大学英语创意阅读1答案
Unit One
Words to note: 12, 8, 13, 14, 10, 15, 2, 5, 16, 11, 4, 7, 1, 6, 3, 9
Understanding the text:
Part A: 1. They gave clocks to Chinese and the phrase "give a clock" sounds like "make a funeral arrangement".
2. Because they symbolize the cutting of a relationship.
3. Things from your own place that are difficult to get locally in the place where you are
visiting.
4. With both hands.
5. To show modesty; they do not want to appear greedy by accepting immediately.
Part C: 1. they can strengthen business relationships.
2. they may be seen as inappropriately romantic.
3. wrapped and presented correctly.
4. they don't want the donor to lose face if the gift is not appropriate.
5. remember the country's religion, avoid giving things that are not appropriate, and chose
the wrapping paper carefully.
Unit Two
Words to note: 7, 5, 12, 9, 1, 15, 2, 3, 10, 6, 13, 16, 4, 11, 14, 8
Understanding the text:
Part A: 1. The Western horoscope is divided into 12 star signs.
2. Varied answers.
3. Cartoons and crosswords.
4. Traveling overseas.
5. The horse.
6. Power, passion and daring.
7. The second new-moon day after the winter solstice.
8. Because some signs are believed to be incompatible with others and therefore a bad
marriage will result.
Part B: F, T, F, F, F, T, F, F
Unit 3
Words to note: 9, 3, 15, 2, 7, 1, 10, 14, 4, 12, 5, 11, 6, 8, 13
Understanding the text:
Part A: 8, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7, 1, 4
Part B: F, F, T, T, F, F, F, T, T, F
Unit 4
Words to note: 12, 7, 13, 2, 14, 10, 8, 1, 4, 5, 11, 9, 3, 6,
Understanding the text
Part B: F, F, F, T, F, T
Corrections:
1.British people eat a very large breakfast before going to work.
2.Families do not sit down together to have lunch.
3.People like to try different kinds of food from different countries.
The meal called tea includes tea, sandwiches and pasties with cream and jam..
Unit 5
Words to note: 6, 12, 4, 9, 1, 10, 15, 2, 11, 3, 13, 5, 14, 7, 16, 8
Understanding the text
Part A: T, F, F, F, T, T, F, T, F, F
Corrections:
2. In America Katy had no interest in her Chinese background.
3. It was Sam’s first time to visit Katy.
4. Katy does not like spending time with Sam at first.
7. Sam goes away to China because it’s the end of his holiday.
9. Sam is happy to see Katy.
10. Katy stayed with Sam in China.
Part B: 1. Because it is about her.
2. Because she went to a local school, spoke English to her friends and had no interest in
her Chinese background.
3. Because everything is new or strange for him.
4. That is the day when Katy fell in love with Sam.
5. Because he thinks that Katy is too good for him.
6. Katy now feels that she is really Chinese and that she has discovered her roots.
Unit 6
Words to note: 10, 4, 6, 17, 9, 1, 12, 3, 14, 2, 18, 5, 13, 11, 16, 8, 7, 15
Understanding the text
Part A: 1. It is important because it contains a great deal of evidence about how people in a society lived their everyday lives.
2. The Garbage Project is a research project carried out by the University of Arizona. It
studies the garbage in city rubbish dumps to find evidence of the lifestyles of the local
population. It started in 1973 in Tucson, but has now expanded to many other cities
and has built a huge database of information on most aspects of modern American life.
3. The garbage is sorted into a variety of categories (food items, dangerous materials,
personal items etc.).
4. This is because when there is a shortage of something, people try to hoard large supplies
of the item. They may buy too much. This frequently means that the item needs to be
thrown away before it can be used – perhaps because of a shortage of storage space or
because it starts to perish.
5. There are two reasons for this. The first is that people do not want to be seen as wasteful
when it comes to food. They say (and think) they throw away less food than they
actually do. The other reason is that they know they should be eating less junk food
and more healthy food, but in fact the evidence from the garbage is that they eat more
junk food. They are not deliberately lying; they just have an inaccurate impression of
their own eating habits.
