综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
UNIT 1
The Snake Bite
2 Language work
A. fill out the following banks with words or phrases from the
text.
Answers for reference
1. all at once, screamed
2. figure, by the shortcut
3. seems, on the edge of
4. lot, back of
5. habitation
6. forbidden, raise
7. at length, showed up
B. Rewrite the following sentences with the expressions in the
box.
Answers for reference
1 When it was disturbed, the deer broke into a gallop and
disappeared into the forest.
2 All the passengers ran out to look for a safe place when the fire
broke out in the waiting hall.
1 / 115
3 Tommy promised to come over but he was not shown up yet.
4 The light was on in the office for the whole night. Somebody
must have forgotten to turn it off.
5 The escaped prisoner hoped that no one could pick him out in the
crowd.
6 When the movie was over, the audience made for the exits.
7 The wolves approached the sheep ready to strike.
8 After a short rest, the army climbed over the crest of the
mountain.
C. Word study.
Answers for reference
1 a. they lived in a cottage on the edge of the moors.
b. the beautiful villa stands on the edge of the orchard.
c. we saw an old pine tree on the edge of the cliff.
2. a. he went out to buy an electric shaver for his own use.
b. we brought the camera with us for our own use.
c. the mayor of the city had a villa built for his own use.
3. a. the nearest dinning-hall is only 20 meters away by the shortcut
though the playground.
b. the nearest hospital is the No.1 People Hospital, about 200
meters away via the shortcut through the park.
c. it takes you only five minutes to go to the nearest cinema
2 / 115
using the shortcut.
4. a. the little dog jumps up every now and then in front of me
while I an tasting the delicious chicken.
b. every now and then a robber looked out of the windows
furtively while his partners were busy putting the jewelry into their
big bags.
c. every now and then the students would doze off in the lecture.
5. a. at length the girl found the key to the lab.
b. at length we finished our entrance examination to the
university and began our happy vacation in Europe.
c. at length the family decided to say goodbye to the old
refrigerator and buy a new one.
Part 3 Extended Activities
1. Dictation
Script
A pet is an animal tames and kept as a favorite and treated with
love, the range of animals kept by people as pets today is very wide.
For example, rabbits, mice, goldfish, pigeons, horses, pigs, or even
snakes are kept as pets by different people. However, dogs and cars
are still the most popular pets, and about half the households in
Britain own one or the other. The importance of pets in British life is
3 / 115
reflected in many ways, in the past, landowners liked to be portrayed
with their dogs and horses and many such pictures can be seen in
galleries. In many families, pets are regarded as family members.
That’s why British people often say “Love me, love my dogs.
2 Read more
A. The subtitles.
Answers
1.c 2.b
3.e 4.a 5.d 6.f 7.g 8.h
B. True/ False/ Not Mentioned (NM).
Answers
1.F 2.NM 3.F
4.T 5.F 6.T 7.NM 8.T
C . Activity
3 Grammar work
Answers
1. The mother forbade her children (to eat) sweets because she
didn’t wane their teeth to be ruined.
2. The manager tried to solve the problem, but at length, he
failed.
Or: the manager managed to solve the problem. (The problem
is gone now.)
3. Richard and Janet decided to amuse themselves by playing
4 / 115
computer games.
4. The teacher found some students losing interest in literature.
Or: The teacher found that some students lost interest in
literature.
5. In some counties war forces people to leave their native
places.
6. The little boy made the dog obey hid order.
7. The police watched two burglars break/ breaking into a house.
8. Mr. Jackson tried to persuade his son to stay on the farm, but
the boy didn’t listen to him.
Or: Mr. Jackson persuaded his son to stay on the farm. (He
succeeded.)
9. The manager let the secretary mail the letter.
4 word formation
Answers
1. growth
2.security
1. coldness, warmth
7. departure
4
3.width, length, height
5. untidiness, dirtiness
8. thoughtfulness
Vocabulary Work
Answers
Dog-bark; cat-mew; duck-quack; pig-grunt;
5 / 115
6. amusement
Hen-cackle; wolf-howl; horse-neigh; cow-moo
5
Translation
Answers for reference
1 It started raining, so she made for the nearest shelter.
2 She picked out a cap to match her dress.
3 I waited for an hour, bur he didn’t show up.
4 They figured it was better to stay where they were.
5 The earthquake that struck the little island caused 23 deaths.
6 He returned home at length after being away from the village for
20 years.
7 She managed to hold on to her job while many of her colleagues
lost theirs.
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 2
Part 2
6 / 115
He Was My Father
Reading and Language Activities
Language Work
A Idiom
Answers
1. 天上掉馅饼
2. 君子一言,驷马难追
4. 一父胜百师
5.效仿某人/以某人为榜样
3. 小洞不补,大洞吃苦
B Word study
Answers
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. B
C Each of the following clues has an example sentence. Use the prompts
to produce other sentences with the same pattern as the example.
Answers for reference
1. a. The young man breaks his promise again and again. As a result, nobody
will believe him now.
b. You are always making promise and then breaking them.
c. The government breaks its promises to provide houses for all those who
need them.
2. a. People are not supposed to drive while they are under the influence of
alcohol.
b. We are not supposed to cut down too many trees, otherwise nature will
be unbalanced and incalculable damage will be incurred.
c. You are supposed to report the accident to the police as soon as possible.
7 / 115
3. a. The apartment is barely furnished so the rent is not very high.
b. The village was barely affected by the flood because the villagers had
made very good preparations for the oncoming flood.
c. She earns barely enough money to support herself.
4. a. My son has been on his own for several years. He never asked for any
money from us.
b. Many old people would rather be on their own than rely on their
children.
c. My father always told me that I had to live on my own when I grew up.
5. a. Last night we had a quarrel and my husband stared at me as if I were a
person from outer space.
b. It’s impolite to stare at a stranger in the street.
c. She sat there motionless for a long time, staring at the ceiling,
daydreaming.
Part 3
Extended Activities
1 Dictation
Today, the old attitudes toward how children should be brought up have
largely disappeared. For many children, family life has become more relaxed and
less strict. Many young people in Britain and US have a considerable amount of
freedom and they can enjoy the things they are interested in: music, sports,
television, even money and fashion. Life has become easier and more enjoyable.
8 / 115
However, along with an easy life and permissive families, a number of social
problems have arise for the young. For example, some schools have problems with
discipline and motivation; and crime and drug taking in some areas have reached
serious levels.
During the 1980s and early 1990s, unemployment among school-dropouts was
a particular problem, with many facing a bleak future and having little hope of
finding a decent job.
2 Read more
A. True / false /Not Mentioned (NM) .
Answers
1. F
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. NM
6. T
7. F
8. T
Grammar work
Answers
1. I used to live (lived) in Nanjing when I was at primary school.
2. The explorer discovered the ancient cave by accident.
3. This course requires that every student turn in a paper of two pages at least
and four pages at most.
4. Debbie is sometimes not responsible for what she does.
5. Nobody knows the exact age of the earth for certain.
6. He raised his arm to protect his face from the blow.
7. The beggar accepted the food and money and gave a performance in return.
9 / 115
8. A stitch in time saves nine.
9. The postman dropped my letter into our neighbor’s mail box by mistake.
10. He sent his parcel by sea, since airmail was too expensive.
Word formation
Answers
1. removal
2. decency
3. immoral
4. disregard
5. harden
6.
7. memorise/memorize
8.
finalise/finalize
capitalize/capitalize
Vocabulary work
Answers
1. a
2. c
3. c
4. b
5. b
6. a
7. b
Translation
Answers for reference
1. My teacher told me that the liquid in the bottle could remove stains from
metal and china.
2. The student sitting beside me looked around the examination room with
apprehension.
3. He is now out of college and lives on his own.
4. They took turns staying awake in case anything went wrong.
5. The elder daughter will probably follow in her father’s footstep’s and take
over the family business when she’s grown up.
6. He had to get off his bike and push it up the hill.
10 / 115
7. This pair of gloves will protect your hands against the cold.
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 3
Understanding Your Owner
Part2
Reading and Language Activities
1】 Comprehension work
A Questions for discussion.
Answers for reference
1. The “owner” in the title is a human being who owns the dog.
2. “A set of sounds” refers to the spoken form of human language. Some
people have difficulty in understanding people from other places because
they speak different languages. As the dog understands, human beings
have to be either raised in the same place or receive special training in
order to understand another language.
3. “A set of marks on paper” refers to the written form of human language
and is used to represent the sounds of language. These marks can be used
to record human messages so that humans at a different time and in a
11 / 115
different place can understand those messages.
4. Human have lost the other abilities and senses for gathering information
while they have development their eyes and ears. If a dog develops these
two skills too far, it would put its other abilities into danger.
5. Even when a dog is behaving like a human to please a man, he should
always remember that he is dog. He is not a human and needs to live as a
dog. It is all very well for a dog to change himself slightly to fit in with
human beings, but he should not deny his true nature. Besides, he should
accept whatever is forced on him. In other words, he should be faithful to
his master no matter who the master is.
6. Human beings need dogs for various reasons. They may need a dog to
help with some specific tasks like hunting or guiding, or want a dog to
keep burglars away. Looking after a dog may give their children a sense
of responsibility. They may want other people to admire their dogs if the
dogs are of an expensive and fashionable breed. Or they may simply need
some sort of companionship or love.
2】 Language work
A Fill in the following blanks with the words from the text.
Answers
1. developed, humans, tasks, desperate
2. amount, gestures, interpret, owners, recognize, training, represent
12 / 115
3. breed, intelligence, special, gather, senses
4. companionship, deny
B
Find these phrases in the text and make sure you know their
meanings.
Answers
1. g
7.b
2.e
3.a
4.h
5.f
6.d
8.c
C Word study .
Answers for reference
1.a. Being aware of the risk,we gave up the project.
b.Being aware of his mistake,he apologized to us and ask for
our forgiveness.
c.Teachers must be fully aware of the difficulties students face
when studying.
2.a. The message conveyed by the same gesture may vary from
culture to culture.
b.The income varies from person to person in the company.It
depends on each one's performance rather than his age.
c.The meaning of smiles often varies from culture to culture.
3.a.I was often told by my father that if I didn't work hard, I
13 / 115
would end up a failure in my life.
b.We are not surprised that he was finally ended up a burglar.
c. Because of the poor management, the project finally ended up
a wreck.
4 .a.In the old days women, as the weaker gender, had to put up
with any inequalities forced upon them.
b.As an independent country ,China will not accept any unfair
treaties forced upon them.
5.a.Old people usually live alone in their homes, so they are in
desperate need of companionship.
b.The young woman is going to have another baby because her
only son is in desperate need of companionship.
c.The psychiatrist said that nothing was wrong with the
patient.He was just in desperate need of companionship.
Part 3 Extended Activities
1 Dictation
Script
A fisherman had caught a little fish. The poor creature begged
him to throw it back again to the water,saying:"What is the use of
14 / 115
catching me?I'm not large enough yet.Throw me back into the
river ,and you will catch me when I'm bigger.Then I shall be a
fine dish for you."The fisherman answered:"There's no use of
taking .If I let you into frying pan and be fried this evening."This
fable illustrates an idea:A bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush.
2
Read more
A. Choose the best answer each of the following questions.
Answers
1.D
2.B
3.C
4.C
5.A
3 grammar work
Answers
1 bob denied breaking the window ,but I am sure he did.
