新世纪大学英语综合教程第二册Unit 5答案

------------------------------------------------------------------------新世纪大学英语综合教程第二册Unit5答案ListenandRespondTaskOneFocusingontheMainIdeasChoosethebestanswertocompleteeachofthefollowingsentencesaccordingtotheinformationcontainedinthelisteningpassage.1Thephilosophyprofessorbeganhislessonby________.A)askingthestudentstobewellseatedB)playingagamewiththestudentsC)askingthestudentstodoatestonphilosophyD)fillingalargeandemptyglassbottlewithrocks

2Theprofessorputtheitemsintothejarintheorderof________.A)rocks,beer,sandandpebblesB)rocks,pebbles,sandandbeerC)sand,rocks,beerandpebblesD)pebbles,rocks,beerandsand

3Accordingtotheprofessortherocksrepresent________.A)differentkindsofthingsinourlifeB)thethingsthatmatterinourlife,likeourjoborourhouseC)themostimportantthingsinourlife,likeourfamilyorourhealthD)thesmallstuffinourlife

4Theprofessorpouredsomebeerintothejarbecausehewantedto________.A)mixthebeerandthesandtogetherB)arousehisstudents’curiosityaboutnatureC)drawhisstudents’attentiontothesmallthingsintheirlifeD)provethatevenifourlifemayseemveryfull,thereisalwaysroomforsomeenjoyment

5Themessagetheprofessortriedtoputacrossinhislectureisthat________.A)weshouldtryourbesttokeepbalancebetweenourworkandhealthB)weshouldsetprioritiesinourlifeandtakecareofthemostimportantthingsfirstC)weshouldpayattentiontoboththebigthingsandthesmallstuffinourlifeD)nomatterhowfullourlifemayseem,wecanalwaysenjoyacoupleofbeers

TaskTwoZoomingInontheDetailsListentotherecordingagainandfillineachoftheblanksaccordingtowhatyouhaveheard.1Aphilosophyprofessorstoodbeforehisclasswithsomeitemsonthedeskinfrontofhim.Whenthefinalstudentwasseatedhepickedupalargeandemptyglassbottleandfilleditwithrocks.Hethenaskedthestudentsifthejarwasfull.Theyagreedthatitwas.

2Hethenpickedupaboxofpebblesandaddedthemtothejar,shakingitlightly.Thepebbles,ofcourserolledintotheopenareasbetweentherocks.Afterthathepouredsomesandintobottle.Thesandfilledineverythingelse.Finallyhetook2cansofbeerandpoureditintothejar.

3Throughthistheprofessorwantedhisstudentstorecognizethatthisjarrepresentsourlife.Therocksaretheimportantthingsinourlife,likeourfamily,ourhealth…thingsthatwouldstillremainevenifeverythingelsewerelost,andourlifewouldstillbefull.Thepebblesaretheotherthingsthatmatter—likeourjoborourhouse.Thesandisthesmallstuffinourlife.Ifweputthesandintothejarfirstthereisnoroomforthepebblesortherocks.Sohetoldhisstudentstosettheirprioritiesandpayattentiontothingsthatarecriticaltotheirhappiness:theirfamily,theirhealth…Theelseisjustsand.

ReadandExploreTaskOneDiscoveringtheMainIdeas1AnswerthefollowingquestionswiththeinformationcontainedinTextA.1)WhydoesHelenKellerthinkthatitwouldbeanexcellentruletoliveeachdayasifweshoulddietomorrow?Becauseshebelievesthatsuchanattitudewouldemphasizesharplythevalueoflife.

2)AccordingtoHelenKeller,whatistherightwaytoliveeachday?AccordingtoHelenKeller,weshouldliveeachdaywithagentleness,avigour,andakeennessofappreciation.

3)WhatdoesHelenKellermeanbysayingthatmostofustakelifeforgranted?Althoughweallknowthatwewilldiesoonerorlater,wetendtopicturethatdayasfarinthefuture.So,wegoaboutourpettytasks,hardlyawareofourlistlessattitudetowardslife.Inotherwords,wetakelifeforgranted.

4)WhatdoesHelenKellerthinkoftheattitudethatmostofusadopttowardsourfacultiesandsenses?Shethinksthatwetendtotakeourabilitiestoseeandhearforgrantedandseldommakethefullestuseoftheseblessedfaculties.Thatiswhyweoftenfailtomakeourlifefullerandricher.