6. The Garbage Project can give a clear impression of how people live and behave.
Part B: F, F, T, F, F, T
Corrections
1.It was started in Arizona, but has now expanded to cover many other American cities
and even Mexico City as well.
2.There are too many households in Tucson to collect from each and every one.
Therefore, only a sample of households had their rubbish collected. Also, there is no
time specified in the text, it simply says “over a period of time”.
4.The passage does not specify the quantity of Mexican sugar found – simply that some
was found in Tucson where there was a sugar shortage. There is no evidence that it
tasted bad.
5.The evidence shows that poor people buy smaller packets of food and not the large
economy packets (which more wealthy families bought). They may have wanted to
buy the more economical larger packets but could not afford the larger outlay of
money.
Unit 7
Words to note: 5, 11, 16, 3, 1, 15, 2, 14, 4, 12, 6, 10, 8, 13, 9, 7
Understanding the text:
Part A: 1. Property prices increased by this amount in the 1990s.
2. The year in which Sir Edward Coke said "An Englishman's home is his castle."
3. The number of new homes built each year in Britain.
4. Pots of paint sold by a single British company in one year.
5.Average price of a British home in 2001.
Part B: 1. A castle was a very strong building specifically built to keep the people inside safe and secure. The expression, therefore, means that the home is a place where the owner feels
safe from the outside world and where the outside world cannot enter without his
permission. He is protected and secure there. This is a very common expression used to
describe the attitude of English people towards their homes. It may also link with ideas
about privacy: many British people like to think of their home as being a prvate place
which others can’t simply just walk into without permission; inside the family they can
do as they wish, without being bothered by outsiders.
2. One reason is that the house costs so much to buy that it makes good sense to maintain it
and even important it as much as possible (both to make it worth even more if it is sold
and to improve the comfort and space if not). The other reason is that the home is, in a
way, a refection of the owner. How the house looks to other people, tells them
something about the person who owns it – therefore the owner wants to make sure it
reflects a good image of his or her self. The better the houses look, the better the owners
feel about their status.
3. It is a loan from a bank or other financial company that is used specifically to buy a house.
It is paid back through monthly payments (with interest) over a number of years – often
over as many as 25 years.
4. Before the industrial revolution, the home was much more than simply a house that you
happened to be living in at that time. It had a history of family life, of ancestors, of
relatives and probably of having the same neighbors for generations. After the industrial
revolution, people had to move much more and the home became more of a place that
you were living in at that time and many of the other traditions were lost.
5. Trading up means buying a house that is relatively cheap, keeping it for a few years until
its value has increased (and also the owners’assets), and then selling it to buy a more
expensive property. This process is repeated several times over, each property being
more expensive than the one before. Trading up only works in times of inflation or
progressive increases in property values; if prices were stable over many years, trading
up would be unlikely to happen much.
Unit 8
Words to note: 3, 7, 6, 1, 10, 8, 2, 4, 5, 9, 11,
Understanding the text:
Part A: 6, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5
Part B: T, F, F, T, F, T
Corrections
2. Although the Eden Project is in Britain, the plants come from all over the world and
many of them would not grow naturally in Britain but need specially-controlled
greenhouses.
3. It was the first time that Katie had visited the Eden Project.
5. There is no information as to whether or not it is the largest greenhouse in the world.
The Humid Tropics Biome is said to be the largest greenhouse in the world.
Unit 9
Words to note: 12, 4, 9, 1, 11, 2, 10, 6, 15, 3, 13, 5, 8, 14, 7
Understanding the text:
Part A: 1950s; 1980s; 1930s; 1870s; 1970s
Part B: T, F, F, T
Corrections
1.Originally jeans were made from a mixture of fabrics. It wasn’t until the 18th century
that cotton was used.
3.Quite the reverse. During WW II, cotton and other raw materials was scarce so the
manufacture of jeans was greatly reduced.
4. They did not hate Western culture but they did wish to separate themselves from the
culture of their parents – they wanted a separate identity and culture to their parents. Part C: From serge de Nimes.
It makes cloth dark blue.
The pockets tore easily.
It symbolized strength of the jeans.
They were no longer a sign of youth rebellion.
