新世纪大学英语综合教程3课后习题答案完整版UNIT

A) using search engines B) typing your questi ons

Liste n and Resp ond

Task One Focus ing on the Main Ideas

Choose the best an swer to complete each of the follow ing stateme nts according

to the information contained in the listening passage.

1) Online lear ning is good in that _______ .

A) it is easy to con duct B) it is convenient and flexible

C) it provides more degrees D) it teaches more skills ?

2) Before you start online learning, you should know the following

A) what skills you n eed

B) where to find a course or program

C) when the course starts and who will teach you

D) what type of course delivery format will work best for you

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3) You are ready to start on li ne lear ning once you feel con fide nt about

your ________ .

A) course delivery methods B) read ing comprehe nsion

C) writ ing tech niq ues D) tech ni cal skills

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4) You can search for course providers on the Internet by _______ .EXCEPT C) en teri ng the right password D) maki ng Internet pho ne calls

5) The passage is mainly about _______ .

A) the ben efits of on li ne lear ning

B) the importa nee of on li ne lear ning

C) the ways of con duet ing on li ne lear ning

D) the reas ons why on li ne lear ning is convenient

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Task Two Zooming In on the Details

Liste n to the record ing aga in and fill in the bla nks accordi ng to what

you have heard.

1) Online learning is a new way to earn your degree or master new skills . ?

2) You must have the basic computer skills. At the very minimum, you should be

able to send and receive email comfortably, search the Intern et, and

type reas on ably fast and accurately .

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3) Perhaps the best way to find the right on li ne course format is to

con sider your educati on n eeds and lear ning style .

?

4) Type into the search engines the key words and you can easily get what you

want. Before you know it, your fin gers will be flying and your on li ne

learning adventure will have begun. Read and Explore

Task One Discoveri ng the Mai n Ideas

A.

1) What disaster did the author encoun ter earlier in his career?

He encoun tered a stude nt who challe nged the curriculum which required a

pharmacy stude nt to study literature.

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2) What are the differences between the certificate that reads Qualified

Pill-Gri nding Tech ni cia n and the one that reads Bachelor of Scie nee?

The former means that the graduate has completed the training of professional skills

in pharmacy while the latter, besides professional training, also invo Ives educati on

in the ideas mankind has gen erated within its history.

? 3) Howdid the author com muni cate the sig nifica nce of study ing the literal

arts in college to the pharmacy stude nt?

He explained to the student that the time of a person ' s life could be

divided into three parts: one is for sleep, the sec ond is for work which invoIves

professional skills, and the third part is for life after work in which education in liberal

arts — philosophy, arts, music, literature, history, etc. — plays a vital part.

4) What is the business of college education according to the author?

The business of college education is not merely to train students, but to civilize them

with the best human thoughts in history. In other words the author draws a clear 1 An swer the follow ing questi ons with the information contained in Text distinction between training and education. The former provides one with skills for a

job or career while the latter enables one to become a civilized person by coming

into contact with the best minds in history.

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5) How can a person become civilized according to the text?

A person has to enter the past and familiarize himself/herself with both the technical

and spiritual resources created by mankind, so that he/she could become civilized

and play his/her role in civilization.

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6) What does the author think of the mission undertaken by the faculties of a

university? How can they accomplish this mission?

The faculties of liberal arts colleges as well as of specialized schools are entrusted

with the mission to put students in close contact with the best human minds in

history. They should turn themselves into some sort of storehouse of

humanexperience and try their best to communicate that experience to their

students, so that their students will becomecivilized humans instead of savages who

only know how to operate machines or push buttons.

2 Text A can be divided into three parts with the paragraph nu mber(s)

of each part provided as follows. Write down the main idea of each part.

Part Paragraph(s) Main Idea

One 1 - 7 In response to the challenge posed by a particular student who