全新版大学英语（第二版）综合教程 2课后练习答案
Key to Exercises of College English Book 2
Unit 1
★ Text A
Vocabulary I.
I. 1) in sert 2) on occasi on
3) in vestigate 4) In retrospect 5) in itial
6) phe nomena
7) attached 8) make up for 9) is await ing
south.
2) Natural fiber is said to be superior to syn thetic fiber.
3) The city ' importanee as a financial center has evolved slowly. 4) His n ati on ality is not releva nt to whether he is a good lawyer.
5) The poems by a little-k nown sixtee nth-ce ntury Italia n poet have found their way into some
En glish magaz in es.
3. 1) be picked up, can 'accomplish, am exaggerating 2) somewhat, performa nee, have n eglected, they apply to 3) assist, On the other hand, are valid, a superior II.
1. 1) continual 2) con ti nu ous 3) continual 2. 1) prin cipal 2) prin cipal III.
3) prin ciple
4) continu ous
4) prin ciples 5) prin cipal
4. itself
10) not …i n the least 11) promote 12) emerged
2. 1) There is a strik ing con trast betwee n the sta ndards of livi ng in the north of the country and the
1. themselves 2. himself/herself 3. herself/by herself/on her own
5. ourselves 6. yourself/ by yourself/ on your own Comprehensive Exercise I. Cloze
1. 1) con trast 6) pick up 11) worthwhile 2. 1) end 6) desig ned
2) exaggerat ing 7) assist 12) superior 2) perform 7) approach
3) priority 8) accomplish 3) facing 8) rest
4) on the other hand
9) on occasi on 4) compete nt 9) defin itely
5) promot ing 10) n eglect ing 5) equipped 10) quality
II. Translation
2) Tom used to be very shy, but this time he was bold eno ugh to give a performa nee in front of
a large audie nee.
3) Many educators think it desirable to foster the creative spirit in the child at an early age.
4) Assu ming (that) this painting really is a masterpiece, do you th ink it' worthwhile to buy/purchase it? 5) If the data is statistically valid, it will throw light on the problem we are investigating.
1. 1) It takes an eno rmous amount of courage to make a departure from the traditi on.
2. To improve our English, it is critical to do more reading, writing, listening and speaking. Besides, learning by heart as many well-written essays as possible is also very important.
Without an eno rmous store of good En glish writi ng in your head you cannot express yourself freely in English. It is also helpful to summarize our experience as we go along, for in so doing, we can figure out which
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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
way of learning is more effective and will produce the most desirable result. As long as we keep work ing hard on it, we will in due course accomplish the task of masteri ng En glish.
★ Text B
Comprehe nsion check: c c d a c b
Lan guage Practice 1. 2.
g h e c f a b d 1) adopt 2) acco unt
3) from your point of view 4) en ded up 5) furthermore 6) fund
9) pace
10) intends
7) annual 8) keep ing track of 11) perspective 12) devise
Unit 2
★ Text A
Vocabulary
2) emoti onal 3) bless 4) wear and tear 5) dated I. 1. 1) abrupt
6) c on seque nces 7) seem in gly 8) in con trast to 9) Curiosity 10) genuine 11) primarily 12) sen time nts
2. 1) When you are confronted with more than one problem, try to solve the easiest
one first.
2) Water is vital to the existence of all forms of life.
3) There is still some confusion among the students about what to do after class
to follow up on the subject.
4) As a pers on of simple liv ing habits, he n eeds no thi ng more tha n a job and an
apartme nt to be happy.
5) It tickled him to think that she'd come to as his advice. 3. 1) a lin geri ng, fabricati ng, sen time nts 2) fill out, every item, vital, con seque nces 3) be deni ed, tan gible, cherish, atta in II.
1. It 'a long trip and will take us five hours by bus. 2. She arrived early and took a front row seat. 3. Don 'take me for a fool. 4. 5. 6. 7.
It takes a lot of imagination to fabricate such a story.
My uncle will take me (along on his trip) to the Arctic this summer. He took the dinner plate I passed to him.
Kevin took second prize in the weight-lifting competition.
8. If you don 'take my advice, you will regret it. III.
1. hanging 2. to give 3. to return 6. to say 7. to ope n 8. being helped
Comprehensive Exercise
4. being praised 5. not having written
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I. 1. 1) well-off/afflue nt 2) dated 3) falli ng into 4) bracket 5) deny 6) tan gible 11) focus 2. 1) con sume 7) in dicates
II. Translation 1.
1) The compa ny denied that its don ati ons had a commercial purpose. 2) When ever he was an gry, he would beg in to stammer slightly.
3) Educatio n is the most cherished traditi on in our family. That 'why my pare nts n ever took me to dinner at expe nsive restaura nts, but sent me to the best private school.
4) Shortly after he recovered from the surgery, he lost his job and thus had to go through ano ther difficult phase of his life.
5) In contrast to our affluent neighbors, my parents are rather poor, but they have always tried hard to meet our mini mal n eeds.
2. With more and more donations coming in, our university will be much better off financially next year. We will thus be able to focus on the most important task that we, educators, must take on: to en courage stude nts to atta in their scholarly/academic goals, to train them to be depe ndable and resp on sible in dividuals, to prepare them for the life ahead, and to guide them in their pursuit of spiritual as well as material satisfaction.
7) pursuit 8) cherishes 9) out of place 10) abrupt
12) don ati ons
2) fueled 3) annual 4) pla in 5) physically 6) security 8) equally 9) traditio nal 10) follows
★ Text B
Comprehe nsion Check: b b d c d d Lan guage Practice
1. f c g e b a h d
1) stu nn ed 2) hold (fast) to 2.
