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5. A forensic video usually costs between __________ thousand dollarsto create.a. 5 and 10b. 10 and 20c. 20 and 30d. 30 and 403. Why don’t computer animations of accidents show faces or graphic detailsof the crash scenes? Do you think this is a fair way for juries to judge guiltor innocence?Surfing T H E I n T e r n e TSearch the Internet for “Forensic Animation”. When you find a good website,search again for information about the process of creating forensic animationfor “car accidents.” Print out or save any interesting information to share withyour class.Optional Activity: Search the Internet for the name of your city or town andthe word “police” or “crime”. Share any interesting statistics or information youmight find. Look for information about community anti-crime programs or, if it interests you, employment opportunities in law enforcement.r E A D I N g S T r A T E g y查 读 法查读（Scanning）又称寻读，是一种从大量的资料中迅速查找某项具体事实或特定信息而对其他无关部分略去不读的快速阅读方法。
Unit 1 Pub T alk and the King’s English人类的一切活动中,只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊,而且是人类特有的一种活动。
动物之间的信息交流,不论其方式何等复杂,也是称不上交谈的。
闲谈的引人人胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。
它时而迂回流淌,时而奔腾起伏,时而火花四射,时而热情洋溢,话题最终会扯到什么地方去谁也拿不准。
要是有人觉得"有些话要说",那定会大煞风景,使闲聊无趣。
闲聊不是为了进行争论。
闲聊中常常会有争论,不过其目的并不是为了说服对方。
闲聊之中是不存在什么输赢胜负的。
事实上,真正善于闲聊的人往往是随时准备让步的。
也许他们偶然间会觉得该把自己最得意的奇闻轶事选出一件插进来讲一讲,但一转眼大家已谈到别处去了,插话的机会随之而失,他们也就听之任之。
或许是由于我从小混迹于英国小酒馆的缘故吧,我觉得酒瞎里的闲聊别有韵味。
酒馆里的朋友对别人的生活毫无了解,他们只是临时凑到一起来的,彼此并无深交。
他们之中也许有人面临婚因破裂,或恋爱失败,或碰到别的什么不顺心的事儿,但别人根本不管这些。
他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样,虽然日夕相处,却从不过问彼此的私事,也不去揣摸别人内心的秘密。
有一天晚上的情形正是这样。
人们正漫无边际地东扯西拉,从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学趣闻。
谈了半天也没有一个中心话题,事实上也不需要有一个中心话题。
可突然间大伙儿的话题都集中到了一处,中心话题奇迹般地出现了。
我记不起她那句话是在什么情况下说出来的——她显然不是预先想好把那句话带到酒馆里来说的,那也不是什么非说不可的要紧话——我只知道她那句话是随着大伙儿的话题十分自然地脱口而出的。
"几天前,我听到一个人说‘标准英语’这个词语是带贬义的批评用语,指的是人们应该尽量避免使用的英语。
"此语一出,谈话立即热烈起来。
有人赞成,也有人怒斥,还有人则不以为然。
最后,当然少不了要像处理所有这种场合下的意见分歧一样,由大家说定次日一早去查证一下。
Unit 1 Text 1 The Shadowland of DreamsI About the authorAlex Haley 1925-1992 American biographer scriptwriter author who became famous with the publication of the novel Roots which traces his ancestry back to Africa and covers seven American generations as they are taken slaves to the United States The book was adapted to television series and woke up an interest in genealogy particularly among African-Americans Alex Haley was born in Ithaca New York His father was a teacher of agriculture The family moved to the small town of Henning Tennessee when Alex Haley was an infant In Henning Haley heard stories from maternal grandmother Cynthia Palmer who traced the family genealogy to Haleys great-great-great-great-grandfather who was an African called Kin-Tay and brought by slave-ship to America Haley did not excel at school or university During World War Two Haley enlisted in the Coast Guard and started to write adventure stories After twenty years of service Haley left the Coast Guard in 1959 to become a full-time writerII Language notes1 When I left a 20-year-career in the Coast Guard to becomea freelance writer I had no prospect at all当我放弃在海岸警卫队做了二十年的工作而成为一名自由撰稿人时我的前途渺茫A freelance writer is a writer who earns his money without being in the regular employment of any particular organization2 It didnt even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom房子里冷嗖嗖的也没有卫生间就连这也没有什么关系The that-clause is the real subject standing for the first "it"3 On the phone was an old acquaintance from the Coast Guard now stationed in San Francisco打电话来的是一位海岸警卫队供过职的老熟人现在在旧金山The sentence structure is inverted for the subject is too long4 He had once lent me a few bucks and liked to egg me about it他曾经借给我几美元总喜欢喋喋不休地要我还给他Egg here means to encourage strongly or to urge persistently eg I didnt want to accept her offer but Peter kept egging me on5 From deep inside a bull-headed resolution welled up我的内心深处升起一个坚强的信念Well up means to flow or start to flow and here well is used as a verbeg Anger was welling up in himBlood was welling out from the wound6 Rumor had it that if a customer ordered steak the singer would dash to a supermarket across the street to buy one 据传如果有客人在餐馆里点了牛排这位歌手会火速跑去街对面的超市为他买一个Rumor has it that is a common sentence pattern meaning that people