Unit 10
Words to note: 6, 9, 2, 14, 10, 8, 1, 13, 3, 11, 4, 7, 12, 15, 5
Understanding the text:
Part B: F, F, T, F, F, T, T, T
Corrections
1.The narrator’s grandmother lived alone but he used to visit her.
2.The text does not specify why the narrator and his family moved into the city – but it
seems unlikely the grandmother was the reason.
4.The narrator’s mother did give him a camera, but it used to belong to the grandmother,
who left it to the narrator when she died.
5.He had never taken any photographs of strangers – including children – before. It
seems that the camera (or the grandmother) was making him do this.
Unit 11
Words to note: 10, 5, 8, 2, 9, 1, 4, 6, 3, 7
Understanding the text:
Part A: 1. Yes, the writer is good at studying school subjects.
2. He had to move from room to room to attend classes.
3. Because of his hair, clothes and glasses.
4. The writer was poor at sciences, art and music.
5. The writer didn't enjoy rowing because it was too hard and cold.
6. He got married, then divorced, and was living in a tiny flat alone. He was called "Slim”
because he was fat.
Part B: F, T, T, F, F, F
Corrections
1.The 11+ exam was designed to separate students who were good academically from
those who were not.
4.Fives is a kind of squash using the hand rather the racket to hit the ball.
5.The writer only has one friend from his school days.
6.The writer feels that his school days were disciplined.
Part C: The writer didn’t enjoy his time at school.
Supporting evidence from the text:
1.had to take two buses to get there
2.had to move from room to room
3.struggled with the sciences
4.had no time at all for art or music
5.found the early morning training… no fun at all
6.life at Cambridge would be …liberating after the discipline of school
Unit 12
Words to note: 8, 5, 9, 1, 6, 10, 2, 4, 3, 7
Understanding the text:
Part A: The passage is about a famous British mountain climber, George Leigh Mallory. He disappeared when trying to get to the top of Mount Qomolangma and other mountaineers
were trying to find out what actually happened to him. It also shows that human beings are not easily defeated in their attempt to learn more and do more than has ever done before.
Corrections
2.In 1975 a Chinese climber found a body which he described as “old English dead”.
4. Mallory’s body was buried where it was found, on the mountain.
Part C: 1. To show that this was justifiable enough to climb Qomolangma.
2. They disappeared on the northeast ridge on June 8th 1924.
3. To find out the truth behind the disappearance.
4. Sunglasses in his pocket suggest he was coming down the mountain.
5. Because his achievement of courage is great enough.
Unit 13
Words to note: 13,7, 2, 1, 10, 12, 16, 4, 15, 8, 3, 6, 11, 5, 14, 9
Understanding the text:
Part A: 8, 11, 13, 9/10/12, 8, 7, 6, 3, 14, 1, 4, 5, 2
Part B: 1) how the genes fit together to make a human being
2) 99.9 per cent
3) learn why some people respond better to drug treatment than others and
identify possible problems before they occur
4) make better choices about how to live
5) make sure that an individual's genetic information should be private
大学英语B 阅读理解答案
阅读理解 B 42、Martin Luther King was a black minister, who became a great leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was young, he was strongly influenced by Thoreau and Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-violent resistance. Having received a Ph. D (Doctor of Philosophy) from Boston University, he became a political and religious leader of the non-violent civil relights movement in 1955. On August 28, 1963, he led over 250,000 Americans on a march in Washington D.C. to fight for the Civil Rights Law to guarantee equality for all people, and delivered his best known speech "I Have a Dream" before the Lincoln Memorial. The "dream" is a dream of brotherly love and equality for the Black and White. Thus, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1964, but he was murdered four years later. Though he died, he was greatly respected and loved by the Americans, both the white and the black. By vote of Congress in 1968, the third Monday of every