle,thisessayhasanumberofsubtopicsthatarecarefullyintroduced.WhatarethesesubtopicsTheessaybeginswiththeauthor’sunexpectedencounterwithastrangerinahospital,andendswithhistourofMITcampus.Howdothesetwoincidentshelptoconnectallthesubtopicstothethemeoftheessay

Theessayhasthefollowingsubtopicsasmaincomponents:

1）theauthor’sownsituationandexperiencesincollegeeducationandcollegeselection（Paragraphs3–8）;

2）hisprobeintoandcommentsonthetwoclassesofcollegeselectionobsessives（Paragraphs9–12）.

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Thetwoincidentsarerespectivelyrelatedwiththefirstandthesecondsubtopics:

theencounterputstheauthorandthemaninasimilarsituation（boththemanandtheauthorhavekidswhoaregoingtoattendcollege）;thecampustourprovidessupporttotheauthor’scommentsonthematter.

Thetwoincidentshelptoclarifythesubtopicsbymeansoffullandprogressiveexplanationoftheauthor’sattitudetowardsthematter（theauthor’scollegedays,hishighschoolchums,examplesoffailuresandsuccesses,etc.）

III.LanguageWork

1.Explaintheunderlinedpart（s）ineachsentenceinyourownwords.

1）.Moneybeingtight,withothercollege-boundchildreninthefamilyqueue,themanhadpersuadedhisdaughtertoaccepttheseconduniversity’soffer.

Nothavingmuchmoney;childrenwhoaregoingtocollege

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2）.Nowhewasworriedthatshewouldonedayruethisdecision

regretnothavingstudiedinthefirst-classuniversity

3）.I...hadmanagedtocarveoutanicelittlenicheformyself.

findajobwhichwasverysuitable

4）.Threeyearslatermysonwillfollowsuit.

gotocollegetoo

5）.Someofthoseboysandgirlsmostlikelytosucceedaregoingtoenduponwelfareorskidrow.

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aregoingtobepoor,livingonwelfare,withoutajoboraplacetolive,andoftendrinkingtoomuchalcohol

6）.Asecond,farmorenumerousclassofobsessivesconsistsofpeoplewhosuddenlyrealizethattheirBrandXchildrenaren’tgoingtomakethecut.

measureuptoacertainstandard

7）.Seventeenyearsofunreadtextbooks,unvisitedmuseums,anduntakenAPcoursesarenowfinallytakingtheirtoll...

havingabadeffect

8）.DuringarecentvisittoMIT,Iwatchedthefirstthirtysecondsofanadmissionsofficevideopokingfunattheuniversity’sreputationasanerdfactory.

makingjokesabout;aplacewhereboringpersonalitiesarefostered

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9）.Atonejuncture,shepointedoutarestaurantwherestudentscouldgrabafast,inexpensivemeal.

Atonepoint

10）....sedulousmonitoringofon-campusrestaurantpricesshouldbeavitalcomponentofthewinnowingprocedure,particularlyvis-a-vispanini.

theprocessofreducingalargenumberofuniversitiestoamuchsmallernumber;withregardto

2.Fillintheblankswiththeappropriateformsofthegivenwords.

1）.Theonlyillumination（illuminate）wasfromaskylight.

2）.Thegoldenautumnlightprovidedtheinspiration（inspire）forthepainting.

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3）.Therewasabiographical（biography）noteabouttheauthoronthebackofthebook.

4）.Shewasutterlydevastated（devastate）whenherhusbanddied.

5）.She’sneurotic（neurosis）aboutherweight—sheweighsherselfthreetimesaday.

6）.It’sinfuriating（infuriate）whenpeoplekeepspellingyournamewrong,isn’tit

7）.He’sobsessive（obsess）aboutpunctuality

8）.Lizhasafixation（fixate）withfood.

9）.Themedicalexaminationbeforeyoustartworkisobligatory（oblige）.

10）.Hercontroversialspeechwaspunctuatedwithnoisyinterjections（interject）fromtheaudience.

3.Fillintheblank（s）ineachsentencewithaphrasetakenfromtheboxinitsappropriateform.

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injeopardy|screwup|inquestion|flatout

tickoff|takeatoll|sottovoce|winnowdown

dragooninto|followsuit|forkover|stemfrom

1）.I’vebeendragoonedintogivingtheafter-dinnerspeech.

2）.Istayedathomeonthenightinquestion.

3）.Thelivesofthousandsofbirdsareinjeopardyasaresultoftheoilspillage.