2 I remember having closed the door ,but I am not sure if I
locked it or not .
3let us face it .it is no good worrying anymore onight.
4 judy was finally tired of quarrelling with her husband.
5 I am sorry I keep coughing all the time.
6 though the job was not easy ,she did not regret accepting the
offer.
7 we have been in the same department for quite a few
15 / 115
years .now we are used to working together.
8 I can not help feeling that it was a mistake to let her go.
9 I am looking forward to seeing you again in the Beijing.
10 excuse me for interrupting.have you mentioned a jones?jones
what?
4word information
Answers
1 collective
2 active
5apprehensive
3costly
6 co-operative
4heavenly
7 supportive
8 truly
9 homely
10 scholarly
5 vocabulary work
6Translation
Answers for the reference
1 at first ,he refused to accept any responsibility but he ended up
apologizing .
2sometimes it is not easy to pick out an acquaintance in the
crowd.
3 some convenience foods can fit in with the current trend of
healthy eating.
16 / 115
4 your carelessness might put us into danger.
5 he tired to force his opinion on us ,but we did not accept it.
6they spent hours working out the result of the survey.
7 if you can not make it this way ,you can try doing it another
way.
8her illness kept her off work for several weeks.
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 4 water cycle
Part 2 Reading and Language Activities
1Comprehension work
A Reading for coherence
Answers
(1) c
(2) X
(3) e
(4)X
(5) b
(6) f
(7) a
(8) d
B Questions for discussion.
 Singapore is characterized by (a) small size; and (b) lack of
natural resources;
17 / 115
 Since its independence, Singapore has been struggling with its
biggest enemy of lack of natural resources.
 They made treaties with Malaysia for fresh water supplies as the
two countries are very close. Today they are almost connected
because of the cross straight bridges between them.
 The trade-off is the heavy burden of power supply for wastewater
treatment. The electricity bill will be very large for the country
because it is dependent on the natural gas imported from other
countries. So to some degree, Singapore did not solve the
problem of water shortage. It can be said that it is one form of
dependence(dependence on imported gas from other countries) to
substitute another(dependence on the water from Malaysia).
 Many lessons can be drawn from the Singaporean experience:
better management of water/energy use, technologies to purify
water which China needs to improve its rank in the WPI(Water
Poverty Index)(See Task C Cloze).
C Cloze
Answers
(1)available (2) richest (3) account (4)resources (5) Poverty
(6) resources
absent
18 / 115
(7) infrastructure
(8) impact
(9) order
(10)
(11)because
(12)arid
(13)contrast (14)rank
(15) affect
(16)transport (17)Suriname
2 Language work
1) Address
Now, write a meaningful sentence based on the given clues
below.
Answers for reference
(a) He addressed his professor as my buddy, which surprised the
whole class.
(b)The man addressed the audience in a comedian style before the
meeting began.
(c) The government officials finally admitted that they failed to
address the needs of the city residents in public transportation.
2) Cost
Now match the related interpretations of the meanings of cost
in the above seven examples.
Answers
(1) b
(2) c (3) a (4) g (5) d (6) f (7) e
Fill in the blanks with cost, a cost, the cost, one’s cost, or costs.
Answers
19 / 115
(a) Recovery has come at a cost, however.
(b)They developed asset of principles to assess the effectiveness,
benefit, and cost of new technologies.
(c) The medicines listed on the categories will show the cost,
availability and complexity of use.
(d)The renovation includes a brick house repair project at a cost of
$700.
(e) The project cost was 500 Euros.
(f) It’s clear that the government did not understand the risks and
costs of the project they were taking on.
(g)He found him, to his cost, a dangerous political enemy.
(h)The new management aims at increasing revenues and
minimizing costs of business operation.
(i) Some people asked, “Should all patients be saved at any cost?”
in the US national debate of medicare reform.
3) Champion
Write sentences based on the information on champion in the
above table.
Answers
(a) Mr. Christie positioned himself as a champion of the middle
20 / 115
class in the political fight.
(b)Several political leaders championed a more drastic social
reform in this small African country.
(c) Mr. Blitz was the lightweight boxing champion in 1965’s
national boxing tournament.
Part3 Extended Activities
1 Dictation
Script
The computer performs simple and fast calculations under the
control of a set of instructions called a program. The programs are
usually stored within, and processed by the computer. The
calculation results which are sent to output devices, such as monitors
and printers, are mechanically precise. Because of its extraordinary
speed and accuracy, the computer finds application in a wide range
of activities in business, industry, and scientific research. Besides,
computers can also provide entertainment, creating sound on stereo
systems or playing cartoons from a DVD. Computer programs can
as well aid every level of education by teaching everything from
simple adding or sentence construction to advanced courses.
2 Read more
21 / 115
A True/ False/ Not Mentioned (NM).
Answers
1. F
2. T
3. F
5. T
6.T
7. NM
4. F
8. NM
3 Grammar Work
Answers
1 –What do you think will have happened by the end of the 21 st
century?
--Scientists will have discovered a cure for cancer. Or, oil and coal
will have been used up and new forms of energy will have been
discovered.
2 You may be in love with him now, but in a couple of weeks, he
will have forgotten all about you.
3 By the time we get to New York, we will have driven over two
hundred miles.
4 The seasons are predictable. For example, when spring comes, the
weather will get warmer. This happens every year.
5 It is going to rain because it’s very dark outside now.
6 The museum opens at ten every morning.
22 / 115
7 According to the schedule, the mayor is to deliver a speech on TV
tomorrow evening.
8 He meet her in the doorway as she was about to go away.
9 If you are going to swim this afternoon, you’d better get tour
swimming suit ready now.
10 Will you be using the dictionary in the next lesson? I’d like to
look up some words now.
4 Word formation
Answers
1 co-operating
2 inter-school
3 subtitle
4 transformed
submarine
6 subway
7 interplanetary 8 transplanting 9 co-author
5 Vocabulary work
Answers
1b 2c 3a
4b 5c 6c 7a 8c 9c
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
23 / 115
5
Unit 5 Is My
Team Ploughing
Part2 Reading and Language Activities
1 Comprehension work
A Read the text again and discuss the following questions.
Answers for reference
1. When they are waiting for or seeing someone off at airport, people
are usually pacing, nervous, looking at one another, touching and not
touching. The emotion is intense.
2. Her voice is high-pitched. She hugs her son, giving him a
powerful embrace that should protect him unit he returns.
3. When people finally meet, there are tears and smiles, pure delight
ringing in the laughter of seeing someone who has been gone.
4. She us recalling another arrival and departure. When she was a
newlywed, her 91-year-old grandfather died. Returning from his
funeral, she arrived at the airport crying. Her husband was waiting at
the gate to take her in his arms.
5. She concludes that life needs to be this important all the time. She
wishes all the people who go on a journey could cone back to find
someone waiting for them, and wishes they could leave with
someone to see them off. If dying is like this, a passage, then she
24 / 115
isn't afraid any more.
Notes
1.boarding: getting onto an airplane. Usually, passengers should
first check in and then take a boarding card which indicates the seat
number of the airplane.
2. The moment is charged: The moment is loaded with emotion.
3. poignant: giving your feelings of sadness
4. The arrivals fold into the mix of people: The arrivals come into
the crowed and join the waiting people as if different cooking
ingredients were being mixed up. The expression“fold in / into”was
originally used in cooking to mean to blend cooking ingredient into
a mixture by gentle turning.
5. because the ones I love have a different schedule from mine:
“The one”refer to the narrator‘s husband and daughter, neither of
whom is seeing her off at the moment she is leaving.
6. backpack: a sack or pack to be carried on one‘s back during a
trip
7. oblivious: not noticing something or not knowing about it
8. carry-on: baggage carried on the plane by the passengers
9. newlywed: a man or a woman who has not been married for
very long
2 Language work
25 / 115
A
Fill in the following blanks with the words or phrases
from the text.
Answers
1. intense, scan, schedule, glance
2. embrace, boarding,
dampen, pacing, capture, poignant
3. pick up, corridor, unrelated
4. heading toward, carry-
on s
5. high-pitched, wrap, hold into, delight
B
Rewrite the following sentence with the expressions in the box.
Answers for reference
1. When the rescue operation began, military troops immediately
headed toward the earthquake site.
2. Since her children are still in kindergarten, the mother must first
pick them up on her way home.
3. It’s after three o’clock now. But she was supposed to meet me
here at two o’clock.
4. When his friend talk about modern paintings, Mr. Smith keeps
silent end feels out of place because he knows little about
subject .
5. The boy, with his eyes fixed on the screen, was completely
oblivious to the knock at the door.
6. When the mother learned the news that her son had failed in the
26 / 115
university entrance examination, she took him in her arms and
encouraged him to try again.
7. When waiting for the train in the subway, many passengers
usually buy a newspaper and glance at the headlines.
C
Word study.
Answers for reference
1. a. Students sat in circle talking to each other about what they had
seen during the summer vacation.
b. The flowers grow in circles waving in the gentle breeze.
c. The child was running in circles in the square playing
hide-and-seek with his mother.
2. a. The man in a sport jacket standing next to me, asked, “Anybody
here?” as if he saw nobody in the office.
b. The girl next to window jumped up suddenly as if being
shocked by electricity.
c. The old wooden bridge , next to the temple, stood over the river
as if telling us the history of this little mountain village.
3. a. I wad wondering how one could record that solemn moment in
words.
b. I was wondering how one could express that emotion in words.
c. I was wondering how he could describe this magnificent view in
words.
27 / 115
Part 3 Extend Activities
1 Dictation
Script
We all hope for a better life, to be happier one day. However
hopeful we may be, events do come that dash our fondest hopes
and cause us to lose heart. We may be in low spirits for quite some
time, but we take heart again. We start looking forward to the future:
there is a ray of hope, however faint. Hopes are important to us since
they can relieve our feelings of frustration and give us courage to
face the future. We believe that where is life, there is hope. Let's hold
on to it until our hopes become a reality.
Note
take heart: be encouraged
2 Read more
A True /False /Not Mentioned(NM).
Notes
1. About the author: Barbara L. Greenberg was born in Boston,
Massachusetts, the state in which she lives. She has taught creative
writing programs. She has published both poetry and short stories.
2. The theme of the story: It is a universal theme, the struggle
28 / 115
between parents and children, as children grow up and become at
once more demanding and more independent.
3.show you their teeth:(The children) grow older, hence
increasingly independent.
4. resort to torture: (The children) will have to struggle to find the
answers by experiencing hardship in life, or the children may force
the answers out of their parents by persistently pestering them. The
meaning of this sentence is open to debate.
Answers
1. F
2. T
T
3. NM
4. F
5. T
6. T
7.
8. T
3 Grammar work
Answers
1. John and Mary are friends and both if them like classical music.
2. None of us think so.
3. Tom was nowhere to be found. His teacher looker everywhere for
him, but in vain.
4. Every child in the United States is to receive some form of
education.
5. Each sex has its own physical characteristics.
6. Each of my aunts gave me gifts for Christmas.
7. The house he lives in is half a mile away.
29 / 115
8. The police have every reason to believe that he is the murderer.
4 Word formation
Answers
1. sharpened
2. darkened
earthen
3. ashen
5. softening
7.lightens
8. sweetened
6. strengthen
9.hsrdens
fastened
5 Vocabulary work
Answers for reference
Birth
Marriage
Death
nappy
wedding
grave
pram
bouquet
wreath
pregnant
honeymoon
bury
godmother
get engaged
mourners
christening
bride
coffin
have a baby
bridegroom
funeral
maternity
get divorced
sympathy
exchange rings
widower
bouquet
30 / 115
4.
