英语泛读教程第二版答案
【篇一：英语泛读教程1答案】
answer keys for reference:
unit 1: education policy
i. warm-up: the american education system
2. skimming and scanning
(1) b. (2)c. (3)grade point average; scholastic aptitude test; graduate record examination (4)associates; bachelor?s; masters; doctorate
3. reading comprehension
i. read for main idea
(1) a. (2) kindergarten-5/6; 6-8, 7-9; 9/10-12 (3) 11
ii. understanding the language
a. vocabulary
3. b
4. c
5. b
6. a
7. b
8. b
b. phrases and sentences
(1) different colleges and universities have different admission policies.
(2) if a student hasnt completed a minimum number of credit hours, he cannot graduate from a degree program.
iii. reading for facts
(1) d.e. (2) c. (3) d. (4) b. (5) a.
4. interpretation and evaluation
the public school is actually funded by the public. parents of students in grades 1-12 actually pay their childrens tuition in the form of tax.
ii. in focus: education for all: the vision lives on
2. skimming and scanning
(1) b. (2) 181 (3) c. (4) a.
3. reading comprehension
i. read for main idea
(1) c. (2) c. (3) c. (4) universal basic education by the year 2000 ii. understanding the language
a. vocabulary
9. b 10. c 11. b 12. b 13. b 17. c
b. phrases and sentences
(1) if a country is seriously willing to work hard on its basic education, it can get help from the donor countries and
institutions when it lacks recourses in its achievement of this goal.
committed to sth.: willing to work very hard at something
(2) the quality of learning cant meet the needs of societies.
fall short of sth.: to be less than what you need, expected, or hoped for, or to fail to reach a satisfactory standard
(3)besides, the quality of education in some areas is poor.
coupled with: if one thing is coupled with another, the two things happen or exist together and produce a particular result (4)will the dakar forum bring about any real effect.
make a difference: to have an important effect or influence on something or someone
(5) whereas when we first started this work at the jomtien conference, we had not a bit of information to
refer to.
start from scratch: begin without using anything that existed or was prepared before
(6) whether the effort for education for all will see a final success or not relies heavily on whether governments, ngos, and donor groups want to view education as a priority.
rooted in sth.: to have developed from something and be strongly influenced by it
iii. read for facts
(1) b. (2) b. (3) c. (4) a. (5) b.
4. interpretation and evaluation
(1) a.
(2)the dakar forum was based on the results of a world-wide two-year audit.
(3)political determination is needed to accelerate the success.
(4)he is optimistic. we know it from the last paragraph.
unit 2: entertainment (i)
i. warm up
2.skimming and scanning
(1) albums chart.
(2) march 2004.
(3) p stands for “position of the album on this week at the charts”; l stands for “position of the album on the last week at the charts”; w stands for “weeks on the charts”.
(4) “feels like home”. the artist is norah jones.
(5) yes.