5)WhydoesHelenKellerthinkthatitwouldbeablessingifeachofuswerestrickenblindanddeafforafewdaysatsometimeduringourearlyadultlife?Becausedarknesswouldmakeusmoreappreciativeofsightandsilencewouldteachusthejoysofsound.

2TextAcanbedividedintotwopartswiththeparagraphnumber(s)ofeachpartprovidedasfollows.Writedownthemainideaofeachpart.Part:One;Paragraph(s):1-4;MainIdea:Mostofustakelifeforgranted.Theauthorsuggeststhatweliveeachdaywithagentleness,avigor,andakeennessofappreciationasifweshoulddietomorrow.

Part:Two;Paragraph(s):5–10;MainIdea:

Weshouldalsomakefulluseofourfacultiesandsensessoastoliveafullerandricherlife.

TaskTwoReadingBetweentheLinesReadthefollowingsentencescarefullyanddiscussinpairswhattheauthorintendstosaybytheitalicizedparts.1)Whatevents,whatexperiences,whatassociations,shouldwecrowdintothoselasthoursasmortalbeings?(Para.2)Supposeweknowwearetodieinjustafewhours’time.Whatshouldwethinkaboutdoingduringourlasthours?

2)Weknowthatonedaywemustdie,butusuallywepicturethatdayasfarinthefuture.(Para.4)…butoftenwethinkofourdeathassomethingthatwillonlyhappenmanyyearslater.

3)Particularlydoesthisobservationapplytothosewhohavelostsightandhearinginadultlife.(Para.5)Thisisespeciallytrueofthepeoplewhohavebecomeblindanddeafaftertheyhavegrownup.

4)Tomethecolorfulseasonsareathrillingandunendingdrama,theactionofwhichstreamsthroughmyfingertips.(Para.8)ItseemstomethatthechangeofseasonsislikeanexcitingdramaandIcanfullyappreciatewhatisgoingontherejustbymysenseoftouch.

5)Itishuman,perhaps,toappreciatelittlethatwhichwehaveandtolongforthatwhichwehavenot.(Para.9)Perhaps,itishumannaturethatwedonottrulycherishthethingswealreadyhavebutarealwayseagertogetwhatwedonothave.

CheckingYourVocabularyWordDetective1ChoosethedefinitioninColumnBthatbestmatcheseachitalicizedwordinColumnA.1)b2)f3)d4)h5)j6)a7)i8)c

2ThetablebelowcontainsapproximatesynonymsandantonymsforsomewordsfromTextB.Completethecrosswordpuzzlethatfollows.Ifyouhaveputinthecorrectwords,youwilldiscoverahiddenverticalwordthatmeans"havingordeservinggreatfame,honour,andadmiration".Whatisthehiddenword?1)STRAIGHTEN2)RELAXED3)LOWER4)INDIRECT5)RESPECTIVE6)OWE7)HOPEFUL8)CEASEThehiddenwordisGLORIOUS.

3TheitalicizedpartineachofthefollowingsentencescanbeparaphrasedbyaphraseoridiomaticexpressionfromTextB.Playdetectiveandfinditwiththehelpoftheclues.1)ThewaitingroomisfullofpeopletravellingtotheMaldives(马尔代夫).(Para.1)boundfor

2)Heleftwithouteventhankingmeforreturninghislostwallet.(Para.5)withoutsomuchas

3)Laughterisfairlylikelytobethebestmedicine.(Para.9)maywell

4)Itismucheasiertoowemoneythantorepaythedebt.(Para.11/Para.12)fall/getintodebt

5)Wecouldn’thelplaughingeverytimehebehavedinaplayfulorcomicalmannerinpublic.(Para.13)playedthefool

6)AllthetroublesoflifeintheworldwillseemlikeadropofsaltwaterinafreshwaterriverwhencomparedtolifeinParadise.(Para.14)onearth

7)Harrywantstorecommendmeasamemberofthetennisclub.(Para.27)putmynameupfor

8)AnawardforpoetrywasgiventoPhilipLevineforhiscollection(作品集)“WhatWorkIs”.(Para.27)wasbestowedon

CheckingYourComprehension1AnswerthefollowingquestionswiththeinformationcontainedinTextB.1)WhatwastheauthorgoingtoStockholmfor?ShewastoreceivetheNobelPrizeinLiteratureinStockholm.

