全新版大學英語綜合教程2課后答案(Unit4-6)

1、Unit4 The Virtual WorldPart II Reading TaskComprehensionContent QuestionPair Work1. She used to be a television producer, but now she is a writer.2. She writes and edits articles online, submits them via email, and communicates with colleagues via the Internet, too.3. She could stay computer-assiste

2、d at home for weeks, going out only t get mail, newspapers and groceries.4. They feel as if they had become one with the computer, and life seems to be unreal.5. That people who grew used to a virtual life would feel an aversion to outside forms of socializing,6. She gets overexcited, speaks too muc

3、h, and interrupts others.7. She is bad-tempered, easily angered, and attacks everyone in sight, all because she has long become separated from others and lacks emotional face-to-face exchanges with people.8. She fights her boyfriend, misinterpreting his intentions because of the lack of emotional cu

4、es given by their typed dialogue.9. Because we rely on co-works for company.10. She calls people, arrangers to meet the few friends remaining in the City, gets to the gym, arranges interviews for stories, doctor, s appointmentsanything to get her out of the house and connected with others.IL No, she

5、 docsn' t feel happy. She feels being face to face is intolerable.12. She makes her excuses and flees, re-enters her apartment, runs to the computer, clicks on the modem, and disappears into the virtual world again.Text OrganizationWorking On Your Own1.1. 2-32. 1,4-10,133. 114. 122.The first par

6、agraph describes the consequences of living a virtual life and the last tells of the author, s escape back into it. Together, they bring out the dilemma people at present are in: Because of modern technology, we have a choice between a virtual life and real life, but find both unsatisfactory.Languag

7、e Sense Enhancement(1) routine drug abuse(9) set apart(2) for company(6) restore(10) appointments(3) unemployment (7) fled(4) externally(8) gymVocabularyI1.1)conversely5) abusing9) have arranged2)but then6) tone10) in sight3)symptom7) took; in11) stretched4)spitting8) editing12) data2.1) smoking cig

8、arettes jars on me.2) find themselves getting sucked in.3) has arranged for a technician from the computer store to checkand repair it.4) fled their country to avoid military service/fled to other countries to avoid military service.5) restore people" s confidence in it.3.1) the virtual; on lin

9、e; via2) nightmare; routine; any appointment; arrange for3) cue; remarks; his tuneIL CollocationL We came here all the way on foot.2. Private cars are not allowed on campus.3. They are on vacation in Florida.4. Mary has been talking to her friend on the phone for an hour.5. Don, t worry, Lucy is alw

10、ays on time.6. Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise,III. Usage1. hard2. difficult3. impossible4. tough5. hard6. easyComprehensive ExercisesI. cloze1.(1) Internet(4) routines(7) annoying click(5) arrange(8) connection(3) virtual(6) nightmare(9) crawls(10) take in(13) sucked(15) flee(11) spit(12)

11、data2.(1) companion(2) deliver(3) access(4) enablesII. To(14) At times(5) customers(6) delights(7) provides(8) small(16)on line(9) remote(10) information1) Research shows that laughter can bring a lot of health benefits.2) A slow Internet connection speed is really annoying.3) As the

12、law stands, helping someone commit suicide is a crime.4) In her report, Mary tries to interpret the data from acompletely different angle.5) Sue is a girl of great talent. Her amazing memory sets her apart from her classmates.2.Perhapsyou envy me for being able towork from home on thecomputer.I agre

13、e that the Internet has made my job a lot easier.can write,submit and edit articles viaemail, chat with mycolleagues on line and discuss work with my boss. With a click of the mouse, I can get all the data I need and keep up with the latest news.But then, communicating through the Net can be frustra

14、ting at times.The system may crash. Worse still, without the emotional cues of face-to-face communication, the typed words sometimes seem difficult to interpret.Unit5 Overcoming Obstacles Part II Reading Task ComprehensionContent QuestionPair Work1. Because the pole was set at 17 feet which was thre

