大学英语阅读教程2答案
读书破万卷的成语-桂林人事局
《全新版大学英语阅读教程》
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第二册
UNIT ONE
The Pleasure of Learning
Key
to the Exercises
I. 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B
II. 1. F 2. T 3. T 4. T. 5. F. 6. T
III.
1.对于太多的人来说,学习似乎是自己的意愿屈服于外界的指引,是一种奴役.
2.然而,只要幸运,有决心,指导得法,人的精神不仅经得起贫穷而且经得起富裕的考验.
3.对一个人来说,形成完整和协调的人格与保持自身的卫生,健康以及经济上的自立是同样
必要的,
那些从来没有认识到这一点的人已经吃尽苦头.
IV.
1. First of all
, the writer points out that there is a mistake
about learning. Some
young people dislike
learning simply because they are educated in the
wrong way.
Learning is a natural pleasure that
should be enjoyed. Then he develops this idea
by examples to illustrate the different
aspects: learning from books, by travel and
trough practice. Learning can expand one’s
knowledge over a period of time.
2. The chief
danger of learning is laziness, sloth, routine,
stupidity. It sneaks
into people’s mind like
wind through the shutters, causing people to
slowly give
up learning. We should realize
that learning is a life-long endeavor, and only by
continuous learning can one gain a meaningful
and rewarding life.
Key to the
reading—skill Exercises
1. Students have
improved SAT scores.
2. Teenagers planned
patrols
3. TV programs are less thorough than
newspapers.
4.
Welcome to Our City
is
about the South and its people
5. Some films
show little children fascinated at the world.
6. One can communicate with the writer as one
reads a book.
with Santa Claus
Key
to the Exercises
I . 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. C
6. B
II. . 1.
朱莉让我们如此为难,我的确感到生气.难道圣诞老人不存在的事实不是从同学那
里得知的吗
2.我给她讲述了事情的经过,尽量使它听起来滑稽有趣,希望她不要注意到我和杰里在处理
我开始认
为的圣诞老人问题上是如此拙劣.
3.我可以看出,他正努力在想一种办法,用来解释我们的行为,
使其听起来不太像事实那样具
有欺骗性,那样错误和愚蠢.
4.事情就这样结束了.对圣诞老人不存在的事实悲伤了片刻只后,生活又恢复了正常.
III.
1. Santa Claus is an imaginary old
man with a long white beard and a red coat.
Traditionally, young children in many
countries are told that he brings them
Christmas presents. Some legend goes like
this: Santa lives in northern Europe. There
are various versions of the story, and some
wonderful movies, too.
2. (Answers may vary,
depending on your understanding.)
3. On
the shoulders of a hero
Key to the Exercises
I . 1. A 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. D
II.
1.他一去世,我自以为会长生不老的幻觉立刻就破灭了.
2.以后的岁月中,每当我默默期盼父亲的信任支持时,总会不出预料遇到一副怀疑的表情.
3.现在回想起来,他是故意不让我们知道,免得扫了大家的兴.
4.铃起沉重的盒子,我
猛然醒悟到,不管父亲说的话听上去多么消极泄气,也抹杀不了他在我
离开后用一张张剪报填满盒子的实
际行动.
III (omitted)
UNIT TWO
4.
Not poor , just broke
Key to the Exercises
I . 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. C
II.
1. collect herself ---If you collect yourself
or your thought , you make an effort
to calm
yourself or prepare yourself mentally . 镇定下来
collect--- get control of
one’s feelings and
thoughts, especially after shock, surprise or
laughter.
2. Flash that big smile ---If you
flash a look or a smile at someone, you suddenly
look at them or smile at them . (脸上)露出笑容 flash
---show something for a short
time
3. Make
deals with the rats 与老鼠做交易 (即故意留东西给老鼠吃) make deal
with:
reach an agreement for mutual benefit
4. Stand for welfare cheaters 容忍骗取福利的人 stand
for – endure or tolerate
5. Rest her mind 感到宽慰
rest: relax
6. Poke around the house – if you
poke around for something, you search for it,
usually by moving lots of objects around. 四处搜索
poke: search for something.
