大学英语快速阅读答案(第一册)

⼤学英语快速阅读答案（第⼀册）Key to Fast Reading (Book One)Unit 1 Festivals and HolidaysIn-Class Reading1. Carnival in Brazil (502 words)Key: 1. N 2. Y 3. Y 4. NG 5. N2. Valentine’s Day (480 words)Key:1. the 5th century2. lottery3. married young men4. recover her sight5. CupidAfter-Class Reading1.Chinese Festivals: Keeping Traditions Alive (1,099 words)Key: 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. A2.The First Thanksgiving (1,073 words)Key: 1.C 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. AUnit 2 Campus LifeIn-Class Reading1. How to Deal with College Classes (500 words)Key: 1. books and notebooks 2. their reading 3. all their classes/every class 4. days or weeks5. teachers and upperclassmen2.The Virtual College (501 words)Key: 1. N 2. Y 3. Y 4. Y 5. NGAfter-Class Reading1. The American Education System (945 words)Key: 1. B 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. C2.Saying Goodbye (991 words)Key: 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. DUnit 3 VIP & VIP’s TalksIn-Class Reading1. Bill Gates’ Advice to Students: Get a Sound, Broad Education (506 words)Key: 1. N 2. NG 3. Y 4. N 5. Y2.Y ang Zhenning: When Will There Be a Nobel Prize – Winning Work on Chinese Soil? (487 ) Key: 1. economic2. a miracle/success3. China was isolated4. biology and medicine5. historyAfter-Class Reading1. Condoleezza Rice (1,017 words)Key: 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. C2.Y ao: A Life in Two Worlds (1,111 words)Key: 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. BUnit 4 Love StoriesIn-Class Reading1.Love for Rose (501 words)Key: 1. Y 2. N 3. N 4. N 5. Y2.Banjo (486 words)Key: 1. on the doorstep2. single/unmarried3. nuisance4. ten-week’s5. in the woodsAfter-Class Reading1. Go Out and Make a Difference (915 words) Key: 1. D2. D3. C4. D5. A3.A Small Boy’s Mother (1,143 words)Key: 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. DUnit 5 Cultural DifferenceIn-Class Reading1. A voiding Cultural Taboos (499 words)Key: 1.Y 2.N 3.N 4. Y 5. NG2. Table Manners: a Cultural Difference (495 words) Key:1.not used to2.highly restrictive rules3.smacking/slurping4.not allowedAfter-Class Reading1.Traveling Student (1,092 words)Key: 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. A2.Beyond Assumptions: One Woman's Experience of Living Abroad in the U.S.A. (1,183) Key: 1. C 2. B3. A4. D5. DUnit 6 Interpersonal RelationshipIn-Class Reading1. As My Daughter Leaves for College，I let Go (490 words)Key: 1.N 2. NG 3. N 4. Y 5.Y2.Cybercourtship (500 words)Key:1.romantic courtship online/romance online/ virtual romance2.meeting in person3.fewer inhibitions4.freer and faster5.physical cues/ feedback; body languageAfter-Class Reading1. After Twenty Y ears (1,193 words)Key: 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C2.“Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles’ Heel” (1,042 words)Key: 1. C 2. B 3.A 4. D 5. AUnit 7 Science and TechnologyIn-Class Reading1.Wireless Wearable (500 words)Key: 1.N 2. Y 3. Y 4. NG 5.N2.The World Is Getting Smaller (487 words)Key:1.next industrial revolution2.one-thousandth3.size and strength4.manufacturing, environment, medicine5.swallowed or injectedAfter-Class Reading1. The Internet: What Lies Ahead? (1,074 words)Key: 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. B2.New Genes – New Hope Or Future Disaster? (1,154 words)Key: 1. B 2. A 3. C 4.D 5. DUnit 8 Life & HealthIn-Class Reading1. Y ou Have A Cold! (516 words)Key: 1. NG 2. N 3. Y 4. Y 5. N2.Protein (522 words)Key: 1. the tissues 2. basic units 3. protein-rich foods 4. incomplete 5. your weightAfter-Class Reading1. Y oga (957 words)Keys: 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. B2.What Y ou Eat Can Sabotage Y our Sleep (992 words)Key: 1. D 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. DUnit 9 AnimalsIn-Class Reading1. How Do the Animals Spend the Winter? (517 words)Keys: 1. Y 2. N 3. N 4. NG 5. Y2.Cats and Man (507 words)Key: 1. definite 2. forbidden 3. tell time 4. eyes opened 5. blueAfter-Class Reading1. Animals as Teachers (984 words)Key: 1. A 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. C2.Animals “Speak” Many Strange Languages (1,017 words)Key: 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. AUnit 10 Sports & Leisure TimeIn-Class Reading1. Lessons for Y our Life and Business from Wimbledon (496 words) Key: 1. Y2. N3. Y4. N5. NG2.Beijing 2008: Five Mascots for the Beijing Games (482 words) Key: 1. mark 2. syllables3. prosperity4. sixteen days5. pandaAfter-Class Reading1. Sports and Exercise Safety (1,085 words) Key: 1. B2. C3. A4. B5. C2.Tennis, Then and Now (986 words) Key: 1. C 2. A3. B4. C5. B。

Unit 31.Direction: read the following passages, and then select the best choice for each ofthe questions or incomplete statements.Passage 1Traditional American summer camps offer young people a chance to play many sports. These camps may be in the mountains. Or they may be in the woods, or at a lake. Some camps teach activities like painting or music. Or they teach computer programming or foreign languages. Children at all kinds of camps meet new friends. They learn new skills and develop independence.Some children go to camp during the day and return home at night. Others stay at camp all day and all night. Children stay at an overnight camp for between one and eight weeks. Parents can pay less than one hundred dollars or more than seven-hundred dollars a week for an overnight camps.Children from poor families might not have a chance to attend summer camp. The Fresh Air Fund is a well-known organization. People around the country give money to support the Fresh Air Fund. Each summer it sends ten thousand poor children to stay with families in the country or to five camps in New York State.Summer camps have become very important to millions of families. Many American women now work outside the home. Working parents need a place where their children can be cared for during the summer when they are not in school.Young people who like the arts can learn about painting, music, acting or writing. Camps that offer programs in science and environmental studies are popular, too. There are also camps for older children who like wilderness (野外) adventure. These campers take long trips by bicycle or canoe. Or they go rock climbing or ride horses. Other summer camps in American children learn about religion or help them lose weight.(words: 280)1. All traditional American Summer Camps teach children to be .A) braveB) lovelyC) patientD) independent2.In an overnight camp, children .A) return home at nightB) only stay there for the nightC) spend less than a week thereD) are there the whole day and night3. It can be learned from the passage that the Fresh Air Fund .A) helps children in generalB) receives money from around the countryC) has established five summer campsD) supports families in the country4. Summer camps have become popular because .A) children can learn more there than in schoolB) they teach children new skillsC) children like living thereD) they are good places to send children to during summer vacation5. The writer wants to explain that summer camp is .A) something newB) only for those in povertyC) possible for children from either rich or poor familiesD) possible only for those from rich familiesPassage 2On a summer afternoon in 1795, a teenage boy named Daniel McGinnis was exploring a tiny island off the eastern coast of Canada. He was walking through a meadow （草地）of tall grass when he noticed something strange. In the center of the meadow was a huge oak（橡树）tree. The ground beneath it was lower than the surrounding ground.Daniel knew that pirates (海盗)had once sailed in the waters around the island. The next day Daniel returned to the island with shovels（铲子）and two friends. The boys began digging and soon discovered a layer of stones. Under the stones was a hole about four meters wide. It was filled with loose dirt. The boys kept digging for several days. Three meters below the ground their shovels hit an oak floor. They kept digging.But when they discovered another oak floor nine meters below the ground, they decided that they couldn’t dig any deeper.Eight years later, Daniel McGinnis returned with a group of men to continue digging beneath the oak tree. One evening, 30 meters below the ground, their shovels hit a large wooden box. The box had to be a treasure chest (大箱子)！The men went home to rest until daylight. When they returned in the morning, there was an unpleasant surprise—the hole had filled w ith water. The men couldn’t remove the water.During the following 200 years, dozens of search groups have dug in the hole, but each group only made the hole bigger. The hole that was once four meter wide is now enormous. The oak tree is now gone. Where is the hole that Daniel McGinnis found? Today nobody knows for sure, and there is still the problem of water in the hole.