大学体验英语综合教程第三版第2册第3册部分答案

CONTENTS

Lead-in (1)

Unit 5 (1)

Unit 6 (1)

Unit 7 (1)

Unit 8 (1)

Unit 2 (1)

Read and complete (2)

Unit 5 (2)

Unit 6 (2)

Unit 7 (2)

Unit 8 (2)

Unit 2 (3)

Read and translate (3)

Unit 5 (3)

Unit 6 (3)

Unit 7 (4)

Unit 8 (4)

Unit 2 (4)

Lead-in

Unit 5

Success can be reached in different ways by people in different careers.

Bill Gates began at age 13 to 1. program computers. His vision for personal computing has been central to the success of Microsoft Corporation, the company he 2.founded with his childhood friend in 1975.

The former CEO of General Electric, Jack Welch, is a business legend. A famous quote by Mr. Welch is, "Change before you have to." He believes in leading by example and 3.encourages his employees to do their best everyday.

Michael Jordan said, "I accept 4.failure, but I can’t accept not trying." He is one of the best athletes to ever play team sports. His great smile, athletic 5.achievements, and pleasant personality have made him one of the most famous 6. athletes in the world. Michael Jordan spent a lot of time playing basketball as a child but in senior middle school he was taken off the team. Instead of 7.giving up , he worked through adversity and became the greatest basketball player yet.

Celine Dion came from 8.humble beginnings in a rural French Canadian town in Canada. The youngest of fourteen children, her voice is internationally known on such soundtracks as Beauty and the Beast and Titanic.

Ronaldo is Brazil’s greatest 9.talent in soccer since Pelé. He began his professional 10.caree r in the season 90-91, playing for the Social Ramos Club. FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) voted him best player of the year in both 1996 and 1997.In 2002,he won the Golden Shoe Award of the FIFA World Cup with 8 goals scored. Unit 6

Physical activity improves our bodies’ health. A recent study, 1)published in The New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that maintaining a healthy level of physical 2)fitness through exercise can help people live longer. The findings also provide updated 3)support to Charles Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” theory. But repetitive exercise can become boring,4) leading to discouragement, frustration, even quitting. Selecting an activity that provides

5)enjoyment as well as physical exercise, however, can be the answer. Many people have turned to sports. Sports can provide a 6)challenge—physically as well as mentally and increase one’s physical activity while providing social interaction, a sense of accomplishment and enjoyment.

First held as part of the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece, and then brought to Boston, Massachusetts in 1897, the Marathon is now an important part of 7)culture in many cities across America. Marathon running, usually a 40 km (26.2 miles) race, is becoming increasingly popular with both men and women for its challenge of perseverance, requiring both 8) physical and mental endurance, and its feat of accomplishment. For first-time runners it is the culmination of a dream — a personal 9)goal obtained after months of physical and psychological 10)preparation

and training. For veteran marathoners it’s an opportunity to improve their Personal Best — competing against their own fastest time.

Unit 7

A family begins with two people. Love deepens and grows between a couple and soon a wedding 1.takes place,the beginnings of a family. Children are born, growing and 2.maturing with every passing year. When grown up, they, too, fall in love and marry. The 3.process of creating a family begins again, adding generations to the family.

A day in the life of a family is 4.filled with work and school,

errands and chores. At the end of a busy day we can find children 5.excitedly sharing the events of their day with Mo m and Dad. It is a 6.time for working together and playing together. Reading to the children, 7.singing songs,

doing homework together,

and playing games are some 8.activities that take place during family time. A television 9.show may be what each fa mily member needs to 10. relax and

enjoy some quiet time together. Strong family relationships are developed by spending quality time together. Unit 8

Have you ever listed everything the computer does to enhance modern life? From finding research to doing research, from 1.Business use to home use, from https://www.360docs.net/doc/067738000.html,municating with friends and family to searching for a job, computers simplify our lives and allow us to learn and3.discover things with the click of a mouse. The Internet is like a highway system, moving bits of information across telephone lines and cables with such speed that when we 4.type in the web address or search for websites, within seconds the information appears on the computer screen. The

5.invention of the computer and the Internet has revolutionized how we live and work. How did we ever

6.get along without computers?