January is now a federal holiday in Luther King's honor. He lives in people's hearts forever. (1)、Martin Luther King was murdered when he was 39 years old. A：T B：F 答案：A (2)、Martin Luther King was a black minister only. A：T B：F 答案：B (3)、Martin Luther King's Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years. A：T B：F 答案：A (4)、The underlined word "delivered" in the second paragraph could be replaced by "gave". A：T B：F 答案：A (5)、The best title for this passage is "Civil Rights Law". A：T B：F 答案：B 43、A public house which was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going to sell it because it is haunted (闹鬼的). He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr. James had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost (鬼) must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, he shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept it even if he gives it away. (1)、Mr. James was the owner of the public house. A：T B：F 答案：A (2)、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that night. A：T B：F 答案：B (3)、Mr. James built the house. A：T B：F 答案：B (4)、Mr. James found sixty empty bottles. A：T B：F 答案：B (5)、The writer of the passage believes Mr. James' story. A：T B：F 答案：B 44、Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry. In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts lived nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller because industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. And large families can not be moved from place to place as smaller families can. So, at present people tend to have smaller families. In the future, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consists only of a man and a woman. A small number of families may take child raising as their chief work. At the same time they may also raise other people's children, leaving those families free to move from job to job. (1)、The passage discusses influence of science and industry on American families. A：T B：F 答案：A (2)、Families of the past, the present and the future are described in the passage. A：T B：F 答案：A (3)、People no longer want to have children. A：T B：F 答案：B (4)、Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future. A：T B：F 答案：B (5)、Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society. A：T B：F 答案：A 45、My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me. I decided to use it and I washed a lot of things. Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband's socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn't find it anywhere. The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them first and then told them what we were going to do that day. When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar! They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be into seeing all this. I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more. Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too!
《儿子的创意》阅读附答案
《儿子的创意》阅读附答案 阅读文段，回答下面问题（16分） 儿子的创意毕淑敏 有一天，儿子突然说：“我准备到日本旅游一次。”因为他经常异想天开，我置之不理。 他说：“咦，你为什么不表态?难道不觉得我很勇敢吗?”我说：“是啊是啊，很勇敢。可世上有些事并不单是勇敢就够用。比如这件事吧，还得有钱。” 他很郑重地说：“这上面写着，举办一个有关宗教博物馆建筑的创意征文比赛。金牌获得者，免费到日本观光旅游。”说着，把一本海外刊物递给我。我看也不看地说：“关于宗教，你懂得多少?关于建筑，你懂得多少?金牌银牌历来都只有一块，多么激烈的争夺。你还是好好做功课吧。” 他毫不气馁地说：“可是我有创意啊。比如这个博物馆里可以点燃藏香，给人一种浓郁的宗教气氛；比如这个博物馆里可以卖斋饭，让参观的人色香味立体地感受宗教。比如……”我打断他说：“别比如了，人家征的是建筑创意，要像悉尼的贝壳状大歌剧院，有独特的风格。我记得你小时候连积木都搭不好，还侈谈什么建筑!” 十几岁的儿子好脾气，不理睬我的挖苦，自语道：“在地面挖一个巨大的深坑，就要100米吧，然后把这个博物馆盖在地下……” 我说：“噢，那不成了地下宫殿?”儿子不理我，遐想着说：“博物馆和大地粗糙的岩石泥土间要留有空隙，再用透明的建筑材料砌外墙，这样参观的人们时时刻刻会感到土地的存在，产生一种神秘感。从底下向阳光明媚的地面攀升，会有人的自豪感。地面部分设计成螺旋状的飞梯，象征着人类将向宇宙探索……”。他在空中．比画了一个上大下小的图形。 我不客气地打断他：“挖到地下那么深的地方，会有矿泉水涌出来。你想过没有?再说什么样的建筑材料，可以长久地保持你所要求的透明度?还有你设计的飞梯，空中螺旋状，空中的螺旋状，多危险!还有……”儿子摆摆手说：“妈妈，您说的问题都是问题。不过那是工程师需要解决的问题，不关我的创意。妈妈，您知道什么是创意吗?那就是最富于创造性的意见啊!”我叹了一口气说：“好了，随你瞎想了。不过我要提醒你一句，对于一个学生来说，我以为最好的创意莫过于一个好成绩了。” 儿子在电脑上完成了他的创意。 很长时间过去了，在我们几乎将这件事淡忘的时候，儿子收到了一个那家征丈举办部门寄来的，写着他的名字并称他为“先生”的大信封。我们拆开信，里面是一张请柬，邀请儿子到海外参加发奖仪式。儿子苦恼地说：“现在赶去也来不及了。再说他们也没说清我是不是获奖者。” 当我们把这件事完全忘记的时候，接到了征文举办部门的第二封信。信中说，我的儿子没能去拳加那天隆重的发奖仪式，他们深感遗憾。儿子得了创意银牌奖，奖牌及奖金他们设法转来。 儿子放学回来，还没有摘书包，我就把信给他。他看了一眼，然后淡淡地说：“银牌啊?我想我是该得金牌的。一定是他们觉得我年岁小，一个人到日本去不方便，商量了一下就说，算了，给他个银牌吧”
新视野大学英语快速阅读第三册答案全[1].
