新世纪大学英语系列教程第2版综合教程2答案

Unit Two

Optimism and Positive Thinking

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in Action

▆Working with Words and Expressions

1.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Complete the following sentences

with them. Change the form where necessary.

▆Answers:

1)positive

2)startled

3)perspective

4)harden

5)shape

6)address

7)crises

8)curse

9)incredible

10)conversely

11)issue

12)response

13)prior

14)rare

15)accomplish

2.In the box below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. Do you understand their

meanings? Do you know how to use them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. Change the form where necessary.

▆Answers:

1)get the hang of

2)have lived through

3)makes a difference

4)have no idea

5)concerned with

6)slipped over

7)ran into

8)in reverse

9)mull over

▆Increasing Your Word Power

1.Decide whether “do”, “make” or “take” is needed to complete each of the following sentences. Change

the verb form where necessary.

▆Answers:

1)does

2)make

3)take

4)do

5)make

6)Take

7)done

8)taken

9)making

10)took

2.In each of the following sentences you are given two confusable words or expressions in brackets.

Choose the appropriate one to fill in the blank. You may consult a dictionary if necessary.

▆Answers:

1)concerned

2)Concerning

3)reject

4)declined

5)unconscious

6)subconscious

7)former

8)preceding

9)raise

10)rise

3.Now match each of the English word in Column A with its Chinese equivalent in Column B. You may

consult a dictionary if necessary.

▆Answers:

1)d

2)j

3)k

4)a

5)b

6)h

7) c

8)f

9)l

10)e

11)g

12)i

GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT

Task 1: When it is used as a conjunction, “as” can mean “when / while”, “though / although”, “since / because”, “in the way / manner tha t”, etc., and it can also be used in a comparative structure. Study the following sentences and explain the meaning of “as” in each sentence.

▆Answers for reference:

1)in the way /manner that

2)though / although

3)when

4)since

5)used in a comparison

6)though

7)while

8)in the way that

Task 2: Complete the following sentences after the example by translating the Chinese into English, using “as” as a relative pronoun.

▆Answers for reference:

1)as you describe / have described / described

2)as concern every one of us

3)As is well known

4)As we all can see

5)as you show / as you have shown for your teacher

6)As is reported / announced in today’s papers

Cloze

Complete the following passage with words chosen from this unit. The initial letter of each is given.

▆Answers:

1)p erspective

2)d espair

3)necessity

4)p erform

5)C onversely

6)prophecy

7)w here

8)a s

9)a chieve

10)recognize

11)d ealt w ith

12)a ttitude

13)channels

14)c oncerned

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Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets.

▆Answers for reference:

1)Only those who have lived through a similar experience can fully appreciate this. / The only people who can fully

appreciate this are those who have lived through a similar experience.