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新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 1答案
Unit 1
Section
A
I Comprehension of The Text
1. The
attitude is that if one is not moving ahead heis
falling behind.
2. Time is treated as if it
were something almostreal. (People budget it,
waste it, steal it, kill it,
cut it, account
for it;they also charge for it.) They do this
because time is a precious resource.
3.
Everyone is in a rush —often under pressure. City
people always appear to be hurrying to get
wherethey are going, restlessly seeking
attention in a store or elbowing others asthey try
to
complete their shopping.
4. Don’t take
it personally. This isbecause people value time
highly and they resent someone
else “wasting”
it beyond a certain appropriatepoint.
5. New
arrivals in America will miss opening
exchanges,the ritual interaction that goes with a
cup
of coffee or tea and leisurelychats.
6. Americans produce a steady flow of labor-
savingdevices. They communicate rapidly through
faxes, phone calls or emails ratherthan
through personal contacts.
7. The
impersonality of electronic communication
haslittle or no relation to the significance of
the matter at hand.
8. It is taken as a
sign of skillfulness or beingcompetent to solve a
problem or fulfill a job with
speed in the
U.S.
Vocabulary
III
1. charge 2.
convention 3. efficient 4. obtain 5. competent 6.
assessing l 8. conducting
consequently 10.
significance
IV．
1．behind 2. at 3. in 4.
out 5. to 7. in 8. with 9. but
V.
1. L
2. C 3. D 4. N 5. O 6.A 7.E 8.G 9.I 10.K
Word Building
VI
1. commitment 2.
attraction 3. appointment sion
5. civilization
6. composition 7. confusion tulation
9.
consideration 10. explanation 11. acquisition sion
VII.
desirable favorable considerable
acceptable
drinkable advisable remarkable
preferable
1. advisable ble 3. favorable 4.
considerable5. remarkable 6. preferable 7.
drinkable 8.
acceptable
Structure
VIII
1. much less can he write English articles
2. much less can he manage a big company
3. much less could he carry it upstairs
4. much less have I spoken to him
5. much less to read a lot outside of it
IX
1. Having meals at home can cost as
little as two orthree dollars, whereas eating out
at a
restaurant is always more expensive.
2. We thought she was rather proud, whereas in
factshe was just very shy.
3. We have never
done anything for them, whereas theyhave done so
much for us.
4. Natalie prefers to stay for
another week, whereasher husband prefers to leave
immediately.
5. Some praise him highly,
whereas others put him downseverely
Translation
X.
1. She wouldn’t take a
drink, much less wouldshe stay for dinner.
2.
He thought I was lying to him, whereas I
wastelling the truth.
3. How do you account
for the fact that you have beenlate every day this
week?
4. The increase in their profits is due
partly totheir new market strategy.
5. Such
measures are likely to result in theimprovement of
work efficiency.
6. We have already poured a
lot of time and energyinto the project, so we have
to carry on.
XI
1. 我认为他不会抢劫，更不用说暴力抢劫了。
2. 男工平均工资每小时10美元，而女工才每小时7美元。
3.
自然界的平衡一旦遭到破坏，就会带来很多不可预知的影响。
4.
期终考试迫在眉睫，你最好多花点时间看书。
5. 有趣的是，消费者发现越来越难以辨别某些品牌的
原产国。其部分原因来自于全球化带来的影响，部分原因是由于产
地的变化。
6.
最近一次调查表明，妇女占总劳动力的40%。
Cloze
1. C 2.B 3.B
4.A 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.A 10.C
11.D 12.C
13.C 14.B 15.A
Structured Writing
XIV.
A larger and larger part of society is
expressing itsconcern about environmental
protection.
Active in their concern, teachers
andstudents hold specific meetings to discuss
environmental
protection. Also, cityplanners
take environmental problems into serious
consideration. And,
thoughreducing pollution
can be expensive, factories often take every
possiblemeasure to do
their part. Many people
are concerned and active because air andwater
pollution affects
everyone and makes it
difficult for cities to surviveand businesses to
make a profit.
Section B.
Comprehension of
the Text
II.
1. D 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.A 6.C
7.B 8.B
Vocabulary
III.
1. utilize
3. considerable 4. temporary 5. acceptable
6. recognition 7. alleviate 8.
appreciate rmore 10. interact
IV.
1.
interact with 2. gone through 3. deal with red
from
5. adjusting to 6. familiar to 7. In
spiteof 8. were tired of
9. prevented from
10. came to
新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 3答案
Unit 3
Section A
Comprehension of the
Text
1. The writer is a black man who is not
an American citizen.
