阅读教程Book 1 Unit 8答案I. Reading for informationExercisesI. Reading for informationA. Reading to find main ideas1-6: D C B A A DII. TranslationTranslate the following sentences into Chinese.1 Occasionally, he would get frustrated at the machine and scold it as though itwere a person, but otherwise he was pretty quiet.在电脑面前，他偶尔会懊丧，甚至把它当人一样诅咒，不过大多数时候，他还是挺安静的。
2 On my hierarchy of educational resources for children, computers are way below good books.在我教育孩子的资源排行榜上，电脑要远低于好书。
3 There simply is no way to digitally replicate the experience of reading a book.读书的体验是根本无法用数字技术来复制的。
4 Books will last for generations, and they don’t have to be plugged in; computer code is outdated within a few years.书本可以代代相传，而且也不需要接通电源，而电脑代码只需几年就会落伍。
5 I strongly believe that the ideal childhood education is one rich in books andreading, filled with personal interaction with loving parents.我坚信儿童教育的最佳途径是阅读大量的书籍，并在此过程中与慈爱的父母不断地交流互动。
⼤学英语读写教程第1册unit8阅读理解三篇unit 8Part 1 Reading comprehensionDirections: Read the following passages carefully. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished sentences. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to each question.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the same passage or dialog. Manners evolved differently in different cultures. In earlier times there was a tendency for manners to become increasingly formal, and this was often viewed as progress. In the 18th and19th centuries having good manners was seen as an important part of one's education and social class, and it was necessary to be taken as a lady or a gentleman to get ahead in the world.In the 20th and 21st centuries, manners have gradually become more relaxed and informal. The hosting of dinners and other social gatherings are no longer the exclusive privilege of the wealthy elite (精英), and private clubs are being gradually replaced by more open meeting places. So the manners of the salon (沙龙) are gradually combining with the manners of the pub. Clothing is a good indication of the changes in manners, as can be seen in the following examples.It is surprising that the wearing of hats indoors by males is once again becoming acceptable. Students in North America often wear baseball caps to class. In many countries the wearing of hats indoors by males was once acceptable even in very polite society, but over the years this became considered as a lower-class behavior and was thus discouraged in both the middle and upper classes. The young people who wear hats indoors do not realize they are actually restarting a very old cultural tradition.A comparable development for females is the wearing of jeans. Many females now wear jeans on a daily basis, either at home or at work. Some see this as a symbolic declaration that they are now modern women, not girls or ladies. Some girls, like boys, wear baseball caps both indoors and outdoors.Sneakers and shorts are now acceptable for either males or females in a variety of non-athletic situations. Some companies have rules requiring informal dress such as jeans or sneakers on Fridays (called "dress-down Friday" or "casual Friday"), and others permit it almost all the time. Inthese companies, and many others, it is acceptable to call the bosses by their first names.1.What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Changes of manners over time.B. Formal manners in the earlier times.C. Different manners in different cultures.D. Development of manners in different classes.2.In the 20th and 21st centuries, _________.A. manners are not as formal as in the pastB. manners in a pub are getting more and more formalC. proper clothing is a good indication of good mannersD. rich people no longer behave formally in social gatherings3.According to the passage, "the manners of the salon" in paragraph2 most likely refers to __________.A. Formal manners of drinking.B. Informal manners of drinking.C. Formal manners at social gatherings.D. Informal manners at social gatherings.4.According to the passage, nowadays wearing a hat indoors canactually be viewed as _________.A. a revolutionB. social progressC. a worsening situationD. a return to the old tradition5.According to the author, today wearing hats indoors, and wearingjeans at work mainly indicate that _________.A. women are no longer inferior to menB. people no longer pay attention to dressing detailsC. people are getting more relaxed in terms of mannersD. some companies have lower requirements for their employeesQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog. Between the 1950s and the early 1980s, the evolving role ofJapanese women had been most obvious in their attitudes toward marriage and the family system. There