英语阅读教程1答案

英语阅读教程1答案

【篇一：大学英语阅读教程第一册答案(1-24)】

s=txt>key to the exercises

i. bdddca

ii. 1. fling 2. supercilious 3. zoom 4. trudge 5. hoist

key to the reading-skill exercises

paragraph 1: 1. b 2. d

paragraph 2: 1. d 2. a

2. the saturday evening post

key to the exercises

i. 1. d2. b3. a4. a 5. c6. c

ii. 1. she wants him to take something of himself and have an early start to his career.

2. he was afraid of the dogs that snarled behind the doors of potential buyers. he was timid about ringing the doorbells of strangers, relieved when no one came to the door, and scared when someone did, and could not deliver an engaging sales pitch.

3. the battle to make him different from his father.

4. the well-written composition he wrote about his summer vacation.

5. writers didn’t have to have an gumption at all.

3. love thy neighbor

key to the exercises

i. 1. t 2. f 3. t 4. t 5. t 6. f

ii. 1. 在我看来，美国的邻里关系正在变得不再融洽。

2. 《圣经》里的戒律“热爱你的邻居”大概是一句拙劣的译文，它的本义必定是“尊敬你的邻居。”

3. 邻居开始共同做的唯一的一件事是相互接近，只有进一步发展关系，才有足够的理由成为最好的朋友。

4. 横跨在你们之间的车道、篱笆或栅栏并不真地就是一道冷漠的屏障，他们只不过是一条清晰的分界线。

5. 邻里较之社区更容易使人产生怀旧情绪，但社区也许是一个更好的构成单位。

4. making friends in american culture

key to the exercises

i. 1. a 2. d 3. c 4. d 5. c 6. d

ii. 1. because there is a language barrier, many chinese are hesitant to speak with strangers and they don’t know what to talk to americans about or how to keep the conversation moving.

2. his class and major.

3. these questions help people participate in the conversation.

4. when the other person first gives his name himself.

5. communication.

key to the reading-skill exercises

paragraph 1: 1. c 2. a

3. the important of this is that awareness of non-verbal messages can significantly influence the effectiveness of any communication.

paragraph 2: 1. a

2. but in the course of millions of billions of years, stars do evolve and age, and eventually they die.

5. my daughter, my friend

key to the exercises

i. 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. c6. d

ii. 1. adolenscene 2. stomp 3. snotty 4. torment 5. dwindle

6. hope in a bottle

i. 1. c 2. d 3. d 4. b 5. a 6. c

ii. 1. 我和丈夫吉姆很快便与埃德和玛丽成为笔友，他俩是一对快乐的退休夫妇，经常定期周游世界。

2. 我梦见了伯利兹葱翠茂盛的热带丛林，生长在伯利兹的美洲虎，成千上万的棕榈环绕的一座座珊瑚岛---他们星罗棋布地构成了世界上长度位居第二的暗礁屏障。

3. 我喜欢那个国家的有些后裔源于英吉利和苏格兰海盗，他们曾藏身在那些将淡蓝色的加勒比海串联在一起的珊瑚岛上。

4. 这种神经疾病不可预知，病情因人而异，大相径庭，任何情况都可能发生---从周身麻刺到肌肉僵硬，从双目失明到完全瘫痪。

5. 这地方适合我疗养---周围是翡翠般的淡蓝色大海，在这儿，我平生第一次使用水下呼吸管潜游，海底宝藏一览无遗：深邃庞大的洞穴，五颜六色、流光溢彩的鱼群，海马以及大批的鱿鱼。

7. the fun they had

key to the exercises

i. 1. d 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. a 6. a

ii. 1. 他们翻着发黄起皱的书页，读里面的文字真是有趣。这些文字

本应该在显示屏上移动，而不是静止不动的。

2. 我认为地理部分的进度调得有点太快。

3. 汤米用非常高傲的（瞧不起的）眼神看着她。

4. 但我母亲说，老师必须适应它教的每一个男孩和女孩的智力，而

且必须对每个小孩采用不同的教学方法。

5. 他吹着口哨离开了，腋下夹着那本沾满灰尘的书。

key to the reading-skill exercises

exercise i: 1. d 2. c 3. d 4. b 5. b

6. c

7. a

8. a

9. b 10. d

11. d 12. c 13. a 14. a

exercise ii:

1. comparable

2. sensible

3. selfish

4. wisdom

5. classify

6. apologized

7. regardless

8. slightly

9. agreement 10. kindness

8. today’s technology could seem goofy tomorrow

key to the exercises

i. 1. f 2. t 3. f 4. t 5. t 6. f

ii. 1. 一些生机勃勃的公司潜心地研究着当时热门而现在看起来过时

而又古怪的技术。找到这些公司曾经发来的信函特别有趣。

2. 这就是生活中我们不得不忍受的事情之一，何况我们也不知道有

什么更好些的事，就好像19世纪人们对马在大街上发出啪啪声无可

奈何一样。

3. 对，我们的后代可能说：很久以前，在那技术落后的黑暗世纪里，一些很大的公司制造了这些接收性能糟糕、莫名其妙掉线、只能用

声音交流、而且常常导致交通事故的装置。

4. 毫无疑问，到2061年，技术专家们已经完善了像纸张一样的书页。这种书页含有能像电脑显示屏一样变化的电子墨水。

5. 现有的概念---商品首先由工厂生产，再运到几千英里之外，然后

放到商场货架上希望有人购买---今后似乎会被人认为是毫无希望的

浪费时间和精力。

9. a short biography of the long life of benjamin franklin

key to the exercises

i. 1. b 2. c 3. c 4. d 5. c 6. d

ii. 1. he didn’t get along well with his older brother.

2. he would have been killed.

3. because the other colonies and the british rulers objected it.

4. the importance of being united.

5. he desig ned the “great compromise” that established the congress.

10. are you trying real hard?

key to the exercises

i. 1. d 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. c 6. d

ii. 1. 洪水就在我们后面追赶，我母亲紧紧抓住我的手，以至于我以

为手会被拉断。

2. 抱着对人生不变的希望和乐观，她从小就移居阿肯色城。在那儿

她给人家做佣人并活跃在当地教堂和服务机构里。

3. 除此以外，她还具备一个见识广、受过磨难、不畏将来的人所特

有的尊严。

4. 邻居们对她说，为一个绝不会成器的孩子做出这么多的牺牲简直

是发疯。

5. 她说：“如果我们又勇气去相信，有能力去拼搏，胜利一定属于我们。”

key to the reading-skill exercises

exercise i:

1. c

2. b

3. b

4. c

5. c

6. b

7. c

8. c

9. c 10. b

11. c 12. b 13. c 14. b 15. c 16. b

exercise ii

1. medicare

2. overnignt

3. download

4. telesat

5. motel

6. heliport

7. sandpower

8. paratroops

9. sunset10. deadline 11. jim lovell: an astronaut’s story

key to the exercises

i. 1. f 2. f 3. f 4. t 5. f 6. t

ii. 1. 由于但是没有一所大学开设火箭科学的课程，而且他又决意要

实现他的目标，所以吉姆断定只有军校才是把飞行当作科学来学习

的地方，于是他决定上军校。

2. 因此，根据海军哈罗威计划他考入威斯康星大学。在那儿的两年

时间里，他获准一边读

书一边学习飞行课程。

3. 1957年10月4日，当时的苏联发射了一颗直径为23英寸、被

称作斯布特尼克的球形遥控卫星，让西方世界大吃一惊。

4. 航空航天局另外的目标是实现两个轨道飞行器在外层空间的对接，并且完善飞行器进入大气层和在地球预定地点着陆的方式。

12. daughter

key to the exercises

i. 1.a 2. d 3. b 4. d 5. d 6. c

ii. 1. because she wanted to win his approval. / because she wanted her father to introduce her as a writer.

2. common people like her father.

3. to learn to use their heads instead of hands.

