现代大学英语精读2课后答案Word格式文档下载.docx

1、3） How did the professor try to prove the importance of book-reading?4） How would you respond if your brother or sister or your best friend declares that he/she is only interested in learning some job skill and therefore has no use for literature, politics, philosophy, history, art, music, etc.?5） D

2、iscuss with or interview a classmate, find out his/her ideas, summarize them and report back briefly to the class: Is education for living or make a living?II. Vocabulary 1. Practice using the rules of word formation. 1） Examine how the words specialize and simplify are formed. Find out the meanings

3、 of the suffixes “ize” and “fy”. specialize:_ + _ simplify: _ + _ 2） Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with the suffix “ize” and vice versa. Example: computer （n.） + -ize computerize （v.） Noun/Ajective Verb capital _ central _ final _ hospital _ ideal _ _ apologize _ civiliz

4、e _ fertilize _ industrialize _ realize 3） Turn the following nouns or adjectives into verbs that end with the suffix “fy”. beauty （n.） + -fy Noun/adjective Verb clarity _ class _ identity _ intense _ just _ 4） Complete the sentences based on the Chinese given in the brackets. （1） If the grass is gr

5、eener on the other side of the fence, it is a time for you to _ （施肥） your lawn. （2） Just enjoy the little things you are doing. When you look back, you will _ （意识到） they were doing the big things. （3） Walt Disney _（总结）how he made his dreams come true in four Cs: curiosity, confidence, courage and co

6、nstancy. （4） The plan was _ （批评） as too idealistic and impractical. （5） The waste water is now _ （净化） and then used for irrigation. （6） The training courses aims to _ （使合格） them as teachers of English. （7） How can you _ （说明 有正当理由的） your behavior?（8） The freshmen will first read some _ （简写） stories.

7、（9） Books can be _ （分类） in different ways. （10） I was really _ （害怕的） when I was told that 500 million people would watch my performance. 2. Complete the sentences with the expressions listed below in their proper forms. to average out （to a certain number） to be exposed to to be out to to be stuck t

8、o be true of to do with sth. to have no business doing sth. to put sb. In touch with to see to sth./to see to it that clause to specialize to 1） They said that they would _ no more trees are cut from now on 2） When he first retired, he felt very uncomfortable. He did not know what to _ all his time.

9、 3） If you want to know this, I can _ a real expert. 4） Meals at the hotel _20 yuan per day. 5） James protested that others _ saying such things about him. 6） Eric told me that everything in the hospital was first-rate, and so was it _ its doctors and nurses. 7） They were shocked to hear Professor J

10、in say that a company should not _ make profit only. 8） My father was a historian. He _ the history of the Ming Dynasty. 9） There are several ways to get around the difficulties when you _ in the middle of a sentence. 10）Some sociologists argue that the ever-increasing crime rate is due to the fact

11、that people _ too much violence in TV programs. 11） In the first half of the year, Li Fans income _ 6,000yuan per month. 12） They promised to _ the nuclear power station would be safe. 3.Choose the right word and put it in the proper form. i . to say to speak to talk to tell 1） “I can _ you how to s

12、tart, but youll have to work out the answer yourself, ” _ Mr. Baker. 2） She insisted that parents should try to find out why children sometimes _ lies. 3） Would you please stop _? We cant hear what the speaker is _. 4） He _ a few words about himself and then on to _ about the recent development in t

13、he Sino-Russian relationship. 5） We learned from what students _ about him that he _ four languages. ii . fairly rather 1） The food was_ good, but not as delicious as in the other restaurant. 2） She speaks _ fluently, but her pronunciation is _ poor. 3） Its_ hot here in the room. Will you please ope

14、n the window?iii . sensitive sensible 1） I didnt mean you .You are too_. 2） I thank it was a very _ thing for you to do on such occasions. 3） It was _ of them to withdraw their troops from that area. 4. Complete the sentences based on the Chinese given in the brackets. 1） The town used to _ almost e

15、ntirely _ （依靠） tourism for its economic development . 2） The president asked me to _ （主持） the meeting on his behalf . 3） I told them that Mr. Shen _ （ 坚持） their giving a straightforward answer 4） No country has the right to _ （干涉） other countries internal affairs . 5） His grandparents _ （渴望） his ret

16、urn to his own country . 6） In the last twenty years his research _ （集中） a new strain of rice . 7） All this _ （同意了的） at our last discussion .I dont see why we need to talk about it again . 8） Alice is still _ （犹豫） the choice between the tow jobs . 9） They would never _ （ 采取） these means to get rich

17、. 10） There is no use _ （埋怨） the situation we are in . We should take action and _ （依靠） ourselves o change it for the better . 11） Do you remember the name of the Chinese who _ （成功） swimming across the English Channel ?5.Put in the missing words. If you are like most people, your intelligence （1） _

18、from season .You are （2） _ a lot sharper in spring than you are at any （3）_ time of the year. Spring appears to be the best （4） _ of the year for thinking. One （5） _ may be that in spring mans mental （6） _ are affected by the same factors that bring （7） _ great changes in all nature. Autumn is the n

19、ext best season, （8） _ winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to （9） _ a long vacation from thinking! It has been （10） _ that cool weather is much more favorable （11） _creative thinking than is summer hear. This does not （12） _ that all people are （13） _ intelligent in summer than they （1

20、4） _ during the rest of the year. It （15） _ mean , however , that the mental powers of large numbers of people （16） _ to be lowest in summer. III . Grammar 1. Complete the following sentence wit one of these ways of expressing future time, using the verbs in the brackets. shall/will shall/will be do

21、ing shall/will have done be to do sth. be doing sth. be going to do sth. 1） It has been decided that Beijing _ （host） the 2008 Olympics. 2） The mayor of Beijing says that all construction work for the Beijing Olympics _ （complete） by 2006. 3） The central government _ （do） do what is within its power

22、 to help make the event a success. 4） Thousands of people _ （work） as volunteers when the games _（hold）. 5） There _ （be） no financial problem for Beijing in organizing the games. 6） By then the air in Beijing _ （be） cleaner. 7） By then all factories that cause serious air, water or noise pollution _

23、 （move） out of the city. 8） Beijing _ （be） more beautiful in 2008. 9） Many people in Beijing _ （learn） English in the seven years ahead. 10） Both the government and the people of Beijing _ （work） hard to make the Beijing Olympics one of the best in history. 2. Combine each pair of the sentences, usi

24、ng the right emphasizing coordinate conjunctions. notbut not only but also both and either or neither or 1）. His brother is a lawyer. His sister is a lawyer, too. 2）. What they lack is not money. What they lack is experience. 3）. They have come to china to learn Chinese. They have also come to china

25、 to learn about her culture. 4）. I find the new manager is not easy to get along with. I find he is not delightful to talk to, either. 5）. You may write your essay in your regular exercise book. You may print a copy if you do it on your computer. 3. Put in the right preposition from the list below.

26、about along with as at behind by for from in into like near of off on on to out of round to under upon with beside 1） Professor Li spoke _ an expert _ modern Chinese literature. 2） He talks _ a computer expert, but really he knows little. 3） In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were _ work. 4） _

27、 her 21st birthday, her parents sent her a leather coat _ an affectionate letter. 5） The managers office is large and airy. _ the window is a CEO-type of desk. An office chair stands _ the desk. Future back _ the corner there is a floor-to-ceiling bookcase filled _ books, magazines, etc. 6） Everyone knows him _ Old Arthur. He lives _ a little hut _ the middle of a small wood, about a mile _ the village. He goes _ the village twice a week to buy food, and occasionally he collects letters and his pension _ the post office. 7） This is what old