新视野大学英语1答案第八章

PARTII

KEYTOEXERCISES

SECTIONA

Pre-readingActivities

Whatislifeabout?Weworkhardeverydaytomakemoremoney,togain

powerandrecognition.Weneglectourhealth,timewithourfamily,the

surroundingbeautyandthehobbieswelove.Onedaywhenwelook

back,wewillrealizethatwedon'treallyneedthatmuch.Wethenwill

realizehowmuchwehavemissedinlifeiWorkdefinitelyisnotthewhole

oflife.Workismeanttokeepuslivingsothatweenjoyingthebeautyand

pleasuresoflife.

Lifeisabalanceofworkandplay,familyandpersonaltime.happinessis

themeaningandpurposeoflife,theaimofhumanexistence.So,livea

balancedlifestyleandenjoylife!

1.Ourhealth,timewithourfamily,thesurroundingbeautyandhobbies

welove.

2.Happiness.

3.(Open-ended.)

Comprehensionofthetext

I.

1.Today'scollegebeginnersaremoreconsumeristicandlessidealisticthan

atanytimeinthe17yearsofthepoll

2.Itislessimportantthanbeingfinanciallywellofforsuccessful.

3.Workisnottheonlythingtheylivefor,andtheyaremeanttodomore.

4.Tohelpstudentsbecomeawareofthemeaningoflife.

5.Educationteachesustoseetheconnectionsbetweenthingsaswellassee

beyondourimmediateneeds.

6.Wecanimproveourmoralsensebyacquiringknowledgeaccumulated

throughouttheages.

7.1nthelongrun,educationshouldbeaboutteachingpeoplehowto

distinguishrightfromwrong.

8.Weoughttogiveourabilitytoourworkbutourgeniustoourlives.

Vocabulary

III.

1.render2.contribution3.popular4.institutions5.enrolled

6.diverse7.accumulated8.distinguish9.puzzinglO.confine

ExercisesonWebcourseonly:

11.wisdom12.formal13.preferably14.ethnic

IV.

1.Hispastrecordiscertainlysomethingheisproudof.

2.Themembersofthecommittee,afteratwo-hourdiscussion,finally

arrivedatasolution.

3.Ifwewanttoarrivethereintime,wehavetotravelbydayaswellasby

night.

4.IwasshockedwhenIreadofhisdeathinanewspaper.

5.Accordingtothepolice,theyoungmanwasarrestedatthesceneofthe

robbery.

6.Thereisnothingmorefrustratingthanspendinghourssearchingfor

information,onlytobelieveitshowedanythingofthesort.

7.Itisunnecessarytoworryalot.Infact,thingswillgetbetterinthelong

run.

8.Mysmilewasmeanttoshoeinterestinthistrip,butCarlawasfartoo

intelligenttobelieveitshowedanythingofthesort.

9.Thenumberofstudentwhowanttobeenrolledinengineeringcourseis

wayup.

10.Thelittlegirlissofondofherdogthatshegivesitapieceofchocolate

everyday.

V.

1—5.ADMNE6—10.JCLGH

WordBuilding

VI.

1.weekly2.attactive3.wordly4.costly5.secondary6.1eisurely

7.tectivelO.progressive11.sickly

12.momentary13.manly14.orderly

VIL

1.backwards2.strangely3.outwards4.unfortunately

5homewards6.originally7.sadly8.inwards

.SentenceStructure

VIII.

1.Onnoaccountwilltheygiveuptheplan.

2.Littledoesheknowhowmuchhisparentslovehim.

3.Notuntilhereadthereportdidherealizewhataseriousmistakehehad

made.

4.Hardlycouldthepooroldmanfallasleepwithapaininhisleg.

5.Undernoconditionswillwegiveintotheirdemands.

IX.

1.WhileIagreeitisatoughproblem,1don'tthinkitcannotbesolved.

2.WhileSaracannotcometohelpus,shewillgiveussomesuggestions.

3.Whilepeopleadmitpollutionisveryserious,fewarewillingtotake

anymeasures.

4.Whileit'sraininghardnow,itwillclearupanytime.

5.Whileitistrueweneedmoneybadly,wecannotstealit

Translation

X.

1.Litlledidsheknowthatthispicturewouldonedaybeworthmorethana

milliondollars.

2.WhileIunderstandwhatyousay,1don'tagreewithyouontheissue.

3.1thinkthepolicearemeanttoprotectpeople.

4.1wenttoseehimyesterday,onlytofindthathegoneabroadseveral

daysbefore.

5.Attheweeklymeeting,everyonemustconfinetheirremarkstothe

subject.

6.1fonlyIhadn'tsaidthosesillywords!Iwastooyoungtodistinguish

rightfromwrong.

XL

1.五年前我几乎不会想到今天我会与这么多来自世界各地的学生

一起学习英语。

2.虽然这个职位给你带来荣耀和权力，但是它也赋予你巨大的责

任。

3.从长远来看，粮食生产和人口增长之间的竞争难以轻易解决。

4.有时我们发现，自己爬上了成功的阶梯，却发现阶梯靠在错误的

墙壁上。(即：我们爬上去了，却发现不是自己真正追求的东西。)

5.新计划的目的是让年轻人快速走上管理岗位。

6.这个年轻人志向高远，非常希望能有所成就，让父母为他骄傲。

XI.

1—10CBCACBDBAA11—20CCADDBADCA

XIII.

Theargument：Educationshouldteachustoseetheconnections

betweenthings,aswellastoseebeyondourimmediateneeds.(Para.14)

Onefacttosupporttheargument:Astrikeforhigherwagesresultedin

employersdrivenoutofwork.Nocompany,nojob.Howshort-sighted

inthelongrun.(Para.15)

XIV.

Therehasbeenasadtendencyamongyoungstersinvaluingmaterial

thingsmoreandmore.Forcollegestudents,themostpopularsubjects

puter

programming,business,etc.Whentheygraduatefromcolleges,thejob

theyprefertochoosearesalesrepresentative,advertisement

designing,internationalbusiness,etc.Fewerandfewerpeopleare

choosingteachingorsocialservicesastheirlifecareer.

SECTIONB

ReadingSkill

I.

1.Fromthetitleofthetextwecanseethatthisarticleisaboutwhat

youngpeoplecanexpertinthefuture.

2.Theyaremostlydates,yearsandstatistics.

3.Therearemostlyseveralquotes,eitherdirectorindirect,inthe

text.OnequoteisfromAlfredNorthWhitehead,andotherquotesare

mostlyfrompeopleindifferentsurveys.

4.Thelanguageofthisarticleismostlyformal.Itcontainssome

technicalterms.

5.Thisarticleismainlyinformational.Itcontainssomefeaturestypical

ofapieceofinformationalwriting:manydatesandstatistics,some

quotes,formallanguage,andstraightforwardsentencestructures.

Comprehensionofthetext

II.

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Vocabulary

III.

1.portion5.motivated

6.prospect7.constructed8.civil9.preferenc