There is 7.opposition in all things and the computer is not an exception. While it provides us with many good things at our fingertips, there are those who 8.create programs that infect the computer with "viruses" which destroy its 9.memory and frustrate the computer owner. Anti-virus programs, however, are 10.available to combat the problem. Cybercrime is also rising as Internet privacy is violated in a variety of ways, creating the need for better Internet security systems to be developed.

Unit 2

Each year the respective Nobel Committees send 1) invitations to thousands of scientists, members of academies and university professors 2) around the world, asking them to nominate (提名) candidates for the Nobel Prizes for the coming year.

These prize nominations must 3) reach the respective Nobel Committees of the prize-awarding institutions before February 1 of the year for which the nomination is being made. The prize-awarding 4) institution for the Physics and Chemistry awards is the Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The nominations received by each committee are then evaluated with the help of 5) specially appointed experts. When the committees have presented their recommendations to the prize-awarding institutions, a 6) vote is taken for the final choice of Laureates (获奖者). The choice of that year’s Laureates is announced immediately after the vote in October each year.

The prizes are awarded at the Prize Awarding Ceremony at the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10 (the Anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death). At the Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm, the King of Sweden hands each Laureate a 7) diploma and a 8) medal. The Ceremony 9) is followed by a banquet at the Stockholm City Hall for about 1 300 people, 10) including250 students.

Read and complete

Unit 5

Exercise 4

1.The economy in that country was sinking deeper and deeper into crisis.

2.My father was a historian and his specially was the history of Germany.

3.They decided to close the museum purely and simply because it cost too much to run.

4.The local government has decided on new measures to discourage car use in support of public transportation.

5.It’s pretty unlikely that they’ll turn up now，it’s nearly ten o’clock.

6.The interchange of ideas aids an understanding of group dynamics.

7.She says it’s a good film and recommends，it to all her friends，though she hasn’t actually seen it.

8.Stop shouting and let’s discuss this reasonably.

9.People now have perceived that green issues are important to our future.

10.Kathy and Eric run this small hotel as a “extended home”，

which should give you a good idea of the atmosphere of warmth and hospitality there.

Exercise 5

1.She took a deep interest in politics while she was still a college student, and was elected to the lower parliame

nt at the age of 40.

2.Alone in London, without friends, work, or money, Shelley fell into despair.

3.There was an attempt to sign up more men for the police force, but not many did.

4.The idea sounds fine, but we still need to try it out in practice.

5.She started working on an engineering degree but dropped out of college after only a year.

Unit 6

Exercise 4

1.The audience cheered and clapped enthusiastically as curtain came down.

2.Tom expects to defend her title successfully in the next Olympics.

3.Would you quit your job if you inherited lots of money from your parents.

4.Jack has spent years in the development and perfection of his wine-making techniques.

5.As an advanced journalist,

she has interviewed celebrities and political leaders on her radio program for over 25 years.

6.According to a survey of 1000 city residents，garbage collection is the city service people like most.

7.The report managed to get a exclusive interview with the Prime Minister.

8.We’ve had to build some cupboards to give us more storage space.

9.“I’ve always found German cars very reliable，”he observed in the newspaper column.

10.A team of sports journalists was sent to Germany to cover the 2006 World Cup.

Exercise 5

1.If you're going swimming tomorrow morning, you can count me out, because I'll be preparing for an examinati

on.

2.The child seemed to be unaware of the trouble he was causing, and still laughed in spite of the mother's anger

.

3.The suspect stopped in his tracks when he heard the footsteps behind him.

4.It is true that at times even the most talented athletes lose their motivation.

5. A new director has been brought in to turn the company around

Unit 7

Exercise 4

1.You have to be a born optimist to be able to do this hard job and not despair.

2.Economic reconstruction in the country must begin with the recovering of agricultural production.

3.Her speech failed to sway her colleagues into supporting the plan.

4.Jack never allowed himself to be bullied into doing anything that went against principles.

5.I felt disgusted and wondered how I could ever have been so gross.

6.The director insisted that the conditions of the contract should be fulfill exactly.

7.Trade Union representatives are chosen by elections, All the members have a vote.

8.The doctor who performed the surgery gave Aikman 85% chance of full recovery by September.

9.Mother was a pillar of strength to us when our situation seemed hopeless.

10.The students complained about the rigid rules and regulations at the school.