2. According to him,
during their two years togetherthey had
experienced the usual ups and
downs of a
couple learning to know,understand, and respect
each other. In addition he thought
they had
honestlyconfronted the weaknesses and strengths of
each other’scharacters.
3. They learned a
great deal about tolerance,compromise, and being
open with each other.
4. As with many couples,
they got married for thewrong reasons and found
out many years later
that they were
incompatible. Theydidn’t take enough time to know
each other.
5. Her mother, counseled Gail to
be really sure shewas doing the right thing.
6. He immediately suspected that Mark was
marrying hisdaughter in order to remain in the
United
States.
7. He quoted statistics
showing that mixed couples hada higher divorce
rate than couples of the
same race and gave
examples of mixedcouples he had counseled who were
having marital
difficulties.
8. People can
be very cruel toward children from mixedmarriages.
Vocabulary
III.
1. mutual 2. illusion
3. canceled 4. overlooked 5. proceeded 6.
resolve 7. prejudice 8.
compromise 9. confirm
10. subsequently
IV.
1. having nothing to
do with 2. taking care of 3. metwith 4. on the
surface 5. work out 6.
incompatible with 7.
ups and downs 8. learned of 9. indication of
10. all along
V.
1.M 2.L 3.F 4.D 5.H
6.O 7.A 8.C 9.I 10.K
Word Building
VI.
1. shopping g 3. storage 4.
cooking 5. ending 6. beginning 7. gathering
8.
removal 9. arrival 10. passage 11.
writing 12. marriage
VII.
1.
relationship 2. citizenship ship 4.
membership 5. boyhood 6. livelihood 7.
brotherhood ship 9. adulthood 10.
neighborhood 11. wisdom 12. ownership
Sentence structure
VIII.
1. It is
never too bad(for us) to do something aboutthe
situation.
2. One is never too old to learn.
3. It is never too late (for you) to put a
stop tothis madness.
4. It is never too late
(for you) to mend your ways.
5. His income was
never too small to support hisfamily.
IX.
1. My best friend, Anna, was here last night.
2. The company manager, Mr. Madison,
gathered hisstaff and announced the decision.
3. You should have seen an ophthalmologist, an
eyedoctor.
4. He sent for the accountant, the
most experiencedperson in accounting.
5.
Translation
X.
1. You are never
too experienced to learn newtechniques.
2.
There remains one problem, namely, who should
besent to head the research there.
3. Their
relationship did meet with some difficulty atthe
beginning because of cultural
differences.
4. Though he has had ups and downs, I believed
allalong that he would succeed someday.
5. I
have some reservations about the truth of your
claim.
6. She isn't particularly tall, but her
slim figuregives an illusion of height.
XI.
1. 应尽早告知年轻人：必须认真对待法律。
2.
他现在面临一个重要决定，这个决定可能会影响他的整个前程。
3.
即使在情况最糟糕的时候，你也必须保持镇静和信心。
4.
人际关系的成功与否与双方相处是否融洽以及交流是否顺畅有很大关系。
5.
他受到袭击，身受重伤，随后不治而亡。
6. 他的举止至少在表面上像个正常人。
Cloze
XII.
1.A 2.C 3.B 4.B 5.C
6.B 7.C 8.D 9.C 10.D
11.B 12.A 13.D
14.C 15.D
Structured Writing
XIV.
Many people place so much emphasis on success
thatthey think any failure is bad. Failure is
never pleasant because it hurtspeople. But in
fact it can make positive contribution to our life
once we learnhow to make the best of it. We
can learn from a disastrous party how to give
agood
one. And we can learn from an ill-chosen
first house what to look for in asecond. Even a
total
failure can give us fresh ideas or a
change of ed failures lead to success and
prove to be beneficial to us as weexperiment
every day to find out the right way of doing
things.
Section B
Reading skills
I.
1. F 2.F 3.O 4.F 5.O 6.O 7.O 8.F
9.O 10.F
Comprehension of the Text
II.
1.C 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.A 8.D
Vocabulary
III.
e ism nt izing
ble
led w pate ant
IV.
...to
ning
新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 6答案
Unit 6
Comprehension of the Text
I.
1. She
didn’t like her first name because itdidn’t suit
her good looks and elegant manner, and
itmade
her think she should be a cook.
2. She felt
more comfortable with herself and otherpeople
started to take her more seriously.
3. the
writer thinks that the name change didn’tcause
Debbie’s professional achievement, but it
surelyhelped by making her feel more self-
confident about her talents.
