现代大学英语精读6课后习题标准答案

Unit11. Virtue is ... self-centered.Key: By right action, we mean it must help promote personal interest. 2.... (Poverty) was a product of their excessive fecundity...Key: The poverty of the poor was caused by their having too many children. 3. ...the rich were not responsible for either its creation or its amelioration.Key: The rich were not to blame for the existence of poverty so they should not be asked to undertake the task of solving the problem.4. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.Key: It is only the result or effect of the law of the survival of the fittest applied to nature of to human society.5. It declined in popularity, and references to its acquired a condemnatory tone.Key: People began to reject Social Darwinism because it seemed to glorifybrutal force and oppose treasured values of sympathy, love and friendship.Therefore, when it was mentioned, it was usually the target of criticism.6. ...the search for a way of getting the poor off our conscience was not at an end; it was only suspended.Key: The desire to find a way to justify the unconcern for the poor had not been abandoned; it had only been put off.7. ...only rarely given to overpaying for monkey wrenches, flashlights, coffee makers, and toilet seats.Key: Government officials, on the whole, are good; it is very rare that some would pay high prices for office equipment to get kickbacks.8. This is perhaps our most highly influential piece of fiction.It is a very popular story and has been accepted by many but it is not true.9. Belief can be the servant of truth---but even more of convenience.Key: Belief can be useful in the search for truth, but more often than not it is accepted because it is convenient and self-serving.10. George Gilder... Who tells to much applause that the poor must have the cruel spur of their own suffering to ensure effort...Key: George Gilder advances the view that only when the poor suffer from great misery will they be stimulated to make great efforts to change the situation, in other words, suffering is necessary to force the poor to work hard.Unit21. But these marks of wild country called to may father like the legendary siren song.Key: Though the place was not pleasant or disagreeable, my father was deeply attracted to it precisely because of its unexplored, uncultivated natural state, and the challenge.2. "I'm afraid the day's going to catch us," I explained, wondering what great disaster might befall us if it did.Key: As a little girl, I believed my father's words, and was genuinely afraid of the possible disaster--if we didn't hurry up, the day would catch us and terrible things might happen.3. ...from time to time he was halfheartedly sought for trial, though few crimesseemed to lead directly to his door.Key: In this place, though the police wound make some effort without real earnest to investigate Watson and bring him to court, there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he was responsible for certain illegal activities.4. The stranglehold Watson had over this section of Florida was not dissimilar to the unscrupulous activities of certain lawmen, other legal crooks, and even governors that our state was to suffer through its history.Key: The control Watson had over this part of Florida was much similar to the dishonest or illegal activities of the law-enforcing officials and governors which Florida witnessed in the 20th century.5. There was the little shack, not the most gracious of living quarters, and there was a murderer for our nearest and only neighbor, about thirty miles away.Key: Before the family built their own house, they lived in a shabby cabin at Gopher Key, close to the merciless Watson.6. King Richard in his gluttony never sat at a table more sumptuous than ours was three times a day...Key: We had abundant food on the island, and even the meals enjoyed by King Richard, who was famous for his love of food, couldn’t possibly compare with ours. 7. Despite the unrelenting heat, we were happy to be let off from our hours of school indoors, sessions which our mother kept every day, rain or shine.Key: Although it was very hot outside in the sun, we were happy to be dismissed from my mother's sessions indoors. we would have to read and write with her every day no matter what the weather was like.Unit31…. Even droughts, floods and heat waves may become unwitting acts of man.Key: What people do may unintentionally cause droughts, floods and heat waves.2. But this image, now repeatedly thrust before us in photographs, posters, and advertisements, is misleading.Key: The Earth we see in photos, posters, and ads, which appears so beautiful, is not the true reflection of the world we live in, such image lulls us into complacency.3. The technosphere has become sufficiently large and intense to alter the natural processes that govern the ecosphere.Key: Human activities have taken place over such large areas and with such intensity that they have already caused disastrous effects on ecology.4. ...which could establish itself only because it fitted properly into the preexisting system.Key: the fish could play its role because it became a necessary link with the processes preceding it and the processes following it in the ecological system.5. Defined so narrowly, it is no surprise that cars have properties that are hostile to their environment.Key: When cars are produced to serve such narrow purposes, it is not surprising that some of their characteristic qualities are harmful to the environment.6. Yields rose, but not in proportion to the rate of fertilizer application...Key: the farmer applied more and more fertilizer, and the production did risebut did not increase at the same rate of the fertilizer.7...their waste is flushed into the sewer system altered in composition but not in amount at treatment plant...Key: People eat plants and animals, and their waste is flushed into the sewer system. After being processed, the waste is still waste. the residue will go into rivers, oceans, and will have harmful effect on the aquatic ecosystem.8. Left to their own devices, ecosystems are conservative...Key: If the ecosystems are not upset by outside intrusion, they will remain the same with very little change9. In contrast to the ecosphere, the technosphere is composed of objects and materials that reflect a rapid and relentless process of change and variation.Key: The characteristics of the objects and materials in the technosphere are rapid change and great variety.10. But this is done only at the cost of understanding.Key: if we take side in the war of the two words, we are doing so at the risk of failing to have a clear understanding of the nature and cause of the war, thus, we lose the chance to really solve the grave environmental crisis.Unit 4 Nettles1. How all my own territory would be altered, ad if a landslide had gone through it and skimmed off all meaning except loss of Mike.Key: The impact of Mike's leaving on my life was beyond my imagination. I didn't expect that Mike's leaving would have such a tremendous power that it would change the meaning of my existence completely. All my thoughts were about loss of Mike.2. During that time of life that is supposed to be a reproductive daze, with the woman's mind all swamped by maternal juices, we were still compelled to discuss Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and "The Cocktail Party".Key: At that time, we were young mothers, and we were supposed to lead a terribly busy life full of confusion and bewilderment caused by giving birth to and raising babies. and our minds were supposed to be fully occupied by how to feed the babies and things like that. However, in the midst of all this we still felt the need to discuss some of the important thinkers of our time like Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and T. S. Eliot's sophisticated work "The Cocktail Party".3. ...I would be frightened, not of any hostility but of a kind of nonexistence.Key: I would be frightened, and my fear was not caused by my neighbor's visibly hostile and violent way of life, but by a kind of formless and hidden emptiness and meaninglessness of human existence. What happened around me was totally irrelevant to me, and I felt very isolated and alienated.4. She did not ask me---was it delicacy or disapproval? ---about my new life.Key: She did not ask me about my new life, either out of subtle consideration for my feeling about this sensitive subject or out of disapproval for my new life style.5. It would be a sleazy thing to do, in the house of his friends.Key: It would be a morally low thing, an indecent thing to commit infidelity in the house of a friend.6. I knew now that he was a person who had hit rock bottom.Key: I knew that he was a person who had experienced the worst in life, the hardest experience a person might have to endure.7. He and wife knew that together and it bound them, as something like that would either break you apart or bind you, for life.Key: They experienced the worst together and they knew what it was like and understood the meaning of that experience. Such an experience posed the gravest test to people. If they stood the test, their friendship or marriage would be strengthened, and a sacred bondage would be formed between them. But if they failed the test, their relationship would be broken and they would be driven apart.8. Not risking a thing yet staying alive as a sweet trickle, an underground resource. With the weight of this now stillness on it, this seal.Key: If they acted on love, they would take risks. they wouldn't do that or go further in their relationship, but they would rather let their love remain as a sweet trickle, which would flow on gently and permanently, and as an underground resource, which would never be fully tapped but would never go dry.Unit 81、But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood.1.The street used to be house only the best families. But then great changes took place: garages and cotton gins were established on the street and their existence wiped out the aristocratic traces in that neighborhood .2、Not that Miss Emily would have accepted charity.2.It would not be true to say that miss Emily would have accepted charity.3、“Just as if a man ---any man ---could keep a kitchen properly,”the lady said........3.What the ladies said meant that they did not in the least believe a man, any man, could keep a kitchen properly.4、It was another link between the gross, teeming world and the high and mighty Griersons.4.The Griersons regarded themselves as very important and the outside world as vulgar and full of people inferior to them. They belonged to two entirely different worlds. However, the complaints about the smell served as a link between two different worlds and compelled Miss Emily to deal with the outside world.5、The nest day he received two more complaints,one from a man who came in diffident deprecation.5.The next day the mayor received two more complaints. One of them was from a man who came and pleaded to the mayor in a shy and timid way.6、People in our town,remembering how old lady Wyatt,her great--aunt,had gone completely crazy at last,believed that the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were.6.People in the town felt that Miss Emily's great-aunt, old lady wyatt, had gone crazy had to do with this blind, excessive self-importance.7、Now she too would know the old thrill and the old despair of a penny more or less.7.Ordinary people often become excited or worried when they get a penny more or a penny less. Being poor, now she would learn to appreciate the value of money like other people in then town.8、But there were still others,older people, who said that even grief could not causea teal lady to forger noblesse oblige---without calling it noblesse oblige.8.But there were still others, older people, who said that no matter how sad Miss Emily was (over her father' death ),she should not forget she had certain obligation as a member of the nobility, though a real lady would not describe her self-restraint by the expression noblesse oblige.9、We were glad because the two female cousins were even more Grierson than Miss Emily had ever been.9.We were glad because the two cousins were even more stubborn and self-important than Miss Emily.10、.......and the very old men........confusing time with its mathematical progression,as the old do,to whom all the past is not a diminishing road but,instead,a huge meadow which no winter ever quite touches,divided from them now by the narrow bottle--neck of the most recent decade of years.10.And the very old man confused the dates and years of past happenings. To the old people, all the past should be like a road that becomes smaller and smaller as it reaches further back. But to those old southerners, the recent past ten years or so was like a bottleneck, a narrow passage, or a tunnel. Beyond that narrow passage, the remote past because a huge level meadow where things were pleasantly and fondly mixed up together. Like the green grass on the meadow never touched by the winter, their memories of the remote past remained blurred, sweet, romanticized, and unchanged.Lesson 91 Perhaps because they don’t have hometowns, just places where they were born. But these girls soak up the juice of their hometowns, and it never leaves them.Key: This is perhaps because they only have places of birth, but not places where they feel at home and which they identify themselves with. But these girls are strongly influenced by their hometown, and the influence stays with them forever even after they leave their hometown.2 Wherever it erupts, this Funk, they wipe it away; where it crusts, they dissolve it; wherever it drips, flowers, or clings, they find it and fight it until it dies.Key: The brown girls try hard to repress their emotions and passions. However, these natural human emotions cannot be wiped out totally. Sometimes they will emerge and burst out. And they will develop, become stronger and stay with them. So wherever and whenever this funk bursts out, the brown girls will do their best to stifle it.3 As long as his needs were physical, she could meet them-comfort and satiety.Key: If his needs were physical, she could meet them. She could make him comfortable and give him enough or even more than enough to satisfy his physical needs.4 She had seen this little girl all of her life.Key: Geraldine had seen black girls like Pecola at many places and many times in the past.5 Eyes that questioned nothing and asked everything.Key: On the one hand, they (girls like Pecola) were ignorant and uncomprehending. They did not ask question why their lives were so miserable. On the hand, as they were poverty-stricken and practically had nothing, their eyes revealed their desire for anything that could make their lives easier.6 The end of the world lay in their eyes, and the beginning, and all the waste in between.Key: In the eyes of these girls one can see that they were in despair, without any hope for the future, and that their life was nothing but a waste.7 The girls grew up knowing nothing of girdles, and the boys announced their manhood by turning the bills of their caps backward.Key: As the girls were growing into young women, they had never worn girdles to make their figure look slimmer, and thus more elegant; and when the boys grew up, they just began to wear their caps with the bills turned backward to indicate that they had become adults.Unit 121、2、So I ordered Easter lamb in the certainty of knowing I would ger;and it was so. 1.2.I knew that Easter lamb was tasty so asked for a portion and the roast lamb was really good.2、They say you cannot drink of Greek water without getting typhus,but I did.3.4.People say that water in Greece is seriously contaminated and if you drink such water, you are most likely to get typhus. I drank Greek water but I did not get typhus.3、.......(she) had an odd knack of encouraging cities which ought to bow to the King of to do the same.5.6.She had a clever and unusual way of persuading other city-states to follow her example and refuse to surrender to the advancing Persian army.4、5、Athens was shinning Athens, the Athens of history,shinning in the mind.7.The author is referring to the important role of Athens in history, the brilliant culture Athens stood for, and the great thinkers Athens produced. 5、.........who watched one another as much aas they watched the enemy.8.These troops were not united. They were suspicious of each other 's willingness to fight and guarded against one another just as they guarded against the invading army. 6、7、Nature has not done her best here for the story of that battle.9.The physical feature of the place is not imposing. Such a setting does not match the significance of the battle.7、8、If you go to the Hot Gates,take some historical knowledge and your imagination with you.10.11.When you visit the Hot Gates, the place does not seem to be a likely site for sucha historic event. In order to reconstruct the scene of 2500 years ago, you need imagination and knowledge of history.8、The men in the pass would not recognize the obvious.12.The Greek soldiers holding the past refused to admit defeat the vast numbers facing them.9、10、If I could climb cliffs less easily now,it was possible that I could understand war better.13.I was no longer so young and energetic as I had been twenty years ago so i might not be able to climb cliffs easily. But i might have an advantage which i could not have had twenty years ago. That is, i took part in the WWII and i knew what war was like and what war meant. My understanding of the war 2,500 years ago might be deeper.10、11、A little of Leonidas lies in the fact that I can go where I like and write what I like.14.The freedom enjoyed in England and other Western countries might not have developed if the Persians had won, thereby subjecting Greece to the domination of a large despotic empire whose value were not those which led to the development of the west.15.。