(Words: 286)1. Daniel McGinnis .A) had ancestors who were piratesB) was curious about the valuable treasure of piratesC) was a pirate himselfD) recovered the valuable treasure of pirates2. When Daniel and his two friends dug for the treasure, they .A) discovered an oak thereB) gave up because they had dug too deepC) found an oak floorD) dug for about 12 meters deep3. When Daniel and his friends continued digging eight years later, the major problem wasA) removing the dirtB) making the hole biggerC) locating the large wooden boxD) getting water out of the hole4. Which of the following explains the disappearance of the hole found by Daniel McGinnis?A) The oak tree was planted elsewhere.B) The hole was made much bigger.C) Seawater drowned（淹没）the island.D) Other search groups gave up on finding the hole.5. The best title for the passage is .A) Legend(传奇)of Daniel McGinnisB) Mystery of the Hidden TreasureC) Discovery of the Hidden TreasureD) Explorer of the Mysterious IslandII. Directions: Read the following passages, and then fill in the blanks with the missing information.Passage 3The song “Happy Birthday to You” is sung all over the world just before the birthday boy or girl blows out the candles on the cake. It is so simple that children as young as three can sing it. The song, with its original （最初的）title “Good Morning to You”, was wri tten in 1893 by the two sisters, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. They were the daughters of a progressive Kentucky couple, who believed in female education at a time—the mid-nineteenth century—when it was still a novel idea and who trained their two daughters to be schoolteachers. They were long involved in elementary education, and Patty, in particular. She achieved a lot as a pioneer in kindergarten education, and for several decades a major spokesman for preschool education. She taught at Columbia Univer sity’s Teachers College from 1905 to 1935, and at her retirement became one of the first women to be named an honorary (荣誉的)professor by Columbia.A birthday cake with burning candles is also an important part at one’s birthday party. It may derive, distantly from the ancient Greek practice of offering to Artemis, goddess of the hunt and of the moon, a round honey cake into which a candle was stuck. After German bakers invented the modern birthday cake in the Middle Ages, a similar custom was adopted fro the advocate （提倡）of good spirits at birthdays. The cake, ready by morning, would be surrounded by burning candles, in a kind of protective fire circle, and they would be kept lit all day, until dessert time at the evening meal.(Words: 262)1. The passage is about .2. In the mid-nineteenth century was still a new idea.3. Patty made great achievement in .4. The cake today may come from.5. The candles on a birthday cake were kept burning from morning.Passage 4Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise （天堂）where the sun always shines. Life there is simple and good. Ripe fruits fall from the trees and you never have to work. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, waiting for a boat which never comes. Perhaps there is an element of truth in both pictures, but few of us would ever have the opportunity to find out.Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired. During the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy （船上附属的小船）with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem. The men collected rain-water in the rubber dinghy. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat. They caught lobster and fish every day, and, as one of them put it “ate like kings”. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.(Words 258 ) 1.The two pictures of life on a deserted island people tend to have are:.2. Neither of the two opposite pictures of life on a desert island .3. The two men made the journey to Miami to .4. Water was no problem for the two men on the island because.5. The two men were sorry to leave the island because.III. Directions: Read the following passages, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).Passage 5When someone who is in good health dies suddenly, there is usually an inquest.An inquest is a kind of court inquiry. The person in charge of an inquest is called a coroner. His job is to find out exactly how a person died.If there is nothing suspicious(可疑的)about the death, he would decide that the person died from natural causes or an accident. If, however, he is suspicious, he may decide that the person’s death was caused by a person or persons unknown.At one inquest, the coroner was trying to find out exactly what had caused the death of a local businessman, Henry Smith.The man’s widow was offering the evidence. Sh e was very upset and had to stop from time to time.The coroner did not want to upset her more than necessary, but he had to find out the truth. There were questions he had to ask her.“Mrs. Smith, I know this is too much for you,” he said, “but I wan t you to think very carefully and then answer my questions.”“You and your husband were having dinner at home. Is that correct?”“Yes.”“Suddenly he fell to the floor.”“Yes.”“Did he say anything?”The widow lowered her head.“Please, Mrs. Smith, you must answer the question. What were his last words?”The widow took a deep breath and then spoke. “He said,” he whispered, “I’m not surprised you were charged only 50 cents for that seafood we had for dinner.”(Words: 249) ( ) 1. An inquest is done in one’s home.( ) 2. The coroner decides on the nature of a person’s death.( ) 3. The coroner was very careful in asking Mrs. Smith questions so as not to upset her.( ) 4. Mrs. Smith was quick to tell the truth.( ) 5. The bad seafood was responsible for Mr. Smith’s death.Passage 6Joe Bloggs worked in a large and famous company.The president of the company believed in keeping his employees （雇员）happy. One year, he offered them a pension (养老金)fund.The idea was that the workers would pay five percent of their wages into a pension fund. The company would also pay a sum equal to five percent.When an employee retire （退休）from the company, he could take with him all the money that he and the company had put into his pension fund.“I will open the pension fund”, the president of the company said, “as soon as you all agree to join. Unless you all join, I won’t open the fund. You’ve got a week to make up your minds.”The idea was very a good one and everyone except Joe Bloggs agreed to join.“I don’t understand it,” Bloggs said.His co-workers tried to explain it to him, but he just kept saying, “I still don’t understand it.”Time passed and there was only an hour left until the week was up.The president sent for Joe Bloggs to come to his office on the 20th floor.“Mr. Bloggs,” he said, “all the employees agree with what I am going to say to you, so listen carefully.”“It had better be good,” Bloggs said.“Oh, it is,” the president said. “If you don’t agree to join the pension fund before I finish counting to ten, the security guards will throw you out of the window.”Joe Bloggs immediately signed the form which said he would agree to join the plan. “Now that you have explained it clearly,” he said, “of course I’ll join.”(Words: 274) ( ) 1. The company would put more money into an employee’s pension fund. ( ) 2. The employees could not take the money from his pension fund until their retirement.( ) 3. The president gave his employees one week to decide whether to join the pension fund or not.( ) 4. Joe Bloggs was called to the president’s office one day before the end of the week.( ) 5. Joe agreed to join the pension fund after realizing its importance.KeyUnit 3Passage 1D D B D CPassage 2B C D B BPassage 31.the birthday song and birthday cake2.female education3.kindergarten education4.ancient Greek practice of offering to the goddess of the hunt and the moon5.till dessert time in the eveningPassage 41.it is simple and good; or it is wretched2.is realistic3.have their boat repaired4.there was enough rain water5.they ate like king therePassage 5F T T F T Passage 6F T T F F。

Book OneUnit OnePassage OneDirections: You will have 10 minutes to read this passage quickly and answer the following questions from A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice.Chinese AlcoholAn important part of Chinese culture, the use of alcohol can be traced back to the dawn of the nation’s history. Over the centuries many different kinds of alcoholic drinks have been developed and brewing (酿造) methods as well as distillation (蒸馏) has become more sophisticated. At the same time the way of enjoying these desirable products has become a vital part of custom and culture.Alcoholic beverages have inspired many writers resulting in thousands of poems and other works relating to “the magic elixir” (长生不老药). People drink it when they are joyous and for fun. No formal dinner would be complete without it, while a toast can seal a business enterprise, send troops into battle with a prayer for victory as well as express a wish for the health and happiness of family and friends. One of the classic examples of the ceremonial use of alcohol is described in the famous story Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The three heroes in the tale, become blood brothers by drinking bowls of wine into which they have mixed drops of their own blood from cuts in their fingers. This act may seem extreme but was a symbol of faithfulness in those days.The symbolic serving and drinking of wine on various occasions and in different places can convey many meanings. It can express either joy or sorrow. In China, there is a saying that “a thousand cups of wine is not