全新版大学英语综合教程2[第二版]课后答案解析

Unit1 Ways of Learning Vocabulary

I

1.

1)insert

2)on occasion

3)investigate

4)In retrospect

5)initial 6)phenomena

7)attached

8)make up for

9)is awaiting

10)not; in the

least

11)promote

12)emerged

2.

1) a striking contrast between the standards of living in the north

of the country and the south.

2)is said to be superior to synthetic fiber.

3)as a financial center has evolved slowly.

4)is not relevant to whether he is a good lawyer.

5)by a little-known sixteen-century Italian poet have found their

way into some English magazines.

3.

1)be picked up; can’t accomplish; am exaggerating

2)somewhat; the performance; have neglected; they apply to

3)assist; On the other hand; are valid; a superior

II

1.

1)continual

2)continuous 3)continual

4)continuous

2.

1)principal

2)principal

3)principle 4)principles

5)principal

III

1.themselves

2.himself/herself

3.herself/by herself/on her own

4.itself

5.ourselves

6.yourself/by yourself/on your

own

Comprehensive Exercises I.cloze

1.

(1)contrast

(2)exaggerating

(3)priority

(4)on the other

hand (5)promoting

(6)pick up

(7)assist

(8)accomplish

(9)occasion

(10)neglecting

(11)worthwhile

(12)superior

2.

(1)end

(2)perform

(3)facing

(4)competent (5)equipped

(6)designed

(7)approach

(8)rest

(9)definitely

(10)quality

II.translation

1.

(1)It takes an enormous amount of courage to make a departure from

the tradition.

(2)Tom used to be very shy, but this time he was bold enough to give

a performance in front of a large audience.

(3)Many educators think it desirable to foster the creative spirit

in the child at an early age.

(4)Assuming this painting really is a masterpiece, do you think it’s

worthwhile to buy it

(5)If the data is statistically valid, it will throw light on the

problem we are investigating.

2.

To improve our English, it is critical to do more reading, writing, listening and speaking. Besides, learning by heart as many well-written essays as possible is also very important. Without an enormous store of good English writing in your head you cannot express yourself freely in English. It is also helpful to summarize our experience as we go along, for in so doing, we can figure out which way of learning is more effective and will produce the most desirable result. As long as we keep working hard on it, we will in due course accomplish the task of mastering English.

Unit2 Values

Vocabulary

I

1.

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.

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.

1) a lingering; fabricating; sentiments

2)fill out; every item; vital; consequences

3)be denied; tangible; cherish; attain

II

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 (along 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

1.hanging

2.to give

3.to return

4.being praised

5.not having written

6.to say

7.to open

8.being helped

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1.

(1)well-off/affl

uent

(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.

(1)consume

(2)fueled

(3)annual

(4)plain (5)physically

(6)security

(7)indicates

(8)equally

(9)traditional

(10)follow

III. Translation

1.

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 to meet our minimal needs.

2.

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.

Unit3 The Generation Gap Vocabulary

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1.

1)typical

2)dumb

3)junior

4)glorious 5)welfare

6)came over

7)interference

8)fading

9)narrowed down

10)frank

11)schemes

12)at any rate

2.

1)consists of five generals and four police officers.

2)will be in a location overlooking the lake.

3)was humiliated by her comments about my family background in front

of so many people.

4)have any proof that it was Henry who stole the computer

5)was exhausted after the long cycle ride.

3.

1)hysterical; was handed down by; should have known better than

2)twisted; over and over; talented son

3)patience; not to keep him in suspense; assured; repeatedly II.Collocation

1.adequate

2.anxious

3.certain

4.content

5.crazy

6.likely

7.fortunate

8.keen

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1.be admitted

2.live

3.be postponed

4.buy

5.be banned

6.be

Comprehensive Exercises I.cloze

1.

(1)typical

(2)welfare

(3)constant

(4)frank

(5)talent

(6)dumb (7)know better than that

(8)repeatedly

(9)dread

(10)interference

(11)bet

(12)assure

2.

(1)despite

(2)really

(3)same

(4)contact (5)admitted

(6)attempt

(7)not

(8)tend

(9)different

(10)manner

II.Translation

1.

(1)Have scientists found proof of water on Mars

(2)The planning committee has narrowed down the possible locations

for the nuclear power plant to two coastal towns.

(3)Sam not only lost his job but also both legs; he had to live on

welfare for the rest of his life.

(4)A jury consisting of 12 members voted in unison that Mary was

guilty.

(5)Sean felt humiliated to hear his talent being questioned.

2.

