21世纪大学英语读写教程第二册课后练习答案（1-3单元）

21世纪大学英语读写教程第二册课后 练习 飞向蓝天的恐龙练习非连续性文本练习把字句和被字句的转换练习呼风唤雨的世纪练习呼风唤雨的世纪课后练习 答案 八年级地理上册填图题岩土工程勘察试题省略号的作用及举例应急救援安全知识车间5s试题及答案 （1-3单元） 21世纪大学英语读写教程第二册课后练习答案(1-3单元) 第一单元 Text Comprehension II( 1. It was a military campaign in which many soldiers died. The effects on Churchill were () he lost his political position and he was overwhelmed w ith grief. 2. He felt so inspired to paint that he was distracted from his pers onal problems. 3. His sister-in-law’s painting inspired him to try his hand at it; his wife rushed out to buy all the materials he would need; and the wife of Si r John Lavery helped him overcome his fear of the blank canvas. 4. The blank whiteness of the canvas made him feel he didn’t know where to begin. This nervousness was not typical of Churchill, who was known pub licly as a brave and strong-willed person. 5. Churchill was comparing the canvas to an opponent in a fight, and he could now see that he need not fear his “adversary”. 6. He meant that Churchill would have been a great painter, just as he was a great politician. 7. It was his great comfort when the death of his mother was followe d quickly by the death of his daughter. 8. Because the judges suspected that it was not painted by an amateur; they were later surprised and delighted because Churchill was not just a fam ous political figure but also a talented untrained artist. 9. No, she considers that decade an artistically fruitful one. 10. He meant that painting was like a friend who never betrayed or abandoned him. This seems to suggest that he often felt lonely, misunderstood and/or disappointed in his relationship with other people. Vocabulary III. 1.artistic 2.overcome 3.infinite 4.plunged 5.mission 6.camgpain 7.revived 8.distract 9.accustomed 10.retreat 11.precaution 12. disastrou s IV. 1. delighted with 2. bore fruit 3. kept Clementine company 4. rely o n 5. take refuge 6. awaken people to 7. pay the price 8. chanced upon; dated from 9. tried his hand at 10. fell upon; came to her rescue Word Building V. 1. broadens the mind 2. weakened 3. sweeten Diet Coke 4.hardens 5. strengthen 6. deepen your understanding of the course materiall 7. sharpen the kitche n knives 8. reddened 9. brighten; quickens 10. lightened VI. 1. lucky 2. wealthy 3. tasty 4. icy 5. wavy 6. smelly 7. sleep y 8. noisy (smelly is also plausible) 9. healthy 10. sunny Structure VII. 1. Amazed at the great changes that are taking place in shanghai, many foreign visitors leave China with a completely new view of our country. 2. Unpleasantly startled by the appearance of a mouse, we promptly d ecided to clean our apartment. 3. Tired of their own cooking, they’ve decided to go to a restauran t for a change. 4. Frightened by the horror film, the little girl was alert to every sound in the house that night. 5. Deeply disappointed with the actress’s performance, tom soon swi tched to another channel. 6. Embarrassed about still being in bed at 10 a.m., when my friends came I pretended to be sick with a terrible headache. VIII. 1. So I did 2. So did my brother 3. So she was 4. So they do; so do h is classmates 5. So am I Cloze IX lonely; overcame; refuge; finally; however; where; delighted; contemplated; entry; campaign; distract; plunged into; Within a month; rescue; when; overwhe lming Translation X. “‘在画画呢!’她大声说道。‘多么有趣。可你还在等什么呢? 把画笔给我---大的 那支。’她猛地用笔蘸起颜料，还没等我缓过神来，她已经挥笔泼墨在惊恐不已的画布上画 下了有力的几道蓝色。谁都看得出画布无法回击。我不再迟疑。我抓起那支最大的画笔，迅 猛异常地向我可怜的牺牲品扑了过去。自那以后，我再也不曾害怕过画布。” XI 1. When his wife died of a stroke in her sixties, the 72-year-old re tired professor was overwhelmed by grief. Life would be too difficult for him w ithout anybody to rely on. 2. Last month two amateur painters held an exhibition of their pictures in London. Many people went to see it, including a few celebrated professor s. 3. When seven astronauts died in the Challenger disaster in the mid- 1980s, it plunged the whole world into shock and grief. 4. After completing her second prime ministry, she remained actively involved in political affairs. She came to the rescue several times when the g overnment was in difficulty. 5. After his failure in the election campaign, Dr. Smith retired to a small village, where he tried his hand at farming. 