新世纪研究报告生英语b课后习题及答案考试复习

1、-. z.新世纪研究生英语课后习题及答案Unit11. The representative众议员presented to the mittee a petition(请愿书) signed by 1,200 electors asking for a thorough probe into the financial scandal surrounding the candidate for the regional legislature.2. The landlady fired the servant who pocketed(独吞) household funds for his o

2、wn use.3. After e*ploring for more than half a year, the ecologist felt a great from thrill(兴奋) spotting therare species at the foot of the mountain.4. Better late than never is a platitude(陈词滥调)that is very familiar to most English speakers.5. The couple had been trying to satisfy all the needs of

3、their only youngster, who had beenimportuning (胡搅蛮缠) for more pocket moneny all the time.6. The unruly(不守规矩的) crowd became even more boisterous(喧闹的)when the negotiator tried to quiet them.7. The belief that one should work hard and be honest is deeplyingrained根深蒂固 in our culture.8. The pany was fina

4、ncially cornered把逼入绝境and almost went into bankruptcy(破产) during last years economic recession.9. The employees tried to avoid every risk that might incur导致her displeasure during the firstmonth after her divorce.10. In order to prevent a sudden outbreak of hostilities, we must make noprovocative刺激的，挑

5、拨的move.11. The author of the book made a parative study of courtesy礼貌，礼节between the two differentcultrues. (etiquette 礼貌，礼节)12. After long night of revelry狂欢 at the New Years Eve party ,most of the guests weredrunk喝醉的.(looped 喝醉的)13. Since the beginning of last month, she has suffered now and then f

6、rom a sharp andune*plained (不明原因的) headache for which the doctors are trying to find a cure.(unaccountable不明原因的)14. The security guard spoke angrily and seriously(气愤的斥责) to the group of noisy boys acting up in thegarden of the hotel. (told off 斥责)15. pared with all his peers, the young engineer had

7、been noticeably显著地successful in thatfield.(conspicuously显著地)16. Many men tend to regard daily housework such as cooking, cleaning and laundry to be anirritating使人烦恼的nuisance. (pesky使人烦恼的)17. The psychiatrist encouraged his patient to release释放all his resentment at the way life hadtreated him.(let lo

8、ose释放，放松)18. In thislively(生动的) romantic historical novel, the author narrates a riveting引人入胜的 love story between twogreat figures of the 19th century. (racy 生动的)19. She was depressed by the gloomy(阴郁的，沮丧的), fog-bound scene on the waterfront and felt even morelonely.(murky 阴郁的，沮丧的)20. The chairman a

9、dvised both parties to calm down and be rational because thy had reached asensitive(敏感的) stage of their business negotiation.ticklish棘手的，敏感的)翻译：To invite eminent persons to help make advertisements should be regarded as one of the best advertising strategies and could, of course, produce a spectacul

10、ar(powerful) VIP effect, privided that those celebrities are perfectly willing to accept the invitation and, more importantly, the products to be advertised are genuine and of fair prices. Sometimes, while a modity is of inferior quality, the advertisement is full of words lavishing praise on it, if

11、 a celebrity shows up as an image agent for such a product, the advertisement could, if any, be temporarily successful before it turns the brand of the product in question notorious and, more disastrously, ruins the reputation of the eminent person thereafter. So, the famous are well advised to thin

12、k more than twice before they agree to appear on the mercial.Unit2 1. Italian neo-realist(新实在论者)cinema focused on workingclass subjects, using amateur actors and filming on location, rather than in the studio.2. Despite his wartime atrocities,(暴行)Hitler is still revered by neo-Nazi(新纳粹主义的) in many c

13、ountries.3.Neo-fascist(新法西斯主义者)groups are an increasing threat to ethnic minorities across Europe.4. Byneocolonialism新殖*义we mean the practice of granting a sort of independence with the concealed intention of making a liberated country a clientstate.5. The tutor tried hard to dissuade(阻止) students f

14、rom using neologisms新词in formal writing6. He is a neo-Darwinist(新进化论者) animals is principally determined by natural selection, and that acquired characteristics cannot be inherited.7. The architect traveled around the whole of Europe seeking Palladios wonderful 16th-century neoclassical新古典主义的 buildi

15、ngs.8. In view of the still unknown physical risks that cloning might impose on neonates婴儿appropriate.9. The challenge for the future lies infostering培养 conditions in cities that will be favorable to economic growth.10. The old ladyreaved赞扬 about her grandchildren for about an hour.11. Gene therapy-

16、the actual correction or replacement of defective gene sequences in the embryo or the adult -is theholy grail最受欢送的 of genetic medicine.12. Through genetic engineering, will scientists be tampering with the genetic diversity that has been themainstay支柱 of human survival in the past13. A news release