10
6 Translation
Answers for reference
1. I don't like to see people off at the railway station.
2.The company is giving a farewell party for you on Monday
evening. A car will pick you up at your hotel at half past seven.
3.She was so excited that she couldn't help giving me a warm
embrace.
4. I never succeed in overcoming the sense giving me a warm
embrace.
5. She glanced round the room to see who was there.
6. His big shoes look like small boats.
7.You should fold the eggs into the flour instead of doing it in the
opposite way.
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 6 Football
31 / 115
Part 2 Reading and language Activities
1jinsaw reading
Answer for reference
The sequence is: E-C-A-D-B
Football has a long history which can be dated back to ancient
Roman times.The early form of football in the Middle Ages was so
dangerous that it was not until the 17th century that it was allowed to
be played in England.The game was saved from dying out in the 18 th
century by schoolboys of English public school who wanted to use
up their extra energies after study.By the time of Queen Victoria,the
game became very popular among universities so that rules were
developed in order to hold competition between different schools.In
the 19th century the Football Association(FA)helped form the
rules,improve the equipment,conditions of the playground,and the
way of playing as it is played today.
Notes
1.The Roman Empire: It refers to the countries of Europe and
the west of Asia which were ruled by Rome from around
44BC until around 395 AD,when the Empire was split into
two .The West Roman Empire lasted until around 395AD
and the East Romans are not only famous for being cruel,but
32 / 115
also for persecuting people who implemented many
scientific advances, brought light to the darker corners of the
empire,pioneered
many
art
forms,
and
were,overall,advanced and fair people.The Roman empire
itself became Christian in its later years.
2.Oliver Cromwell(1599-1658):An English general and
statesman.He was leader of the Parliamentarian army against
King Charles I in the Civil War and became Lord Protector
of England after the king's execution(1649)
3.A public school:Actually a private fee-paying school in the
UK.A school which also provides accommodation for
students to live as well as study is called a boarding
school.Public schools are known for their high academic
standards and are considered prestigious.They are expensive
and attended usually by people of high social status or from
wealthy families,though increasing numbers of them now
offer scholarships so that poorer students can study for free
or at a reduce price. The most famous British public school
include Eton,Harrow,and Winchester.(In US,public school
means a free school,controlled and paid for by the local
government ,for children who study there but live at
home.)Other good schools include the one which Tony Blair
33 / 115
attended,in Scotland.These are all under UK government
and are classified with the same names.Also, Public in UK
means paid for directly by numbers of the public,rather than
the government.
4.Rugby:It is a town in central England best known for the
public school(Rugby School)where rugby football was first
played.
5.Queen
Victoria(1819-1901):Queen
of
Britain
and
Ireland,Empress of India,and granddaughter of George
III.Queen Victoria was the monarch who ruled for the
longest period in English history,during which there was
great industrial advancement,an expansion in the British
Empire,and
an
increas
in
the
popularity
of
the
monarchy.Victoria's husband Prince Albert was an important
influence on her and the marriages of their nine children
connected them with many royal families in Europe.
6.World Cup :An international football tournament held every
four years(for details,see Read more)and considered the
most popular event for an individual sport in the
world.Founded in 1930 with just 13teams,the tournament
now attracts entires from more than 140 countries.These are
all-star,professional teams composed of 22player each.The
34 / 115
team must participate in elimination games within their own
continents before qualifying as one of the 32 nations
partcipating in the final tournament.
2 Language work
A Fill in the following blanks with the words or phrases from the
text.
Answers
1. Extinction
2.vanished,violent
3. Permit
4.had nowhere, open spaces/greens,use up, no more than
5.Came into being, universal,objected to, went their separate
ways,evolves
B Rewrite the following sentences with the expressions in the box.
Answers for reference
8. They objected strongly on religions grounds to this new law.
9. The doctor went into his office to write out a brith certificate.
10. When did the universe come into being?
11. The traditional grocer's shops are dying out now that there are so
many supermarket.
12. The brush with a long handle will save you from having to bend
down to clean the floor.
13. Mother told me not to use up all the flour in the bag.
35 / 115
14. Housing and sanitary conditions have improved greatly in recent
years,but there is still a long way to go.
15. They used to love each other so much,but now,after the
divorce,they are like stranger going their separate ways.
C Word study.
Answers for reference
2.
a.The truth has long since become apparent ,but they just won't
believe it.
b.The
deadline for applying for the job has long since
passed,but application letters still pour in.
c.I've long since forgotten what she said in the quarrel,but she
frequently refers to my words.
3.
a.The Panda is in danger of dying out in the world.
b.Many people are in danger of losing their jobs in the economic
crisis.
c.The bridge was in danger of being washed away by the flood.
4.
a.They live in a room of no more than 15 square meters.
b.She wrote a long report for what had been no more than a
travel matter.
c.In the kindergarten every child would be praised in class for
what was no more than small progress.
5.
a.The United Nations passed a resolution that outlawed the use
36 / 115
of poison gas in wars.
b.Nobody objects to the proposal that outlawed selling cigarettes
to adolescents.
c.Congress unanimously voted for a resolution that outlawed the
politically radical organization.
6.
a.In the progress,human civilization irrevocably develop from
matriarchal society to patriarchal society.
b.The planned economy in our country changed irrevocably in
the process into a market economy .
c.Darwin tells us that it is an irrevocable fact that the fit will
replace the unfit in the development of the world.
Part 3 Extended Activities
Dictation
Script
In the 1970s,pele retired from the national team of Brazil and
became a professional player fora team in New York.Soccer
Americans knew about this fast-moving sport.There was no money
to pay professional players,and there was little interest in soccer in
the high schools and colleges.When Pele and other international
stars began playing in various US cities,people saw how interesting
the game was and began to go to the matches.Today there is a
37 / 115
professional league called the North American Soccer League.It is
common for important games to have 50 to 60 thousand fans.
2 Read more
Answers for reference
In the past half a century the World Cup witnessed a dramatic
increased in the number of participating teams and the audience
members who watched or listened to the World Cup finals.
A True/False/Not Mention(NM).
Answers
1. F 2. F
3. NM
4. NM 5. T 6.F 7. T
8. F
3 Grammar work
Answers
1. The apple trees in our new garden look like no more than
(or"nothing more than"/"not...much more than")a branch.They
are too young to bear fruit.
2. We met Jane but not Elizabeth.
3. The FA developed and standardized football.
4. You may speak either English or Chinese at the meeting.
5. These boys not only play football, but play rugby as well/too.
6. James is not as good a player as his father is.
7. Either Tom or Jim has your pen.
38 / 115
4 Word formation
Answers
11. A thing(the stove on which you cooks is a cook /chef
12. A thing;the person who types is a typist
13. A person or a thing;a person who has a ticket,e.g.for a football
match;a kind of wallet for holding tickets,such as a 30-day pass
for bus.
14. A thing
15. A person or a thing;a person who cleans,e.g.in an office or the
street;a substance of instrument for cleaning,e.g.This cleaner will
get the dirt off your kitchen bench easily.
16. A person or a thing;a person who smokes;a short name for a seat
in the smoking area of a public place
17. A person,someone who drinks a lot of alcoholic beverage
18. A person,who is in charge of some work,e.g.in an office or a
department.
5 Vocabulary work
Answers
1.by
2.record
3.holds
up /give up
6 Translation
Answers for reference
39 / 115
4.beat
5.defeated
6.score 7.take
1. He thinks that the marriage between them is no more than a
business deal.
2. He used up all the money he had.
3. The young man saved your daughter from drowning.
4. She had absolutely nowhere to go,so she read some old books at
home.
5. "Will I ever be as good as a player as Geoff?" "Perhaps,but you
still have a long way to go before that day comes."
6. He is in danger of losing his job.
7. The practice of employing children to work in factories has
nearly died out in many countries.
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 7 The English Countryside
Part 2 Reading and Language Activities
1
Comprehension work
A Read the text again and discuss the following questions.
Answers for reference
1. Living in the lowlands
40 / 115
2. It is situated in a valley, overlooked by swallows, birds, plants
on weirs such as watercress, osiers, children playing along the
banks, men learning on weirs watching birds flying across the
river, gardens in front of a cottage, pastures near around
3. (1) The rivers in English villages are generally small and
insignificant judged by Continental standards.
(2) No national songs are composed for them as in the case of
the Volga, the Danube or the Rhine.(However, the songs
“Jerusalem” mentions the sweet brooks(streams)of to home.)
4. The writer was so familiar with the views of the river and
the valley, and therefore, the landscape tended to be part of
his consciousness—that is, he is able to see the view with
his mind eyes.
B
Activity
Answers for reference
Aspects
Location
Characteristics
Lowlands, such as a valley with church in the
middle.
41 / 115
Homestead
It is usually built n a farm, sheltered by ample
trees, with a small river not far away.
Local activities on the Children can take a bath; adults can go fishing;
river
families can gather watercress or grow osiers for
basket weaving.
Mill wheels
Not used any more, but men gather there to
watch views.
2. Language work
A Fill in the following blanks with the words from the text.
Answers
1. subjects, course, ample
2. stretch out,
overlook, lowland
3. valley, clustered, occupations
4. homestead,
sheltered
5. farm-hands, haunt
6. influenced,
subtle, consciousness
B Rewrite the following sentences with the expressions in the
box.
Answers for reference
1. When we lived in the country, we had a commodious house.
2. Each
42 / 115
individual’s
contribution
to
the
fund
seemed
insignificant, but the total sum was very large indeed.
3. Many women in the countryside still carry on such homely
crafts as making jam and weaving baskets.
4. I could not fully understand the lecture because the speaker
made a number of subtle distinctions.
5. A poet often has the ability to convey to his readers his own
sensuous experiences.
6. When the birds were set free, they flew out of the cage and
looked very much at home in the trees.
7. The rainforest in this tropical area for the most part dark and
wet.
8. The new software permits faster processing of data by the
computer.
C Word study.
Answers for reference
1. a. She was born in US, but she is essentially more Chinese than
American.
b. Richard is essentially a soft, caring person, although he
looks quite tough.
c. John is essentially more a scholar than a politician.
2. a. After the accident, she became more or less handicapped
43 / 115
and lost her job in the factory.
b. The new student seems more or less familiar with the
subject, so let him join the discussion.
c. The children in the mountainous village grow up more or
less in freedom.
3. a. Judged by national standards, the so-called” Great Hotel”
is only a small inn.
b. Judged by modern moral standards, Songjiang’s
reconciliation with the government is sensible in some
aspects.
c. Judged by Chinese standards, these rivers are only small
creeks.
4.
a. Some new scientific advances may have unpleasant side
effects, as in the case of the nuclear radioactivity.
b. Some big rivers are often regarded as the origins of human
civilization, as in the case of the Yellow River and the
Nile.
c. Many scientific discoveries come out in dreams, as in the
case of the sewing machine.
5.
a. Walking down the road, we can see sharply contrasting
views, tall and new buildings on the one hand, old and
shabby houses on the other.
44 / 115
b. Looking out of the window, you can see snowy mountains
on the one hand an icy river on the other.
c. Going through the students’ writing, the teacher discovered
how creative the students were on the one hand, but how
poor their basic writing skills were on the other.
