新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第二册答案

新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第二册课后练习答案

新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 1答案

Unit 1

Section A

I Comprehension of The Text

1. The attitude is that if one is not moving ahead heis falling behind.

2. Time is treated as if it were something almostreal. (People budget it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it;they also charge for it.) They do this because time is a precious resource.

3. Everyone is in a rush —often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get wherethey are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store or elbowing others asthey try to complete their shopping.

4. Don’t take it personally. This isbecause people value time highly and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain appropriatepoint.

5. New arrivals in America will miss opening exchanges,the ritual interaction that goes with a cup of coffee or tea and leisurelychats.

6. Americans produce a steady flow of labor-savingdevices. They communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails ratherthan through personal contacts.

7. The impersonality of electronic communication haslittle or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand.

8. It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or beingcompetent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the U.S.

Vocabulary

III

1. charge

2. convention

3. efficient

4. obtain

5. competent

6. assessing

7.fulfill

8. conducting consequently 10. significance

IV．

1．behind 2. at 3. in 4. out 5. to 6.to 7. in 8. with 9. but 10.for

V.

1. L

2. C

3. D

4. N

5. O

6.A

7.E

8.G

9.I 10.K

Word Building

VI

1. commitment

2. attraction

3. appointment

4.impression

5. civilization

6. composition

7. confusion

8.congratulation

9. consideration 10. explanation 11. acquisition 12.depression

VII.

desirable favorable considerable acceptable

drinkable advisable remarkable preferable

1. advisable

2.desirable

3. favorable

4. considerable

5. remarkable

6. preferable

7. drinkable

8. acceptable

Structure

VIII

1. much less can he write English articles

2. much less can he manage a big company

3. much less could he carry it upstairs

4. much less have I spoken to him

5. much less to read a lot outside of it

IX

1. Having meals at home can cost as little as two orthree dollars, whereas eating out at a restaurant is always more expensive.

2. We thought she was rather proud, whereas in factshe was just very shy.

3. We have never done anything for them, whereas theyhave done so much for us.

4. Natalie prefers to stay for another week, whereasher husband prefers to leave immediately.

5. Some praise him highly, whereas others put him downseverely

Translation

X.

1. She wouldn’t take a drink, much less wouldshe stay for dinner.

2. He thought I was lying to him, whereas I wastelling the truth.

3. How do you account for the fact that you have beenlate every day this week?

4. The increase in their profits is due partly totheir new market strategy.

5. Such measures are likely to result in theimprovement of work efficiency.

6. We have already poured a lot of time and energyinto the project, so we have to carry on.

XI

1. 我认为他不会抢劫，更不用说暴力抢劫了。

2. 男工平均工资每小时10美元，而女工才每小时7美元。

3. 自然界的平衡一旦遭到破坏，就会带来很多不可预知的影响。

4. 期终考试迫在眉睫，你最好多花点时间看书。

5. 有趣的是，消费者发现越来越难以辨别某些品牌的原产国。其部分原因来自于全球化带来的影响，部分原因是由于产地的变化。

6. 最近一次调查表明，妇女占总劳动力的40%。

Cloze

1. C

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.A 10.C

11.D 12.C 13.C 14.B 15.A

Structured Writing

XIV.

A larger and larger part of society is expressing itsconcern about environmental protection. Active in their concern, teachers andstudents hold specific meetings to discuss environmental protection. Also, cityplanners take environmental problems into serious consideration. And, thoughreducing pollution can be expensive, factories often take every possiblemeasure to do their part. Many people are concerned and active because air andwater pollution affects everyone and makes it difficult for cities to surviveand businesses to make a profit.

Section B.

Comprehension of the Text

II.

1. D

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.B

Vocabulary

III.

1. utilize

2.reject

3. considerable

4. temporary

5. acceptable