蒋静仪-阅读教程2-课后习题答案(含quotations)

蒋静仪阅读教程2 课后习题答案（含quotations）Unit One Human Relationship1. Interpretation of the quotations①No man can be separated from the society and disconnected with other people as an island is isolated from the mankind. The inherent(内在的) oneness of mankind is just like a whole mass land.②. when you deal with issues about yourself, try to be calm, reasonable and intelligent; but when you deal with issues about other people, you need to be affectionate, sincere and sympathetic.③Here is an easy-to-follow, buy established and uncontroversial model for getting along with other people successfully. You just face and accept any serious misfortune or failure peacefully, as if it were something of litter significance or value; but never treat some ordinary, commonplace things as if they were extremely serious.Reference answers to the exercisesReading One:Check your comprehension1-5 ADCCBCheck your vocabulary1.Fisher and Ury’s theory is based on the belief that the “win or lose”model does not workwhen two sides try to reach an agreement.e positive statements surrounding ideas that are negative.3.You can often successfully resolve differences if you try this collaborative approach. Reading TwoCheck your vocabularyResisted; frustration; fluttered; jerked; restless; haltingly; gratefully; thoughtlessReading ThreeCheck your comprehension1-7 FTFFTFTCheck your vocabularyAdministrative; meekly; hysterical; requisition; deposit; severeConfronted; spluttered; irate; bogus; purchaseReading fourCheck your comprehension1-6 FTTTFTCheck your comprehension1.How often does this seriously affect people’s communication and make them fail in buildinggood relationships?2.Every time parents and children disagree with each other, specialists often explain that“generation gap” is the reason.3.We are not sure whether the term is an acceptable explanation because the word “generation”is used, but the other word “gap” can be applied when analyzing people’s different opinions.4.Specialists in communication immediately challenge this belief and view it in a different way.5. A speaker may not speak as fast as the listener can think.6.Because they have free time to spend by themselves, the listeners probably think of otherthings and no longer concentrate.7.As people’s interests vary, when the topic does not attract them, the listeners stop listening.8.If the speaker does not give a good impression because of his looks or other matters, thelistener would probably refuse to follow what the speaker says.Check your vocabulary A1.give rise to2.arise from3.imply4.facilitate5.sound6.carry away7.gesture8.exercise9.tune inCheck your vocabulary Bdisposal; distractions; facilitate; resort; skip; contributes; deserted; solutionPost-readingA.Through several incidents in childhood, Mary learned from her father how to listen to other’scriticisms, hear the truth in the criticisms, and respect her own opinion. When she grew up, she did her Daddy advised and made achievements in her career.B.1-5 DBDABUnit Two1. Interpretation of the quotations①Little children, headache; big children, heartache.(Italian Proverb)In terms of problems that children give to their parents, big children are far troublesome than little children.②Mother Nature is providential. She gives us twelve years to develop a love for our children before turning them into teenagers. (William Galvin)Mother Nature has designed everything for us. She gives us twelve years to establish a close and affectionate parent-child bond before they become troublesome teenagers who keep giving us headaches.③. Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves. ~Virginia Satir, The New Peoplemaking, 1988Adolescents are not frightening creatures. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are properly not so sure themselves. (Virginia Satir)Reference answers to the exercisesReading OneCheck your compression A1-6 TFTTFFCheck your comprehension B1.to be independent/ independence/ freedom/ their own lives2.primitive/ simple/ tribal way3.become adults4.frustrated, rebellious, restless5.became/ were furious6.the house keyCheck your vocabularyshelter; sit up; rein; adapt; primitive; puberty; lenient; worked outReading twoCheck your comprehension B1-6 FFTTFTCheck your vocabulary1-5 ACAACReading ThreeCheck your comprehension A1-5 TFTFTCheck your comprehension B1.One child sits in a chair and sticks out his/her leg so that another one running by is launchedlike a space shuttle.2.Several children run to the same door, grab the same handle, and beat each other up, ignoringthe fact that there are other doors available.3.In restaurants, small children cast their bread on the water in the glasses the waiter has justbrought.4. A child uses a chair to slip to the floor.5.They yell at each other with one sticking his/her foot inside the door and waving it around,and the other being disgusted but refusing to close the door.Check your vocabulary A1.You have decided to give up the joys of producing copies of some great art pieces at your ownease in order to instead produce copies of yourselves, who keep you on the edge of desperation.2.