George, the son of Mr. Johnson, liked listening to heavy metal music in the evenings, which made it hard for other residents in the community to fall asleep. Eventually the exhausted neighbors lost their patience and decided on direct interference. They called Mr. Johnson to tell him in a frank manner what they were thinking. Mr. Johnson assured them that he would certainly settle the issue. As soon as he put down the phone he scolded his son, “What has come over you You should know better than to disturb others for your own amusement.”In the end George traded his CD’s for computer games software from his classmates.

Unit4 The Virtual World Vocabulary

I

1.

1)conversely

2)but then

3)symptom

4)spitting 5)abusing

6)tone

7)took; in

8)editing

9)have arranged

10)in sight

11)stretched

12)data

2.

1)smoking cigarettes jars on me.

2)find themselves getting sucked in.

3)has arranged for a technician from the computer store to check

and repair it.

4)fled their country to avoid military service/fled to other

countries to avoid military service.

5)restore people’s confidence in it.

3.

1)the virtual; on line; via

2)nightmare; routine; any appointment; arrange for

3)cue; remarks; his tune

II.Collocation

1.We came here all the way on foot.

2.Private cars are not allowed on campus.

3.They are on vacation in Florida.

4.Mary has been talking to her friend on the phone for an hour.

5.Don’t worry, Lucy is always on time.

6.Industrial demand on fuel is on the rise.

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1.hard

2.difficult

3.impossible

4.tough

5.hard

6.easy

Comprehensive Exercises

I.cloze

1.

(1)Internet

(2)click

(3)virtual

(4)routines

(5)arrange

(6)nightmare (7)annoying

(8)connection

(9)crawls

(10)take in

(11)spit

(12)data

(13)sucked

into

(14)At times

(15)flee

(16)on line

2.

(1)companion

(2)deliver

(3)access

(4)enables (5)customers

(6)delights

(7)provides

(8)small

(9)remote

(10)informatio

n

II.Translation

1.

1)Research shows that laughter can bring a lot of health benefits.

2) A show Internet connection speed is really annoying.

3)As the law stands, helping someone commit suicide is a crime.

4)In her report, Mary tries to interpret the data from a completely

different angle.

5)Sue is a girl of great talent. Her amazing memory sets her apart

from her classmates.

2.

Perhaps you envy me for being able to work from home on the computer.

I agree that the Internet has made my job a lot easier. I can write, submit and edit articles via email, chat with my colleagues on line and discuss work with my boss. With a click of the mouse, I can get all the data I need and keep up with the latest news. But then, communicating through the Net can be frustrating at times. The system may crash. Worse still, without the emotional cues of face-to-face communication, the typed words sometimes seem difficult to interpret.

Unit5 Overcoming Obstacles Vocabulary

I

1.

1)startled

2)mere

3)motion

4)sweating 5)stretched out

6)vain

7)On the

occasion

8)anxiety

9)emotions

10)ashamed of

11)In my mind’s

eye 12)recurring

2.

1)coincides with her husband’s.

2)sends the prices soaring/results in the soaring of prices.

3)of alternate sunshine and rain.

4)have been his lifelong passions, although he studied economics

at university.

5)Tension came over her

3.

1)media; dedication to; grace

2)his competitors; in excitement; hug him; congratulate him on

3)emotions; numerous; intensity; passion for

II.Collocation

1.Mike, a Green, made the suggestion that a large park be built near

the community.

2.In a letter to his daughter, Mr. Smith expressed his wish that she

(should) continue her education to acquire still another degree.

3.There is no reason to hold the belief that humans have no direct moral

responsibility to safeguard the welfare of animals.

4.Children need to feel safe about the world they grow up in, and it

is unwise to give them the idea that everything they come into contact with might be a threat.

5.Anxiety can result from the notion that life has not treated us fairly.

6.Nobody believed his claim that he was innocent.

III.Words with Multiple Meanings

1.I work out in the gym for one hour every morning.

2.Florence has worked as a cleaner at the factory for five years.

3.The wounded man worked his way across the field on his hands and knees.

4.The safe load for a truck of this type works out at about twenty-five

tons.

5.It is difficult to understand how human minds work.

6.To my disappointment, the manager’s plan of promoting the new

products doesn’t work at all.

7.The teacher has a lot of experience of working with children who don’t

know how to learn.

8.The medicine was like magic, and it worked instantly after you took

it.

Comprehensive Exercises

I.cloze

1.

(1)In my mind’s eye

(2)groan

(3)competitor

(4)intensity

(5)anxiety

(6)tense

(7)sweat

(8)tension (9)soaring

(10)recurring

(11)brought me back to earth

(12)fantasy

(13)sweat

(14)congratulate

(15)number

(16)media

2.