4. The writer
thought that his name, Joe, made himseem more
qualified to be a baseball player
than an art
critic. He alsobelieved that if he had a more
refined name, like Arthur or Adrian, his
namewould appear complete.
5. The woman
felt ill at ease because the attractiveman, whom
she wanted the writer to
introduce her to, was
the same person whomshe had once turned down due
to his dull-sounding
name.
6. We often
project name-based stereotypes ontopeople. For
example, one of the writer’s women
friends
confessed thatwhile taking charge of a group of
four-year-olds at the nursery school,
shebecame confused by their personalities
because of their names.
7. One study showed
that teachers gave lower grades toessays written
by boys with less
appealing names than they
awarded to the samepapers by boys with better-
sounding names.
8. If you are determined
enough, you can change yourname.
Vocabulary
III.
1. confessed e 3. professional 4.
impressive 5. latter 6. convey 7. qualify 8.
refined 9. substitute 10. approval
IV.
1. Correct form: fill out; synonym:
fill in
2. Correct form: feel comfortable
with; synonym: feelcomfortable about
3.
Correct form: attach first importance
to;translation: 非常重视； 把……放在第一位
4. Correct
form: turned down; synonym: rejected;refused
5. Correct form: came (up) to; definition:
movedtoward
6. Correct form: pressing me for;
definition: try in adetermined way to get
something.
7. Correct form: free fromof;
definition: notinfluenced by
8. Correct form:
stuck with; translation: 不得不接待； 被迫接待
9.
Correct form: for better or worse;
definition:whether the result is good or bad
10. Correct form: took charge of; synonym:
tookresponsibility for
V.
1. M 2. K 3. L
4. F 5. I 6. C 7. H 8. O 9. E 10. B
Word
Building
VI.
illegal impolite irregular
impatient incapable
irresponsible
inconsistent inappropriate incorrect indefinite
1. impatient 2. irresponsible istent 4.
illegal 5. inappropriate 6. incapable 7.
irregular 8. impolite ect 10. indefinite
VII.
unnoticeable unreasonable
ungrateful unlimiteduncertain uncover
unrecognizable unfashionable undo untidy
unfold unload
1. unreasonable 2. unfolded
3. uncertain 4. uncovered 5. ungrateful 6.
unloading 7.
unlimited
Sentence
structure
VIII.
1. so is air to man
2.
so is the eagle of all birds
3. so is beer to
the British
4. so is tea to the Chinese
5.
so do the English love their beer
IX.
1.
While waiting at the doctor’s, Iread an entire
short story.
2. After using the brush, put it
in its proper place.
3. Before being in the
army, he was an engineer.
4. I deliberately
didn’t read the book before going tosee the film.
5. When buying a new car, it is best to seek
expertadvice.
Translation
X.
1. (Just)
as a machine needs regular running, so doesthe
body need regular exercise.
2. He learned to
play the piano while studying in theUnited States.
3. To our disappointment, he turned down
ourinvitation.
4. The reality is that, for
better or worse, the worldhas changed with advance
of new
technologies.
5. Most of the female
students in my class appear tobe ill at ease when
(they are) required to
answer questions.
6. The local government took charge of the
securityfor the sports meeting.
XI.
1.
足球之于意大利人，就像乒乓球之于中国人。
2.
教师没急着要班里同学现在作决定，而是要他们仔细考虑后再下决心。
3.
我不知道那是什么饮料，我喝了那么多；结果那些小伙子只能送我回家，因为我有点醉了。
4.
在中国北方，三月份往往多风。
5. 尽管如此，政府已经同意总支出增加6.2%。
6.
信息被定义为通过陈述事实向大脑传达的知识，它可以有多种形式。
Cloze
XII.
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. D
10. C
11. C 12. B 13. A 14. A 15. A
Structured Writing:
My hometown and my
college town have several things incommon. First,
my hometown is a small
town. It has a
population of only about10,000 people. Located in
a rural area, it is surrounded by
many acres
offarmland which are devoted mainly to growing
corn and soybeans. As for mycollege
town, it
is small too. Having a population of about 11,000
localresidents, it lies in the center of
farmland which is used to raise hogs
andcattle. Therefore living in my college town
makes me
feel at home. I enjoy it.
Section
B
Comprehension of the Text
II.
1. F
2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. F
Vocabulary
III.
1. tidy l 3. emotional 4.
imitating 5. discourage
6. bargain 7. wander
8. superficial 9. concealed anies
IV.
