新世纪大学英语(第二版)阅读教程2Unit1-Unit8答案

1、 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）Unit 1Part IExercisesI. Reading for information 。A. Reading to find main ideas1. A 2. CB. Reading to find major details3 . D 4. BC. Reading to find relevant facts5. C 6. AII. TranslationTranslate the following sentences into Chinese.1A hundred papers in the boys scrawls; he had shir

2、ked this work for weeks, feeling all the time as if asword were hanging over his head.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。2Ive spent a fortune on it behind closed doors.我私下里已经花了一大笔钱来学习音乐了。3 His face was beaded with perspiration.他的脸上挂满了汗珠。4 No judge delivering a sentence felt m

3、ore pained and helpless.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 Truth required as much strength to give as to receive.说出事实和接受事实同样需要勇气。III. SummaryComplete the following statements with words and expressions from the box. Use their proper forms.1 Truth is like the sun because no human being can ever look it str

4、aight in the face without blinkingor being dazed . 2 Sekhar thought that morning till night , the essence of human relationshipsconsisted in tempering truth so that it might not shock .3 Sekhar practiced truth for only one day and he had three trials :The first one was with his wife , thesecond with

5、 his colleague and the last one with his headmaster 4 His wife took the apple pie as her culinary masterpiece while Sekhar thought that it wasnt goodand he was unable to swallow it.5 His colleague thought so and so was a fine man while Sekhar regarded him as mean and selfish .6 The headmaster was ea

6、ger to show off his singing , but his singing made Sekhar half stupefied .7 Sekhar compared the headmasters singing to three things: a dozen frogs , a buffalo , and loosewindow shutters in a storm.8 Sekhar realized that truth required as much strength to give as to receive .Part II Reading for Pleas

7、ureExerciseAnswer the following questions.1After reading the story, what do you think about Hell?Hell is not so terrible as most people think because it can be transformed intoHeaven through hard work, courage, faith and love. The real Hell is in onesheart.2What is your definition of Heaven now?Heav

8、en is a land of beauty and peace, and it is the result of our hard work.3What kind of people can rest in Heaven after they die? All those hardworking people with courageand determination can rest inHeaven after they die, because although they cannot all reach Heaven in thefirst place, they can build

9、 Hell into Heaven.4What kind of people will end up in Hell? Those who are afraid of Hell and do not have courage tofight difficulties anddisasters will end up in Hell.5What is the moral of this parable?This parable tells us that our destiny is controlled by ourselves. 新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）Unit 2Part IExe

10、rcisesI. Reading for information 。A. Reading to find main ideas1. C 2. AB. Reading to find major details3 . B 4. CC. Reading to find relevant facts5. D 6. AII. TranslationTranslate the following sentences into Chinese.1. It was 9 p.m. I threw a stethoscope around my neck and headed for Room712, the

11、last room on thehall.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. As I entered the room, Mr. Williams looked up eagerly, but drooped his eyes when he saw it wasonly me, his nurse.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. Her voice was so utterly compelling that my hand trembled on the phone.她的语气那样迫切，我握着话筒的手

12、不由得颤抖起来。4. My first thought was: Why put yourself through more pain?我第一个念头是：你何必还要增加自己的痛苦？5. A snowflake hit the window and melted away, gone forever.一片雪花打在窗上，立即融化，永远地消失了。III. SummaryComplete the following flowchart.On Janies 21st birthday, her father, Mr. Williams, had afight with her over her boyfr

13、iend .Janie said I hate you to her father and ran out of the house.Janie never spoke to her father again, though she wanted very much to go to him for forgiveness .Several months later, Mr. Williams suffered a slightheart attack .He was admitted to hospital and his condition was stable .He asked the

14、 nurse to call his daughter , and to get him a pencil and paper .His respiration speeded up, and he began to breathe very fast.The nurse called Janie, and Janie said that she would be in the hospital in 30 minutes .Mr. Williams had acardiac arrest . The doctors tried every means to save him but fail