6.
a. Nobody would mind the lecture being interrupted with
interesting questions from time to time.
b. We would stop and ask for directions from time to time, as
we were in a new city.
c. The white sails of the fishing boats are obscured from time
to time by mist and cloud.
Part 3 Extended Activities
1
Dictation
Script
There is no place like the English countryside for those who
love it: its firm yet gentle lines of hills and valleys, its ordered
confusion of features, its parks and lowlands, its ancient castles and
houses, its cottages and churches, its farms and trees, its pools and
ponds and shining rivers all present a peaceful and lovely sight.
Much of the countryside is of course farmland but there are often
45 / 115
paths through the fields, called public footpaths, which you can walk
along. It is good for people to walk through such a land, forgetting
for a time all the worries of the world, and become just happy
wanderers in a world of pleasant breezes and song-birds and shady
trees.
2
Read more
A Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Answers
1. b
2.b
3.c
4. a
5. c
Notes
1. Bath: a town in the southwest of England famous for many
centuries for its health-giving spring water, and visited by
tourist for its old Roman baths and its Georgian buildings.(see
the picture in the Students’ Book.)
2. My feeling is that if my son took that money…: The writer is
being humorous in this place. He means as the fund is raised
for the well-being of children, this money should be able to
cover his child. Therefore, it is suitable for his child to take
the money for his own use
3 Grammar work
46 / 115
Answers
1. I want to buy a thriller because I love to be excited and thrilled
in reading.
2. Everybody is pleased at the results.
3. The old lady was really shocked at the terrible mess in the house.
4. It is quite annoying to interrupt one’s talk.
5. Local people are disturbed at the news that a wild animal is still
at large.
6. Are you satisfied with the design of the new product?
7. Shakespeare is known for his famous plays.
8. The speaker was boring—you could see it on the faces of the
audience.
9. Researchers were disappointed at the result of the test.
10.
Her remarks were rather confusing.
4 Word formation
Answers
1. fascinating
2. determined
amused
4. embarrassed, telling
47 / 115
5. worried
3. boring,
5 Vocabulary work
A Here are some useful adjectives for describing towns and the
countryside. Sort them out and arrange them under the right
heading.
Answers for reference
Towns
Historic,
magnificent,
elegant,
beautiful,
The countryside
lively, Picturesque hilly, pastoral, rural,
packed, beautiful, quiet, tranquil, rustic,
crowded, filthy, bustling, shabby, spacious, deserted, shabby, historic,
run-down, deserted, picturesque
lively, magnificent
B Study the following words and phrases, put them into different
groups.
Answers for reference
Aspects
Expressions and phrases that may be
used in this category
48 / 115
Romantic
aspects
of
wilderness
the Wonder at the heights of mountains, and
the mighty waves of the sea, and the
wide sweeps of rivers, and the cycle of
the ocean, and the revolution of the stars
Pleasant natural scenes
Virgin beauty of the wilderness
Views to delight/ feast one’s eyes/ senses
Wild, uncivilized aspect of Disturbing
nature
Fearful
Silent,
dark,
cold,
airless,
full
of
unknowns, forests are the abode of beasts
and bandits
Foreign, appalling
The unholy wilderness
Civilized aspects of nature
Full of mischief and evil
A place of order and virtue
Pleasant natural scenes
Views to delight/ feast one’s eyes/ senses
Vast
Neutral aspects of nature/ the Nature conquered, cut to shape, and
wilderness
almost” man-made”, nature boxed-in like
a domestic pet
49 / 115
The artificiality of city, garden
Deserts, forests, islands, and moorlands
Views to delight/ feast one’s/ senses
6 Translation
Answers for reference
1. Her bedroom has large windows overlooking a beautiful lake.
2. He collapsed into the armchair, stretching out his legs in front
of him.
3. I simply could not stay there; it rained day out when I went
there on holiday.
4. A dry warehouse is important especially in the case of these
medicines.
5. The people in this village, for the most part, are gentle and well
behaved.
6. we tend to get cold winters and warm, dry summers in this part
of the country.
7. It’s simple dish to prepare, consisting mainly of beef and
vegetable.
50 / 115
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 8 Beauty and Career
Objectives
A. Topics and functions
 Talking about the meaning of “beauty” and “beautiful”
 Discussing the phenomenon of cosmetics surgery
 Talking about woman’s participation in engineering
B. Language knowledge
Words and phrases for talking about
 Building a case of argument with facts
 Using links to establish a coherent story
 Analyzing humor in story telling
Part 1 Communicative Activities
Aims
 Learning to build a case of argument with facts
 Learning to talk about historical, and personal reasons for
doing cosmetic surgery
51 / 115
1. Interactive listening and speaking
A listening
Teaching suggestions
1. Introduce the term cosmetic surgery , make sure that Ss
understand it.
2. Have Ss read the introductory part, and discuss the words for
attitudes.
3. Play the recording. Have Ss check their answers for the
preliminary listening task.
Answers for reference
Mary is more or less neutral ,Sue supportive, and Elizabeth ,
opposing. They are all interested in this topic, and none is
indifferent.
4. Play the recoding for several times until students get familiar
with the discussion.
5. Have Ss read the fact sheets, and then discuss how these facts are
used in the talk show.
6. Tell Ss that several facts are used by both sides, but the focus is
different. i.e. people can use the same fact to serve different
purposes.
Answers for reference
52 / 115
No . Facts
1
For Neutral Against
√
Some people suffer from disorders and
anorexia.
2
People enjoy coming to spas.
√
3
People have only one body to look after.
√
4
Some European women used to have their ribs √
√
removed in order to look thin in the waist.
5
It’s up to everyone to decide what is right for √
√
him/her.
6
Neck –stretching was a fashion in some parts √
√
of Burma .
7
There is too much emphasis on the appearance
√
these days.
8
Thousands of women have breast implants,
√
eye-lid operations, and face-lifts.
9
People live on this earth only for a short √
while.
10
Foot –binding was very common in the old √
√
China .
11
Some women stretched their ear lobes or lips √
order to look beautiful in Africa .
53 / 115
√
People have freedom to choose what they √
12
want to do.
13
Two beautiful people participate in this talk
√
show.
People feel they look like ten years younger √
14
when they leave spas.
15
It is just a trend that keeps increasing.
√
16
There are a lot of people who are unhappy
√
because of their appearance.
17
Women have to experience physical pain in
√
order to look beautiful.
18
People are often judged by their appearance.
B Talk
1. Set up a forum for Ss to discuss these questions.
2. Comment on the arguments and language.
C Activity
Teaching suggestions
1. Give each student a piece of blank for paper for preparation.
2. Encourage Ss to write from memory; discourage them from
copying the story from the text.
3. Have Ss present their report to the class as a TV presenter．
Recording script
54 / 115
√
What is your definition of beauty and beautiful?
Mary Wendy : a TV hostess
Sue Jaycee::a former top model, now a businesswoman
Elizabeth Young: a writer and university lecturer
Mary
Good morning and welcome to “Head to Head”.Today’s
topic is beauty.What is beauty? What lengths can we or should we
go to , to make ourselves more beautiful? In order to help answer
your questions, I have two beautiful people with me!Sue Jaycee, a
former top mofel, is now a successful businesswoman. Elizabeth
Young is a writer and lecturer.Sue,perhaps we could start with
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 9 Secret
Messages to
Ourselves
Part2 Reading and Language Activities
1 Comprehension work
A Read the text again and discuss the following questions.
Answer for reference
55 / 115
6.He had worked all night on the design of a sewing machine before
he finally fell asleep.
7.In his work he ran into a very difficult problem:it seemed
impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.
8.Despite his exhaustion,Howe slept badly because he had a
nightmare.In the nightmare he had been captured by a tribe of
terrible savages whose king threatened to kill and eat him unless he
could build a perfect sewing machine.
9.In the nightmare,the king ordered his soldiers to kill Howe.They
advanced toward him with their spears.Suddenly he noticed a small
hole on the tip of the spear and a bright idea suddenly dawned on
him out of the dream.That is why Howe awoke with a start.
10.As Howe noticed in his nightmare the hole on the tip of each
spear,he suddenly realized that he had found the solution to his
problem：he could make the thread run through a small hole on the
tip of the needle.
11.Howe was not unique in finding the answer to his problem in this
way.In history,there were similar cases.Thomas Edison and Albert
Einstein also found solutions to problems in this way,and so did
Charlotte Bronte and Igor Stravinsky.
12.When you are asleep,a part of your mind is still working.This
unconscious but active part digests your experiences and goes to
56 / 115
work on the problems you have had during the day.
13.The unconscious part of the mind expresses itself through its own
logic and its own language.It uses strange images to send messages
to the conscious part of mind during our sleep.
B Cloze
Answer for reference
（1）attempts;
(2)accepting;
(3) dream;
(4)savage;
(5)spear;
(6)attempts;
(7)prototypes;
(8)unmet;
(9)death;
(10)flew;
(11)revelation; (12)head;
(13)inventing
A Fill in the following blanks with words and phrases from the text.
Answers
1.composer,unique,capture
3.ran into,exhaustion,solutions
2.drew on
4.value,worked
on,store
5.Despite,run
6.Instead of,enable
7.Nightmare
8.Design,unless
B Rewrite the following sentences with the expressions in the box.
Answer for reference
1.The explosion of a bomb made such a noise at night that people
57 / 115
nearby all awoke with a start.
2.When he realized that he had been cheated,the man flew into a
rage.
3.The employees threatened to go on strike if they did not get a pay
raise.
4.Can you appreciate the importance of his suggestion?
5.The ship was being tossed about on the rough sea.
6.During a war,human beings sometimes behave like savages.
7.It took him quite a long time to digest the report.
8.A car crashed into a lamppost.The driver who was badly injured
lay unconscious on the road.
C Word study.
Answer for reference
4.a.At the moment when the thief intended to run away he was
captured by the policeman who had followed him for a long time.
b.The soldiers tried to rescue the woman who had been captured
by the robber as a hostage.
c.Can you capture this moving scene in words?
5.a.After thinking over this math problem for half an hour,he found a
solution to it at last.
b.Many countries are now very serious about finding a solutions
to climate changes brought
58 / 115
about by the greenhouse effect.
c.We must find a solution to this technical problem.
6.a.His academic background will enable him to find a good job
without any difficulty.
b.The new communication facilities enable people at different
place in the world to communicate with each other more quickly and
easily.
c.A good vocabulary will enable one to speak and write
effectively.
7.a.Though he is very diligent,he is far from being the top student in
the class.
b.The quality of the new product is far from being perfect.
c.Your mother is far from pleased with your examination results.
8.a.Despite the differences in age,background,and education,they
became close friends.
.b.despite lake of enough bombs, the soldiers still did their best to
defeat the enemy.
.c.Despite the bad climate,the scientific expedition teams went on
with their research work in the Antarctic.
9.a The dumb people expressed themselves by making gestures.
b.You are free to express yourself with him.
c.The student expressed herself in good,clear English.
59 / 115
Part 3 Extended Activities
1 Dictation
Script
People believe that there are two reasons for making inventions
or discoveries.The first reason is that an inventions is the result of
social development.In other words,if a society has prepared the
conditions in economy,technology and culture,something will be
invented by one person or another.Who does it is just a historical
accident.This theory has some support in the invention of the
steamboat and the airplane.However,this reason does not explain
why
a
great
inventor
can
observe
more
things
than
others.Therefore,there must be another reason for inventions,and the
second theory considers the individual as the most important
element in the inventive process.
