新世纪研究生英语教程综合英语第五版课后考试题答案Word下载.docx

1、5. What are the reasons for peoples chimera of going paperless according to the author?Firstly, people who can profit from the idea keep selling it to us. Secondly, all technologies come down to our trying to get what we want, what we desire. And much of what we desire comes down to taking control o

2、f our lives, doing what we please without being overwhelmed by what we dont please.6. Why cannot computers replace paper in an office?First, paper has some hidden advantages over computers especially in the following three aspectsreading, writing and personal satisfaction in delivery. Furthermore, c

3、omputers cant replace paper completely in some activities such as air-traffic control and writing up police reports.U7 Competition is destructive1.Whyiscompetitiondestructiveaccordingtotheauthor?（para.3）According to the author, competition is destructive because it undermines self-esteem, poisons re

4、lationships and holds us back from doing our best.2.WhatarepurposesofgamesdevisedorcollectedbyOrlickandothers?6）The idea of the games devised or collected by Orlick and others is for each person on the field to make a specified contribution to the goal, or for all the players to reach a certain scor

5、e, or for everyone to work with their partners against a time limit.3.differencebetweenteamworkteamcompetition?8）The difference between teamwork and team competition is that in teamwork everyone on the field is working together for a common goal, while in team competition a given player works with a

6、nd is encouraged to feel warmly toward only half of those present.4.domostkindsfunrequire10,11,12）Firstall,peopledontknowanyotherwayhavenevertastedalternative.Secondly,weoverlookpsychologicalcostscompetition:itcausesself-doubtfeelingsself-worthbecomedependentonexternalsourcesevaluation.5.Whoblamefor

7、It is the structure of the game itself that is to blame rather than the individuals, since it sets competition at the very beginning.U10 Why we strive for status1. What is the writers attitude in the sentence The drive for dominance skews our perception, colors our friendships, shapes our moods and

8、affects our health? （para. 2）The author takes a negative attitude. Usually, the verbs color, shape and affect are neutral in indicating meanings, but in this context they express negative meanings.2. How do you understand the sentence If the tendency showed up only in certain societies, it would be

9、easier to dismiss as something we learn （para. 4）If the relentless one-upmanship were only limited within very few sample groups, it would be easily neglected because we could only regard that as an exception.3. In which way do zoologists support the anthropological point on the biologically endowed

10、 one-upmanship?Anthropologists point out that the same pattern can be seen everywhere while the zoologists show a wide variety of animals inferior and superior which illustrate the same pattern too. differencesmenbeingpowerfulpowerless?Men who achieve high status enjoy more sex with more partners wh

11、eresas men who are just unemployed may lose their marriages as well as self-esteem.Inwhichwaysmodernsameas,alsodifferentfromGenghisKhan?Modern men are the same as Genghis Khan in that they all strive for high status, but different in that modern men tend to rule by consent and try to avoid fighting.

12、6.Domalesalwaysfightpower?whynot?Notnecessarily,durableleadersoneswhogovernconsenttryavoidfighting.U13 Giving credit where debt is dueHowmanycreditcardsdoesaverageAmericanhave?asub-primeborrower?Peoplebadhistory.werespendinghabitsinnineteenthearlytwentiethcenturies?People regarded debt in a very neg

13、ative way. They always tried to pay off their debts in a timely manner.hascardchangedUnitedStatessince1960s?1960sborrowerspaidofftheirbalancesmonthly.Sincethen,amasseddebt.Text A1. In the first year of peace, Lebanons GDP soared by almost 40%. （C） C. increased2. SAICs previous skirmishes with invest

14、igators had attracted little attention. （D） D. arguments3. The boy grabbed hold of my bag and disappeared quickly into the crowd. （C） C. snatched4. Although Chicago has fared better than some cities, unemployment remains a problem. （A） A. got on5. The dwarfs were devastated, because they could not f

15、igure out how to save Snow White this time. （D） D. decide6. His distrust of the power of critics made him ready to gibe at David Sylvester. （A）A. laugh7. Children are most vulnerable to abuse within their own home. （A）A. unprotected8. Short of the President himself, probably no one could have put th

16、e American case more persuasively. （B）B. Other thanText B1. It snakes in and out of ports, along our busiest highways and through our most crowded cities. （C） C. crawls2. She adjusted her glasses and peered at the man. （B） B. gazed3. Southeast winds nudged the oil slick onto the shore. （A） A. pushed

17、4. My horse had been tethered to a post, but somehow it escaped. （B） B. tied5. The bridge is built to withstand an earthquake of 8.3 magnitudes. （C）C. resist6. An evaporation system is used to dissipate heat from the sun and protect the shuttles electronics. （D） D. disperse7. Narcissus was a young m

18、an who spurned the nymph Echo and became enamoured of his own reflection. （A） A. refused8. This disparity in social attitude is certainly reflected in the ambivalent feelings held by retired people. （C） C. conflicting9. Commercial sauerkraut is very salty so there is no additional salt in the recipe

19、. （D） D. formula10. Retail sales of the quintessential red meats are plummeting, whilst vegetarianism has become a fashionable norm. （B） B. decreased1. Advocates of organic foods frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others. （A） A. announce2. If I may venture an o

20、pinion, Id say the plan needs closer examination. （C） C. express3. These photographs capture the essence of working-class life at the turn of the century. （A） A. describe4. There was a preponderance of female teachers in the English department. （B） B. dominance5. Clarence had only a few fuzzy memori

21、es of his grandparents. （C） C. obscure6. What he has achieved is an extraordinary feat that would be impossible to duplicate. （B） B. equal7. Hes stopped taking drugs now, but he may revert to taking them again. （C） C. restore8. As often as not, people tend to scream under such circumstances. （D） D.

22、quite often9. What is even more important is the fact that the astronauts photographs have uncovered many things not evident at close range. （D） D. revealed10. The disposition of the troops on the battlefield is of paramount importance. （A） A. arrangement1. In particular, the relationship is becomin

23、g increasingly bedeviled by the issue of anti-missile defence. （C） C. plagued2. The universe offers no such categories or simplifications; only flux and infinite variety. （B） B. change3. The news of the wedding was plastered all over the morning papers. （A） A. covered4. Perhaps you should tweak that line or paragraph that throws the structure off before sending in the report. （C） C. revise5. The daily news stories of the worsening economy unnerved the nation. （A）A. discouraged6. She allowed her steady gaze to flicker from the glass which she had been holding for hours. （