全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程第二册课后练习答案8

Unit8 Protecting Our Environment Part II Reading Task

Comprehension Content Question Pair Work

1. In the midst of prosperous farms and beautiful fields in the central part of

America.

2. Foxes, deer, wild flowers and trees, migrant birds, trout and other fishes, etc. 3. The roadsides were beautiful even in winter. Berries and seed heads of dried

weeds rose above the snow, and birds came to feed on them. 4. The migrant birds, and fish in the streams and pools. 5. It was clear and cold.

6. They built their houses, sank their wells, built their barns, and lived in

perfect harmony with the wild life. The town remained beautiful and full of life for many years.

7. She refers to the shadow of death. Chickens, cattle and sheep began to die of

mysterious maladies, people were stricken with strange sickness and some of them died.

8. Spring should be throbbing with life, full of birdsong. “A silent spring” is a

lifeless spring.

9. The roadsides are now lined with withered vegetation as though swept by

fire.

10. Probably it is the remains of pesticides or other deadly chemicals. 11. Man. All these changes are the result of man’s own work.

12. No. The author is pointing to a real danger. The disasters befalling this

imagined town have actually happened here and there, though no single town has experienced all of them. If nothing is done to protect the environment, all American towns will suffer the same fate sooner or later.

Text Organization Working On Your Own

1.

Part Two: The description of the same town which was now stricken with all

kinds of maladies

Part Three: The cause of the maladies

Part Four: Though imagined, the tragedy may well become a reality and the

author tells about her purpose in writing the book.

2.

3. A strange blight crept over the area

5. Animals stopped breeding and trees bore no fruit

Language Sense Enhancement

1.

(1) heart (2) in harmony

with

(3) in the midst

(4) (5) (6) (7)

prosperous orchards drifted blaze

(8) flickered (9) barked (10) mists

Vocabulary I

1.

1) barking 5) tragedies 8) grim 2) evil 6) counterpart 9) flocks; fed on 3) brooding; 7) are 10) vegetation

hatched complaining/co-11) patches 4) migrant mplain 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 2.

1) poverty-stricken people 2) heart-breaking news 3) newly-built database 4) well-fed kids III. Confusable Words

1. lying 4. lain 2. laid 5. lie 3. lay

6. lay

Comprehensive Exercises I. cloze

1.

(1) spell (2) stricken (3) misfortunes (4) surroundings (5) blossom/bloom (6) migrant 2.

(1) rate

(2) publication (3) dangerous (4) banned (5) export (6) profit (7) accept

(8) comprehend (9) boundaries (10) ultimately

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

5) successful spacewalk 6) peace-loving people 7) need-based scholarships 8) color-blind people

7. lie 10. lies

8. lay 9. lay

(7) deserted (8) silence (9) sickened (10) hatch (11) puzzled

(12) in harmony with

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.