1.
turned out 2. is not really up to 3. went togreat
lengths 4. acting out 5. spoke of 6. Judging
by 7. out of character 8. took sides 9. blow
his cover 10. more or less
新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 8答案
Unit 8
Comprehension of the Text
I.
1.
Today’s college beginners are moreconsumeristic
and less at any time in the 17 years of the
poll.
2. It is less important than being
financially welloff or successful.
3. Work is
not the only thing they live for, and theyare
meant to do more.
4. To help students become
aware of the meaning oflife.
5. Education
teaches us to see the connections betweenthings as
well as see beyond our
immediate needs.
6.
We can improve our moral sense by
acquiringknowledge accumulated throughout the
ages.
7. In the long run, education should be
about teachingpeople how to distinguish right from
wrong.
8. We ought to give our ability to our
work but ourgenius to our lives.
Vocabulary
III.
1. render 2. contribution 3. popular
ed
6. diverse 7. accumulated 8. distinguish
9. puzzling 10. confine
IV.
1. His past
record is certainly something he is proudof.
2. The members of the committee, after a two-
hourdiscussion, finally arrived at a solution.
3. If we want to arrive there in time, we have
totravel by day as well as by night.
4. I was shocked when I read of his death in
anewspaper.
5. According to the police, the
young man was arrestedat the scene of the robbery.
6. There is nothing more frustrating than
spendinghours searching for information, only to
discover the information useless.
7. It is
unnecessary to worry a lot. In fact, thingswill
get better in the long run.
8. My smile was
meant to show interest in this trip,but Carla was
far too intelligent to believe it
showed
anything of the sort.
9. The number of
students who want to be enrolled inengineering
courses is way up.
10. The little girl is
so fond of her dog that shegives it a piece of
chocolate every day.
V.
1. A 2. D 3. M
4. N 5. E 6. J 7. C 8. L 9. G 10. H
Word Building
VI.
1. weekly tive
3. worldly 4. costly 5. secondary
6. leisurely y 8. customary 9.
protective ssive
11. sickly ary 13. manly
14. orderly
VII.
1. backward(s) 2.
strangely 3. outward(s) 4. unfortunately
5.
homeward(s) 6. originally 7. sadly (s)
Sentence structure
VIII.
1. On no
account will they give up the plan.
2. Little
does he know much his parents love him.
3. Not
until he read the report did he realize what
aserious mistake he had made.
4. Hardly could
the poor old man fall asleep with apain in his
leg.
5. Under no conditions will we give in to
theirdemands.
IX.
1. While I agree it is a
tough problem, I don’tthink it cannot be solved.
2. While Sara cannot come to help us, she will
give ussome suggestions.
3. While people admit
pollution is very serious, feware willing to take
measures.
4. While it’s raining hard now, it
will clearup anytime.
5. While it is true we
need money badly, we cannotsteal it.
Translation
X.
1. Little did she know
that this picture would one daybe worth more than
a million dollars.
2. While I understand what
you say, I don’tagree with you on the issue.
3. I think the police are meant to protect
people.
4. I went to see him yesterday, only
to find that hehad gone abroad several days
before.
5. At the weekly meeting, everyone
must confine theirremarks to the subject.
6.
If only I hadn’t said those silly words! I wastoo
young then to distinguish right from wrong.
XI.
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坐在一起学习英语。
2.
虽然这些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。
Cloze
XII.
1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. A
10. A
11. C 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. D 16.B 17. A
18. D 19. C20.A
XIV.
There has been a sad
tendency among youngsters invaluing material
things more and more. For
college students,
the most popularsubjects that they prefer to
choose are accounting, computer
programming,business, etc. When they graduate
from colleges, the jobs they prefer to chooseare
sales representative, advertisement
designing, international business, and fewer
people are choosing teaching or social
services as their lifecareer.
Section B
Comprehension of the Text
II.
1. T 2.
F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. F
Vocabulary
III.
1. eliminate yed 3. implicit 4.
promotion 5. motivated
6. prospect 7.
constructed 8. civil 9. preference 10.
absence
IV.
1. Correct form: in
particular; synonym:especiallyparticularly
2.
Correct form: in short; synonym: in brief
3.
Correct form: are committed to; definition:
promiseto do (sth.)
4. Correct form: based …
on; definition: use… as a basis
5. Correct
form: ByIn comparison; synonym: comparedto
6.
Correct form: at large; synonym: as a whole;
ingeneral
7. Correct form: happy with;
synonym: satisfied with
8. Correct form:
associated with; synonym: connectedwith
9.