精读6课后习题参考答案Lesson twoParaphrase1.Though the place was not pleasant and disagreeable，my father was deeply attracted to itprecisely because of its unexplored, uncultivated natural states, and the challenge.2.As a little girl, I believed my father’s words, and was genuinely afraid of the possibledisaster-if we didn’t hurry up, the day would catch us and terrible things might happen.3.In this place, though the police would make some effort without real earnest to investigateWatson and bring him to court, there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he was responsible for certain illegal activities.4.The control Watson had over this part of Florida was much similar to the dishonest or illegalactivities of the law-enforcing officials and governors which Florida witnessed in the twentieth century.5.Before the family built their own house, they lived in a shabby cabin at Gopher Key, close tothe merciless Watson.6.We had abundant food on the island, and even the meals enjoyed by King Richard, who wasfamous for his love of food, couldn’t possibly compare with ours.7.Although it was very hot outside in the sun, we were happy to be dismissed from my mother’sstudy sessions indoors. We would have to read and write with her every day no matter what the weather was like.Phrase1.在谢尔曼蒋军的行军路线上2.每人一张轻便的帆布折叠床3.补充我们的食品4.作为特别的款待5.自由放牧的牛群6.一个臭名昭著的亡命之徒7.一切照常8.定期往来运输9.由隔板搭成的简陋的小屋10.在我们全家人的悉心照料下Sentence1.这是一种田园式生活，我们和亲戚们住得很近，享受着小镇生活所能给予我们的舒适和安全。

Unit 1一、词汇短语estranged[ɪˈstreɪndʒd] adj. 分居的；疏远的，不和的；（与某事物）脱离的，决裂的v. 使疏远，使离间；使隔离（estrange的过去式和过去分词）【例句】She felt estranged from her former existence. 她感到自己已脱离了过去的生活方式。

inflected [ɪnˈflektɪd]adj. 屈折的；字尾有变化的v.弯曲；曲折（inflect的过去式）【例句】L atin is a more inflected language than English. 拉丁语比英语词尾变化多。

circuitry [ˈsɜːkɪtri] n. 电路；电路系统；电路学；一环路【例句】The computer’s entire circuitry was on a single board. 电脑的全部电路都在一块板上。

neural [ˈnjʊərəl] adj. 神经的，神经系统的【词组】n eural pathways in the brain大脑里的神经通路icon[‘aɪkɑn]n.图标；肖像；偶像；象征；圣像【搭配】cultural, national icon 文化偶像、国家象征patronize [ˈpætrənaɪz]vt.惠顾；赞助【例句】I’ll never patronize that store again.我再也不去光顾那家商店了。

【派生】patronizing adj. 要人领情的；屈尊俯就的exploit [ɪkˈsplɔɪt] vt.剥削；利用；开发；开采n. 业绩；功绩；功勋【例句】Television advertisers can exploit a captive audience. 电视广告商能利用被动观众。

【派生】exploitative adj.剥削的；利用的；开发资源的exploitation n.开发，开采；利用；广告推销filial [ˈfɪliəl] adj. 子女（应做）的，孝顺的【例句】My husband is a filial son.我丈夫是一个孝顺的儿子。

