Unit-4-Matriculation-Fixation-练习答案教学提纲

U n i t-4-M a t r i c u l a t i o n-F i x a t i o n-练习答案Unit 4Matriculation FixationConsolidation ActivitiesI. Text Comprehension1. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose.A. To tell his personal experience in college selection procedures.B. To offer his philosophy about college selection and one’s future career or success in life.C. To describe the importance of parents’ role in children’s college education. Key: [ B ]2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.1). The primary reason for the father to choose a local, second-echelon university for his daughter is based on economic considerations. [T]2). The author’s success as a freelance writer is largely due to his education ina prestigious university. [F]3). It is implied, though not stated, that all parents (including the author himself) undergo a critical time when their children are going to college. [T] 4). Ensuring that their children enter one of the top universities is the ultimate objective of some parents. [T]5). The parents who recognize their children’s incapability to make the cut have never expected their children to go to prestigious universities. [F]6). The campus tour of MIT enabled the author to change his attitude about college selection. [F]4. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.1) Such people believe that if a child succeeds in getting admission to a first-rate university, then he or she will be guaranteed successful future.2) Some parents think more of the fame of a university than the university itself. However, their fame has more weight than the institutions themselves.II. Writing StrategiesWritten in a personal and informal style, this essay has a number of subtopics that are carefully introduced. What are these subtopics? The essay begins with the author’s unexpected encounter with a stranger in a hospital, and ends with his tour of MIT campus. How do these two incidents help to connect all the subtopics to the theme of the essay?The essay has the following subtopics as main components:1) the author’s own situation and experiences in college education andcollege selection (Paragraphs 3–8);2) his probe into and comments on the two classes of college selectionobsessives (Paragraphs 9–12).The two incidents are respectively related with the first and the second subtopics: the encounter puts the author and the man in a similar situation (both the man and the author have kids who are going to attend college); the campus tour pro vides support to the author’s comments on the matter.The two incidents help to clarify the subtopics by means of full and progressive explanation of the author’s attitude towards the matter (the author’s college days, his high school chums, examples of fa ilures and successes, etc.)III. Language Work1. Explain the underlined part(s) in each sentence in your own words.1). Money being tight, with other college-bound children in the family queue, the man had persuaded his daughter to accept the second uni versity’s offer.→ Not having much money; children who are going to college2). Now he was worried that she would one day rue this decision→ regret not having studied in the first-class university3). I ... had managed to carve out a nice little niche for myself.→ find a job which was very suitable4). Three years later my son will follow suit.→ go to college too5). Some of those boys and girls most likely to succeed are going to end up on welfare or skid row.→ are going to be poor, living on welfare, without a job or a place to live, and often drinking too much alcohol6). A second, far more numerous class of obsessives consists of people who suddenly realize that their Brand X children aren’t going to make the cut.→ measure up to a certain standard7). Seventeen years of unread textbooks, unvisited museums, and untaken AP courses are now finally taking their toll ...→ having a bad effect8). During a recent visit to MIT, I watched the first thirty seconds of an admissions office video poking fun at the university’s reputation as a nerd factory.→ making jokes about; a place where boring personalities are fostered9). At one juncture, she pointed out a restaurant where students could grab a fast, inexpensive meal.→ At one point10). ...sedulous monitoring of on-campus restaurant prices should be a vital component of the winnowing procedure, particularly vis-a-vis panini.→ the process of reducing a large number of universities to a muchsmaller number; with regard to2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1). The only illumination (illuminate) was from a skylight.2). The golden autumn light provided the inspiration (inspire) for the painting.3). There was a biographical (biography) note about the author on the back of the book.4). She was utterly devastated (devastate) when her husband died.5). She’s neurotic (neurosis) about her weight — she weighs herself three times a day.6). It’s infuriating (infuriate) when people keep spelling your name wrong, isn’t it?7). He’s obsessive (obsess) about punctuality8). Liz has a fixation (fixate) with food.9). The medical examination before you start work is obligatory (oblige).10). Her controversial speech was punctuated with noisy interjections (interject) from the audience.3. Fill in the blank(s) in each sentence with a phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.in jeopardy | screw up | in question | flat outtick off | take a toll | sotto voce | winnow downdragoon into | follow suit | fork over | stem from1). I’ve been dragooned into giving the after-dinner speech.2). I stayed at home on the night in question.3). The lives of thousands of birds are in jeopardy as a result of the oil spillage.4). When one airline reduces its prices, the rest soon follow suit .5). I screwed up my exams last year.6). The problems of the past few months have taken a toll on her health and there are shadows beneath her eyes.7). Their disagreement stemmed from a misunderstanding.8). The remark was uttered sotto voce.9). We had to fork over ten bucks to park near the stadium.10). Tick off each item on the list as you complete it.11). A list of 12 candidates has been winnowed down to a shortlist of three.12). She told him flat out that she would not go to the show.4. Explain the meaning of the underlined part in each sentence. 1). Spending time with one’s family is never an unalloyed pleasure.→ a one-hundred-percent pleasant experience2). I can’t stand his belligerence.→ his wish to argue with people all the time3). She gave a bashful smile as he complimented her on her work.→ embarrassed4). When his parents died, he found himself $100,000 better off.→ had $100, 000 more than he had in the past5). The CIA was monitoring his phone calls.→ secretly listening to6). Northbound traffic is moving very slowly because of the accident.→ Traffic which is traveling north7). She had a look of utter devastation on her face.→ extreme shock and sadness8). In his closing remarks, the chairman thanked everyone who had helped.→ concluding9). If you have not signed a contract, you are under no obligation to pay them any money.→ it is not necessary for you to10). There was a screech of brakes and the bus shuddered to a halt.→ shook violently and stopped5. Correct the errors in the following passage. The passage contains ten errors, one in each indicated line. In each case, only one word is involved.Corrections should be done as follows:Wrong word: underline the wrong word and write the correct word in the blank.Extra word: delete the extra word with an “×.”Missing word: mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” and write6. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE appropriate word.Confucius and SocratesKong Zi, also called Confucius (551–479 B.C.) and Socrates (469–399 B.C.) lived only a hundred years apart, and during their (1) lifetimes there was no contact between China and Greece, but it is interesting to look at how theworld that each of these great philosophers came from shaped their ideas, and how these ideas in (2) turn shaped their societies.Both philosophers lived in (3) times of conflict, though there was more warfare in Greece than in (4) China. The Chinese states were very large and feudal, while the (5) Greek city-states were small and urban.The (6) urban environment in which Socrates lived allowed him to be more radical than Kong Zi. (7) Unlike Kong Zi, Socrates was not asked by rulers how to govern effectively. Thus, Socrates was able to be more idealistic, focusing on issues (8) like freedom, and knowledge for its own sake. Kong Zi, on the other hand, advised those in government service, and many of his students went on to (9) government.Kong Zi suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the (10) conduct of life: “Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you.” He assumed that all men were equal at (11) birth, though some had more potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men (12) apart.Socrates (13) focused on the individual, and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. He believed that some people had more (14) potential to develop their reason than others (15) did. Like Kong Zi, he believed that the superior class should rule the (16) inferior classes.For Socrates, the family was (17) of no importance, and the community of (18) little concern. For Kong Zi, however, the family was the center of society, with family relations (19) considered much more important than political relations. (20) Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.IV. Translation1. Translate the following sentences into English.1). 他是家里的长子, 所以也是唯一得到过父母全身心照顾的孩子。