Correct form: ground to a halt;
definition:gradually stop
10. Correct form:
protect…from; synonym: defend… from
新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第二册课后练习答案
新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 1答案
Unit 1
Section
A
I Comprehension of The Text
1. The
attitude is that if one is not moving ahead heis
falling behind.
2. Time is treated as if it
were something almostreal. (People budget it,
waste it, steal it, kill it,
cut it, account
for it;they also charge for it.) They do this
because time is a precious resource.
3.
Everyone is in a rush —often under pressure. City
people always appear to be hurrying to get
wherethey are going, restlessly seeking
attention in a store or elbowing others asthey try
to
complete their shopping.
4. Don’t take
it personally. This isbecause people value time
highly and they resent someone
else “wasting”
it beyond a certain appropriatepoint.
5. New
arrivals in America will miss opening
exchanges,the ritual interaction that goes with a
cup
of coffee or tea and leisurelychats.
6. Americans produce a steady flow of labor-
savingdevices. They communicate rapidly through
faxes, phone calls or emails ratherthan
through personal contacts.
7. The
impersonality of electronic communication
haslittle or no relation to the significance of
the matter at hand.
8. It is taken as a
sign of skillfulness or beingcompetent to solve a
problem or fulfill a job with
speed in the
U.S.
Vocabulary
III
1. charge 2.
convention 3. efficient 4. obtain 5. competent 6.
assessing l 8. conducting
consequently 10.
significance
IV．
1．behind 2. at 3. in 4.
out 5. to 7. in 8. with 9. but
V.
1. L
2. C 3. D 4. N 5. O 6.A 7.E 8.G 9.I 10.K
Word Building
VI
1. commitment 2.
attraction 3. appointment sion
5. civilization
6. composition 7. confusion tulation
9.
consideration 10. explanation 11. acquisition sion
VII.
desirable favorable considerable
acceptable
drinkable advisable remarkable
preferable
1. advisable ble 3. favorable 4.
considerable5. remarkable 6. preferable 7.
drinkable 8.
acceptable
Structure
VIII
1. much less can he write English articles
2. much less can he manage a big company
3. much less could he carry it upstairs
4. much less have I spoken to him
5. much less to read a lot outside of it
IX
1. Having meals at home can cost as
little as two orthree dollars, whereas eating out
at a
restaurant is always more expensive.
2. We thought she was rather proud, whereas in
factshe was just very shy.
3. We have never
done anything for them, whereas theyhave done so
much for us.
4. Natalie prefers to stay for
another week, whereasher husband prefers to leave
immediately.
5. Some praise him highly,
whereas others put him downseverely
Translation
X.
1. She wouldn’t take a
drink, much less wouldshe stay for dinner.
2.
He thought I was lying to him, whereas I
wastelling the truth.
3. How do you account
for the fact that you have beenlate every day this
week?
4. The increase in their profits is due
partly totheir new market strategy.
5. Such
measures are likely to result in theimprovement of
work efficiency.
6. We have already poured a
lot of time and energyinto the project, so we have
to carry on.
XI
1. 我认为他不会抢劫，更不用说暴力抢劫了。
2. 男工平均工资每小时10美元，而女工才每小时7美元。
3.
自然界的平衡一旦遭到破坏，就会带来很多不可预知的影响。
4.
期终考试迫在眉睫，你最好多花点时间看书。
5. 有趣的是，消费者发现越来越难以辨别某些品牌的
原产国。其部分原因来自于全球化带来的影响，部分原因是由于产
地的变化。
6.
最近一次调查表明，妇女占总劳动力的40%。
Cloze
1. C 2.B 3.B
4.A 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.A 10.C
11.D 12.C
13.C 14.B 15.A
Structured Writing
XIV.
A larger and larger part of society is
expressing itsconcern about environmental
protection.
Active in their concern, teachers
andstudents hold specific meetings to discuss
environmental
protection. Also, cityplanners
take environmental problems into serious
consideration. And,
thoughreducing pollution
can be expensive, factories often take every
possiblemeasure to do
their part. Many people
are concerned and active because air andwater
pollution affects
everyone and makes it
difficult for cities to surviveand businesses to
make a profit.
Section B.
Comprehension of
the Text
II.
1. D 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.A 6.C
7.B 8.B
Vocabulary
III.
1. utilize
3. considerable 4. temporary 5. acceptable
6. recognition 7. alleviate 8.
appreciate rmore 10. interact
IV.
1.
interact with 2. gone through 3. deal with red
from
5. adjusting to 6. familiar to 7. In
spiteof 8. were tired of
9. prevented from
10. came to
新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 3答案
Unit 3
Section A
Comprehension of the
Text
1. The writer is a black man who is not
an American citizen.