大学英语精读6答案【篇一：大学英语精读第三册第三版答案】第三版unit11) accent2) turn against3) a couple of4) takes his time5) fate6) confirmed7) witness8) subsequent9) stands a chance10) trial1) belief2) brilliant3) employment4) has saved up5) stood a chance6) were awarded7) presumably8) conducted9) casual10) around (which student life) revolves1) joe wrote to say that he had to put off his visit because of his illness.2) despite the noise, they went on working as if nothing were happening.3) traffic was held up for several hours by the accident.4) called (up) on to speak at the meeting, i couldnt very well refuse.5) mrs. stevenson looked in the cupboard and found there was not a single lump of sugar left.6) it was the rumor that turned joe against his twin brother.7) we wondered how sara was getting on in her new job.8) although anne agreed with me on most points, there was one on which she was unwilling to give in.9) visitors could photograph almost anything here without having to ask for permission.10) whether we make an excursion or stay home will dependon tomorrows weather.1) uncertain，unafraid，unacceptable，unfamiliar，unequal；2) unanswered，unattached，unknown，undecided，unexpected；3) unhappily，unskillfully，unconsciously，unnecessarily，uncomfortably；4) unsay，undress，untie，unlock，unload。

Unit 6Preview1. Listen to the recording of the text and choose the statement that best reflects your understanding.1. D2. C3. A4. C5. DVocabulary1. Become familiar with the rules of word formation.1. Give the corresponding nouns for the following verbs.1. strain 7. realization 13. assurance2. teasing/tease 8. burial 14. astonishment3. dawn 9. scattering/scatter 15. expectation4. Death 10. grasp 16.insurance5. leak 11. appreciation 17. reflection6. inspection 12. flight 18. belief2. Give the corresponding verbs for the following nouns.1. stream 6. Accept2. state 7. encounter3. relate 8. Collect4. form 9. radiate5. recognize 10. identify3. Decide whether the missing letter is e, o or a.（注意：在不发音的e结尾的动词后面加er, or或ar时，应先删去该字母e；在以重读闭音节结尾的动词后面加er, or或ar时，如结尾只有一个辅音，则该辅音必须双写。

）1. reporter 10. supporter 19. composer2. professor 11. visitor 20. interpreter3．Editor 12.1iar 21.beggar4．Adviser 13. seller 22. sailor5．Robber 14. murderer 23. announcer6. actor 15.traveler 24. manager7. aggressor 16. scholar 25. invader8. beginner 17. author 26. creator9. passenger 18. successor 27. dealer4. Translate the following expressions, paying attention to the different use of the suffix “-ful”.1．令人羞愧的结果 10.带着哭腔；声泪俱下地2．满满一碗米饭 11.吃一大口3．色彩鲜艳的衣服 12.一厢情愿的想法4．一个令人快乐的人 13.有希望的形势5．满满一篮子的苹果 14.一屋子的客人6．满满一盒巧克力 15.一调羹油7．一小撮人 16.一大捧书8．一条有帮助的建议 17.痛苦的记忆9．一个有害的习惯 18.活泼的性格5. Fill in the blanks with correct forms of the appropriate words listed below.1 acceptance2 occurrence3 astonishing, unrecognizable4 appreciative, expectations5 identical, identify, identifications2. Give corresponding synonyms and antonyms for the following words.SynonymsAntonyms3. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the appropriate phrases and expressions listed below. Note that some of them may be used more than once.1. After all, regarded as2. regarded as / in a sense, consists of3. for ages, at once4. were astonished at, After all5. calls for, on their part/ in turn6. dawned on, in case, melt into7. reflect on, in relation to, calls for8. cut, in, on their part/ in turn, work out4. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions or adverbs.1 off/ out2 off3 out/through4 through5 to, through6 to7 with8 on9 to 10 with5.Translate the following sentences into English using the words and expressions listed below.1. 当我们到达目的地时，我们发现这块地上已经没有任何建筑，只有一些石头散落在地上。

现代大学英语6练习册答案Unit 1: Discovering the WorldExercise 1: Vocabulary1. a) The spectacular view from the mountaintop was breathtaking.2. b) The archaeological findings suggest a rich history of the area.3. c) The diverse wildlife in the rainforest is truly remarkable.4. d) The innovative design of the building has won several awards.5. e) The unprecedented growth of the company has surprised many.Exercise 2: GrammarFill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.1. The company has expanded its operations to several new countries.2. She was preparing dinner when the phone rang.3. By the time you arrive, the guests will have left.4. The project has been underway for six months already.5. If it rains tomorrow, we will cancel the picnic.Exercise 3: Reading ComprehensionRead the passage and answer the questions.1. What is the main topic of the passage?- The main topic is the exploration of the Amazon rainforest.2. Who led the expedition in the passage?- Dr. Smith led the expedition.3. What discovery did the team make during their exploration? - The team discovered a new species of orchid.4. How did the local community benefit from the expedition?- The local community benefited from the increased awareness and protection of the environment.5. What challenges did the team face during their journey?- The team faced challenges such as harsh weatherconditions and difficult terrain.Unit 2: Technology and InnovationExercise 1: Vocabulary1. a) The new app has become very popular among teenagers.2. b) The invention of the wheel was a significant milestonein human history.3. c) The prototype of the new device was tested for several months.4. d) The algorithm used by the software is highly efficient.5. e) The patent for the new technology was granted last year. Exercise 2: GrammarRewrite the sentences in the passive voice.1. Scientists have discovered a new type of bacteria.- A new type of bacteria has been discovered by scientists.2. The company will launch the new product next month.- The new product will be launched by the company next month.3. They have built a new bridge over the river.- A new bridge has been built over the river.4. She is writing a novel.- A novel is being written by her.5. We will repair the car tomorrow.- The car will be repaired tomorrow.Exercise 3: Reading ComprehensionRead the article and answer the questions.1. What is the main focus of the article?- The main focus is on the impact of artificialintelligence on the job market.2. What does the author suggest about the future of jobs?- The author suggests that many jobs will be automated,but new opportunities will also arise.3. What is the role of education in adapting to technological changes?- Education plays a crucial role in equipping individuals with the skills needed for the future job market.4. What is the term for the process where machines take over jobs traditionally done by humans?- The term is "automation."5. What does the author recommend for individuals to stay relevant in the job market?- The author recommends continuous learning and adapting to new technologies.结束语以上就是现代大学英语6练习册的部分答案，希望能够帮助到正在学习这门课程的同学们。