2)HowdidshefeelaboutbeingawardedthePrize?Shewasveryhappyandanxious.Andshefeltadeepsorrowthatherfather,towhomsheowedhersuccesssomuch,hadpassedawayandcouldn’tshareherhappiness.

3)Didtheauthorreallyhaveaconversationwithherfather?No.Herfatherwasnolongeralive.Shewastalkingwithherfatherinherimagination.

4)Accordingtotheauthor,howwouldherfatherrespondwhenshetoldhimthatshewasindebt?Hewouldsayhecouldn’thelpherbecausetherewasnomoneyinParadise.

5)Whatdidtheauthormeanwhenshesaidthatshewasindebt?Shemeantthatsheowedhersuccesstoa)herfatherwhotaughthertolovereadingandthecountryandhumanlife;b)otherpeoplewhotoldherwonderfulstoriesandgaveherdeedstowriteabout;c)nature,fromwhichshelearnedsomanysecrets;d)thosewhohadformedandmoldedthelanguageintoagoodinstrumentandtaughthertouseit;e)thegreatwritersinthepastwhoturnedwritingintoart;f)herreaders;andg)thosewhosingledheroutforthePrize.

2Readthefollowingsentencescarefullyanddiscussinpairswhattheauthorintendstosaybytheitalicizedparts.1)Iseemtohaveheardofsuchthingshappeningtootherpeople—why,then,nottomyself?(Para.5)IhaveheardofotherpeoplemeetingtheirdeadfamilymembersinParadise,sowhyshouldInotdothesame?

2)Thetrainwentglidingonbutithadalongwaytogoyet,andmythoughtsracedaheadofit.(Para.5)Thetrainmovedsmoothlyforward.Therewasstillalongwaytogo.So,Ibegantodaydreamandmythoughtsspedevenfasterthanthetrain.

3)…,justasIamabouttobreakmynewstohim,Iwilldecidetokeepitbackjustawhilelongerandtrytheindirectapproach.(Para.8)…,justbeforeIamtotellhimthenews,Iwilldecidetowaitforawhileandtellhimindirectly.

4)Onemaywellsayofthisplacethatithaseverythingexceptmoney.(Para.9)OneislikelytothinkthatParadisehaseverythingexceptmoney.

5)Itisnottoomuchtoaskthatyoushouldhelp.(Para.11)Ihaveproperreasonstoaskyouforhelp.

6)IwillnotrackmybrainsaboutproblemsthatnooneinHeavenoronearthcansolve.(Para.28)Iwillnottrysohardtosolveproblemsthatcan’tbesolved.

EnhanceYourLanguageAwarenessWordsinActionWorkingwithWordsandExpressions1Intheboxbelowaresomeofthewordsyouhavelearnedinthisunit.Completethefollowingsentenceswiththewordsgiven.Changetheformwherenecessary.1)Theirexperimentstretchedoveraperiodoftenyears.Atlast,theireffortspaidoff.

2)Communicationistheonlyremedyagainstconflictwithinthefamily.

3)You’dbetterconfineyoursummarytothemainidea;don’ttrytotalkaboutthetrivialthings.

4)Trulyremarkableprogresshasbeenmadeinashortperiodoftime,whichistheresultofthehardworkofeveryoneinvolved.

5)Thankyouforyourkindhelp—IthinkIoweyouafavour.

6)Whenhesleepsbythewindowonhotsummerafternoons,hetendstolowerthecurtaintokeepoutthesun.

7)Josephdidgivemeaquickreplythistime,butIwonderwhyhemadenoresponsetomylastquestion.

8)Historywillrevealthetruthinthefutureandtheywillrealizewhatawrongthingtheydid.

9)Thecamelischaracterizedbyanabilitytogowithoutwaterfordays.

10)Itishardtopicturehimasagovernmentofficialbecausehelookssofunny,butIbethemakesagoodone.

11)Menshouldopenuptheirmindsandadoptacorrectattitudetowardswomen.

12)Sinceallofusweretired,Martinproposedthatwetakeashortrestbeforecontinuingourwork.