too much when bosom friends meet together”, which indicates the happiness between two close friends; whereas a poem by Li Bai, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907), says, “releasing melancholy by wine, but adding more,” suggested a touch of sadness. There are frequent references to wine in well-known legends, as for example—“to taste the sweet osmanthus (木犀属植物) wine on the moon, produced by the beautiful fairy Chang’e when she felt lonely, is everyone’s dream”.Nearly all important occasions are celebrated with alcohol. The Spring Festival, which is a favorite time for family party, is probably one of the most meaningful when happiness is expressed by social drinking. During the Double Ninth Festival, people drink chrysanthemum (菊花) wine to drive away the evil and to wish their elders good health and long life. Of course, no wedding ceremony is complete unless the happy couple expresses their love for each other by linking their arms to drink to their future happiness (jiaobeijiu), after which they offer a dutiful toast to their parents to thank them for the care they have given to them as children. Similarly, birthday celebrations and the ceremony to mark the 100th day following the birth of a baby will be celebrated with a toast of wine. In South China, when a baby girl is born, her parents will brew alcohol for her, bury it underground and keep it until she marries. Then they take the jar up and paint pleasant pictures upon it to give greetings.Each ethnic group has some form of alcoholic drink with which to celebrate special festivals.For example, around the Spring Festival, Korean people drink their “suijiu” to which they add rice, root of the balloon flower, cinnamon (肉桂) and, red chili and so on, to protect themselves from demons.When drinking wine at table, both the host and the guests are expected to follow certain rules of manners and behavior.The glass should be full of wine, or else the guest will think they are lacking due respect. The elders and superior person or persons present should always be served first.A toast represents respect, while refusing to participate in a toast shows a lack of politeness or respect. Should a guest be really unable to take a drink, he has to find another to do it for him in order to save face.When making a toast, everyone is required to stand and lightly touch each others’ cup, ensuring that the junior’s cup is held lower than that of their superior. The cup should be emptied and inverted to show that no wine remains. Drinking with a single draught symbolizes courage. Those who cannot manage to do so should explain in advance in order to receive a kindly understanding of their situation and thus ensure that no one is offended.(714 words) Questions1. Chinese alcohol .A) has a history more than a centuryB) is developing rapidlyC) is enjoyed in more sophisticated ways than the westernersD) is an important part of Chinese culture2. The act of the three heroes in Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a symbol of inthose days.A) faithfulness B) courage C) happiness D) willingness3. Li Bai’s poem mentioned in the third paragraph expresses .A) sadness B) joy C) loneliness D) sorrow4. parents will brew alcohol for their baby girl for future use.A) During the Spring Festival B) In South ChinaC) On the wedding ceremony D) During the Double Ninth Festival5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned when people make a toast?A) E veryone is required to stand and lightly touch each others’ cup.B) The elders and superiors should hold the cups higher.C) People should ensure that the junior’s cup is held lower than that of their superior.D) Those who cannot drink with a single draught should explain in advance.Notes1. Romance of the Three Kingdoms:《三国演义》Passage TwoDirections: In this part,y ou will have 10 minutes to go over the passage quickly and decide questions 1-8 according to the passage. If it is true you fill “T” in theparenthesis, if not or false fill “F” in parenthesis before the sentence.Zhang Yimou—A Creative GeniusOn the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008, 2 billion TV viewers and thousands in attendance in the now famous Bird’s Nest enjoyed an unforgettable sight at the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games.Behind it all was the creative genius of Chinese film director Zhang Yimou. Drawing from the depths of the Chinese culture and creativity of the Chinese people, showing ancient Chinese inventions—paper, printing, gunpowder, ceramics and the compass—that have shaped civilization and channeling the sensibility and spirit that unite his fellow 1.3 billion citizens, Zhang told China’s story to a watching world. He created arguably the grandest sight of the new millennium, and it was viewed by nearly one-third of the world’s population. With this work, Zhang obtained a high position shared by very few film directors in the world.In telling China’s story, Zhang explored the Chinese character he, or peaceful harmony—an ideal extremely important to Chinese culture. This level of creative artistry is rare in the controlled field of filmmaking, let alone in a multidimensional arena (多维的舞台) with thousands of performers and visual set pieces that seemed to be impossible—yet it was all happening live, before the eyes of the world.There is much legend surrounding Zhang’s rise to his world fame, given that his first job was as a farmhand and then a laborer in a cotton mill. But the story I enjoy most is that he gave blood over a period of months to earn enough money to buy his first camera. He was 25. When the Beijing Film Academy reopened in 1978 after the Cultural Revolution, he was 27, already considered too old to become a filmmaker and lacking many of the necessary credits. Bravely, he offered his photographic works and was admitted to the department of cinematography.Zhang became a filmmaker, and for the past two decades, he has inspired the world’s interest with China through his films. Not since the great British director Michael Powell has a director used color so effectively to tell stories. In Red Sorghum(1987), Ju Dou(1990) and one of his greatest works, Raise the Red Lantern (1991), the vivid use of red in the manufacturing of wine, the traditional wedding gown, the process of dyeing silk and even the dark red splashes of blood illuminate Zhang’s celebration of life, exoticism and death. Ju Dou was the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Academy Award; Raise the Red Lantern was the second.Zhang also brought the actress Gong Li to prominence, casting her in starring roles in six of his films. Together they are credited with introducing sensuality and eroticism to Chinese cinema. Western audiences are probably familiar with Zhang more from his action films: Hero(2002), House of Flying Daggers (2004) and his most Shakespearean work, Curse of the Golden Flower (2006).Zhang was no stranger to live theatrical events either. In 1998 he staged and directed Puccini’s opera Turandot at the Forbidden City in Beijing. He directed a folk musical in 2003 and staged it outdoors on the Li River. In 2006 he direct ed Tan Dun’s The First Emperor for New York City’s Metropolitan Opera.All this work and its complexity should have prepared me for the depth and breadth of Zhang’s vision, apparent even in its early stages wh en he first met me in 2005 about the Beijing ceremonies. We met on a sunny afternoon in East Hampton, New York, and I knew immediately we were going to become good friends. With the description of his idea on his computer, he showed me what he was thinking. I realized Zhang would be the creator-director of the Olympic ceremonies, with the honor of putting on what would become the greatest show on earth, with China at center stage. I was honored to have been one of the first people inspired by Zhang’s ideas.At the heart of Zhang’s Olympic ceremonies was the idea that the conflict of man foretells the desire for inner peace. This theme is one he’s explored and perfected in his films, whether they are about the lives of humble peasants or great nobles. This year he captured the theme of harmony and peace, which is the spirit of the Olympic Games. In one evening of visual and emotional splendor, he educated, enlightened and entertained us all. In doing so, Zhang secured himself a place in world history.(746 words) True or False( ) 1. The Beijing ceremonies showed the Chinese culture, creativity of the Chinese people and the quick development of China to the world.( ) 2. The opening ceremonies were viewed by nearly one-third of the world’s population. ( ) 3. The Chinese character he means peaceful harmony.( ) 4. Not until he was 25, was Zhang Yimou admitted to the department of cinematography. ( ) 5. Zhang Yimou’s Raise the Red Lantern was the first Chinese film to be nominated for an Academy Award.( ) 6. Gong Li became world famous by starring 7 of Zhang Yimo’s films.