Unit11. V irtue is ... self-centered.By right action, we mean it must help promote personal interest.2.... (Poverty) was a product of their excessive fecundity...The poverty of the poor was caused by their having too many children.3. ...the rich were not responsible for either its creation or its amelioration.The rich were not to blame for the existence of poverty so they should not be asked to undertake the task of solving the problem.4. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.It is only the result or effect of the law of the survival of the fittest applied to nature of to human society.5. It declined in popularity, and references to its acquired a condemnatory tone.People began to reject Social Darwinism because it seemed to glorify brutal force and oppose treasured values of sympathy, love and friendship. Therefore, when it was mentioned, it was usually the target of criticism.6. ...the search for a way of getting the poor off our conscience was not at an end; it w as only suspended.The desire to find a way to justify the unconcern for the poor had not been abandoned; it had only been put off.7. ...only rarely given to overpaying for monkey wrenches, flashlights, coffee makers, and toilet seats.Government officials, on the whole, are good; it is very rare that some would pay high prices for office equipment to get kickbacks.8. This is perhaps our most highly influential piece of fiction.It is a very popular story and has been accepted by many but it is not true.9. Belief can be the servant of truth---but even more of convenience.Belief can be useful in the search for truth, but more often than not it is accepted because it is convenient and self-serving.10. George Gilder... Who tells to much applause that the poor must have the cruel spur of their own suffering to ensure effort...George Gilder advances the view that only when the poor suffer from great misery will they be stimulated to make great efforts to change the situation, in other words, suffering is necessary to force the poor to work hard.11. But these marks of wild country called to may father like the legendary siren song.Though the place was not pleasant or disagreeable, my father was deeply attracted to it precisely because of its unexplored, uncultivated natural state, and the challenge.12. "I'm afraid the day's going to catch us," I explained, wondering what great disaster might befall us if it did.As a little girl, I believed my father's words, and was genuinely afraid of the possible disaster--if we didn't hurry up, the day would catch us and terrible things might happen.13. ...from time to time he was halfheartedly sought for trial, though few crimes seemed to lead directly to his door.In this place, though the police wound make some effort without real earnest to investigate Watson and bring him to court, there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he wasresponsible for certain illegal activities.14. The stranglehold Watson had over this section of Florida was not dissimilar to the unscrupulous activities of certain lawmen, other legal crooks, and even governors that our state was to suffer through its history.The control Watson had over this part of Florida was much similar to the dishonest or illegal activities of the law-enforcing officials and governors which Florida witnessed in the 20th century.15. There was the little shack, not the most gracious of living quarters, and there was a murderer for our nearest and only neighbor, about thirty miles away.Before the family built their own house, they lived in a shabby cabin at Gopher Key, close to the merciless Watson.16. King Richard in his gluttony never sat at a table more sumptuous than ours was three times a day...We had abundant food on the island, and even the meals enjoyed by King Richard, who was famous for his love of food, couldn’t possibly compare with ours.17. Despite the unrelenting heat, we were happy to be let off from our hours of school indoors, sessions which our mother kept every day, rain or shine.Although it was very hot outside in the sun, we were happy to be dismissed from my mother's sessions indoors. we would have to read and write with her every day no matter what the weather was like.Unit318. But this image, now repeatedly thrust before us in photographs, posters, and advertisements, is misleading.The Earth we see in photos, posters, and ads, which appears so beautiful, is not the true reflection of the world we live in, such image lulls us into complacency.19. The technosphere has become sufficiently large and intense to alter the natural processes that govern the ecosphere.Human activities have taken place over such large areas and with such intensity that they have already caused disastrous effects on ecology.20. ...which could establish itself only because it fitted properly into the preexisting system.the fish could play its role because it became a necessary link with the processes preceding it and the processes following it in the ecological system.21. Defined so narrowly, it is no surprise that cars have properties that are hostile to their environment.When cars are produced to serve such narrow purposes, it is not surprising that some of their characteristic qualities are harmful to the environment.22. Yields rose, but not in proportion to the rate of fertilizer application...the farmer applied more and more fertilizer, and the production did rise but did not increase at the same rate of the fertilizer.23...their waste is flushed into the sewer system altered in composition but not in amount at treatment plant...People eat plants and animals, and their waste is flushed into the sewer system. After being processed, the waste is still waste. the residue will go into rivers, oceans, and will have harmful effect on the aquatic ecosystem.24. Left to their own devices, ecosystems are conservative...If the ecosystems are not upset by outside intrusion, they will remain the same with very little change25.In contrast to the ecosphere, the technosphere is composed of objects and materials that reflecta rapid and relentless process of change and variation.The characteristics of the objects and materials in the technosphere are rapid change and great variety.26.But this is done only at the cost of understanding.if we take side in the war of the two words, we are doing so at the risk of failing to have a clear understanding of the nature and cause of the war, thus, we lose the chance to really solve the grave environmental crisis.Unit 4 Nettles1. How all my own territory would be altered, ad if a landslide had gone through it and skimmed off all meaning except loss of Mike.The impact of Mike's leaving on my life was beyond my imagination. I didn't expect that Mike's leaving would have such a tremendous power that it would change the meaning of my existence completely. All my thoughts were about loss of Mike.2. During that time of life that is supposed to be a reproductive daze, with the woman's mind all swamped by maternal juices, we were still compelled to discuss Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and "The Cocktail Party".At that time, we were young mothers, and we were supposed to lead a terribly busy life full of confusion and bewilderment caused by giving birth to and raising babies. and our minds were supposed to be fully occupied by how to feed the babies and things like that. However, in the midst of all this we still felt the need to discuss some of the important thinkers of our time like Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and T. S. Eliot's sophisticated work "The Cocktail Party".3. ...I would be frightened, not of any hostility but of a kind of nonexistence.I would be frightened, and my fear was not caused by my neighbor's visibly hostile and violent way of life, but by a kind of formless and hidden emptiness and meaninglessness of human existence. What happened around me was totally irrelevant to me, and I felt very isolated and alienated.4. She did not ask me---was it delicacy or disapproval? ---about my new life.She did not ask me about my new life, either out of subtle consideration for my feeling about this sensitive subject or out of disapproval for my new life style.5. It would be a sleazy thing to do, in the house of his friends.It would be a morally low thing, an indecent thing to commit infidelity in the house of a friend.6. I knew now that he was a person who had hit rock bottom.I knew that he was a person who had experienced the worst in life, the hardest experience a person might have to endure.7. He and wife knew that together and it bound them, as something like that would either break you apart or bind you, for life.They experienced the worst together and they knew what it was like and understood the meaning of that experience. Such an experience posed the gravest test to people. If they stood the test, their friendship or marriage would be strengthened, and a sacred bondage would be formed between them. But if they failed the test, their relationship would be broken and they would be drivenapart.8. Not risking a thing yet staying alive as a sweet trickle, an underground resource. With the weight of this now stillness on it, this seal.If they acted on love, they would take risks. they wouldn't do that or go further in their relationship, but they would rather let their love remain as a sweet trickle, which would flow on gently and permanently, and as an underground resource, which would never be fully tapped but would never go dry.1....the national rejection of dogmatic preconceptions about the nature of the social and economic order1. There are such prejudices in an arrogant manner about the characteristic of the social order and economic order and they take it for granted. The country just rejected such prejudice.2 Nor can one suggest that Americans have been consistently vulnerability to secular ideology ever after2. No one can say that Americans have never been tempted by the approach of understanding, preserving or transforming the world according to rigid dogmas.3. .and any intellect so shaped was ...ever afterA mind influenced by Calvinist theology would surely find it somewhat difficult to resist other ideological temptations to ideological thinking.4. Pragmatism is no more wholly devoid...experiencePragmatism is not completely free from abstract ideas just as ideology is not completely free from experience, that is to say, abstract ideas have a place in pragmatism just as experience has a role in ideology.5. As an ideologist, however, Jefferson....historical curiosityAs a man following a fixed set of beliefs, Jefferson is only an interesting historical figure. His beliefs are out of date and are irrelevant to present-day reality.6. ...whose central dogma is confided to the custody of an infallible priesthoodTheir central beliefs are imprisoned by the whole body of priests who are always effective.7. ...where free men may find partial truths, but where ...on Absolute TruthIn this universe a person whose mind is unconstrained may be able to discover relation truths but no man on earth can claim that he has already grasped the one and only truth.8. But ideology is a drug; no matter how ...it still persists.Ideology has the characteristic of a narcotic. In spite of the fact that it has been proved wrong many times by experience, people still long to commit themselves to ideology.9. ...the only certainty in an absolute system is the certainty of absolute abuse.The only thing that is sure of a despotic system is the unrestricted exercise of power.10. The distinctive human triumph...lies in the capacity to understand the frailty of human striving ...nonethelessThe most outstanding achievement of humanity is they know that no matter how hard they try, they cannot achieve Absolute truth, yet they continue to make great efforts and refuse to give up Unit71. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human life.As a result of technological development, human belongs now have the power to put an end to poverty and human, misery, but at the same time they also possess the power to destroy the wholeworld, rendering it uninhabitable and lifeless.2. ...unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights...We do not want to see or to allow the slow destruction of those human rights.3. To those peoples in the huts and villages of half.....of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves...To the people of the underdeveloped countries living in poverty in rural areas, we are committed to helping them to rid themselves of mass poverty by their own efforts.4. But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.But we should not let any communist power take advantage of this alliance for progress to expand its influence.5. And let every other power know that this....of its own house.We want to make clear to the communist powers that Americas are the Americas of the Americans. Do not attempt to penetrate into this area.6. ...before the dark powers of destruction..... or accidental self-destruction.Before the world is destroyed by a nuclear war launched in a preemptive attack or caused by accident.7. ...yet both racing to alter the uncertain...of mankind's final war.Y et both sides attempt to get an edge in the nuclear arms race so as to break the mutual deterrence which has so far prevented the outbreak of a nuclear war.8. ...civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.To be ready to negotiate and establish friendly relations does not mean that we are weak or afraid. Declarations of sincere intention have to be tested by actions.9. Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.Let the two sides use the fruits of science for the benefit of humanity rather than using high-tech weapons to kill and destroy.10. ...each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. 1. There have been occasions for each generations of Americans to be called upon to fight and die for their country.。

Unit 4一、词汇短语mink [mɪŋk] n. 水貂，貂皮【例句】I’ll trade you my genuine leather jacket for your mink coat. 我用我的真皮夹克换你的貂皮大衣。

ranger [ˈreɪndʒə(r)]n. 皇家园林、地产等的管理员；担任巡逻和警戒任务的护林员；武装骑警，突击队员【例句】We were pretty much lost when we met the forest ranger. 在遇到护林员的时候我们几乎快要迷路了。

skunk[skʌŋk]n.臭鼬【例句】This is the second skunk we’ve got. 这已经是我们捉到的第二只臭鼬了。

scummy[ˈskʌmi] adj. 下流的；满是浮渣的；浮渣一般的【例句】Although you wear some cologne, I can still vaguely smell a scummy whiff out of you. 虽然你身上喷了古龙水，但我还能隐约闻到一股人渣的味儿。

plow [plau] n. 犁；犁形工具v.犁；耕【例句】The ground was plowed and planted with corn.地翻耕后种上了玉米。

【搭配】put one’s hand to the plow开始工作under the plow <土地>耕种中，在耕作下zing [zɪŋ] n. 活力；生命力；精力；子弹声vt. 对……挑剔vi.发尖啸声【例句】He just lacked that extra zing. 他就是缺少那么一点儿活力。

landslide[ˈlændslaɪd] n. [地质]山崩；大胜利vi.发生山崩；以压倒优势获胜【例句】Their house was buried by a landslide. 他们的房子被一次山体滑坡掩埋了。