13)Seeingabigsnakeunderthetable,Sophiacouldnothelptremblingfromheadtofoot.

2Intheboxesbelowaresomeoftheexpressionsyouhavelearnedinthisunit.Doyouunderstandtheirmeanings?Doyouknowhowtousetheminthepropercontext?Nowcheckforyourselfbydoingtheblank-fillingexercise.Changetheformwherenecessary.1)Rosawassingledoutforpraisebytheteacherbecauseherartprojectwassocreative.

2)Rebeccatoldusmostofthestorybutkeptbackthebitaboutherselfbecauseshedidn’twanttomakehergooddeedknown.

3)Thelocalpeopletellmeitisallbutimpossibletoclimbuptothetopofthesnowymountain.

4)MarilynMonroewenttoHollywoodinsearchoffame(名气)andfortune.

5)InHeavenletusbetwobirdsflyingevertogether,andonearthtwotreeswithbranchesinterlocked(连结)forever.

6)Lastbutnotleast,Iwouldliketothankallofyou,andinparticulartheChairman,Dr.Rogers,forhisfullsupportoverthelastthreeyears.

7)Oliverisarespectedengineer,managerandteacher,butfirstandforemostheisakindfatherandlovinghusband,whichissomethinghetakesgreatpridein.

8)Whenhetookinwhatwashappeningandrealizedsomethingwaswrong,hedecidedtogetawayquickly.

IncreasingYourWordPower1InEnglishsomeadjectivescannotbeusedaspre-nominalmodifiers.Instead,theycanonlyfollowlinkverbsandfunctionasthepredicative,e.g.alone,afraid,asleep,awake,alive,alike,unable,ill,glad,sorry,fond.Hence,wecansayafrightenedgirlorasickboy,butitiswrongtosay*anafraidgirlor*anillboy.Ineachofthefollowingsentencesyouaregiventwowordsinbrackets.Choosetheappropriateonetofillintheblank.Pleasenotethatforsomesentences,bothwordsareacceptable.

1)Iknowhowyoufeel,becauseIhaveasimilarproblem.(similar,alike)

2)IthinkmymotherandIareverymuchalike/similarinmanyways.(similar,alike)

3)Shelookedlovinglyatthesleepingchild.(asleep,sleeping)

4)Thelittleboywassotiredthathewassoundasleepwithinseconds.(asleep,sleeping)

5)Shegreeteduswithacheerfulsmile.(glad,cheerful)

6)Shewasgladthatthebirthdaypartywasasuccess.(glad,cheerful)

7)Don’tbeafraid/frightened.We’renotgoingtohurtyou.(afraid,frightened)

8)Twofrightenedchildrenwerehidinginacorneroftheroom.(afraid,frightened)

9)AbrotherinAustraliaisMary’sonlylivingrelative.(alive,living)

10)Notknowingwhetherhe’sdeadoraliveisaterriblefeeling.(alive,living)

2Fillineachblankinthefollowingsentenceswithaproperwordorphraseinthetable.1)Iftheangryworkersaredeterminedtostrike,theywilldosoregardlessofwhatthelawsays.

2)While/Though/Althoughsheisalikablegirl,shecanbeextremelydifficulttoworkwith.

3)Tryasshemight,Marycouldn’tgetthedooropen.

4)Inspiteof/Despitetheslightimprovementinsales,thecompanyisstillinfinancialdifficulty.

5)Though/Although/Whiletherewasnoconclusive(结论性的)evidence,mostpeoplethoughthewasguilty.

6)Theyoungmanhasshownatotaldisregardforthelawandforpublicsafety.

7)Therateofcontributiontothepension(养老金)planisthesameforallemployees,regardlessofage.

8)Weallwenttoseethefilminspiteof/despitetheheavyrain.

9)Ifyoudisregardthepoliceman’sinstruction,youmaygetarrested.

10)Braveasshewas,shetrembledatthesightofthehugesnake.