(1)engineer

(2)forget

(3)convinced

(4)how

(5)build (6)accident

(7)thought

(8)only

(9)sharp

(10)touched

(11)instructio

ns

(12)finally

II.Translation

1.

1)It is the creativity and dedication of the workers and executives

that turned the company into a profitable business.

2)The prices of food and medicine have soared in the past three

months.

3)We plan to repaint the upper floors of the office building.

4)His success shows that popularity and artistic merit sometimes

coincide.

5)I don’t want to see my beloved grandmother lying in a hospital

bed and groaning painfully.

2.

Numerous facts bear out the argument/statement/claim that in order to recover speedily from negative emotion, you should allow yourself to cry. You needn’t/don’t have to be ashamed of crying. Anxiety and sorrow can flow out of the body along with tears.

Consider the case of/Take Donna. Her son unfortunately died in a car accident. The intensity of the blow made her unable to cry. She said, “It was not until two weeks later that I began to cry. And then I felt as if a big stone had been lifted from my shoulders. It was the tears that brought me back to earth and helped me survive the crisis.”

Unit6 Women, Half the Sky Vocabulary

I 1.

1)cultural/cult

ure

2)indication

3)miniature

4)ironic 5)stumbled into

6)decent

7)buzzing

8)abnormal

9)mechanical

10)Shuddering

11)implied

12)leap

2.

1)convert RMB into US dollars in the foreign exchange office at the

airport.

2)didn’t know the first thing about cooking as she looked puzzled

as to how to cook rice with the rice cooker.

3)their faulty equipment the team had accomplished some very useful

work.

4)allowing me to work flexible hours as long as I work eight hours

a day.

5)couldn’t help thinking the book must be quite fascinating. 3.

1)will not panic/feel panic; ’ll be at a disadvantage

2)hybrid; transmissions

3)crave; One indication; to distinguish

II.Synonyms in Context

1.also

2.as well/too

3.too

4.also

5.as well/too

6.too

7.also

8.Also

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1.I’ve had enough

2.When I was old enough to work and earn money

3.can’t got enough sleep at night

4.has so far collected enough of them

5.have strong enough arms

6.have just enough money to live on Comprehensive Exercises

I.cloze

1.

(1)stumbled into

(2)not know the first thing

about

(3)mechanical (4)when it comes to

(5)hybrid

(6)gritted her teeth

(7)premise

(8)at a disadvantage

(9)panic

(10)cultural (11)flexible

(12)imply

2.

(1)chair

(2)force

(3)secrets

(4)painstaking (5)recognized

(6)steered

(7)essentially

(8)observations

(9)women

(10)tutor

(11)inspired

(12)unless

II.Translation

1.

1)He is a man of few words, but when it comes to playing computer

games, he is far too clever for his classmates.

2)Children who don’t know any better may think these animals are

pretty cute and start playing with them.

3)There is no way to obtain a loan, so to buy the new equipment,

I’ll just have to grit my teeth and sell my hybrid car.

4)The hunter would not have fired the shots if he had not seen a

herd of elephants coming towards his campsite.

5)I find it ironic that Tom has a selective memory---he does not

seem to remember painful experiences in the past, particularly

those of his own doing.

2.

Nancy Hopkins is a biology professor at MIT. She craves knowledge and works hard. However, as a scientist, she could not help noticing all kinds of indications of gender inequality on campus. Men and women professors did the same work, but when it came to promotion the administrators were rather selective. It was ironic that after so much cultural progress, women were still at a disadvantage in institution of higher education. When her request for more lab space was refused, she knew she had to fight. So she gritted her teeth and complained to the President. The fight ended in victory and Nancy was converted into a gender-equity advocate.

Unit7 Learning about English Vocabulary

I

1.

1)Strictly speaking

2)drifted 3)resembles

4)invaded

5)is conquered

6)fascinating

7)snack

8)put; into practice 9)source

10)climate

11)surrendered

12)were; aroused

2.

1)an absolute necessity rather than a luxury.

2)is a valuable addition to the football team.

3)will get out of control, if the firemen do not arrive within ten

minutes.

4)Alternative but to go via Vancouver to get to Seattle.

5)Declared all beef imports will be banned for the next six months

as an emergency measure to stop the spread of mad disease.

3.