Exercise 5

1.The family crisis really brought out her best; she was a competent mother and a successful career woman at

the same time.

2.The interesting thing about him is that he is one of those who always turn out to be lucky no matter what they

do.

3.If the traffic plan works out, it will be applied to other cities too.

4.Hang in there; the police will soon come to rescue us.

5.It’s not like Catherine to be rude; she’s polite by nature.

Unit 8

Exercise 4

1.The reason I didn’t do well in my exams was that I just didn’t have adequate time to prepare.

2.It is vitally important that we get extra funding for the project.

3.Ms.Robbins was caught delivering a copy of a confidential(机密的) document to a newspaper reporter.

4.The quick distribution of the virus caused great damage to the network system across the country.

5.Traffic noise, pollution, huge concrete buildings—how can people survive in a(an) urban area.

6.The film has identified 60 potential customers at home and abroad.

7.I’ve had continual problems with this car ever since I bought it!

8. A computer virus may hide in a computer’s memory,

calling up and infecting each of the machine’s data files in turn.

9.He says he’ll stop supplies getting in,but it’s just an empty threat because there are many other supplies.

10.A(n) updated version of the software will be available within six months.

Exercise 5

1.When the boxer let down his guard, he was knocked out by the opponent.

2.In the interview, the applicant came across as being extremely intelligent.

3.In the back of his mind was the vague idea that he had met her before.

4.I check my email box every evening as a matter of course.

5.We spent all Saturday morning cleaning up the dormitory.

Unit 2

Exercise 6

1.The theories of relativity have made fundamental changes in our views of the universe.

2.That is our ultimate proposal, and no other changes will be considered.

3.The forest fire was found to have been sparked by a cigarette end.

4.The speaker had apparently noticed that his topic wasn’t popular with the audience, so he quickly ended his

speech.

5.I’ve no patience with people who are always complaining of their misfortune.

6.I have never imagined that I would be the object of such curiosity.

7.The doctors tried to convince her that she didn’t need to feel depressed about her h ealth.

8.The police asked him to describe the accident in every detail.

9.The quality guarantee and good after-sale services will certainly meet with positive responses from the

consumers.

10.The story of Harry Potter (has) stirred the imagination of children throughout the world.

Exercise 7

1.The scoundrel has fooled a lot of people into believing he’s a rich man.

2.Isn’t this straw hat beautiful? My wife came upon it on her business trip to China last year.

3. A group of bystanders was invited to join in the game.

4.Scientists will have to come up with new technologies to improve the world’s food and fuel supplies.

5.The news of the President’s warlike speech yesterday pushed the stock market to a sharp rise of up to120

points.

Read and translate

Unit 5

Exercise 7

1.We have to put aside out emotions and take it from a professional standpoint.（我们得把感情放在一边，从

专业的角度来对待这件事情。）

2.The play was so wonderful that I soon lost myself in the excitement of it.（这部戏非常精彩，我很快就沉浸

于激动人心的剧情之中。）

3.S he hasn’t got any hobbies--- unless you call watching TV a hobby.（她没有什么爱好——除非你把看电视也

算是一种爱好。）

4.He said that he got the information first—hand from the mayor himself.（他说他是直接从市长本人那里得

到这个信息的。）

5.Since you can’t answer the question, perhaps we'd better ask someone e lse. （既然你不能回答这个问题，

我们最好问问别人。）

Exercise 8

1.How can we steer our child toward success?

How can we find a proper way to steer disabled people toward success?（我们要怎样才能找到一个合适的办法来引导残疾人士走向成功呢？）

2.It’s true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft, but I was a t Harvard for three years before dropping

out—and I’d love to have the time to go back.

It’s true that she did something terrible before, but she was already punished for that and she’s willing to

make it up for that.（不错，她是做过很可怕的事，但她已因此而受到了惩罚，而且现在她也愿意为此作出补偿。）

3.In high school there were periods when I was highly focused on writing software, but for most of my high

school years I had wide-ranging academic interests.

In college there were periods when I was highly focused on reading detective stories, but for most of my

college years I read a wide range of books on nature.（上大学时我曾几度醉心于看侦探小说，但大学几年的大部分时间我还是读了各种有关大自然的书籍。）

4.College isn’t the only place where information exists.

