新世纪大学英语综合教程第二册Unit 5答案.docx

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新世纪大学英语综合教程第二册Unit5答案

ListenandRespond

TaskOneFocusingontheMainIdeas

Choosethebestanswertocompleteeachofthefollowingsentences

accordingtotheinformationcontainedinthelisteningpassage.

1Thephilosophyprofessorbeganhislessonby________.

A）askingthestudentstobewellseated

B）playingagamewiththestudents

C）askingthestudentstodoatestonphilosophy

D）fillingalargeandemptyglassbottlewithrocks

2Theprofessorputtheitemsintothejarintheorderof________.

A）rocks,beer,sandandpebbles

B）rocks,pebbles,sandandbeer

C）sand,rocks,beerandpebbles

D）pebbles,rocks,beerandsand

3Accordingtotheprofessortherocksrepresent________.

A）differentkindsofthingsinourlife

B）thethingsthatmatterinourlife,likeourjoborourhouse

C）themostimportantthingsinourlife,likeourfamilyorourhealth

D）thesmallstuffinourlife

Theprofessorpouredsomebeerintothejarbecausehewantedto________.4

A）mixthebeerandthesandtogether

ehisstudents'curiosityaboutnatureB）arous

C）drawhisstudents'attentiontothesmallthingsintheirlife

D）provethatevenifourlifemayseemveryfull,thereisalwaysroomforsome

enjoyment

Themessagetheprofessortriedtoputacrossinhislectureisthat________.5

A）weshouldtryourbesttokeepbalancebetweenourworkandhealth

B）weshouldsetprioritiesinourlifeandtakecareofthemostimportantthings

first

C）weshouldpayattentiontoboththebigthingsandthesmallstuffinourlife

D）nomatterhowfullourlifemayseem,wecanalwaysenjoyacoupleofbeers

TaskTwoZoomingInontheDetails

Listentotherecordingagainandfillineachoftheblanksaccording

towhatyouhaveheard.

itemsonthedeskin1Aphilosophyprofessorstoodbeforehisclasswithsome

frontofhim.Whenthefinalstudentwasseatedhepickedupalargeandempty

rocksfull.glassbottleandfilleditwith.Hethenaskedthestudentsifthejarwas

Theyagreedthatitwas.

Hethenpickedupaboxofpebblesandaddedthemtothejar,shakingit2

rolledintotheopenareasbetweentherocks.lightly.Thepebbles,ofcourse

filledineverythingelse.Afterthathepouredsomesandintobottle.Thesand

Finallyhetook2cansofbeerandpoureditintothejar.

Throughthistheprofessorwantedhisstudentstorecognizethatthisjar

3

representsourlife.Therocksaretheimportantthingsinourlife,likeourfamily,

remainevenifeverythingelsewerelost,andourhealth…thingsthatwouldstill

matterlikeourourlifewouldstillbefull.Thepebblesaretheotherthingsthat—

smallstuffinourlife.Ifweputthesandintojoborourhouse.Thesandisthe

thejarfirstthereisnoroomforthepebblesortherocks.Sohetoldhisstudents

criticaltotheirtosettheirprioritiesandpayattentiontothingsthatare

happiness:

theirfamily,theirhealth…Theelseisjustsand.

ReadandExplore

TaskOneDiscoveringtheMainIdeas

1Answerthefollowingquestionswiththeinformationcontainedin

TextA.

1）WhydoesHelenKellerthinkthatitwouldbeanexcellentruletoliveeachday

asifweshoulddietomorrow?

Becauseshebelievesthatsuchanattitudewouldemphasizesharplythevalue

oflife.

2）AccordingtoHelenKeller,whatistherightwaytoliveeachday?

AccordingtoHelenKeller,weshouldliveeachdaywithagentleness,avigour,

andakeennessofappreciation.

3）WhatdoesHelenKellermeanbysayingthatmostofustakelifeforgranted?

Althoughweallknowthatwewilldiesoonerorlater,wetendtopicturethatday

asfarinthefuture.So,wegoaboutourpettytasks,hardlyawareofourlistless

attitudetowardslife.Inotherwords,wetakelifeforgranted.

4）WhatdoesHelenKellerthinkoftheattitudethatmostofusadopttowards

ourfacultiesandsenses?

Shethinksthatwetendtotakeourabilitiestoseeandhearforgrantedand

seldommakethefullestuseoftheseblessedfaculties.Thatiswhyweoftenfail

tomakeourlifefullerandricher.

5）WhydoesHelenKellerthinkthatitwouldbeablessingifeachofuswere

strickenblindanddeafforafewdaysatsometimeduringourearlyadultlife?

Becausedarknesswouldmakeusmoreappreciativeofsightandsilencewould

teachusthejoysofsound.

2TextAcanbedividedintotwopartswiththeparagraphnumber（s）

ofeachpartprovidedasfollows.Writedownthemainideaofeach

part.

Mostofustakelifeforgranted.The

Part:

One;Paragraph（s）:

1-4;MainIdea:

authorsuggeststhatweliveeachdaywithagentleness,avigor,anda

keennessofappreciationasifweshoulddietomorrow.

Weshouldalsomakefulluseofour

10;MainIdea:

–Part:

Two;Paragraph（s）:

5facultiesandsensessoastoliveafullerandricherlife.