4. in order not to be poor.

5. he has been watching tv.

13. my only true love

key to the exercises

i. 1. a 2. a 3. d 4. b 5. a 6. c

ii. 1. jayne.

2. no.

3. because jayne was his first love and he loved her very much.

4. because albert gave her a deep impression when they first met.

5. susan has many virtues.

key to the reading-skill exercises

1. a

2. c

3. b

4. d

5. a

14. the dragon rock

key to the exercises

i. 1. t 2. f 3. t 4. t 5. t 6. f

ii. 1. in time of trouble it will save the village by making a lake.

2. they went to the rock for help with flowers and songs.

3. they felt happy and thankful.

15. does sleep help you study?

key to the exercises

i. 1. c 2. a 3. b 4. d 5. b 6. d 7. a 8.d

ii. 1. 假设人在学习后睡觉，睡眠会帮助人提高记忆力。

2. 事实上，在开始新的学习前睡一小会儿的话会严重影响记忆力。

这就是埃克斯特德所称为的“学习前睡眠影响”。

3. 快速眼球运动状态的特征为中枢神经系统活跃，同时心跳加速，

大脑温度上升。

4. 在最近的一年半里，我研究了生长激素对供试验用的老鼠的影响。这些老鼠已经学会辨别迷宫里的被涂为白色和黑色的通道。

5. 如果生长激素对人类也有同样的影响，那些在刚睡觉时被唤醒的

人就会因为此时荷尔蒙

高而记忆力减退。

key to the exercises

i. 1. d 2. b 3. c 4. c 5. b 6. d

ii. 1. 有一些导盲犬适应在城里工作，而有一些则在小城镇里工作得得心应手。

2. 我坐在人行道上，路人围着我。我意识到我在让这些我所不认识的人来对我的生命负责。

3. 又过去了十年我才有勇气承认我需要帮助。

4. 她将我向后拖，然后带我转身向反方向走，一直走到离轨道很远并且安全的地方。

5. 我对导盲犬从相信其能力变为确信到最后转变为坚信。

key to the reading-skill exercises

1. b

2. a

3. a

4. d

17. the christmas truce

key to the exercises

1. 1. f

2. f

3. t

4. f

5. t

6. f

ii. 1. 实际上，所发生的事情就像一个童话故事。如果我没有亲身经历这一切，我自己也不会相信的。

2. 我们被告知德国士兵会趁我们放松警惕时对我们发动进攻。

3. 在德国人的防线上，一串串小灯泡在闪烁。左边右边都是灯泡，眼睛能看到的地方均是。

4. 制服上的徽章和纽扣换了主人，而且我们的一个士兵还戴着那顶臭名昭著的德国钢盔走了回来！

5. 假如我们的领袖们不是进行战争威胁而是倡导和平？不是互相辱骂而是互相赞美？不是互相报复而是传递礼物？

18. an american educator’s fable

key to the exercises

i. 1. b 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. a 6. c

ii. 1. being a teacher means undertaking various responsibilities yet teaching is mainly engaged in stimulating students’ minds.

2. his dream was to stimulate the minds of young people and lead them down the road of knowledge.

3. 38 students.

4. he was s determined and strong-willed young man.

19. the titanic

key to the exercises

i. 1. d 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. a

ii. 1. on april 10th, 1912.

2. the look-out boy.

3. the titanic was 268 metres long, 32 metres high, and it weighed over 60,000 tonnes.