are saying7 Id be hard pressed to say which means the most to me我很难说哪一个对我最重要Be hard pressed means to feel it very difficultUnit 1 Text Isambard Kingdom BrunelI About the authorMiles Kington is an English humorist and a regular columnistII About Isambard Kingdom BrunelIsambard Kingdom Brunel was born in Portsea on 9th April 1806 to an English mother and a French father His father Marc Brunel was a French monarchist whose continuing residence in revolutionary France had made life there somewhat uncomfortable When working in New York Marc conceived and patented machines to produce wooden pulley-blocks for the worlds navies This tackle block technology was adopted by the British AdmiraltyIsambard had a French and English education The technical side included mathematics and apprenticeship with Breguet a precision-instrument maker Further practical experience came from working in the family engineering office and at the Maudsley engineering works Throughout his life Isambard the engineering star never stopped working on projects which called for complex organizational ability In 1859 he died from overwork His life was a hectic sequence of ambitious high-risk leading-edge projects involving complex tasks new technology people politics investors and funding In order to commemorate him Brunel University is named after himIII Language notes1 Looking back through my career I can see that everything fortunate that has happened to me has come about through a misfortune in some other undertaking回顾我的事业我发现凡在我身上发生的幸运之事皆出于其他某个背运之事Come about means to happen esp in a way that seems impossible to preventeg How did it come about that he knew where we were2 He was a Frenchman by birth and was destined for the priesthood他出生时是法国人而且已经决定要他当牧师Be destined for means intended esp by fate for some special purpose eg Coming from a theatrical family I was destined for a career on the stageIt was destined that they would marry3 He would no doubt have prospered well in France were it not for a little event called the Revolution which caused him to flee France to the USA with a price on his head 毫无疑问倘若不是因为那次名为法国大革命的小事件有人悬赏父亲头颅以致他从法国逃至美国他在法国肯定会发展很好Note the sentence is in the subjunctive mood and before "were it" if is omitted4 But I was resolved to make the best of a bad job但是我下定决心要尽量利用这个不利境遇Make the best of a bad job means to accept in a cheerful way bad or unsatisfactory conditions and do the best one can in the situation5 All would have been well had not the money run out如果不是经费耗尽的话一切会进展得很顺利Note that the subjunctive mood is used in the sentence and the word if is omitted6 I was you will recall in Bristol on account of an illness and had stayed there on account of a botched bridge你还记得我是因为生病才来到了布里斯托尔呆在那儿是因为一座蹩脚的桥梁On account of means because ofeg Tom delayed his departure on account of the bad weatherUnit 2 Text 1 A Very Special GooseI About the authorIsaac Asimov1920-1992 Russian-born US author and editor of science fiction and nonfiction Asimov was born in Petrovichi Russia but his family moved to the United States in 1923 and settled in New York where his parents opened a sweet-shop After leaving the boys high school in Brooklyn Asimov studied chemistry at Columbia University New York where he graduated in 1939 and received his MA in 1941During World War II Asimov worked in the US Naval Air Experimental Station alongside L Sprague de Camp and Robert A Heinlein Towards the end of the war he served in the army as a corporal In 1949 Asimov joined the Boston University School of Medicine where he worked as an associate professor of biochemistry Although he soon gained the reputation as one of the best lecturers he devoted himself to writing He remained an associate professor until 1979 and subsequently held the title of professor Asimovs first tales appeared in science-fiction magazines in 1939 Most of Asimovs books are pure adventure good entertainment solving all kinds of problems of human society and technology Among his most popular works are the "Foundation" novels - based loosely on the fall of theRoman Empire - and "Robot" novels and stories Isaac Asimov was a professional writer of renowned versatility He was called a genius and "the nearest thing to a human writing machine" and was perhaps best known as one of the major scien。