( ) 7. Zhang Yimou once discussed the Beijing ceremonies with the author in the USA in 2005. ( ) 8. The theme of harmony and peace is also the spirit of the Olympic Games.Passage ThreeDirection:In this part, you’ll h ave 15 minutes to read the passage quickly and answer the questions followed. For questions 1-7, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees withthe information given in the passage. N (for NO) if the statement contradicts theinformation given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is notgiven in the passage.The Mystery of StonehengeFor hundreds of years people have wondered about Stonehenge (英国的史前巨石柱), the great circle of huge stones on the Salisbury Plains in southern England. Who built it? How did they do it? And, most puzzling of all, why?The word Stonehenge means “the hanging stones.” We do not know who gave the place this name, but it is a good one. Some of the stone pillars (柱子) still stand, just as they did almost 4, 000 years ago. Across the top of a few of the pillars, connecting one to another, are smaller stones that seem to hang in space.Some people thought that Stonehenge was an old Roman temple. Others said that it was the work of Merlin, the wizard of King Arthur’s court. Still others said that it was built by Druids, religious leaders of the people who lived in England not long before the time of Jesus. In each case, people suggested the earliest groups that they knew about. Today we know more about prehistoric times, and we do not put Stonehenge into the earliest period we know.Scientists have done a great deal of digging at Stonehenge and at hundreds of other old stone circles around the English countryside. Joining each small piece of information together, they came up with a remarkable story.About 2300 B.C. a group of people came from the European continents to what is now England. The people in England before them lived by hunting, but the newcomers were farmers and herders. Using deer antlers (鹿角) for picks, they built huge round corrals (畜栏) with sides of heaped earth.About 2000 B. C. another group of people came from Europe. They began to use the corrals as temples and meeting places. Around 1850 B. C. these people started work on what was to become Stonehenge.About 150 years later a third group of people arrived. They have been called the Beaker people because much of their pottery (陶器) looked like the containers called beakers that chemists use.The Beakers became very wealthy and began to build up Stonehenge. They added a huge avenue to the circle and decided to bring stone blocks from Wales to place inside the circle.They chose eighty stones that weigh up to 5, 400 kilograms (six tons) each. As far as we know, these people had no wheels or animals to carry loads. They had to pull the stones by using large round wood as rollers. The Beakers must have taken the stones most of the way by water. It would be far easier to float them on rafts than to drag them over the hilly country. But a raft big enough to carry such stones on the ocean would be too big to travel up English rivers. The stones must have gone upriver on dugout canoes (独木舟), probably on two or three canoes roped together.How were these huge stones shaped and polished? Large stone hammers have been found atStonehenge. The workers must have heated a rock with torches where they wished to make a cut. Then if they poured cold water on the hot rock, the stone would be weakened and would break smoothly when cut with the hammers. The final shaping and polishing were done by teams of workers who struck the stone again and again and pulled grinders (研磨的机械) over it.Now the stones were ready to be put into place. The workers should use a strong machine to lift a fallen stone back on top of two others. But the builders of Stonehenge had only wood and leather rope. With these alone they set huge stones upright and lifted others to the tops of the columns.The biggest question about Stonehenge, its purpose, is still asked. Careful study has shown that different arrangements of the stones line up with twenty-four separate points. It was found that the sun and moon rose and set in different seasons in the years around 1500 B.C. By standing in different places, the builders could predict when the sun and moon would rise or set in winter or summer. Other studies show that the stones may have been used to predict things that happen in the sky.One thing is sure, though. Stonehenge will continue to attract people even if its mysteries are solved. The more we learn about it, the more remarkable it seems.(726 words) Questions( ) 1. The Stonehenge in southern England has aroused people’s great interest.( ) 2. Stonehenge has a history as long as 2, 300 years.( ) 3. Druids was religious leaders of the people in England not long after the time of Jesus. ( ) 4. The Beakers must have taken the stones most of the way on dugout canoes.( ) 5. People now doubt whether the builders in the ancient time were able to set huge stones upright and lifted others to the tops of the columns with only wood and leather ropes. ( ) 6. Study has shown that different arrangements of the stones line up with twenty-four separate points.( ) 7. The mystery of Stonehenge has already solved completely.Fill in the blanks8. The meaning of the word Stonehenge is ________________.9. The corrals were used as temples and meeting places in about ________________.10. It was who began to build up Stonehenge in around 1700 B.C.Passage FourDirections: In this part, you will have15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A),B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information givenin the passage.The Need for Environmental AssessmentEconomic, social and environmental change is closely related to development. While development aims to bring about positive change, it can also lead to conflicts. In the past, the promotion of economic growth meant people had a chance to enjoy better life; however, people were not aware there might be negative social or environmental impacts (影响). The need to avoid negative impacts and to ensure long term benefits led to the concept of sustainable development (可持续发展). This has become accepted as a key characteristic of development, if the aim of increased happy life and greater equity in satisfying basic needs is to be met for this and future generations.In order to predict environmental impacts of any development activity and to provide an opportunity to decrease negative impacts and improve positive impacts, the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure was developed in the 1970s. An EIA may be explained as:a formal process to predict the environmental effects of human development activities and to plan appropriate measures to get rid of or reduce negative impacts and to increase positive effects.EIA thus has three main functions:• to predict problems,• to find ways to avoid them, and• to improve positive effects.The third function is of particular importance. The EIA provides a unique opportunity to find ways in which the environment may be improved as part of the development process. The EIA also predicts the conflicts and limits between the suggested project, or program and its environment. It provides an opportunity for mitigation (缓解) measures to be taken to minimize problems. It enables monitoring programs to be set up to assess future impacts and provide data on which managers can take wiser decisions to avoid environmental damage.EIA is a management tool for planners and decision makers and complements (补充) other project studies on engineering and economics. Environmental assessment is now accepted as a key part of development planning and management. It should become as familiar and important as economic analysis in project assessment.The aim of any EIA should be to promote sustainable development. Beneficial environmental effects are maximized while negative effects are improved or avoided to the greatest possible extent. EIA will help select and design projects, programs or plans with long term development and therefore improve cost effectiveness.It is important that an EIA is not just considered as part of the approval process. Many reports produced for such a purpose, which are neither read nor acted upon, will lower the value of the process. A key output of the EIA should be an action plan to be followed during implementation (实施) and after implementation during the monitoring stage. To enable the action plan to be effective, the EIA may also recommend changes to laws and institutional structures.In the beginning EIA was seen by some project promoters as a limit to development but this view is gradually disappearing. It can, however, be a useful limit to unsustainable development. It is now well understood that environment and development are complementary and depend on each other, and EIA is a technique for ensuring that the two can reinforce each other. A study carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency (USA) in 1980 showed that there were significant changes to projects during the EIA process, obvious improvements in both environmental protection measures and financial benefits. Irrigated agriculture is such a good example.Irrigated agriculture is extremely important to the economy, health and welfare of a very large part of the developing world. It is too important to be ignored as it is vital for world food security. However, irrigated agriculture often greatly changes land use and is a major consumer of freshwater. Irrigation development thus has a major impact on the environment. All new irrigation and drainage (排水) development results in some form of degradation (退化). It is necessary to determine the acceptable level and to compensate (补偿) for the degradation. This degradation may extend both upstream and downstream of the irrigated area. The impacts may be both to the natural, physical environment and to the human environment，and large irrigation and drainage developments is environmentally sensitive.An EIA is concerned both with impacts of irrigation and drainage on the environment and with the sustainable development of irrigation and drainage itself. Clearly an EIA will not resolve all problems. There will be balances between economic development and environmental protection as in all development activities. However, without an objective EIA, reasonable decision making would be impossible.