unit3onreading练习答案

Unit 3On ReadingConsolidation ActivitiesI. Text Comprehension1. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose.A.To recommend some masterpieces for pleasurable reading.B.To let the readers share his experience of reading.C.To urge the exercise of personal taste in the selection of what to read fromthe books he is going to recommend.Key: [ C ]2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.1). If books can fulfill your utilitarian purposes, you will find reading them enjoyable. [F]2). All masterpieces, due to their importance and value acknowledged by critics, should be given priority on readers’ booklists. [F]3). The first criterion in book-selection is that the reader should get pleasure from his/her reading. [T]4). Reading habits vary from person to person, depending on individuals’ preferences. [T]5). The author does not believe in skipping, because he often worries that he may have missed something important and valuable in reading as a result of skipping.[F]4. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.1. Even though many scholars highly praise a book, you don’t have to read it at all if you don’t find it interesting.2. Later on, when I finish my work, and I f eel relaxed, and don’t want to beat my brains, I usually read history, essays, criticism or biography, and in the evening I read a novel.II. Writing Strategies1) Read the following sentences that are structured in an inverted sequence.a. Such books we read with resignation rather than with alacrity. (Paragraph 1)b. That, however, they cannot do unless you enjoy reading them. (Paragraph 1)c. Now of such books as this I mean to say nothing. (Paragraph 3)d. ... but how you are to learn it I cannot tell you ...(Paragraph 6)Try to give the normal order of these sentences and comment on their stylistic functions.a. Normal sequence: We read such books with resignation rather than with alacrity.Function: To create a closer relation between “books” in this sentence and “them” in the preceding one.b. Normal sequence: However, they cannot do that unless you enjoy reading them.Function: To achieve emphasis by putting “that” at the beginning of the sentence.c. Normal sequence: Now I mean to say nothing of such books as this.Function: Both to achieve emphasis and to create a closer relation between “this” in the sentence and what has been discussed in the preceding one.d. Normal sequence: ... but I cannot tell you how you are to learn it ...Function: Both to achieve emphasis and to create a closer relation between“it” in the sentence and “to know how to skip” in the preceding one.2) With the exception of Paragraphs 1 and 4, the author supplies his own experiences in the second half of each paragraph to shed more light on the suggestions he puts forward. Read these experiences again, and identify the author’s viewpoints.The author’s viewpoints involved in his personal experiences:a. The author’s experience in reading George Eliot’s Adam Bede(Paragraph 2)—to indicate that masterpieces do not necessarily bring enjoyment in reading.b. Reading certain books makes the author feel the richer (Paragraph 3) — tosuggest that what pleases one person does not necessarily please another.c. The a uthor’s reading habit (Paragraph 5) —to advise people that they needto read according to their own interests.d. The author’s experience as a bad skipper (Paragraph 6) — to prove thatreading could be more enjoyable, if you know how to skip.III. Language Work1. Explain the underlined part(s) in each sentence in your own words.1). Such books we read with resignation rather than with alacrity.read with unresisting acceptance because we know we have to; eagerness 2). The books I shall mention in due course will help you neither to get a degree nor to earn your living.later, after these introductory remarks3). I wish to deal only with the masterpieces which the consensus of opinion fora long time has accepted as supreme.for a long time have generally been accepted as the most important books 4). Don’t forget that critics often make mistakes — the history of criticism isfull of the blunders the most eminent of them have made ...full of mistakes; famous and respected5). ... I would not go so far as to pretend that to read a book will assuage the pangs of hunger or still the pain of unrequited love ...ease the painful feeling; kill6). But who is going to acquire the habit of reading for reading’s sake, if he is bidden to read books that bore him.told to7). It sets me off for the day.warms me up and gets me ready for a whole day’s work8). Later on, when my work is done and I feel at ease, but not inclined for mental exercise of a strenuous character, I read history, essays, criticism or biography ...ready for; a toilsome / difficult nature9). ... I am aware I have not done it justice ...have not treated the book in a way that is fair10). I am apt to think that I might just as well never have read it ...tend to; it might have been equally good if I had never read it (Note: it is a phrase used to mean that another course of action would have an equally good result.)2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1). They