Unit 10一、词汇短语reclaim [] vi. 要回；开垦（荒地）；回收【例句】This land was reclaimed from the sea. 这块土地是填海开垦出来的。

【词组】beyond reclaim不可救药，没有悔改【助记】re（回来）+claim（喊）→喊回来→收回orient [] vt. 使适应；使熟悉情况（或环境等）；使朝向；以…为方向（目标）【例句】①The orient has been playing an active role in the world economy. 亚洲一直在世界经济中发挥积极作用。

②We must orient our products to the needs of the market. 我们必须使我们的产品适应市场的需要。

【词组】orient oneself to适应，顺应（新环境等）ingrained [] adj. 根深蒂固的，一成不变的，积深难除的【例句】These people have an ingrained superiority complex in them. 这些人有一种根深蒂固的优越感。

whim [wɪm] n. 奇想；一时的兴致；怪念头；幻想【例句】We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco. 我们多少有些心血来潮地决定乘船去摩洛哥。

up-country [ˌʌp ˈkʌntri] adv. 在内地；内地地adj. 内陆地区的；内地的；偏远的n. 内地【例句】I hired a car to take us up-country. 我租了辆车带我们去内地。

temperance [ˈtempərəns] n. 戒酒；节欲；（气候等的）温和adj. 温暖的；有节制的【例句】Temperance should be applied not only to food and drink, but to work and play. 不仅在食物饮酒方面，而且在工作与游戏上，也要有节制。

Unit11. Virtue is ... self-centered.Key: By right action, we mean it must help promote personal interest.2.... (Poverty) was a product of their excessive fecundity...Key: The poverty of the poor was caused by their having too many children.3. ...the rich were not responsible for either its creation or its amelioration.Key: The rich were not to blame for the existence of poverty so they should not be asked to undertake the task of solving the problem.4. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.Key: It is only the result or effect of the law of the survival of the fittest applied to nature of to human society.5. It declined in popularity, and references to its acquired a condemnatory tone.Key: People began to reject Social Darwinism because it seemed to glorify brutal force and oppose treasured values of sympathy, love and friendship. Therefore, when it was mentioned, it was usually the target of criticism.6. ...the search for a way of getting the poor off our conscience was not at an end; it was only suspended.Key: The desire to find a way to justify the unconcern for the poor had not been abandoned; it had only been put off.7. ...only rarely given to overpaying for monkey wrenches, flashlights, coffee makers, and toilet seats.Key: Government officials, on the whole, are good; it is very rare that some would pay high prices for office equipment to get kickbacks.8. This is perhaps our most highly influential piece of fiction.It is a very popular story and has been accepted by many but it is not true.9. Belief can be the servant of truth---but even more of convenience.Key: Belief can be useful in the search for truth, but more often than not it is accepted because it is convenient and self-serving.10. George Gilder... Who tells to much applause that the poor must have the cruel spur of their own suffering to ensure effort...Key: George Gilder advances the view that only when the poor suffer from great misery will they be stimulated to make great efforts to change the situation, in other words, suffering isnecessary to force the poor to work hard.Unit21. But these marks of wild country called to may father like the legendary siren song.Key: Though the place was not pleasant or disagreeable, my father was deeply attracted to it precisely because of its unexplored, uncultivated natural state, and the challenge.2. "I'm afraid the day's going to catch us," I explained, wondering what great disaster might befall us if it did.Key: As a little girl, I believed my father's words, and was genuinely afraid of the possible disaster--if we didn't hurry up, the day would catch us and terrible things might happen.3. ...from time to time he was halfheartedly sought for trial, though few crimes seemed to lead directly to his door.Key: In this place, though the police wound make some effort without real earnest to investigate Watson and bring him to court, there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he was responsible for certain illegal activities.4. The stranglehold Watson had over this section of Florida was not dissimilar to the unscrupulous activities of certain lawmen, other legal crooks, and even governors that our state was to suffer through its history.Key: The control Watson had over this part of Florida was much similar to the dishonest or illegal activities of the law-enforcing officials and governors which Florida witnessed in the 20th century.5. There was the little shack, not the most gracious of living quarters, and there was a murderer for our nearest and only neighbor, about thirty miles away.Key: Before the family built their own house, they lived in a shabby cabin at Gopher Key, close to the merciless Watson.6. King Richard in his gluttony never sat at a table more sumptuous than ours was three times a day...Key: We had abundant food on the island, and even the meals enjoyed by King Richard, who was famous for his love of food, couldn’t possibly compare with ours.7. Despite the unrelenting heat, we were happy to be let off from our hours of school indoors, sessions which our mother kept every day, rain or shine.Key: Although it was very hot outside in the sun, we were happy to be dismissed from my mother's sessions indoors. we would have to read and write with her every day no matter what the weather was like.Unit31…. Even droughts, floods and heat waves may become unwitting acts of man.Key: What people do may unintentionally cause droughts, floods and heat waves.2. But this image, now repeatedly thrust before us in photographs, posters, and advertisements, is misleading.Key: The Earth we see in photos, posters, and ads, which appears so beautiful, is not the true reflection of the world we live in, such image lulls us into complacency.3. The technosphere has become sufficiently large and intense to alter the natural processes that govern the ecosphere.Key: Human activities have taken place over such large areas and with such intensity that they have already caused disastrous effects on ecology.4. ...which could establish itself only because it fitted properly into the preexisting system.Key: the fish could play its role because it became a necessary link with the processes preceding it and the processes following it in the ecological system.5. Defined so narrowly, it is no surprise that cars have properties that are hostile to their environment.Key: When cars are produced to serve such narrow purposes, it is not surprising that some of their characteristic qualities are harmful to the environment.6. Yields rose, but not in proportion to the rate of fertilizer application...Key: the farmer applied more and more fertilizer, and the production did rise but did not increase at the same rate of the fertilizer.7...their waste is flushed into the sewer system altered in composition but not in amount at treatment plant...Key: People eat plants and animals, and their waste is flushed into the sewer system. After being processed, the waste is still waste. the residue will go into rivers, oceans, and will have harmful effect on the aquatic ecosystem.8. Left to their own devices, ecosystems are conservative...Key: If the ecosystems are not upset by outside intrusion, they will remain the same with very little change9. In contrast to the ecosphere, the technosphere is composed of objects and materials that reflect a rapid and relentless process of change and variation.Key: The characteristics of the objects and materials in the technosphere are rapid change and great variety.10. But this is done only at the cost of understanding.Key: if we take side in the war of the two words, we are doing so at the risk of failing to have a clear understanding of the nature and cause of the war, thus, we lose the chance to really solve the grave environmental crisis.Unit 4 Nettles1. How all my own territory would be altered, ad if a landslide had gone through it and skimmed off all meaning except loss of Mike.Key: The impact of Mike's leaving on my life was beyond my imagination. I didn't expect that Mike's leaving would have such a tremendous power that it would change the meaning of my existence completely. All my thoughts were about loss of Mike.2. During that time of life that is supposed to be a reproductive daze, with the woman's mind all swamped by maternal juices, we were still compelled to discuss Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and "The Cocktail Party".Key: At that time, we were young mothers, and we were supposed to lead a terribly busy life full of confusion and bewilderment caused by giving birth to and raising babies. and our minds were supposed to be fully occupied by how to feed the babies and things like that. However, in the midst of all this we still felt the need to discuss some of the important thinkers of our time like Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and T. S. Eliot's sophisticated work "The Cocktail Party".3. ...I would be frightened, not of any hostility but of a kind of nonexistence.Key: I would be frightened, and my fear was not caused by my neighbor's visibly hostile and violent way of life, but by a kind of formless and hidden emptiness and meaninglessness of human existence. What happened around me was totally irrelevant to me, and I felt very isolated and alienated.4. She did not ask me---was it delicacy or disapproval ---about my new life.Key: She did not ask me about my new life, either out of subtle consideration for my feeling about this sensitive subject or out of disapproval for my new life style.5. It would be a sleazy thing to do, in the house of his friends.Key: It would be a morally low thing, an indecent thing to commit infidelity in the house of a friend.6. I knew now that he was a person who had hit rock bottom.Key: I knew that he was a person who had experienced the worst in life, the hardest experience a person might have to endure.7. He and wife knew that together and it bound them, as something like that would either break you apart or bind you, for life.Key: They experienced the worst together and they knew what it was like and understood the meaning of that experience. Such an experience posed the gravest test to people. If they stood the test, their friendship or marriage would be strengthened, and a sacred bondage would be formed between them. But if they failed the test, their relationship would be broken and they would be driven apart.8. Not risking a thing yet staying alive as a sweet trickle, an underground resource. With the weight of this now stillness on it, this seal.Key: If they acted on love, they would take risks. they wouldn't do that or go further in their relationship, but they would rather let their love remain as a sweet trickle, which would flow on gently and permanently, and as an underground resource, which would never be fully tapped but would never go dry.Unit 81、But garages and cotton gins had encroached and obliterated even the august names of that neighborhood.1.The street used to be house only the best families. But then great changes took place: garages and cotton gins were established on the street and their existence wiped out the aristocratic traces in that neighborhood .2、Not that Miss Emily would have accepted charity.2.It would not be true to say that miss Emily would have accepted charity.3、“Just as if a man ---any man ---could keep a kitchen properly,”the lady said........3.What the ladies said meant that they did not in the least believe a man, any man, could keep a kitchen properly.4、It was another link between the gross, teeming world and the high and mighty Griersons.4.The Griersons regarded themselves as very important and the outside world as vulgar and full of people inferior to them. They belonged to two entirely different worlds. However, the complaints about the smell served as a link between two different worlds and compelled Miss Emily to deal with the outside world.5、The nest day he received two more complaints,one from a man who came in diffident deprecation.5.The next day the mayor received two more complaints. One of them was from a man who came and pleaded to the mayor in a shy and timid way.6、People in our town,remembering how old lady Wyatt,her great--aunt,had gone completely crazy at last,believed that the Griersons held themselves a little too high for what they really were.6.People in the town felt that Miss Emily's great-aunt, old lady wyatt, had gone crazy had to do with this blind, excessive self-importance.7、Now she too would know the old thrill and the old despair of a penny more or less.7.Ordinary people often become excited or worried when they get a penny more or a penny less. Being poor, now she would learn to appreciate the value of money like other people in then town.8、But there were still others,older people, who said that even grief could not causea teal lady to forger noblesse oblige---without calling it noblesse oblige.8.But there were still others, older people, who said that no matter how sad Miss Emily was (over her father' death ),she should not forget she had certain obligation as a member of the nobility, though a real lady would not describe her self-restraint by the expression noblesse oblige.9、We were glad because the two female cousins were even more Grierson than Miss Emily had ever been.9.We were glad because the two cousins were even more stubborn and self-important than Miss Emily.10、.......and the very old men........confusing time with its mathematical progression,as the old do,to whom all the past is not a diminishing road but,instead,a huge meadow which no winter ever quite touches,divided from them now by the narrow bottle--neck of the most recent decade of years.10.And the very old man confused the dates and years of past happenings. To the old people, all the past should be like a road that becomes smaller and smaller as it reaches further back. But to those old southerners, the recent past ten years or so was like a bottleneck, a narrow passage, or a tunnel. Beyond that narrow passage, the remote past because a huge level meadow where things were pleasantly and fondly mixed up together. Like the green grass on the meadow never touched by the winter, their memories of the remote past remained blurred, sweet, romanticized, and unchanged.Lesson 91 Perhaps because they don’t have hometowns, just places where they were born. But these girls soak up the juice of their hometowns, and it never leaves them.Key: This is perhaps because they only have places of birth, but not places where they feel at home and which they identify themselves with. But these girls are strongly influenced by their hometown, and the influence stays with them forever even after they leave their hometown.2 Wherever it erupts, this Funk, they wipe it away; where it crusts, they dissolve it; wherever it drips, flowers, or clings, they find it and fight it until it dies.Key: The brown girls try hard to repress their emotions and passions. However, these natural human emotions cannot be wiped out totally. Sometimes they will emerge and burst out. And they will develop, become stronger and stay with them. So wherever and whenever this funk bursts out, the brown girls will do their best to stifle it.3 As long as his needs were physical, she could meet them-comfort and satiety.Key: If his needs were physical, she could meet them. She could make him comfortable and give him enough or even more than enough to satisfy his physical needs.4 She had seen this little girl all of her life.Key: Geraldine had seen black girls like Pecola at many places and many times in the past.5 Eyes that questioned nothing and asked everything.Key: On the one hand, they (girls like Pecola) were ignorant and uncomprehending. They did not ask question why their lives were so miserable. On the hand, as they were poverty-stricken and practically had nothing, their eyes revealed their desire for anything that could make their lives easier.6 The end of the world lay in their eyes, and the beginning, and all the waste in between.Key: In the eyes of these girls one can see that they were in despair, without any hope for the future, and that their life was nothing but a waste.7 The girls grew up knowing nothing of girdles, and the boys announced their manhood by turning the bills of their caps backward.Key: As the girls were growing into young women, they had never worn girdles to make their figure look slimmer, and thus more elegant; and when the boys grew up, they just began to wear their caps with the bills turned backward to indicate that they had become adults.Unit 121、So I ordered Easter lamb in the certainty of knowing I would ger;and it was so.1.I knew that Easter lamb was tasty so asked for a portion and the roast lamb was really good.2、They say you cannot drink of Greek water without getting typhus,but I did.2.People say that water in Greece is seriously contaminated and if you drink such water, you are most likely to get typhus. I drank Greek water but I did not get typhus.3、.......(she) had an odd knack of encouraging cities which ought to bow to the King of to do the same.3.She had a clever and unusual way of persuading other city-states to follow her example and refuse to surrender to the advancing Persian army.4、Athens was shinning Athens, the Athens of history,shinning in the mind.4.The author is referring to the important role of Athens in history, the brilliant culture Athens stood for, and the great thinkers Athens produced.5、.........who watched one another as much aas they watched the enemy.5.These troops were not united. They were suspicious of each other 's willingness to fight and guarded against one another just as they guarded against the invading army.6、Nature has not done her best here for the story of that battle.6.The physical feature of the place is not imposing. Such a setting does not match the significance of the battle.7、If you go to the Hot Gates,take some historical knowledge and your imagination with you.7.When you visit the Hot Gates, the place does not seem to be a likely site for such a historic event. In order to reconstruct the scene of 2500 years ago, you need imagination and knowledge of history.8、The men in the pass would not recognize the obvious.8.The Greek soldiers holding the past refused to admit defeat the vast numbers facing them.9、If I could climb cliffs less easily now,it was possible that I could understand war better.9.I was no longer so young and energetic as I had been twenty years ago so i might not be able to climb cliffs easily. But i might have an advantage which i could not have had twenty years ago. That is, i took part in the WWII and i knew what war was like and what war meant. My understanding of the war 2,500 years ago might be deeper.10、A little of Leonidas lies in the fact that I can go where I like and write what I like.10.The freedom enjoyed in England and other Western countries might not have developed if the Persians had won, thereby subjecting Greece to the domination of a large despotic empire whose value were not those which led to the development of the west.。

