2-Unit2-TheVirtuesofGrowingOlder答案综合教程二

UNIT 2 The Virtues of Growing Older

Key to the Exercises

Text Comprehension

I. Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpose of writing.

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II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.

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IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.

1. I am embarrassed to admit that women are less capable than men of resisting the temptation of fashion.

2. It means that you make friends with different people in order to find a new identity for yourself.

Structural analysis of the text

1. see III.

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2. Paragraph 3: the last sentence; Paragraph 4: the second sentence; Paragraph 5: the first sentence.

Vocabulary

I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

1. be apt to: be likely to 易于……，有……的倾向

2. fall apart: break up, disintegrate

3. in general: as a whole 通常，大体上；总的来说，从总体上看

4. at the mercy of: powerless against; completely controlled by 对……无能为力；任……处置，任由……摆布

5. no wonder: not surprising / only too natural 不足为奇，并不奇怪

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

1. delay

2. Feverishly

3. fa?ade

4. confronted

5. premise

6. dreaded

7. automatically

8. awaiting

III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.

1. obsessive

2. moodiness

3. tolerable

4. beneficial

5. satisfying

6. hidden

7. preference

8. criticisms

IV. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence.

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V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.

1. Synonym: conceal, disguise

2. Antonym: narrow

3. Synonym: satisfaction, happiness, joy

4. Synonym: merits, advantages

5. Synonym: fat, plump

6. Synonym: well-built

7. Antonym: old-fashioned, outdated

8. Synonym: clearly, evidently

VI. Write in each space one word that has the same prefix as underlined in each given word.

1. preface prepare 5. periphery perimeter

2. prologue progress 6. dialogue diameter

3. foresight foresee 7. semifinal semiconductor

4. paralysis parallel 8. devaluate decelerate

Grammar

I. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate forms of the nouns given.

1. agony

2. agonies

3. experience

4. experiences

5. youth

6. a youth

7. a great help

8. a good knowledge

9. a gray hair 10. work

II. Complete the following sentences with quantifiers & determiners.

1. A

2. B

3. D

4. C

5. A

6. B

7. B

8. C

III. Complete the reading.

a lot of, a little, some, a few, A, some, some, a lot of, x, many, x, a lot of

IV. Complete the following with every, each, everyone, every one, all.

1. all, every one

2. each

3. every

4. each

5. everyone

6. each

7. everyone, everyone

8. each

V. Correct errors in the following sentences.

1. you must take care

2. Though he received the document late at night; it

3. When you fell

4. When you read

5. I became clear about what he meant

6. We saw the first star shining in the sky

7. who were eating

8. he was cleaning

Translation

I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1.许多中年人去健身房锻炼，到街上跑步，为的是延缓衰老。

2.青年人最不稳定的因素就是，他们对价值观、人生目标和梦想还犹豫不定。

3.镇上开会我可以大胆发言，在商店里购物我也敢投诉，因为我不再害怕人们会笑我，也

不再渴望人人都喜欢我。

4.我不再因为自己个性方面的缺陷责怪父母，也不会对他们在养育我的过程中所犯的种种

过失耿耿于怀。

II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and phrases given in brackets.

1. Many vain young people are obsessed with fancy cars despite the fact that they are not yet rich enough to afford them.

2. Their marriage finally fell apart when his affair with another woman was found out by his wife.

3. For artistic inspiration, the artist lived in the country for three years, where he denied himself many comforts of life.

4. I’m not sure if we can have the excursion to Chongming Island tomorrow. It is at the mercy of the weather.

5. When he was young he went to Japan to learn medicine, but after he returned to China he changed his mind and pursued a career as a writer all his life.

6. She’s taken up with a man old enough to be her father, which is a disgrace to her parents.

7. Since 1978, our economy has witnessed a rapid development; in contrast that of some developed countries have declined.

8. The earthquake isolated this city from other areas. I’m afraid their food supplies will not hold out through the winter.

Exercises for integrated skills

I. Dictation

I think / that a successful old age is easiest for those / who have strong impersonal

interests / leading to suitable activities. / It is in these activities / that long experience is really fruitful, / and that the wisdom born of experience / can be used / without becoming a burden. / It is no use telling grown-up children / not to make mistakes, / both because they will not believe you, / and because mistakes are an essential part of education. / But if you are one of those / who are incapable of / impersonal interests, / you may find that / your life will be empty / unless you concern yourself / with your children and grandchildren. / In that case / you must realize / that while you can still help them / in material ways, / you must not expect / that they will enjoy your company.

II. Cloze

(1) against (2) for (3) future (4) done (5) other

(6) of (7) their (8) likely (9) if (10) themselves

Writing Practice

Paragraph development — the topic sentence

1. Write a topic sentence to sum up the following details.

A. Topic sentence: Many American cities are named after important people who are or were locally or nationally famous.

B. Topic sentence: Happiness means different things to different people.

2. For each of the following two paragraphs, the topic sentence has been taken out. Read them carefully and work out for each paragraph a topic sentence that you think can hold all the following details together.

A. Topic sentence: The problem isn’t that there’s no interest in teaching.

B. Topic sentence: It means paying teachers what they’re worth.