6. As long as you keep working hard all your life, you will recall y our past with a glow of satisfaction. 7. We must awaken people to the importance of environmental protecti on now, or it will soon be too late. 8. That official was removed from office for being involved in a political scandal. Had he known this would happen, he might have acted differently. Reading Analysis XII. Major Event: Life and love and hope slowly revived. How did the change happen? (1)Churchill bought a new house. (2) Another child was born to Churchill. Structured Writing XIII. One example, for reference My sister Stephanie began her love affair with television in the second grade amid highly emotional circumstances. She had had a quarrel with her best friend, and found herself alone and lonely every day after school with nothing to do. That’s when the miracle of television came toText 第二单元 Comprehension II( a. 1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6 F 7. T b. 1.I 2. I 3. I 4. N 5. I 6.N 7. I 8. N Vocabulary III. 1.label 2.converged 3.sacrifices 4.motivate 5.transplanted 6.hor rified 7.bond 8.constitute 9.surged 10.prejudice 11.resents 12. recommenda tions IV.NB. these are not the only possible synoms/definitions/translations. 1. carried out; conducted, performed 2. led to; resulted in, caused 3. springs from; arises from, comes from 4. get ahead; make progress in life, achieve more, etc. 5. showed up; appeared, arrived 6. make up; constitute, comprise 7. owes it to; 归功于 8. cope with; find a way of dealing with, manage 9. divided the cake into; 把蛋糕分成„„ 10. excluded from; 被剥夺了 11. committed to; devoted to, dedicated to 12. make it to; arrive at or on after much effort V. 1. sense of guilt 2. finally 3. imbued her with 4. offspring 5. horrified, motivated me 6. recommendations, To start with 7. naïve 8. by contrast Word Building VI. 2. misplaced 2. mismatched 3. misusing 4. mislead 5. misprinted 6. misinformed 7. misspelled 8. misunderstood Structure VII. 7. after the earthquake the government spent millions of dollars to help the victims rebuild their houses. 8. will you reconsider your decision? No one wants you to leave. 9. Some of Lu Xun’s writings were lost for decades, but they were r ediscovered in the mid-80s. 10. I see no need to restate the policy on late homework. 11. The library’s been rearranged, and I can’t find any of the books I need. 12. I hope this dictionary will be reprinted soon—I’d like to buy one. 13. Stevie Wonder’s earliest albums have been unavailable for several y ears, but they’re being re-released next month. 14. I didn’t care much for the book the first time, but I enjoyed it wh en I reread it. 15. John Harding is best known for reinterpreting Shakespeare’s plays. 16. You’ve misunderstood me—let me rephrase what I said. VIII. A. gardener calculator receiver container commander remainder hi ke inspector steamer processor supervise builder contributor consumer pain t teenager B. 1.superviser 2. inspector 3. remainder 4. processor 5. gardener 6. calculator 7. commander 8. container 9. hiking 10. teenagers Structure IX 1. It was for the benefit of the old people in the neighborhood that we organized this volunteer group. 2. It is only when we look back that we realize how far we have com e. 3. It is his secretary who does all the work. 4. It is through the act of giving that we experience our fullest st rength and power. 5. It was gold that led them to undertake the long and risky journey to California. 6. As I recall, it was you who suggested this idea in the first plac e. 7. It wasn’t until last week that they finished their report on the project. 8. It’s her beautiful eyes that I can’t forget. X. 1. The elephant weighs about 3,600 kg, whereas the blue whale weighs up to 130, 000 kg. 2.The word ‘youngster’ has a cheerful connotation, whereas ‘offspring’ sounds rather clinical. 3. Confucianism emphasizes family ties, whereas Protestantism teaches indi vidual responsibility. 4.The earliest mammals appeared on the earth hundred millions years ago, whereas the first evidence of humans dates from only about one million year ago. 5. The aim of the natural science is to predict and control natural proces s, whereas the aim of the social science is to understand human behavior. 