⼤学英语泛读教程2（第三版）ReadingMaster2_FinalExamAA. VocabularyDirections: Choose the correct phrasal verb to compete the sentences. Each is used only one time.1. I like a good ghost story, but I am ______ by too much blood and gore in horror movies these days.2. We used to have a problem with mice around here so we got a cat to ______ them ______.3. My lost wallet ______ at a police station since someone had found it on a bus and returned it.4. One way to ______ your resume is to include some volunteer experience related to the job you are applying for.5. A good salesperson ______ the relationships he or she has with existing clients.6. Over spending and using credit cards too much will only ______ to financial disaster in the long run.7. Alice ______ the guitar when she was only five and now performs with her band.Directions: Choose a word from the box to complete the sentences below. Each is used only one time.8. Dean had a quiet ______ about him that made him good at helping people with their problems.9. Most Olympic athletes have the ambition of ______ and winning a gold medal.10. The tiny mouse ______ its head through the hole before racing across the kitchen floor.11. As part of my daily routine to keep fit, I do a variety of ______ exercises in the morning.12. It is ______ how these lottery winners all seem to waste their money within a few years of receiving it.13. English is the ______ accepted language of communication for airline pilots.14. My new job has a lot of ______ because I mostly do the work out of my office at home.15. In ______ for the protesters throwing rocks, the police sprayed water cannons to make them disperse.B. Grammar16. The new smartphone was ______ perfectly designed that it became difficult to obtain one.a. sob. suchc. tood. enough17. After studying for so many hours, Kiki thought she’d had ______ for one day.a. sob. suchc. tood. enough18. Everyone ______ to applaud the actors as they lined up on stage.a. stand upb. standing upc. stood upd. stands up19. I felt ______ chill when I saw the ghost of my uncle in the mirror.a. a littleb. fairlyc. slightlyd. rather20. It was ______ interesting performance given by the students.a. quiteb. reasonablec. absolutelyd. a rather21. Once Stanley has ______ high school, he must ______ the army.a. completed / joinb. completes / joinc. completed / joinsd. completing / join22. By the time you ______ this post card, I ______ already left France.a. read / haveb. read / will havec. reads / will haved. reading / will23. You ______ the table, while we ______ the dishes.a. wipes / didb. wiped / doesc. wipe / dod. wiping / did24. ______ that danger was near, Spider-man leaped out of the way of the falling bridge.a. Senseb. Sensesc. Sensedd. Sensing25. ______ tried so many different jobs over many years, Gary decided to open his own business.a. Haveb. Hasc. Havingd. Had26. A trained police dog is given a final test to see if it can ______ drugs from a hidden location.a. sniffs outb. sniffed outc. sniff outd. sniffing out27. Every year on February 1st, groundhog Willy comes out of his hole ______ whether spring willcome early or not.a. signifyb. signifiesc. signifiedd. to signify28. When I went to London last summer, there were ______ of Japanese tourist taking pictures ofeverything.a. hordingb. hordec. hordesd. horded Directions: Change the sentences to their reduced relative clauses by crossing out the unnecessary words.29. The famous inventor created a device which was made of mostly plastic and glass.30. The number of students who have been late for Mr. White’s class is disappointing.C. Reading Comprehension(A)Directions: Read the excerpt from Escaping the Labyrinth in Unit 7 of the textbook and answer the questions that follow.31. According to the passage, how long have mazes existed?a. as long as rats have existedb. as long as people have existedc. since experiments took place at Clark Universityd. No information is given.32. Which best explains why the writer uses the heading Homeward Bound?a. The Greeks imagined they would go home.b. Rats tend to find their way home.c. Small and Kline wanted to go home.d. There are rats in Hampton Court.33. What did Kline observe at his father’s farm?a. rats playing on the porchb. rats digging through the cabinc. rats running through