现代大学英语(第二版)精读2课后答案.docx

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Keytoexercises

Unit1

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1.Listentotherecordingofthetextandthenfillintheblanksinthefollowingsentences.

1.aim/purpose;training;practical/professionalskills;technicaltraining;universities

2.graduateschool;Shakespeare’splays;beapharmacist

3.makingaliving;keephimself;hisfamily;expose;ideas

4.waking;average;aliving;allabout

5.indanger;mechanizedsavages;push-buttonNeanderthals

6.haveleftus;peculiaraccomplishments;species

7.center;storehouse

8.sarcastic;humorous

2.Readthetextforbettercomprehensionandanswerthequestions,payingspecialattentiontothepartsinboldtype.

1）Itmeansannoyingexperiences,toughproblemsorfailures.

2）TheymusthavefinishedtheirgraduatestudieswithanadvanceddegreelikeaPhD.

3）Itsimplymeans“oneofthestudents”.Theword“body”heremeansthewholegroupofstudents.Becausethestudentisthinandtall.Itismeanttobehumorousratherthaninsulting.

4） HeteachesEnglishliterature.

5）Byusingtheword“stuff”,heshowshisdislikeforthecourseveryclearly.Hedoesn’tlikethecoursebecausehethinksitisuselessforhisplannedcareer.

6）Wecanassumethathedoesnotthinkitnecessarytowastemoneyonthebookssinceheintendstodropthecourse.

7）Thelatter.Itisahumorouswayofreferringtoacertaintypeofpeople.

8）HeistalkingaboutthePharmacySchool.Heisbeingsarcasticwhenhecallsit“aDrugstoreMechanicsSchool”

Itmeans“技工”.

9）Heistalkingaboutthediplomaforuniversityorcollegegraduates.

Hehasinmindpeoplelikewhatthestudentwantstobe:

pharmacists.

10）Itmeans“havingbeenintroducedtotheideasdevelopedorproducedthroughouthistory.

11）Itreferstohisefforttoconvincethestudent.

12）“Hold”hereisanintransitiveverbmeaning“remaintrue”.Itisoftenusedasasetphrase“holdtrue”.

13） Itmeans“thingsofthesamekind”.诸如此类

14） Wecallitthefuturecontinuoustense.Itisusedforongoingfutureactions.

15）Heissayingherethatyouwillmakesurethatthemedicine

youmakewillnotbemixedwithpoisonifyouaretrainedasapharmacist;

thatthehousesyoubuildwillsuccessfullykeepoutbullsifyourchosenjobisengineering;andthatyourclientwillnotbesentencedtodeathbecauseyouareincompetentifyouwanttobealawyer.

16） Theseareallusefulthingstodo…andraises/bringsupyourchildren.

17） InformalEnglish,“may”isusedtoexpressahopeorwish.

Moreexamples:

Mayourcountrybeprosperousandourpeoplehappy.

Maypeacefinallyprevail.

Note:

suffice（besufficient）Itisformalforhumorouseffect.

18）民主的思想家.Willyoubeheadingafamilythatisfamiliarwiththegreatdemocraticideasinpasthistory?

19）Hemeansthetallstudent.“Pest”isoftenusedtorefertoanannoyingpersonespeciallyachild.

20） No.Hemeansthatheisaimingtomakemoney.Thatishispurposeforcomingtoschool.

21） …you’regoingtohavetroublefindingsomethingtodowhenyouarenotspendingmoney.

22） …thenyoushouldn’tgotocollege.Youhavenoreasontogotocollege.

23） Heissayingherethatyoungpeoplemaybecomesavagesliketheancientpeoplewholived35,000to130,000yearsagoalthoughtheycannowpushbuttonsandusemachines,hence,a“newspecies”.

24） Ourcollegesareboundtoproducesomestudentsofthiskind.Heisverysarcasticaboutthesepeopleandthinksthattheyarenottrulyeducatedandcivilizedastheyshouldbetoday.Thereforeheusestheexpression:

“suchlifeforms”.Notealsothattheword“graduate”isusedasatransitiveverbhere.

25）Wearetalkingabouthowideasorconceptsaredevelopedandhowimportanttheyareintheevolutionofthehumanspecies.Animalslive

byinstinct.Onlyhumanbeingsareabletoformulateideassuchaslove,freedom,democracy,andequality.Theseideasmakeusdifferentfromotheranimals.Andwegettheseideasfrompeopleinthepast.Thatiswhyreadingissoimportant.Manyscholarsmaintainthatwithoutreadingwedon’tknowhowtothink.Thereare,however,peoplewhoemphasizetheimportanceofdirectexperience.Theysaythat‘Doingisalsolearning’.Sometimestheyevengoasfarastomaintainthatreadingmaypreventusfromcreativethinking.

26）Thefactthatwehavethefacultymeansthat…

Vocabulary

1. Dothefollowingexercisesonwordformationrules.

1） Thefollowingwordsareadjectivesendingwiththesuffixes“-ent”and“-ant,”andtheircorrespondingnounsusuallyendingwith“-ence”and“-ance.”Decidewhichofthefollowingshouldbetheformer,andwhichthelatter.