新视野大学英语快速阅读第三册答案全 Unit1 Passage1 1—5 DCDCD 6—8 AAB Passage2 1 smart enough 2 enters the house 3 only one act 4 properly trained 5 race horses 6 500 to 600 7 because used to each other 8 family or food Passage3 1—5 ADDAD 6—7 AC 8 talking 9 direct commands 10 cultural,not personal Passage4 1—5 Y Y N NG N 6—7 N Y
8 the individual 9 responsible behavior 10 written budget Unit2 Passage1 1—5 Y Y N Y N 6—8 N NG Y Passage2 1 the use of drugs 2 dull and hopeless 3 more and more drugs 4 LSD 5 really able to do 6 long jail sentences 7 dangerous situations 8 full of tension Passage3 1—5 ACBDC 6—7 DA 8 skills courses 9 certificates 10 world communication Passage4 1—5 NG Y N Y Y
6—7 Y N 8 it is easier 9 confront different challenges 10 allowing everything Unit3 Passage1 1—5 BCBAC 6—8 CAC Passage2 1 900 miles 2 weeks of time 3 the kind of boats 4 getting into the mud 5 different levels of water 6 man-made lakes 7 the force of the water 8 the photographys taken from spaceships Passage3 1—5 DBCAB 6—7 AD 8 the chain store 9 th e firm’s expenses Passage4 1—5 N NG N Y N
创意阅读4答案
Unit1 Understanding the text Part A: Comprehending the text 1.Most voice-over artists work in advertising. They provide the voice for the images used to sell a product. 2.They must have a good voice and be good actors. They must be able to modulate their voice. 3.The pay can be good but it is not enough to find work. 4.It?s finding work. You do not become famous even if your voice is good! Nobody knows what a voice-over artist is or what he does. You have to strike a balance between finding work and over-exposing your voice. Part C: Summarizing the text Details 1.Male or female? The voice must create the correct mood for the product. The way the message is delivered is important (stress, intonation). 2.Find a message that is relevant to every audience, which everybody can understand. Make sure the translation is good. 3.You must have the ability to control your voice. You must be confident in front of a microphone. 4.It?s good money. It gives you self-satisfaction --- your voice is well-known! 5.It?s difficult to find work. You don?t get well-known. Nobody knows what you do. Unit 2 Understanding the text Part A: Comprehending the text 1. m 2. e 3. i 4. j 5. g 6. h 7. d 8. b 9. l 10. a 11. n 12. c 13. k 14. f Part B: Summarizing the text Details 1.Capulets vs Montagues; history of enmity Romeo and Juliet fall in love and in trying to come together they die tragically. 2.Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, (Mercutio) 3.enmity between families character of Tybalt Romeo did not get the message. Strength of love between Romeo and Juliet 4.party
大学英语快速阅读1翻译