Unit 1Translate the following sentences into English．1. The whole of life, so to speak, is involved in the pursuit of the good life.2. It is hard to conceive of living without electricity and other modern conveniences.3. He dedicated his life to trying to find an appropriate architecture for his country which was realistic and integral tothat society.4. He also highlighted the well-known dangers of people becoming addicted to computers.5. But after the race riots it was seen as something which the state would have both to cater for and to take control of.6. He appeared to be very perplexed, and more than a little shocked, by what he saw in the window.7. For a moment or two Peter contemplated his newly elevated status.8. One of the advantages of big cities over the countryside is that big cities have lots of cinemas and many other diversions.9. In my wildest imagination, I could not have foreseen such a wonderful life lay before me.10. In terms of academic achievement, I was never a failure, and will definitely make it in the future.Translate the following short passage into English．While he shared his generation's horror of war and was once called the "spiritual father" of appeasement, Keynes never, in fact, entertained the delusion that Hitler could be pacified. He hated the Nazi regime, never visited Germany after 1933. Instead, as Britain's chief negotiator in contact with the Allies against Hitler, he pursued vigorously the common interest between London and Washington.Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1．美国宪法赋予美国人民追求幸福的权利，但是似乎谁也说不清幸福跑到哪里去了。

选词填空第一单元1)Average students who work hard usually do better than clever students who are（idle）.刻苦学习的一般学生通常成绩比懒惰的聪明学生好。

2) Mrs. Parker had her car windows smashed by a gang（wielding）baseball bats.帕克太太的车窗被一群手持棒球拍的犯罪团伙打碎了。

3) The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to（adapt）to the change.世界会变得不同，我们不得不准备好去适应这种变化。

4) It seems that more and more people are willing to（donate）their organs for use after death.似乎越来越多的人愿意死后捐献器官。

5）Ralph got（scratched）all over when he was running through the bushes.拉尔夫在灌木丛中跑时浑身刮伤。

6) The idle young man lit a cigarette and sat on the end of the table, one leg（swingin）.这个懒散的年轻人点上一支烟，晃着一条腿坐在桌子一头。