III. 1.
贫穷是人们无法摆脱的一种心境,而没钱只是一种暂时的状况.
2.她教导我们说,人们有两种摆脱生活困境的办法―笑或者哭. 笑带来更多的希望.
3.
我们会站在后门廊里分发食物给邻居,仿佛我们在负责救济穷苦人,然后我们也会收下他
们带来作为交换
的食物.
4.当时的情景仍历历在目,那个社会福利工作者在屋子里四处搜索,冰冷的亚麻油毡地毯上
的煤灰使她不由得皱起鼻子,而看到小虫在洗涤槽的脏盘子里爬来爬去的时候她就禁不住摇
了摇
头.
IV. (Omitted)
Key to the
Reading-Skill Exercises
1. The view of
New York from the bridge was beautiful.
2.
When I was an adolescent, I never had the best
jobs; neither did I have the worst
jobs.
3. Marijuana use is associated with abnormal
behavior.
5. Blacks return to Africa
but us is home
I. 1. C 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. C 6.
B
II.
1. They are mostly educated, skilled
and middle-class, such as doctors teachers,
diplomats, businessmen, journalists, technical
experts, etc.
2. Africans think the black
Americans are Americans first, blacks second.
3. he told them to be well prepared to face
problems in Africa. They must be determined
to
help the black people in Africa.
4. he says
that the decaying cities like Kinshasa and Dares
Salaam seem to be future
cities of Africa，
while the developed cities like Johannesburg and
Salisbury are
becoming the past. He believes
that the newly independent African countries will
be the future of Africa.
5. she recalled
her experiences growing up in a black, middle-
class community in
Washington D.C., how she
was discriminated , and how she excelled over
white students
at school.
6. it means that
the black Americans who did go to Africa
understood that they should
have a correct
attitude in helping their black brothers in
Africa.
III (Omitted)
6. Raymond
Carver, Mentor
I. 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. D 6.
B
II
1. 或许自多纳·巴特米在20世纪60年代开始发表作品以来，还没有哪位作
家在文学界引
起过这么多议论。
2.
虽然他对拥有这份体面的工作心存感激，但是他并不真正认为具有写作天才的人一定能
够教书。
3.
他紧密结合原文，分析具体的细节，最后，谈到使他感动的作品时，他身上的紧张会突
然消失。
4. 对于雷蒙来说，批评就像小说一样，是一种共鸣，即把自己放在别人的位置来考虑问题。
5. 对于一个腼腆的人而言，他爱交际的慷慨精神尤其难能可贵。
UNIT
THREE
7. My Mother's Dream for Me
Key to
the Exercises
I.
II.
III. 1. 母亲的遗体还没下葬,我就已经领会了她的去世所隐含的全部意义.
2.
直到我乘火车离开斯科特堡去北方的那一天,我随时可能被枪打死或被殴打致死.
3.在那些日子里,我整天幻想,想着我帮助他逃脱白人暴徒的追打.
4.然
而,当火车飞速行驶,电线杆向着我们呼啸而来又呼啸而过时,我觉得自己正逃离一种厄
运,而我那些留
在家乡的亲戚朋友已经深陷其中.
IV. (Omitted)
Key to
the Reading-Skill Exercises
1. Galileo's use
of the telescope helped to develop modern
astronomy.
2. B
3. through the use of a
telescope
4. 16
5. D
8.
Key
to the Exercises
I.
II. 1. 威利在拨动盘子里的
食物,企图把其中一部分藏在餐刀下面,把其余的分散开,以便
使盘子看上去是空的,但事实上他一口也
没有吃.
2.看看我,儿子,你以为你父亲是什么样的人
你认为我会让你七岁就出去打工,然后拿你挣
的钱花
3.你要替那些流血甚至牺牲的人想想.