TaskTwoReadingBetweentheLines

Readthefollowingsentencescarefullyanddiscussinpairswhatthe

authorintendstosaybytheitalicizedparts.

Whatevents,whatexperiences,whatassociations,shouldwecrowdinto

1）

thoselasthoursasmortalbeings?

（Para.2）

Supposeweknowwearetodieinjustafewhours'time.Whatshouldwethink

aboutdoingduringourlasthours?

butusuallywepicturethatdayasfarin

2）Weknowthatonedaywemustdie,

thefuture.（Para.4）

…butoftenwethinkofourdeathassomethingthatwillonlyhappenmany

yearslater.

Particularlydoesthisobservationapplytothosewhohavelostsightand

3）

hearinginadultlife.（Para.5）

Thisisespeciallytrueofthepeoplewhohavebecomeblindanddeafafterthey

havegrownup.

Tomethecolorfulseasonsareathrillingandunendingdrama,theactionof

4）

whichstreamsthroughmyfingertips.（Para.8）

ItseemstomethatthechangeofseasonsislikeanexcitingdramaandIcan

fullyappreciatewhatisgoingontherejustbymysenseoftouch.

Itishuman,perhaps,toappreciatelittlethatwhichwehaveandtolongfor

5）

thatwhichwehavenot.（Para.9）

Perhaps,itishumannaturethatwedonottrulycherishthethingswealready

havebutarealwayseagertogetwhatwedonothave.

CheckingYourVocabulary

WordDetective

1ChoosethedefinitioninColumnBthatbestmatcheseachitalicized

wordinColumnA.

b1）

f2）

d3）

h4）

j5）

a6）

i7）

c8）

2Thetablebelowcontainsapproximatesynonymsandantonymsfor

somewordsfromTextB.Completethecrosswordpuzzlethatfollows.

Ifyouhaveputinthecorrectwords,youwilldiscoverahidden

verticalwordthatmeanshavingordeservinggreatfame,honour,

andadmiration.Whatisthehiddenword?

1）STRAIGHTEN

2）RELAXED

3）LOWER

4）INDIRECT

5）RESPECTIVE

6）OWE

7）HOPEFUL

8）CEASE

ThehiddenwordisGLORIOUS.

3Theitalicizedpartineachofthefollowingsentencescanbe

paraphrasedbyaphraseoridiomaticexpressionfromTextB.Play

finditwiththehelpoftheclues.detectiveand

travellingtotheMaldives（马尔代夫）.（Para.1）Thewaitingroomisfullofpeople

boundfor1）

withouteventhankingmeforreturninghislostwallet.（Para.5）

2）Heleft

withoutsomuchas

isfairlylikelytomaywellbethebestmedicine.（Para.9）3）Laughter

owemoneythantorepaythedebt.（Para.11/Para.12）

4）Itismucheasierto

fall/getintodebt

behavedinaplayfulorcomical

5）Wecouldn'thelplaughingeverytimehe

manner.playedthefool（Para.13）inpublic

intheworldwillseemlikeadropofsaltwaterinafresh6）Allthetroublesoflife

onearthwaterriverwhencomparedtolifeinParadise.（Para.14）

recommendmeasamemberofput

thetennisclub.（Para.27）7）Harrywantsto

mynameupfor

wasgivento）PhilipLevineforhiscollection（作品集8）Anawardforpoetry

wasbestowedon“WhatWorkIs”.（Para.27）

CheckingYourComprehension

1Answerthefollowingquestionswiththeinformationcontainedin

TextB.

1）WhatwastheauthorgoingtoStockholmfor?

ShewastoreceivetheNobelPrizeinLiteratureinStockholm.

2）HowdidshefeelaboutbeingawardedthePrize?

Shewasveryhappyandanxious.Andshefeltadeepsorrowthatherfather,to

whomsheowedhersuccesssomuch,hadpassedawayandcouldn'tshareher

happiness.

3）Didtheauthorreallyhaveaconversationwithherfather?

No.Herfatherwasnolongeralive.Shewastalkingwithherfatherinher

imagination.

4）Accordingtotheauthor,howwouldherfatherrespondwhenshetoldhim

thatshewasindebt?

Hewouldsayhecouldn'thelpherbecausetherewasnomoneyinParadise.

5）Whatdidtheauthormeanwhenshesaidthatshewasindebt?

Shemeantthatsheowedhersuccesstoa）herfatherwhotaughthertolove

readingandthecountryandhumanlife;b）otherpeoplewhotoldherwonderful

storiesandgaveherdeedstowriteabout;c）nature,fromwhichshelearnedso

manysecrets;d）thosewhohadformedandmoldedthelanguageintoagood

instrumentandtaughthertouseit;e）thegreatwritersinthepastwhoturned

writingintoart;f）herreaders;andg）thosewhosingledheroutforthePrize.

2Readthefollowingsentencescarefullyanddiscussinpairswhat

saybytheitalicizedparts.theauthorintendsto

why,then,

1）Iseemtohaveheardofsuchthingshappeningtootherpeople—nottomyself?

（Para.5）

IhaveheardofotherpeoplemeetingtheirdeadfamilymembersinParadise,so

whyshouldInotdothesame?

wentglidingonmythoughts

butithadalongwaytogoyet,and2）Thetrai