阅读教程4课后习题答案.docx

1、阅读教程4课后习题答案Unit 1 Animals and Their RightsREADING1Check Your Vocabulary A1.d 2.b 3.g 4.e 5.h 6.c 7.a 8.i 9.fCheck Your Vocabulary B1.Many children at first refuse to eat animal flesh. They later become to eating it just because their parents persuade them to eat it.2.There are two different and conf

2、licting attitudes towards animals; they are carefully separated so that the contradiction between the two hardly causes trouble.3.Pictures and stories deliberately avoid presenting the real situation in our modern farms. Children, therefore, are kept from seeing the reality.4.The difficulty will be

3、that non-vegetarian parents do not let their children know about the gruesome side of the story, as they are afraid to refuse to eat meat at meals. 5.Unfortunately, non-vegetarian parents will strongly disapprove of their childrens unwillingness to eat meat.READING2Check Your Vocabulary A1. malevole

4、nt2.misdirected 3.alleviate4.simulation 5.potent 6.arouse 7.placate 8. apathetic 9.therapy 10.alternative 11.expedient 12.vilifiedREADING3Check Your Vocabulary A1.balance 2.attached department 3.wickedness; evils 4.pressure 5.claim that are has evidence or seen what has happened6.a place where birds

5、 are protected and allowed to live freely7. the power to carry out legal judgment8. dirty 9.not having to perform 10.crimesCheck Your Vocabulary B1.When his animals are being experimented on, the act does not take effect.2.Your experimenter is not defying law.3.Researchers at Louisiana University la

6、unched an eight-year, $2 million project funded by the Department of Defense. They use tools to hold cats firmly and they then remove cats skulls and shoot in the head.4.The experimenters claim that their purpose for this kind of experiment is to find a way of curing brain-wounded soldiers so that t

7、hey can later go back to military service.5.Psychologists used medical operations to turn around the eyes of young cats.6.There is other evidence showing that cats were not adequately anesthetized while experimenters cut their eye muscles; animal experimentation was done by people who were not train

8、ed and did not have licenses to operate on animals; and mother cats were so agitated by experiments on them that they ate their babies.READING4Check Your Vocabulary A1.denounced 2.confinement 3.inflicted 4.defied 5. consensus 6.defianceUnit 2 Crime and PunishmentREADING1Check Your Vocabulary A1.mino

9、r: people who are under the age of 182.brutally: cruelly3.sympathy: feeling of pity4.severe: harsh5.innocent: not guilty of a crime6.proponent: supporter7.controversy: argument, opposing viewsCheck Your Vocabulary B1.convicted 2. Commit 3.proponent 4.abused 5.penalty 6. controversies 7.brutal 8.seve

10、re 9.executed 10.appealing READING2Check Your Vocabulary A1.Now we can enjoy the benefits and list in what ways we benefit from his death.2.There must be some other benefit by fastening Harding into a chair in a small room and poisoning him to death with gas.3.Now even people who are eloquently in s

11、upport of executing people, such as Arizona Attorney Grant woods, who attract a lot of public attention, believe that the death penalty will keep people from committing crimes.4.But even killing a small number of murders will have great impact on people.5.Perhaps the benefit we get from killing Hard

12、ing is not easy to see.Check Your Vocabulary B1.reaping 2.abolish 3.counted up 4.serves 5.revenge 6.free up 7.strapped 8.tangible 9.figured 10.barbaricREADING3Check Your Comprehension B1.Her voice and facial expressions show that she is sometimes deep in sorrow sometimes furious beyond her control.2

13、.This sense of justice, like many other basic beliefs, is such a necessary element for us to maintain our psychological health that we take for granted and hardly ever become aware of its existence until one day justice is severely violated.3.Peoples opinions greatly differ as to what is the proper

14、way for correcting punishing wrong/criminal behavior.4.Europeans are quite passionate when coming to the issues of taking tough measures on political violence.Check Your Vocabulary B1. oscillating 2. tremulous 3.manslaughter 4.slain 5.reconcile 6.sorely 7.equilibrium 8.rehabilitationREADING4Check Yo

15、ur Comprehension B1.I carefully examined Tonys bed to see if he had dirtied it with his body fluids.2.When I looked at the sickly man, I could not imagine that he used to be clean and neat, serious, and determined and that he robbered a bank and killed a cop.3.Many people in the underworld believed

16、that Tony should have done something for his partners, but he did nothing. This had hurt his partners. The underworld people believed that Tonys partners had been betrayed.4.Words had gone around that Tonys wife was murdered that because the underworld wanted revenge against Tony for the death of hi

