【VIP专享】新世纪研究生英语教程综合英语第五版答案

U1 Free Falling

1.What is the main subject introduced in paragraph one?

It is the description of the effect of saying farewell to his parents, friends and folks on the author.

2.How is the story organized?

The story is chronologically organized (following the time sequence in which the event unfolded itself).

3.How did Weckerly feel before the day of his departure?

He felt eager and excited to wait for the day to come.

4.How did his mood change when the day had really come?

At the very beginning he became sentimental about saying good-bye to many people around him. Facing the reality of becoming independent, he began to feel afraid and uncertain .

5.What do you think about the ending of the story?

It is very impressive. Weckerly ends the story with a metaphor which catches the essence of the particular moment accurately. He compares himself to a rookie skydiver preparing for his first plunge, which leads to possible outcomes: sheer excitement or eventual death. The last sentence "He closes his eyes, takes a deep breath, and jumps" symbolizes the fact that from that day on the author jumps into the future of being independent no matter how long and complicated the road to it is.

U6 The myth of the paperless office

1. What are the disadvantages of paper according to the author?

Paper takes up precious space, can be in only one place at a time, is extremely hard to index or search through, and lacks all the interactivity and linking ability of hypertext.

2. What are the major categories of files in an office?

In the office, files can be mainly classified into hot files, documents to be acted on immediately; warm files, still active but of less urgency and cold files, docements that don’t need immediate attention.

3. Why is it unpleasant to read something on a computer screen?

Because there are such annoyances as the relatively fuzzy type, glare, the need to scroll

repeatedly, the screen’s relatively fixed position and so forth.

4. What are the essential problems in using computers in polices departments?

First, the police found they spent so much time dealing with the computer interface that they fell short in listening and talking to victims, an essential activity both for offering comfort and for picking up subtle clues to what exactly had happened. Second, the goal of prompt reporting was compromised by the fact that police kept revising their reports after filing them.

5. What are the reasons for people’s chimera of going paperless according to the author? Firstly, people who can profit from the idea keep selling it to us. Secondly, all technologies come down to our trying to get what we want, what we desire. And much of what we desire comes down to taking control of ourlives, doing what we please without being overwhelmed by what we don’t please.

6.Why cannot computers replace paper in an office?

First, paper has some hidden advantages over computers especially in the following three aspects—reading, writing and personal satisfaction in delivery. Furthermore, computers can’t replace paper completely in some activities such as air-traffic control and writing up police reports.

U7 Competition is destructive

1. Why is competition destructive according to the author? (para. 3)

According to the author, competition is destructive because it undermines self-

esteem, poisons relationships and holds us back from doing our best.

2. What are the purposes of the games devised or collected by Orlick and others? (para.

6)

The idea of the games devised or collected by Orlick and others is for each person on the field to make a specified contribution to the goal, or for all the players to reach a certain score, or f or everyone to work with their partners against a time limit.

3. What is the difference between teamwork and team competition? (para. 8)

The difference between teamwork and team competition is that in teamwork everyone on the field is working together for a common goal, while in team competition a given player works with and is encouraged to feel warmly toward only half of those present.