2 Read more
A True/False/Not Mentioned(NM).
Answers
1.NM 2.F
3. T
Grammar work
60 / 115
4.T
5. T
6.NM
7.NM 8.F
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 10 The Life story of an Ancient Chinese Poet
Part 2 Reading and language Activities
 1 Comprehension work
Answers for reference
One day the ambassador of Korea brought him an important
message ,but he could not find anyone from his ministers and
warriors to read the message because it was written in a different
language
Li Bai was introduced to the emperor through the minister He
Zhizhang , who was also a great poet . He not only translated the
massage for the emperor ,but also dictated a learned and terrifying
answer .This made the emperor believe that Li Bai
was an angel
descended from heaven
The emperor rewarded the poet with the part of Korean tribute ,but
he give it to the innkeeper, for he love wine .
The author suggests in the article that the poet was given to all sorts
of experiment of suffering in the pursuit of love and wine while
wandering in the world .
61 / 115
5.He was failure in marriage ,but not necessarily in love .He as poor
because he seldom stopped wandering to make money .He treated
emperor and pauper in the same way although he was already a
celebrity .
6.In Du Fu’s poem ,Li Bai was described to reply in his typical spirit
–The spirit to pursue freedom ,the defiance of oppression, and the
love of equality .His reply implies a direct rejection to the emperor ‘s
call for service .
7.In his old year ,Li Bai was already famous enough to evoke
numerous
stories
about
his
life
,and
understanding
,his
death .Therefore ,people would like create a legendary hero in a way
typical of the poet’s spirit
 2 A Literary study
In-depth reading
No. Li Bai ‘s romantic image
1
LOVE :
He became practiced in loves: love of the beautiful girl (the
maid of
WU ),Singing bewitchingly sweet song; she came on
pony-back with blue –painted eye-brows ,and shoes of pink
brocade ;she had such sensual caresses behind silk
62 / 115
embroidered curtains ,leaving perfume on his empty couch and
rolled-up quilt for three years ;he could not even sleep after
she was gone .He was so sad :his sigh made leaves fall from
the yellow crane ,and his weep became dews twinkle white on
the green mosses.
2
MARRIAGE
He had bad marriages .His wife left with children.
3
MUNEY:
He was poor, but he gave away emperor’s gifts because he
only loved wine ;he never stopped to make money ,he earned
crumbles of bread with sheaves of song.
4
AUTHORITY:
He refused present himself at the call of the emperor ;he forced
the examiners to take his boots off at court; he rejected the
Sovereign’s call to board on the Imperial barge. He laughed at
the rubble of the emperor’s
palaces and towers ,and
considered them to be ephemeral while poetry is immortal.
5
EQUALITY
Everyone loved him; the emperor befriended him ,but couldn’t
command him .He spoke equally with the emperor and pauper.
6
LOVE FOR WINE :
He was described as god of wine ,wine of grapes in his goblets
63 / 115
of gold.
In-depth reading
NO. Li Bai ‘s romantic image
7
POETAY:
He loved poetry ,and he sang songs with pretty woman ,got
drunk while he wrote poetry. He wrote poems to make a
living .He considered that poems could shake the five
mountains with his immortal brush stokes of inspirations .
8
DEATH:
He was described to be so romantic that he died of a poetic
death in life. He drowned himself trying to scoop the reflection
of the moon in the lake .
 3 Mini-critique writing
Answers for reference
The poet speaker is romantic ,wandering around aimlessly to
experience pleasure of life in the beauty of nature ,in drinking ,in
making friends ,in singing songs played by pretty girls on jeweled
and gold instruments .His poems flow out of his heart so naturally
with such a power to shake the world and live forever .Het found
great satisfaction in writing these songs and poems in the defiance of
64 / 115
the ephemeral nature of worldly glories or wealth of palaces and
towers of the emperors .They vanished quickly from the earth. Only
his poetry is able to live forever.
 4 Language work
Answers for reference
1. The emperor exclaimed ,”What !I have so many magistrates,
so many scholars, and so many warriors at court .But what a
shame that I can’t find one person who can understand this
letter, and help me solve this problem! I will suspend your
post if none of you can solves this problem for me in three
days.”
2. Then ,Minister He ZhiZhang approached the emperor and
side ,”You Majesty ,I’d like to offer my humble
opinion .There is man called Li in his house. He is capable of
everything .If your Majesty order him to came solve this
problem because he is very knowledgeable.”
3. After Li Bai read the massage for the emperor ,he dictated a
letter in reply which was full of knowledge and wisdom that
it was even frightening to read .The emperor believe what He
Zhizhang said about Li Bai .The emperor loved him so
much that he took him almost as an angel coming down from
the heaven.
65 / 115
4. In the end ,after many years of suffering in which he was
jailed , condemned to death ,latter pardoned ,he went back
home ,but he died three years afterward. People were not
stratified with this end for this extraordinary soul, so they
made up stories about how he died. One version was that he
died of drowning in a lake when he tried to embrace the
reflection of the moon.
 5 Vocabulary work
Answers
1.height
2.chaos
3.relieve
5.fret
6.pesent
7.enamored
4.feared
8.confers
Part 3 Extended Activities
 1 Dictation
Script
Music has been called the most abstract of the arts. Unlike
words ,pictures ,and bodily movements ,musical tones in themselves
have no concrete references .To understand and enjoy a musical
performance, one
must be familiar with its choice of sounds and its
organizing principles. Although some musical works are difficult to
understand ,music has become a necessity of life. People are keen on
musical because it brings fun to them .Different people like
66 / 115
different music: some are fond of classical music ,and others take
pleasure in pop music.
Nevertheless, most people love light music.
 2 Read more
A True /False/Not Mentioned(NM)
Answers
1.F
2.T
3.NM
4.NM
5.F
6.T
7.T
B Topics for discussion
Answers
1. Sade will not be bothered too much as long as (or: so long as )she
can enjoy her private life in the small village .
2. Providing /Providing that /Provided /Provided that Sade follows
the new fashion, millions of fickle British pop fans will love her
again
3. If any visitors (should) come, I’ll say you aren’t here
4. In case of a fire, ring the alarm bell immediately
5. When will you be back at the office ?-I won’t be back until 10
o’clock
6. Tomorrow it is going to rain. You will be sorry if you don’t
take an umbrella
7. Let me know when you (will)arrive
67 / 115
8. Will there be a picnic tomorrow?-Yes ,if it doesn’t rain
9. I will come only if nothing is said to the teacher
 4 Word formation
Answers
1.hostility
2.disabled
3.obscurity
4.indifference
5.publicity
6.resemblance
7.familiarity
 5 Vocabulary work
Answers
1.f
2.e
3.d
4.b
5.h
6.c
7.a
8.g
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 1 Teenager’s Nightmare
Part 2 Reading and Language Activities
1 Comprehension work
Answers for reference
1 Those who set out to revise always wish that they had started
revision a lot earlier, and had written everything a bit more clearly.
Besides, they find there always are things which take their views to
68 / 115
class.
2 Highlight the points on the board during the discussion session.
Answers for reference
1 Those who set out to revise always wished that they had started
revision a lot earlier, and had written everything a bit more clearly.
Besides, they find there always are things which take their attention
away from their work.
2 It means once something has been done ,it can’t be undone in the
text .The writer means it is no use regretting the poor handwriting
and the loss of time.
3 “Strange amusements” refer to the students’ sudden urge to do
things such as tidying up their rooms although the untidy rooms
have not bothered them for a long time .The subconscious purpose
is to put off the actual revision until the last minute.
4 The main trouble for the second group is that they have neither
the determination nor the willpower to bring themselves to revise ,
even though they know what they should be doing, so they suffer
the most severe guilt complexes.
5 Because examinations are a nightmare to teenagers, they would
like to put an end to this nightmare. However, they can’t do so
because they may have to re-take their subjects if they fail.
69 / 115
6 The letter contains the results of your exam , which will decide
your fate : succeeding in study,
Getting a job, going to the university you wish to attend , or failing
the exam.
2 Language work
A Fill in the following blanks with words or phrases from the
text.
Answers
1
concentrating,
files,
tempted,
temptation,
irresistible,
willpower/determination, wander ,resign, get down
2 procedures, subjects, suffer
3 go through , concerning , carry out, undertake
4 attend, academic
B Rewrite the following sentences with the expressions in the
box.
Answers
1 Elias Howe gave himself up to the design of a
sewing-machine.
2 The singer specializes in classic music. Pop music is outside
his territory.
70 / 115
3 Armed with modern equipment, the police undertook the job of
looking for the missing boy in the woods.
4 Due to lack of funds, the scientists found it difficult to carry
out the plan.
5 Toys in bright colours usually are a temptation to children.
6 You may use this police hot-line in case someone tries to break
in.
7 Tired of intense publicity, the movie star has an urge to live in
a desert island.
8 Sade’s debut album was so successful that it stayed in the Top
Ten Charts for months on end.
9 We’ve spent so much time talking, now let’s get down to the
project.
10 The woman resigned herself to the fact that she would never
get the call from the man.
C Word study
Answers for reference
1 a. He didn’t want to marry again because he didn’t want to go
through all that quarrelling and fighting.
b. It’s said that a person cannot be mature without going
through some hardships.
71 / 115
c. The boy went through his lecture notes before taking the
exam.
2 a. Teachers are meant to treat the pupils like their parents do.
b. Soldiers are meant to defend their country when it is in
trouble.
c. In Japan, people are meant to take off their shoes before
entering their homes.
3 a. He had sudden urge to ride the horse.
b. The old man , left alone at home all day, had a strong urge
to talk to someone.
c. The girl waiting impatiently had an irresistible urge to call
her boyfriend.
4 a. You ‘d better take the umbrella with you in case it rains.
b. Before the joint project begins, everything has to be written
down in case any dispute arises in the future.
c. You ‘d better put the laptop away in case the children treat
it like a toy.
5 a. Concentrating on his microscope, the scientist made a
sudden discovery of a new organism.
b. Concentrating on the novel he was reading, he barely
noticed that it was getting dark outside.
c. When I’m hungry, I cannot concentrate on my work.
72 / 115
6 a. Resign to the fact that she was unable to walk any more ,
she learnt to use the wheelchair.
b. I finally have to resign myself to the fact that I have lost the
job. I have to find a new one.
c. He looked calmly resigned to his fate.
Part 3 Extended Activities
1 Dictation
Script
The term education has had a variety of definitions. The
traditional view of education is expressed in the formal teaching
activities conducted in schools and universities. A better
definition is that education is a lifelong process that includes
both formal schooling and the broad range of other experiences,
including television viewing ,out-of –class activities, and family
living , that usually take more time and often have more
powerful influences than the formal schooling does.
2 Read more
Answers for reference
1) (See the below)
People, things, or rules
73 / 115
His
attitudes
1. 10 years old Anna Cross whole lemonade was closed
a
down
2. The city bylaw enforcement officer who wrote Anna
a
up, and closed
her stand down.