4. yes. it changed some survivors’ lives and characters, and many others never got over their experience of the disater. key to the reading-skill exercises

【篇二：泛读教程第一册答案】

e

section a

word pretest

1. d

2. b

3. b

4. c

5. d

6. d

7. a

8. b

reading comprehension

l. f2. t 3. f4. t5. f6. f7. t8. f

vocabulary building

word match

rationally in a way based on reason rather than emotions

established accepted; recognized

variousdifferent

panic sudden fear

consolidate strengthen

assignment homework

biologicalof living things

flexiblenot fixed

strenuousstressful; requiring effort and energy

masteroverall

recreationway of spending free time

estimatecalculate roughly

routineregular; usual

priorityfirst concern

relaxationrest

1. flexible

2. established

3. panic

4. strenuous

5. priority

6. routine

7. rationally

8. recreations

suffix

1. familiarize

2. visualize

3. merely

4. idealize

5. finalize

6. necessarily

7. physically

8. highly

cloze

favorabletheir respected professors authority

role expect need several changes

section b

1. d

2. c

3. c

4. b

5. c

6. b

7. d

8. d

section c

l. d2. a3. b 4. d5. c6. b7. c8. a

unit 2 culture shock

section a

word pretest

1. c

2. a

3. d

4. c

5. c

6. b

7. a

8. d

reading comprehension

1. c

2. d

3. d

4. d

5. d

6. c

vocabulary building

word match

exaggerate say more than the truth about something

slang nonstandard vocabulary

adapt make or become suitable

insecure weak; uncertain; unprotected

distinct different; separate

challengingdifficult, but in an interesting way

range vary within limits

adjust change slightly in order to make suitable

aggressiveready for conflict

cope with deal with

occur happen

identity the distinguishing character or personality of an individual automatic self-acting; under its own power

distortion twist; changing shape

reverse opposite; contrary

l. slang 2. exaggerate 3. cope with 4. reverse

5. adapt / adjust

6. range / ranged

7. occurred

8. aggressive suffix

l. dividable / divisible2. determination3. dependable4. satisfaction

5. correction

6. relation

7. usable / useable

8. recognizable cloze

foreignanxiousbehaviormean necessarily

appearunsure approachfrustrationssystem

section b

l. c2. b3. d4. c5. c6. d7. b8. d

section c

l. c2. b3. b4. d5. b6. c7. a 8. d

unit 3 movie

section a

word pretest

l. b2. d3. b4. c5. d6. b7. a8. d

reading comprehension

l. c2. d3. b4. c5. d6. b7. c8. a

vocabulary building

word match

nomineecandidate

create make; invent

stare look at for a long time

reducedecrease; make less

overhearaccidentally hear what others are saying

impressfill someone with admiration

expensecost

victimone who is harmed or killed

float stay on the surface of the water

cynicismdistrust

miniaturesmall; tiny

substitutesomething / somebody that takes the place of another

grateful thankful

scrapescratch away

illusionfalse impression

l. scrape 2. grateful 3. substitute 4. expenses

5. reduce

6. staring

7. impressed

8. floats

suffix

l. confidence 2. distance 3. devilish 4. presence

5. importance

6. childish

7. patience

8. appearance

cloze

stars drawingsmovieslove remember

kindsserious well-known collecthanging

section b

l. d2. c3. c4. d5. c6. d7. a8.d

section c

l. t2. t 3. t4. t5. f 6. f7. t8. t

unit 4 food

section a

word pretest

l. c 2. c 3. c 4. b 5. a 6. c 7. b 8. b

reading comprehension

l. c 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. a 6. c 7. b 8. c

vocabulary building

word match

flavor taste

compliment praise

vegetarian one who does not eat meat

dairy relating to milk or milk product

ingredientany of the things that are formed into a mixture

dessertsweet food served after the main part of a meal

diet food and drink usually taken by a person

barbecuecook food on a metal frame outdoors

cuisinefood cooked in a particular style

appetizerfood or drink taken to increase the desire for food

courteouspolite and kind

staple basic food

portionpart of something larger

doughflour mixed with water ready for baking

sufficientenough

l. courteous2. flavor 3. staple 4. ingredients

5. barbecue

6. compliment

7. portion

8. sufficient

prefix

l. disagrees2. misunderstands 3. disappearance4. misleading 5. disadvantage6. misfortune7. discourage 8. misinterpreted cloze