“Well,” I said, searching deep inside myself to give a paternal suggestion, “The best way is toclose your door.”]3.And we decided to have children not for the reason of making my wife look older.4.We did not plan to lose the days when we went shopping after enjoying a comfortable brunchtogether on fine Saturdays.Check your vocabulary Bintimate; confess; make up; ceaseless; yell; paternal; rewardingReading FourCheck your comprehension A1-4 DADBCheck your comprehension B1-6 TTTFFTCheck your vocabulary Amanipulative; thrives; squeaked; sabotaged; penetrated; suffocating; juggle; personaCheck your vocabulary B.nasty; sting; addiction; sneak; lease; rigidtactics; unconditional; verge; encounter; franklyPost ReadingB. 1-8 TTTF FTFTUnit Three1. Interpretation of the quotations①Beauty more than bitterness makes the heart break.(Sara TeasdaleBeauty is good and of value. But the pursuit of beauty at the cost of other things may cause even bigger trouble than what pain and hardship will bring about.②There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.(Francis Bacon) Any beautiful thing is not perfectly proportional. Some deviation from standard is not only allowed but also necessary for beauty to show its characteristics.③. If you get simple is beauty and nought else, you get about the best ting God invents.(Robert Browning)Simple beauty is the best thing that you can be awarded of all the things in the world.Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.Reference answers to the exercisesReading oneCheck your comprehension1-7 TTFTTFFCheck your vocabulary1.Some people prefer black hair, but other people like brown hair more.2.You have been so greatly influenced by the environment you are in that you tend to look atbeauty that way.3.Women’s magazines, advertisements and the media all focus their topics on appearance andlooks, and they keep warning you about the harm and risk of bad breath, sweat, being too fat or too thin.4.The image you form about yourself may be very inaccurate.5.Good looks shouldn’t exactly follow the model of any particular individual.Reading twoCheck your comprehension A1.They were 202 primary school students, most of them aged eight and nine.2.Children as young as seven were unhappy with their bodies and nearly one-in-three girls andboys wanted to thinner.3.It was “worrying that a number of the children have these sorts of beliefs and attitudes,” andthat there are more children with early-onset anorexia, which “is usually a lot more difficult to treat and usually a lot more severe,” though only a minority would go on to develop an eating disorder.4.Ms. Thomas said children needed to learn that any body shape was acceptable and they shouldbe proud of their body.5.He felt sad and guilty as a professional on the eating disorder research program.Check your comprehension B1-5 TFTFTCheck your vocabularyindictment; predisposes; purge; specialist; dietary; nominated; onsetReading threeCheck your comprehension A1-5 CCDACCheck your comprehension B1-5 FFFTTCheck your vocabularyperused; previous; desperately; convince; belittle; complimented; elated; addictedReading FourCheck your comprehension A1-6 FTFFTFCheck your vocabulary Apeck away; stand out; mould; advance; release...from; normality; hailedPost-readingB. 1-5 CACCDUnit four①Sleep is better than medicine.(Proverb)Good health relies more on a good night’s sleep than on medicine.②A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you’re fast sleep.(Disney World advertisement)A dream reflects what you really feel in your subconscious world.③. A light supper, a good night’s sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward.(Lord Chesterfield 1694-1773, British Statesman, Author)When one refrains from having a big supper, enjoys a good night’s sleep, and wakes up to a beautiful morning, he/she will feel like a hero. But if the same person eats too much in the evening, not sleeping well throughout the night, and wakes up to rainy morning, he/she may suffer from a lack of confidence.Reference answers to the exercisesReading OneCheck your comprehension1.By sleeping in total darkness during the day and working under bright lights that simulatesunlight, rather than conventional indoor lighting.2.It relaxes muscles and stimulates the release of endorphins—chemicals that act as natural painrelieves.3.No.4.We need to keep a meal schedule to get a good sleep.5.We should refrain from a) eating too late in the evening; b) eating heavy or spicy food in theevening; and c) snacking in the middle of the night.6.The side effects of taking sleeping pills are: a) feeling groggy; b) insomnia getting worse; c)developing a tolerance for sleeping pills: and d) a potentially fatal blood disorder with some sleeping pills.7.Alcohol suppresses restorative dream sleep, causes numerous short awakenings and may butunrepressed toward morning.8.We can read a book, listen to quiet music, take a hot bath or try relaxation techniques, such asmeditation or yoga.9.Lights absorbed through the eyes can reset our biological clocks and make our sleep problemsworse.10.We should stay in bed because we would still get some rest that way.Check your vocabulary1.Because exercise can relax muscles and increase the release of endorphins, which arechemicals that are natural agents to reduce or get rid of pain, it helps to overcome stress.2.There are no special foods to help you sleep, but you can have a regular timetable for yourmeals, just like a regular sleep timetable. A regular timetable for your meals helps keep your body clock running smoothly.3.Your body can also become used to the pills, and after a while they are no longer effective andyou need larger doses or stronger drugs.4.Alcohol reduces refreshing dream sleep, causes numerous short awakenings and, once itscalming effects have disappeared, may leave you wide awake but unrepressed toward mooring.5.The researches used bright light which is as strong as natural sunlight just after dawn (at least100 times stronger than ordinary room light), which reset subjects’ body clocks by as much as12 hours and made them as alert at midnight as they would ordinarily be at noon.Reading TwoCheck your comprehensionFTFFFTTCheck your vocabulary1. spontaneous;2. provoke;3. integrity;4. thrives;5. inflict;6. universal;7. illusion;8. revertReading Three1.a;2. d;3. b;4. c;5. cCheck your vocabulary1. aggression;2. symbolic;3. disguise;4. fulfillment;5. represent;6. reconstruct;7. anxious;8. guilt; 9. therapist; 10. illuminate; 11. random; 12. spareReading FourCheck your comprehension ATFTTTFTCheck your vocabulary A1. image;2. mood;3. up-bringing;4. inanimate;5. folkloric;6. depressed;7. acknowledge; 8 in combination with; 9. relieveCheck your vocabulary B1. indifferent;2. revolve;3. monochrome;4. passionate;5. decipher;6. inspired;7. allusion;8. correlatedPost-readingA.Getting to sleep at night and waking up in the morning are two perennial problems forhuman beings, who do not always regard sleep as very important. The importance we attach to sleep is correlated with what kind of beds we use for sleep and how highly we rate beds in our life.B. 1. b; 2. c; 3. d; 4. a; 5. aUnit Five1. Interpretation of the quotations①The physical dimension involves caring effectively for our physical body—eating the right kinds of foods, getting sufficient rest and relaxation, and exercising on a regular basis. (Stephen R. Covey)The measurement of the elements relating to our body involves paying close attention to our body and keeping it in a healthy state by eating the right kind of food, getting enough rest and relaxation, and exercising regularly.②Early in life, people give up their health to gain wealth…In later life, people give up some of their wealth to regain health! (Ken Blanchard)When people are still young, they earn money at the expense of their health…When they get old, they spend money in order to restore their health.③. Remind yourself of the exorbitant price you can pay for worry in terms of your health. Those who do not know how to fight worry die young. (Dale Carnegie)Remember that worrying beyond a reasonable limit can affect your health adversely. Those who do not know how to control worry die at an early age.Reference answers to the exercisesReading OneCheck your comprehension ATFTFTFTCheck your vocabulary1.While many people in China and Chinatowns in other parts of the world have already knowna lot about Tai Chi, the western researchers are just coming up from behind to reach the levelof knowledge about Tai Chi from different perspectives.2.You can learn Tai Chi by following an instruction book or attending a Tai Chi class. Eitherway the aim is to practice it in accordance with your physical health.3.Tai Chi is a mixture of relaxation and safety. If pains is experienced, it means you areoverdoing it and getting nothing.4.You may need to practice Tai Chi for several months before you can feel the effects it maybring. But when you start enjoying the effects, you’ll find yourself on your way to a new lifestyle.5.For older people, Tai Chi will not be the solution