Why I Love the City 我的许多朋友都离开了这座城市。它们是在郊区买房子,因为他们想要远离城市的喧嚣、烟雾、交通、和犯罪的城市。一个朋友说,“有太多的空气污染的城市。我更喜欢郊区,那里的空气是那么清新。“另一个朋友抱怨交通:“有太多的汽车市区!你不能找到一个停车的地方,交通堵塞的情况都很可怕。“每个人都在抱怨关于犯罪:“城市有许多罪犯。我很少离开我的房子”的幻影却如太危险了。 在我朋友搬离城市,他们通常会背诵优势郊区生活:绿草、花卉、游泳池、烤肉等等。然而在我的朋友们在那里住了一年左右的时间里,他们意识到郊区生活就不那么愉快,因为他们期待。这种变化的原因是什么?他们的花园!他们很快了解到,一个不可避免的一部分yardwork郊区生活。他们整个周末都在工作在他们的花园,它们是非常累的一把,又要取他们的水池游泳甚至做一些肉放在他们的烤肉。又有另一个投诉:他们不能住在郊区没有一辆车。我的大多数朋友都搬到郊区,避开塞车,但现在他们不得不上班市中心。他们坐在一个繁忙的公路每天两个小时! 我的意见是非常不同的城市生活,从我朋友的我住在市区吗?和我爱它! ! !为什么?嗯,首先,我喜欢nature-flowers、绿草、树木和动物。在这个城市里,我有一切优势自然:我可以步行通过公共公园,闻闻花香,坐在草地上在树下。我可以参观,动物园里的动物。然而到目前为止我还没有一个缺点:我不需要做yardwork或喂动物。同时,在这个城市,到处都可以让我乘公共汽车吗?如果有交通堵塞,我可以走回去。 似乎每个人都搬到郊区,避免罪恶的大城市。我有一个理论的城市犯罪的,然而,所以我觉得安全罪犯将反映在社会生活的变化:如果人们买了房子在郊区,罪犯将步其后尘。罪犯想避免噪音、烟雾、污染了。不久,过于拥挤和犯罪的问题,而不是城市郊区! People on the Move 美国人的历史,在某种程度上,历史运动的美国人民。他们移到东海岸的殖民地到开放空间的西部。从乡下搬,农场到城里去。最近,美国人一直不断地由城市郊区。 开放空间;西部地区迁移 美国人开始先驱移动,从东海岸到西250年前。他们向西边移居的原因有许多种。一个理由是无限的开放空间的可用性和土地耕作。美国人喜欢大的开放空间,他们也喜欢独立和自由发展的土地以他们自己的方式。一些土地变得农场。重要的矿产资源被发现在某些地区,因此有一些那地就都归了地雷。其他大型地区成为牛牧场。似乎对每个人都有足够的土地。但这是一个困难的生活——一种无止境的工作和困难。 城市 1860年以后,工业革命改变了美国。美国人学会了如何生产的钢铁。他们开始生产石油。汽车被发明了。工厂各类开始出现,而在城市开始长大了工厂周围。农民和其他的国家里,人们搬到越来越多的城市人为了寻找工作,更容易的生活。在1900年代早期,城市工作忙、令人激动的地方。然而,也有很多贫穷和困苦。 城市增长的城市建筑taller-and不必得到增长out-they展开的中心。私有房屋和门廊与码就消失了。公寓,每一个个子比下、就住在他们的地方。越来越多的人搬到城市,越来越大,城市。 一些城市不能分散因为没有房间这么做。这些城市,纽约就是一个最好的例子,变得越来越拥挤。更多的人意味着更多的汽车、卡车、公交车、更大的噪音,更多的污染,以及更多的犯罪。许多城市变得丑陋肮脏。有些人而有些公司开始离开城市搬到郊区城市外围。 郊区 搬到郊区的仍然是发生。美国人正在寻找一小块土地,他们可以叫他们自己。他们想要一座房子和院子。然而,他们不想放弃好的工作在城市。在许多情况下,公司在郊区给他们的工作。在其他情况下,美国人常常通勤到城市,在城市他们职业。近年来,越来越多的企业开始向郊区迁移。他们吸引了很多人,郊区变得拥挤。 接下来要做什么? 美国人看了他们缓慢下落到大城市年久失修而死。许多人离开了城市中产阶级,只有非常富有的人和很多贫困的人呆在后面。有关美国人正设法解决这一问题的噪音、灰尘、犯罪和污染在大城市里。他们正试图重建坏的部分城市为了吸引和保持业务的人。他们正在努力使他们的城市美丽。如今,许多美国人都正在考虑搬回了城市。 其他美国人发现甚至郊区已经变得太拥挤了。他们正在寻找无污染的开阔空间和作为独立的生活方式。他们准备离开郊区到乡下。 也许美国人总是会在前进。 Caution: Bumpy Road Ahead
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大学英语一阅读理解 一、阅读理解（共505题,共101分） 1. Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled—to $1. 01 per pack—smokers have jammed telephone “quit lines” acro ss the country seeking to kick the habit. This is not a surprise to public health advocates. They’ve studied the effect of state tax increases for years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive. Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every tax increase. The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. Tobacco taxes improve public health, health, they raise money and most particularly, they deter people from taking up the habit as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted. Yet the rate of taxation varies widely. In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cost ＄10.06 at one drugstore Wednesday. Charleston, S, C., where the 7-cent-a-pack tax is the lowest in the nation. The price was $4. 78. The influence is obvious. In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys—13.8%, far below the national average. By comparison, 26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky, Other low-tax states have similarly depressing teen-smoking records. Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans “who choose to smoke.” That’s true, But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked in the first place, As for today’s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to spend on their families, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better. （1分） (1) The text is mainly about___________. （0.2分） A.the price of cigarettes B.the rate of teen smoking C.the effect of tobacco tax increase D.the differences in tobacco tax rate 标准答案：C (2) What does the author think is a surprise? （0.2分） A.Teen smokers are price sensitive. B.Some states still keep the tobacco tax low. C.Tobacco taxes improve public health. D.Tobacco industry fiercely fights the tax rise. 