(743 words) Questions1. In the past, __________________.A) economy grew slowlyB) people didn’t know economic development might have negative social or environmentalimpactsC) people tried to predict environmental impacts of any development activityD) people enjoyed better life2. Sustainable development _____________.A) has become accepted as a key characteristic of developmentB) means quicker economic developmentC) lowers economic developmentD) aims to satisfy people’s basic needs3. Which of the following is not the mains function of EIA?A) To improve positive effects.B) To predict the possible problems.C) To plan appropriate measures.D) To find ways to avoid the possible problems.4. EIA aims _____________.A) to improve beneficial effectsB) to avoid negative effects completelyC) to benefit the present generationD) to sustainable development5. _________will lower the value of the EIA process.A) That EIA is just considered as part of the approval processB) Focusing on economic developmentC) Quick economic developmentD) The changes to laws and institutional structures6. EIA is now well understood that ___________.A) it is a technique for ensuring quick developmentB) it is a technique for ensuring environmental protectionC) it is a technique for ensuring that environment and development can reinforce each otherD) it is still a limit to development7. A study by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1980 showed________.A) environmental protection measures are improvedB) financial benefits are improvedC) neither environmental protection measures and financial benefits are improvedD) both environmental protection measures and financial benefits are improvedFill in the blanks8. change may have a strong effect on development.9. _____________ is very important to the economy, health and welfare of a very large part ofthe developing world.10. People can make _______________ if they have an objective EIA.。

[VIP专享]全新版大学英语快速阅读第一册Unit8（素文整理）Unit 8I. Directions: Read the following passages, and then select the best choice for each of thequestions or incomplete statements.Passage 1快速阅读自查表阅读和练习应完成的时间：5分22秒实际完成时间：做对的练习题数记录：One of the greatest mysteries in biology-how the monarch butterfly (帝王蝶) travels thousands of kilometers on its yearly migration (迁移)-has just been solved.Monarch butterflies use the sun to set their body clocks and make their journeys, according to US scientists. No other butterfly in the world migrates like the orange and black monarchs of North America. They cannot live for long periods in cold weather. Each autumn, thousands travel up to 3,000 km to spend the winter in the mountains of Mexico. There are so many, they almost block out the sky, and you can hear their wings beating.It usually takes the butterflies two months to reach Mexico. After staying five months, they head back up north in the spring. But not one butterfly finishes the whole round-trip. They lay eggs along the way and die.Three generations of butterflies will live and die during the spring journey alone. The fourth and final generation of the year is born in early autumn and will reach the north. But it hardly getsto rest before starting the long journey south to Mexico.The most amazing thing about these butterflies is that they return to the very same tree in Mexico that their great-great-grandparents used the winter before. Past studies have shown that the insects use the sun as a compass (指南针) to show them the way. But experts are unsure how the butterflies change their direction as the sun moves in the sky.This new study now shows that the insects use a “circadian (生理节奏的)” clock in their bod ies as part of their sun compass. In laboratory tests, monarch butterflies were found to fly in the right direction under normal daylight hours. But those flying in 24-hour light headed straight towards the sun. That is, they no longer had any sense of time.Scientist Steven Reppert, who led the research, said: “ We have shown the need for the circadian clock for monarch butterfly migration. When the clock is interrupted, monarchs are unable to fly towards Mexico.”(Words: 334)1. What is the focus of the passage?A) Monarch butterflies’ yearly migration.B) The unique living style of monarch butterflies.C) The guidance of the sun in monarch butterflies’ navigation.D) Monarch butterflies use body clocks as part of their sun compass.2. Which of the following statements is true about monarch butterflies?A) Each autumn they fly north to North America.B) In spring they fly south to Mexico.C) Only a few of them can finish the round trip.D) Their color is orange and black.3. The most surprising finding about the butterflies is that ________.A) not one butterfly finishes the whole-round tripB) they can find the same tree in Mexico that their great-great-grandparents used thewinter beforeC) it takes as long as two months for the butterflies to fly to MexicoD) they use the sun as a compass4. What can be learned from the passage about past studies and the new discovery?A) Past studies discovered the new function of a body clock.B) The new study discovers the use of the sun as a compass.C) The new discovery throws light on an old mystery.D) Past studies showed how the butterflies could change direction.5. What was found in the laboratory?A) Monarch butterflies lost their sense of time.B) The sun was not important in their migration.C) Butterflies flying in 24-hour light lost their sense of time.D) Their body clocks were interrupted by the sun.Passage 2快速阅读自查表阅读和练习应完成的时间：5分45秒实际完成时间：做对的练习题数记录：At present, there are many ways to travel, that is, we can choose different ways to go to some place.In China, more and more people have their own cars.Therefore, the roads are getting busier and busier and sometimes there are many traffic jams, especially in the big cities. How can we solve this problem? On the earth the population is growing larger and larger and there will be less and less space. So some scientists are trying to make a new kind of car-a flying car. A flying car is a car that not only runs on the road, but also flies in the sky whenever there is heavy traffic. It is just like a bat (蝙蝠), as it has wings. When the car runs on the ground, the wings are folded. However, when it flies, the wings are unfolded. It can fly at the height of 1,500-3,000 meters, and it can fly at the speed of 600 kilometers per hour.There will be another kind of train in the future. Maybe it will be called the “flying train”- it looks like a plane, but it has no wings. It can run near the ground but it doesn’t touch the ground. It will be much faster than any train currently available.A Japanese scientist says this kind of flying train can be made by the year 2020.So, perhaps it is possible that cars and trains can fly in the sky in the future. Actually, the future plane may fly not only in the sky, but also under-ground. Yes, it will be called the “underground plane.” At present, it is still just an idea in scientist’s mind. According to the idea, an underground plane has two storeys, It can hold 400 people. The plane will be 50 meters long, four meters tall and over two meters wide. It will be a rectangle (长方形). Its wings are in the middle of the plane. At the bottom, there are two pairs of wheels. They are used when the plane lands. When this plane is flying, it is one meter above the ground. Some scientists think that this kind of plane is better than the airplanes we have now.