外教社大学英语精读第2册第9单元参考答案

外教社大学英语精读第2册第9单元参考答案

Comprehension of the Text

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1.c 2.b 3.b 4.a 5.a 6.b 7.a 8.c 9.b 10.c

Vocabulary

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1. make so much fuss 2. is worthy of 3. for sure 4. granted

5. determine 6.picked out 7. took it for granted 8. what has gone wrong

9. by my estimate 10. similar 11. highly 12. dumb

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1. absolute 2. academic 3. hastened 4. figures 5. tried on 6. devise 7. talent

8. joke 9. normal 10. uneasy 11. explored 12. simply

13. registered 14. aptitude 15. evaluation

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1. We'll win for sure.

2. Do you think the tall buildings in Shenzhen look/ are similar in appearance to the skyscrapers in Manhattan, New York?

3. The number of mistakes determines the mark you will receive in an

examination.

4. The President's speech was simply a repetition of his previous statements.

5. The final cost of the house was a lot higher than the builder's original estimate.

6. Mrs. Park had an uneasy suspicion that her son was really guilty as charged. 7

1. from under 2. from behind 3. from among 4. except on

5. until after 6. except for 7. except to 8. until after

Word Building

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1. rosy cheeks 2. healthy activities 3. a fussy man 4. a cloudy sky

5. a funny story 6. watery eyes 7. hearty wishes 8. wavy hair

9. tasty food 10. a lengthy speech 11.a silvery voice 12. sunny days

13. a snowy winter 14. a noisy classroom

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1. subconsciousness 2. subcommittee 3. subtitle 4. substandard

5. subcontinent 6. subaverage 7. subplot 8. sublevel

ad plane auto bike doc dorm exam kilo lab math(s) taxi/cab zoo Structure

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1. How long did he tell you he waited?

2. Which mountain did they say they tried to climb?

3. When do you suggest we meet again?

4. How many passengers do you suppose the boat takes?

5. Where did they say the ancient coins were found?

6. Who do you think will be the likeliest candidate for the Presidency?

7. Why do you guess he chose to remain single?

8. What do you expect he will buy as Christmas presents for his children. 12

1. The fact that he works hard does not necessarily mean that he is a competent leader .

2. His explanation that he didn't see the notice is unsatisfactory.

3. The fact that he cheated on exams was rebealed in the end.

4. Most of us don't agree with his view that there is no advantage in introducing the new method.

5. The news that he won the first gold medal at the 23rd Olympic Games soon spread throughout the country.

6. His suggestion that intelligence is a relative matter is not universally accepted.

7. He seconded my motion that the vote be postponed.

8. There can be no doubt that Suzy is the right person for the job.

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1. We all thought it a pity that you were unable to attend our meeting.

2. We consider it important that you should mind your manners.

3. He didn't want it to be known that he was too ill to go on working.

4. I regard it as important that every one of you should finish your homework on time.

5. He took it for granted that his father would come to his help if he got into trouble.

6. We thought it highly probable that he maight change his mind at the last minute.

7. I think it likely that the train will be delayed by the dense fog.

8. The doctor thinks it advisable that you stop smoking.

Cloze

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1)explores 2)aptitude 3)normal 4)highly

5)worthy of 6)academic 7)determine 8)dumb

9)absolute 10)evaluation 11)taken for granted

B

1)in 2)example/instance 3)repairman 4)because

5)embarrassed 6)cause 7)which 8)cleaned

9)owned 10)of/about/with 11)fix 12)simply

13)into 14)constant

Translation

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1. Everything indecates/(points to the fact) that something has gone wrong with his project/plan.

2. The author argues that we should not take it for granted that those who score high on intelligence tests will naturally do well in practical work.

3. I picked out some English idioms and tried them on my classmates.

4. Three professors were asked to make an evaluation of the teaching plans devised by the new teachers.

5. It is a very small loss. Don't make such a fuss over it.

6. He scored far more points/ much higher than any of his rivals and proved himself a worthy winner.

7. The two animals are similar in appearance, but they belong to different species.

8. I don't know for sure whether the bank will grant him the loan he has applied for .

Key to Reading Activity

Exercise A

1.personification 2.simile 3.metaphor 4.metaphor

5.personification 6.personification 7.simile 8.metaphor

Exercise B

1. An "impartial arbiter" means a "referee", that is, a person who is asked to settle a disagreement.

2. The student would receive a perfect score if the system were not set up against the student.

The "system" here refers to the existing educational system or the grading examinations; and the second "student" refers to students in general.

3. c 4. d 5. a 6. c

7. Air pressure changes when one moves from sea level to higher altitudes. An

increase of 12 metres in height will cause the barometer's column of mercury to drop 1 mm. The student refused to give the required answer because he was fed up with the was he had been taught in high school and college.

8. The teaching of the structure of a subject was more important.

9. Maybe he uses this title to imply that it is possible to argue in favor of many different answers.

10.The expression "to revive scholasticism as an academic lark"means "to copy the style of thinking of the scholastic philosophers as a joke".

Exercise C

1. 他打算给一个学生的物理考题答案打零分，而那位学生却声称，如果现行教育制度不是专门和学生作对，他就该的满分，也一定会得到满分。

2. 我指出该生确实有充分的理由得满分，因为他圆满而正确地回答了这道考题。

3. 例如，你可以在一个晴朗的日子把气压表拿到室外，量出气压表的高度及其影长，以及大楼阴影的长度，然后用个简单比例法就可求得大楼的高度。

4. 他承认他知道，但是他说，他厌倦了中学和大学教师们的教学方法，因为他们总想教他如何思考，如何运用“科学方法”，如何运用一种学究式的方法探索学科深层的内在逻辑，就像在“新数学”中常做的那样，而不是把这一学科的结构交给他。有了这个念头，他便决定重新搬出中世纪烦琐经院哲学的那一套来开个学术性玩笑，向患有卫星恐惧症的美国课堂教育进行挑战。