2. According to him,
during their two years togetherthey had
experienced the usual ups and
downs of a
couple learning to know,understand, and respect
each other. In addition he thought
they had
honestlyconfronted the weaknesses and strengths of
each other’scharacters.
3. They learned a
great deal about tolerance,compromise, and being
open with each other.
4. As with many couples,
they got married for thewrong reasons and found
out many years later
that they were
incompatible. Theydidn’t take enough time to know
each other.
5. Her mother, counseled Gail to
be really sure shewas doing the right thing.
6. He immediately suspected that Mark was
marrying hisdaughter in order to remain in the
United
States.
7. He quoted statistics
showing that mixed couples hada higher divorce
rate than couples of the
same race and gave
examples of mixedcouples he had counseled who were
having marital
difficulties.
8. People can
be very cruel toward children from mixedmarriages.
Vocabulary
III.
1. mutual 2. illusion
3. canceled 4. overlooked 5. proceeded 6.
resolve 7. prejudice 8.
compromise 9. confirm
10. subsequently
IV.
1. having nothing to
do with 2. taking care of 3. metwith 4. on the
surface 5. work out 6.
incompatible with 7.
ups and downs 8. learned of 9. indication of
10. all along
V.
1.M 2.L 3.F 4.D 5.H
6.O 7.A 8.C 9.I 10.K
Word Building
VI.
1. shopping g 3. storage 4.
cooking 5. ending 6. beginning 7. gathering
8.
removal 9. arrival 10. passage 11.
writing 12. marriage
VII.
1.
relationship 2. citizenship ship 4.
membership 5. boyhood 6. livelihood 7.
brotherhood ship 9. adulthood 10.
neighborhood 11. wisdom 12. ownership
Sentence structure
VIII.
1. It is
never too bad(for us) to do something aboutthe
situation.
2. One is never too old to learn.
3. It is never too late (for you) to put a
stop tothis madness.
4. It is never too late
(for you) to mend your ways.
5. His income was
never too small to support hisfamily.
IX.
1. My best friend, Anna, was here last night.
2. The company manager, Mr. Madison,
gathered hisstaff and announced the decision.
3. You should have seen an ophthalmologist, an
eyedoctor.
4. He sent for the accountant, the
most experiencedperson in accounting.
5.
Translation
X.
1. You are never
too experienced to learn newtechniques.
2.
There remains one problem, namely, who should
besent to head the research there.
3. Their
relationship did meet with some difficulty atthe
beginning because of cultural
differences.
4. Though he has had ups and downs, I believed
allalong that he would succeed someday.
5. I
have some reservations about the truth of your
claim.
6. She isn't particularly tall, but her
slim figuregives an illusion of height.
XI.
1. 应尽早告知年轻人：必须认真对待法律。
2.
他现在面临一个重要决定，这个决定可能会影响他的整个前程。
3.
即使在情况最糟糕的时候，你也必须保持镇静和信心。
4.
人际关系的成功与否与双方相处是否融洽以及交流是否顺畅有很大关系。
5.
他受到袭击，身受重伤，随后不治而亡。
6. 他的举止至少在表面上像个正常人。
Cloze
XII.
1.A 2.C 3.B 4.B 5.C
6.B 7.C 8.D 9.C 10.D
11.B 12.A 13.D
14.C 15.D
Structured Writing
XIV.
Many people place so much emphasis on success
thatthey think any failure is bad. Failure is
never pleasant because it hurtspeople. But in
fact it can make positive contribution to our life
once we learnhow to make the best of it. We
can learn from a disastrous party how to give
agood
one. And we can learn from an ill-chosen
first house what to look for in asecond. Even a
total
failure can give us fresh ideas or a
change of ed failures lead to success and
prove to be beneficial to us as weexperiment
every day to find out the right way of doing
things.
Section B
Reading skills
I.
1. F 2.F 3.O 4.F 5.O 6.O 7.O 8.F
9.O 10.F
Comprehension of the Text
II.
1.C 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.A 8.D
Vocabulary
III.
e ism nt izing
ble
led w pate ant
IV.
...to
ning
新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 6答案
Unit 6
Comprehension of the Text
I.
1. She
didn’t like her first name because itdidn’t suit
her good looks and elegant manner, and
itmade
her think she should be a cook.
2. She felt
more comfortable with herself and otherpeople
started to take her more seriously.
3. the
writer thinks that the name change didn’tcause
Debbie’s professional achievement, but it
surelyhelped by making her feel more self-
confident about her talents.
