新视野大学英语读写教程(2)课后练习答案(Unit1-5) 

1. shopping 2. feeling 3. storage 4. cooking 5. ending 6. beginning 7. gathering 8. removal 9. arrival 10. passage 11. writing 12. marriage VII.

1. relationship 2. citizenship 3. leadership 4. membership 5. boyhood 6. livelihood 7. brotherhood 8. authorship 9. adulthood 10. neighborhood 11. wisdom 12. ownership

Sentence structure VIII.

1. It is never too bad （for us）to do something about the situation. 2. One is never too old to learn.

3. It is never too late (for you) to put a stop to this madness. 4. It is never too late (for you) to mend your ways.

5. His income was never too small to support his family. IX.

1. My best friend, Anna, was here last night.

2. The company manager, Mr. Madison, gathered his staff and announced the decision. 3. You should have seen an ophthalmologist, an eye doctor.

4. He sent for the accountant, the most experienced person in accounting. 5. \ Translation X.

1. You are never too experienced to learn new techniques.

2. There remains one problem, namely, who should be sent to head the research there.

3. Their relationship did meet with some difficulty at the beginning because of cultural differences. 4. Though he has had ups and downs, I believed all along that he would succeed someday. 5. I have some reservations about the truth of your claim.

6. She isn't particularly tall, but her slim figure gives an illusion of height. XI.

1. 应尽早告知年轻人:必须认真对待法律.

2. 他现在面临一个重要决定,这个决定可能会影响他的整个前程. 3. 即使在情况最糟糕的时候,你也必须保持镇静和信心.

4. 人际关系的成功与否与双方相处是否融洽以及交流是否顺畅有很大关系. 5. 他受到袭击,身受重伤,随后不治而亡. 6. 他的举止至少在表面上像个正常人. Cloze XII.

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. D 11. B 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. D Structured Writing XIV.

Many people place so much emphasis on success that they think any failure is bad. Failure is never pleasant because it hurts people. But in fact is can make a positive contribution to our life once we learn how to make the best of it. We can learn from a disastrous party how to give a good one. And we can learn from an ill-chosen first house what to look for in a second. Even a total failure can give us fresh ideas or a change of direction. Repeated failures lead to success and prove to be beneficial to us as we experiment every day to find out the right way of doing things.

Section B

Reading skills I.

1. F 2. F 3. O 4. F 5. O 6. O 7. O 8. F 9. O 10. F Comprehension of the Text II.

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. A 8. D Vocabulary III.

1. arrange 2. criticism 3. innocent 4. criticizing 5. miserable 6. modest 7. compelled 8. somehow 9. anticipate 10. brilliant IV.

1. on 2. from... to 3. off 4. with 5. away 6. about 7. over 8. On 9. Concerning 10. to

Unit 4 Section A:

Comprehension of the Text

1. He was waiting to see a woman who had filled a special place in his life for the past thirteen months. 2. Soon after he volunteered for military service, he received a book and a letter from this woman. 3. John Blandford was the only person to write her back.

4. She had faithfully written to John. Even when his letters did not arrive, she wrote anyway, without decrease. 5. As long as he received her letters, he felt as thought he could survive. 6. She declined his request and explained her objection.

7. Yes, but she had asked a lady well over forty to wear the rose on her coat. 8. She wanted to make sure that John didn’t love her just for her beauty.

Vocabulary III.

1. forbid 2. identical 3. objection 4. warmth 5. volunteers 6. overseas 7. declined 8. resisted 9. fancy 10. decrease/decline IV.

1. without fail 2. volunteer for 3. as long as 4. right away 5. more than 6. am thankful...for 7. wrote back 8. forbidden from 9. vanished into 10. was free to V.

1. O 2. J 3. G 4. H 5. L 6. A 7. E 8. B 9. C 10. N Word Building VI.

1. sadness 2. weakness 3. carelessness 4. illness 5. darkness 6. kindness 7. laziness 8. nervousness VII.

1. noisy 2. wealthy 3. sunny 4. lucky 5. tasty 6. healthy 7. angry 8. icy Sentence structure VIII.