pathwaysd. rats communicating with each other34. Which statement is true about rats?a. Blind ones can find their way around easily.b. Blind ones cannot survive for long.c. They can only find one path to go home.d. They get lost in complicated mazes.35. Which of the following closest in meaning to the word replica?a. mazeb. experimentc. findingd. copy(B)Directions: Read the excerpt from Ultramarathon Man in Review 3 of the textbook and answer the questions that follow.36. Which best describes Kevin Lin’s occupation?a. barefoot marathonerb. street athletec. desert runnerd. All of the above.37. According to the passage, what is unique about the Deserts Series?a. It takes place over several weeks.b. Participants are not allowed provisions.c. It has excellent views.d. The series is hundreds of kilometers long.38. What is especially tough to do in the Chilean desert?a. breatheb. stay warmc. find shelterd. avoid wild animals39. Why do participants experience headaches during the Deserts Series?a. lack of waterb. lack of oxygenc. lack of enduranced. None of the above.40. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word grueling?a. harshb. selectc. splittingd. stunning(C)Directions: Read the excerpt from Underrated Cities in Unit 11 of the textbook and answer the questions that follow.41. Which of the following statements is true about Bratislava today?a. It is very much behind most modern cities.b. It is not as beautiful as Prague.c. It is still developing and needs lots of investment.d. It is equal to many modern cities but less well-known.42. According to the passage, in what condition was Bratislava in 1993?a. poorb. modernc. destroyedd. None of the above.43. What does the writer mean in the underlined phrase off the radar?a. no airportb. unknownc. easy accessd. unfriendly44. According to the passage, what are you most likely to see in Adelaide?a. places of worshipb. an old townc. fancy barsd. a green riverside45. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word buzzing?a. greenb. pristinec. busyd. coastal(D)Directions: Read the excerpt from Colonial Fusions in Unit 12 of the textbook and answer the questions that follow.46. What is colonial fusion?a. a mix of local and foreign designsb. a mix of only local influencesc. a mix of Singaporean and Malaysian culturesd. a mix of imperialism and independence47. What can be inferred about former colonies’ attitudes towards leftover buildings?a. They promoted the sale of them.b. They wanted to rebuild them.c. They initially did not want to keep them.d. None of the above.48. According to the passage, which country had the most influence on local architecture?a. Malaysiab. Englandc. Singapored. China49. What does the writer mean in the underlined phrase not that keen?a. promotedb. appreciatedc. uninterestedd. extended50. Which of the following is closest in meaning to presided?a. capped b controlledc. fused d influenced。
第一单元：梦想的阴暗之面艾力克斯? 哈利许多人怀有美好的愿望，期望能成为作家，但是能够梦想成真的人不多。
艾力克斯? 哈利也想成为作家，可是他成功了。
阅读下面这篇文章，看一看他成功的原因。
许多青年人对我说，他们想成为作家。
我一直鼓励这样的人，但是我也向他们解释“成为作家”和写作之间存在着巨大的差别。
多数情况下这些年轻人梦寐以求的是财富与名誉，从未想到要孤身一人长久地坐在打字机旁。
“你们渴望的应该是写作，”我对他们说，“而不应该是当作家。
”事实上，写作是一项孤单寂寞而又收入微薄的工作。
有一个被命运之神垂青的作家，就有成千上万个永远无法实现梦想的人。
即使那些成功人士也经常受到长久的冷落，穷困不堪。
我便是其中之一。
我放弃了在海岸警卫队做了二十年的工作，为的是成为一名自由撰稿人，这时，我根本没有前途可言。
我所拥有的只是一位住在纽约市的朋友，乔治? 西姆斯，他和我是在田纳西州的赫宁一起长大的。
乔治为我找了个家，位于格林威治村公寓大楼中的一间腾空的储藏室，而他是那幢大楼的管理员。
房子里冷嗖嗖的，没有卫生间，不过这没什么。
我马上买了一台旧的手动打字机，感觉自己颇象一位名符其实的作家。
然而，大约一年后，我的写作生涯依然没有任何起色，我开始怀疑自己。
卖出一篇小说是如此艰难，以至我几乎填不饱肚子。
但是，我清楚的是我想写作，我已梦寐以求了许多年。
我并不准备成为一名到死时还在想假如的人。
我会坚持把我的梦想付诸实践-- 即使这梦想意味着不稳定的生活和对失败的恐惧。
这是希望的阴暗面，任何心存梦想的人都必须学会在这阴暗面下生存。
后来有一天，我接到了一个电话，由此改变了我的一生。
这并不是一位代理人或编辑打来电话，主动要求与我签大的稿约。
恰恰相反-- 是一声鸣笛，诱使我放弃梦想。
打电话来的是海岸警卫队的老熟人，现在在旧金山。
他曾经借给我几美元，喜欢催我还给他。
“我什么时候才能拿到那十五美元，艾力克斯？”他逗我说。
“等我下一次卖出作品吧。
