英语泛读教程第三版1答案

英语泛读教程第三版1答案

【篇一：英语泛读教程1答案】

answer keys for reference:

unit 1: education policy

i. warm-up: the american education system

2. skimming and scanning

(1) b. (2)c. (3)grade point average; scholastic aptitude test;

graduate record examination (4)associates; bachelor?s;

masters; doctorate

3. reading comprehension

(1) a. (2) kindergarten-5/6; 6-8, 7-9; 9/10-12 (3) 11

ii. understanding the language

a. vocabulary

3. b 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. b 8. b

b. phrases and sentences

(1) different colleges and universities have different admission

policies.

(2) if a student hasnt completed a minimum number of credit

hours, he cannot graduate from a degree program.

iii. reading for facts

(1) d.e. (2) c. (3) d. (4) b. (5) a.

4. interpretation and evaluation

the public school is actually funded by the public. parents of

students in grades 1-12 actually pay their childrens tuition in

the form of tax.

ii. in focus: education for all: the vision lives on

2. skimming and scanning

(1) b. (2) 181 (3) c. (4) a.

3. reading comprehension

i. read for main idea

(1) c. (2) c. (3) c. (4) universal basic education by the year 2000

ii. understanding the language

a. vocabulary

9. b 10. c 11. b 12. b 13. b 17. c

b. phrases and sentences

(1) if a country is seriously willing to work hard on its basic

education, it can get help from the donor countries and institutions when it lacks recourses in its achievement of this

goal.

committed to sth.: willing to work very hard at something

(2) the quality of learning cant meet the needs of societies.

fall short of sth.: to be less than what you need, expected, or

hoped for, or to fail to reach a satisfactory standard

(3)besides, the quality of education in some areas is poor.

coupled with: if one thing is coupled with another, the two

things happen or exist together and produce a particular result

(4)will the dakar forum bring about any real effect.

make a difference: to have an important effect or influence on

something or someone

(5) whereas when we first started this work at the jomtien

conference, we had not a bit of information to

refer to.

start from scratch: begin without using anything that existed

or was prepared before

(6) whether the effort for education for all will see a final

success or not relies heavily on whether governments, ngos,

and donor groups want to view education as a priority.

rooted in sth.: to have developed from something and be

strongly influenced by it

iii. read for facts

(1) b. (2) b. (3) c. (4) a. (5) b.

4. interpretation and evaluation

(1) a.

(2)the dakar forum was based on the results of a world-wide

two-year audit.

(3)political determination is needed to accelerate the success.

(4)he is optimistic. we know it from the last paragraph.

unit 2: entertainment (i)

i. warm up

2.skimming and scanning

(1) albums chart.

(2) march 2004.

(3) p stands for “position of the album on this week at the

charts”; l stands for “position of the album on the last week at

the charts”; w stands for “weeks on the charts”.

(4) “feels like home”. the artist is norah jones.

(5) yes. (6) “bad boy?s 10th anniversary… the hits”. “fallen” by

evanescence.

(7) “in the zone”.

ii. in focus

2.skimming and scanning

(1) about memorial for salsa queen celia cruz.

(2) miami, florida.

3.reading comprehension

i. read for main idea

(1) 1

(2) because she is the personification of cuba, the free cuba

and the future cuba, an idol as a person and as an artist.

ii.understanding the language.

(1) shield (para. 6)-b

(2) thrill (vt.) (para. 7)- c

(3) idol (para. 8)- a

iii. reading for facts

(1) more than 75000.

(2) she died of a brain tumor.

(3) a (4) b (5) a

(6) c (7) b (8) a

4.interpretation and evaluation

(1) b (2) b (3) a (4) b (5) a

iii. follow up

2. reading comprehension and evaluation

(1) at her home in fort lee, new jersey.

(2) because miami is the place with the largest concentration

of cuban-americans and the place closest in her heart to cuba.

(3) her long-held wish was to return to her homeland- cuba. no.

(4) because people think that cuba is in celia cruz music.

(5) because she was cuban- american.

(6) “our deepest sympathy for your loss. she will always be

with us.”

(7) because it was what celia wanted, who had said to

remember her by how she was, not by crying.

(8) yes.

(9) because people waved flags from many countries,

sporadically broke into song, danced or chanted.

(10) because celia cruz didn?t like black umbrellas at her

funeral.