1.different

2.independent

3.extravagant

4.competent

5.arrogant

6.important

7.confident

8.fragrant

9.significant

10.convenient

11.evident

12.intelligent

13.relevant

14.present

15.urgent

16.violent

17.current

18.frequent

19.distant

Note:

Thefollowingwordsarenouns,notadjectives:

accountant;assistant;defendant;dependant;attendant

2） Guessthecorrespondingnounsofthefollowing,payingspecialattentiontotheirpronunciation.

1.qualification clarification

unification notification

classification identification

intensification justification

simplification certification

glorification specification

2.modernization mechanization

realization civilization

globalization specialization

Americanization industrialization

urbanization idealization

centralization marketization

nationalization privatization

3.permission discussion

admission profession

commission confession

remission impression

emission oppression

submission compression

transmission expression

omission depression

3）Givederivativesofthefollowingwords.

1.sense:

sensitive;sensible;senseless;sensibility;oversensitive;insensitive

2.technique:

technical;technically;technician;

3.special:

specially;specialty;specialize

4.intellect:

intellectual;intelligent;intelligence

5.civil:

civilize;civilization;civilized;uncivilized

4） TranslatethefollowingintoChinese.

1.Manypeopleagreethattheincreasedenrollmentisabigaccomplishment.

2.Thelackofavailabilityofcertifiedaccountantswhocanmeetsuchhighqualificationsisstillabigproblem.

3.Earlyspecializationisnotwise.Studentsshouldhaveawideexposuretoworldculturebeforetheyspecialize.

4.Strongaswemightbesomedaywemustneverbecomearrogant.Weshouldcontinuetopursuethepolicyofpeacefulco-existenceamongnations.

5.Itisapenetratingthoughtthatanation’spowerrestsessentiallywithitsadvancedcivilization.

6.Ourmemoryofpastdisastrousexperiencesisanextremelyimportantspiritualresource.

2. Translatethefollowingverb+nouncollocationsintoEnglish.

1） foldone’sarms

2） foldtheletter

3） acquireknowledge

4） generateideas

5） generatejobs

6） generatepower

7） generateinterest

8） employworkers

9） use/employtime

10） rear/raiseone’schildren

11） rearsheep

12） raiseone’sfamily

13） raiseone’svoice

14） raisetax

15） raisethequestion

16） maintaincontact

17） maintainlawandorder

18） maintainpeace

3. Givethesynonymsandantonymsofthefollowing.

Synonyms

1.reasonably/rather/quite

2.clearly/evidently

3.tokeep

4.toraise

5.togain/obtain

6.toproduce

7.toprove

8.department（university）

9.humanity

10.drugstore/chemist（英）

11.type/example/model/case

12.toenter/join

13.however/but

14.sharp/thoughtful

15.thinker/intellectual

16.toshake/tremble/shiver

17.unavoidably/certainly/

18.tosuppose/presume/think/guess

19.tohelp/assist

20.strange/odd/unusual/queer

21.achievement/success/victory

22.specialskill

Antonyms

1.unavailable

2.modestly

3.general

4.unqualified

5.uncivilized/savage

6.tounfold

7.unemployed

8.incompetence

9.insensitive

4. Completethesentenceswiththeexpressionslistedbelow.

1） toseetoit;exposedto

2） outfor;succeedin

3） averagesout

4） specializein

5） stuckfor

6） presideover

7） stuckfor;seetoitthat

8） trueof

9） outto;seetoitthat

10） havenobusiness

5. Fillintheblankswiththerightwordorexpressioninthebracket.

1） inmaking;tofind

2） see

3） out;of;of;for

4） to

5） by;for

6） Poorashewas;put

7） for

8） in

9） believedin;forcing

10） physicist;sensitive

6. TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish.

1） Itiswrongtoraiseourchildrenthewaywegrowflowersinthegreenhouse.Wemustexposethemtoallsocialproblemsbecauseverysoontheywillbedealingwiththemasresponsiblecitizens.

2） Astimegoesonweareinevitablygoingtogetmoreandmoreinvolvedininternationalaffairs.Andconflictsaresuretooccurbecausetherealwaysexistdifferentviewsandinterestsbetweennations.

3） Weareproudofouraccomplishments,andwehavereasontobe.Butwemustneverbecomearrogant.Otherwisewewillloseourfriends.

4） Informationisnoweasilyavailable.Anaveragecomputercanstoretheinformationofasmalllibrary

5） Thatconstructioncompanyisnotqualifiedtohandletheproject.Theydonothaveanylegaldocumenttocertifythattheyhavethenecessaryexpertise.Wemustfindacompanythatspecializesinbuildingtheatres.

6） Thesethinktanksdonotmakedecisions.Theyareouttogeneratenewideasandpenetratinganalysesthatwillbeextremelyusefulfordecisionmakers.

7） ThegrowthofGDPisnoteverything.Ourcountrycannotbesaidtohavebeenmodernizedunlessthequalityofourpeople’slivesisreallyimproved.

8） Pooraswewereinmanywaysatthattime,wewerestillquitehappyaschildren,fortherewascleanair,c