15、ed .Mr. Williamspassed away before his daughter could reach the hospital .Janie slumped against the wall, looking pathetic and painful.Accompanied by the nurse , Janie went to see her fathers body .Janie leaned over the bed and buried her face in the sheets.The nurse found a note written by Mr. Will

16、iams and gave it to Janie.Janie read the note twice , and hugged the scrap of paper to her breast.Her tormented face grew radiant and peace began to glisten in her eyes, because from that note sheknew that her father had forgiven her.Part II Reading for PleasureExerciseAnswer the following questions

17、.1 What was the relationship between Roger and Tony?They used to be schoolmates in Landon High School.2 Why couldnt Roger recognize Tony at first?Because Tony had changed a lot from a big burly guy to a very thin man.3 What kind of person was Tony when he was young?He was a bully when he was young.4

18、 Why did Roger give Tony his card?He wanted to tell Tony that he had forgiven him and wanted to be friends with him.5 How did Roger feel when he saw Tony in the wheelchair?At first he was very surprised to see that Tony had changed so much, then he felt very sorry for himand wanted to be friends wit

19、h him.新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）Unit 3Part IExercisesI. Reading for information 。A. Reading to find main ideas1. D 2. CB. Reading to find major details3 . D 4. BC. Reading to find relevant facts5. A 6. C II. TranslationTranslate the following sentences into Chinese.1. Obsessions drive people to do all sorts o

20、f strange things. Harriet Magniss obsession drove her tocommit one of the strangest crimes in history.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. Even though he was at sea for two or three years at a stretch, and was home for only a few days ata time, Harriet loved him deeply and her tragic f

21、ailure to provide him with a child haunted her.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. She had succeeded in deceiving him for three years, but now she knew that she either had toproduce a three-year-old boy who looked like Richard, or had to spill the whole truth to him.她成功地骗了他三

22、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. But after he left , Harriet became panicky, especially when the neighbors began to ask questionsabout the sudden appearance of her “child” and even more so when the wanted notices appeared inthe local post office.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

23、通缉令出现在当地邮局时，她更是惶惶不可终日。5. In due time the letter was delivered to Richards ship, but not to him. In his anxiety to see his littleson again, Richard had jumped ship and gone AWOL.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. SummaryComplete the following statements with words and expressions fro

24、m the box. Use their proper forms.1 Harriet loved her husband deeply, but she was troubled by the fact that she was unable to providehim with a child . Her obsession with having a child drove her to commit a crime .2 In order to make her husband happy, she told him that she was pregnant. And she suc

25、ceeded indeceiving her husband for three years. But her lies got her into deep water . When her husband grewsuspicious, she decided to steal a child .3 Harriet went to London looking for a boy of the right age. Finally, she found Thomas andkidnapped him. Her husband was in ecstasy when she took the

26、boy to meet him. 4 Filled with fear and remorse, Harriet took Thomas back to London. She also wrote a letter to herhusband, telling him the truth, which was delivered to the captain of the ship for her husband hadgone AWOL .5 At last, Harriet was arrested and held for trial. But she was discharged b

27、ecause the judge decidedthat the court had no jurisdiction over the case.Part II Reading for PleasureExerciseAnswer the following questions.1 What did the two strangers argue about?They pretended to argue about whether it would be easy to stand in front of the clock for one hourwithout moving and sa

28、y “Here it comes, there it goes” as the clocks pendulum swung back and forth.Actually they were just trying to deceive the hotel owner.2 How did the two strangers make the hotel owner join them in a bet?They made him believe that it was very easy to win the bet and win a hundred dollars.3 What was t

29、he hotel owner thinking about when he stood in front of theclock?He thanked God for his old clock, which might help him get money for his sons education. Besides,he was thinking about buying a new coat for his wife and a walking stick for himself.4 What did people think of the hotel owner when they

30、saw him talking to the clock?People thought that he must have been crazy when they saw him talking to the clock.5 What did the hotel owner find when he finished the bet?He found that the two men had already gone with his money.新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）Unit 4Part IExercisesI. Reading for information 。A. Readi