An impressive English lesson1 If I am the only parent who still corrects his child's English, then perhaps my son is right. To him, I am a tedious oddity: a father he isobliged to listen to and a man absorbed in the rules of grammar, which my sonseems allergic to.2 I think I got serious about this only recently when I ran into one of my former students, fresh from an excursion to Europe. "How was it" I asked, full of earnest anticipation.3 She nodded three or four times, searched the heavens for the right words, and then exclaimed, "It was, like, whoa!"4 And that was it. The civilization of Greece and the glory ofRoman architecture were captured in a condensed non-statement. My student's "whoa!" was exceeded only by my head-shaking distress.5 There are many different stories about the downturn in the proper use of English. Surely students should be ableto distinguishbetween their/there/they're or the distinctive difference between complimentary and complementary. They unfairly bear the bulk of thecriticism for these knowledge deficits because there is a sense that they should know better.6 Students are not dumb, but they are being misled everywhere they look and listen. For example, signs in grocery stores point them to the stationary, even though the actual stationery items —pads, albums and notebooks —are not nailed down. Friends and loved ones often proclaim they'vejust ate when, in fact, they've just eaten. Therefore, it doesn't make any sense to criticize our students.7 Blame for the scandal of this language deficit should be thrust upon our schools, which should be setting high standards of Englishlanguage proficiency. Instead, they only teach a little grammar and even less advanced vocabulary. Moreover, the younger teachersthemselves evidently have little knowledge of these vital structures of language because they also went without exposure to failto adequately teach the essential framework of language, accurate grammar and proper vocabulary, while they should take the responsibility of pushing the young onto the path of competent communication.8 Since grammar is boring to most of the young students, I think that it must be handled delicately, step by step. The chance came when one day I was driving with my son. As we set out on our trip, he noticed a bird in jerky flight and said, "It's flying so unsteady." I carefully asked, "My son, how is the bird flying" "What's wrong Did I say anything incorrectly" He gotlost. "Great! You said incorrectly instead of incorrect. We use adverbs to describe verbs. Therefore, it's flying so unsteadily but not so unsteady."9 Curious about my correction, he asked me what an adverb was. Slowly, I said, "It's a word that tells you something about a verb." It led to his asking me what a verb was. I explained, "Verbs are action words; for example, Dad drives the truck. Drive is the verb because it's the thing Dad is doing."10 He became attracted to the idea of action words, so we listed a few more: fly, swim, dive, run. Then, out of his own curiosity, he asked me if other words had names for their use and functions. This led to a discussion of nouns, adjectives, and articles. Within thespan of a 10-minute drive, he had learned from scratch to the major parts of speech in a sentence. It was painless learning and great fun!11 Perhaps, language should be looked upon as a road map and a valuable possession: often study the road map (check grammar) and tune up the car engine (adjust vocabulary). Learning grammar and a good vocabulary is just like driving with a road map in a well-conditioned car.12 The road map provides the framework and guidance you need for your trip, but it won't tell you exactly what trees or flowers you will see, what kind of people you will encounter, or what types of feelings you will be experiencing on your journey. Here, the vocabulary makes the journey's true colors come alive! A good vocabulary enables you to enjoy whatever you see as you drive along. Equipped with grammar and a good vocabulary, you have flexibility and excellent control. While the road map guides your journey to yourdestination, an excellent vehicle helps you to fully enjoy all of the sights, sounds and experiences along the way.13 Effective, precise, and beneficial communication depends upon grammar and a good vocabulary, the two essential assets for students, but they are not being taught in schools.14 Just this morning, my son and I were eating breakfast when I attempted to add milk to my tea. "Dad," he said, "If I were you, I wouldn't do that.It's sour."15 "Oh my!" I said, swelling with pride toward my son, "That's a grammatically perfect sentence. You used were instead of was."16 "I know, I know," he said with a long agreeable sigh. "It'sthe subjunctive mood."17 I was, like, whoa!。
