新编英语教程第三册标准答案部分标准答案

Unit 1

Vocabulary

A. Guessing the meanings of words:

1. f

2. h

3. c

4. b

5. g

6. e

7. d

8. a

B. Looking up words in a dictionary:

1. inconvenient and uncomfortable

2. sad; low in spirits

3. gloomy; cheerless

4. make a short, deep, rough sound (like a pig), showing dissatisfaction

5. very necessary

6. shock deeply; fill with fear

7. timidly

8. greatest; extreme

TEXT I

Comprehension

B. 1. Because I was in bad need of money and was eager to do something of use, I applied for the

job. But at the same time that I did so, I was afraid that the possibility for me to get the job was very small because I didn’t have a university degree, nor did I have any teaching experience.

2. …three days later I received a letter, asking me to go to Croydon to have an interview.

3. He cast a look at me with the same surprise and dislike as a colonel would look at a soldier

when his bootlaces came loose.

4. Apparently the headmaster and I had no similar interests.

5. The way teaching was organized filled me with terror (or, I was shocked at the teaching

arrangements).

6. I should have to divide the class into three groups of three different levels and teach them

one after another.

7. I felt troubled not because I had to walk for a mile along the dusty streets of Croydon,

followed by a group of boys, but because at that time most of my friends were having a good time and relaxing.

8. The fact that I would have to work under a woman in future made me feel totally

humiliated.

TEXT II

TEXT III

Comprehension

1. F (It is looking for people who are able to sell the benefits of the classified columns by

telephone.)

2.T

3. F (It is important.)

4. F (Drive here is a noun, meaning “a forceful quality of mind or spirit that gets things done” or

“initiative” (动力、干劲). Applicants must possess this sort of “drive.”)

5. F (It’s a job that anyone who thinks he is qualified can apply for.)

6.T

GUIDED WRITING

Sentence Combination

Reference Version:

I love travelling by train. Fast expresses, slow local trains which stop at every station, suburban trains taking businessmen to their offices and home again; I enjoy them all. It must be the element of romance that attracts me. There’s no romance in a car on a motorway, which is a box of metal and rubber on a strip of concrete, or in flying through the air in a pressurized tube from one identical plastic and glass airport to another. But trains are different. On a train, you can walk around, look at the scenery, observe your fellow passengers; whereas in a plane all you can see are the clouds and the back of other people’s heads. And then there are the stations. Some, I am afraid, have become too like airports; others, fortunately, are old and dirty, full of

unexpected details and with their own individual peculiarities. Travelling by train remains an adventure, as you try to interpret the timetable, persuade the booking office clerk to sell you a ticket and understand the incomprehensible messages coming over the loudspeaker systems. Then there’s that delightful uncertainty as you wonder whether you are on the right train, or the right part of the train. There’s nothing like it.

Pr is Writing

Reference version:

I applied for my first job before I entered the university because I was short of money. The school where I applied for a job was ten miles away from where I lived and I was not sure if I could get the job. However, after a terrible journey I was so depressed that I no longer felt nervous. The Victorian schoolhouse stood amid fumes and dust by a busy main road. The headmaster was not at all scholarly, neither was the inside of the house academic looking. By and by I discovered that the headmaster and I had very little in common. He wanted me to teach twenty-four boys from seven to thirteen who were to be split up into three levels. I had to teach everything including the subjects I abhorred. Furthermore, I had to work on Saturdays too. The pay, however, was low. To top it all, I had to work under a woman, the headmaster’s wife, who was the real manager of the school.

Letter Writing

1.

Flat 301, 574 Daxing Street

Xining, Qinghai 810056

15 June, 20 __

Dear Prof. Qing,

2.

Flat 402, 583 Ningpo Road,

Wenzhou, Zhejiang 325008

December 20, 20 __

Dear Uncle Ming,

3.

609 Grant Street

Enterprise, OR 97828

U.S.A.

March 2, 20 __

Dear Minnie,

IV. Translation

A. 1. They all believed that he had a slim chance of success.

2. I don’t know why she has an air of sadness all the time.

3. It was after all the students had taken their seats that the president of the students’ union

proceeded to announce the camping itinerary.

4. The stomach is a vital organ of the human body; please take good care of it.

5. He considered it ridiculous for the general manager to attach so much importance to those

routine trifles.

6. Her study, which ranged over many languages and cultures, was full of challenge.

7. As is scheduled, all the members of the staff take turns to do late duty.

8. She was greatly upset at the thought of leaving her parents and living on her own in a

remote area.

9. We do not worry so much about her qualifications for the job as about her health.

10. He was greatly excited about the prospect of having a cruise around the world.

B.Reference version:

From Fred’s point of view, the interview was going very smoothly indeed. Five days before, he had applied for a job at a small business company and now he was being interviewed by one of its directors.

Fred had been working as a salesman. He wanted to change his job not because he was short of money, but because as a salesman he could hardly enjoy any leisure at all.

Fred had been worried that he might lose his head and say something silly, but fortunately he found that he had a lot in common with the director.