(Words: 368)1. Why do scientists want to make “flying car” and “flying train?”A) Because the roads are getting more and more crowded.B) Because the population on earth is increasing.C) Because we will have less and less space.D) Because people need new modes of transportation.2. A flyin care_________.A) folds its wings when it runs on he groundB) flies in the sky as its name indicatesC) keeps its wings unfolded.D) is even faster than future planes3. Which of the following statements is true about the “flying train?”A) It looks just like a plane with no wings.B) It can fly or run directly on the ground.C) A Japanese is hopeful of making one such train.D) It may be available by 2020.4. What will the future plane be like?A) It flies underground as well as in the sky.B) It has two stories in the shape of a square.C) It has two pairs of wheels in the middle.D) It flies one meter under the ground.5. It can be seen from the passage that_________.A) the modes of future transportation are unknownB) the Japanese are ahead in terms of technological know-howC) the potential of creativity is unlimitedD) people can do whatever they think ofII. Directions: Read the following passages, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).Passage 3快速阅读自查表阅读和练习应完成的时间：6分12秒实际完成时间：做对的练习题数记录：Teaching developmental writing in a community college is a job I never dreamed of doing. I had planned to be a journalist. That changed after my second failed attempt at newspaper reporting. I moved back to Indianapolis and, four months later, began teaching. Then I met Steve, a student who was just like I was many years ago. At the beginning of the semester I gave my class a copy of Hubbard’s Message to Garcia. After I explai ned the essay’s contents, I drew their attention to one passage: “ It is not book-learning young men need, nor instruction about this or that, but a stiffening (变硬) of the vertebrae (脊椎) which will cause them to be loyal to a trust, to act promptly (迅速地), concentrate their energies; do the thing-carry a message to Garcia !”Then I told them my story. I explained to them that my high school advisor told me, “You have a great deal of potential.” He was referring to my careless habits that affected my school work. Later, in college, I understood he was right. I carried my bad habits with me, and by the end of my sophomore (大二) year, I had been kicked out due to my below-average grades.The following year, I worked in a café, rented a room, and steadily rebuilt my academic ability by taking independent study courses. Once I had reestablished my self-confidence, I enrolled in regular classes. During that lonely year, I read. That was when I discovered Hubbard’s writing.Two years later, I graduated from college and became a reporter. At two different newspapers, I bungled (搞砸) my job.During a brief time of unemployment, I re-read Hubbard’s “Message.” Four months later I was offered a job as a teacher and as a tutor.Every year my students hear this story, and I tell them how they should make good use of their potential. When I first met Steve I told him along with the rest of the class, that succeeding in my course would only come from their “acting promptly” and “concentrating their energies”. He then said he didn’t need my class, and didn’t see the point in writing well.At semester’s end, I returned their final assignment and wondered if they’d gotten my message. Steve didn’t pass the class. In his essays, I wrote, “ You have a great deal of potential” and left a nother copy of Hubbard’s essay. I hope he gets the rest of the message quicker than I did.(Words: 409)( ) 1. The writer was forced to leave college at the first semester due to poor academic work.( ) 2. The writer came across Hubbard’s writing when he f elt lonely and helpless.( ) 3. After leaving college, the writer realized that his high school advisor was right. ( ) 4. Message to Garcia tells us about the importance of book-learning.( ) 5. The passage is about how the author regained his self-confidence after overcoming his shortcomings, and how he shared it with his students.Passage 4快速阅读自查表阅读和练习应完成的时间：6分1秒实际完成时间：做对的练习题数记录：You may think that inventions are far away from your everyday life. But in fact, almost everyone can invent. It’s just that they do not recognize their idea could be the start of an invention.Once inventors see their ideas have some practical value, they don’t let them slip away(溜走). For example, the inventor of the dishwasher, the American Josephine Cochrane, loved to give dinner parties. But she found it took too long to wash her dishes by hand and too many of them broke, So she decided hat a machine could do the job faster and with fewer mistakes. So, in 1886, she set out to make one for herself.Like Cochrane’s most invent ions are created to solve a problem. So, the first and most important step is to find the problem. You can start by looking at what is wrong with the things you use now. You can ask your grandparents or neighbors if they ever remember saying, “ I wish some one would invent something for…” Or you can look at people out on the street, or at school. Then you might notice situations or things in need of improvement.Remember to record your ideas and work. This will help you develop your invention and protect it when it is completed. The next step is to think about possible solution. An invention is a new way of solving a problem. So think of many, varied, and unusual ways. You can often come up with a solution for a problem by looking at it from a different angle or thinking about it in a new way.And if one solution doesn’t work, can it be put to other uses? That was how yellow “post-it notes” came about-a “failed”adhesive (黏合剂) experiment proved a weak adhesive had good uses, too!After all, most inventions are not brand new. They do not come out of nowhere, but come out of things or ideas that already exist. And the hardest part of inventing, even for a lot of inventors, is coming up with a problem and finding a solution. Once you have an idea, you can always get help building your invention.This problem-solving technique can also work in your everyday lives. So. Why not try it in your studies, in your relationship with others, or even in the way you look at the world?(Words: 392) ( ) 1. The writer is encouraging in the tone of his writing.( ) 2. An inventor is good at catching ideas which have practical value.( ) 3. Most inventions are based on existing things or ideas.( ) 4. The example of “post-it notes” tells us about the new function of a strong adhesive. ( ) 5. The principle of invention can also be applied to our everyday life.III. Directions: Read the following passages, and then fill in the blanks with the missing information.Passage 5快速阅读自查表阅读和练习应完成的时间：6分35秒实际完成时间：做对的练习题数记录：When Bill Gates founded Corbis in 1989, he mission was to figure out how to use digital (数字的) images in the computer age. The Internet was still in its early days, and no one in the company was sure what the market might be. Gates, was a collector of fineart and rare books, believed there would be one. Microsoft was already consuming (消费，利用) digitized art and photography for its CD-ROMs.In the mid 1990s, Corbis began by acquiring materials from the Bettmann archive (档案馆), news photo agencies and smaller archives.Corbis, says Chief Executive Steve Davis, wanted to be super-provider of digitized images to the world, images that would not decay (腐烂，衰败) and would be available forever.But the question of exactly how many of the pictures would be digitized remained a question. Digitizing, it turned out, involved much more than simply placing a photograph on a scanner (扫瞄仪) and then pressing a button.A low-resolution (低清晰度) image for a computer screen, for example, could be created quickly and fairly cheaply, at a cost of about $3USD. But the cost of creating higher quality images-the kind suitable for ad agencies, magazines and other outlets that Corbis was seeking-was more like $70USD per image.Besides the cost, there were other reasons to proceed slowly. Corbis’ researchers s aw that only about 100,000 of the collection’s 11 million original images had ever been looked at by a client, and of that number, only about 75,000 had ever been sold.So Corbis set out to do a massive editing job to learn what was likely to sell in the future.In the meantime, critics said that putting only a small fraction of the collection online was basically like shrinking (缩小) the world’s photo resources. And so Corbis said the scanning would continue. Whenever a picture is sold, it would be scanned and added to the digital files.Corbis was also facing a question faced by archivists everywhere; How many photographs are enough?Pictures are important cultural documents, but not all pictures, can be saved, nor should be, says Grant Romer, chief conservator at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in the U.S. The cost would be too much, and anyways, “How many photographs of men with mustaches and hats do we need?” he said.Still, it is an archivist’s rule that the best plan is to save everything, because we are poor judges of what will be important to future generations. However, choices will inevitably have to be made, by individuals, or the marketplace, or even by nature itself. Sunlight and moisture have a way of turning a normal family photo display into nothing.( Words: 443)1. Materials Corbis acquired at the beginning are from__________.2. Corbis intended to develop to be ____________.3. One other reason that slowed Corbis down was_____________4. When Grant Romer says “ How many photographs of men with mustaches and hats dowe need?”, he means_____________5. The two main factors that usually harm the ordinary photograph are __________.。