ingredients called handsincrease rising allowed final oven

section b

l. a 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. a 6. d 7. c 8. b

section c

l. a 2. c 3. b 4. c 5. b 6. b 7. c 8. b

unit 5 business

section a

word pretest

l. b 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. c 6. a 7. a 8. c

reading comprehension

l. d 2. d 3. d 4. d 5. c 6. c 7. a 8. d

vocabulary building

word match

disputean argument or disagreement

enterprisebusiness company

authenticreal; true

enlightened showing true and deep understanding

successora person or thing that follows another

facilityequipment

negotiation discussion aimed at reaching an agreement

measurea method for dealing with a situation

serial in or forming a series

captureseize by force

multilateral involving more than two groups or countries

staff the group of people who work for an organization

annualhappening once every year

infrastructure basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies commitment a promise or decision to do something

1. authentic

2. successor

3. negotiation

4. dispute

5 facilities 6. measures 7. multilateral 8. staff

suffix

1. minimize

2.delighted

3.industrial

4.realized

5. frightened

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/fd6082192.html,anized

7. partial

8.talented

cloze

spreadconceptreasonsupermarketsestimate

least work price open form

section b

1. c

2. c

3. b

4. b

5. b

6. b

7. b

8.d

section c

l. t 2. t 3. f 4. f 5. f 6. f 7. t 8. f 9. t l0. t

【篇三：新世纪大学英语阅读教程1答案】

xt>unit 1：

part i

i reading for information

b d b

c a c

ii translation

1. 但是只要说上几句话，他的口音就很容易被辨认出来。

2. 他不会轻易发火，有一颗金子般的心，你很少能从他的嘴里听到攻击和批评别人的话。

3. 常言道，善行胜于善言。父亲的身教对我的影响远远超过了他的言传。

4. 面对生活的沧桑，大布鲁诺怎莫能不提高嗓门，怎莫能保持心气平和？难道力气这莫大

的人不该脾气也大吗？

5. 体育明星和歌星、影星的确能鼓舞人心，但是“英雄”这个头衔还是应该留给像我父亲

那样，为了自己所爱的人孜孜不倦的工作的人。

iii summary

1．hard work pays off

2. big bruno strong in stature a gentle spirit

3. most patient slow to get angrya heart of golda lot of friends

4. a role model a true friend a treasure

5. hero does goodloves everyone doesn’t expect anythingin returnwork tirelessly the good race

part ii

1. kelly and the boy were neighbors as well as schoolmates. they used to be close friends, but kelly turned her back on the boy while they were in middle school.

2. kelly’s parents were getting a divorce. this made kelly very sad. she was afraid that the divorce would damage her image and that she would not ever be able to recover. at that time the boy seemed to be the only person she could trust at school, the only one she could turn to. so kelly kissed the boy.

3. kelly wanted to prove that she was not fond of the boy at all and that she despised him for the bottom of her heart. thus she was able to keep her image at school.

4. the boy grew up to be a handsome young man. he had a lot of friends, both old and new. he became popular at school and he was more confident than before.

5. he thought that kelly should try not to make herself feel better by putting others down.

unit 2:

part i

i reading for information

a d

b

c a c

ii translation

1．我当时19岁，似的克萨斯大学的学生，一帆风顺，正在实现

我的“梦想”——成为一

名整形外科医生。

2．他开始意识到我受了伤，但她并不了解，也无法想象我的伤势有多莫严重。

3．沙朗在我受伤以后退了学，以便能随时守在我的身边。

4．是她的信念和爱帮助我度过了那末多黑暗的日子。

5．当我们健康、活泼、出色的女儿来到这个世上的时候，我禁不住流下了幸福和快乐的泪

水。

iii summary (略)

part ii

1. that day the author’s father gave him 50 cents to get a haircut. in order to save money, he decided to go to prof. amoroso, the barber academy downtown, where a haircut cost only 15 cents. he hitched a ride on the back of an ice wagon. when he hopped off the ice cart in front of the barber academy, he was run over by a huge old-fashioned trolley car and lost his left leg.

2. with the artificial leg, he did not walk around like everyone else. even after weeks of stumbling, aching, cursing and weeping, he still was not able to walk around like other ordinary people. he swayed and dragged like those who had a wooden leg.

