新视野大学英语第四册读写教程答案第8单元

1、Section A Comprehension o f the textI.1. They hid behind their curtains and peered at the travelers cautiously.2. It meansthat the small town was a stage where the different travelers who passedby were actors revealing themselves to the audience-the villagers.3. Probably there were different ways of

2、 greetings between them, so there might besome misunderstandings or inappropriate responses.4. Because she wanted to sing and dance so much that she thought the money wasgiven as a discouragement rather than an encouragement.5. Whenshe left her hometownof Eatonville for Jacksonville at thirteen, she

3、experienced a huge change and she was aware that she was black.6. It means that she was not emotionally disturbed by the fact that she was adescendent of slaves. She felt good about herself.7. The writer compared herself to a brown bag of mixed items propped up against awall with other bags.8. As is

4、 described, the contents revealed are nothing but commonobjects. It suggeststhat for ordinarypeople, no matter whether they are white or black, they share something in common.VocabularyIII.1. cautiously 2. bribing 3. disapprove(d) 4. tendency 5. permanent6. depression 7. fragrance 8. guarantee 9. ex

5、clusively 10. generously IV. .1. peering at 2. be broken off 3. disapproved of 4. prop up 5. In the main6. in company with 7. in that 8. pay the price 9. belong to 10. more or lessV1. L 2.O3. H 4. D 5.1 6. E 7. N 8. K 9. G 10. B CollocationVI.1plans 2. lifestyle 3. fact 4. policies 5. rules6. concen

6、tration 7. world 8. voice 9. inheritance 10. content Word BuildingVII.1. devalued 2. demobilized 3. deregulated 4. decentralized5. destabilizing 6. depersonalized 7. de-emphasize 8. decoded VIII.1. retirees 2. interviewees 3. trainee 4. employees5. escapees 6. addressee 7. devotee 8. divorcee senten

7、ce structureIX1. I know she isnt really interested in window-shopping, but she doesnt mind waitingwhile I have a look.2. If people dont mind my not having a degree, I could give a few music lessons!3. People dont mind paying a lot more for good software because they can see thebenefits of using it.4

8、.1 dont mind if people perceive me as arrogant. You need certain degree of it tosucceed.5. Wedont mind if it takes time for people to express their hopes, goals, fears, andneeds in their lives.X.1. No friends came to see her; she shut herself off, in the old familiar world of bedroomand drawing room

9、.2. No cigarette end could give us any clue to or sign of anyone having ever been there.3. No gas, no water and no electricity in the hospital! Howcould you expect thechildren to survive this?4. No other information is given about the book itself, although thereis a brief biographical, note aboutthe

10、 writer.5. No effort has been madeto investigate the disappearances that have occurredover the past three years.TranslationXI.1. 1 dont mind his staying out so late as long as he behaves himself.2. 1 prefer his plan to others in that I think no plan is more practical than his.3. They broke off busin

11、ess relations with that companyas it suffered huge losses in thelast fiscal year and went bankrupt.4. Now that you dont like him, why did you invite him to your birthday party in the firstplace?5. Though we knew our chances to win were slim, we were more or less depressedwhen we lost in the game.6.

12、Perhaps this was the price that has to be paid for progress-who knows?XII.1.我不在乎他们否定我的计划，但在内心深处我仍渴望得到他们的支持。2.彼得宣布他不想与她们中任何一个女孩一起唱歌或跳舞，他没给任何理由。3.我们尊敬的是那些奉献时间、 友谊和才能的人， 而不是那些一心只为自己谋求 私利的人。4.看来我生意遭到一了巨大损失，这是我不听父母忠告所付出的代价。5.他们只是顺便又提到了这一点： 在我去那个国家旅行时， 会有一位翻译一直在我身边。6.即使当父母强烈反对子女的行为方式时， 他们拒绝接受的是那种行为方式而不是子女

13、本人，澄清这一点十分重要。ClozeXIII.1B 2.C 3B 4. D 5A 6. D 7A 8.B 9.B 10.C11A 12.B 13.A 14.B 15.B 16.D 17.C 18.D 19.D 20.AStructured WritingXVSmall in size and light in weight, electronic dictionaries are convenient to useTheyare easy to carry andstudents can take them anywhere they go. Whenever they come across

14、 a new word inreading, they canfind out its meaning with the help of an electronic dictionary. An electronic dictionaryusually containsthe information of several paper dictionariesWhenstudents have one such dictionary,they actuallyhave more than one dictionary in handMeanwhile，electronic dictionarie

15、s aretime-saving. They savestudents from turning pages over to find the wordInstead, they only need to key in theword and themeaning will appear on the screen. Considering all the above factors，no wonder more and more studentsare using electronic dictionaries nowadaysSection BReadinq skillsI.1. F. I

16、t is basically factual that the value of youth enabled people to make money.2. F. It states a fact that what manufacturers claim has caused worries from doctors.3. F. It is basically factual that a woman was doubtful about the effectof Imedeen before.4. F. It is basically factual that a doctor questions the methods usedin the study.5. O. From it is difficult to. we know it is an opinion. Comprehe nsion of the textII.1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.F 7.T 8.TVocabularyIII.I. appeal 2. nu triti on 3. denied 4. i ngredie nts 5. stimulated6. perceived 7. accelerate 8. con troversy 9. extracts 10. ridic