6. He must be about sixty, whereas his wife looks about thirty. Translation XI. 儒教也为亚洲人的成功提供了另一个要素。在孔夫子的哲学中，家庭起着最重要的作 用----这种定向引导人们为家庭的荣誉而学习工作，而不仅仅是为了他们自己。一个人永远 无法报答他的父母，而且在亚洲人中间还有一种 责任 安全质量包保责任状安全管理目标责任状8安全事故责任追究制幼儿园安全责任状占有损害赔偿请求权 感、乃至负罪感，这是一种如同新教哲 学在西方一样的强大力量。 XII. 9. Female students constitute the majority of our class. By contras t, their class is made up of males only. 10. American children can usually watch TV three hours a day, whereas their Chinese counterparts have to work on their homework during most their after -school time. 11. His development of a series of new research methods led to his huge success. He said he owed all this to his parents’ encouragement. 12. He resented being excluded from discussions that directly concerned his future. 13. The fact that these problems are continually showing up suggests tha t this new device has to be readjusted. 14. As one of the many Asian students who have surged into the best American universities in recent years, Zhang Hua says that many of his ideas are ba sed on traditional Chinese philosophy. 15. To start with, it is not merely money that makes Mr. Young work so hard. He is committed to educating the young and tires to motivate them to get a head in life. 16. As time was running out, we drove even faster in the hope that we co uld make it to the airport in time. Cloze XIII 1. immigrant 2. than 3. obligation 4. motivated 5. widespread 6. however 7. although 8. discrimination 9. but/although 10. One day 11. guilty 12. horrified 13. repay 14. owe Reading Analysis XII. Stevenson offered three recommendations: To start with, we need higher standards for our kids second, American parents need to become more committed to their children’s education. And third, o ur school could be reorganized in simple but effective ways. Structured Writing XIII. One example, for reference Students at our university admire their English teachers for three main reasons. To start with, the teachers’ hard work and dedication are highly inspiring to us. Second, the wonderfully creative lessons they prepare strongly motivate us to study as hard as we should. And third, our teachers’ warmly human c haracters create bonds of friendship that will last forever. 第三单元 Text comprehension II. 1. The author is talking about cultural differences: different ways of doing things in different cultures; different attitudes, traditions, beliefs, etc. she or he says neither side can understand because people are not usually conscious of their deepest cultural attitudes. 2. The American company George worked for started a joint venture with a Japanese firm, and they needed someone to train the Japanese engineers. George was the most highly qualified employee for the position, and he accepted a two-year contract for temporary transfer to Japan. 3. The Japanese liked George’s nonassertive nature, his expertise and his willingness to help; it’s also implied that they liked his efforts to learn Japanese, and that the secretaries liked the fact that he was single. These qualities contributed to his becoming a cultural translator by making the Japanese trust him, feel comfortable with him, and grow accustomed to asking him f or all kinds of advice. 4. He had to ‘reinvent’ himself because his expertise as an engineer was no longer needed, but he didn’t want to leave Japan. The company accepted his ‘reinvention’ because they had heard lots of horror stories about cultural conflicts and recognized the value of having someone like George around. 5. The author means that the misunderstandings were not always merel y linguistic. 6. The examples imply that there is a strong group orientation in Japanese business, that sentiment can be as important as profit and efficiency, and that employees may be valued for something other than their material contribution to the company. the fact that these examples mystified the US side implies that in American business relations, profit and efficiency are considered more important than sentiment, and that Americans expect logical explanations for decisions, expenditures, etc. 7. Because the words and actions of the American visitors could be misinterpreted by the Japanese: things that could seem crazy or rude to the Japa nese are normal to Americans. 