全新版大学英语综合教程3第二单元课后习题答案

Answer Keys Book Three

Unit 2

Content Questions

1.Because she thought her great-great-grandfather was a heroic civil rights fighter

and never gave up struggle for freedom.

2.Because this is a place where many escaped slaves taking the Underground

Railroad were finally saved by Henson.

3.The Underground Railroad was a secret web of escaped routes and safe houses

through which slaves in large numbers, with the help of lots of courageous people, fled to the North and obtained freedom.

4.The author wanted to help the Americans remember those heroes.

5.He saved enough money by working in iron molding on the side to buy his

freedom.

6.Because he helped the slaves escape.

7.Because he was driven by religious conviction.

8.Coffin received frequent death threats and warnings that his store and home would

be burned.

9.They had travel hundreds of miles through unknown country with no road sign

and few maps, usually under cover of night.

10.Because slavery had been abolished there in 1833, and Canadian authorities

encouraged the runaways to settle their virgin land.

11.Because he heard alarming news: the new master was planning to sell him for

plantation work in the Deep South. The Slave would be separated forever from his family.

12.In Cincinnati the members of the Underground Railroad provided for their welfare,

and set them thirty miles on their way by wagon. In Buffalo, N.Y. a friendly captain gave Henson a dollar and arranged for a boat, which carried them to Canada.

Language Sense Enhancement

1. (1) mission (2) courageous (3) forged (4) escape routes (5) liberate

(6) authorized (7) honor (8) scheduled (9) exploits (10) intent on Language Focus

1.(1) decades (2) historic (3) imposed (4) religious (5) slender (6) web (7) bade

(8) site (9) on the side (10) authorized (11) terminal (12) make the best of 2. (1) went through (2) stood up for (3) laid down (4) take on (5) lets (us) down (6) draw on (7) fall into (8) pass for

3. (1) are fully confident that the Americans will not be able to justify their measures

to protect the struggling American steel industry.

(2) in the eyes of Joe Klein, staff writer of the New Yorker and author of The

Natural, the most talented politician of this generation and the most compelling.

(3) people are really intent on destroying themselves with drugs.

(4) could forge a completely different approach to life.

(5) is our conviction that cloning of human beings is bound to cause many ethical

and social problems in the long run.

4. (1) As for / do not compel /capture of/have forged (2) At huge risk / the mission/ shelter (3) who abolished/In the eyes of/ racial

Words with Multiple Meanings

1.(1) I’ll tell you in a minute how I have attained the genuine sense of belonging in

America, but first let me hear about your French trip.

2.Most McDonalds look almost the same on the outside, but actually there are about

16 different basic designs.

3.Loaning money from the banks is but one of the methods we can use to set

through a financial crisis.

4.This second-hand car has been nothing but trouble; it’s always breaking down.

5.In your resume, you’ve mentioned everything but one vital point.

6.Our technicians have discovered a simple but effective solution to the problem.

7.I am sorry, but I think you should n’t have lingered on over coffee and missed the

last bus.

8.The bankruptcy of the company was not caused by evil, but by simple ignorance. Usage

1.(1) lonely (2) friendly (3) weekly monthly (4) lovely (5) cowardly (6)

kindly/saintly (7) lively (8) motherly

Comprehension Exercises

1. (1) forged/stand up/compelled/convictions/mission/abolish/intent on/risk/In the

eyes of/threats

(2) assistance/involved/estimated/coincidence/emerged/referred/numerous/stationed

/concern/ capture

2. (1) 1. Though greatly affected by the consequences of the global financial crisis, we

are still confident that we can face up to the challenge and overcome the

crisis.

2. Under threat of constant sand storms, we were compelled to leave our

cherished village and move to the new settlement.

3. According to a recent online survey, a lot of consumers say they may be

motivated to consider buying products shown in TV commercials.

4. Having spotted a truck driver dumping contaminated waste alongside the

river, the old man reported to the police at once.

5. Some scientists hold to the firm conviction that people will come to like

genetically modified crops someday since they can increase yields and help

combat hunger and disease in the developing world.

(2) Shortly after he achieved freedom Henson became intent on assisting

fugitive slaves. He secretly returned to the United States from Canada several