全新版大学英语第二册unit3(成人专升本)期末考试复习资料

1、Un it3 The Gen erati on GapPair Work1. How many characters are there in this play? Who are they?There are seve n characters-Father, Mother, Heidi, Diane, Sean, Restaura ntMan ager, and Mrs. Higg ins.2. Are the childre n grateful for what their father does for them? Why or why not?No. Because what he

2、 does usually ends up embarrass ing them.3. What did Sean plan to do with the moneyhe earned from his first job?To buy a guitar.4. Why did Father make a point of coming to the restaura nt?To check if Sean was going to embarrass him.5. Why did Sean try to hide himself when he saw his father intheresr

3、aura nt?He knew his father was going to embarrass him.6. What did Sean think of his father' s unexpected visit?It was unn ecessary and embarrass ing.7. Why did Father in vite Dan Lucas to lun ch?He wan ted Dan to pressure his son into ask ing Diane to the senior prom.8. What did Dan Lucas promis

4、e to do?He would speak to his son and in sist that the latter give Diane a call.9. How did Dia ne react to the surprise Father had for her?She felt humiliated.10. Why did Heidi change school?Because the Thomps on had just moved.11. What did Father try to impress on Mrs. Higgins?He tried to let her k

5、now how excepti on ally tale nted a young woma n Heidi was.12. Why was Heidi so eager to go to class?Because she couldn ' t bear being embarrassed by her father.Vocabularytypical of1、The view that you should n ever spe nd more tha n you earn is fairlypeople of their gen erati on.你不应该花比你挣的钱这个观点是他

6、们这一代人普遍认为的观点2、 The artists stood before the paintingsalmost dumb with astonishment at their beauty.艺术家几乎被这幅画的美所震惊了，目瞪口呆地站在这幅画前面。3、In 1963, after hisjunior year in high school, Cli nton was elected into agover nment study program for young people in Wash ington, D.C.在1963年，在高中的三年级是，克林顿被选入在华盛顿特区为年轻人设的

7、政府研究方案。4、William Byrd composed many pieces of music, but his Latin church music iscon sidered his mostglorious work.威廉伯德创作了无数种类的音乐，但他的拉丁教堂音乐是被认为最荣耀音乐作品。5、Governments establish welfare systems to provide a safety net to prevent people from sufferi ng the effects of poverty.政府建立福利系统，以提供一个平安网，防止人们遭受贫穷之

8、苦。6、You quit that respectable, well-paid job for this unpromising one? What came over you?你放弃了那份受人尊敬，高薪的工作，而从事这份不被期待的工作？是什么突然改变了你呢？7、 Many animals face extinction as the result of humaninterferenee .许多动物由于人类干扰而面临灭绝。8、 Her hope of her husband ' s return isfading as years go by.随着时间的流逝，她对她丈夫回家的期望渐

9、渐地淡了。9、Having worked for three years, Roger decided to enroll on an MBA program and narrowed down his choice to three famous universities on the East Coast.工作了 3年后，Roger决定去申请MBA课程，他将选择缩小到了东部沿海地区的最有名的3所学校。10、A frank reply is much more appreciated than beating about the bush.坦率的答复比拐弯抹角更值得赞赏。11、Harold

10、is always coming up with these dumb schemes for making money that just get us into trouble.Harold总是用这些愚蠢的阴谋赚钱，每次都让我们陷入麻烦。12、Call me, write to me, email me;at any rate , let ' s keep in touch.给我打，或者写信，或者发电子；无论如何，让我们保持联系。ClozeOur dad is typical of the older gen eratio n. You can certa in lysay he

11、gives ourwelfare his constant attention. Sometimes, however, we wish he wouldn ' t try quite so hard. To be frank , he seems to have a talent for embarrass ing us by making dumb remarks. He should know better tha n that,but he n ever seems to lear n andjust goes on making the same old mistakesre

12、peatedly . The result is that we livein con sta nt dreadof his well-i nten ti onedin terfere nee in our affairs. Mom isno help, as you canbet she will always see things from his point of view ratherthan from ours. Overall, though, he' s a wonderful dad and I assure you I wouldn ' t trade him

13、 for anyone in the world.Trn slatio n1、科学家们找到火星上有水的证据了吗？ proof location ， narrow down )Have scientists found proof of water on Mars?2、方案委员会已经将建核电厂的可能地点缩小到了两个沿海城镇。The planning committeehas narrowed down the possible locations for the nuclearpower plant to two coastal towns.3、山姆不仅失去了工作，而且还失去了双腿，他只好靠社会救济度过余生。( welfare )Sam not only lost his job but also both legs; he had tolive on welfare for therest of his life.4、有十二人组成的陪审团 (jury )一致表决认为玛