3 Anna’s neighbor who lodge a complaint to the city
c
bylaw office
4 The call for the teachers to use more colorful crayons
d&f
instead of a
red X on wrong answers
5 The banning of competitive games such as tag or
d&f
dodge ball
6 Games such as juggling and to go sticking
7 The alleged contract for preschool children at Tufts,
e&f
d
the USA
8 The call for removing violent or militaristic language
d
such as “killing
two birds with one stone” or “take a stab at it”
9 The call for using” press” instead of “hit” in using the
d
computer
10 The lunch bag with Jonah and the whale drawing
74 / 115
e
11 The teacher’s request to stop drawing Jonah and
d&f
whale on the
lunch bag
12 Mrs. Goldberg’s note: “The Goldberg family whale
b&f
policy will continue . Tell the other kids to get over
it.”
2) b
3 Grammar work
Answers
1 You ought not to see him anymore.
2 You’re not supposed to play ball games in the classroom.
3 “It’s raining. You should/ought to take the umbrella with
you,” said mother.
4 The guest requested: “I would like to have another drink.”
5 The doctor said seriously to the patient: “ You’ve got a bad
cough, so you mustn’t smoke cigarettes any more.”
6 At the meeting, the chairman suggested that the present
examination system (should) be reformed.
7. “John, where is your sister? You should/ought to have brought
her to the party. She is welcome here.”
8 “Professor Davy, could you write a recommendation letter for
75 / 115
me?”
9 If you see a man with a black cap appear before that building,
you should call the police immediately, OK?
4 Word formation
Answers
1.collision
2.discussion, decision
4.temptation
5.hesitation
3.revision
6.determination
5 Vocabulary work
Answers
1.
terrifying,
terrified
2.satisfied
3.surprising
4,astonished
5.pleased
6.depressed
9.exciting,
11.amused
thrilling
7.bored
8.excited
10.interesting,
fascinating
12.embarrassing
6 Cloze
Answers
(1)skyscraper (2) grounds (3) arbiter (4) in (5) time
(6) couldn’t
(7)drop
(8) formula (9) measure (10)
shadow
(11) tie
76 / 115
(12)pendulum (13) walk
(14)height (15)
scientific
(16) tell
(17) physics
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 12 Have You Seen the Tree？
Part2 Reading and language Activities
1.Comprehension work
A Read the text again and discuss the following questions
Answers for reference
1.The writer learnt from one of his neighbors that there was beautiful
tree down at the corner. It had all kinds of colors.
2.Thete was nothing remarkable about the tree’s shape, a
medium—sized maple. But it had extraordinary combinations of
colors：bright crimson on its lower branches, vivid yellow and
orange at its center and deep red at its top.
3.The writer associated the varied colors with different seasons and
continents in the word: The light and dark greens represent the
spring and summer of the Southern Hemisphere ； The blazing
yellows and bare branches represent the autumn and winter of the
77 / 115
Northern Hemisphere.
4.Emerson once commented about the stars in Nature. He observed
that if the constellations appeared only once in a thousand years, it
would be an exciting event. But because they are up there every
night, we barely give them a look. The significance of the comment
is that people should notice and appreciate something extraordinary
in the ordinary things in everyday life
5.The tree was especially precious to the local people because its
majesty would only last a week.
6.The writer felt like tolling a church bell to awaken the town people
to the wonder of the tree.
7.This is an open—ended question. Basically, the story is trying to
“awaken” the readers to the “wonder of nature”. People should take
time to notice and enjoy the beauty in small things in life. They
should “smell flowers” as the Americans say.
2.Language work
A Fill in the following blanks with words from the text
Answers
1. blazes 2.embraces 3.pilgrims 4.momentous 5.varied 6.fiery
7.twilight 8.majesty
B Rewrite the following sentences with the expressions in the box.
Answers
78 / 115
1.The Prime Minister’s speech awakened the nation to the imminent
danger of the war.
2.After the examinations, the boy felt like lighting a fire with all his
books and files.
3.The applicant went into the interview room his heart swimming
with uncertainty.
4.The early settlers and travelers
marveled at the abundant land
and riches in North America.
5.The dispute between the two tribes simmered into intense hatred.
6.The policemen edged toward the house occupied by gangsters.
7.Jogging in the morning for 30 minutes is a good exercise for
middle—aged people.
C Word study
Answer for references
1.a.She was just about to leave when an exquisite purse her eyes
a. The attractive design of the garden of the villa caught the
woman’s eye ,who eager to someday own a house like this
b. Colorful things easily catch a child’s eyes
2.a.When the solders approached the top the mountain ,they found
that the enemies were already gone
b. As the deadline is approaching ,everyone in the project quickens
his/her working
79 / 115
c. The cat quietly approached the bird before pouncing upon it
3.a.Mr.White was going to move to another place .He gave his house
a last look before closing the fence gate
b. As the mouse is so insignificant in the forest ,the lion barely
gives it a look
c. The poor little girl huddled in the street corner in rages .No
passers-by would give her book.
4. a. The old man discovered the enemies were approaching ,he
bravely rang the bell to alert
b. The driver sounded the horn to alert the cyclist in front of his
car
c. The sirens had been sounding frequently over the city to alert
people the dangers of air attacks
5. a. She wrote satirical columns on the newspaper to awaken the
people to the corruption of some government officials
b.It has been raining for a whole week . We must awaken people
to the possibility of floods
c. These words at last awakened him to his responsibility as a father
Part3 Extended Activities
1 Dictation
Script
80 / 115
Most people love trees for their beauty ,but trees are valuable
in many practical ways, too. Wood from trees provides fuel for
heating or cooking and lumber for house ,furniture, and
tools .Trees produce most fruits and nearly all nuts .They supply
many raw materials for industry. Trees also help preserve the
land .The roots of trees keep soil from being washed for blown
away. Thick carpets of leaves and roots on the ground soak up
rainwater and keep it from draining rapidly into streams and
rivers .Thus forests act as reservoirs of rainwater
2 Read more
Notes
1. I can’t take a fall walk without thinking about the gentle
miracle of the leaf: Every time when I
take a fall walk ,I’ll
think about the gentle miracle of the leaf. The double negative
pattern “can’t…without…”is used for the purpose of
emphasis ,e.g. As an English major, he can’t let a day pass
without learning a few new words.
2. Orchestrate: to plan and organize a complicate event or
course of action so that it achieves the result you want ,e.g.
The writer orchestrated his fairy story to achieve certain
conscious ends
81 / 115
3. For the sake of…:for the benefit /good of …,e.g. a) We hope
for her sake that the weeding goes as planned .b)The
regulation is not just for the protection of the workers ,but also
for the sake of the whole community.
4. In the from of：in the particular way that something appears
or exists, e.g. a) You can get the medicine in the form on nasal
spray or as a tablet .b)Help arrived in the form of six heavily
armed police officers.
5. Feast out eyes(on):to take great pleasure in looking at
something ,e.g. Yesterday evening, we feasted our eyes on the
wonderful performance of the dancers.
6. Catch one’s breath: to take time to breathe normally again
after physical exercise; to stop breathing
suddenly for a
short time because you are surprised or impressed ,e.g. a) I
had to stop about halfway up the hill and catch my
breath .b)We caught our breath when we saw the beautiful
scenes.
A True /False /Not Mentioned (NM)
Answers
1. T2.
F3.
F4. 5NM
B Topics for discussion.
3 Grammar work
82 / 115
6.F
7.F
8.T
9.NM
Answers
1.I can’t swim-I can’t either.
2.When I was young ,my father would /used to take me to the
museum on Sundays
3.He was elected chairman of the committee.
4.You will get an a electric shock if you touch that wire-it’s live !
5. The police banned us from negotiating individually with the
kidnapper.
6.He tried to persuade us to go with him to the party on Friday
evening ,but none of us listened!
7. I’m quite excited about the possibilities of visiting the United
States.
8.The timetable will remain in operation until the new scheme is put
into use.
9. He doesn’t seem to understand our position .So there is no point
in arguing with him.
10.In my opinion ,two-thirds of the students don’t like the mid-term
examination.
4 Word formation
Answers
1.long-legged
2.whit-haired
3.round-faced 4.cold–blooded 5.hot-tempered/quick-tempreed
83 / 115
6.quick-witted
7.low-spirited
8.narrow-minded
5 Vocabulary work
Answers
1. Be read
4.submit
2. Be held
3.be regarded
5.be violated 6.be answered
7.be postponed 8.be kept 9.was woken 10.admiring
6 Translation
Answers for reference
1. The bathroom floor was swimming with water.
2. For an instant ,I thought I was going to lose.
3. I was
walking along the street when a poster caught my eye.
4. In this quite valley lies a small village .
5. The air is so fresh outside. Let’s go out for a walk if you feel
like it .
6. He is always interfering with our plan
7. Owing to a mechanical problem ,they were trapped in the
elevator for two hours.
84 / 115
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 13 One of Those Days
Part 2 Reading and Language Activities
1 Comprehension work
A Discussion
Answers for reference
1) Open-ended answer, but here’s some reference for guiding the
discussion:
2) oppression. So Escovar despised him, reluctant to serve him.
3) We may infer from the story that Escovar did it on purpose, out
of malignity (rancor). He said quietly when he pulled the infected
tooth out of the mayor’s mouth,“Now you’ll pay for our twenty
dead
men.”However,
the
author
described
Escovar’s
operation“Without rancor, rather with a bitter tenderness…”.
4) What he means is that he was an absolute power over the town.
B Analysis
Answers for reference
5) Open-ended answer, but here’s some reference for guiding the
discussion:
85 / 115
6) The mayor representas political corruption, murdering, and social
oppression. So Escovar despised him, reluctant to serve him.
7) We may infer from the story that Escovar did it on purpose, out
of malignity (rancor). He said quietly when he pulled the infected
tooth out of the mayor’s mouth,“Now you’ll pay for our twenty
dead
men.”However,
the
author
described
Escovar’s
operation“Without rancor, rather with a bitter tenderness…”.
8) What he means is that he was an absolute power over the town.
B Analysis
Answers for reference
Stages
Power balance
Evidence
1
The mayor is more powerful than
Escovar.
He said if Escovar did not serve him.
Escovar was ready for a gun fight(he
got
his
revolver
ready),
but
he
abandoned this idea; maybe he realized
that it was useless to have a gunfight
now
with
the
mayor.
He
was
powerless. He had to serve him.
2
The mayor is less powerful than
86 / 115
Escovar.
The situation gradually changes as the
mayor came in, greeting him“good
morning”, to which Escovar responded
coldly. When the mayor took the dental
seat, the situation was completely
reversed. The mayor was put at mercy
of Escovar now. He inspected his
infected tooth, and pulled it without
using anesthesia. The mayor suspected
his intention, but he had no reason to
refuse him. So he had to suffer the
pains of having his tooth pilled out.
The detailed description of his painful
suffering
reveals
how
Escovar
punished him, and took revenge on the
enemy of the town who owed blood
debt of 20 citizens. He made use of his
medical
knowledge
reverse
his
and
previously
skills
to
powerless
situation even though he was only a
dentist without a degree.
87 / 115
3
The mayor resumes his power.
But when the operation was fished, the
mayor reversed the situation now. he
was still polite at the beginning in his
casual military solute, stretching his
power at the end when he said“it was
the same damn thing”, meaning that he
was an absolute power in this town.
What does this change tell
us?
The story illustrates how professional
knowledge and skills can temporarily
change the power relationship between a
dictator and ordinary citizens. In this
power struggle, the political power
seems to be strong, but not absolute. One
of these days, it will fall at the mercy of
something more powerful.