标准答案：B (3) The underlined word "deter” in Paragr aph 3 most probably means . （0.2分） A.discarding B.remove C.benefit D.free 标准答案：A (4) Rogers’ attitude towards the low-income smokers might be that of . （0.2分） A.tolerance B.unconcern C.doubt D.sympathy 标准答案：D (5) What can we learn from the last paragraph? （0.2分） A.The new tax will be beneficial in the long run. B.Low-income Americans are more likely to fall ill.
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Unit 1 Advertising Part A: Comprehending the text 1.to inform us of new products or good bargains/help producers to sell their products. … we are exposed to too much advertising now and so much of it is misleading, so many people now ignore it. 2.visit some of the attractions of the island, including a trip to an ancient cavern//study the fascinating sea creatures of that area. … use the hotel swimming pool/paddling pool or play on the mini-golf course; visit the less adventurous places of interest ( in an air-conditioned vehicle) such as a local lake. … around Lake Tali. … the accommodation “units”. … the resort is new and the owners claim to be more interested in making the guests happy than making money. 3. small, bare, exposed rock in the middle of the ocean. … dangerous because of the many sharks. … there is no water in it. … it is too small and too shallow for the stories to be true. … Bantu Island is a long way away so the money will be traveling further. The expression is not being used in its usual meaning of money lasting longer as things are so cheap. 4. to be very careful when reading advertisements and always try to check the information from an independent source before you buy whatever is being advertised. Part C Interpreting the text 1.The writer is trying to say that advertising is often very misleading and, in some cases, “legalized lying”. The advertising brochure for Bantu Island is obviously very misleading --- and, although nothing it says is actually a lie, it could be argued that it does not represent the truth. 2.Because once they got to the island and saw what it was like, they would not want to go on any tours. 3.No, it was very carefully worded so that it would be difficult to prove it told any lies ---- simply did not tell the whole truth or misled the reader in different ways. For example, the resort does have a swimming pool (and even a paddling pool) --- it does not actually say that they don’t have any water; it does say that sea creatures abound, it does not say that are sharks, etc. 4.We should look carefully at things that seem attractive (and cheap). There is often a problem that is not obvious. This might also apply to other things, such as a motor vehicle, a new apartment, “special offers” on CDs, books, etc.