3WordBuildingInEnglish,therearesomelocative(表示位置的)prefixes,suchascross-,fore-,inter-,extra-,intra-,intro-.Theyareusedtoformnewwords,asisshowninthefollowingtable.NowmatcheachoftheEnglishwordsinColumnAwithitsChinesemeaninginColumnB.Youmayconsultadictionaryifnecessary.1)o

2)g

3)i

4)n

5)b

6)k

7)h

8)c

9)d

10)a

11)l

12)m

13)e14)j15)f

GrammarinContextTask1:Studythefollowingparagraphsfromthetextsinthisunit,payingspecialattentiontothesequenceoftenses.Reflectonitsgrammaticalfunctionineachsentence.Andthenfillineachblankofthefollowingpassagewiththeproperformoftheverbgiveninbrackets,payingspecialattentiontothesequenceoftenses.OnedaymywiferemindedmethatIneededtospendtimewiththepeopleIlove.SoIstarteddatinganotherwoman.The"otherwoman"mywife1)wasencouraging/encouraged(encourage)metodateismymother,a72-year-oldwidowwho2)haslived(live)alonesincemyfatherdied20yearsago.Rightafterhisdeath,Imoved2,500milesawaytoCalifornia.ThereI3)hadworked(work)for14yearsbeforeImovedbacknearmyhometown.WhenIwasbackIpromisedmyselfthatI4)wouldspend(spend)moretimewithMom.Butwiththedemandsofmyjobandthreekids,Inevergotaroundtoseeinghermuchbeyondfamilyget-togethersandholidays.ShewassurprisedandsuspiciouswhenIcalledandsuggestedthetwoofus5)shouldgo/go(go)outtodinnerandamovie.“What’swrong?”sheasked.“Ithoughtit6)wouldbe(be)nicetospendsometimewithyou,”Isaid.“Justthetwoofus.”“I’dlikethatalot.”shereplied.WhenIpulledintoherdriveway,she7)waswaiting(wait)bythedoorwithhercoaton.Herhairwascurled,andshe8)wassmiling(smile).“ItoldmyladyfriendsI9)wasgoing(go)outwithmyson,andtheywereallimpressed,”shesaidasshe10)got(get)intomycar.“Theycan’twaittohearaboutourevening.”Wedidn’tgoanywherefancy(昂贵的),justaneighbourhoodplacewherewecouldtalk.Wehadanicetalkoverdinner,justcatchingupwitheachother’slives.Wetalkedforsolongthatwe11)missed(miss)themovie.NowMomandI12)go(go)outfordinneracoupleoftimesamonth.Sometimeswetakeinamovie,butmostlywetalk.Itellheraboutmywork,thekidsandPeggy.Momtellsmeaboutherpast.Wealsotalkaboutthefuture.Datingwithmymom13)hashelped(help)mymarriage.After22yearsofmarriage,I14)havediscovered(discover)thesecrettokeepingloveandintimacyaliveinmyrelationshipwithmywife,Peggy.

Task2:Completethefollowingsentenceswithpropertensesoftheverbsgiveninbrackets.1)BytheendofApril,Peterwillhavestayed(stay)hereforthreemonths.

2)Aftersearchingforhalfanhour,sherealizedthatherglasseshadbeenlying(lie)onthetableallthetime.

3)Eversincethefamilymovedtothesuburbs(郊区)lastyear,theyhavebeenenjoying(enjoy)betterhealth.

4)Therehasbeen(be)markedprogressinbuildingthesocialsecuritysysteminthepastfewyears.

5)Bob’sleggothurtwhilewewereclimbing(climb)thePurpleMountains.

6)Ifyousmokeinthenon-smokingsection,peoplewillobject(object).

7)Ifshedoesn’ttellhimthetruthnow,he’llsimplykeeponaskingheruntilshedoes(do).

8)Wewillletyouusetheroomonconditionthatyoukeep(keep)itcleanandtidy.

9)Theyhadintended(intend)tovisityou,buttheircarbrokedown.

10)Idon’tlikehispersonalitybecauseheisalwayscomplaining(complain)aboutlife.

ClozeCompletethefollowingpassagewithwordschosenfromTextA.Theinitialletterofeachisgiven.Manyofushavereadinterestingandexcitingstoriesinwhichthemaincharacterhasonlyalimitedtimetolive.Suchstoriesset(1)usthinking,wonderingwhatweshoulddoundersimilarcircumstances(2).SometimesIhavethoughtitwouldbeanexcellentruletoliveeachdayasif(3)weshoulddietomorrow.Suchanattitudewouldemphasizesharplythevalue(4)oflife.Weshouldliveeachd