研究生基础综合英语课后题

Unit 1 Education

1. 问答题

1) The F word discussed in the essay is flunking.

2) Sherry’s attitude toward the F word is positive.

3) What reasons does the author give for believing that the threat of flunking students is a positive teaching tool?

Flunking is a healthy threat to students and can ensure the education quality. By contrast, Many students are angry and resentful for having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to keep up.

4) What choice does the author want to give to students? Why is she particularly interested in the subject?

The choice for students is whether to succeed through hard work or to fail without the threat of being flunked. The author is particularly interested in this subject because she herself teaches an adult-literacy class and her own son improved greatly after being threatened with flunking by a strict teacher

5) In what sense does the author think that the educational system cheats the students and employers?

The present educational system is not strict enough with students so that they can easily graduate with diplomas. However, many of them find that they are incompetent for their jobs because of their semi-illiteracy 6) Why have students at night school decided to make education a priority? Because they are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need

to hang on to the one they’ve got

7) What is the point of this essay? What does it have to do with the subject of learning?

The essay aims at urging students to take a positive attitude towards flunking because working hard at school will eventually help students to be qualified for their future jobs.

2. 词汇题

1) This research seems to lend some validity（有力的） to the theory that the durg might cause cancer.

2) In a number of developing countries, war has been an additional impediment（障碍） to progress.

3) Anthea was about to play her trump card（王牌卡）: without her signature none of the money could be released.

4) I flunked（挂科） my second year exams and was lucky not to be thrown out of college

5) I didn’t want to lose my composure（镇静） in front of her.

6) The management did not seem to consider office safety to be a priority （优先）.

7) For three hours a committee of state senators listened to a parade （一系列） of local residents giving their opinions

8) Thousands of lives will be at stake（在危机关头） if emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon.

9) Brierley’s book has the merit（优点）of being both informative and

readable

10) I think there was a conspiracy（阴谋）to keep me out of the committee 3. 改写题

1) These diplomas won’t look any different from those awarded their luckier classmates.

resemblance (n.)

These diplomas bear a close resemblance to those awarded their luckier classmates.

2) I blamed the poor academic skills our kids have today on drugs.

accusation (n.)

My accusation against our kids for their poor academic skills was that they took drugs.

3) Eventually a fortunate few will find their way into educational-repair shops.

enroll (v.)

Eventually a fortunate few enroll into educational-repair shops.

4) However, if style alone won’t do it, there is another way to show.

work (v.)

However, if this style won’t work, there is another way to show.

5) We exc use this dishonest behavior by saying kids can’t learn if they come from terrible environments.

excuse (n.)

Our excuse for this dishonest behavior is that kids can’t learn if they