1. It is necessary for the manager to finish the whole task before leaving for a holiday. 2. It is a shame to take so much money for doing so little.

3. It is our responsibility to help people around us who are in trouble.

4. It is a surprise for us all to realize he has been cheating us.

5. It is pleasant for the mother to see her daughter growing into a young lady. IX.

1. as long as she got her father's agreement 2. As long as you set a goal for yourself

3. As long as she covers all the expenses herself 4. as long as she does her job well 5. As long as you never lose heart Translation X.

1. It is a great pleasure to meet friends from afar.

2. It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches mice.

3. You must let me have the money back without fail by ten o'clock tomorrow morning. 4. Allow me to take part in this project: I am more than a little interested in it. 5. Everyone knows that he is special: He is free to come and go as he pleases.

6. Watching the unhappy look on her face, I felt as though she wishes to say something to me. XI.

1. 现如今,仅仅受过中等教育的人要想找份好工作越来越难了。 2. 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧.

3. 如果你对所购物品不满意,我们将很乐意退款.

4. 我们对这块伟大的美丽的土地心怀感激之情,多年来它迎接了众多的人来这里的海滩游览. 5. 让老师吃惊的是,没人自愿当班长.

6. 那条狗忠心耿耿地继续在火车站等待主人,直到两年后死去. Cloze XII.

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. A 11. A 12. B 13. D 14. C 15. C XIV.

Parents have to save a large amount of money for their children to study abroad. Apart from the international flight, they have to pay for their daily expenses, such as food, shelter, entertainment, long –distance telephone calls, and clothing. In addition, the children should have some money ready to cover unexpected expenses.

Section B: Reading skills I.

1. I am almost dead.

2. I am moving across the landscape.

3. I have achieved a modest amount of prosperity.

4. A friend convinces me to go on a blind date with a lady friend of his. 5. Roma gets a faraway look in her eyes. Comprehension of the Text II.

1. D 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. B 7. C 8. A Vocabulary III.

1. insurance 2. descended 3. precision 4. trace 5. stain 6. specify 7. accustomed 8. embraced 9. knelt 10. prosperity IV.

1. The Rockefeller family achieved a huge amount of prosperity in the oil business. 2. What all workers have in common is expecting better working conditions. 3. You don't know what his feelings will be, as they change from day to day. 4. This is generally a warm place, but we do get freezing weather on occasion. 5. Every year at Christmas drunk driving takes its toll on the joyful atmosphere.

6. Many people still cling to the hope that one day there will be peace between the two countries. 7. He was so angry that he lost control.

8. The climate in Alaska is a far cry from that of Florida. 9. How on earth did she manage to pass the test?

10. His career as a teacher came to an end when he broke his leg, but he continued to write textbooks for students.

Unit 5 Section A:

Comprehension of the Text I.

1. She feels terrible. She wants to weep and she does weep a little. 2. He smoked Prince Albert tobacco in cigarettes he rolled himself.

3. He father was hooked by cigarettes. Though he smoked Prince Albert tobacco, he never looked as fashionable as Prince Albert; he continued to look like a poor, overweight, hard-working colored man with too large a family. 4. By that time, her father’s health had become poor. His breathing was difficult; he had to rest very often when he was climbing stairs. It was not unusual for him to cough for an hour.

5. Money that should be spent for food goes instead to the tobacco companies. As a result, over time, people starve themselves of both food and air, effectively weakening and hooking their children, and eventually killing themselves.

6. Cigarette ends are so poisonous that if a baby swallows one, it is likely to die. Also, the boiled water from a hunch of cigarette ends makes an effective insecticide.

7. she still remembers how carefully she ate when she was pregnant, and how patiently she taught her daughter how to cross a street safely, but now her daughter smokes, which amounts to killing herself by taking poison, as her father did.

8. Smoking is a form of self-battering that also batters others who must sit by.

Vocabulary III.

1. hardened 2. shelter 3. slim 4. weaken 5. Literally 6. noticeable 7. bunch 8. drag 9. grateful 10. hooked IV.