17、s three crime partners.5.The lights shining in the window made the hollows in his dark face look deeper, making his look somewhat evil.Check Your Vocabulary B1.executed 2.underworld 3.copping out 4.eerily 5.malevolent 6.luminous7. vent 8.intelligbleUnit3 Gun Ownership and CensorshipREADING1Check You

18、r Comprehension B1. surely will make people think twice before they insist on having their rights to own guns.2. If it takes longer time to own a gun, then it will reduce the chances of people who use guns to harm or kill other people on impulse.3. A gun safety program should be made a must for gun

19、owners, especially those who buy guns for the first time.4. Opponents of gun control also think that gun control is similar to censorship. However, with censorship, when I cannot speak certain things, my quality of life may be lowered, but I will still be alive.Check Your Vocabulary A1.bear/keep 2.e

20、nsure/assure 3.place 4.protect/enjoy 5.enforce/pass 6.face 7.enjoy/gain/exercise/ensure/assure 8.exerciseCheck Your Vocabulary B1.viciously 2.antique 3.mandatory 4.bloodshed 5.infringed6.perception 7.institute 8.legitimate 9.militia 10.censorshipREADING2Check Your Comprehension B1. Houses where peop

21、le live are far apart. Few vehicles are on the roads. The landscape around you is empty and bare, so that you will not be able to find anywhere to hide when in danger.2.Even when I was inside my car, I was still liable to be attacked, and without protection.3.I drove over to him and told him it was

22、a private and legally protected place.4.I am not the type that gets excessively worried about my own security, nor am I willing to take risks, but I thought I needed more protection than what I had.5.Just those words and actions spoke in threats and violence, my gesturing with the pistol was a reply

23、 in the same rude and violent style, the only way that they could understand.6.I am a pacifist by nature. That peaceful nature inside me makes me sad at the thought that perhaps women can only be free and equal when they are armed.Check Your Vocabulary A1. convinced 2.precautions 3.stroll 4.opinions

24、 5.tactic 6.vulnerable bat 9.concealed 10.slash 11.belligerent 12.rock 13.desolate 14.wieldCheck your Vocabulary B1.swerved 2.trespassing 3.saddened 4.slashed 5. paranoid 6.prowlingREADING3Check Your Comprehension B1.The policeman recognized that the person who threatened and followed me was also re

25、ported to have done the same thing someone else years ago and he immediately took me away from my house.2.At the court, I learned that the person who threatened to rape and kill me was mentally ill, but somehow was neglected and not placed in a mental hospital.3.In this part of the countryside of th

26、e Michigan, people are keen on keeping and using guns.4.When you keep a gun to protect yourself, you live in constant fear and worry.5.I was not killed, but I changed.Check your Vocabulary 1.idyllic 2.assailant 3.paranoia 4.deterrent 5.flinch 6.close-knit 7.propelled 8.incarceratedREADING4Check Your

27、 Comprehension B1.That day my husband Jim Brady-the press secretary of Ronald Reagan, was added to the list of the victims of American handgun war.2.Under the circumstance, Congress votes for a salary increase for all the congressmen.3.The National Rifle Association expects the public to appease the

28、ir anger so that there would be no more anger directed at the policymakers.4.Like me , people in the nation who make sure that laws are obeyed, who put their life in danger for us every day, are not willing to hand a handgun to another assassin like John Hinckley.5.Jim Brady knows that it is importa

29、nt to have a waiting time . He knows that as he is living through the agony and suffering of his gun wound.Check Your Vocabulary A1.legacy 2. spree 3.endorsed/endorses/will endorse 4.assaults 5. outraged 6.gratified 7.carnage 8.escalate 9.legislateCheck Your Vocabulary B1.alarming/appalling 2.easy 3

30、.growing/alarming 4.mindless 5.appalling/deadly 6.deadly 7.vast/growing 8.convictedUnit5 Motivation or unhealthy Experience READING1Check Your Comprehension B1.Competition plays such an important role in our culture that it is common to see even adults shouting and swearing on Sunday afternoons . Th

31、is is ridiculous and I feel bad about it.2.From my own experience, I dont think we can develop deep and full relationships by trying to compete and win against a common enemy.3.If my success means that I have to be better than others, I dont think Ill ever have real satisfaction because I have to keep thinking of how to outdo others, which is very unpleasant and exhausting.4.Even when I reach the top position, I will not feel safe as all those below me will be waiting to outdo me and try to grab the position