新大学英语（第二版）综合教程2 （unit2）的课后答案

新大学英语（第二版）综合教程2 （unit2）的课后答案

Text A
A Life Full of Riches
I.Vocabulary
1.Fill in the gaps with words or phrases…
1) abrupt 2) emotional 3) bless 4) wear and tear
5) dated 6) consequences 7) seemingly 8) in contrast to
9) Curiosity 10) genuine 11) primarily 12) sentiments
2.Rewrite each sentence…
1) confronted with more than one problem,try to solve the easiest one first
2) vital to the existence of all forms of life
3) some confusion among the students about what to do after class to follow up on the subject
4) nothing more than a job and an apartment to be happy
5) tickled him to think that she’d come to ask his advice
3.Complete the sentences
1) a lingering,fabricating,sentiments
2) fill out,every item,vital,consequences
3) be denied,tangible,cherish,attain
II.Words with Multiple Meanings
1.It is a long trip and will take us five hours by bus.
2.She arrived early and took a front row seat.
3.Don’t take me for a fool.
4.It takes a lot of imagination to fabricate such a story.
5.My uncle will take me (alone on his trip) to the Arctic this summer.
6.He took the dinner plate I passed to him.
7.Kevin took second prize in the weight-lifting competition.
8.If you don’t take my advice,you will regret it.
III.Usage
1.hanging 2.to give 3.to return 4.being praised
5.not having 6.to say 7.to open 8.being helped
Comprehensive Exercises
I.Cloze
1.Text-related
1) well-off/affluent 2) dated 3) falling into 4) bracket 5) deny 6) tangible
7) pursuit 8) cherishes 9) out of place 10) abrupt 11) focus 12) donations
2.Theme-related
1) consume 2) fueled 3) annual 4) plain 5) physically
6) security 7) indicates 8) equally 9) traditional 10) follows
II.Translation
1.Translate the Sentences
1) The company denied that its donations had a commercial purpose.
2) Whenever he was angry,he would begin to stammer slightly.
3) Education is the most cherished tradition in our family.That’s why my parents never took me to dinner at expensive restaurants,but sent me to the best private school.
4) Shortly after he recovered from the surgery,he lost his job and thus had to go through another difficult phase of his life.
5) In contrast to our affluent neighbors,my parents are rather poor,but they have always tried hard to meet our minimal needs.
2.Translate the passage
With more and more donations coming in,our university will be much better off financially next year.We will thus be able to focus on the most important task that we,educators,must take on:to encourage students to attain their scholarly/academic goals,to train them to be dependable and responsible individuals,to prepare them for the life ahead,and to guide them in their pursuit of spiritual as well as material satisfaction.