新标准大学英语四key to unit 2.docx

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新标准大学英语四keytounit2

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords

4Matchthewordsintheboxwiththeirdefinitions.

1tomakesomeonefeelthattheydonotbelongtoyourgroup（exclude）

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2tofailtodosomethingthatyoushoulddo（neglect）

3tomentionsomethingasanexample（cite）

4tobestrongenoughnottobeharmedordestroyedbysomething（withstand）

5inmostsituationsorcases（normally）

6tobeabouttohappeninthefuture（await）

5CompletetheparagraphwiththecorrectformofthewordsinActivity4.

WhenIlivedinBritain,oneofmyfavouriteradioprogrammeswascalled“DesertIslandDiscs”.The

formatwasalwaysthesame:

Guestcelebritieswereaskedtoimaginetheyhadbeenwashedashoreona

desertisland,andhadtochooseninebooks–

（1）excludingtheBibleandShakespeare,whichtheywere

alreadyprovidedwith–totakewiththemtotheisland,tohelpthem

（2）withstandthephysicalandmental

isolation.IsometimesliketothinkwhichbooksIwouldtake.（3）Normally,likemostpeople,Idon’t

havemuchtimeforreading,andIcould（4）citedozensofbookswhichIhaveneverreadbutwhichI

wouldliketo.It’sanopportunityIhave（5）awaitedallmylife,infact.ButwhatwouldIchoose?

Mostly

novels,probably,butIwouldn’t（6）neglecttoincludeavolumeortwoofpoetry.Myfirstchoice,Ithink,

wouldbeTolstoy’sWarandPeace.I’veneverreadit,butI’mreadytobelievethatitisoneofthemost

marvelousbookseverwritten.

6Replacetheunderlinedwordswiththecorrectformofthewordsinthebox.

1Inagoodnovel,thewriterandreadercommunicatewitheachother.（interact）

2Ihavetofaceuptotheproblemsoonerorlater.（confront）

3IreadthebookinonesittingandMarydidtoo.（likewise）

4E.M.ForsterwasoneofthemostimportantandrespectedBritishnovelistsofthe20thcentury.

（influential）

5Doyoubelievethataworkofliteraturecanactuallyleadtosocialchanges?

（induce）

6RobertBurnswasagreatpoetwhowroteinthelanguagevarietyspokeninScotland.（dialect）

7TheTimeTraveller’sWifeisthestoryofamanwhohasastrangeandinexplicablegeneticdisorder.

（mysterious）

7Answerthequestionsaboutthewords.

1Ifyouhavehadadisconcertingexperience,doyoufeelabit（a）tired,or（b）confused?

2Ifyouhaveavistaofsomething,canyou（a）seeorimagineit,or（b）goandvisitit?

3Wouldyouexpressgreatwrathby（a）smilingatsomeone,or（b）shoutingatthem?

4Ifyoufeelenchantedbyabook,doyou（a）likeitalot,or（b）notlikeitatall?

5Isawriterwhoissupremelytalented（a）verygood,or（b）quitegoodathisjob?

6Ifreadingfostersanunderstandingofcertainproblems,doesit（a）helpunderstanding,or（b）preventit?

7Ifyouaredesperatelytryingtogetajob,areyou（a）tryingveryhardtogetit,or（b）caringlittle

whetheryougetitornot?

8Isasensation（a）acertainty,or（b）justafeeling?

Activereading

（2）

Readingandunderstanding

2Choosethebestanswertothequestions.

1WhatdoesMillerconsidertohavebeenanadvantageduringhiswritingcareer?

（a）Tohavebeenabletoreadallthebookshewanted.

（b）Tohavegrownupinaroomfullofbooks.

（c）Tohavewrittenwithouttheaidofalibrary.

（d）Thefactthatheneverwantedtoownanybooks.

2WhatdidthreestarsonabookmeaninthepubliclibraryinMiller’syouth?

（a）Youngpeopleweren’tallowedtoreadthem.

（b）Theywerethemostpopularbooksinthelibrary.

（c）Theywereintendedforchildren.

（d）Theyweremoreexcitingthanone-starbooks.

3WhydoesMillerhopethestarsystemstillexistsinpubliclibraries?

（a）Itisanefficientsystemwhichworkswell.

（b）Itdiscouragespeoplefromreadinginappropriatebooks.

（c）Itmakespeopleinterestedinreading.

（d）Itmakesiteasierforpeopletorecognizebooks.

4Whydopeoplelendbooks,inMiller’sopinion?

（a）Becausetheyfeeltheneedtosharetheirfeelings.

（b）It’sthebestwaytomakeafriend.

（c）It’slessriskythanlendingmoney.

（d）Becauseit’snotpossibletopossessabookforever.

5AccordingtoMiller,whatshouldyoudowhenyoufindabookyouwanttoread?

（a）Pickitupandstartreading.

（b）Askafriendforadviceaboutthebook.

（c）Thinkaboutwhetheryoureallyneedtoreadit.

（d）Onlyreaditifitisoriginal.

6WhatdoesMillerespeciallyadmireaboutBlaiseCendrars?

（a）Hehadaveryadventurouslife.

（b）Hewasagreatwriter.

（c）Heknewwhattodowithhistime.

（d）Hereadaswellaswrotealot.

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords

3Matchthewordsintheboxwiththeirdefinitions.