7) If you would move（sideways）to the left, I can get everyone on the picture.你往左边斜一点，我就可以把所有人拍进照片了。

8) We’ve（plotted）our projected costs for the coming year, and they show a big increase.我们绘制了明年的预计成本，显示增长很大。

1 Population experts say that by 2050 the world will have about2 billion people aged over 60,____as today.A as three timesB three times as manyC three times manyD three times many as2 Cucumber contains a high content of vitamin C which is five times higher than _____of watermelon.A onesB B itC thatD those3 If you are able to create a positive ______towards reading in your home ,your children will be more likely to seek out reading as a way to gain praiseA beliefB attitudeC practiceD habit4 After being questioned by the police , he admitted ____in the supply of drugs over a 20-year period.A to be involvedB being involvedC involvedD been involving5 Your life insurance should be enough to ____any funeral costs as well as debts that you may have accumulated.A adoptB holdC coverD load6 Moreover,27.6 percent of those ____preferred reading on their mobile phones, which was 4.6 percent higher than last year.A surveyingB to surveyC surveyedD having surveyed7 A car engine cannot run smoothly without motor oil.____ our body cannot function efficiently without vitamins.A fortunatelyB GraduallyC SimilarlyD Confidently8 ___Hi, Tom._____?___ well .Long time no see! I miss you very much.A What are you doingB What is going onC How do you like itD How is it going9 I have always wanted to go to a good place in the country for a holiday , and nowI___about where it should be.A thoughtB had thoughtC was thinkingD am thinking10 ____ wisest alternative is to work hard today in order that we will enjoy ____better tomorrow.A The;theB A ; aC The ; aD A ; the11 As ____the house ,I noticed a light on u pstairs, which made me quicken my pace towards the doorway.A leftB passedC enteredD approached12 This is the second time I____a call from that telephone number.D receiveA have receivedB had receivedC received13 Wait for a while .I will get you something to drink.Don’t ____.I have to leave now.A worryB interruptC disturbD bother14 So diffcult____it to fit in at school that she decided to drop out.A found sheB did she findC she foundD she did found15 China’s economy expanded 8.1 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier,___the slowest pace in almost three years.A markingB to markC having markingD marked16 She went to American two years ago .She ____there for half a year and then went to Japan.A would workB workedC would be workingD has been working17 Interestingly, the pet dog has been____to carry newspapers for its master.A trainedB checkedC changedD turned18 The price of oil is increasing so rapidly.Indeed ! The oil prices____by 10 and 20 percent so far.A increasedB increaseC had increasedD have increased19 You had better encourage your children to____some of their pocket money for future education .A put asideB put upC put offD put back20 This year the number of the US students ____in China has increased by 18.4percent compared to last year.A to studyB studyingC having studiedD studied第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后个题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Unit 7一、词汇短语perilously [ˈperələsli] adv. 危机四伏地；充满危险地【例句】We came perilously close to disaster. 我们险些出了大乱子。

ailment [] n. 轻微的病痛【例句】I don’t have even the slightest ailment. 我什么毛病也没有。

【词组】economic ailment经济失调trifling ailments轻症，微症augment [] vi. 增大；增加【例句】He augmented his income by teaching in the evenings. 他晚上教书来增加收入。

【派生】augmentation n. 增加，增大；增加物divine []adj.神的，上帝的，神圣的；非凡的，极好的【例句】①That play we saw last night was just simply divine! 我们昨晚看的那出戏实在是太好了！②At last I divined the truth. 最后我发现了事情的真相。

【词组】divine comedy神曲（意大利诗人但丁作的叙事诗）【助记】div（联想dive）＋（v）ine（葡萄藤）→能在葡萄藤中潜水是非凡的、超人的stockbroker [ˈstɑːkbroʊkər] n. [金融]股票经纪人【例句】My stockbroker manages my portfolio for me. 我的证券经纪人替我管理投资组合。

fecundity [] n. 多产；富饶；丰富【例句】The boy’s fecundity of imagination amazed his teacher. 男孩丰富的想象力让教师感到惊异。

amelioration [əˌmiːliəˈreɪʃn] n. 改进，改善【例句】Progress brings with it the amelioration of the human condition.进步改善了人类生存状况。

单词：1. die down变得越来越弱直到消失eg. When the flames die down, we will be able to see the extent(程度) of the damage.2. lick vt.舔；<口>打败 vt.& vi.轻轻拍打；战胜 n.舔；一舐的量，少量eg. The boy quickly devoured(狼吞虎咽的吃光) the delicious, home-cooked meal, and his plate could not have been cleaner had he not licked it .3. shrewd adj.精明的，敏锐的；奸诈的，狡猾的；有眼光的；精于盘算的eg. He was too shrewd to follow them upon a road which could only lead to an impasse(死胡同)。

4. penalty n.惩罚；刑罚；害处；足球点球eg. In 1969, Britain abolished(废除) the death penalty（死刑）for murder.5. in brief简而言之，简单地说eg. It’s a long letter. In brief, he says he is opposed to the project we are going to undertake.6. for one不管别人，至少……，作为其中一个，举例来说eg. Having toured the countryside for two months, I , for one, have come to believe (渐渐相信) that the situation there has never been better than now.7. guarantee n. 保证，担保；保证人，保证书；抵押品vt. 保证，担保eg. Shanghai Airlines guarantees its customers top-quality service.8. facility n. 设备；容易；能力；灵巧eg. The city’s public indoor recreation facilities(室内娱乐设施) are extensive（大量的，广泛的）, which is important for a city like Minneapolis where the winters are long.9. initial adj. 最初的；开始的；首字母的eg. Having heard about the wedding my initial reaction was one of complete disbelief.10. earn/make a living谋生eg. Now that(既然) her parents were both gone and she was left alone in the world, she needed to find a way to earn a living.11. enterprise n. 企（事）业单位；事业，计划；事业心，进取心eg. Once the bank notified them of its approval (同意；批准；赞成) of the loan (贷款；借款；借用), they began to implement (实施，执行；使生效，实现；落实；把…填满) their plans for a small business enterprise.12. agent n. 代理人；代理商；药剂；特工eg. As this place is a high-risk flood area(洪水高发区), you had better see an insurance agent（保险公司，保险代理人）soon.13. tragic adj. 悲剧的；悲惨的eg. According to the local newspaper, the tragic accident resulted in (引起，导致，以…为结局；落得；致使) the loss of three people.14. permanent adj. 永久（性）的，永恒的，不变的，耐久的，持久的，经久的；稳定的；常务的，常设的eg. Among its permanent collection(永久的收藏) is a masterpiece (杰作，名作)of the great 18th century French painter donated to (捐献给)the museum by Mr, Dawson.15. expand vt. 使…变大；扩张；详述vi. 扩展；发展；张开；展开eg. In 2001 our business was going so rapidly that we began to expand abroad.16. rumor n.谣言，<美>传闻;咕哝；vt. 谣传；传说eg. The rumors about my colleague(同事)’s love affair（婚外情）all turned out to be false, but her reputation （n. 名气，名声；信誉，声望）was hurt just the same.词组：1. play about/around鬼混eg. It’s time he stopped playing around and began to take life seriously(.认真地；严肃地；严重地).2. play at三心二意，假装……的有戏eg. This is a job that needs to be tackled whole-heartedly(全心全意), not played at.3. play back往后倒，把…打回给对方；后退一步接球；播放；重播eg. When we’ve finished the recording（记录，唱片，磁带）we’ll play it back.4. play down轻描淡写；故意缩小…的重要性；和善地对待；放低身价eg. He gave all the credit to his colleagues, and play down his own part in the discovery.5. play off (against)重新比赛，加赛；取笑; 挑拨离间eg. Always a clever diplomat（外交官）, he played off one potential （潜在的，有可能的）enemy of his country against another, so he kept them divided（分离）.6. play on/upon对……加以利用eg. The Empire played on/upon its neighbours’ fears of military expansion (军事扩张) to obtain trade concessions （贸易让步）from them.7. play up强调，着重，是突出；努力；积极地比赛；夸大；为…做广告eg. The coach (教练) played up the possibilities（可能性）, and kept our minds off our weaknesses.8. play with同…一起玩；玩弄…；（不太认真地）考虑；逗eg. He has often played with the idea of emigrating (移民) to Canada, but that’s as far as it’s gone.1. die away(尤指声音、光、风）逐渐消失，停止；昏厥；自行消失eg. Ronny’s steps died away, and there was a moment of absolute silence.2. die down变得越来越弱直到消失eg. The applause (掌声) died down and the actors were able to continue.3. die for渴望，为…而献身；<口>急需（某物）eg. In those days, she was died for a break, away from her family and household commitments（家庭承诺）.4. die from/of死于（某种原因，不包括疾病、过度悲伤等）eg. The disease from which he died was at that time incurable.5. die off相继死去，先后死去；（温度）降下来；相继死亡eg. A water shortage had struck the area(缺水区) and wild life was dying off alarmingly（令人担忧的）in the intense heat.6. die out（指物种、家族、习惯、观念等）绝迹，消失；绝种；绝灭；淘汰eg. Only those species (物种) adaptable enough to cope with changing conditions survived. The others died out.填空：There was only one exception (只有一个例外) to the rule of advance payment.A certain（某一）young man had a very wealthy uncle, living in Milwaukee, whose heir（继承人）he was, but the uncle was not getting along（进展）in years fast enough. The young man, then 18 years old, did not wish to waste the “best years of his life” as a poor boy. He wanted the money while he was young, but his uncle was as healthy as he was wealthy. The Zeritskys were the obvious answer to his problem.They undertook to deep-freeze the youth without advance payment. They further undertook to watch the Milwaukee papers until the death of the uncle should be reported, whereupon（因此）they would defrost the boy. In exchange for （作为……的交换）this, the youth, thinking of course that money would be no problem （钱不是问题）when he came out, agreed to pay double.The uncle lived 17 years longer, during which time he seems to have forgotten his nephew（侄子）and to have become deeply interested in a mystic society, to which he left his entire fortune. The Zeritskys duly（按时）defrosted the boy, and whether they or he were the more disappointed is impossible to imagine.He , poor fellow, spent the rest of his life, including the best years, paying off（还账）his debt which amounted to（数目达到）$9,400. The books record his slow but regular （定期的）payments over the next 43 years, and indicate（指出）that he had only $250 left to pay when he died.改错：Soon after Monahan’s great exposure（暴露，接触）rocked the nation, many clients leaped into（跳入，突然进入）print to tell their experiences.One story was told by the husband who had planned to be got away from（逃离……）his malicious（恶毒的）wife with the help of the Zeritskys, and (加whose) intentions（目的，意图）were unfortunately（不幸的）discovered by her. With shrewd（狡猾的）reasoning, she figured approximately （近似的，大约）the number of years he had chosen to be absent（缺席）, and put himself (改为herself) away for a like period（时期）. In a TV dramatization（剧本）rather pessimistically（悲观地）entitling (改为entitled)You Can’t Get Away , the husband described his sensations（感觉）upon being（一被……）defrosted after 15 years, only (加to) find his wife waiting for him right there in the reception room（接待室）of the Zeritsky plant（植物，草木；设备；工厂；庄稼）.“She was as perfectly preserved（保存）as I was ,” he said. “Any (改为Every) irritating（令人恼火的）habit that had made my life unbearable（无法忍受的）with her was absolutely intact（原封不动的）.”Another story came down(去掉) from the daughter of a Zeritsky client. Her father was still, at the age of one hundred and two, passionately（热情的）interested inpolitics, but the chances of his lasting until the next election was (改为were) not good. The daughter herself suggested the deep freeze and he welcomed the idea. He decided on a twenty-year stay because, in his own words, “As (改为If) the Republicans（共和主义者）can’t get into the White House in twenty years, I give up.” Of (改为Upon) his return, he found that his condition had not been fulfilled. His daughter described him as utterly（完全的）baffling (改为baffled)（受挫）by the new world. He lived in it just a week before he left it, this time for good. His last words were, “How do you people stand it?”翻译：1. 总之，这些实验室设备太贵，而且也许过时了。

