新世纪大学英语阅读教程第二册答案

1、阅读教程第二册答案Unit OnePart I Reading for informationI. 1. A 2.C3. D 4.B5.C6.AII.1. 有一百份卷子要批， 而且全是男孩们用潦草的字迹写成的， 这事他已经拖了好几个星期了。这些日子，他一直觉得头上仿佛悬着把剑。2. 我私下里已经花了一大笔钱来学习音乐了。3. 他的脸上挂满了汗珠。4. 没有哪个宣布判决的法官会比此时的谢卡尔更痛苦，更无助。5. 说出事实和接受事实同样需要勇气。III 1. sun; straight in the face; blinking; dazed2. morning; night; tempering

2、 truth; shock3. truth; trials; wife; colleague; headmaster4. apple pie; culinary masterpiece; good; swallow5. fine; mean; selfish6. singing; stupefied7. frogs; buffalo; window shutters8. strength; give; receivePart II Reading for pleasureI.1. Hell is not so terrible as most people think because it c

3、an betransformed into Heaven through hard work.2. Heaven is a land of beauty and peace, and it is the result of our hard work.3. All those hardworking people with courage and determinationcan rest in Heaven after they die, because although they cannotreach Heaven in the first place, they can build H

4、ell into Heaven.4. Those who are afraid of Hell and do not have courage to fightdifficulties and disasters will end up in Hell.5. This parable tells us that our destiny is controlled by ourselves.Unit TwoPart I Reading for informationI 1.A2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. BII1. 可那天我却一点都不在乎路途远，只要有他在我身边。2. 他跳到水流

5、的另一边， 把手伸给我， 我握住他的手， 稳稳当当地跳了过去。3. 一阵清凉的微风吹过坡顶， 吹走了我们因长途跋涉而产生的一身燥热， 我 们一下子觉得凉爽了许多。4. 他一下子把我像小孩似的抱起来，沿着堤岸向水边跑去。5. 在他爬下来之前我已恢复了平静， 他全然不知道我曾因某种莫名的情感而流泪。III1. smiled at2. jumped; held out; took; made3. put; around; put ;around; breathing; moved; against4. laid on; felt against5. linked; around6. kissed;

6、turned around7. scooped up; ran up8. threw around; laughed9. lowered ; run; caught; pulled; laughing; stroked10. squeezed; rest; against; touched; beat againstPart II Reading for pleasure1. She had been to the Caribbean island to get married three years before.2. She returned to the same Caribbean i

7、sland three years later to get divorced.3. Her husband James.4. She hated her husband for not being there when she was having a miscarriage, for not hurting as much as her for their lost son, but most of all for looking so much like the baby boy that she held for just three hours before he was taken

8、 away.5. She and her husband finally opened their mind to each other. She talked about her sufferings and her husband shared her pain, which comforted her greatly. She began to believe that maybe she still had a future with her husband, and decided to give their marriage a second chance.Unit ThreePa

9、rt I Reading for informationI. 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. B5. A6. CII.1. 痴迷往往会使人们做出各种各样奇怪的事情。 哈丽雅特 . 玛格妮丝的痴迷 驱使她犯下了有史以来最荒唐的罪行。2. 尽管他在海上一待就是两三年， 每次回家也只能待上几天， 哈丽雅特还是 深爱着他。不幸没能为他生下一男半女，她心里非常不安。3. 她成功地骗了他三年， 可是现在她明白， 她要么得找出一个长相像理查德 的三岁男孩，要么就得向他彻底坦白。4. 可是丈夫走后， 哈丽雅特便恐慌起来， 特别是当邻居们开始问她怎么突然有了个孩子的时候。 而当通缉令出现在当地邮局时， 她更

10、是惶惶不可终日。5. 信如期送到了理查德服役的船上， 但没有到他手里。 理查德因为急于再次 见到自己的儿子而离船开了小差。III 1. provide him with a child; commit a crime2. pregnant; deceiving her husband; got her into deep water; steal a child3. a boy of the right age; kidnapped; in ecstasy4. the captain of the ship; had gone AWOL5. arrested; held for trial;

11、discharged; no jurisdictionPart II Reading for pleasure1. The pretended to argue about whether it would be easy to standHerein front of the clock for one hour without moving and sayit comes, there it goes ” as the clock s pendulum swung back and forth. Actually they were just trying to deceive the h

12、otel owner.2. They made him believe that it was very easy to win the bet and win a hundred dollars.3. He thanked God for his old clock, which might help him get money for his son s education. Besides, he was thinking about buying a new coat for his wife and a walking stick for himself.4. People thou

13、ght that he must have been crazy when they saw him talking to the clock.5. He found that the two men had already gone with their money.Unit FourPart I Reading for informationI. 1. C 2. B 3. A 4.D5. A 6. CII.1. 她会和我们打招呼， 将我们热乎乎的小手摆在她那双秀美， 清凉的手里。 她的手背上青筋凸显，雪白的皮肤仿佛细薄得遮不住它们似的。2. 她脸上露出孤寂、 哀婉的神情。 我第一次感到纳闷