to all health problems.6.Though young people might prefer athletic activities that are more physically demanding,they can also benefit from practicing Tai Chi as it helps to reduce stress.Reading TwoCheck your comprehension1.d;2.b;3. d;4. a;5. c;6.dCheck your vocabulary A1. scooped up;2. prone;3. inflicted;4. cut back on;5. set in;6. shed;7. modest; 8. bypassCheck your vocabulary B.1.I thought I could not be affected by the gradual weakening of the body that other peopleseemed to be afflicted with when getting old.2.Your body is till in very good condition considering the fact that you are elderly. I hopedoctors like me will be out of work because old people like you are healthy.3.Now as I began to walk the distance painstakingly, walking only two street blocks took me anhour.4.Once again I can compete with younger players.Reading ThreeCheck your comprehension BTTFTFFCheck your vocabulary A1. put an end to…;2. counterproductive;3. refined;4. blink;5. spill over;6. view…as;7. account for;8. withholdCheck your vocabulary B.1. in response to;2. was denounced;3. elicited;4. devastating;5. hold back;6. welled up; 7 film;8. bidReading FourCheck your comprehension AFTTFFTCheck your vocabulary A1. quantify;2. to date;3. subsequent;4. exposure;5. promptly;6. conceivable;7. precaution;8. preliminary;9.boutCheck your vocabulary B1.Previous studies suggested that patients who had been given medial treatment fornonmelanoma skin cancers ran a greater risk of developing new tumors. But these studies were too limited to lead to authoritative and complete results.2.It is shown in the findings that people with prior skin cancers are at much greater risk thanresearchers have thought.3.The researcher team followed every participant and trailed each case of new skin cancer thatdeveloped fro a continuation of five years.4.When exposed to the sun, people who easily get sunburned were at a greater risk of gettinganother nonmelanoma skin cancer.5.The older you are, the more likely you will be affected by skin cancers. That’s because theamount of damage to health caused by the exposure to the sun is increased year after year.Post-reading1-5 B C A A DUnit SixPart One: Interpretation of the quotations1.True friendship is like good health. We often do not appreciate its existence until we lose it.2. A good wish to make friends may come to our minds easily and quickly, but establishing atrue friendship takes a long time and efforts, in the same way as fruit slowly ripens.3.If you want to succeed in gaining the support and loyalty of a man with his dedication to yourgoal, you have to first prove to him that you are his true friend.Reference answers to the exercisesReading OneCheck your comprehension A.FTTFFTCheck your vocabulary1.Friendship does not rely on judgment. You may feel the goodness in a friend, but the goodnesswas acknowledged after you had made friends with him.2.If you only want those who possess good qualities to be your friends because you have goodqualities, you are far from getting true friendship just as you can hardly build up true friendship if you are after friendship out of the motivation of gaining profits.3.So if one knows what friendship really means, he would never put an end to it only becausehis friend happens to be lacking respectability in character.4.We should remain humble before friendship and love because we are granted this free gift. Weshould feel ashamed rather than pleased and happy when we are no longer humble because friendship and love are gone.5.Our judgments and penalties have to be part of our life as we pay men and dress them in thecourt suit and let them be the judges to make judgments on other men.Reading TwoCheck your comprehension AFFFTTCheck your vocabulary A1. knot;2. accommodate;3. slip away;4. be treated like dirt;5. loosen the rein;6. promptly;7. kiss up to;8. stretch;9. halt; 10. keep bottled upCheck your vocabulary B1. ram;2. dissipate;3. smashed;4. were ostracized;5. rein;6. briefly;7. gave way;8. were goingabout; 9. slashed; 10. stoically; 11. clunkedCheck your vocabulary C1.So I never said anything to show my unwillingness of going to the boarding school, though allmy senses could feel the reluctance of such a trip.2.I got to know later that the school’s counselor had asked my mother to leave unnoticedwithout saying goodbye to me in order to avoid the outburst of sad emotions.3.Not only did we refuse to admit the feeling of missing our dead parents, but also the fact thatthey were with us before. And we kept it as secret deep in our mind.4.The only thing we can complain about is that Carneys are too good to us and some of you aremaking use of their goodness.5.Everyone thinks you were making up to the Carneys. Many boys are angry at