新视野预备级2第二单元答案

II. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1.
The writer had lived in their house __________.
A. for 8 years
B. since 1952
C. Since his son was ten
Your answer Correct/suggested answer A Sorry. A is not the correct choice as it is clearly stated in Paragraph 2 that the writer had lived in their house since 1952.
B
2. How much did the writer's friend think his house was worth?
A. 95,000 dollars.
B. 85,000 dollars.
C. 29,500 dollars. Your answer Correct/suggested answer 3. The writer considers their house to be __________.
A. a tent where they spend the night
B. an investment
C. their home
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
4. How many Americans are moving about every year according to the passage?
A. One fifth of the population.
B. Forty thousand.
C. Thirty million.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
5. We can infer from the passage that the writer _________.
A. likes moving about
B. hates changing his job
C. tends to stay where he is
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
A
Sorry. Choice A is not right as it is
implied in the passage that the
writer tends to stay where he is.
C
6. The writer wrote the passage probably in _________.
A. 1960
B. 1981
C. 1991
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 7. According to the writer, the house owner should ___________ its problems and shortcomings.
A. learn to live with
B. get used to
C. overcome Your answer Correct/suggested answer 8. It can be concluded from the passage that __________.
A. buying a house is an investment in America
B. moving about is a popular topic at present in America
C. people would be warmed by the feeling of something when they become part of it
Your answer Correct/suggested answer A
Sorry. Choice A is not the right choice. Buying a house might be an investment for some Americans, but not necessarily for the writer. The writer makes clear that his house is not for sale. His house is not a temporary investment.
C
III.
Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form
1.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 2. into a modern one.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 3. country are now living in terrible conditions.
Your answer
Correct/suggested answer
4. 潮湿的).
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
5. In order to learn a foreign language well, we should make ourselves
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
6.
comfortable and new house to live in.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
7.
the possibility of further investment.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
8.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
9.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
10.
dining table to read his students’ writing homework.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
IV.Rewrite each of the following sentences using the expressions given in parentheses.
1. What he said could not excuse his crime at all. (in no way)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
2. Though the idea sounded mad, in fact, it was rather a good idea. (as a matter
of fact)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
3. If you want to show me a few pages of your new book in a day or two, I would
be pleased. (feel like)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
4. It is getting more difficult to get a good house with a reasonable price. (come
by)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
5. Whatever problems appeared, she could deal with them, one at a time.
(come up)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
6. With respect to the gift, you should write to thank him. (when it comes to)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
7. I'd pay all the school fees first if I were you. (pay off)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
8. The school has decided to build a new building as the computer center. (put
up)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
9. The economic situation is not good at present but things are improving
already. (look up)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
10. He lost his job, but he himself brought it about by coming to work late many
times. (ask for)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
V. Translate from Chinese to English using the words in the brackets.
1. 同学们散坐在教室的各处讨论问题，就在这时老师进来了。

(sit around)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
2. 我去年买了这幢房子，所欠房款还未付清。

(pay off)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 3. 我的朋友向我点点头，然后仔细考虑我提出的问题。

(nod)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 4. 住房成为当今的流行话题，这是不难理解的。

(a popular subject)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 5. 你渐渐习惯了老房子的这些问题，就像习惯了自己的缺点一样。

(get used to)
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
VI. Translate the following into Chinese.
1. One Saturday night we were sitting around our rather worn living room with
some old friends when one of them started trying to remember how long we’d lived there.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
2. “To whom is it not as valuable?” I asked him in a voice that was louder than
necessary for him to hear what I was saying.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
3. Behind the curtain of the window nearest my wife’s desk, there is a section
of wall which is four inches wide. It has missed the last four coats of paint so that the little chalk marks with dates opposite them would not be lost.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
4. If something doesn't work quite right, the carpet is worn, the toilet or
bathroom basin leaks, or you have a bad neighbor, you get used to them and, like your own shortcomings, you find ways to ignore them.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
5. I am welcomed by familiar furniture when I enter and I'm warmed by some
feeling, which may merely be dust, but it is our dust and I like it.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
VIII. Rewrite the following sentences wherever possible, using infinitive phrases with relative pronouns as post-modifiers.
1. Where is the place to practice spoken English in?
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
2. I'm trying to find the bank to draw the money from.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
3. I would like to have another knife and fork to have my dinner with.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
4. What a pity that the teacher didn't have any chalk to write on the board (
板) with!
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
5. He found nobody to play baseball with.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
6. I don't want to have anyone for me to worry about.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
7. He's always trying to find someone to make fun of.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
8. My little sister has nothing to worry about.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
IX. Correct the error, if any, in each of the following sentences.
1. You've told me much to write.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 2. This is a very good playground which to play football.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 3. I think she is the best person with to travel.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer
4. You have quite a lot to which to pay attention to.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 5. This is a nice road to drive a car.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 6. For children Christmas is a day to which to look forward.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 7. I'd like to have some comfortable chairs to sit.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer 8. He has no tools with which to repair his car with.
Your answer Correct/suggested answer。