It was clear that the director was quite satisfied. Fred was thinking that his chances of landing the job were favourable when the director proceeded to ask, “Do you mind working overtime?”

V. Blank Filling

E. 1. attaches great importance to 2. survived

3. competent, applied for

4. have much in common

5. judging by

6. get to his feet

7. ranging in price 8. a crocodile of, ranging in age

9. Being 10. not so much, but the fact that

Unit 2

TEXT I

Vocabulary

A.Guessing the meanings of words and phrases:

1. c

2. a

3. g

4. d

5. h

6. b

7. f

8. e

B.Looking up words in a dictionary:

1.yield

2.look intently and steadily / stare

3.crossly, showing displeasure

4.make unsatisfactory

5.with obedience

6.unfriendly

7.keep in a small space

8.(of a place) uncomfortably small

Comprehension

A. 1. Tom and Peter had always had great fun together in the garden, but Peter’s sudden illness

spoiled their plan for another enjoyable holiday. Of course Tom wept tears of anger and felt furious now that he had to leave the garden and Peter.

2. Peter was down with the measles and might well have had a sore throat.

3. Perhaps Tom intended to say: “All I said was I would rather have measles with Peter than

go to Uncle Alan’s.”

4. Uncle Alan was very kind to take Tom away at short notice, but Tom was unwilling to go

and said something ungrateful. Tom’s mother was worried that Uncle Alan would hear what Tom intended to say and be upset.

5. She sensed that Tom was cross and might be rude to his uncle and aunt.

6. Tom didn’t want to leave Peter and his mother so he was not at all grateful to Uncle Alan

for taking him away. He wished that his uncle had refused to take him to his house.

Since his mother expected him to agree with her, he couldn’t say anything to the contrary, so he repeated “very kind” bitterly.

7. Peter didn’t want Tom to go away, leaving him all alone. When Tom was leaving he

couldn’t stay quietly in bed. He got up and went to the window to wave good-bye to Tom in spite of his mother’s orders that he ought to stay in bed.

8. He was angry to be taken away in a hurry to a new place without Peter. Besides, their

plan to have great fun during the summer holidays was going to be completely spoiled.

That’s why he sat in the car in an unfriendly way without saying anything.

B. 1. Therefore / As a natural consequence / So

2. in a deep, hoarse sound

3. He said good-bye to the garden by looking at it and felt furious that…

4. Usually / More often than not, town gardens are small; the same is the case with the Longs’

garden.

5. Mrs. Long held the case tight for a while, in an effort to call his attention first.

6. …pushed him towards the car so as to send him away and then followed him to it.

7. How can we thank you enough for taking Tom away so quickly. We had hardly any time

to ask for your consent.

8. …without considering the pain and suffering it might give others, Tom waved good-bye to

Peter whose red, feverish face was pressed against the bedroom window.

9. …keeping very quiet and showing strong resentment and unfriendliness…

10. I hope we can get along with each other quite well.

TEXT II

TEXT III

Comprehension

1. B

2. A

3. A

4. B

5. B

6. C

GUIDED WRITING

Sentence Combination

Reference version:

Smallpox, the most devastating and feared pestilence in human history, is making its last

stand in two remote areas of Ethiopia, one in the desert and one in the mountains. By the end of August only five villages had experienced cases in the preceding eight weeks. More important, the onset of the last known case was on August 9. Because man is the only known reservoir of the smallpox virus, the disease should be eliminated forever when the last infected person recovers. Right now more than 1,000 Ethiopian health workers, together with 10 epidemiologists of the World Health Organization, are combing the countryside to make sure no more cases exist. For two years after the last case is recorded the search will continue for additional outbreaks. If none is found, and if a WHO international commission can be satisfied that the search has been thorough, smallpox will be declared to have been eradicated from the earth. It will be the first such achievement in medical history. (From a medical report written in 1976)

Pr is Writing

Reference version:

Some people go on holiday unwillingly, as in the case of Tom Long. He and his brother Peter were very dear to each other and had planned to spend the summer holidays together enjoyably. Now that Peter was down with the measles, Tom had to go to his Uncle and Aunt’s to be kept away from Peter because of this dreadful disease. On the day of his departure, he looked longingly at the garden and at the would-be treehouse among the apple tree branches, with anger surging up inside. How he’d miss the garden and Peter! Tom’s mother wasn’t any happier in sending him away. Besides, she was worried whether Tom would behave himself at his uncle’s. When Tom got into his Uncle’s car, he sat in hostile silence in spite of his Uncle’s friendliness. He would much rather that his Uncle was cruel to him so that he could have an excuse to run back home. His Aunt was even worse, because she was a child-lover. How could he stand this! He would be cooped up in a small flat with no garden, no playmates. He was cornered.

Letter Writing

Reference version:

1.

16 August, 20 __

Dear Ellen,

I’m sorry that I did not write back as soon as I got your letter but I’ve been very busy …2.

Shanghai, 16 June, 20 __ Dear Amy,

It was a great pleasure to get your long letter telling me about your recent experience …3.