3) folks 4) gen erosity 5) disco unt 9) make up 10) blends in 11)
6) liable
by all accounts 12)
7) ranks 8) on the run comes into con tact with
Unit 3
★ Text A
I.
Vocabulary
1.
interferenee
8)
1) typical
fad ing
2)dumb 3) junior 4) glorious 5) welfare 6)came over 7)
9) n arrowed dow n 10) frank 11)schemes 12) at any rate
2. 1) The Security council consists of five generals and four police officers. 2) The new hotel will be in a locati on overlook ing the lake.
3) I was humiliated by her comme nts about my family backgro und in front of so many people. 4) Do you have any proof that it was Henry who stole the computer? 5) the boy was exhausted after the long cycle ride.
3. 1) hysterical; was han ded dow n; should have known better tha n 2) twisted, over and over, tale nted son
3) patie nee, not to keep him in suspe nse, assured, repeatedly
II.
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1. adequate 2. anxious
3. certain 4. content 5. crazy 6. likely 7. fortunate 8. keen
III.
1. be admitted 2. live
Comprehensive Exercise
3. be postp oned 4. buy 5. be banned 6. be
II. Translation
4) frank 5) tale nt 6) dumb I. 1. 1) typical 2) welfare 3) con sta nt
7) know better tha n that 8) repeatedly 2. 1) despite 7) not
2) really 8) tend
3) same 9) differe nt
9) dread 10) in terfere nee 11) bet 12) assure 4) con tact 10) manner
5) admitted 6) attempt
1. 1) Have scie ntists found proof of water on Mars?
2) The pla nning committee has n arrowed dow n the possible locati ons for the n uelear power
pla nt to two coastal tow ns.
3) Sam not only lost his job but also both legs; he had to live on welfare for the rest of his life. 4) A jury con sisti ng of 12 members voted in unison that Mary was guilty. 5) Sean felt humiliated ti hear his tale nt being questi on ed.
2. George, the son of Mr. Johnson, liked listening to heavy metal music in the evenings, which made
it hard for other residents in the community to fall asleep. Eventually the exhausted neighbors lost their patience and decided on direct interferenee. They called Mr. Joh nson to tell him in a frank manner what they were thi nking. Mr. Joh nson assured them that he would certainly settle the issue. As soon as he put down the phone he scolded his son,
What has come over you? You should know better than to disturb others for your own amusement.” In the end George traded his CD' for computer games software from his classmates.
★ Text B
Comprehe nsion Check: b a b c d a Lan guage Practice 1. defgabhc
2. 1) and he like 2) popularity 3) had been kept in the dark 4) define 5) was aware of 6) relate 7) were up to 8) trend 12) in terviewed
9)opport un ity
10)mobile
11)comme nts
Unit 4
★ Text A
I.
1. 1) con versely
Vocabulary
2). but the n
3) symptom
4) spitt ing
5) abus ing
6) tone
7) took …in 8) edit ing 9) have arran ged 10) in sight 11) stretched 12) data
2. 1) The sight of tee nagers smok ing cigarettes jars me. on
2) A lot of American teenagers don ' like street gangs, but they find themselves getting sucked
in.
3) Jeffrey' computer crashed again this morning. The manager has arranged for a tech ni cia
n from the computer store to check and repair it.
4) During the Viet nam War, many young America ns fled their country to avoid military
service/fled to other coun tries to avoid military service.
5) The new gover nment is pla nning an an ti-corruptio n campaig n so as to restore people '
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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
con fide nee in it.
3.
1) the virtual, on line, via 3) cue, remarks, his tune II. 1. We came here all the way on foot. 2. Private cars are not allowed on campus. 3. They are on vocation in Florida.
4. Mary has bee n talk ing to her friend on the phone for an hour. 5. Don 'worry, Lucy is always on time. 6. In dustrial dema nd on fuel is on the rise.
III. 1. hard 2. difficult 3. impossible 4. tough 5. hard 6. easy Comprehensive Exercise I.
1. 1) internet 2) click 3) virtual 4) routines 5) arrange 6) nightmare
conn ection 9) crawls 10) take in 11) spit 12) data 13) sucked into flee 16) on line
2. 1) companion 2) deliver 3) access 4) enables 5) customers 6) delights 7) provides 8)
small 9) remote 10) in formatio n II. Translation
1. 1) Research shows that laughter can bring a lot of health ben efits. 2) A slow Internet connecting speed is really annoying.
3) As the law sta nds, help ing some one commit suicide is a crime.
4) In her report, Mary tries to in terpret the data from a completely differe nt an gle. 5) Sue is a girl of great tale nt. Her amaz ing 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 n eed and keep up with the latest n ews. But the n, com muni cat ing through the Net can be frustrating at times. The system may crash. Worse still, without the emotional cues of face-to-face com muni cati on, the typed words sometimes seem difficult to in terpret.
7) annoying 14) At times
8) 15)
2) nightmare, routine, any appointment, arrange for
★ Text B
Comprehension Check: c a a b d c Lan guage Practice
1. d e a c b f g h
1) vehicle 2) hooked on 3)i ntense 4)worldwide 2.
5)over ni ght
6)slipped
11) to my
7) on the whole 8) called forth kno 12) On top of that wledge
9) outwards 10)Needless to say
Unit 5
★ Text A
Vocabulary
1. 1) startled 2) mere 3) moti on 4) sweat ing 5) stretched 6) vai n 7) On one occasi on 8) anxiety 9) emotions 10) ashamed 11) In my mind 'eye 12) recurring I.
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