1. leaned on 2. close at hand 3. die of 4. are starved of 5. coupled with 6. is directed…at 7. are...dressed in 8. grateful to 9. struggling to 10. a bunch of V.

1. J 2. G 3. K 4. M 5. E 6. O 7. D 8. H 9. A 10. C Word Building VI.

1. Under the pleasant situation the property prices are just beginning to harden again. 2. In the past few years, these inside conflicts have weakened the government's position.

3. Every Sunday the father takes his child to libraries, museums, exhibitions or natural parks, as he believes that this helps to broaden the child's mind.

4. The days are lengthening as summer approaches.

5. As she was waiting for the result to come out, her excitement heightened. 6. The taking on of a new secretary lightened his workload considerably.

7. As he listened to his assistant reporting on the progress of the project, the manager's face darkened with anger. 8. Before night fell, the setting sun reddened the clouds. VII.

1. arrival 2. expectations 3. understandable 4. Visitors 5. freedom 6. profitable 7. lucky 8. gathering Sentence structure VIII.

1. John went to the cinema with his brother, which surprised me.

2. The boy broke the window, for which he was criticized by the teacher. 3. He tore up my photo, by which I was angered very much. 4. It was raining hard, for which the team stayed indoors.

5. Connie changed her mind for the second time, which came as no surprise to us. IX.

1. The teacher spoke so quietly that the students could hardly hear her. 2. The lecture was so boring that many listeners fell asleep.

3. The student has so many books that he does not know what to do with them. 4. The old man was so ill that his neighbors had to send for a doctor. 5. Her remarks are so funny that everyone laughs to tears. Translation X.

1. He spoke confidently, which impressed me most.

2. My father is so forgetful that he is always looking for his keys. 3. I'm very grateful to you for all the help you have given me.

4. The bad light, coupled with the wet ground, made driving very difficult. 5. Being starved of funds, they had to cancel their plan to start a business. 6. They always lean on us whenever they are in trouble. XI.

1. 飞机可能会晚点几个小时,要是那样，我们等着就没有什么意义了. 2. 乔治常常说谎,因此当他说他考试得了高分时没人相信他. 3. 除了附近位于十字路口的那家小工厂,一切都静悄悄的. 4. 缺少睡眠的人会感到很难集中心思干活.

5. 我安排人去机场接克拉克先生,然后带他去宾馆. 6. 一到达山顶,游客们都高兴地大叫起来. Cloze XII.

1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. B 11. D 12. A 13. A 14. D 15. C XIV.

There are many problems for mixed marriages. The number one reason is the cultural differences between the mixed couple, like those in customs and lifestyle. Many people have prejudice against mixed marriages. They often feel shocked to see people of different races get married and have doubts about such marriages. What’s more, children from mixed marriages tend to be looked down upon or even badly treated by their peers. Mixed marriages face many trials, and as a result, mixed couples have higher divorce rates than couples of the same race.

Section B: Reading skills I.

1. giving them many material possessions 2. change continually and frequently

3. a sudden, uncontrollable feeling of regret

4. makes (the parent-child relationship)go wrong; taking (some of the happiness and mutual respect) away from (parents and their children)

5. start a new course of improved behavior

Comprehension of the Text II.

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. C Vocabulary III.

1. assigned 2. compensate 3. prompt 4. manner 5. tendency 6. undermined 7. submit 8. inferred 9. fluctuates 10. responded IV.

1. Jean wrote the speaker's address down in her notebook for fear that she might forget it. 2. Passengers must show their tickets on demand.

3. Officials are bound to investigate any possible corruption.

4. I took it for granted that you would come with us, so I bought you a ticket.

5. She has been selfish all the time, but she has promised to turn over a new leaf and become more loving toward others.

6. People in this region have pined for a peaceful life since the religious war broke out three decades ago. 7. Poor health had made it difficult for Jim to hold down a job for more than a year. 8. Betty gets very depressed at times because of the pressure of her work. 9. The boys at my school used to make fun of me because I have a flat nose. 10. Jenny kept begging me for a new bicycle, and I finally gave in.