Wuhan, 2 July, 20 __ Dear Ben,

After such a long wait, at last I got your letter of 26th July …

4.

25 Dayton Road,

Staines, Surrey

7 September, 20 __

The Manager

ABC Book Company

London

Dear Sir,

I was happy to receive your letter of 5 September 20 __ …

IV. Translation

A. 1. This old man lived overseas when he was young and had many unusual experiences.

2. She is a well-liked physics teacher with a lot of teaching experience.

3. My shoes are brand-new; I’d rather stay until it clears up.

4. Upon leaving the small house where she lived in her childhood, she looked her

good-bye at every familiar object around.

5. He was asked to leave for Xi’an at such short notice that he didn’t even have time to

call his wife.

6. Their reluctance to join us in the speech contest really spoilt our fun.

7. Please note that every student should keep classroom discipline, and you are no

exception.

8. I don’t care so much about working overtime occasionally, but about your calling off

my holidays with no notice.

9. The speaker cleared his throat to claim the attention of the audience.

10. He was tired of the hustle and bustle of the urban life and hoped to move to the

country, expecting a change in his current life style.

B. Reference version:

When I was very little, I longed to go to the countryside with my father and brother, but I never got a chance. Father went once a year during his holiday to the countryside where my grandmother lived. As a rule, he took my brother Qiangqiang with him. I remember when I was four, there was a lot of talking about countryside-going as Father’s holiday was drawing near.

I was certain that this time Father would take Qiangqiang along as usual. But one morning while I was in the bedroom playing with my doll, Mother called up, “Pingping, come down.”To my surprise, Mother told me with tears in her eyes that I would be sent to my grandmother’s. I was delighted and looked everywhere for my father and Qiangqiang, but they were nowhere to be seen. When the time came for me to leave, Mother murmured, “Pingping, try to be good. Mama and Papa are sure to come to see you soon.”It was not till then that I knew I would be going to the countryside alone, all alone. I clung to my mother, weeping tears of sadness.

V. Blank Filling

E. 1. As a rule 2. no exception to

3. Keep to your bed

4. in a gesture of despair

5. clung to

6. spoiled

7. claimed 8. helped out

9. in hostile silence, at such short notice 10. If only

Unit 3

TEXT I

Vocabulary

A. Guessing the meanings of words and phrases:

1. b

2. e

3. h

4. d

5. f

6. a

7. c

8. g

B. Looking up words in a dictionary:

1. guide or direct

2. strange

3. very unusual, remarkable

4. example of events happening at the same time

5. a long journey by water

6. certain

7. weakly

8. special

Comprehension

B. 1. …after about half an hour of casual chatting, we began to make the conversation follow

the course as we had planned.

2. …it really looks as if we two had planned our trips together, doesn’t it?

3. …that’s what Dr Double L. Dee would call an amazing coincidence.

4. But remember that the two captains travelled in opposite directions and that is quite

important, you know.

5. “Well,” my uncle interrupted.

6. Here Captains Smitherton began to speak at last.

7. Kate jumped up to bring the quarrel to a close by pretending that a new idea had struck her.

8. You are being judged about something that you do n’t really know.

In other words. a judgment will be passed on you for your unreasonable demands made on Robert and me.

TEXT II

Comprehension

1.This is usually known as the Bermuda Triangle. More than a hundred planes and ships have

disappeared without leaving a trace in this area, most of which got lost since 1945.

Furthermore, a thousand lives have been lost in the past thirty-three years, and not a single body or even a piece of wreckage from the vanishing planes or ships has been found.

2.Many of the lost planes had had normal contact with their base or terminal destination until

they suddenly disappeared altogether. And some others had been able to radio the most extraordinary messages, saying that their instruments had stopped functioning, that their compasses were spinning, that the sky had turned yellow and hazy (on a clear day) and that the ocean (which was calm nearby) did not look right, and then, all of a sudden they disappeared without making clear what was really the matter.

3.Up to the present day, there has not been any explanation of the disappearance of ships and

planes. And when the Seventh Coast Guard declares that they will discontinue the search for

a plane or ship which is overdue, the general public and the searchers cannot help expressing

the feeling or making the comment either directly or indirectly that it is connected with the ongoing phenomenon of the Bermuda Triangle.

TEXT III

Comprehension

1.Caribbean

2.supply ship, was lost in 1918

3.Anita, Norwegian freighter, was lost in 1973

4.Rosalie, French sailing vessel, was lost in 1840

5.U.S. cabin cruiser, 1967

6.southwest, south

GUIDED WRITING

Sentence Combination

Reference version:

Columbus made four voyages to the west between 1492 and 1504 in his vain search for a sea route to Asia. The mystery of why he failed to find it haunted him and filled him with sadness.

Wherever he went —to Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, South America, Panama, down the coast of Central America —it was always the same story. Instead of golden palaces, there were grass huts and palm-leaf tents. Instead of silk-robed merchant princes, he found “Indians” who did not even have shirts on their backs.

At times Columbus became reconciled to the truth that this new land was not China, not Japan, not the Spice Islands. He seemed to accept it as a part of the earth that the geographers of