31、ng to find main ideas1. C 2. BB. Reading to find major details3 . A 4. DC. Reading to find relevant facts5. A 6. C II. TranslationTranslate the following sentences into Chinese.1. She would greet us and take our hot little hands in her own beautiful coolone, with blue veinsstanding out on the back o

32、f it, as though the white skin were almost too delicate to contain them.她会和我们打招呼，将我们热乎乎的小手握在她那双秀美而清凉的手里。她的手背上淡蓝色的静脉凸显，雪白的皮肤仿佛细薄得遮不住它们似的。2. She looked lonely and pathetic, and for the first time I wondered why noman had ever taken herand looked after her and loved her.她脸上露出孤寂、哀婉的神情。我第一次感到纳闷，为什么从没有男人娶

33、她、呵护她、爱她呢？3. I was disappointed but not alarmed, for so many things could happen toeither of us to prevent usfrom keeping our tryst.我虽然有些失望，但是并没有紧张，因为可能发生的事情太多，我俩都会碰上，从而无法赴约。4. It was the only love letter I ever received, but it turned all my bitterness and grief into apeacefulness which was the nea

34、rest I could get, then, to happiness.那是我收到的唯一一封情书，它化解了我心中所有的痛苦和悲伤，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. The old lady looked down, troubled and shy like a child who has unwittinglydone wrong.老太太垂下了目光，像一个无心犯错的孩子般不安、羞怯III. SummaryComplete the following statements with words and expressions from the box. Use th

35、eir proper forms.1 In her small cottage , Great-Aunt Stephina Roos lived in solitude .2 As I grew older, I became so fond of Great-Aunt Stephina Roos that I confided in her about myengagement with George.3 Great-Aunt Stephina Roos was anxious about my love affair and often asked me strange questions

36、as though she was afraid my romance would be destroyed .4 When Great-Aunt Stephina Roos was a young girl , she fell in love with Richard, a man fromEngland .5 Richard returned to England to look after his estates and left Great-Aunt Stephina Roos a letter ,asking her to marry him if she could leave

37、South Africa and her family .6 Because Great-Aunt Stephina Roos never learnt to read , she didnt know what Ricwhraortde inthe letter until many years later. Part II Reading for PleasureExerciseAnswer the following questions.1 Why didnt the mailman look up when he passed Sophies house?Because there w

38、as no mail for Sophie.2 What kind of life did Sophie live?She lived a lonely, widowed life because her husband had died eight months before.3 Why didnt Sophie hear Mrs. Masons knocking at five oclock?Because she was holding the flowers on her lap, swaying slightly and stroking the petals of theflowe

39、rs, lost in loving memory of her dead husband.4 Why did Sophie open the flower box and arrange the flowers in her vase?Because that was what she had done every year on Valentines Day before and the flowers wereexactly what her husband had given her yellow roses. She obviously forgot that she was not

40、 thereceiver of the delivery.5 How did Joseph arrange the flowers for Sophie? And why?Joseph arrang ed f or t he florist t o de liver t he flowers to their neighbor Mrs. Mason and asked Mrs.Mason to send them to Sophie. He made such arrangements so that he could give his wife a pleasantsurprise on V

41、alentines Day without s tartling her.新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）Unit 5Part IExercisesI. Reading for information 。A. Reading to find main ideas1. B 2. CB. Reading to find major details3 . B 4. AC. Reading to find relevant facts5. D 6. CII. TranslationTranslate the following sentences into Chinese.1. The brief w

42、eekend respite hadn t provided much relief, what with thelaundry that had piled up,not to mention the supermarket and the drycleaners and the myriad other errands that ate into what was supposed to be our family time together.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光就这样被挤占了。2. I

43、 tuned out the crowd around me and began to mentally sort through thepriorities that wouldbeckon as soon as I arrived at the office.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. The train was pulling in, and the army of commuters was of one mind: Grab an empty seat at anycost.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

44、代价抢个坐位。4. With a firm grip on my briefcase I pushed along, and landed my prize. Sitting would allow me toget a jump on some paperwork, perhaps a memo or two.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. It seemed as if everyone on the train was studiously avoiding the view of this young