4. The writer
thought that his name, Joe, made himseem more
qualified to be a baseball player
than an art
critic. He alsobelieved that if he had a more
refined name, like Arthur or Adrian, his
namewould appear complete.
5. The woman
felt ill at ease because the attractiveman, whom
she wanted the writer to
introduce her to, was
the same person whomshe had once turned down due
to his dull-sounding
name.
6. We often
project name-based stereotypes ontopeople. For
example, one of the writer’s women
friends
confessed thatwhile taking charge of a group of
four-year-olds at the nursery school,
shebecame confused by their personalities
because of their names.
7. One study showed
that teachers gave lower grades toessays written
by boys with less
appealing names than they
awarded to the samepapers by boys with better-
sounding names.
8. If you are determined
enough, you can change yourname.
Vocabulary
III.
1. confessed e 3. professional 4.
impressive 5. latter 6. convey 7. qualify 8.
refined 9. substitute 10. approval
IV.
1. Correct form: fill out; synonym:
fill in
2. Correct form: feel comfortable
with; synonym: feelcomfortable about
3.
Correct form: attach first importance
to;translation: 非常重视； 把……放在第一位
4. Correct
form: turned down; synonym: rejected;refused
5. Correct form: came (up) to; definition:
movedtoward
6. Correct form: pressing me for;
definition: try in adetermined way to get
something.
7. Correct form: free fromof;
definition: notinfluenced by
8. Correct form:
stuck with; translation: 不得不接待； 被迫接待
9.
Correct form: for better or worse;
definition:whether the result is good or bad
10. Correct form: took charge of; synonym:
tookresponsibility for
V.
1. M 2. K 3. L
4. F 5. I 6. C 7. H 8. O 9. E 10. B
Word
Building
VI.
illegal impolite irregular
impatient incapable
irresponsible
inconsistent inappropriate incorrect indefinite
1. impatient 2. irresponsible istent 4.
illegal 5. inappropriate 6. incapable 7.
irregular 8. impolite ect 10. indefinite
VII.
unnoticeable unreasonable
ungrateful unlimiteduncertain uncover
unrecognizable unfashionable undo untidy
unfold unload
1. unreasonable 2. unfolded
3. uncertain 4. uncovered 5. ungrateful 6.
unloading 7.
unlimited
Sentence
structure
VIII.
1. so is air to man
2.
so is the eagle of all birds
3. so is beer to
the British
4. so is tea to the Chinese
5.
so do the English love their beer
IX.
1.
While waiting at the doctor’s, Iread an entire
short story.
2. After using the brush, put it
in its proper place.
3. Before being in the
army, he was an engineer.
4. I deliberately
didn’t read the book before going tosee the film.
5. When buying a new car, it is best to seek
expertadvice.
Translation
X.
1. (Just)
as a machine needs regular running, so doesthe
body need regular exercise.
2. He learned to
play the piano while studying in theUnited States.
3. To our disappointment, he turned down
ourinvitation.
4. The reality is that, for
better or worse, the worldhas changed with advance
of new
technologies.
5. Most of the female
students in my class appear tobe ill at ease when
(they are) required to
answer questions.
6. The local government took charge of the
securityfor the sports meeting.
XI.
1.
足球之于意大利人，就像乒乓球之于中国人。
2.
教师没急着要班里同学现在作决定，而是要他们仔细考虑后再下决心。
3.
我不知道那是什么饮料，我喝了那么多；结果那些小伙子只能送我回家，因为我有点醉了。
4.
在中国北方，三月份往往多风。
5. 尽管如此，政府已经同意总支出增加6.2%。
6.
信息被定义为通过陈述事实向大脑传达的知识，它可以有多种形式。
Cloze
XII.
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. D
10. C
11. C 12. B 13. A 14. A 15. A
Structured Writing:
My hometown and my
college town have several things incommon. First,
my hometown is a small
town. It has a
population of only about10,000 people. Located in
a rural area, it is surrounded by
many acres
offarmland which are devoted mainly to growing
corn and soybeans. As for mycollege
town, it
is small too. Having a population of about 11,000
localresidents, it lies in the center of
farmland which is used to raise hogs
andcattle. Therefore living in my college town
makes me
feel at home. I enjoy it.
Section
B
Comprehension of the Text
II.
1. F
2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. T 8. F
Vocabulary
III.
1. tidy l 3. emotional 4.
imitating 5. discourage
6. bargain 7. wander
8. superficial 9. concealed anies
IV.