3. a teenager wants more than anything else in life to look, act, and be treated like all other teenagers.

4. because the street corner was a totally different world to him. there he was a totally different guy. as long as he stayed in one place, the girls he stared at and whistled at treated him like any other street-corner-wise guy.

5. because she wanted the boy to pick it up so that they could have a chance to get to know each other. besides, she also had an artificial leg and she wanted to hide that from the boy. unit 3:

part i

i reading for information

c a

d a b d

ii translation

1. 医院里很安静，只有围在护士站那儿的护士们在抱怨圣诞节还要上班。

2. 这情景有些不大对头。

3. 这一家人竟在圣诞节找地方取暖，这是那些正在抱怨着圣诞节还要上班的护士们不由得

起了恻隐之心。

4. 所有护士都行动了起来，就跟我们处理紧急医疗情况一样。

5. 我的同事们都站在那里，其中一个拿着一盒纸巾，递给每一个护士。她们永远也不会忘

记这个在工作中度过的圣诞节。

iii summary

1. grumbling about emergency room

2. triage nursepetite

3. something wrong preliminary questions

4. compassionwent into action

5. banquet meal hospital cafeteria crayonsclipped onto

6. locateshelter

part ii

1. the author was put into a nazi concentration camp because he was a jew.

2. at the time an apple was an expression of life and love, which gave the author courage to live on.

3. no. they just exchanged a few words occasionally but did not tell each other their name.

4. the author met the girl again at a blind date many years later in the u.s.

5. he wanted to honor her and tell her what he felt for her in his heart every day.

unit 4:

part i

i reading for information

b c d a c d

ii translation

1. 我在牌桌上赢了300美元。通常我是钱烧口袋漏，一有就不留，可我当时却怎莫也摆脱

不了那种巨大的悲哀。

2. 这一天的大部分时间里，我神思恍惚，在欢笑的人群中漫无目的地游荡。

3. 我能听到那无可奈何的叹息—流露出爸爸买不起玩具火车，只好强忍失望的心情。

4. 看得出来，他非常勤劳，但累死累活也只能勉强糊口。他明白自己无法满足家人的所有

需要。

5. 在赶往车站搭车返回基地的路上，我意识到那些令人心烦的疑虑

已经烟消云散了。 iii summary

1. in a mental fog i couldn’t shake an overwhelming sadness

2. a boy outside a department storetwo electric trains

chugging through a miniature,

snow-covered town

3. bought the trains the same longing the same desperate hoping

4. a hard-working man couldn’t give his family all they wanted

5. getting the trains put together and set up make the boy’s dream come true

6. what the war and the fighting was about a place of dreams

a place of dreamers

who had the faith and the will to make dreams come true

part ii

1. she was a career woman before the author was born.

2. her mother made her believe that she was the only

important thing she had on her mind.

3. because no matter how easily the author delivered her lines at home, she forgot every word when she stepped onstage.

4. she made her understand that every flower gave pleasure in its own way and there was no shame in not being a princess.

5. she learned that life is not savored in pre-measured increments, but in the sum of daily rituals and small pleasures we casually share with loved ones.

unit 5:

part i

i. reading for information

d b c d a d

ii. translation

1. 玛丽亚很小的时候就有一种坚定的使命感。

2．于是，玛丽亚求助于罗马当时最有权力的人-----教皇利奥十三世。1893年，玛丽亚成为有史以来意大利医科大学生。

3．玛丽亚的演讲如此精彩，令在场听众都为之惊叹。大家热烈鼓掌、欢呼，其中甚至包括他的父亲，而他原本是不想来的。

4．蒙泰索里到罗马各个精神病院巡诊，并对治疗弱智儿童产生了兴趣。她为孩子们的生活条件深感不安。

5. 蒙泰索里的学生们表现非常出色，甚至还通过了针对同龄的正常

孩子们的国家考试。

iii summary

1． female doctor; a famous educator; science and medicine; the montessori method; young

children;

2． technical studies; shocked her parents; determined to follow her dream;

3． exciting but difficult; had a lot of willpower; give up;

4． a psychiatric clinic; the treatment of mentally retarded children; these children were hopeless;

5． lectured at training centers; wrote several books; stopped working; determination,

independence; hard work; education.

part ii

1. because they want to spend the second half of their lives doing something they have always dreamed about but never got around ro.

