Unit 1
Text A assure biased dread grin hover scrawl visible
Text B await crease engage frail glisten hint sole
Don’t sit for too long or you’ll crease(折痕) your new dress.
别坐得太久，否则会弄皱你的衣服。
There’s a hint(少许) of summer in the air, although it’s only April.
虽然才四月，空气中已经有一丝夏天的味道。
He assured(保证) me that the well-known doctor would cure my headache.
他向我保证,那个著名的医生会治好我的头痛。
I handed in my application for the job last week; I am eagerly awaiting(等待)
their reply.
我上周提交了我的就业申请，现在正急切地等待着他们的答复。
I wish you’d stop hovering(盘旋) round and let me get on with some work.
我希望你能停止在周围转动，好让我做一些工作。
Hilary was out, so I scrawled(潦草) a note to her and put it under the door.
希拉里不在家，所以我草草写了一张给她的字条，放在门下。
The little girl kept on dancing, her face and black hair glistening(闪亮的) with sweat.
（完整版）新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）
综合教程第二册习题答案
Unit 1 > Key to Book Exercise
Listen and Respond
Task One Focusing on the Main Ideas
1 Choose the best answer to complete each of the following
sentences according to the information contained in the listening
passage.
1 Before graduating from college, the speaker was asked to ________.
A) make a piece of cake for the class
B) write down people’s response to her smile
C) observe how people smile at each other
D) act kindly to someone
2 While waiting for her turn to get her breakfast at the local McDonalds, the
speaker ________. A) was ready to serve the two poor homeless men who smelled
B) saw a terrible dirty man standing in the line
C) found that a short gentleman was waiting for his meal
D) noticed that a homeless man was smiling at her
3 The two poor homeless men went to the local McDonalds to ________.
Unit One
People Around Us
Enhance Your Language Awareness
Words in Action
▆ Working with Words and Expressions
1. In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the
following sentences with them. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) crease
2) hint
3) assured
4) awaiting
5) hovering
6) scrawled
7) glistening
8) frail
9) sole
10) visible
11) engaged
12) biased
13) dreading
14) grinning
2. In the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you know
how to use them in the proper context Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling
exercise. Change the form where necessary.
▆ Answers:
1) for fear of
2) pulled up
3) except for
4) get by
5) make a living
6) every so often
7) in the background
8) Shut off
1 Electronic Teaching Portfolio Book One Unit One: College Life Part I Get Started Section A Discussion ▇ Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions. 1. You may have imagined what college life would be like before you became a college student. Has it turned out to be what you expected? Provide examples in support of your answers. 2. Whenever you think about college life, what are some of the things that come to mind? Following the examples given, make a list of such things in the following table. Share your answers with your group members and comment on each of the items you have listed as you go along. College Life assignments deadlines … 3. How do you like your college life so far? Give examples. 4. What do you think is the most important thing to achieve at college? Explain. ▇ Answers for reference: 1. Possible positive comments on college life may include the following: academic atmosphere, good student accommodations, modern facilities for teaching and research, qualified professors, nice classmates, etc. Possible negative comments on college life may include the following: hard to get adjusted to the new environment, academic pressure, homesickness, problems in interpersonal relationships, poor food, etc. 2. College Life assignments deadlines tuition projects friendship roommates tests teachers classmates graduation grades academic pressure 3. Possible examples are: carefree and colorful life, academic environment, friendship, a door leading to the outside world, etc. However, college life may also be boring for some students, because most of their time is spent on study, and they are far away from home, etc. 4. Possible answers are: academic excellence, developing communicative skills and interpersonal relationships