1)systematic; have invented; to a very real extent; mysteries

2)to establish; to be modified/modifying

3)tolerance towards; strike out; enrich

II.Synonyms

1.

a)wish

b)wish c)want

d)want/wish

2.

a)skin

b)hide/skin c)hide

d)skin

e) 3.

a)raise/rear

b)raise c)rear/raise

d)raise

4.

a)royal

b)kingly/royal c)sovereign

d)royal/kingly

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1.Indeed

2.though

3.Frankly

4.Moreover

5.To my knowledge

6.however

7.nevertheless

8.Yet

9.instead

10.in other words

Comprehensive Exercises

I.cloze

1.

(1)fascinating (2)tolerance (3)invented

(4)addition

(5)ban

(6)corrupt

(7)out of control

(8)influenced (9)elite

(10)came up

with

(11)establishi

ng

(12)Massive

(13)sources

(14)enrich

2.

(1)early

(2)similar

(3)source

(4)observation (5)examine

(6)features

(7)declared

(8)stronger

(9)accident

(10)sprung

II.Translation

1.

1)Many small businesses have sprung up in the city since the new

policy went into effect.

2)On hearing the news, she smiled briefly, and then returned to her

habitual frown.

3)He paused for effect, then said: “We can reach/enter these

markets through new channels.”

4)The addition of a concert hall to the school will help it nourish

young musical talents.

5)We have no way to protect our personal liberties until we have

established a sovereign state. / We can’t protect our personal liberties unless we, first of all, establish a sovereign state. 2.

Though how the English language came into existence remains a mystery to many people, linguists believe that English and most other European languages have descended from a common source: the Indo-European parent language. English was first spoken by the Anglo-Saxons who invaded England in the fifth century. They passed onto us the basic vocabulary of English. In over fifteen centuries of its development, English has enriched itself by massive borrowing. As British immigrants landed in America and established the United States as an independent nation, a new variety was added to the English language: American English. Though some people worry that the language is running out of control, many native speakers of English take pride in the tolerance of their language.

Unit8 Protecting Our Environment Vocabulary

I

1.

1)barking

2)evil

3)brooding;

hatched 4)migrant 5)tragedies

6)counterpart

7)are

complaining/c

o-mplain

8)grim

9)flocks; fed on

10)vegetation

11)patches

12)Scores of

2.

1)was lined with people who came to welcome the distinguished

foreign guests.

2)the boss silenced all lively conversation in the office.

3)wearing a pair of sun glasses, the famous movie star passed the

crowed unnoticed.

4)looked deserted.

5)were stricken by it.

3.

1)patches; came into full bloom; were puzzled; mysterious

2)throbbed with; sickened; migrant; a chorus

3)had crept into; flickered; the stark

II.Word Formation

1.

Compound words age-old

air force daughter-in-law first-rate greenhouse

half brother ice-cream lifelike

light year salesperson

self-centered threefold overuse

stone-still worldwide Chinese meaning

古老的

空军

儿媳妇

一流的

温室

同母异父兄弟；同父异母兄弟冰淇淋

逼真的

光年

售货员；推销员

以自己为中心的，自私的

三倍

过度使用

石头似的一动不动

全世界范围的；在世界范围内

2.

1)poverty-stricken people

2)heart-breaking news

3)newly-built database

4)well-fed kids 5)successful spacewalk

6)peace-loving people

7)need-based scholarships

8)color-blind people

III.Confusable Words

1.lying

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7.lie

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10.lies

Comprehensive Exercises I.cloze

1.

(1)spell

(2)stricken

(3)misfortunes

(4)surroundings

(5)blossom/bloom

(6)migrant (7)deserted

(8)silence

(9)sickened

(10)hatch

(11)puzzled

(12)in harmony with

2.

(1)rate

(2)publication

(3)dangerous

(4)banned (5)export

(6)profit

(7)accept

(8)comprehend

(9)boundaries

(10)ultimately

II.Translation

1.

1)This is a prosperous town, but there is still poverty in the midst

of wealth and abundance.

2)The Brown family was stricken with one misfortune after another,

but their children never complained.

3)The museum is designed in such a way that it stands in perfect

harmony with its surroundings.

4)It was a miracle that these flowers did not wither at all in the

blazing sun.

5)Flocks of sheep feed on the patches of vegetation that rise above

the winter snow.

2.

This village was once famous for its beautiful natural surroundings. All the year round, the trees were green and the flowers in bloom. Clear streams flowed out of the hills through a checkerboard of rice fields. Birds sang all day, and deer came and went in a leisurely manner. However, with the coming of DDT and other pesticides, an evil spell seemed to have settled over the village. Misfortunes came one after another. Chicken died suddenly, cattle and sheep were stricken by mysterious maladies, and farmers complained about a sickening feeling that puzzled the village doctor. The village square, once throbbing with life, was now deserted.