received the news with resignation. (resign)2). The company has begun to challenge the supremacy (supreme) of the current leading manufacturers in the textiles industry.3). All four proposals to the committee were unanimously (unanimous) approved.4). Having achieved eminence (eminent) as an actor, he now intends to perform acomparable feat in politics.5). This part of the law is only applicable (apply) to companies employing more than five people.6). The museum houses a fascinating miscellany (miscellaneous) of nautical treasures.7). I’m not sure of the chronology (chronological) of the events.8). The children sat listening attentively (attention) to the story.9). My own inclination (incline) would be to look for another job.10). He strenuously (strenuous) denies all the allegations against him.3. Fill in the blank(s) in each sentence with a phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.incline | resign | class as | with equanimity | rob of | stall off | apt | dip into | apply to extract | do justice to | set off1). She didn’t really do justice to herself in the interview.2. He resigned from the company to take a more challenging job.3). A last-minute injury robbed me of my place on the team.4). It’s the sort of book you can just dip into now and again.5). That bit of the form is for foreigners —it doesn’t apply to you.6). No one seemed inclined to help.7). I’m 17, but I’m still classed as a child when I travel by bus.8). She’s in her eighties now and apt to be a bit forgetful.9). She’s finally stopped crying — n ow don’t set her off again.10). The oil which is extracted from olives is used for cooking.11). The thief broke into the office while his accomplice stalled off the security guard.12). He received the news of his mother’s death with remarkable equanimity.4. Explain the meaning of the underlined part in each sentence.1). There is a supreme moment at the end of the opera.a moment which causes great excitement2). The air was so still that not even the leaves on the trees were moving.There was so little wind3). He bade them to leave at once.ordered or told4). If symptoms persist, seek medical attention.visit a doctor5). The kitchen roof is apt to leak when it rains.likely to6). She felt that life had lost most of its savour.pleasure and interest7). Somebody set the alarm off.made the alarm bell ring8). I incline to disagree with you on that point.I more disagree than agree9). I’ve only dipped into the book.read a few pages of the book, not from cover to cover10). The winner has been disqualified for cheating, so justice has been done.fairness has been achieved5. Correct the errors in the following passage. The passage contains ten errors, one in each indicated line. In each case, only one word is involved.Corrections should be done as follows:Wrong word: underline the wrong word and write the correct word in the blank. Extra word: delete the extra word with an “×.”Missing word: mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” and write the missing word in the blank.6. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE appropriate word.The Beauty of ReadingAll good books have one thing in (1) common —they are truer than if they really (2) happened and after you have finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards, it all (3) belongs to you: the good and the bad,the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was.— Ernest Hemingway Books, as we all know, are the stepping stones to human progress, for they reflect the world’s greatest minds. However, they are only gaudy ornaments on the (4) shelves until someone reads them. So it is reading that (5) makes the difference. Reading is to the mind what food is to the (6) body, for it transforms the way people understand the world, invokes self-awareness and helps to fulfill (7) personal potential.Reading unfolds a sketch of th e real world in front of readers’ (8) eyes. Books present the landscape and stories of the whole world beyond the (9) limitations of time or space. And by reading, readers get to (10) know exotic cultures and traditions, enjoy numerous anecdotes, and even (11) experience the legendary life of their idols. In this regard, reading (12) enables people to understand the world from a new perspective.Reading motivates personal development. Merely (13) sustaining life is a vegetable state. Thoroughly (14) living life requires continuous exploration of mankind itself. And reading enhances people’s capacity to judge themselves in a moral and rational way, and then correct their (15) misunderstanding of the concept of themselves.Reading develops potential. Books are the legacies that great geniuses leave to (16) mankind. And reading provides readers with a shortcut by which they can get (17) access to their great minds. The beauty of reading is just like the sunshine, illuminating (18) everything. By reading and getting access to great (19) minds, readers tend to be encouraged and enlightened, (20) which naturally makes life more meaningful.IV. Translation1. Translating SentencesTranslate the following sentences into English.1). 她欣然接受了那笔钱。