15、e inches higher than his personal best.2. Because pole-vaulting combines the grace of a gymnast with the strength of a body buiIder.3. His childhood dream was to fly. His mother read him numerous stories about flyingwhen he was growing up.4. Because he believed in hard work and sweat. His motto: If

16、you want something, work for it!5. MichaeT s mother wished he could relax a bit more and be that11 free dreaming,r little boy.On one occasion she attempted to talk to him and his father about this, but his dad quickly interrupted, smiled and said, nYou want something, work for it!”6. He began a very

17、 careful training program.7. He seemed unaware of the factthat he had just beaten his personal bestby three inches. He was very calm.8. He began to feel nervous when the bar was set at nine inches higher than his personal best.9. What his mother had taught him about how to deal with tension or anxie

18、ty helped him overcome his nervousness,10. The singing of some distant birds in flight made him associate his final jump with his childhood dream.IL He could imagine the smile on his mother, s face. He thought his father was probably smiling too, even laughing. However, in fact, his father hugged hi

19、s wife and cried like a baby in her arms.12. Because he was blind.Text OrganizationWorking On Your Own1.Part 1: : Michael faced the most challenging competition in his pole- vaulting career.Part 2: : Michaef s childhood was marked with dreams and tough training.Part 3: ee: Michael topped his persona

20、l best, won the championshipand set a new world record.2.(1) It also has the element of flying, and the thouit of flyingas high as a two-story building is a mere fantasy to anyone watching such an event.As long as Michael could remember he had always dreamed of flying.(2) All of Michaef s vaults tod

21、ay seemed to be the reward for his hard work.Language Sense EnhancementL(1) startled(2) bale of hay(3) off(4) intensityVocabularyI1.1) startled2) mere3) motion(5) shaking thetension(6) tense(7) description4) sweating5) stretched out6) vain(8) out ofnowhere(9) pictured(10) scared7) On theoccasion8) a

22、nxiety9) emotions11) In my mind' s 12) recurring10) ashamed ofeye2.1) coincides with her husband, s.2) sends the prices soaring/resuIts in the soaring of prices.3) of alternate sunshine and rain.4) have been his lifelong passions, although he studied economics at university.5) Tension came over

23、her3.1) media; dedication to; grace2) his competitors; in excitement; hug him; congratulate him on3) emotions; numerous; intensity; passion forII. Collocation1. Mike, a Green, made the suggestion that a large park be built near the community.2. In a letter to his daughter, Mr. Smith expressed his wi

24、sh that she (should) continue her education to acquire still another degree.3. There is no reason to hold the belief that humans have no direct moral responsibility to safeguard the welfare of animals.4. Children need to feel safe about the world they grow up in, and it is unwise to give them the id

25、ea that everything they come into contact with might be a threat.5. Anxiety can result from the notion that life has not treated us fairly.6. Nobody believed his claim that he was innocent.III. Words with Multiple Meanings1. I work out in the gym for one hour every morning.2. Florence has worked as

26、a cleaner at the factory for five years.3. The wounded man worked his way across the field on his hands and knees.4. The safe load for a truck of this type works out at about twenty- five tons.5. It is difficult to understand how human minds work.6. To my disappointment, the manager" s plan of

27、promoting the new products doesn' t work at all.7. The teacher has a lot of experience of working with chi Idren who donf t know how to learn.8. The medicine was like magic, and it worked instantly after you took it.Comprehensive Exercises1. cloze(1) In my mind' s eye(10) recurring(2) groan(

28、3) competitor(4) intensity(5) anxiety(6) tense(7) sweat(8) tension(9) soaring2.(1) engineer(2) forget(3) convinced(4) how(5) buildII. Translation(1)(11) brought me back to earth(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(6) accident(7) thought(8) only(9) sharp(10) touchedfantasysweatcongratulatenumbermedia(11) instruction