had been a trend away from arranged marriages. Many young women admitted that they took paid employment mostly in order to find a husband on their own. In spite of this and other influences a 1982 figure showed that almost 40 percent of marriages were still arranged. This figure was, however, half the size of a 1955 survey which showed that almost 81 percent of marriages were arranged. Once married, many women in the early 1980s continued to work, and increasingly they returned to work after childbirth, something which was hard to imagine a generation before. A woman's role in the family was evolving as well, becoming more and more dominant.Women had sought more personal satisfaction from their lives since 1950s. In the beginning of the1980s, during their lives before marriage women made up an almost free-wheeling (随⼼所欲) part of Japanese society. A survey of new brides reported that only 12 percent expected their marriage to be happy. At that time, Japanese still regarded marriage not as the peak of a romance but as a duty that was primarily social and practical in significance. As a result, Japanese women took full advantage of their years before marriage. Most women remained at home while working, living with their family in a sort of extended dependency. Japanese women, however, must be careful to maintain themselves within acceptable social standards, one woman being told, "If you act like that, you will not be wanted as a bride."Once married a Japanese women found herself in a role opposite of the perceived sex roles in Japan – the female was dominant in the house. The relationship between the partners of a Japanese marriage clearly showed the evolving role of women. It must be remembered that a short one hundred years ago the attitude toward women was that "Ineverything she must obey her husband". By the early 1980s the role of women had changed: A Japanese woman had almost unquestioned power within the family system of today's Japan.6.What is the passage mainly about?A. Changes in the role of Japanese women.B. Changes in the styles of Japanese marriages.C. Japanese women's struggle for independence.D. Japanese women's increased power in their families.7.What did the author say about Japanese women before the 1950s?A. Many women continued to work after marriage.B. A majority of women had their marriages arranged.C. Only less than half of women had arranged marriages.D. Many women went to work in order to find a husband.8.What was marriage in many Japanese people's eyes in the early1980s?A. It was the end of their romance.B. It was the beginning of a happy life.C. It was a social responsibility one has to fulfill.D. It was the highest point of their romantic relationship.9.Which of the following was the main cause for most Japanesewomen in the early 1980s to take full advantage of their yearsbefore marriage?A. They believed they would no longer have a happy life after marriage.B. They knew they could not be as dominant as before after getting married.C. They should not go beyond acceptable social standards after marriage.D. They would no longer have time to work after marriage.10."The perceived sex roles" in the last paragraph most probablyrefers to the fact that the wife_________.A. had to obey the husband in the familyB. had to support the husband and his familyC. could make decisions on everything in the familyD. could question some of the husbands' decisionsQuestions 11 to 15 are based on the same passage or dialog.Leadership is the ability of a person to guide people in a group toward achieving a task at hand. I believe that leaders are made; they are not born and a person can always be a good leader if he makes full use of the following list of leadership strengths.Firstly, task execution (实施) is one of the most important leadership strengths. Coming up with a brilliant idea and executing that idea are two completely different things. Bringing an idea to life is a lot easier said than done. An idea really comes to life only when it is executed to perfection. For this, you need to be a team player. There is a fine line between having followers that follow you out of respect and having followers that follow you because they have no choice. Any kind of disagreement in the team will affect the end result and the efficiency of performing the task.Secondly, before you go on to put any kind of strategy into place, you need to understand and envision what you wish toachieve. This is important because the expectations of the entire group will ride on your shoulders. Thus, one of the important leadership strengths is to have a very clear vision about how to go about a task at hand, keeping the long-term