全新版大学英语（第二版）综合教程2课后练习答案
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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) information II. Translation
1. 1) Research shows that laughter can bring a lot of health benefits. 2) A slow Internet connecting 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.
★ Text B
Comprehension Check: c a a b d c Language Practice
1．d e a c b f g h
2．1) vehicle 2) hooked on 3)intense 4)worldwide 5)overnight 6)slipped 7) on the whole 8) called forth 9) outwards 10)Needless to say 11) to my knowledge 12) On top of that
Unit 5
★ Text A Vocabulary
I. 1. 1) startled 2) mere 3) motion 4) sweating 5) stretched 6) vain 7) On one occasion
8) anxiety 9) emotions 10) ashamed 11) In my mind’s eye 12) recurring 2. 1) Mrs. White’s birthday coincides with her husband’s. 2) They make big profits on the stuff they sell by creating an artificial shortage,
which send s the prices soaring/results in the soaring of prices. 3) It has been a week of alternate sunshine and rain.
4) Politics and philosophy have been his lifelong passions, although he studied
economics at university.
5) Tension came over her, as she waited for her first TV interview.
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全新版大学英语（第二版）综合教程2课后练习答案
3. 1) media, dedication to, grace 2) his competitors, in excitement, hug him, congratulate him on
3) emotions, numerous, intensity, passion for II.
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.
1. I work out in the gym for one hour every morning.
2. Florence has worked as 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 Exercise I.
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) numerous 16) media
2. 1) engineer 2) forget 3) convinced 4) how 5) build 6) accident 7) thought 8)only 9) sharp 10) touched 11) instructions 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 he 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
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全新版大学英语（第二版）综合教程2课后练习答案
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.”
★ Text B
Comprehension Check: b c b b c a Language Practice
1. a e d c b h f g
2. 1) aid 2) inclined 3) in good health 4) shortcomings 5) penetrated
6) dismiss 7)has suffered from 8)progressive 9)optimistic 10)to a degree 11)hold on to 12)install
Unit 6
★ Text A
Vocabulary I.
1. 1) culture/cultural 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) You can convert RMB into US dollars in the foreign exchange office a the airport. 2) I figured she didn’t know the first thing about cooking as she looked puzzled
as to how to cook rice with the rice cooker.
3) The manager glowed with pleasure upon hearing that in spite of their faulty
equipment the team had accomplished some very useful work.
4) I’m grateful to my company for allowing me to work flexible hours as long as
I work eight hours a day.
5) On seeing the comments made in the margins by previous readers, Tom couldn’t
help thinking the book must be quite fascinating.
3. 1) will not panic/feel panic, ’ll be at a disadvantage 2) hybrid, transmission
3) crave, One indication, to distinguish
II. 1. also 2. as well/too 3. too 4. also 5. as well/too 6. too 7. also 8. Also
III. 1. I’ve had enough 2. When I was old enough to work and earn money 3. can’t get 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 Exercise I.
1. 1) stumbled into 2) not know the first thing about 3) mechanical 4) when it
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全新版大学英语（第二版）综合教程2课后练习答案
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) observation 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 a 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 will just have to grit my teeth and sell my hybrid car. 4) The hunter would not have fired the shots if he hadn’t 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 institutions 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-equality advocate.
★ Text B
Comprehension Check: b a d b d c a Language Practice
1. b d a e g c f h
2. 1) crisis 2) weighed down 3) supportive 4) takes all the credit 5)
pleaded
6) in control of 7) party 8) expense 9) lives for 10) semester 11) at every opportunity 12) stir
Unit 7
★ Text A
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
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全新版大学英语（第二版）综合教程2课后练习答案
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 g 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 cow disease.
3. 1) systematic, have invented, to a very real extent, mysteries 2) to establish, to be modifies/ modifying 3) tolerance towards, strike out, enrich II. 1. a) wish b) wish c) want d) want/wish 2. a) skin b) hide/skin c) hide d) skin 3. a) raise/rear b) raise c) rear/raise d) raise 4. a) royal b) kingly/royal
c) sovereign d) royal/kingly
III. 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 Exercise I.
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) establishing 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.
★ Text B
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全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程2课后练习答案