14、， 为什么没有男人娶她、呵护她、爱她呢？3. 我虽然有些失望， 但是并没有紧张， 因为可能发生的事太多， 我们都会碰 上，从而无法赴约。4. 那是我收到的唯一一封情书， 它化解了我心中的痛苦和悲伤， 使我感到平 静，而那时，平静于我已是最接近幸福的感觉了。5. 老太太垂下了目光，像一个无心犯错的孩子般不安、羞怯。III1. cottage; solitude2. fond; confided in; engagement3. anxious; strange questions; destroyed4. young girl; fell in love; England5. look afte

15、r his estates; a letter; marry; her family6. learnt to read; wrotePart II Reading for pleasure1. Because there was no mail for Sophie.2. She lived a lonely, widowed life because her husband had died 8 months ago.3. Because she was holding the flowers on her lap, swaying lightly and stroking the peta

16、ls of the flowers, lost in loving memory of her dead husband.4. Because that was what she had done every year on Valentine s Day before and the flowers were exactly what her husband had given her - yellow roses.5. Joseph arranged for the florist to deliver the flowers to their neighbor Mrs. Mason an

17、d asked Mrs. Mason to send them to Sophie. He made such arrangements so that he could give his wife a pleasant surprise on Valentine s Day without starting her.Unit FivePart I Reading for informationI. 1. B 2. C 3. B. 4.A5. D 6.CII.1. 周末短暂的休息也不太轻松， 因为堆积的衣物要洗， 更别提还有超市要去、干洗店要去， 还有其他数不清的琐事。 原本应该和家人共度的时

18、光就这样被挤占了。2. 我无心理会周围的人，心里开始盘算到了办公室以后有哪些事务需要优先处理。3. 火车缓缓地驶入车站，上班大军中人人都怀着同样的心思：不惜一切代价抢个坐位。4. 我抓紧公文包， 随着人群一起往前挤， 总算抢到个坐位。 有了坐位我就可 以提前处理一些文书工作，或许能完成一两份节略。5. 车上的每个人好像都在刻意回避这位年轻的孕妇， 要么埋头读报， 要么加 装聊得很投入，无暇旁顾。III.1. rat race; relaxation; household chores2. turned out; priority; secure a seat; get a jump on3.

19、was of one mind; deteriorated4. expecting a baby; too deeply engrossed in5. a pang of guilt; small act of kindnessII Reading for Pleasure1. She thought it was hostile as well as noisy, dirty, and lacking in temperature control.2. He looked down upon her. He thought that she was too young and inexper

20、ienced, and he didn t want to work with a woman.3. She was punctual and always did what she had promised. She spent time on the line trying to understand the challenges and obstacles James faced as a supervisor. She even brought him coffee and made a point to as about his family.4. She changed his a

21、ttitude towards her by asking for his advice on the retooling of the Cushion Room, and by giving him all the credit for the success of the operation.5. She learned that one should act and treat others as he himselfwants to be treated, and should put his ego down and sincerelyask for help.Unit SixPar

22、t I Reading for informationI. 1.B.2. C. 3. B. 4. A 5. D 6. BII1. 大多数人会认为美满婚姻不是靠金钱缔造的，但是婚姻问题顾问们却发现，金钱的确是导致婚姻失败的一个重大因素。1. 对许多人而言，金钱是最为忌讳的话题。2. 甚至你的人生观也会影响你对金钱的看法。对于金钱的态度并无对错之分，每种态度都各有其合理之处。3. 了解彼此对金钱的看法和产生这种看法的原因可以帮助你们达成必要的妥协，以免为钱发生争吵。4. 钱并不意味着枯燥的理财计划， 而是你们如何规划生活， 实现梦想， 让婚姻幸福美满。III1. attitude to money

23、2. a unique attitude, what it can buy them, source of security3. Sharing the same goals in life, hopes and dreams4. knowledge, financial personality, better equipped, moneyissues,fraught with5. priorities, meet your goals, everyday finances, joint or separate,your financial planningPart II Reading f

24、or Pleasure1 Because Hugie had no money.2 He was finishing a life-size picture of a beggar.3 He gave the old man a sovereign because he felt sorry for him.4 Because later he found out that the beggar, to whom he had a sovereign, was actually a millionaire.5 He gave Hugie a check for ten thousands as

25、 a wedding person.Unit SevenPart I Reading for informationI. 1.C2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. AII.1. 当时是晚上九点， 我把听诊器挂在脖子上， 朝走廊尽头的 712 病房走去。2. 我走进病房时，威廉先生急切地抬起头来，一看是我，他的护士，随即又垂下了眼睛。3. 她的语气那样迫切，我握着话筒的手不由得颤抖起来。4. 我第一个念头是：你何必还要增加自己的痛苦？5. 一片雪花打在窗上，立即融化，永远地消失了。III.21 st, fight, her boyfriendf I hate you, the hous

26、e f spoke,forgiveness f heart attack f hospital, stable f his daughter, a penciland paper f respiration, breathefcalled, 30 minutes.cardiacarrest f save, failed f passed away, hospital f slumped, pathetic f nurse, body f leaned over, buried f nurse, Mr.Williams ftwice, hugged ftormented, radiant, pe

27、ace, forgivenPart II Reading for Pleasure1. They used to be schoolmates in London High School.2. Because Tony had changed a lot from a big burly guy to a very thin man.3. He was a bully when he was young.4. He wanted to tell Tony that he had forgiven him and wanted to be friends with him.5. At first he was very surprised to see that Tony had changed so much, then he felt very sorry for him and wanted to be friends with him.Unit EightPart I R