C Cloze
Answers for reference
(1) degree (2) refuses (3) shoot (4) infected
88 / 115
(5) deliberately
(6) bill
(7) powerful (8) supplied (9) reverses (10) extracted
(11) torture (12) temporary
2
Language work
A Writing interpretations.
Example
Monday dawned warm and rainless. Aurelio Escovar, a dentist
without a degree, and a very early riser, opened his office at six. He
took some false teeth, still mounted in their plaster mold, out of the
glass case and put on the table a fistful of instruments which he
arranged in size order, as if they were on display.
Sample writing
It was Monday, with warm and dry weather. Aurelio Escovar
was a town dentist without much education. He wasn’t a great
dentist, just an ordinary person who scraped a living by a kind of
dental practice“affordable”to the local people. He had start work
early. He opened his office at six(pretty early), working on the
unfnished false teeth, still mounted on the plaster mould. He took
out the tools from a glass case, and spread them out as if they were
on display. It looked like that he was about to work. The mood was
89 / 115
quiet, and a little monotonous, but peaceful.
Answers for reference
1) Rewriting；
The dentist as humbly dressed in plain clothes such as collarless
shirt, tied a knot at the neck, pants held up in suspenders. He didn’t
look like a real professional, who acted effectively, and did things on
purpose. But this dentist looked absent-minded, and didn’t know
clearly what he should do.
2) Rewriting:
He examined his work, and remarked that it was such a good job.
He felt a little satisfied at the results.
3) Rewriting:
The mayor looked at the dentist suspiciously, “Should I trust him?
I must watch him closely. ” But what he said was “All right,” and
put up a forced smile. The dentist did not return the smile. While he
was preparing for the operation, he was probably thinking,“This
bastard. Now it’s time for me to take revenge on him, but I will do it
slowly, and let him suffer as much as I can.” But Escovar tried to
cover his expression, and remained cool. He slowly brought the
basin of sterilized instruments to the workable and took them out of
the water with a pair of cold tweezers, still without hurrying. He was
90 / 115
not in a hurry. He knew that the quicker he worked, the sooner the
mayor was released from suffering. At the bottom of his heart,he
didn’t want to reduce his pain, but as a dentist, his professional ethic
ordered him to help the mayor. Anyway, he took time to get things
done one by one, pushing the spittoon with the tip of his shoe,
washing his hands in the washbasin. He tried to last as long as
possible when doing all this, focusing on the single idea of revenge.
9) Rewriting:
The mayor felt a heart-broken pain crashing his bones in his jaw,
his eyes blurred by tears of pains. He held breath with strength
until he felt the tooth was gone, and saw it thought his tears.
Suddenly, he felt relieved, and didn’t even know what kind of
suffering the tooth had once given him. He knew no more
suffering of the five previous nights at all now.
B Word study
Answers
1) dawn on sb
2) from dawn till/to dusk
3) mark the dawn of… era 4) since the dawn
dawn
6) at the crack of dawn
Part 3 Extended Activities
91 / 115
5) at
1 Dictation
Script
A Donation
One day, a lady and her husband, dressed in ordinary clothes,
stepped timidly without an appointment into the president of
Harvard's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that
these two country people had
no business at Harvard.
“We want to see the president,” the man said softly. “He'll be
busy all day,” the secretary snapped. “We'll waite.” the lady replied.
For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple wouple
finally become discouragedand and go away.
They didn't. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally
decide to disturb the president. “Maybe if they just see you for a few
minutes, they'll leave,” she told him.
The president finally met the couple. The lady told him, “We
had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He
was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed.
And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him,
somewhere on campus.”
The president wasn't touches. “Madam,” he said. “We can't
put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If
92 / 115
we did, this place would look like a cemetery”. “Oh, no,” the lady
explained quickly. “We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we
would like to give a building to Harvard.”
The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the old couple, and
then exclaimed, “A building! Do you have any idea how much a
building costs? The buildings cost seve and a half million dollars at
Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was
pleased. He could get rid of them now. And the lady turned to her
husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a university?
Why don't we just start out own?” Her husband nodded. The
president was completely confused, and did not know what to say.
And Mr. and Mrs.Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to
California where they established a university that bears their name,
a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about. It is now
called Stanford University.
2 Read more
Answers
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. D
1 There are four major kinds of mulin-word combinations that co
mprise relatively idiomatic units and function like single verbs:
（1） v+adv: phrasal verbs, e.g.come on, get up, sit down, stand up,
put on, make up, take on, pick up, carry out, go off, etc.
93 / 115
（2）
v+:prepositional verbs, e.g. look at, think about, talk to, wait for, dep
end on, listen to, arrive at, work with, laugh at, come into, deal with,
learn from, belong to, happen to, account for, different from, refer to,
consist of, etc.
（3）
v+particle+prep: phrasal-prepositional verbs, e.g. get away with, loo
k down upon, look forward to, look out for, put up with, hand over t
o, come up with, get on with, turn away from, catch up with, etc.
（4）other multi-word verb constructions, notably:v+n
（e.g. take a look）; v+prep （e.g. take into account）; v+v （e.g.
make do）
Answers
1 Look out for the traffic sign. --Which traffic sian do I have to l
ook out for?
2 I've borrowed some money. -- Who did you borrow it from?
3 There are two film stars at a table behind you. -- Which table ar
e they sitting at?
4 There is a big box to pack all the clothes in.
5 Have you got a pen to sign these papers with?
6 Is these a room to hang our coats in?
7 I prefer my new school to the one I went to before.
94 / 115
8 What's this? -- A small gift for you to remember us by.
9 Turn on the radio, will you? -- Which program do you want to
listen to?
10 They are the people we should learn from, aren't they?
4 Word formation
Answers
1. incorrect 2. irregulrly 3. indecision 4. illegal 5. independent
6. unable 7. illiterate 8. inability
5 Vocabulary work
Answers
1. superior 2. scornful 3. hurt 4. sigh 5. laughter 6. screamed
7. lit up
8. awful
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 14 New York City
Part2 Reading and language Activities
1 Comprehension work
95 / 115
A Global understanding.
Answers for reference
Phrases
Positions
a) creating unique neighborhoods thatsurvive
7
to this day “Immigrants from the same country”signposts
the phras “unique neighborhoods” in the phrase.
b) just north of Chinatown and centered on Mulberry 10
Street “Little italy” signifies a description or some other
relative information about it, e.g its location, cultural
features etc.
c) immigrants to the United States “Texture” is a signpost 5
for the term immigrants in the second sentence.
d) the first three decades of the twentieth century
9
“Brought massive waves” requires a subject of “time” or
a “history event” so that d) is the only choice, in which
“the first three” serve as a signpost.
e) concentrated into a relatively small space
“The city” indicates that New York City is not a city as
most people would associate with that of an international
scale. The quotation marks help readers to recognize this
point. “The island of Manhattan” also serves to point out
that the “City” actually is within a small place of a
96 / 115
3
borough called Manbattan, which is truly international in
nature.
f) dedicated in 1886
12
The phrase in f) itself is a signpost which points to a noun
phrase of “bistorically, culturally important object” to
meet the standards of being “dedicated”
g) unlike cities such as Rome or Beijing “Look back on 2
millennia” is the signpost for Rome and Beijing, two
cities known for its ancient history.
h) most notable the Lower East Side of Manhattan “Even 6
though two thirds…others…”creats a framework that the
writer bas something to emphasize here in order to make
a point, which signifies the key word in the phrase “Most
notable”.
i) Still,with all its size and frenetic energy
1
Still signifies a turn in tone from the previous setence that
New York is a mega-lopolis, but the people of New York
City still consider it their home.
j)
exploring
the
American
immigrant
experience 11
“Research center” signifies more to explain its functions.
k) the buildings scrape the sky “Where”is a signpost the 4
97 / 115
requirement that there must be a complete sentence
following it.
l) a walk through Chinatown “Like a trip” signposts the 8
phrase “a walk” in the phrase.
B Reading for highlights.
Answers for reference
Paragraphs Your phrases(For reference)
1
International city; international attention; home for
many New Yorkers
2
Manbatten, the city’s beart
3
Primary immigration entry point
4
Cultural enclaves
5
Chinatown
6
Little Italy
7
Elis Island Today
8
The Status of Liberty
2 Language work
Answers for reference
Words
Their possible Clues in the context
meanings
megalopolis A very large New
98 / 115
York
City
is…megalopolis
city
verdant
that…
Of a character Verdant wilderness
of wild nature
borough
An area, or a The city…consists of five boroughs:
district
Manbattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx,
Queens, and Staten Island.
texture
content
Impact on the texture of…culture.
manifest
Records,or
Research records and ship manifests
reports
cappuccino
A kind of drink, A…cup of cappuccino
or beverage
B Making a difference.
Answers for reference
1) What is the difference between wilderness and wildeness?
The two expressions have something in common. Both of
them mean an area where few people live in the area which
could be preserved, or well protected on purpose, e.g.
widerness conservation.
Wilderness emphasizes a place which is not developed or
settled by human beings.
2) What is the difference between walking on the street and
99 / 115
walking in the streets?
They also have similar meanings of talking a walk down a street.
However, walking the streets emphasizes the situation in which
the walker is actually viewing the street as an activity, while
walking on the streets usually emphasizes a movement with a
location, and a direction.
3) What is the difference between New York City and the city of
New York? Are they the same thing?
As the article tries to explain, the so-called “City” in “New
York City” actually only refers to one borough of the city of
New York, i.e the island of Manhattan. But the city of New
York, or the city, is a geographical and administrative term,
which consists of five boroughs, and the island of Manhattan
is one of them.
4) What is the difference between service and serve in the
context?
Service as a verb means doing work in order to keep/
maintain something in operation; serve somebody/ food neans
to give food/ beverage as service in a shop or a restaurant.
5) What is the difference between immigrate and emigrate?
They are often interchangeable in use. However, Immigrate is
more likely to mean come into a country, while emigrate
100 / 115
means leaving from a country.
C Cloze
Answers for reference
(1) just
(2) offer
(3) scattered
(7) close
(8) show
(4) produced
(5)
aim
(6) run
(9) produced
(10)experimental
(11) audiences
(12) musicals
(13)Avant-garde
Part3 Extended Activities
1 Dictation
Script
New York Metropolitan Museeum of Art
The “Museum Mile,” a street of Fift permanenth Avenue that
runs along Central Park on New York’s Upper East Side, is the
location of some world-class museums. The most famous of
these is the Metropolitan Museum of Art, commonly known as
“The Met.” It is an enormous museum, the largest in the United
States. The Met’s holdings cover all periods and styles of art,
and its permanent collection contains more than two million
pieces. A few of the exhibition of the highlights of the collection
include the hall of Egyptian artifacts, the display of armor, and
101 / 115
the exhibition of clothing and fashion design throughout hisyory.
There are, of course, many famous painting, sculptures, and
photographs to view as well. In addition to its main collection,
the Met puts on many special exhibitions each year, inviting
visitors to come back again and again.
3 Read more
Answers
1- A; 2-C; 3-D; 4-B; 5-B; 6-A; 7-A; 8-A; 9-D; 10-C
4 Vocabulary work
Answers for reference
1. emblem, veteran, showcased
2. customize, certificate
3. diocese, open
4. stiff, hefty
5. exhilarating, zigzagging
6. passes, consecutive
7. panoramic, shoot
8. regatta, celebrate
9. savor, haggle
102 / 115
综合英语第三版第二册
课后习题解答
Unit 15 The Ageing Population
Part 2 Reading and Language Activities
Notes
1. sensation: a physical feeling, especially a strange one, caused by a
particular experience, e.g. He had the strange sensation that he was
being watched.