他们之所以这样做,就是为了不让其他人只把你看成
黑人剧团演出的一个杂耍而已.
4.你不认
为一个男人比你更了解应该怎样对他的儿子说话吗 你不认为我能让他像我一样
成为一个真正的男子汉吗
9. Be Scared for Your Kids
Key to the
Exercises
I.
II. 1.我没有想到他会涉猎毒品.
2.成年人的危险标准与他们的不同,他们也知道这一点.因此他们总是对我们所说
的话半信半疑.
3.这就是一种最基本的代沟:父母最害怕自己的孩子发生不测,而孩子却总
是极力摆脱父母
的保护.
4.或许我对基酰胺的重新出现所表现出来的真正警惕会给他留下印象.
UNIT FOUR
10. Anytime, Anywhere – But
Beware
Key to the exercises
I.
II. 1.但是,这种改变绝非顺利.专家们不断地推动这一变化,说互联网将会像电的发明和自来水的使用一样改变我们的生活.
2.互联网仍然处在一个混乱的全球建设阶段,人们可以将其与
一个世纪前发达国家的电气化
进程相比.
3.我们正在通往数字化仙境的路上,在那里,互联网将神奇地变成无所不能的私人助理.
4.戴维·库博斯坦预言,建设一个稳定的计算基础设施将会使互联网在2005年变成为一种成熟的信息公用事业.
Key to the Reading-skill Exercises
2. Opinion 3. Opinion 5. Opinion
7. Fact 8. Opinion
11. Cutting Loose
Key to the Exercises
I. 6. C
II. 1. 牢固建立起来的垄断公司将垮掉，我们将在人际接触上进入一个新的、没有电缆连
接的时代，这将不仅改变人们的业务来往，而且改变人们的行为。
2. 那些可以说像世界上第一次无线变革一样震撼地球的变化正在发生。
3. 宽频本身就是无线发明怎样才能够摆脱常规智慧约束的一个闪亮的例子。
4. 要记住的重要一点是， 随着这些（无线通信的）方法越来越多地出现，其结果将与失去
电缆越来越无关，而越来越是关于为以前 无法想象的活动做好准备。
12. The web is the most conservative force on earth
Key to the Exercises
I.
UNIT FIVE
Own Experience
Key to the exercises
I. 6. B
II. 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. F
III.
1. 我从来没有想过她用受触摸东西,抚摸我的脸或是我给她看的东西的方式是奇怪的.
2.接着她尖叫起 来,迅速把手缩回去,要我立刻把鸟带到外面去,同时警告我不要再让她碰这
样的东西.
3. 凭着她那灵敏的双耳和鼻子,她综合起来判断通常总会得出正确的答案.
4. 当他们把我的宝贝小男 孩放在我的手臂上时,我,就如我的母亲一样,可以看到我的孩子
并知道他有多漂亮.
Key to the Reading-skill Exercises
Signal words:
Immediately, while,…, and, and, later
Sequence of details in the passage:
Day I Was Fat
Key to the Exercises
I. 1. B 2. C
3. D 4. C 5. A 6. B
II . 1. Because they
didn't want to hurt her . They knew she was
gaining weight ,
but they loved her so much
that it was out of the question to discuss the
topic in
front of her .
2. First of all ,
after she entered adulthood , she began to gain
weight naturally .
Then , marriage and
settling down gave her a stable life , and without
much worry ,
she could become fat easily . she
just didn't care about herself much , and ate and
drank a lot all the time . she didn't have the
determination and motivation to reduce
weight
.
3. The author was deeply hurt by the boy's
words . She suddenly realized that she
was
just plain fat . She made up her mind that no one
would ever call her fat again .
She would
reduce her weight .
4. She was committed to
shedding the weight and getting into shape . She
started
a rigorous program of running and
dieting . She joined a gym and managed to make
some friends . She prepared healthy food for
the family and exercised regularly .