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Unit 1 Alone in the Arctic Cold 一个人在北极严寒 一天打碎了非常寒冷和灰色,当那个人偏离主要育空试验和爬上斜坡,在那里的是一个朦胧而过去向东穿过了踪迹松林之间。坡率陡峭,而且他停顿了一下喘不过气来保持最佳的状态。没有太阳和缕阳光,尽管他天空无云。这是一个晴朗的日子,但在那里似乎是一个蒙上了一层水汽表面看来,把这天黑暗。这个事实不担心那个人。他被用来缺乏阳光。 那人回头而且他已经来了。育空河打下英里宽藏起来了以下3英尺的冰。这个世界上的冰一样多英尺的积雪。这是连续的白色的,除了一个黑暗的发际线了痕迹,向南延伸达500英里去的库特关口。 但是,整个神秘,深远的发际线跟踪,没有太阳从天空,巨大的冷的,陌生和怪异的没有什么印象all-made上了的人。他是新来的人在这地,这是他的第一个冬天。他的问题他是缺乏想象力。他很快和警惕在生活的一切,但只有在去吧,而不是在意义。意思eighty-odd零下五十度学位霜。这样的事实了冷漠,而且不舒服,就这些。它并不带他去思考男人的一般是脆弱,能够只活在确定的限度窄的热量和冷。零下五度代表点冰霜伤害必须提防,利用厚,暖和的衣服。50度以下零是他就精确50度零度以下。应该有其他东西了可那是一个思想,从来没有进过他的头上。 当他转身要走,他吐不确定。就有一个陡坡、易爆裂纹他的震惊。他吐了。又一次,空气里之前,这可能下降至雪吐口唾沫裂了。他知道五十岁的唾沫在雪地上闪现下面,但这吐口唾沫空气中闪现了。毫无疑问这个五十个更加寒冷below-how要冷得多了不知道。但是温度还显得无关紧要。他注定的老我的左边叉子汉德森的孩子们在小溪了。他们来了在山上从印度人小河的国家,虽然他来拐弯抹角看一看的可能性走出木材来源于群岛的育空。他要在六营地点,有点天黑之后,这是真的,但男孩们会去,火灾的去,和热晚饭将为此做好准备。 他陷入水中在大松树。踪迹减弱了。他很高兴他没有雪橇、旅游的光。事实上,他带着什么都是用午餐手帕。他很惊奇,然而,在寒冷。当然很冷,他总结道,他又揉麻木,鼻子和颧骨和他"握"手。 Memories of Afghanistan 阿富汗的记忆 Afghanistan-a国家一场人道主义灾难的边缘的土地,充满了逃离难民,饥饿的人,turbaned恐怖分子在训练营。电视画面告诉一个国家的故事破坏和贫穷的国家,几乎完全摧毁了二十年的战争和斗争。然而once-though poor-this真是一个值得骄傲的那国,并有美丽的国家,还能存活下来,许多世纪的严酷的历史。不要太长前,它还是一个国家在和平,有丰富的文化遗产… 除了欧洲国家,很少有国家在这个世界上,从来没有在殖民rule-or至少从不在最近的几次,:阿富汗是其中之一。许多几个世纪以前,成吉思汗的那军队策马撞倒从蒙古、无情地杀死了阿富汗的部落山敢于抵抗侵略者;但除此之外羞辱时期Afghans-who,在时间,其实是一种混合的三个独立的民族groups-have把头抬得高高的面对的入侵。
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阅读理解大学英语A 1、Throughout the colonial period there was a remarkable shortage of women, which varied with the regions and was always greatest in the frontier areas. This shortage enhanced women's status and position and allowed them to pursue different careers. The puritans regarded idleness as a sin, and believed that life in an underdevelopment country made it necessary that each member of the community performed an economic function. Thus work for women was not only approved but also was regarded as a civic duty. Puritan town councils expected widows and independent women to be self-supporting. There was no social prohibition against married women working; on the contrary, wives were expected to help their husbands in their trade and won social approval for doing extra work in or out of the home. The vast majority of women worked within their homes, where their labor produced most articles needed for the family. The entire colonial production of cloth and clothing and partly that of shoes was in the hands of women. In addition to these occupations, women were found in many different kinds of employment. They were butchers, silversmiths and gunsmiths. They ran mills, plantations, shipyards, and every kind of shop. They were gatekeepers, jail keepers, journalists, printers, nurses, and teachers. (1)、What does the passage mainly discuss A：Colonial marriages. B：The puritan religion. C：Colonial women's employment. D：Education in the colonies. 答案：C (2)、According to the passage, where in colonial North America were there the fewest women A：Puritan communities. B：Seaports. C：Frontier settlements. D：Capital cities. 答案：C (3)、It can be inferred from the passage that the Puritans were ______.