综合英语教程第七册Unit5课后练习答案

Unit 5 课后练习答案

P83. IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.

1. The argument of conservatism has a certain disadvantage but it is also advantageous over liberals for it depends on the actual state of things.

2. Conservatives do not have a romantic vision, or request for the better, or the urge to be

creative. What they tend to do is to maintain the status quo. On the other hand, liberals are not

satisfied with the status quo, so they won't treat things with caution to keep them intact, or make

efforts to conserve the resources or assets already existent. 3. It is certain that conservatives and liberals, representing two opposite ideals, have their

respective advantages, but they both are limited in some way.

P83. Text appreciation

1) It is the counteraction of the centripetal and the centrifugal forces. (Paragraph 9) 2) The castle, which conservatism is set to defend, is the actual state of things, good and bad.

The project of innovation is the best possible state of things. (Paragraph 10)

3) We are reformers in spring and summer, in autumn and winter we stand by the old; reformers

in the morning, conservers at night. (Paragraph 10)

P84. Language work

I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.

1. spreads or prevails forcefully benefits or profits; gains

2. wins; prevails

3. be equally deep-rooted in human nature 4. depends on

state or quality of being unlimited

5. pays attention to

6. the best it has to offer

P84 Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences.

l.A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. D 9. A

10. D

P85. FILL IN the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1.rageful 2. incontestable 3. emblematic 4. irreconcilable

5. hierarchized 6. unseemly 7. treacherous 8. mountaineering

P86 改错题

1. nationally—internationally 2. as…like

3. /…for

4. does…done 5. subject后面加other

6. that …what 7. few…fewer 8. /…the

9. amount…number

10. where…which p86. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE appropriate word.

1. as 2. like 3. who 4. caused 5. life

6. people 7. but 8. published 9. master 10. withdrew

P87.汉译英

People turn themselves into two conflicting forces — conservatives and liberals, owing to their

respective opposing philosophical views about life. The former are complacent with the

established hierarchies while the latter strive for a new cosmos order which they believe will be

superior to the previous one. They each give priorities to totally different things. The former

emphasizes brilliant past glories while the latter are chiefly concerned about the rosy future. The former bases their views on man's incontestable limitations while the latter stand on his

indisputable infinitude of possibilities in improving and perfecting themselves. If the former go

too far, they may display some nostalgia for a largely nonexistent past, which may handicap the

pursuit of a still better future. If the latter go too far, they tend to cherish some dreams too

romantic to be practical. If human life consists of spring, summer, autumn and winter, we are inclined to be liberals in spring and summer, but there is every likelihood that we may turn

ourselves into conservatives by degrees in autumn and winter. For example, the famous

modernist poet Eliot explored in his early poetry various aspects of decay of civilization in the

modern Western world, but he attached much importance to stability and order in his later works.