UnitTheVirtuesofGrowingOlder答案综合教程二

1、UNIT 2 The Virtues of Growing OlderKey to the ExercisesText Comprehensions purpose of writing.I. Decide which of the following best states the author CII. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 1-5 F F F T TIV. Explain in your own words the following senten

2、ces.1. I am embarrassed to admit that women are less capable than men of resisting the temptation of fashion.2. It means that you make friends with different people in order to find a new identity for yourself.Structural analysis of the text1. see III. 2.2. Paragraph 3: the last sentence; Paragraph

3、4: the second sentence; Paragraph 5: the first sentence.VocabularyI. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.1. be apt to: be likely to 易于，有的倾向2. fall apart: break up, disintegrate3. in general: as a whole 通常，大体上；总的来说，从总体上看4. at the mercy of: powerless aga in st; completely co

4、n trolled by对无能为力； 任 处置，任由摆布5. no wonder: not surprising / only too natural不足为奇，并不奇怪II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with appropriate form.a word or phrase taken from the box in its4. confronted1. delay 2. Feverishly 3. fa?ade5. premise 6. dreaded7. automatically 8. awaitingIII. Fill in the bl

5、anks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1. obsessive 2. moodiness 3. tolerable 4. beneficial5. satisfying 6. hidden7. preference 8. criticismsIV. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence.1-4 CDAA 5-8 BDCBV. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word un

6、 derl ined in each sentence in the sense it is used.1. Synonym: con ceal, disguise2. Antonym: narrow3. Synonym: satisfacti on, happ in ess, joy4. Synonym: merits, adva ntages5. Synonym: fat, plump6. Sy non ym: well-built7. Antonym: old-fashi on ed, outdated8. Synonym: clearly, evide ntlyVI. Write in

7、each space one wordthat has thesame prefix as un derli ned in each give nword.1. preface2. prologue3. foresight4. paralysisprepare progress foresee parallel5. periphery6. dialogue7. semifi nal8. devaluateperimeter diameter semic on ductor decelerateGrammarI. Complete the follow ing senten ces with t

8、he appropriate forms of the nouns give n.1. ago ny2. agonies3. experie nee4. experie nces5. youth6. a youth7. a great help8. a good kno wledge9. a gray hair10. workII. Complete the following sentences with quantifiers & determiners.1. A 2. B 3. D4. C5. A6. B7. B8. CIII. Complete the readi ng.a lot o

9、f, a little, some, a few, A, some, some, a lot of, x, many, x, a lot ofIV. Complete the follow ing withevery, each, every one, every one, all.1. all, every one 2. each3. every4. each5. every one6. each7. every one, every one8. eachV. Correct errors in the followi ng senten ces.1. you must take care2

10、. Though he received the docume nt late at ni ght; it3. When you fell4. When you read5. I became clear about what he meant6. We saw the first star shining in the sky7. who were eat ing8. he was clea ningTran slatio nI. Tran slate the followi ng senten ces into Chin ese.1. 许多中年人去健身房锻炼，到街上跑步，为的是延缓衰老。2

11、. 青年人最不稳定的因素就是，他们对价值观、人生目标和梦想还犹豫不定。3. 镇上开会我可以大胆发言，在商店里购物我也敢投诉，因为我不再害怕人们会笑我，也 不再渴望人人都喜欢我。4. 我不再因为自己个性方面的缺陷责怪父母，也不会对他们在养育我的过程中所犯的种种过失耿耿于怀。II. Tran slate the follow ing sentences into En glish, using the words and phrases give n in brackets.1. Many vain young people are obsessed with fancy cars despite

12、 the fact that they are not yet rich eno ugh to afford them.2. Their marriage fin ally fell apart whe n his affair with ano ther woma n was found out by his wife.3. For artistic inspiration, the artist lived in the country for three years, where he denied himself many comforts of life.4. I m not sur

13、e if we can have the excursion to Chongming Island tomorrow. It is at the mercy of the weather.5. When he was young he went to Japa n to lear n medici ne, but after he retur ned to China he cha nged his mind and pursued a career as a writer all his life.6. She take n up with a man old eno ugh to be

14、her father, which is a disgrace to her pare nts.7. Since 1978, our economy has wit nessed a rapid developme nt; in con trast that of some developed coun tries have decli ned.8. The earthquake isolated this city from other areas. I m afraid their food supplies willnot hold out through the win ter.Exe

15、rcises for in tegrated skillsI. Dictati onI thi nk / that a successful old age is easiest for those / who have strong impers onalinterests / leading to suitable activities. / It is in these activities / that long experience is really fruitful, / and that the wisdom born of experience / can be used /

16、 without beco ming a burde n. / It is no use telli ng grow n-up childre n / not to make mistakes, / both because they will not believe you, / and because mistakes are an esse ntial part of educatio n. / But if you are one of those / who are in capable of / impers onal in terests, / you may find that

17、 / your life will be empty / uni ess you concern yourself / with your childre n and gran dchildre n. / In that case / you must realize / that while you can still help them / in material ways, / you must not expect / that they will enjoy your compa ny.II. Cloze(1) against(2) for of(7) their(3) future

18、(8) likely(4) done(9) if(5) other(10) themselvesWriti ng PracticeParagraph developme nt the topic sentence1. Write a topic sentence to sum up the following details.A. Topic sentence: Many American cities are named after important people who are or were locally or n ati on ally famous.B. Topic senten ce: Happin ess means differe nt things to differe nt people.2. For each of the follow ing two paragraphs, the topic sentence h