45、woman andthey buried their heads in their newspapers, or pretended to be deeply engrossed in theirconversations.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，要么假装聊得很投入，无暇旁顾。III. SummaryComplete the following statements with words and expressions from the box. Use their proper forms.1 I The author felt worn-out and b

46、ored because being a part of the rat race, she had to work reallyhard during the weekdays, and the brief weekend couldnt provide her with much relaxation, for shehad to deal with the household chores .2 As she waited for the train on the platform, she tuned out the crowd around her and began tomenta

47、lly sort through the priorities of her work. She wanted to secure a seat on the train for sittingwould allow her to get a jump on some paperwork.3 When the train was pulling in, the army of commuters was of one mind: Grab an empty seat at anycost. Although the author did the same thing, she began to

48、 consider how her aims of life haddeteriorated.4 On the train, a young woman caught the authors attention. She was expecting a baby and she didnthave a seat. However, everyone on the train pretended to be too deeply engrossed in theirconversations or reading to notice her.5 The author felt a pang of

49、 guilt and decided to give her seat to this young woman. And her small actof kindness was as much for her as it was for the pregnant woman. Part II Reading for PleasureExerciseAnswer the following questions.1 How did the author feel about the working environment?She thought it was hostile as well as

50、 noisy, dirty, and lacking in temperature control.2 What did James think of the author at first?He looked down upon her. He thought that she was too young and inexperienced, and he didnt wantto work with a woman.3 What did the author do to try to get James on her side?She was punctual and always did

51、 what she had promised. She spent time on the line trying tounderstand the challenges and obstacles James faced as a supervisor. She even brought him coffeeand made a point to ask about his family.4 How did the author finally change Jamess attitude towards her?She changed his attitude towards her by

52、 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 What lesson did the author learn from the experience?She learned that one should act and treat others as he himself wants to be treated, and should put hisego down and sinc

53、erely ask for help.新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）Unit 6 Money and MarriagePart IExercisesI. Reading for information 。A. Reading to find main ideas1. B 2. CB. Reading to find major details3 . B 4. AC. Reading to find relevant facts5. D 6. BII. TranslationTranslate the following sentences into Chinese. 1. Most peop

54、le would agree that money isnt what makes a good marriage but,a ccording to marriagecounsellors, it is certainly a big factor in making a bad one.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。2. Money is, for many people, the last great taboo subject.对许多人而言，金钱是最为忌讳的话题。3. Even your philosophy o

55、f life affects how you regard money. There are no right or wrong attitudesto money; each is valid in its own way.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。4. Knowing how the two of you view money and why will help you make the compromisesnecessary to stop fighting about it.了解彼此对金钱的看法和产生这种看法的原因可以

56、帮助你们达成必要的妥协，以免为钱发生争吵。5. Money isnt about dry financial planning, it is about how you will live your life, fulfil your dreamsand remain in a happy relationship.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。III. SummaryComplete the following statements with information from the box.1 Believe it or not, your a

57、ttitude to money is more important than how much you have.2 Everyone has a unique attitude to money. Some people love it for what it can buy them ; others seeit as a source of security .3 Sharing the same goals in life is what brings many couples together, and many spend a lot of timediscussing thei

58、r hopes and dreams.4 Once you are armed with knowledge about your spouses financial personality, you are betterequipped for all those day-to-day money issues that marriage is fraught with .5 Decide what your priorities are, how you will meet your goals, how to deal with everyday financesand whether

59、to have joint or separate accounts. These four tips are just the start of your financialplanning as a couple.Part II Reading for PleasureExercise Answer the following questions.1 Why didnt the colonel allow Hughie and Laura to get married?Because Hughie had no money.2 What was Alan Trevor doing when

60、 Hughie went to see him?He was finishing a life-size picture of a beggar.3 What did Hughie give to the old man? Why?He gave the old man a sovereign because he felt sorry for him.4 Why did Hughie think that he had made a fool of himself?Because later he found out that the beggar, to whom he had given