4）.Whenoneairlinereducesitsprices,therestsoonfollowsuit.

5）.Iscrewedupmyexamslastyear.

6）.Theproblemsofthepastfewmonthshavetakenatollonherhealthandthereareshadowsbeneathhereyes.

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7）.Theirdisagreementstemmedfromamisunderstanding.

8）.Theremarkwasutteredsottovoce.

9）.Wehadtoforkovertenbuckstoparknearthestadium.

10）.Tickoffeachitemonthelistasyoucompleteit.

11）.Alistof12candidateshasbeenwinnoweddowntoashortlistofthree.

12）.Shetoldhimflatoutthatshewouldnotgototheshow.

4.Explainthemeaningoftheunderlinedpartineachsentence.

1）.Spendingtimewithone’sfamilyisneveranunalloyedpleasure.

aone-hundred-percentpleasantexperience

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2）.Ican’tstandhisbelligerence.

hiswishtoarguewithpeopleallthetime

3）.Shegaveabashfulsmileashecomplimentedheronherwork.

embarrassed

4）.Whenhisparentsdied,hefoundhimself$100,000betteroff.

had$100,000morethanhehadinthepast

5）.TheCIAwasmonitoringhisphonecalls.

secretlylisteningto

6）.Northboundtrafficismovingveryslowlybecauseoftheaccident.

Trafficwhichistravelingnorth

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7）.Shehadalookofutterdevastationonherface.

extremeshockandsadness

8）.Inhisclosingremarks,thechairmanthankedeveryonewhohadhelped.

concluding

9）.Ifyouhavenotsignedacontract,youareundernoobligationtopaythemanymoney.

itisnotnecessaryforyouto

10）.Therewasascreechofbrakesandthebusshudderedtoahalt.

shookviolentlyandstopped

5.Correcttheerrorsinthefollowingpassage.Thepassagecontainstenerrors,oneineachindicatedline.Ineachcase,onlyonewordisinvolved.

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Correctionsshouldbedoneasfollows:

Wrongword:

underlinethewrongwordandwritethecorrectwordintheblank.

Extraword:

deletetheextrawordwithan“×.”

Missingword:

markthepositionofthemissingwordwitha“∧”andwritethemissingwordintheblank.

IvyRetardation

Itdidn’tdownonmethattheremightbeafewholesinmyeducationuntilIwasabout35.I’djustboughtahouse,thepipesneededfixing,andtheplumberwasstandinginmykitchen.Therehewas,ashort,beefyguywithathickBostonaccent,andIsuddenlylearnedthatIdidn’thavetheslightestideawhattosaytosomeonelikehim.Soalienwashisexperiencetome,sounguessablehisvalue,somysterioushisverylanguage,thatIcouldn’tsucceedinengaginghiminafewminutes’ofsmalltalkbeforehegotdowntowork.FourteenyearsofhighereducationandahandfulofIvyLeaguedegrees,andthereIwas,stiffandstupid,struckdumbbymyowndumbness.“Ivyretardation,”afriendofminecallsthis.Icouldcarryoutconversationswithpeoplefromothercountries,inotherlanguages,butIcouldn’ttalktothemanwhowasstandinginmyownhouse.

It’snotsurprisingthatittookmesolongtodiscovertheextentofmymiseducation,becausethelatestthinganeliteeducationwillteachyouisitsowninadequacy.

Thefirstdisadvantageofaneliteeducation,asIlearnedinmykitchenthatday,isthatitmakesyouincapableoftalkingtopeoplewhodon’tlikeyou.Eliteschoolspridethemselvesontheirdiversity,butthatdiversityisalmostentirelyamatterofethnicityandrace.Withrespectinclass,theseschoolsarelargelyhomogeneous.

Atthesametime,becausetheseschoolstendtocultivateliberalattitudes,theyleavetheirstudentsintheparadoxicalpositionofwantingtoadvocateonbehalfoftheworkingclasswhilebeingunabletoholdasimpleconversationwithanyoneinit.

Theseconddisadvantageisthataneliteeducationinculcatesafalsesenseofself-worth.Gettingtoanelitecollege,beingatanelitecollege,andgoingonfromanelitecollege—allinvolvenumericalrankings:

SAT,GPA,GRE.Youlearntothinkforyourselfintermsofthosenumbers.Theycometosignifynotonlyyourfate,butyouridentity;notonlyyouridentity,butyourvalue.Thereisnothing