17、by the Chinese Ministry of Personnel printed in a few leading newspapers and on news websites caught the attention of thousands of twenty-somethings人到二十in October.14. For many reasons, the vast majority ofheterose*uals(异性的) still prefer the oldfashioned, se*ual way of producing children. No other me

18、thod better e*presses the loving union of a man and a woman seeking to make a baby.15. It is absolutely mandatory强制的 that every driver of a vehicle must pass a drivers license test.16. In todays lightningspeed world many singles are embracing拥抱，承受 the newest trend in relationship - speed dating-to s

19、ize up a potential love interest.17. As a young man, he spent a lot of timemeditating冥想upon the purpose of life.18. She really enjoyed the film because it was a(n)fusion(融合) of history and contemporary events.翻译：Nowadays in the citys tonier residential districts there are peple named as singles, who

20、 are usually young, rich and tech-savvy professionals and choose independently their own lifesyles. The number of singles has increased dramatically over the recent years. The reasons of remaining single are various:some may be busy e*ploring careers without putting their marriage into the agenda, s

21、ome may indulge in their jobs, travel, entertainment, physical fitness or friendship, More than 80% of them have not abandoned the value of marriage, and they say they aspire to marry or they want to be married someday, but they are patient and feel content being single until they meet the right per

22、son.Unit31. In China, home puter ownership is e*pected toe*ceed超过that of the U.S. and Europebined. ( outstrip超过)2. The pany has been placed inastate of uncertainty(处于不确定状态) as the board decides what to done*t.( limbo处于不确定状态)3. He wrote quickly, but from time to time he stopped(停下来)and look out of th

23、e window. ( ceased停顿)4. Thousands of refugees left the country following紧随the outbreak of civil war.( in the wake of 紧随)5. An airline spokesman stated that the safety of passengers was absolutelyof the most importance最重要的.(paramount 最重要的)6. The use of animals in scientific tests raises difficult mor

24、al(道德的)questions. (ethical道德的)7. TV coverage of the match had to bee*tended(延长) when it went into over -longed延长)8. Hes a good person to be with if ever youre in atough(困难的) situation. ( thorny 困难的)9. He seemed to be a born天生的liar. ( congenital天生的)10. The operation was rather painful, but I

25、felt a lot betterafterwards(之后).(subsequently之后)11. In the Netherlandseuthanasia安乐死has already been legalized.12. Some observers doubt whether the peace process can besalvaged(挽救).13. Lack of essential minerals can causedeformity畸形 in unborn children.14. All the cars are tested fordefects不合格 before

26、they leave the factory15. We help people with mental or physicalhandicaps残障to find work16. She had a(n)lingering挥之不去的sense of guilt for some time after breaking off her relationship withHenry.17. The Government has tograpple with努力克制 the problem of unemployment.18. He was arrested forallegedly据说，据称s

27、tabbing his former wife19. To her relief she was acquitted无罪开释of all the charges laid against her.20. Thefrontiers(尖端科学) of medical knowledge are being pushed farther outwards as time goes on.翻译：People who are energetic, happy, and rela*ed are less likely to catch a cold than those who are depressed

28、, nervous, or angry. When the brain is happy, it sends messages to our organs that help keep the body healthy and sound. Your chance of developing the mon cold, pneumonia, or even cancer may very well be decreased by keeping your brain in a healthy state. In addition, happy and rela*ed people are pr

29、one to better health practices than their negative and stressed counterparts. They are more likely to get plenty of sleep and to engaged in regular e*ercise, and have been shown to have lower levels of certain stress hormones.Unit 41.Westerners perceive shape and dimensions(规模，大小)-(size)2. see cross

30、-cultural varieties(品种；种类)-(types)3. any intrusion(侵入；闯入)-(penetration)4. essence(本质，实质)-(core)5. the word means in a house or from a chamber(室内的；私人的)-(room)6. adaptations(适应；改编)-(adjustments)7.The amount of distinguishing(有区别的)-(distinctive)8. make careful distinctions(区别)among different spatial el

31、ements -(differentiation)9. secular and sacred(神的；神的(holy)10. different perceptions of time may cause cultural conflicts(冲突；矛盾)-(clashes)11. Time is not a mere connection, as some Englishanthropologists(人类学家)but one of the most basic organizing systems of life, because all situational behavior has a

32、 temporal and a spatial dimension.12. Patterns(模式)are those implicit cultural rules by means of which sets are arranged so that they take on meaning.13. In fact, pared with moretangible(有形的；切实的)assaults on his character-namely Jones pending se*ualharassment lawsuit and the federal investigation into