your act offlattery.6.It was a place where the restraints and the outward aggressive appearance of being unwillingto compromise gave way to something subtle that started changing our behavior.7.Like the other boys, I also wanted to free myself of the burden I could no longer carry inmind.8.But we didn’t carry a photo of our dead fathers with us, and we even didn’t keep one in ourrooms. Photos were generally regarded as something that could too easily remind us of the happy life we had spent with our dead parents; much happier and more normal than the life we had now.Reading ThreeCheck your comprehension BFFTFTCheck your vocabulary1. address;2. shift; 3 prior; 4. circled; 5. stung; 6. weaves; 7. makeup; 8.retrieved; 9. dampened;10. deserve; 11. faithfully; 12. tinfoil; 13. crushes; 14. glamourReading FourCheck your comprehensionTFTTFTCheck your vocabulary1. collapsed;2.ignited;3. a handful of;4. clean up;5. shut off;6. spark;7. forecasted;8. hangs out;9. rush; 10. in advancePost-readingB.1-5DCBCBCUnit seven culture and customsPart One; interpretation of the quotations1.Culture is not only the positive result of meaningful education, but also the results of people’sfeeling, judgments about things and ways of behaving.2.Culture is not only reflected in books and architectures, but also in our clothing, gestures ashead movements and postures as the way we talk and so on.3.People are tending to be satisfied with the most ordinary things around them; they mark fewimpressions of the beautiful and perfect things in mind, though they should appreciated those to keep their feelings alive. Therefore, everyone ought to do at least one thing, such as hearinga little song, reading a good poem, seeing a beautiful picture, or even speaking a fewreasonable words.Reference answers to the exercisesCheck your comprehension BFFTTTCheck our vocabulary1. resorted to;2. aversion;3. adaptation;4. deprived of;5. detrimental;6. generate;7. nurtureReading TwoCheck your vocabulary1. prestige/status;2. defined;3. respectively;4. scheduled;5. average;6. status;7. prestige;8. latenessReading ThreeCheck your comprehension AFTFTFTCheck your vocabulary1.The boy felt apprehensive of the day for him to return home.2.The student was brought in front of the blackboard to account for his behavior.3.Although they are brothers, they have little in common.4.When he first came to America, he couldn’t adapt to the rapid pace of change.5.They felt puzzled when they were doing the project, because the principles were alien tothem.pared with other women of her age, she was indeed luckier.Reading Four1.She would accompany us across the seven long, hilly blocks and put us before theserious-looking principal though we were unwilling and crying.2.Very often I tried to avoid being connected to my annoying, loud grandmother who followedafter me when I was walking around casually in the nearby American supermarket outside Chinatown.3.He treated my mother severely and unkindly and very often criticized her substandard English,which was mixed with Chinese.4.When he made a mistake in English, he would blame her for it.Check your vocabulary B1. heritage;2. dissuade;3. mustiness;4. outshout;5. chaotic;6. be hard on someone;7. cornerPost-reading1. US;2. J;3. J;4. J;5. US;6. J;7. US;8. J;9. US; 10. USUnit Eight About LanguagePart One: Interpretation of the quotations1.The language ability is the only human characteristic that makes a human being different fromother forms of life.2.If all other things remain equal, every human brain has the same structure that can react to anyfactors which cause a reaction. This is why a baby can learn any language because it has the same reaction to the same stimulus as any other baby.nguage is not the work of the intellectuals or dictionary-makers. Rather, it is the product ofgenerations of people’s work, needs, relationships, and happiness and it is broadly and deeply rooted among common people.Reference answers to the exercisesCheck your vocabulary1.The international languages for pilots and air traffic controllers, airspeak, and for forpolicemen, policespeak, have English as their base.2.Because of the influence of Hollywood movies and pop music, many new learners of Englishhave already learned some English.3.Some countries think that the use of English can damage or call into question their identity aspeople or nation.4.For people with different first language, English, as a second language, has enabled them tocommunicate with each other without difficulty.Reading TwoCheck your comprehension BTTFTFCheck your vocabulary1. origin(s);2. speculate;3. predispose;4. Syntax;5. contentment;6. eventuallyReading ThreeCheck your comprehension A.1-5 FTTFT; 6-10 TFTFFCheck your comprehension B。