and short-term goals and consequences in mind. You need to be practical yet optimistic about the possibilities involved in any task and must take into consideration all the risks involved.Thirdly, being the leader does not mean that you own the people you work with. Many people tend to get carried away and do not listen to their team members. This can go against them as the team members then tend to lose respect for their leader. You need to genuinely listen to your team members because they are the only ones that will tell you if you go wrong at any point of time. Furthermore, listening will makesure that you connect with your team members on a personal level, which will improve the performance of your team greatly.11.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as one ofthe leadership strengths?A. Lending an ear to team members.B. Performing a task in a perfect way.C. Accepting mistakes with good grace.D. Planning for the future with a clear goal.12.According to Paragraph 2, a good leader should ___________.A. lead his followers with absolute authorityB. make his followers follow him out of respectC. be able to find out who is a true follower in the teamD. focus on creating new ideas instead of executing them13.What does "envision" most probably mean in Paragraph 3?A. To remain optimistic about future results.B. To focus all his attention on long-term goals.C. To meet the expectations of the entire team members.D. To forecast the possible achievements and consequences.14.Which of the following should be avoided as a good leader?A. Holding a realistic attitude.B. Considering short-term goals.C. Thinking about the bad results of a plan.D. Ignoring disagreement from his team members.15.What is the author's attitude about becoming a good leader?A. You can be a good leader if you have talents.B. You can be a good leader if you have a good team.C. You can be a good leader if you acquire the essential skills.D. You can be a good leader as long as you are determined to be one.。
20141018第八单元Translation of Text A陌生人的仁慈1 一个夏天，我正驱车从我的家乡加利福尼亚州的塔霍湖市前往新奥尔良。
行驶到沙漠中部时，我遇到了一个正站在路边的年轻人。
他竖起拇指请求搭车，另一只手里握着一个汽油罐。
我径直从他身边开了过去。
在这个国家曾经有一个时期，如果你对一个需要帮助的人置之不理，那你就被认为是一个愚蠢的人。
但现在，你帮助了别人，你就是一个愚蠢的人。
由于到处隐藏着歹徒、吸毒成瘾者、强奸犯和小偷，“我不想惹麻烦”就成了民族的箴言2 驶过了几个州后，我仍然在想着那个搭便车的旅行者。
把他束手无策留在沙漠并没有让我太烦扰。
让我烦扰的是，我是多么轻易的就下了这个决定。
我甚至都没有把脚从加速器上抬起来。
3 还会有人再停下来么？我很想知道。
我想起布兰奇-杜包尔斯的著名的台词“我总是非常依赖陌生人的仁慈”。
如今还会有人依赖陌生人的仁慈检验此事的一个方法就是让一个人不带钱，只依靠美国同胞的好心，从一个海岸到另一个海岸去旅行。
他将发现什么样的美国人呢？谁将会给他食物、提供住处、载他一路？4 这个想法激起我的好奇心。
5 在我步入37岁的那周，我意识到在我的一生中还从未冒过险。
因此我决定身无分文的从太平洋到大西洋旅行。
在这个金钱万能的国家，这将会是一次不花钱的旅行。
我将只接受别人提供的搭车、食物以及休息场所。
我最终的目的地将是被卡罗莱纳周的恐怖角，这是我整个旅行要克服的所有恐惧的一个象征。
6 1994年9月6日，我早早的起了床，动身前往金门桥。
我背上背了50镑重的行李和一个向过往的车辆展示我此行目的地的标牌“美国”。
7 六周的时间，我免费搭车82次，穿越了14个省4223英里。
当我旅行时，人们总是提醒我关于其他地方的事情。
在蒙大拿州，他们告诉我要提防怀俄明州的牛仔。
在内布拉斯加州，他们说艾奥瓦州的人不像他们那么友好。
然而，我所到之处受到的是善意的款待。
我对于人们欣然帮助一个陌生人而感到吃惊，甚至当这些行为与他们自己的利益背道而驰的时候。
人文英语1 unit8答案Unit8一、选择填空题目 1--Less than 50 miles per hour.正确答案是:: How fast were you driving?题目 2-Which direction were you heading?-正确答案是: Iwas heading from east to west题目 3He gave no of being a suspect.正确答案是:indication题目 4The firefighters are going to the cause of the fire 正确答案是: look into题目 5The traffic accident three days ago.正确答案是: took place题目 6-Did you see the car before it hit you?-正确答案是: No, I didn't.题目 7The case happened Tuesday afternoon.正确答案是: on题目 8The girl the case to the staff when her parents arrived.正确答案是: was reporting题目9The police saw him on the ground when they arrived.正确答案是: Lying二、阅读理解:选择题(每题 10分)Police Investigating Child Luring CaseSank police were investigating a possible child luring case near a primary school.It happened on Tuesday aftenoonduring the lunch hour.Marya student of John Lake School was approached by two men in a black van. She refused and ran away.When she arrived at school. she reported it to the school staffThe schools and the police took it seriously. The schools wrote aletter toparentsimmediately. informing them ofthe case and making safety suggestions.Police are looking into the matter.Police responded to the case as soon as they received the report."It's a matterof public safety," said the police spokesperson."We want to make sure everybody,including kids, adults and people out and about are safe. So, we take this very seriously."Police were making some safety suggestions for the students.Police asked students to always be on their guard when walking to school.Kids were encouraged to walk in pairs and walk in the daylight where it's well lit. One of the police officer said," Students should try to walk where there are people around,and always let somebody, your familly or friends, know where you are going."操作提示:通过题干后的下拉框选择题目的正确答案。