33、 Whitewater -words in a book could barely hurt him.14. A small butpersistent(固执的，坚持的) still dont buy it.15. Mr. Smith, who was worried that the ban mightinfringe(侵犯；违反)abiding gun owners , had already voted against the bill.16. After all, scientists noted, HIV is a retrovirus, a class of infectious

34、agents known for their alarming ability tointegrate(使完整；使成整体)17. Suddenly, perfectly secular(世俗的；长期的)medievalera arguments against the hubris of science.18. My study of space- how people e*perience it and create a model of the spatial(空间的；存在于空间的)world in the central nervous system-forced me to ackno

35、wledge the perceptual clichs of my culture.19. My ignorance of both hydroponics and offlorists(花店)shops made me feel somewhat ease.Consequently I did not municate in the manner I generally use when I am speaking on a familiar subject in a familiar setting.20. To understand an organization, you have

36、to consider all of its ponents. Organizations arenetworks of related parts. Each element works together with the others to support efficient operations. The new MBA buzzword for it all is Organizational .Architecture(建筑学；建筑风格).翻译：As one travels abroad and e*amines the ways in which space is handled,

37、 startling variations are discovered; differrences which we react to vigorously. Since none of us are taught to look at space as isolated from other associations, feelings cued by the handling of space are often attributed to something else. In growing up people learn literarily thousands of spatial

38、 cues, all of which have their own meanings in their own conte*ts.当人们到海外旅游时，如果留心观察外国人如何处理空间关系，就会发现许多令人惊讶的不同之处；而这些不同之处总让我们反响强烈。因为从来没有人教我们要把空间与其它联想区别开来，所以我们常认为空间处理引发的感觉是出于其它的原因。从小到大。人们要学会几千种空间暗示，所有这些暗示在不同的情境中都有不同的含义。Unit 51.rapt(plete; engrossed)全神贯注2.pay for the use of the inns facilities(resources;

39、means)设施3.condone (overlook; ignore)宽恕，赦免4.abominable(contemptible)令人憎恶的5.assessments (appraisals) 评估6.her friend s mother was livid(furious)狂怒的7.gallantly(bravely; politely)勇敢的8.jerk (idiot; fool)性情乖僻的人9.provocation (irritation;annoyance) 挑衅10.deliberate(intentional; purposeful)深思熟虑的11.It is not ou

40、r desire to beprovocative挑衅的, but the status quo cannot continue. Neither can thepresent standoff, without the danger of a more serious confrontation that nobody wants.12.Like all derivatives, they function, essentially, as bets on the direction of particular markets.So coveted is such insurance tha

41、t the total face amount -or notional概念性的，抽象的 value-of swaps and similar contracts has soared to an astronomical $11 trillion.13.Annoyed, shareholders have moved tocurb抑制such abuses-just as they have moved toremove a number of CEOs in recent months.14.The day was starcrossed, Friday, October 13th, on

42、 the eve of the second anniversary of a(n)devastating灾难性的market crash.15. In a(n)appalling(令人震惊的) demonstration of the mistreatment of recruits and their meager food rations, in March 1993 four sailors on Russky Island in the Far East died of malnutrition.16. Even more interesting, from a businesspe

43、rspective远景，观点，角度,is the socalled intranet-thecollection of networks that connect puters within corporations- that both Sun and Microsoft have targeted as a rich area for growth.17. She was at times less successful winning over her counterpart副本，相似的人或物at the U.N., who, likeNapoleons army, travels on

44、 his stomach.18. Members of the NASAled team arrived in Washington fully prepared to enter the fray(紧*).19. Negotiation could sometimes defuse平息，缓解these situations and produce more acceptableconsequences for both parties.20. It may not seem much consolation to point out that the teacher, too, beesfr

45、ustrated挫败的，泄气的whenhis efforts appear to produce less than obvious result.翻译：Wealth e*posed American manners to continuing international scrutiny because it underwrote an e*pansion of tourism. In the late nineteenth century the American abroad symbolized for some the dangders of sudden wealth and be

46、came an instrument to e*pose parative social codes and standards of morality. Boasting, vulgarity, obsessive acquisitiveness, and insensitivity were soon associated with this early version of the Ugly American. Representing a small portion of the population, the international travelers seemed to sta

47、nd for the whole country in the eyes of many foreigners, and it was the prodigality of their wealth, the apparently limitless wallets and purses, that seemed most dangerous. American money threatened to loot the Old World of its historic treasures, and aggressive celebrity hunters and relic gatherer

