新视野大学英语第三版第二册第七单元读写答案

Un it 7 -Section A

Language Focus - Words in Use

1. It was esse ntial to (har ness) scie nee and tech no logy, not just for the economy

but for environmen tal protect ion as well.

2. Lan guage is the (symbolic) represe ntati on of a people, and it comb ines their historical and cultural backgrounds, as well as their approach to life.

3. Because of the effective and helpful method, I was (disposed) to answer all the questions I could, and I never worried about making mistakes.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that the commercial prosperity in Cambridge is due to hi-tech IT compa nies whose bus in ess has bee n (flourish ing).

5. You will n eed to prove that the no ise (violated) the regulati ons, that your

n eighbor was caus ing the no ise, and that you attempted to have him stop.

6. Most uni versities will guara ntee your (accommodati on) , at least duri ng your

first year, but you are likely to share a kitchen and bathroom with other students.

7. Wemay (infer) from the report that hackers from outside of the company present a more serious threat to their security systems.

8. She frowned at the bus in ess report, maki ng an effort to (compose) herself before she talked to the employees at the upco ming meeti ng.

9. A crucial factor is that one wit ness' evide nee, though (plausible) , may be rejected because it is con tradicted by ano ther wit ness whose evide nee is already proved correct.

10. Windsor Middle School has been famous for zero (toleranee) to violence and emphasis on respect for its stude nts and rules.

Word Buildi ng

1. fate

2. horiz on

3. mecha nic

4. occasi on

5. proport ion

6. logical

7. deny

8. commercial

9. relative

10. prior

11. con ti nue

12. actual

1. fatal

2. horiz on tal

3. mecha ni cal

4. occasi onal

5. proport ional

6. logic

7. denial

8. commerce

9. relativity

10. priority

11. continuity / con ti

nual

12. actuality

1. In (actuality) , it was the poor peasants and blue-collar workers who complained louder about

and suffered more from the curre nt tax policy.

2. The purchase in sura nee covers (mecha ni cal) breakdow n for one year, which is stated in the in sura nce policy form.

3. The salespers on's emoti onal state will in flue nce the customer, and the customer's buying decisions are first emotional and then are justified with (logic) .

4. I don't appreciate his reply as it was in part a(n) (denial) of the criticism and in part an attempt to cha nge the issue.

5. (Occasi on al) gun shots can still be heard in the district though no one seems

to know who fires the guns and if anyone is hit.

6. The boss was undecided as to what to do since his decisions can have severe and (fatal) con seque nces to all the employees and the compa ny.

7. Mike is well over 40 nowand is much worried about how to maintain (continuity) betwee n his youthful past and his middle-aged prese nt.

8. All notions about the well-known theory of (relativity) seemto have been coming from Einstein's general theory of relativity.

9. Social fund officers are expected to give high (priority) to requests for loans for the repairs in public places like schools.

10. With the in crease of (commerce) in the 21st cen tury, in vestme nt in money rather than in land has become the most convenient and popular form.

11. The in sura nce fee charged by the compa ny is directly (proport ion al) to the compe nsati on its clie nts try to claim from their cases.

12. As con structi on progresses, workers check (horiz on tal) and vertical levels to en sure that both walls are exactly up to the desig n requireme nts.

Ban ked Cloze

It's obvious that wome n have come a long way as successful professi on als. Wome n in the workplace are (1) (flourishi ng) as an in creased nu mber of wome nhave made their presence felt in many industries and professions. The sector of the female workforce has (2) (expa nded) with more and more stre ngth and thus has its (3) (ge nuine) importa nce in the professi onal world.

Whether they like it or not, men have to accept that women are marching up the man ageme nt ladder con fide ntly and (4) (diplomatically). Womenused to be much more

"quiet and passive" due to the relatively small nu mber of female employees in (5)

(comparison) to males. Womertoday, on the other hand, have begun seeking their (6)

(adm ini strative) positi ons by using all their powers of in tellige nce.

Men are hierarchical and (7) (jealous) of the "beauty power" that allows wome n to get certa in things based on their physical assets. Even though there is a(n) (8) (dispute) whether many professi onal females got into positi ons of power by using their appeara nce to their adva ntage, the (9) (valid) fact is the majority of wome n

have worked hard to achieve their desired success.

Wome n were con sidered as (10) (bysta nders) in the workplace for many years and it was believed that the only jobs that they could han dle were those of teachers or secretaries, but today's womencan not only hold their own positions in the workplace, but they also have the dual task of rais ing their families.

Language Focus - Expressions in Use

1. I surely know it's a good opport unity for us to in vest in this hous ing project,

but it all (comes down to) money in the end; that is, how much money we can afford