The gym isn't the only place where you can exercise so as to keep energetic.（体操房并不是可以运动健身的惟一去处。）

5.Getting real expertise in an area of interest can lead to success—unless the specialty ends up bing a dead end

or you’re not good at.

Staying motivated in your study can lead to success--- unless your choice ends up a dead end for your career.

（保持学习动力才会成功，除非你为你的职业生涯选择了一条死胡同。）

Unit 6

Exercise 7

1.It’s a difficult job, but I’d like to have a shot.（那件工作很难做，不过我想试试看。）

2.This is a book about business practice as opposed to theory.（这是一本呢关于商务实践而非理论的书。）

3.Social activities never get in the way of her studies.（社会活动从未耽误她的学习。）

4.It was not until 1911 that the first of the vitamins was identified.（直到1911年人们才发现第一种维生素。）

5.Natural disasters have obviously contributed to the country’s economic crisis.（尽管年事已高，爷爷每天还

帮忙做家务。）

Exercise 8

1.From that moment on, Paul recognized that his life would never be the same.

From that moment on, 11-year-old Daniel who played the leading role in the “Harry Potter” movies recognized that his life would never be the same.（从那一刻起，在《哈利·波特》系列中担任主角的11岁少年丹尼尔意识到自己的生活从此永远地改变了。）

2.He was a young man who had discovered and demonstrated that goals can be reached no matter how many

obstacles and botched attempts lie in the way.

He was a young man who believed that he will fulfill his dream no matter how many difficulties lie in the way.

（这个年轻人相信：不管前进途中有多少困难，他都会实现他的梦想。）

3.It wasn’t until I stepped off the plane that I realized people considered me a hero.

It wasn’t until his wife was killed in the accident that he realized how important she had been in his life.（他

的妻子在车祸中丧生之后，他才意识到妻子在他的生活中曾经有多么重要。）

4.With medal in hand, Paul was suddenly ushered into a world of lucrative endorsement and figure-skating

world tours, of exclusive events and autograph seeker.

With fairy tale book in hand, I always felt I was ushered into a world of beauty and purity.（手中拿着一本童话故事书时，我总是觉得我被领进了一个美丽而纯洁的世界。）

5.Just as skater achieves perfection by practicing small parts of his larger routine day after day, a hero must look

for ways to serve on a regular basis—not just in a crisis or more visible situation.

Just as an athlete achieves perfection by repeated training of a few actions of the larger routine day after day,

a good student should make continuous efforts to improve himself on a regular basis.（正像运动员要达到完

美的地步需要日复一日反复训练一套的日常训练计划中的少数动作一样，一个好学生平日就应该不断充实自己。）

Unit 7

Exercise 7

1.He did not regret what he had said but felt that he could have expressed it differently.（他并不后悔说过的话，

只是觉得他完全可以不用这种方式表达。）

2.We’d better wait till 14 December. David will have his exam by then, so he’ll be able to go on holiday with us.

（我们最好等到12月14日。那时大卫已考完试，就能和我们一起去度假了。）

3.He’s working on a new project which has to be finished by the end of the year.（他正在做一个新项目，年底

前必须完成。）

4.They are letting us use their lab, and in return, we are sharing with them the results of our research.（他们让

我们使用他们的实验室，作为回报，我们则让他们分享研究成果。）

5.Such things as making a nd answering telephone calls take up most of the secretary’s time.（诸如打电话、听

电话一类的事情占用了这位秘书的大部分时间。）

Exercise 8

1.Despite his worry, Dad was a pillar of strength for us and especially for her.

Despite his illness, he is a pillar of strength for our company and especially for the sales department.（尽管他有病在身，他却是我们公司尤其是销售部的顶梁柱。）

2.She knew that no matter what, Dad and his love would be there.

She never feared difficulties, because she knew that no matter what, her parents’ concern and love would be there.（她从不惧怕困难，因为她知道不管发生什么事，父母的关爱总会和她在一起。）

3.I decided to leave, and Dad tried to sway me from my decision, as any good father would.

Tom decided to drop out of school, and Mr. Wilson tried to sway him from his decision, as any responsible

teacher would.（汤姆决定辍学。像任何有责任的老师那样，威尔逊先生极力劝阻他改变主意。）

4.As it turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national magazine for young people in the

UK.

