Unit 1
Active reading (1)
5 Match the words in the box with their definitions.
1 achieving good results (productive)
2 the fact of being present at an event, or of going regularly to school, church etc (attendance)
3 the refusal to accept something new, such as a plan, idea, or change (resistance) 4 determined to be successful, rich, famous etc (ambitious) 5 agreement to a plan, offer, or suggestion (acceptance)
6 the written words of a play, film, television programme, speech etc (script) 7 very good, large, or showing great skill (impressive)
6 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the words in Activity 5.
(1) attendance (2) ambitious (3) productive (4) impressive (5) resistance (6) script
(7) acceptance
7 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box.
1 (mortgage) 2 (deck) 3 (surf)
4 (coastal; defy) 5 (lengthy)
8 Answer the questions about the words and expressions.
1 (b) 2 (a) 3 (b) 4 (b) 5 (b) 6 (a) 7 (b) 8 (b)
Active reading (2)
4 Match the words in the box with their definitions.
1 involving three things of the same kind (triple)
2 an area of ground where dead people are buried (cemetery) 3 the part of a place or thing that is at the back (rear)
4 a book that someone writes about someone else ’ s life (biography) 5 to put people or things into a space that is too small (cram)
6 at the very beginning of a career and likely to be successful at it (budding) 7 continuing only for a limited time or distance (finite) 8 to pass (elapse)
5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in Activity 4.
1 elapsed ,cemetery 2 rear,crammed 3 triple
4 budding ,biography 5 finite
6 Answer the questions about the words.
1 (a) 2 (b) 3 (a) 4 (a) 5 (b) 6 (b) 7 (a) 8 (a)
7 Answer the questions about the phrases.
1 (a) 2 (b) 3 (b) 4 (a) 5 (a) 6 (b) 7 (b) 8 (b) 9 (a)
Language in use (Omitted)
7 Translate the paragraphs into English.
1 对于是否应该在大学期间详细规划自己的未来，
有一个明确的目标和详细的计划，
学生们意见不一。 有的人认为对未来应该
有的人则认为不
为日后可能遇到的挑战做好充分的准备；
用过多考虑未来，因为未来难以预料。 (map out; brace oneself for; uncertainty) Students
differ about whether they should have their future mapped out when they are still at university. Some think they should have a definite goal and detailed plan, so as
to brace themselves for any challenges, hereasw some others think they don ’ t have to think much about the future, because future is full of uncertainties.
2 经过仔细检查， 这位科学家得知自己患了绝症。 虽然知道自己将不久于人世， 他并没有抱怨命运的不公， 而是准备好好利用剩下的日子， 争取加速推进由他和同事们共同发起的那个 研究项目，以提前结项。
( tick away; make the best of; have a shot at)
After a very careful check-up, the scientist was told he had got a fatal disease.
Although he knew that his life was ticking away, instead of complaining about the fate, the scientist decided to make the best of the remaining days, and speed up the research project he and his colleagues initiated, and have a shot at completing it ahead of schedule.
Unit 2
Active reading (1)
5 Match the words in the box with their definitions.
1 accurate and true (definite)
2 continuing all the time (perpetual) 3 to spin quickly in circles (whirl) 4 to shine very brightly (blaze)
5 to laugh in a nervous, excited or silly way that is difficult to control (giggle) 6 to encourage someone to speak or continue speaking (prompt) 7 to fall to the ground (tumble)
6 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the words in Activity 5.
(1) prompted (2) definite (3) whirl
(4) perpetual (5) blazing (6) giggling (7) tumbled
7 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words in the box.
1 (blinked) 2 (barren) 3 (tag)
4 (torture)
5 (resemblance) 6 (napkin)
8 Answer the questions about the words and expressions.
1 (a) 2 (a) 3 (b) 4 (a) 5 (a) 6 (b) 7 (a) 8 (a) 9 (a) 10 (b) 11 (b)
Active reading (2)
5 Read the passage again and find the words in the box. Choose the best
definition in the context of the passage.
1 (a) 2 (a) 3 (a) 4 (b) 5 (a) 6 (a) 7 (a)
6 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words and expressions in the box.
(1) notion (2) continual (3) dependent on (4) ethnic (5) largely (6) temptation (7) an outsider (8) reluctance (9) external
7 Answer the questions about the words and expressions.
1 (a) 2 (b) 3 (a) 4 (a) 5 (b) 6 (a)
7 (b) 8 (a)
Language in use
5 Translate the paragraphs into English.
1 在火车站上， 有一位老人给我讲述了他参加解放战争的经历， 对于英雄们的壮举，我钦佩不已。
那些战斗故事对我有着极大
的吸引力。后来他上了车，列车从我身边隆隆地开走了。可那些故事仍然是那么清晰可见，
(fascination; roar; marvel at)
At the railway station, an old man told me his experience in the Liberation War, the fighting stories of which were of great fascination to me. Then he got up on the train and it roared past me. But the stories were so real and definite that I greatly marvelled at the courageous deeds of those war heroes.
2 行之有效的环保政策不仅能创造良好的生态环境， 还促使居民增强了环保意识，尽其所能节约能源。
还能大大降低能源消耗。 回顾这个地区
近年来的发展情况，我们惊喜地发现地区政府强制实行的环保政策不但没有受到任何批评，
(consumption; impose; take exception
to; prompt)
Effective environmental policy might bring about a good environment, as well as
reducing energy consumption. Looking back on the recent development of this region, we find, to our pleasant surprise, that little exception has been taken to the
environmental policy of the local government, and the policy has also raised the environmental awareness of the local residents and prompted them to save energy as possible as they could.
Unit 3
Active reading (1)
4 Match the words in the box with their definitions.
1 to make up or form something (constitute)
2 happening or done at the same time (simultaneously)
3 able to do something because you have the knowledge, skill, or experience that is needed (qualified)
4 a regular pattern of sounds in music that you can show by moving, hitting your hands together, or hitting
a drum or other surface (rhythm)
5 to receive or obtain something from something else (derive)
6 someone who writes music, especially classical music (composer) 7 as much as is needed (sufficiently)
5 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the words in Activity 4.
新标准大学英语综合教程3课后答案Unit1-3