29、s(12) finallyof the workers and1) It is the creativity and dedicationexecutives that turned the company into a profitable business.The prices of food and medicine have soared in the past three months.3) We plan to repaint the upper floors of the office building.4) His success shows that popularity a

30、nd artistic merit sometimes coincide.5) I don' t want to see my beloved grandmother lying in a hospital bed and groaning painfully.2.Numerous facts bear out the argument/statement/c1aim that in order to recover speedily from negative emotion, you should allow yourself to cry. You needn' t/do

31、n, t have to be ashamed of crying. Anxiety and sorrow can flow out of the body along with tears.Consider the case of/Take Donna. Her son unfortunately died in a car accident. The intensity of the blow made her unable to cry. She said, “It was not until two weeks later that I began to cry. And then I

32、 felt as if a big stone had been lifted from my shoulders. It was the tears that brought me back to earth and helped me survive the crisis.Unit6Women, Half the SkyPart II Reading TaskComprehensionContent QuestionPair WorkL They liked girly toys such as a miniature kitchen, and Barbies.2. To convert

33、a gas-guzzling SUV into a hybrid electric vehicle.3. Because she didn' t know anything about cars and was afraid of being cheated by the mechanic.4. She was craving independence and wanted to live away from home for some time.5. It helped her earn six engineering credits, which of course made it

34、 easier for her to become an engineeringmajon6. Five years.7. In her view, if you find a subject is difficult to learn, it does not mean you' re not good at it. It just means you have to set your mind and work harder to get good at it.8. Because he had confidence in her abilities believing she c

35、ould have done better if she had studied more.9. No, she wasn1 t always confident. She had moments of panic, worried that as a woman she would be unable to understand thermodynamics.10. She considers it wrong because it is based on a faulty premise.11. It is flexible and more powerful than we imagin

36、e.12. What she means is not to accept others' opinions blindly but to use one s own judgment.Text OrganizationWorking On Your OwnLPart 1: : The author describes how she stumbled into engineering.Part 2: : The author writes about how she has overcome obstacles, including the bias against women, o

37、n her way to success.Part 3: ee: The author draws the conclusion that women can do anything men can so long as they believe in their own abilities.2.1) she was not a tomboy.not to an engineering department.she didn' t know the first thing about engineering.because she craved independence from he

38、r parents.already earned her six credits in engineering.2) math and design.she participated in a national competition to convert an SUV into a hybrid electric vehicle.work harder at it.that she should study more.had to work hard at courses she found difficult, which encouraged her to keep going.Lang

39、uage Sense Enhancement1.(1) limit(2) denying(8) focus(3) favor(4) others(9) incredibly flexible(5) relevant(10) considerthe(6) translatingpossibility(7) hard and fast conclusionsVocabularyI1.1)cultural/cult5)stumbled into10) Shudderingure6)decent11) implied2)indication7)buzzing12) leap3)miniature8)a

40、bnormal4)ironic9)mechanical2.1) convert RMB into US dollars in the foreign exchange office at the airport.2) didn' t know the first thing about cooking as she looked puzzled as to how to cook rice with the rice cooker.3) their faulty equipment the team had accomplished some very useful work.4) a

41、llowing me to work flexible hours as long as I work eighthours a day.17/185) couldn" t help thinking the book must be quite fascinating.3.1) will not panic/feel panic; ' 11 be at a disadvantage2) hybrid; transmissions3) crave; One indication; to distinguishIL Synonyms in ContextL also4.also

42、7. also2. as we11/too5.as we11/too8. Also3. too6. tooIIL Usage1. r ve had enough2. When I was old enough to work and earn money3. can t got enough sleep at night4. has so far collected enough of them5. have strong enough arms6. have just enough money to live onComprehensive ExercisesI. cloze1.(1) stumbled into(2) not know the first thingabout(3) mechanical(4) when it comes to(5) hybrid(6) gritted her teeth(10) culturalflexibleimply(7) premise(11)(8) at a disadvantage(12)(9) pa