现代大学英语精读6第二版课后答案paper tiger1、While they were in discussion, their manager came in by chance. [单选题] *A. 抓住时机B. 不时地C. 碰巧(正确答案)D. 及时2、—What can I do for you? —I ______ a pair of new shoes.（）[单选题] *A. likeB. would lookC. would like(正确答案)D. take3、You can't rely on Jane as she is _____ changing her mind and you will never know what she is going to do next. [单选题] *A. occasionallyB. rarelyC. scarcelyD. constantly(正确答案)4、A survey of the opinions of students（）that they admit several hours of sitting in front of the computer harmful to health. [单选题] *A. show；areB. shows ；is(正确答案)C.show；isD.shows ；are5、Don’t _______. He is OK. [单选题] *A. worry(正确答案)B. worried aboutC. worry aboutD. worried6、Can you give her some ______ ? [单选题] *A. advice(正确答案)B. suggestionC. advicesD. suggest7、Her ideas sound right, but _____ I'm not completely sure. [单选题] *A. somehow(正确答案)B. somewhatC. somewhereD. sometime8、The man lost his camera and he ______ it now.（）[单选题] *A. foundB. is findingC. is looking forD. looks for(正确答案)9、One thousand dollars a month is not a fortune but at least can help cover my living（）. [单选题] *A. billsB. expenses(正确答案)C. pricesD. charges10、Henry lives happily with his three cats. _______ of them are part of his family. [单选题] *A. NoneB. BothC. All(正确答案)D. Neither11、He has made a lot of films, but ____ good ones. [单选题] *A. anyB. someC. few(正确答案)D. many12、His picture is on show in London this month. [单选题] *A. 给...看B. 展出(正确答案)C. 出示D. 上演13、We need some green paint badly, but there' s _____ at hand. [单选题] *A. notB. nothingC. little(正确答案)D. none14、I can’t hear you _______. Please speak a little louder. [单选题] *A. clearly(正确答案)B. lovelyC. widelyD. carelessly15、71．How beautiful the shoes look! Can I________？[单选题] *A．try it onB．try on itC．try them on(正确答案)D．try on them16、I am so excited to receive a _______ from my husband on my birthday. [单选题] *A. present(正确答案)B. percentC. parentD. peace17、John is quite _______. He likes to attend activities in?his spare time. [单选题] *A. active(正确答案)B. quietC. lazyD. honest18、1——May I help you? You seem to be having some problems.——_______ , thanks. Ithink I can manage. [单选题] *A. All rightB. No problemC. It’s all right(正确答案)D. There’s no way19、The sun disappeared behind the clouds. [单选题] *A. 出现B. 悬挂C. 盛开D. 消失(正确答案)20、Don’t read in bed. It’s _______ your eyes. [单选题] *A. good atB. good forC. bad atD. bad for(正确答案)21、It was _____the policeman came_____the parents knew what had happened to their son. [单选题] *A.before…asB. until…whenC. not until…that(正确答案)D.until…that22、36．The students will go to the Summer Palace if it __________ tomorrow. [单选题] * A．won’t rainB．isn’t rainingC．doesn’t rain (正确答案)D．isn’t rain23、The city is famous _______ its beautiful scenery. [单选题] *A. for(正确答案)B. ofC. asD. to24、Bliss, who worked in an information centre, began to work on the book in 1 [单选题] *A. 策划B. 上班C. 写作(正确答案)D. 销售25、30．It is known that ipad is _________ for the old to use. [单选题] *A．enough easyB．easy enough (正确答案)C．enough easilyD．easily enough26、______ the morning of September 8th, many visitors arrived at the train station for a tour.（）[单选题] *A. FromB. ToC. InD. On(正确答案)27、It was（）of you to get up early to catch the first bus so that you could avoid the traffic jam. [单选题] *A. senselessB. sensible(正确答案)C. sentimentalD. sensitive28、Last year Polly _______ an English club and has improved her English a lot. [单选题] *A. leftB. sawC. joined(正确答案)D. heard29、1．________my father ________ my mother is able to drive a car. So they are going to buy one. [单选题] *A．Neither; norB．Both; andC．Either; orD．Not only; but also(正确答案)30、You can _______ Bus 116 to get there. [单选题] *A. byB. take(正确答案)C. onD. in。

Unit111)Average students who work hard usually do better than clever students who are (idle).努力的一般学生比懒散的聪明学生更好。

2)Mrs. Parker had her car windows smashed by a gang (wielding) baseball bats.帕克夫人的车窗被一伙手持棒球棒的黑帮打碎了。

3)The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to (adapt) to the change.这个世界将要不一样了，我们必需开始准备适应这个改变。

4)It seems that more and more people are willing to (donate) their organs for use after death.似乎越来越多的人愿意死后捐赠他们的器官。

5)Ralph got (scratched) all over when he was running through the bushes.当拉尔夫跑步穿过灌木丛，他全身都划伤了。

6)The idle young man lit a cigarette and sat on the end of the table, one leg (swinging).这个无所事事的年轻人坐在桌子的边上点着一支烟，一条腿摇摆着。

7)If you would move (sideways) to the left, I can get everyone on the picture.如果你能向左边斜下，我可以把每个人都照进去。

8)We’ve (plotted) our projected costs for the coming year, and they show a big increase.我们策划了来年的工程预算，并且它们显示一个大的增长。