大学体验英语快速阅读教程修订版第1册课后练习题含答案1. 选择题1.Which sentence below is the closest in meaning to thefollowing one?English should not be learned as if it were a finished product.A. English should not be treated as a living language.B. English should not be learned from textbooks only.C. English should not be learned as if it had no future.D. English should not be learned too slowly.Answer: B2.Which of the following statements is not true according tothe article?A. English should be learned in such a way as to make use of context.B. Learning vocabulary in context is not very practical.C. Learning grammar is not enough for a good understanding of English.D. The key to effective learning is the development of a good attitude.Answer: B3.Which statement was not given as a way to help yourself readfaster?A. Learn to skim-read.B. Ignore all the facts that are not immediately relevant.C. Learn to understand the mn points.D. Make sure that you know all the meanings of the words in a text.Answer: D4.What is the author’s key point in this article?A. Learning English is difficult.B. English should be taught contextually.C. Good understanding is key to effective learning.D. Learning to read English quickly is important.Answer: D5.According to the author, which of the following is true?A. English is a living language.B. English should only be learned by studying grammar.C. It is best to learn English from textbooks only.D. Learning to read quickly is the only skill needed to master English.Answer: A2. Fill in the blanks6.To get the_out of a text, you should read quickly but _, sothat you can pick up the mn ideas quickly and ___.Answer: most, carefully, efficiently7.You need to_all the_that are not strictly necessary in orderto ___your reading speed.Answer: ignore, detls, increase8.It is_for English learners to_a good_. They need tounderstand the_that is used in the language.Answer: important, develop, attitude, context9.Vocabulary is_for understanding English as it is_in context.Answer: essential, used10.Techniques such as skimming or_can allow youto_more___out of reading texts in English.Answer: scanning, get, information3. Discussion Questions1.In your opinion, what are some effective strategies forlearning English?2.Why is context so important when learning a language?3.How do you feel about the idea of ignoring all the detlsthat are not strictly necessary in order to increase your reading speed? Is it worth the tradeoff in terms of missing importantdetls?4.Do you think it is possible to learn a language completelywithout the use of textbooks? Why or why not?5.What are some of the biggest challenges you have faced inlearning English? Share any tips or tricks that have worked foryou.4. ConclusionIn order to effectively learn English, it is important to develop a good attitude towards the language and understand English in context. Techniques such as skimming and scanning can allow you to get more information out of reading texts in English. Vocabulary is essential for understanding English as it is used in context, and learning to read quickly is an important skill for mastering the language. By incorporating these strategies into your learning, you can achieve a better understanding of English and become a more proficient speaker.。

1. 快速阅读练习答案I.1.A 2.C 3.B 4.C 5.B II.1.much thicker2.the atmosphere3.high-energ ultraviolet light rays4.oxygen , nitrogen , and carbon dioxide5.protect people from sunburn and skin cancer 单词和短语: Radiate radiate ['reidieit]基本翻译adj. 辐射状的,有射线的vt. 辐射;传播;流露;发射;广播vi. 辐射;流露;发光;从中心向各方伸展网络释义radiate:放射 | 辐射 | 幅射lotion lotion ['ləu ʃən]基本翻译n. 洗液;洗涤剂网络释义lotion:水 | 洗剂 | 洗液Ozoneozone ['əuz əun]基本翻译n. [化学 ] 臭氧;新鲜的空气网络释义Ozone:Eonsoftware Ozonerays rays [reiz]基本翻译n. 射线;光线(ray 的复数 ;日光浴v. 辐射(ray 的三单形式 ;照射网络释义rays:射线 | 高能 X 射线 | 软 X 射线Oxygen oxygen ['ɔksid ʒən]基本翻译n. [化学 ] 氧气, [化学 ] 氧网络释义Oxygen:氧气 | 氧 | 氧气激光切割OxygenNitrogen nitrogen ['naitrəd ʒən]基本翻译n. [化学 ] 氮网络释义Nitrogen:氮气 | 氮 | 痰气Surface surface ['sə:fis]基本翻译n. 表面;表层;外观adj. 表面的,肤浅的vt. 使浮出水面;使成平面vi. 浮出水面网络释义surface:表面 | 面 | 表面编辑ultraviolet ultraviolet [,ʌltr ə'vai əl ət] 基本翻译adj. 紫外的;紫外线的n. 紫外线辐射,紫外光网络释义Ultraviolet:紫外线 | 致命紫罗兰 | 电压不足Percentpercent [pə'sent]基本翻译n. 百分比,百分率;部分;百分数adj. 百分之的adv. 以百分之地网络释义percent:百分之 | 百分比 | 百分数helium ['hi:liəm]基本翻译n. [化学 ] 氦(符号为 He , 2号元素网络释义Helium:氦气 | 氦 | 命名为氦Late late [leit]基本翻译adj. 晚的;迟的;已故的;最近的adv. 晚;迟;最近;在晚期网络释义late:误点 | 暮 | 晚点atmosphereatmosphere ['ætmə,sfi ə]基本翻译n. 气氛;大气;空气网络释义atmosphere:大气 | 气氛 | 空气Dioxide dioxide [dai'ɔksaid]基本翻译n. 二氧化物网络释义dioxide:二氧化物 | 二氧化钛 | 二氧化碳gasgas [ɡæs]基本翻译n. 气体; [矿业 ] 瓦斯;汽油;毒气vt. 加油;毒(死vi. 加油;放出气体;空谈网络释义gas:气体 | 瓦斯 | 胃泌素Poles poles基本翻译n. 极点(pole 的复数形式 ;雪杖;杆位次数网络释义Poles:线数 | 极点 | 极数regions基本翻译n. 地区;地域;领域(region 的复数网络释义Regions:区域 | 地带 | 地区2. Is EI Nino BackI.1.D 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.BII.1.N 2.Y 3.NG 4.N 5.Y NinoNino基本翻译n. 尼诺(男子名网络释义NINO:二宫和也 | 尼诺 | 托雷斯单词和短语:Massivemassive ['mæsiv]基本翻译adj. 大量的;巨大的,厚重的;魁伟的网络释义massive:块状的 | 大规模的 | 整块的Orbitingorbiting基本翻译v. [航 ][天 ] 轨道运行;轨道运动;转圈(orbit 的 ing 形式网络释义orbiting:轨道运动 | 绕转 | 环绕phenomenonphenomenon [fi'nɔmin ən, fə-]基本翻译n. 现象;奇迹;杰出的人才网络释义phenomenon:现象 | 不一样的本能 | 痕迹Surroundingsurrounding [sə'raundiŋ]基本翻译n. 环境,周围的事物adj. 周围的,附近的网络释义surrounding:周围 | 环境 | 四周的governmentgovernment ['ɡʌv ənm ənt]基本翻译n. 政府;政体;管辖网络释义Government:政府 | 电子政务 | 电子政府Heads-upheads-up ['hed'ʌp]基本翻译adj. 足智多谋的网络释义heads-up:足智多谋的 | 轻松设计 | 一对一的对杀advanceadvance [əd'v ɑ:ns, əd'væns]基本翻译n. 发展;前进;增长;预付款adj. 预先的;先行的vt. 提出;预付;使前进;将提前 vi. 前进;进展;上涨网络释义advance:垫付款项 | 前进 | 进步Atmosphericatmospheric [,ætməs'ferik,-k əl]基本翻译adj. 大气的,大气层的网络释义atmospheric:大气的 | 空气的 | 气压的Administration ’ sadministration [əd,mini'strei ʃən]基本翻译n. 管理;行政;实施;行政机构网络释义administration:总务部 | 管理 | 经营Climateclimate ['klaimit]基本翻译n. 气候;风气;思潮;风土网络释义climate:气候 | 气侯 | 风气Predictionprediction [pri'dikʃən]基本翻译n. 预报;预言网络释义Prediction:预测 | 预言 | 预报Centercenter ['sentə]基本翻译n. 中心,中央;中锋;中心点adj. 中央的,位在正中的vt. 集中,使聚集在一点;定中心vi. 居中,被置于中心网络释义center:中锋 | 中心 | 场中心blownblown [bləun]基本翻译v. 风吹(blow 的过去分词adj. 吹制的,吹出的;开花的,盛开的;喘气的网络释义blown:开着花的 | 喷出的 | 欠账的emergencyemergency [i'mə:dʒənsi]基本翻译n. 紧急情况;突发事件;非常时刻adj. 紧急的;备用的网络释义emergency:紧急 | 紧急事件 | 紧急情况Predictpredict [pri'dikt]基本翻译vt. 预报,预言;预知vi. 作出预言;作预料,作预报网络释义predict:预测 | 预知 | 语言forecastforecast ['fɔ:kɑ:st]基本翻译n. 预测,预报;预想vt. 预报,预测;预示vi. 进行预报,作预测网络释义forecast:天气预报 | 预测 | 预报Billionbillion ['biljən]基本翻译n. 十亿;大量num. 十亿adj. 十亿的网络释义billion:万亿 | 盛永达 | 像素填充率damagedamage ['dæmidʒ]基本翻译n. 损害;损毁vt. 损害,毁坏vi. 损害;损毁;赔偿金网络释义Damage:损坏 | 损伤 | 伤害Extraextra ['ekstrə]基本翻译n. 临时演员;号外;额外的事物;上等产品 adj. 额外的,另外收费的;特大的adv. 特别地,非常;另外网络释义extra:额外的 | 特别客串 | 号外evidenceevidence ['evidəns]基本翻译n. 证据,证明;迹象;明显vt. 证明网络释义evidence:证据 | 证明 | 根据3. Wildlife ConservationI.1.D 2.C 3.C 4.C 5.B II.1.the global economy2.people in developed countries3.wild animals are becoming rarer4.bush-meat5.Women ’ s education单词和短语:Lifetimeslifetimes基本翻译n. 一生;使用期(lifetime 的复数形式网络释义Lifetimes:这一生 | 人生经历 | 活着existexist [iɡ'zist]基本翻译vi. 存在;生存;生活;继续存在网络释义exist:存在 | 检查变量或函数是否已定义 | 有Great apesgreat apes基本翻译类人猿;大猿类网络释义Great apes:大猩猩 | 类人猿 | 大猿类appearappear [ə'pi ə]基本翻译vi. 出现;显得;似乎;出庭网络释义appear:出现 | 似乎 | 呈现Resultresult [ri'zʌlt]基本翻译n. 结果;成绩;答案;比赛结果vi. 结果;导致;产生网络释义result:结果 | 成果 | 成绩threatthreat [θret]基本翻译n. 威胁,恐吓;凶兆网络释义Threat:威胁 | 挑战 | 威吓IndonesiaIndonesia ['indəu'ni:zjə,-ʒə]基本翻译n. 印尼,印度尼西亚(东南亚岛国网络释义Indonesia:印度尼西亚 | 印尼 | 马来群岛example [iɡ'z ɑ:mpl]基本翻译n. 例子;榜样vt. 作为的例子;为做出榜样vi. 举例网络释义example:范例 | 例子 | 实例Deforestationdeforestation [di:,fɔri'stei ʃən]基本翻译n. 采伐森林;森林开伐网络释义Deforestation:森林砍伐 | 砍伐森林 | 滥砍滥伐timbertimber ['timbə]基本翻译n. 木材;木料网络释义timber:木材 | 音质 | 木料Kinshasatimber ['timbə]基本翻译n. 木材;木料网络释义timber:木材 | 音质 | 木料avoidavoid [ə'v ɔid]基本翻译vt. 避免;避开,躲避;消除网络释义avoid:防止 | 规避 | 忌Disasterdisaster [,di'zɑ:stə]基本翻译n. 灾难,灾祸;不幸网络释义DISASTER:大灾 | 灾难 | 灾祸perspective [pə'spektiv]基本翻译n. 观点;远景;透视图adj. 透视的网络释义Perspective:透视 | 透视法 | 透视图Exportexport [ik'spɔ:t, 'eks-, 'ekspɔ:t]基本翻译n. 输出,出口;出口商品vt. 输出,出口vi. 输出物资网络释义export:出口 | 输出 | 导出beansbeans基本翻译n. 豆类;豆子;黄豆(bean 的复数网络释义beans:菽 | 黄豆 | 豆类Environmentenvironment [in'vaiər ənm ənt]基本翻译n. 环境,外界网络释义Environment:环境 | 环境贴图 | 环保simplysimply ['simpli]基本翻译adv. 简单地;仅仅;简直;朴素地;坦白地网络释义simply:只须 | 根本地 | 单纯地Attitudesattitudes基本翻译n. 态度,看法(attitude 复数网络释义Attitudes:态度 | 态度 | 如何发表意见preservepreserve [pri'zə:v]基本翻译n. 保护区;禁猎地;加工成的食品 vt. 保存;保护;维持;腌;禁猎网络释义preserve:持之以恒 | 保护 | 保持Plainlyplainly ['pleinli]基本翻译adv. 明白地;坦率地;平坦地;朴素地网络释义plainly:明明 | 平坦地 | 简单地economiceconomic [,i:kə'n ɔmik]基本翻译adj. 经济的,经济上的;经济学的网络释义Economic:经济 | 经济上的 | 经济环境Conservationconservation [,kɔns ə'vei ʃən]基本翻译n. 保存,保持;保护网络释义conservation:守恒 | 保护 | 清洁flagshipflagship ['flæɡʃip]基本翻译n. 旗舰; (作定语一流;佼佼者网络释义Flagship:旗舰 | 旗舰店 | 旗舰工作室Conflictconflict [kən'flikt, 'kɔnflikt]基本翻译n. 冲突,矛盾;斗争;争执vi. 冲突,抵触;争执;战斗网络释义conflict:冲突 | 抵触 | 矛盾reproductivereproductive [,ri:prə'd ʌktiv]基本翻译adj. 生殖的;再生的;复制的网络释义reproductive:生殖的 | 复现的 | 发育毒性speciesspecies ['spi:ʃi:z, -si:z]基本翻译n. [生物 ] 物种;种类adj. 物种上的网络释义species:物种 | 种 | 种类4. PetsI.1.D 2.A 3.C 4.C 5.C II.1.Y 2.N 3.N 4.Y 5.Y 单词和短语Culturescultures ['kʌlt ʃəz]基本翻译n. 文明,文化(culture 复数网络释义Cultures:文化 | 文明 | 维京物语positionposition基本翻译n. 位置,方位;职位,工作;姿态;站位 vt. 安置;把放在适当位置网络释义position:职位 | 定位 | 职务Stancesstances基本翻译n. 姿态(stance 的复数 ;步型网络释义Stances:法步 | 此外抑制生长物质 | 步型 EuropeEurope ['juər əp]基本翻译n. 欧洲网络释义Europe:欧罗巴洲 | 欧洲 | 欧罗巴Dessertdessert [di'zə:t]基本翻译n. 餐后甜点;甜点心网络释义dessert:饭后甜食 | 甜食 | 餐后甜点varietyvariety [və'rai əti]基本翻译n. 多样;种类;杂耍网络释义variety:变化 | 品种 | 多样性Affordafford [ə'f ɔ:d]基本翻译vt. 给予,提供;买得起网络释义afford:负担得起 | 给予 | 供应得起restaurantrestaurant ['restər ɔŋ, -r ɔnt, -rənt] 基本翻译n. 餐馆; [经 ] 饭店网络释义restaurant:饭店 | 餐厅 | 餐Mansionmansion ['mænʃən]基本翻译n. 大厦;宅邸网络释义Mansion:大厦 | 官邸 | 豪宅generallygenerally ['dʒen ər əli]基本翻译adv. 通常;普遍地,一般地网络释义generally:广泛地 | 素日 | 一般gourmetgourmet ['ɡu əmei]基本翻译n. 美食家网络释义gourmet:美食家 | 美食 | 美食者5.William H. Gates IIII.1.C 2.C 3.A 4.B 5.BII.1.Microsoft Corporation2.a valuable toolSpeed of Tpought; The Road Aheadputers;philanthropy5.Seattle单词和短语:Softwaresoftware ['sɔftwεə, 'sɔ:-]基本翻译n. 