48、s to invade European privacy as well. 财富使美国人的行为一直受到国际上的关注，因为它是旅游业的根底。19世纪末，有人认为，在海外的美国人是那些骤增财富的内在危险的象征，并使他们那并非完美无缺的社会准则和道德标准面临腐蚀的危险。自吹自擂、粗俗鲁莽、贪得无厌、麻木不仁很快成了早期的丑陋美国人的象征。周游列国的旅行者在全国人口中虽然只是一小局部，但在许多外国人眼里，他们好似代表了这个国家的所有人。他们挥霍无度，看起来有用之不尽的资产，这是最大的危险。美钞大有把旧世界历史上的奇珍异宝掠之一空之势。一群追逐名利和涉猎文物古玩的人无孔不入，极大地扰乱了欧洲人的私生活。

49、Unit 61. Marsgalls skills and her pleasant and sociable personality made her very effective in her public relations job. (outgoing)(对人友好的，开朗的)2.Mary was small, pretty, and very ambitions. (petite)女子娇小的，小个子的3. He was always strongly and clearly(emphatically)着重地；强调地4. On the surface Dana was calm and

50、self-assured,(self-possessed)镇静的；冷静的5. Many of its best-educated residents have been driven to neighboring countries in searching of better jobs. (quest)追求；寻找6.He was certainly the most attractive and pleasant lecturer there. (personable)风度好的；貌美的7. For a while she imagined that . (fntasized)梦想；想像8.

51、I like the idea of getting married but I dont accept the traditional view of what marriage should be all about. (buy into)买进；入股9. They decided to postpone that she wedding until Pams mother was out of the hospital (defer)推迟；延期10. The government involved in a bitter dispute between the miners and the

52、ir employers.( caught up)抓起，捉住11. Fathers are encouraged to be more involved(有关的；卷入的)with their families.12. Edinburgh sees itself as a university of the new millennium,mitted(坚决的；效忠的)to research and teaching.13. I couldntfigure out(解决；算出；想出)who the lady with the sunglasses was.14. Researchers areco

53、nvinced(确信的；深信的) that15. Spatial mobility tends to be highest among the most affluent(富裕的；丰富的)groups on the one hand and the poorest on the other.16. She didnt want to betied down(冷静) by a full-time job.17. She loves her life and is immersed in thequest(追求；寻找)for knowledge for knowledges sake.18. It

54、 seems like everybody in America is looking forthe end of the rainbow(虹桥的尽头).19. Some claim that the herb hastherapeutic(治疗的)value for treating pain.20. She has lots of good ideas, but she hasformulating(使公式化；系统地阐述)difficulty.翻译：我赞成这样的理想：人应该各方面都很出色，既要有头脑，也要有健美的体格。我希望能得到*种幸福和快乐。美国是能得到这些东西的最好的地方，因为这里的

55、人和我们的思想来自世界各地。至今到美国来寻梦的仍然大有人在。现在我明白了，决定美国梦能否实现的不是教育、不是时机、也不是艰辛的工作，而是权势和恐惧感。你在企业里爬到的地位越高，你失去的东西就越多。美国梦并没有破灭。今天在美国十分流行的想法是：千万不能失去梦想。I agree to this ideal: people should be good in all aspects, It is necessary to have not only the mind, but also magnificent physique. I hope to get some kind of happines

56、s and joy. The United States is the best place to get these things, because the people here and their ideas e from all over the world. So far , here are still many people to seek a dream. Now I know, It is not education, not opportunities, and not hard work, but power and fear that decide whether th

57、e American dream can e to be or not. The higher your position is in enterprise, the more you lose something. The American dream is not the end. The idea is very popular in the United States today: never lose ones dream.Unit 71. The old ladyplained continuously不停抱怨 about the way her granddaughters dr

58、essed.(carped 吹毛求疵 )2. His painting gave a concrete form(给一个 形式) to the spirit of the age.(embodied呈现)3. The poor couple suffered great pain(经受巨大痛苦) every night over the decision to send their sons to school and keep their only daughter at home to help with farming work.(agonized感到巨大痛苦)4. He issued

59、anopen and direct公开直接的denial (否认)of the story that he was involved in bribery.(outright 直率的，彻底的)5. Billlooked hard(凝视)at the puter screen, wondering what his programming mistakewas.(peered凝视)6. Marys parents knew clearly that their daughterspoor 可怜的scoreswould keep her out of anyprestigious universi

60、ty.(mediocre中等的，普通的)7. The pany was flooded with被淹了application letters after their advertisement for newemployees appeared in local newspapers.(inundated 淹没)8. The manager stubbornly opposed(坚决反对)the suggestion to reduce his staff despite his failingbusiness.(bucked 抗拒)9. John Bull is always speakin