8. Because the author believes that language problems are not a seri ous barrier, compared with cultural differences. Vocabulary III. 1. surpassed 2. approved 3. ensure 4. thriving 5.escalated 6. qualified 7. represent 8. apparent 9. justify 10. conflicts IV. 1. go along with 2. from the farmers’ viewpoint 3. multitudes of 4. run into 5. come to an end 6. picked up 7. at times 8. gotten into the habit of 9. smooth over 10. the other way around V. 1. due to 2. thanks to 3. due to 4. Thanks to 5. due to 6. Thanks to Word Building VI. Interchangeable: that can be used in place of each other Interface: a place or area where different things meet and have an effect on each other Intercontinental: between continents Intersection: a joint where two roads or lines cross Interdisciplinary: involving two or more disciplines Interview: an occasion when a person is asked questions by one or more oth er people 1. intercontinental 2. interface 3. intersection 4. interchangeable 5. interview 6. interdisciplinary VII. 1. Almost everyone would like to have more money for nonessential goods and services just because they make life a little more pleasant. 2. Mr. Peterson is the chairman of nonprofit charity organization. 3. Hostility towards outsiders is characteristic of both humans and non-humans. 4. Although I’m a nonsmoker, I don’t support discrimination agains t smokers. 5. It would be nonsense to say that all Asian societies are the sam e. 6. There’s a difference between using words in a nonstandard way an d using them incorrectly. Cloze VIII. 1. among 2. conflicts 3. made 4. understanding 5. since 6. conscious of 7. so 8. run into 9. with 10. crazy 11. that is 12. since 13. Tha t’s is 14. escalating 15. parties Translation IX. 从一开始，乔治就被所有的日本雇员欣然接受。日方经理通常不信任任何被派去代表 美方业主的人，但乔治生性随和，没有人把他看作是对自己职业的一种威胁。所以他们喜欢 就广泛的各类问题征求他的意见，包括大洋彼岸他们的合作伙伴的古怪行为。公司上下的工 程师们都珍视乔治的专业知识和他友好而技能熟练的帮助，他们已养成了一有问题----任何 问题，就找他帮忙的习惯。办公室里的秘书们都热衷于帮助这个讨人喜欢的单身汉学习日语。 X. 1. When this temporary job came to an end, George was offered a permanent job, which he accepted at once. 2. To ensure that their ventures in Japan are profitable, the American com panies need cultural translators even more than language translators. 3. As a cultural translator, George was eager to help the Japanese employees who came to ask his advice on a great many matters, both within and outside of his field of expertise. 4. Somehow or other, George persuaded the American manager to go along with the Japanese accountant’s decision, thus smoothing over the conflict between the two. 5. Conflicts and arguments do arise at times between the American managers and their Japanese counterparts. But since both parties have the good sense to compromise, these conflicts are prevented from escalating into big emotional b attles. 6. All the Japanese employees, the personnel manager included, appreciated George’s frequent help with the multitude of problems they run into. 7. My spoken Japanese is not good enough to express myself well. Please do n’t get offended if I sometimes say stupid things. 8. with a solid understanding of traditional Chinese medicine and a good mastery of English, dr. Zhang is highly qualified to train foreign doctors who c ame to China to study Chinese medicine. Reading analysis XI. General observation: at times something far more important than good Engli sh was needed. Illustration 1: one such case was when the Japanese accountant had to expl ain the $ 46,534 spent of 874 December- holiday presents. Illustration 2: or there was the time when the Japanese personnel manager had to justify keeping a chemist on the payroll even though the company no long er needed his expertise. Structured writing XII. One example, for reference When foreign visitors come to China for the first time they often run into embarrassing situations. One such case was when some British tourists tried to pay for what they bought at a street market with their credit cards. Or there was the time when they went shopping in small shops without bargaining at all.