外教社大学英语精读第1册Unit9参考答案

外教社大学英语精读第1册第9单元参考答案
Vocabulary
IV. 1. 1) heart 2) heart 3) mind 4) mind 5) mind, mind 6) heart
2. 1) find out 2) find 3) find out 4) found 5) find out 6) found
V. 1. are involved 2. put… to good use 3. differs 4. amount 5. damaged 6. looking into, involved 7. complicated 8. potential 9. Compared to 10. recall 11. universe 12. physical 13. equipment 14. m ake notes
VI. 1. He seems unable to understand the simplest instructions.
2. Teaching styles often differ greatly, even among teachers of the same subject.
3. Most American cities are small in terms of population compared to Chinese cities.
4. Man alone has the ability to learn and use language.
5. Communication with people of other cultures is complex, but not impossible.
6. I could not recall the place where we had agreed to meet.
Word Building
VII. chemistry chemical chemist biology biological biologist
mathematics mathematical mathematician physics physical physicist
science scientific scientist politics political politician
education educational educator art artistic artist music musical musician
VIII. 1. The committee's findings will be published in the Daily News.
2. At the beginning he gave all his earnings to his mother.
3. It took all his savings to buy the house.
4. Darwin's writings on evolution produced a tremendous impact on the development of biology.
5. Comrade Mao Zedong's teachings about the united front are still of great significance today. Structure IX.
Model 1
1. It was believed in ancient times that the mind was based in the heart.
2. It is now claimed that it is never too early to learn.
3. It is believed by some scientists that the left side of the human brain is responsible for logic.
4. It was discovered long ago that the earth is round.
Model 2
1. It was not until after midnight that he fell asleep.
Not until after midnight did he fall asleep.
2. It was not until recently that scientists knew much about lung cancer.
Not until recently did scientists know much about lung cancer.
3. It was not until bedtime that the boy ever remembered to do his homework.
Not until bedtime did the boy ever remember to do this homework.
4. It was not until after his death that he was recognized as a writer of genius.
Not until after his death was he recognized as a writer of genius.
Model 3
1. The more we know about the workings of the brain, the better use we'll be able to put it to.
2. The more scientists find out about the brain, the more questions they are unable to answer.
3. The more exercise we have, the healthier we will be.
4. The better tools we have, the easier the job will be.
Cloze X.
(A) (1)potential (2)complex (3)differs (4)ancient (5)recent (6)limit (7)ability
(8)recall (9)exactly (10)compared to (11)unable (12)complicated
(B) 1. (1)to (2)with (3)hear (4)side (5)with (6)it (7)side (8)work (9)both (10)done /made
(11) which (12)with (13)both (14)who (15)much (16)working (17)which (18)therefore (19)to
2.
(1)An (2)something (3)forgotten (4)AND (5)important (6) you (7)review (8)have (9)what (10)of
(11)where (12)learnt (13)continue (14)shown (15)what (16)for (17)break (18)will (19)just (20)Durin
g (21)exercise (22)because (23)Therefore /So (24) Listening (25)air (26)other / right
Translation
XI.
1. Certain chemicals should not be mixed, as they may have a violent reaction.
2. Recent events have proved that their attitude to the government's new foreign policy is correct.
3. This philosopher of ancient Greece seemed to be able to put complicated thoughts into simple w ords.
4. Over and over again, the nation has got involved in foreign wars.
5. We had a very heated discussion about the question. However, it's not easy to tell exactly what e ach person said.
6. In the past twenty years, there has been a great increase in the amount of research being done o n the cause of cancer.
7. There seems to be no limit to human beings' ability to learn.
8. Scientists all agree that a better understanding of the human brain will help man to make full us
e o
f its limitless potential.
Key to Reading Practice
Exercise A
1. They (psychologists) try to understand the way that people interpret what they see. (in the middle)
2. Your brain interprets the information your eyes give you. (at the end)
3. Psychologists have found that people learn to understand and interpret what they see easily. (at the beginning)
4. Sometimes we make mistakes (in interpreting what we see )… Sometimes we are wrong. (at both the beginning and the end)
5. The way we see things is more complicated than we imagine. (at the beginning)
Exercise B 1. T
2. F If you know the color of an object, your brain will keep telling you what color it is, though it c hanges color in different situations.
3. T
4. F … he found everything had changed only in position, not in size.
5. F In a few weeks the psychologist got used to the new world around him.
6. F Our brains also make mistakes in interpreting what we see.
7. T
8. T
9. T 10. T
Exercise C 1. 如果你有辆蓝色汽车，那么即使在明亮的阳光下、在黑暗中或在昏黄的路上，你也知道它是蓝色的。

2. 起初，他如果看某样东西放在高高的的架子上，就弯下腰想把它捡起来，因为视觉告诉他那东西靠近地板。

3. 内克尔立方体向我们表明，当我们看到某样物体时，我们总是尽量对它作出最佳解释。

但有时我们会出错。

4. 因此，我们的观物方式比我们想象的更为复杂。

5. 从这个例子我们可以看到，大脑会选择对你有用的视觉信息。

而对它不需要的信息则加以排斥。