2. the author wants to tell us that the process of choosing another field is not as mystical as it seems.

3. she explained the similarities between the flower business and the toy business and impressed the interviewer with her skills and her ability to delineate them.

4. a successful resume should describe your working life, show that you can match your experience to an employer’s needs and reflect who you are today.

5. most companies attach great importance to the energy and experience of the candidates.

unit 6:

part i

i. reading for information

d b d a b c

ii. translation

1. 他会对警察保留那些细节---只告诉他这女人干了些什么，以及皮夹里有什么东西。

2．她瞟了他一眼，似乎根本不认识他。

3．你们这些家伙怎么老想这个，我们女孩子难道是迷路的猫狗，你们随随便便就能搞到手？

4．他很得意自己用了“摸走”这个词，她觉得这个字眼比“偷走”、“盗走”，甚至“掏走”，听上去更加妥贴。

5．虽然释去了重负，但他觉得从今以后自己看到警察都会有犯罪感，在女人们面前都会难为情了。

iii. summary.

1. the ticket counter; a leather coat;

2. a cocktail bar; catches sight of; a blonde girl; a travelers aid counter;

3. a magazine; becomes aware; jostling; blushes;

4. lifted; back pocket;

5. a front window; hand her over;

6. wrong; bolts

7. has stolen.

part ii

1. it is not a human but a rat.

2. because people in this neighborhood are careless and unobservant and it is always easy for him to find plenty of food.

3. though he likes them and thinks they are like gods, he sometimes feels a little disdainful of

their careless wastefulness.

4. because the cat is too fat and complacent to exert itself to chase away intruders like him.

5. never get too self-conceited like the thief in the story; otherwise you will one day pay for it.

unit 7:

part i

i. reading for information

c d b a c a

ii. translation

1.当时的录音机还没有自动启停功能，要一边手动调控录音机一边

打字，这活儿做起来太难了。

2．我每星期都会受到完美的打印稿，我从中提取了足够的好素材完

成了我的第一本书。

3．我欣然同意，五点整如约到达约定地点。

4．我被领到一间温馨的小屋，只见一位年轻姑娘坐在轮椅上，她的

头扭向了一边，脸部扭曲，身体微微地抽搐着，双手紧紧地夹在膝间。

5．此后，她一如既往，真诚奉献，生活充实，从不动摇，尽管她的

每个动作都要靠脚来完成，靠她那发自内心的幽默来支撑。

iii．summary.

1． to transcribe his sunday speeches; too much to handle;

2． out of the blue; share the inspirations;

3． deliver the tape personally; the mystery of the arrangement;

4． personal contact; spastic;

5． asked for reward; full and dedicated.

part ii

1. despite her blindness, the author’s mother never fails to amaze her children with her knowledge of what is going on around her. for them she seems to know everything.

2. the moment she touched the dead bird, she screamed and drew back her hand immediately. then she ordered the author and the bird outside and admonished her never to let her touch such a thing again.

3. she w as aware of the dog’s presence because she heard its toenails clicking on the bedroom floor.

4. she was trying to tell her children that she knew everything about them and loved them, the way every mother knew and loved their children. besides, she wanted to show her children that she was also rearing them with her mind’s eye.

5. this is because her mother is great. she shows that a blind person can also have dignity, character, wisdom, as well as a great love and devotion for her family. the author is in fact proud of her mother.

unit 8

part i

i. reading for information

d c b a a d

ii. translation

1. 在电脑面前，他偶尔会懊丧，甚至把它当人一样诅咒，不过大多数时候，他还是挺安静