1.
turned out 2. is not really up to 3. went togreat
lengths 4. acting out 5. spoke of 6. Judging
by 7. out of character 8. took sides 9. blow
his cover 10. more or less
新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 8答案
Unit 8
Comprehension of the Text
I.
1.
Today’s college beginners are moreconsumeristic
and less at any time in the 17 years of the
poll.
2. It is less important than being
financially welloff or successful.
3. Work is
not the only thing they live for, and theyare
meant to do more.
4. To help students become
aware of the meaning oflife.
5. Education
teaches us to see the connections betweenthings as
well as see beyond our
immediate needs.
6.
We can improve our moral sense by
acquiringknowledge accumulated throughout the
ages.
7. In the long run, education should be
about teachingpeople how to distinguish right from
wrong.
8. We ought to give our ability to our
work but ourgenius to our lives.
Vocabulary
III.
1. render 2. contribution 3. popular
ed
6. diverse 7. accumulated 8. distinguish
9. puzzling 10. confine
IV.
1. His past
record is certainly something he is proudof.
2. The members of the committee, after a two-
hourdiscussion, finally arrived at a solution.
3. If we want to arrive there in time, we have
totravel by day as well as by night.
4. I was shocked when I read of his death in
anewspaper.
5. According to the police, the
young man was arrestedat the scene of the robbery.
6. There is nothing more frustrating than
spendinghours searching for information, only to
discover the information useless.
7. It is
unnecessary to worry a lot. In fact, thingswill
get better in the long run.
8. My smile was
meant to show interest in this trip,but Carla was
far too intelligent to believe it
showed
anything of the sort.
9. The number of
students who want to be enrolled inengineering
courses is way up.
10. The little girl is
so fond of her dog that shegives it a piece of
chocolate every day.
V.
1. A 2. D 3. M
4. N 5. E 6. J 7. C 8. L 9. G 10. H
Word Building
VI.
1. weekly tive
3. worldly 4. costly 5. secondary
6. leisurely y 8. customary 9.
protective ssive
11. sickly ary 13. manly
14. orderly
VII.
1. backward(s) 2.
strangely 3. outward(s) 4. unfortunately
5.
homeward(s) 6. originally 7. sadly (s)
Sentence structure
VIII.
1. On no
account will they give up the plan.
2. Little
does he know much his parents love him.
3. Not
until he read the report did he realize what
aserious mistake he had made.
4. Hardly could
the poor old man fall asleep with apain in his
leg.
5. Under no conditions will we give in to
theirdemands.
IX.
1. While I agree it is a
tough problem, I don’tthink it cannot be solved.
2. While Sara cannot come to help us, she will
give ussome suggestions.
3. While people admit
pollution is very serious, feware willing to take
measures.
4. While it’s raining hard now, it
will clearup anytime.
5. While it is true we
need money badly, we cannotsteal it.
Translation
X.
1. Little did she know
that this picture would one daybe worth more than
a million dollars.
2. While I understand what
you say, I don’tagree with you on the issue.
3. I think the police are meant to protect
people.
4. I went to see him yesterday, only
to find that hehad gone abroad several days
before.
5. At the weekly meeting, everyone
must confine theirremarks to the subject.
6.
If only I hadn’t said those silly words! I wastoo
young then to distinguish right from wrong.
XI.
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坐在一起学习英语。
2.
虽然这些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。
Cloze
XII.
1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. A
10. A
11. C 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. D 16.B 17. A
18. D 19. C20.A
XIV.
There has been a sad
tendency among youngsters invaluing material
things more and more. For
college students,
the most popularsubjects that they prefer to
choose are accounting, computer
programming,business, etc. When they graduate
from colleges, the jobs they prefer to chooseare
sales representative, advertisement
designing, international business, and fewer
people are choosing teaching or social
services as their lifecareer.
Section B
Comprehension of the Text
II.
1. T 2.
F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. F
Vocabulary
III.
1. eliminate yed 3. implicit 4.
promotion 5. motivated
6. prospect 7.
constructed 8. civil 9. preference 10.
absence
IV.
1. Correct form: in
particular; synonym:especiallyparticularly
2.
Correct form: in short; synonym: in brief
3.
Correct form: are committed to; definition:
promiseto do (sth.)
4. Correct form: based …
on; definition: use… as a basis
5. Correct
form: ByIn comparison; synonym: comparedto
6.
Correct form: at large; synonym: as a whole;
ingeneral
7. Correct form: happy with;
synonym: satisfied with
8. Correct form:
associated with; synonym: connectedwith
9.
Correct form: ground to a halt;
definition:gradually stop
10. Correct form:
protect…from; synonym: defend… from