5. She
is feeling energetic , healthy , confident ,
strong and pretty . She has changed
her
attitude , her life-style and self-image . She
starts caring about how she feels
rather than
how she looks .
15. Flying Blind
Key to the Exercises
I . 1. C 2. D 3. A
4. C 6. B
II. 1.罗斯知道,在这样的一团漆黑中,在这样的风雨中,加上田德菲
尔四周的4000英尺高的
群山,让飞行员降落是很困难的.
2.数分钟后,已经别无选择.一场反常的鱼暴吞没了他的飞机----
这是一名新飞行员所能碰
到的最糟糕的事情.
3.在任何情况下,侧风着陆都是危险的,而
现在的危险就是他有可能机头先着陆,使机身颠簸
不停.
4.当时一点儿时间都不能耽误.
然而,此时此刻的时间却似乎向前无限延伸,即使在这雨中漆
黑的,泥泞的飞机场上.
16. To Be or Not to be Single
Key to
the Exercises
I. 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. D 6.
C
II. 1.你能对自立的能力充满自信,不用时刻惶恐不安,担心没有了他你无法应付生活.
2.即使你和某位男士已交往颇深,但作为单身女性,你还可以选择与他断绝来往,改变主意而
重新开始自己的生活.
3.白马王子虽然难求,但在人生路途中说不定在某个时候有那么一个人至少
会让你考虑结婚
的问题.
4.虽然单身生活对某些人有无限的吸引力,但总的来说,婚姻的
好处及其长期效应给大多数
人带来最大的满足.
Key to
the reading-skill Exercises
1. The way
migrant workers are treated by the growers is
worse than it ought to be .
2. B 3. A 4. A
17. Do teenagers need full-time mums
Opinions vary
Key to the Exercises
I .
1. C 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. D
II. 1. 经过12个月全
职呆在家里，那些再次成为家庭主妇的人一定会报名去读艺术基础班，
或者是开始接受心理治疗。
2. 按照帕金森法则，一件工作可以拖延至抽得出时间去完成，但是，即使你以最悠闲的方
式
也不可能把照看十几岁的小孩变成一份全职工作。
3. 在我过去13年作为公共管理顾问的工作中，
那个词组是我听到的用来描述我每天疯狂忙
于工作、孩子、家庭和丈夫频率最高的一个词语。
4.
他们需要得到安慰、鼓励、擦干眼泪、接送、有用的信息、你所读过的书，以及你的经
历。
is how she does it
Key to the
Exercises
I. 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. B
UNIT SEVEN
19. Mother Tongue
Key
to the Exercises
I. 1. D 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. B
II. 1. F 2. T 3. T4. T 5. F 6. F
III
1.我花很多时间思考语言的力量---
它如何激起某种情绪,引发某种视觉形象,某种复杂的思
想或简单的真理.
2.就在上个星
期,当我和母亲一起沿着街道走时,我再次发现自己在关注我所使用的英语,我
和她在一起的时候所说的
英语.
3.我一直感到烦恼的是,除了用破碎的一词之外,我实在想不出别的什么词来描述妈妈所<
br>说的英语,好象它是受到损坏,需要修理的,好象它缺少某种整体性和完美性.
4.尽管我的英语技能从未被认为有欠缺,但与数学相比,英语可不能算是我的强项.
Key to the reading—skill Exercises
1. The
experience of enjoying a watermelon
2. The
watermelon sunning telling if it is ripe the
melon cooling in a tub of
water the children
standing around the cutting the sight of the
meat and seeds
the eating
3. we go
through all the steps from the cooling through the
serving to the eating
20.
Lost in Translation
I 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. B 5.
B 6. D
II.
1. In English, “proud” means
to have proper respect for oneself, one’s work,
one’s family. Etc. in Italian,
orgoglioso
means self-importance.