2. obstacle: a difficulty or problem that prevents you from achieving
something; an object that you must remove or go around in order to
move forward, e.g. Disabled people succeed in overcoming many
obstacles in everyday life.
3. hamper: to prevent something from happening progressing
normally; to limit someone’s freedom to move, e.g. The search was
hampered by heavy snowfall.
4. restrictive: strictly limiting or controlling someone or something,
e.g. Some back injuries are caused by restrictive clothing.
5. hobble one’s way: to walk slowly and with difficulty because your
feet are sore or injuries. In English, there are many vivid expressions
to describe people’s different ways of walking/moving forward e .g.
103 / 115
steal one’s way, fight one’s way, feel one’s way, elbow one’s way,
snake one’s way, bow one’s way, tiptoe one’s way, dance one’s way,
etc.
6. apply …to…: to put/ fix … onto…; to use a particular method,
law, etc. e.g. a) The doctor applied pressure to the wound in order to
stop it bleeding. b) The newly-introduced technique can also be
applied to the treatment of cancer.
7. cloud (vt): to make something difficult to see through or into, e. g.
The steam clouded the mirror.
8. elderly: An elderly person is order, often past retirement age,
which is set legal by most western governments as the age when
someone will end their careers. Many people now think that this
word is offensives but it is often used in talking about policies and
conditions that affect old people, e. g. a) Not all elderly people can
live with their relatives. b) This treatment is unsuitable for patients
who are elderly and frail.
9. old: This word is used a) for talking about age; b) having lived a
long time; c) not new; d) that existed in the past; e) for showing you
like someone. Avoid referring to old or elderly people as the old or
the elderly. Instead, use expressions such as older people, retired
people, the over60s/ 70s, etc. or senior (American English) where
appropriate.
104 / 115
10. be subjected to: “subject somebody to something” means “to
make somebody experience something unpleasant”, e. g. Her
husband subjected her to years of physical abuse. “subject something
to “ can mean “experiment/use something onto/ in…”
1 Comprehension work
A
Read the text again carefully and discuss the following
questions.
Answers for reference
1. After a few hours at the “Wonderful Ageing Club”, the writer felt
very depressed. He was quickly transformed from a healthy
36-year-old to an 80-year- old. He concluded that growing old
was not a wonderful experience at all.
2. The writer was given a walking stick because he was wearing
restrictive bindings, contraptions over his ankles and feet, and
bindings on his knees and elbows. All these made him unable to
move normally.
3. The ladies at the “Wonderful Ageing Club” told the writer that
ageing suit had been carefully designed on the basis of scientific
research into the exact effects of ageing.
4. The special glasses had the effects of cataracts and, as a result, the
writer’s vision was clouded.
5. The sensation of weakened muscle was created with a number of
105 / 115
weights and attached to the writer’s body.
6. The word “imprisonment” means that the writer, in the ageing
suit, had great difficulties getting simple things done in his daily
life and he could not move around and even see as normal people
did.
7. The purpose of designing the ageing suit is to give an accurate
representation of what being old is like, and its value is to enable
people to see the importance of the ageing problem when they are
making plan for the century.
8. In Japan, all kinds of products are being subjected to a new test
because it seems that the Japan of 21st century will no longer be a
young person’s world. All the products must be practical and
meet the needs of the elderly. The products are being handled by
an imitation pensioner dressed up in an ageing suit.
2 Language work
Answers
1. sensation, transformed, obstacles, restrictive, joins, hamper,
hobble
2. contraptions, applied, muffled, clouded, locate, dexterity
3. depressing, enormous, prospect, elderly
B Rewrite the following sentence with the expression in the box.
106 / 115
Notes
1. not to mention: needless to say; let alone
2. at any rate: in any case; whatever happens; at all events; anyway
3. When it comes to…: When the subject being discussed is a
particular thing, e.g. Tom is no good at sports, but when it comes
to mathematics, he is definitely the best in our class. When it
comes to writing letters, he’s hopeless.
4. grip: to hold something tightly; to have a strong effect on
somebody; to keep somebody very interested in something
5. wrestle: to fight by holding and pushing someone; to have
difficulty dealing with a problem; to take, pull, or hold something
with difficulty
6. abruptly: suddenly and unexpectedly
1. To prevent insect bites, the explorers applied some lotion to their
skin before they entered the jungle.
2. I realized how inadequate our language could be when it comes to
defining a complicated idea.
3. The bill was to be subjected to debate in Congress.
4. I don’t recall any of the bikes having a sounding device, not to
mention any built-in lights.
5. He began to read the letter and seemed to be gripped by a fearful
apprehension.
107 / 115
6. Sade enjoyed tremendous popularity in the 80s. But in the 90s her
fame as pop singer, at any rate in Britain, is over.
7. The inventor ran into a difficult problem. He wrestled for days to
find a solution.
8. He woke up abruptly, as though from a nightmare.
C Word study
Answers for reference
1. a. He fell off the bike and broke his left leg. Now the nurse is
applying bandages to his leg.
b. The man applied some new paint to his house to make it look
unique in the neighborhood.
c. How much force has to be applied to the ball in order to set in
rolling?
2. a. The sales target was set on the basis of the market research in
several large cities.
b. In the company, the staffs are promoted on the basis of their
performance at work.
c. Is it safe to predict the future on the basis of one opinion poll?
3. a. Some countries are so small that it is difficult to locate them on
a world map.
b. The operation could not begin until the bullet was located in the
wound.
108 / 115
c. The ship locates its position at sea using a satellite.
4. a. The retarded child even had difficulty in speaking his
mother-tongue, not to mention learning a foreign language.
b. The young man had difficulty in supporting himself, not to
mention supporting a whole family.
c. Madam Lin has a lot of work to do: marking students’ work,
planning new lessons, supervising young teachers, visiting
students’ families, talking with students. Not to mention
household chords for her family.
5. a. When the English settlers first came to the New World, they
were subjected to great hardship.
b. Iron can only be bent when it is subjected to intense heat.
c. The new theory will be subjected to laboratory tests before it is
announced.
Part 3 Extended Activities
1 Dictation
Script
Of all my relatives, I like my aunt Emily the best. She’s my
mother’s youngest sister. She never married, and she lives alone in a
small village near Bath. She’s in her late fifties, but she’s still quite
young at heart. She has a fair complexion, thick brown hair, and dark
109 / 115
brown eyes. She has a kind face, and when you meet her, the first
thing you notice is her lovely, warm smile. Her face is a little
wrinkled now, but I think she’s still rather attractive. She’s the sort of
person you can always go to if you have a problem.
2 Read more
A why does the writer argue that ageing is not a bad thing? What are
the good things of being old? Tick the correct points below.
Answers for reference
1. Why does the writer argue that ageing is not a bad thing? What are
the good things of being old? Tick the correct points below.
√ Today, old people are still very active in both social, and personal
life.
□One can become a good example to see off the times of shogun
warlords in Japan.
□One can live longer, but has lower fertility.
□Old women are allowed to wear make-up, and spray perfume.
√One is still independent even though one’s old today.
√Old age is a new human resource just as useful as the youth.
□One gets marginalized in society when one gets old.
√Wisdom on the basis of age is a source of wealth.
√Society is stronger in solidarity with old people.
√Old age is a new area with great potential of market value.
110 / 115
√A society with aged people is more reasonable in thinking.
□A society with a lot of old people is boring.
□Old people are more conservative in trying out new ideas and
products.
√A society with old people will consume less environmental
resource.
√We should pride on ourselves on our great achievement of
surviving the time of war, disasters, and diseases in the 20th century.
B The article is characterized by the creative, metaphorical, and
colorful use of language. Recast the ideas in the creative use of
language in your own words.
Answers for reference
(1)Japan is ageing at a surprising speed.\
(2)Human beings are ageing quickly. The implications are that
human features will be changed in the coming years: for example,
we will be more accustomed to seeing wrinkles than pimples on
our faces, more using walking frames for supporting than riding
bikes, more wearing slippers to stay indoors and smoking pipes in
an old fashion than wearing fashionable, high-heeled boots or
fancy vehicles, hiring old people than young student.
(3)But is it possible that there are advantages in an ageing society? If
we change a perspective to view this issue, we will have some
111 / 115
discoveries.
(4)Today, the ageing generation has survived bad times in their lives
such as drug abusing, over drinking alcohol, speeding in driving,
divorces etc. as the process of getting old. But after learning all
these lessons, they still have life ahead: taking part in rock’n’roll
dancing, and having rich sexual life using condoms, rather than
paralyzing on the dying bed with colostomy bags.
(5)They are leading members and advisors in our life. They help
service our work, and help protect our neighborhoods, help take
care of other elderly people, and even participate in political
activities—they unite our society acting as important liaisons
among he busy working people.
(6)It is concerned with our beliefs and attitudes to what it is to be old.
Being old is a source of happiness.
(7)…ageing baby boomers who a generation ago worshiped the
value of youth to an unprecedented degree. But now time has
changed; population has stopped soaring overzealous, energetic
and anxious young social climbers are greatly reduced in number,
what is left with us are the elderly people who are like tribal
elderly that are conservative, acting as guards of old values.
(8)The old we are, the less likely we are to be fascinated by
short-lived fashion, and the more we should appreciate things that
112 / 115
have deeper meanings, and thus are more likely to survive times.
(9)We must especially hope to keep this kind of life, or we will have
no future at all. The reason is that our baby boomers have made
mistakes and wasted natural resources when they were young, so
many and so much that we can hardly estimate their limits.
3 Grammar work
Answers
Two men tried to sell a painting that had been stolen. The
painting was owned by Mainmi Gillies, aged 84. She said it had
been presented to one of her ancestors by the artist. She had owned it
since 1926, when it was given to her as a wedding present. One of
the men, Mr.X, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found
suspicious because he was looking for a buyer. He told a police
detective, who was disguised as a wealthy art lover, he was willing
to sell the painting cheap because it was stolen. A meeting was then
arranged at an airfield near Retford, where the painting was to be
flown in and exchanged, but the airfield had been staffed by police
officers in plain clothes. Mr. X arrived at the airfield with another
man. They were shown the money in a suitcase. The buyer was then
taken to see the painting in a barn. Mr.X was arrested, but Mr. Henry
who had come with Mr. X escaped.
113 / 115
4 Word formation
Answers
1. round
2. heat
3. better
4. dear
5.right,wrong
6. must
7.dirty
8.final
9. breakfasted
5 Vocabulary work
Answers
All the expressions can be related the symptoms of ageing.
B What do doctor do?
Answers
1 take
2 feel
3 listen to
4 look in
5 examine
6 pressure
7 questions
8 measure
9 further
6 Translation
Answers for reference
1 Is it safe to draw conclusions on the basis of only one
investigation?
2 More books about physical exercises will be published to meet the
needs of the ageing society.
3 The team leader urged the players to win the football match at any
rate.
4 He has visited a lot of places of interested abroad, not to mention
114 / 115
scenic spots at home.
5 The scientists subjected the new product to a series of strict tests.
6 After searching in the room for a while, he brought out a pile of
old magazines.
7 She is determined to succeed and won’t let anything get in her
way.
8 Jimmy’s parents came over from American to see him.
115 / 115