软件网络释义software:软设备 | 程序architectarchitect ['ɑ:kitekt]基本翻译n. 建筑师网络释义Architect:建筑工程师 | 建设师 | 架构设计师Corporationcorporation [,kɔ:pə'rei ʃən]基本翻译n. 公司;法人(团体 ;社团;大腹便便;市政当局网络释义Corporation:公司 | 法人 | 法团attendedattended [ə'tendid]基本翻译v. 参加;注意;照料(attend 的过去分词 ;伴随网络释义attended:值班的 | 参加Elementaryelementary [,eli'mentəri]基本翻译adj. 基本的;初级的; [化学 ] 元素的网络释义elementary:基本的 | 初步的 | 学前lakeside schoollakeside ['leiksaid]基本翻译n. 湖边网络释义Lakeside:湖畔 | 湖滨 | 湖岸Programmingprogramming ['prəu ɡræmiŋ, -ɡr ə-]基本翻译n. 设计,规划;编制程序, [计 ] 程序编制网络释义Programming:规划 | 程序设计 | 程序编制executiveexecutive [iɡ'zekjutiv]基本翻译n. 经理;执行委员会;执行者;经理主管人员 adj. 行政的;经营的;执行的,经营管理的网络释义Executive:执法者 | 高中级管理人员 | 销售代表Microcomputermicrocomputer [,maikrəuk əm'pju:tə]基本翻译n. 微电脑; [计 ] 微型计算机网络释义microcomputer:微计算机 | 微型计算机 | 微型电脑technologytechnology [tek'nɔl əd ʒi]基本翻译n. 技术;工艺;术语网络释义 Technology:技术 | 科技 | 高科技 Published published 基本翻译 adj. 已发布的 v. 出版；发行（publish 的过去式）网络释义 published:公布的 | 出版 | 发布时间 critical critical ['kritikəl] 基本翻译 adj. 鉴定的；[核] 临界的；批评的，爱挑剔的；危险的；决定性的；评论的网络释义 critical:临界的 | 批评的 | 关键性的Amazon amazon 基本翻译亚马逊；古希腊女战士网络释义 Amazon:亚马逊 | 亚马逊公司 | 亚马逊丛林 non-profit non-profit [nəu'prɔfit] 基本翻译 adj. 非营利的网络释义 Non-Profit:非盈利 | 非营利 | 非赢利性的 gates gates 基本翻译 n. 大门；关口（gate 的复数形式） v. （英）禁止外出；给安装门（gate 的第三人称单数）网络释义 GATES:美国盖茨 | 盖茨 | 盖兹 philanthropic philanthropic [,filən'θrɔpik] 基本翻译 adj. 博爱的；仁慈的网络释义 philanthropic:慈善的 | 博爱的 6.Alan Greenspan I.1.D 2.D 3.C II.1.Y 2.N 3.Y 4.C 4.N 5.A 5.N 单词和短语：单词和短语： Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspan 基本翻译 n. 艾伦·格林斯潘（美联储主席）网络释义 Alan Greenspan:格林斯潘 | 艾伦·格林斯潘 | 葛林斯潘 arguably arguably ['ɑ:ɡjuəbli] 基本翻译 adv. 可论证地；可争辩地；正如可提出证据加以证明的那样地网络释义 arguably:可争辩地 Individuals individuals 基本翻译 n. 个人；个体（individual 的复数）网络释义 individuals:个人的 | 独特的 | 个体的 demonstrated demonstrate ['demənstreit] 基本翻译 vt. 证明；展示；论证 vi. 示威 Economic economic [,i:kə'nɔmik] 基本翻译 adj. 经济的，经济上的；经济学的网络释义 Economic:经济 | 经济上的 | 经济环境 companies companies [kɔmpənis]基本翻译 n. 公司，企业；伙伴（company 的复数形式）；公司财产 v. 陪伴，伴随（company 的三单形式）网络释义 Companies:公司 | 公司财产 | 伴随 Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Board 基本翻译（美国）联邦储备金监察小组网络释义 Federal Reserve Board:理事会 | 美国联邦储备委员会 | 联邦储备局 President president ['prezidənt] 基本翻译 n. 总统；董事长；校长网络释义 president:校长 | 副校长 | 副会长 Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan 基本翻译罗纳德·里根（美国前总统）网络释义 Ronald Reagan:罗纳德·里根 | 罗纳德里根 | 里根总统 Stockbroker stockbroker ['stɔk,brəukə] 基本翻译 n. [金融] 股票经纪人网络释义 stockbroker:股票经纪人 | 证券和股票经纪人 | 股票swing swing [swiŋ] 基本翻译 n. 摇摆；摆动；秋千；音律；涨落 adj. 旋转的；悬挂的；强节奏爵士音乐的 vt. 使旋转；挥舞；悬挂vi. 摇摆；转向；悬挂；大摇大摆地行走网络释义 swing:挥击 | 摇摆乐 | 秋千Degrees degrees 基本翻译 n. 角度，学历；度数（degree 的复数）网络释义degrees:学位 | 分度 | 角度 eventually eventually [i'ventʃuəli] 基本翻译 adv. 最后，终于网络释义 eventually:终于 | 终究 | 终归 Politically politically [pə'litikli] 基本翻译 adv. 政治上网络释义 politically:在政治上 | 贤明地 | 政治上 route route [ru:t, raut] 基本翻译 n. 路线；航线；通道 vt. 按某路线发送网络释义 route:路由 | 路径 | 路线。

Unit 1I. Reading for information1.B2.D3.B4.C5.A6.CII. Translation1. 但是只要说上几句话，他的口音就很容易被辨认出来。

2. 他不会轻易发火，有一颗金子般的心，你很少能从他的嘴里听到攻击和批评别人的话。

3. 常言道：善行胜于善言。

父亲的身教对我的影响远远超过了他的言传。

4. 面对生活的沧桑，大布鲁诺怎么能不提高嗓门，怎么能保持心气平和？难道力气这么大的人不该脾气也大吗？5. 体育明星和歌星|、影星的确能够鼓舞人心，但是“英雄”这个头衔还是应该留给像我父亲那样，为了自己所爱的人孜孜不卷地工作的人。

III. Summary1.hard work, pays off2.Big Bruno, strong in stature, a gentle spirit3.most patient, slow to get angry, a heart of gold, a lot of friends4. a role model, a true friend, a treasure5.hero, does good, loves everyone, doesn’t expect anything, in return, work tirelessly, the goodraceReading Strategies(1) Skimming and ScanningI Skimming question 1 AII Skimming question 2A teacher should…1.be pleasantly live and attractive2.have a genuine capacity for sympathy3.be both intellectually and morally honest4.be mentally alert5.be capable of infinite patience6.have the kind of mind which always wants to go on learning.III Scanning question 1 4. Classic MatchesPart II Reading for pleasureI. Answer the following questions.1. Kelly and the boy were neighbors as well as schoolmates. They used to be close friends, but Kelly turned her back on the boy while they were in middle school.2. Kelly’s parents were getting a divorce. This made Kelly very sad. She was afraid that the divorce would damage her image and that she wouldn’t ever be able to recover. At that time the boy seemed to be the only person she could trust at school, the only one she could turn to. So Kelly kissed the boy.3. Kelly wanted to prove that she wasn’t fond of the boy at all and that she despised him from the bottom of her heart. Thus she was able to keep her image at school.4. The boy grew up to be a handsome young man. He had a lot of friends, both old and new. He became popular at school and he was more confident than before.5. He thought that Kelly should try not to make herself feel better by putting others down.Part III HomeworkPassage 1 F T T F FPassage 2 F T F T FPassage 3 B A C A DPassage 4 B A C B AUnit 2I.Reading for information1. A2. D3. B4. C5. A6. CII. Translation1．我当时19岁，是德克萨斯大学的学生，一帆风顺，正在实现我的“梦想”---成为一名整形外科医生。

全新版大学英语阅读教程第一册答案[五篇]第一篇：全新版大学英语阅读教程第一册答案《全新版大学英语阅读教程》（通用本）1册课后练习答案UNITONE1.Goodbye school Key to the ExercisesI 1.B2.D3.D4.D5.C6.AII 1.fling2.supercilious3.zoom4.trudge5.hoistKey to the Reading-skill ExercisesParagraph 1:1.B2.DParagraph 1.D2.A2.The Saturday Evening Post Key to the ExercisesI.1.D2.B3.A4.A5.CII.1.She wants him to make something of himself and have an early start to his career.2.He was afraid of the dogs that snarled behind the doors of potential buyers.He was timid about ringing the doorbells of strangers, relieved when no one came to the door, and scared when someone did, and could not deliver an engaging sales pitch.3.The battle to make him different from his father.4.The well-written composition he wrote about his summer vacation.5.Writers didn’t have to have any gumption at all.3.Love Thy NeighborKey to the ExercisesI.1.T2.F3.T4.T5.T6.FII.1.在我看来，美国的邻里关系正在变得不再融洽。

Is El Nino Back?There are signs that El Nino, the massive warming of the Pacific Ocean that affects the world's weather, may be forming again.A satellite orbiting 600 miles above the Pacific Ocean picked up a streak of warm water forming along the equator — an early sign of the phenomenon felt around the world when it last appeared, just four years ago.It is more than 3,000 miles long. The water in it is nine degrees warmer than in surrounding areas — a substantial number to oceanographers. The warm pool is growing and has caused government forecasters to put out an advisory ( 气象报告) ."It's a heads-up in advance so that people can properly be prepared for this event." said Vernon Kousky of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center.If a full-blown El Nino does form, Americans would most likely start to feel its effects next fall and winter.The government called the forecast very preliminary —but the warning allows emergency agencies to make plans."Right now, we can't predict whether it will be weak, moderate or strong in intensity/' said Kousky.Some scientists say it's too early to predict anything at all. "I'd be very careful," said one who asked not to benamed. "There is indeed a very large anomaly ( 反常状态) in the Pacific right now, and we need to watch it. But these things are very difficult to forecast."El Ninos can be both good and bad, depending on where you are. Even a relatively small one can bring about significant changes by shifting the wind patterns from the Pacific Ocean that pass over the United States.During the last El Nino, in 1997 and 1998, rainfall doubled inCalifornia, causing a $1 billion in storm damage. On the other hand, in Florida, forest fires were put out by the extra rain.Choose the best answers to thefollowing questions.1.What can be regarded as an early sign of El Nino?A.A 3,000-mile long water streak.B.A water streak that is warmerthan surrounding areas.C.A streak of water forming along the equator.D.A huge warm water streak along the equator.2."The warm pool" in the third paragraph refers to .A. the Pacific OceanB the 3,000-mile long warm water streakC.the Atlantic OceanD. a new El Nino3.Why is it necessary to forecast the corningEl Nino?A.Because it would affect Americans next fall and winter.B.Because scientists will be able to know whether it will be weak,moderate or strong in intensity. C.Because emergency agencies will be able to make plans to prepare for it.D.Because scientists will be able to observe the formation of ElNino.4.What is the main idea of the last twoparagraphs?A.El Nino can be both beneficial and harmful to us, depending onwhere it happens,B.Even a small El Nino can bring about great changes.C.An El Nino caused one billiondollars' worth of damage toCalifornia in 1998.D.An El Nino put out forest firesin Florida.S. Which of the following words is closest in meaning to "heads-up" (paragraph 4)?A.Rise,B.Warning.C.Threat.D.Indicator.Judge whether or not the following statements agree with the information given in the passage, and mark Y for YES, N for NO, or NG if information is not given in the passage.1. Judging from the evidence, scientists have made the forecast that a new El Nino is forming.Y N NG2. When an El Nino is coming, people cannot feel its effects straight away. Y N NGNo table of contents entries found.翻译：厄尔尼诺现象是回？有迹象表明，厄尔尼诺现象，在太平洋，影响全球天气变暖的大，可能会形成一次。