2. They use it
frequently, and with pride, to demonstrate how
much you love someone.
3. Because whenever she
and her husband bring gifts to their relatives in
Italy,
they all love them and cry out, “That’s
beautiful”.
4. She describes ti as “the
ugliest thing I’ve aid eyes on since Grandma
James
decided to make a Cabbage Patch doll
with her own pantyhose.” It is a rectangular,
beige agate with a metal sick in the center.
5. Because there are cultural implications
with the words in the language used by
the
people. They associate the words with the
realities in their lives to make them
meaningful.
III (Omitted)
21.
Language : A Reflection of Life in the
Key to
the Exercises
I. 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 6. B
II.
1.
据说人们思考是以说话开始的,而说话则是以思考为结束的,因为语言与文化很有趣地交
织在一起.
2.然而,尽管英国英语与美国英语共享一个语法体系,其中两者只有一些细微的差别,而且主
要表现在口语层次上,美国英语的词汇还是在诸多方面赋予了美语鲜明的特色.
3.最初的定居者到
达北美大陆后,看到种种不同于他们家乡的地理特征,不断发现未见过的
动植物,而人们也从事各种新的
活动,发展新的兴趣.
4.这种形象的或隐喻的特性可以从与美国生活有关的其他一些表达法上看出来
rather than helps 妨碍而不是帮助
even be insulting
– humiliating 甚至可能带有侮辱性
in a swamp –
struggling 在沼泽地中挣扎
of 不管
III
(OMITTED)
22. The Disintegrating Web--The
Causes and Consequences of Extinction
Key to
the Exercises
I. 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A 6.
D
II. 1.在一层冰凉的积雪覆盖下,冰层积累到几千英尺厚,然后在自身重量的作用下开始移
动,严寒夏天的边缘一点一点地向赤道推进.
2.除非可能发生核战争-----这样大量
的物种灭绝可能 是人类有史以来面临的最严峻的威
胁.
3.有些分子太复杂不便人工制作
,有些分子制作起来花费太高,因此如果我们想直接受益于
各种物种,物种本身就必须得
到保护.
4.动物园,园圃,种子库以及其他各种为保护单个物种建立的场所可以起到至关重要的帮
助
作用,但因为人力物力限制,我们不可能面面俱到.
Key to the
reading-skill Exercises
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. B
5. B 6. A
23
Key to the Exercises
I. 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A 6. C
II. 1.
The Copernicans were imagined human-like creatures
inhabiting the imaginary
planet called
Copernicus, which is actually the name of a polish
astronomer.
2. The picture will be desolate
and dreary in the first months, without much to be
seen. Because the universe was at its
beginning stage, and the Earth was just forming.
3. The spectators will become alarmed in the
fear that man has somehow been left
out. They
have been watching the film for mouths but still
they don't see any signs
of man.
4. The
civilization of human beings only occupies the
last five or six minutes of
the film, as
compared to the long history of the Earth, which
runs the duration of
a whole year.
5.
They have caused great damage to the Earth by
cutting down and burning the trees
depriving
the soil of its protective cover. They have
impoverished the land and
created pollution.
They have plundered its wealth.
price we
pay
Key to the Exercises
I. 1. A 2. C 3.
D 4. B 5. D 6. C
II. 1.
此时大楼隆隆作响，摇晃不停，我开始清醒过来，拉住我的一名同事，迅速躲到一
扇门后。
2
.我打电话给家里的保姆，让她传呼我的妻子，告诉她说有一颗炸弹爆炸了，我还好，正在
往外跑。
3. 到了85楼，我和一名勇敢的同事折回我们的办公室，想把那位留着里面的搭档拉出来。
4. 从这一层开始，消防队员、警察、不带狗的WTC
K-9人员，只要是带徽章的人，都往楼
上走，而我们往下走。
5.
不管怎样，现在我们知道，并不是炸弹爆炸，而且可能会有更过的飞机飞过来。我们明
白过来。