1thequalityofbeingnew,interesting,anddifferentfromanythingthatanyonehascreatedbefore

（originality）

2theprocessofputtingpeopleorthingsintoparticulargroupsaccordingtothefeaturestheyhave

（classification）

3tomakeanorganizedanddeterminedattempttodealwithaproblem（tackle）

4tomakesomethingbetterormoreenjoyable（enrich）

5adifficultyorproblemthatpreventsyoufromachievingsomething（obstacle）

6tosinkunderwateranddie（drown）

7notbeingused（idle）

8asuggestionthatsomeoneorsomethingisespeciallysuitableorusefulforaparticularsituation

（recommendation）

9tomakealotofefforttoachievesomething（strive）

4CompletetheconversationwiththecorrectformofthewordsinActivity3

AProfessorRidgeway,you’vejustwrittenabiographyofthepoetShelley,who

（1）drownedoffthecoast

ofItalyin1822inasailingaccident.Asyouremindusintheintroduction,people’sliveshavebeen

（2）enrichedbypoetryforthousandsofyears.What（3）recommendationcouldyoumaketoayoung

poetwhoisjustbeginningtheircareer?

BThattheyshouldalways（4）strivetobethemselves,andnottoworryabout（5）originality.Oncethey’ve

foundtheirownvoice,itwillbeoriginalinitsownway,becauseeveryoneisunique.

ASoyoudon’tbelieveinthe（6）classificationswhichlabelpoetsas“romantic”or“modernist”andso

on?

BIdo,buttheyhavelimitedvalue.

AWhatdoyouthinkisthemain（7）obstaclefacingyoungpoetstoday?

BIthinkitistoacceptthatyoucannotbeproductiveallthetime.Apoet’smindisnever（8）idleand

waitingfortherightmomentispartofthecreativeprocess.Allotherproblemsarerelative,andcanbe

（9）tackledwhenyougettothem.

5Replacetheunderlinedwordswiththecorrectformofthefollowingwords.Youmayneedtomake

otherchanges.

1Ifeltdepressedandlackinginconfidenceafterreadinghiscriticismofmynovel.（demoralized）

2HenryMiller’sTheBooksinMyLifeisabout,asthenamesuggests,thestoryofhislife.

（autobiographical）

HenryMiller’sTheBooksinMyLifeis,asthenamesuggests,autobiographical.

3Shakespearehadanextraordinarytalentasawriter,whichiswithoutcomparisoninthehistoryof

Englishliterature.（prodigious;unparalleled）

4Somepeoplelooktoabookforpleasureratherthanforunderstanding.（enlightenment）

5TheexperimentinbanningalcoholdrinksintheUnitedStatesactuallyledtoanincreaseincrime.

（prohibiting）

6I’mnotsureifitistotheiradvantageforreaderstoreadthisreviewbeforetheystartthebook.

（advantageous）

7Miller’sTropicofCancerwas,withoutdoubt,oneofthemostinfamousnovelsofthe20thcentury.

（indubitably）

6Answerthequestionsaboutthewordsandexpressions.

1Ifsomeonemakesaconfession,dotheytellyousomething（a）personalandsecret,or（b）which

everyoneknows?

2Ifsomeonewhetsyourappetiteforsomething,dotheymakeyou（a）desireforit,or（b）dislikeit?

3Ifyouwadethroughpilesofdocuments,doyou（a）readordealwiththem,or（b）justignorethem?

4Ifyouhavetoforegosomething,doyou（a）finishitquickly,or（b）dowithoutit?

5Issomeonewhohasbusinessacumen（a）goodatbusiness,or（b）withoutanybusinessskills?

6Isarepetitivejoboneinwhichyoudo（a）differentthings,or（b）thesamethingeveryday?

7Ifyoudosomethingontheside,doyoudoit（a）inadditiontoaregularactivity,or（b）wherenoonecanseeyoudoit?

Languageinuse

wordformation:

-ous

1Writetheadjectiveswhichdescribe:

1awriterwhohasachievedfame（famous）

2readerswhoshowcuriosity（curious）

3someonewhofeelsenvy（envious）

4aregionwhichisfullofmountains（mountainous）

5aparcelwhichhasaverylargevolume（voluminous）

infinitive/gerundasthesubjectofasentence

2Completethesentencesusinginfinitiveorgerundasthesubject.Usuallybothformsarepossible,but

youshouldbeabletojustifyyourchoice.

1Gettingupearlyinthemorninggivesmemoretimetoorganizetheday.

（Toexpressaneverydayactivity）

2Towriteabest-sellerhasalwaysbeenmydream.

（Thisisabitmoreabstractorafar-awaygrandidea）

3Forgettingtotakebackalibrarybookmaynotseemserious,butitcausesproblemsforotherstudents.

（Toexpressanormalactivityformanypeople）

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4Tospendalotoftimereadinginone’schildhoodcanbringrewardslaterinlife.

（Usethemoreabstractformforanimportantidea）

5Tobeornottobe,thatisthequestion.

（InShakespearethiscanbeinterpretedasagrandidea,soheusestheformalway;ifyousay,‘Beingor

notbeing…’ismaybemoreimmediateandseemsnormal–butinHamletthesituationisnotnormal）

suchis/are…

3Rewritethesentencesusingsuchis/are…

1Goodwritingissopowerfulthatthereaderthinksthewriterisspeakingdirectlytothem.

Thereaderthinksthewriterisspeakingdirectlytothem.Suchisthepowerofgoodwriting.

2ThenovelSalmonFishingintheYemenissocharmingthatyoucan’tputitdownevenforamoment.

Youcan’tputSalmonFis