21世纪大学英语读写教程第一册课后答案

21 世纪大学英语读写教程第一册课后答案

Unit 1

Text A

Exercise

V

1. solutions.

2. ignore.

3. persuade.

4. assign.

5. deadline.

6. approach.

7. stuck.

8. essentials.

9. managed.

10. necessarily.

11. retained.

12. due, draft.

VI

1. put in

2. make the most of

3. put down

4. lead to

5. get her hands on

6. put away our picnic things

7. to stick to

8. time after time

9. has cut down on smoking

10. counts for much more

VIII

1. thus cutting down on our costs

2. while having his breakfast

3. so that he can memorize a couple of new words everyday while cooking his meals

4. thus greatly increasing his reading speed

5. while studying Chinese modern history at Beijing University

6. thus being able to do very well in their work

7. while doing his homework

8. so that you can become one, too

IX

1. used to go

2. got used to getting

3. used to study, has got used to working

4. used to say

5. used to write, got used to communicating

XI

1. went unnoticed

2. go unpunished

3. go uncorrected

4. goes unnoticed, unmentioned

5. go unreported

XIII. Translation

1. Tom, a very curious boy, is interested not only in whats but also in whys and hows.

2. According to Professor Smith, happiness is the ability to make the most of what you have.

3. You ’d better keep the book where you-r y1e5a r-old son can t ge’t his hands on it.

4. The story was so funny that Bill kept laughing all the time while reading it.

5. High-achieving students do not necessarily put in more time at their studies than their lower-scoring classmates.

6. How did you manage to persuade these students to take the

speed-reading course?

7. Working hard is important, but knowing how to make the most of

one ’s abilities counts for much more.

8. She asked her students to think for themselves rather than telling them what to think.

Text B

Exercise

I

1. opposite

2. preference

3. located

4. feasible

5. perspective

6. have shifted

7. concern

8. attractive

9. survive

10. transfer

11. prospect

12. particularly

13. treasure

14. Despite

II

1. on the other hand

2. keep up

3. As for

4. for good

5. turned out

6. come of age

7. what if

8. welled up

Unit 2

Text A

Exercise

III

1. response

2. bounced

3. Conversation

4. previous

5. encouragement

6. parallel

IV

1. entirely

2. objection

3. challenged

4. original

5. responsible

6. relative

7. halfway

8. startled

9. simply

10. back and forth

11. joined in

12. just as

13. knocked down

14. came to a halt

15. Even if

16. fell apart

V

1. unconsciously

2. response

3. previous

4. suitable

5. even though

6. disagree

7. topic

8. calling on

9. switched

10. and so on

11. in line

12. take turns

VI

1. Excellence

2. independence

3. intelligence

4. significance

5. patience

6. silence

7. violence

8. differences

9. distance

10. confidence VII

1. disappeared

2. disorder

3. dishonest

4. disobey

5. disagree

6. disadvantages

7. discomfort

8. dislike

9. disbelief

10. dissatisfied

VIII

(A)

1. Whoever is most qualified

2. Whoever has money

3. Whoever holds it

4. whoever is not with him

5. whoever would take the job

6. Whoever fears to face his own past

(B)

1. Whatever they have

2. whatever decisions he makes

3. Whenever the weather is bad

4. wherever he goes

5. Whichever direction you turn to

6. however hard she tried

IX

1. No wonder it ’s freezing cold today

2. No wonder there is no picture on the screen

3. No wonder many career women are not married

4. No wonder they asked so many questions

5. No wonder it has become a best-seller of this spring

6. No wonder US students are anxious about math

XII

1. Referring to the differences between American English and British English, he said, “ The United States and Britain are two different countries after all. ”

2. Professor Smith encourages his students to think for themselves. He often says, “I am just as happy, even if you challenge me or completely disagree with me. ”

3. We called on him to take part in our conservation about pop music, but

as soon as he joined in, he introduced a new topic and referred to the

NBA finals of the previous week.

4. The driver is responsible for this accident. His car knocked down a tree

and a man on his bike.

5. Since our production of radios came to a halt, we have switched to the production of mobile phones.

6. Our original plan was to see such famous sights as the Great Wall, the

Palace Museum and the Summer Palace in Beijing.

7. It ’s no simple mattera tr o nle a foreign language well. Even though I

have learned English for a few years, I still can ’t express myself effectively in the language.

8. I don ’t want you simply to agree or disagree with I m n e eed someone –

who can give me good advice, ideas, and so on.

Text B

Exercise

I

1. academic

2. intelligence

3. reflects

4. Social

5. predicted

6. context

7. advantage

8. attitude

9. traits

10. communication

11. distinguish

12. represented

13. influences

14. mature

II

1. getting ?across

2. come out

3. Because of

4. in short

5. as a result

6. as well

7. in some cases

8. sent out

Unit 3

Text A

Exercise

IV

1. draw

2. bear

3. worn out

4. got tired of

5. racial

6. paid, attention to

7. mature

8. broke into

9. performed

10. conquer

11. aspects

12. As far as

V

1. Brought up

2. broke into running

3. amazed

4. All his wife could do was

5. resemble

6. with ease

7. conquered

8. wear out / are worn out

9. turned out

10. has grown into

11. tragedy

12. promptly

VI

1. personal

2. traditional

3. humorous

4. logical

5. courageous

6. poisonous

7. educational

8. victorious