2-Unit2 The Virtues of Growing Older答案综合教程二

UNIT2TheVirtuesofGrowingOlderKeytotheExercisesTextComprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor’spurposeofwriting.CII.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1-5FFFTTIV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentences.1.Iamembarrassedtoadmitthatwomenarelesscapablethanmenofresistingthetemptationoffashion.2.Itmeansthatyoumakefriendswithdifferentpeopleinordertofindanewidentityforyourself.Structuralanalysisofthetext1.seeIII.2.2.Paragraph3:thelastsentence;Paragraph4:thesecondsentence;Paragraph5:thefirstsentence.VocabularyI.Explaintheunderlinedpartineachsentenceinyourownwords.1.beaptto:belikelyto易于……，有……的倾向2.fallapart:breakup,disintegrate3.ingeneral:asawhole通常，大体上；总的来说，从总体上看4.atthemercyof:powerlessagainst;completelycontrolledby对……无能为力；任……处置，任由……摆布5.nowonder:notsurprising/onlytoonatural不足为奇，并不奇怪II.Fillintheblankineachsentencewithawordorphrasetakenfromtheboxinitsappropriateform.1.delay2.Feverishly3.façade4.confronted5.premise6.dreaded7.automatically8.awaitingIII.Fillintheblankswiththeappropriateformsofthegivenwords.1.obsessive2.moodiness3.tolerable4.beneficial5.satisfying6.hidden7.preference8.criticismsIV.Choosethewordorphrasethatcanreplacetheunderlinedpartineachsentence.1-4CDAA5-8BDCBV.Giveasynonymoranantonymofthewordunderlinedineachsentenceinthesenseitisused.1.Synonym:conceal,disguise2.Antonym:narrow3.Synonym:satisfaction,happiness,joy4.Synonym:merits,advantages5.Synonym:fat,plump6.Synonym:well-built7.Antonym:old-fashioned,outdated8.Synonym:clearly,evidentlyVI.Writeineachspaceonewordthathasthesameprefixasunderlinedineachgivenword.1.prefaceprepare5.peripheryperimeter2.prologueprogress6.dialoguediameter3.foresightforesee7.semifinalsemiconductor4.paralysisparallel8.devaluatedecelerateGrammarI.Completethefollowingsentenceswiththeappropriateformsofthenounsgiven.1.agony2.agonies3.experience4.experiences5.youth6.ayouth7.agreathelp8.agoodknowledge9.agrayhair10.workII.Completethefollowingsentenceswithquantifiers&determiners.1.A2.B3.D4.C5.A6.B7.B8.CIII.Completethereading.alotof,alittle,some,afew,A,some,some,alotof,x,many,x,alotofIV.Completethefollowingwithevery,each,everyone,everyone,all.1.all,everyone2.each3.every4.each5.everyone6.each7.everyone,everyone8.eachV.Correcterrorsinthefollowingsentences.1.youmusttakecare2.Thoughhereceivedthedocumentlateatnight;it3.Whenyoufell4.Whenyouread5.Ibecameclearaboutwhathemeant6.Wesawthefirststarshininginthesky7.whowereeating8.hewascleaningTranslationI.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoChinese.1.许多中年人去健身房锻炼，到街上跑步，为的是延缓衰老。2.青年人最不稳定的因素就是，他们对价值观、人生目标和梦想还犹豫不定。3.镇上开会我可以大胆发言，在商店里购物我也敢投诉，因为我不再害怕人们会笑我，也不再渴望人人都喜欢我。4.我不再因为自己个性方面的缺陷责怪父母，也不会对他们在养育我的过程中所犯的种种过失耿耿于怀。II.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthewordsandphrasesgiveninbrackets.1.Manyvainyoungpeopleareobsessedwithfancycarsdespitethefactthattheyarenotyetrichenoughtoaffordthem.2.Theirmarriagefinallyfellapartwhenhisaffairwithanotherwomanwasfoundoutbyhiswife.3.Forartisticinspiration,theartistlivedinthecountryforthreeyears,wherehedeniedhimselfmanycomfortsoflife.4.I’mnotsureifwecanhavetheexcursiontoChongmingIslandtomorrow.Itisatthemercyoftheweather.5.WhenhewasyounghewenttoJapantolearnmedicine,butafterhereturnedtoChinahechangedhismindandpursuedacareerasawriterallhislife.6.She’stakenupwithamanoldenoughtobeherfather,whichisadisgracetoherparents.7.Since1978,oureconomyhaswitnessedarapiddevelopment;incontrastthatofsomedevelopedcountrieshavedeclined.8.Theearthquakeisolatedthiscityfromotherareas.I’mafraidtheirfoodsupplieswillnotholdoutthroughthewinter.ExercisesforintegratedskillsI.DictationIthink/thatasuccessfuloldageiseasiestforthose/whohavestrongimpersonalinterests/leadingtosuitableactivities./Itisintheseactivities/thatlongexperienceisreallyfruitful,/andthatthewisdombornofexperience/canbeused/withoutbecomingaburden./Itisnousetellinggrown-upchildren/nottomakemistakes,/bothbecausetheywillnotbelieveyou,/andbecausemistakesareanessentialpartofeducation./Butifyouareoneofthose/whoareincapableof/impersonalinterests,/youmayfindthat/yourlifewillbeempty/unlessyouconcernyourself/withyourchildrenandgrandchildren./Inthatcase/youmustrealize/thatwhileyoucanstillhelpthem/inmaterialways,/youmustnotexpect/thattheywillenjoyyourcompany.II.Cloze(1)against(2)for(3)future(4)done(5)other(6)of(7)their(8)likely(9)if(10)themselvesWritingPracticeParagraphdevelopment—thetopicsentence1.Writeatopicsentencetosumupthefollowingdetails.A.Topicsentence:ManyAmericancitiesarenamedafterimportantpeoplewhoareorwerelocallyornationallyfamous.B.Topicsentence:Happinessmeansdifferentthingstodifferentpeople.2.Foreachofthefollowingtwoparagraphs,thetopicsentencehasbeentakenout.Readthemcarefullyandworkoutforeachparagraphatopicsentencethatyouthinkcanholdallthefollowingdetailstogether.A.Topicsentence:Theproblemisn’tthatthere’snointerestinteaching.B.Topicsentence:Itmeanspayingteacherswhatthey’reworth.ListeningExercisesYouaregoingtohearashortspeechonouragingsociety.A.1.Listencarefully.AllthewordsandphrasesinColumnAwillappearinthelisteningmaterial.Guesstheirmean