As it turned out, the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team went on to win one gold medal after another, an

exciting event for the whole country.（结果，中国女子排球队接着获得了一枚又一枚金牌，成为整个国

家一个令人激动的事件。）

5.Hang in there and things will improve.

Hang in there and your goal will certainly be achieved.（只要坚持下去，你的目标就一定能实现。）

Unit 8

Exercise 7

1.In pursuit of a healthier diet, people are eating more fish than they used to.（为了追求更为健康的饮食，人

们现在吃的鱼比过去更多。）

2.We need to have the roof repaired before the bad weather sets in.（我们需要在坏天气到来之前叫人把屋

顶修一修。）

3.The disease is spreading, and all young children are at risk.（这种疾病正在蔓延，所有儿童都有被传染的危

险。）

4.The information is transmitted from one computer to another through a telephone line.（信息通过电话线从

一台电脑传到另一台电脑。）

5.Jack is a fairly good runner. He wins more often than not.（杰克是个相当好的赛跑运动员。他在大多数情

况下都能获胜。）

Exercise 8

1.It sounds like companies have put in place adequate defense to protect against viruses.

It sounds like this high-tech company has put in place many favorable measures to protect against brain drains.

（听说这家高新技术公司实施了多种优惠政策以防止人才流失

2.The worry comes when employees start risking company security in pursuit of personal amusement.

The worry comes when paper-mills ignore the environmental pollution in pursuit of profits.（如果造纸厂为

了追求高额利润而置环境问题于不顾，就着实堪忧了。）

3.It is vitally important that employees be educated about the virus threat but this cannot be a one-off event.

It’s vitally important that one attend a t est-preparation class before taking a TOEFL test but this cannot be a

one-off event if he really want to have a good command of English.（参加托福考试前去上考前辅导班非常重要，但要想真正学好英语这却不是一劳永逸之策。）

4.The potential threat should always be in the back of an employee’s mind and pr ecautionary measures should

be taken as a matter of course.

The potential threat should always be in the back of a doctor’s mind and appropriate measures should be

taken in no time once emergency arises.（医生的潜意识里应该随时留意潜在的危险，而且一旦出现紧急情况必须立刻采取适当的措施。）

5.In the end, education is the key to a virus-free environment and this is a continual process.

In the end, science and education are the keys to a prosperous county and this is a continual process.（归根

到底，科学和教育一个国家兴旺发达的关键，而且应该坚持不懈。）

Unit 2

Exercise 8

1.Reporters pressed the spokesman for an explanation of the military attack.（记者敦促发言人就此次军事打

击作出解释。）

2.His election speech failed to convince the voters that he was the right person for the Senate seat.（他的竞选

运动未能使选民相信他就是参议员的合适人选。）

3.While I admit that there are problems, I don’t agree that they cannot be solved.（尽管我承认有问题存在，

但我并不认为这些问题不能解决。）

4.His first debate on TV made a deep impression on his audience.（他在电视上的第一次演讲给听众留下了深

刻的印象。）

5.All things are interrelated and interact with each other.（一切事物都是互相联系又互相作用的。）

Exercise 9

1.They might have thought him slow, but there was something else evident.

She might have thought that history was just boring names and dates, but Professor Yi’s lectures completely changed her view.（她本以为历史就是一堆乏味的名字和日期而已，但易教授的讲座彻底改变了她的看法。）

2.All he could do was stare with questioning eyes.

After the plane crash, all the survivors could do was wait for rescue on this desert island.（飞机失事后，幸存者们唯一能做的就只有待在荒岛上等待救援了）

3.Hermann Einstein brought Albert a device that did stir his intellect.

JThe little boy happened to read some stories about Bermuda Triangle that did stir his curiosity in the

mysteries of nature.（这个小男孩偶然读到了一些关于百慕大三角（Bermuda Triangle）的故事。正是这些故事激发了他对自然界奥秘的好奇心。）

4.The invisible force was evidence to Albert that there was more to our world that meets the eye.

The DNA test result was evidence to the police that the murderer was someone else.（DNA检测结果向警方证明凶手另有他人。）

5.He was convinced that beauty lies in the simplistic.

Darwin was convinced that The Theory of Evolution is based on natural selection.（达尔文坚信进化论（The Theory of Evolution）的基础是天竞物择。）