大学英语读写教程1答案(Unit2)

KEY TO EXERCISES （Unit 2）

TEXT A

A Main idea

Westerners like to buy other peoples stuff .They Hunt/search through used good at yard sales looking for second-hand treasure .Different people go to yard go to yard sales for different purposes .They buy used goods un order to save or make money, to find things that would remind them of certain times of the past ,to collect things that look interesting to them ,to them ,or to find new uses of old items.

B Detailed Understanding

B B A B C

1;

1money 2valuable 3their

2; remind people of their childhood

3;

1 The classes they have taken

2The books they have read

4；

1 a old clothes iron used as a bookend

2 a children’s toy car used to decorate a guest room

3an antique quilt used for wall display

5;

Used things/unwanted things in one’s house

D Vocabulary practice

1

2

1terasure 2extra 3brought 4value 5adds 6flaw 7display 8Armrd 9antiqye 10 added color

3

1favorite 2hinting for 3remind….of 4homemade 5made 6remain 7used 8Whatever 9unique 10second-hand

TEXT B

A main idea

Coin collection ,as a popular hobby .can teach us many things .The designs on coins can tell about the history ,geography ,art or religion of a certain country ,Your interests decide the kind of collection you would like to have and whether you want to collect ancient coins or the ones that are now in use .In order to get the mist enjoyment/pleasure from coin collecting ,you have to gain much knowledge on the subject from books or friends .Once you have got an old coin ,you might try to find out when and where it was produced and its value when it was in use .

B . Detailed Understanding

1 C A D B C

2;

1; choices over the age of coins ;Either collecting coins in use today or those that were used in ancient times.

Either collecting coins from a certain period history or those in use both in the past and at present .

2; Choices over the countries of the coins :Either from ones own country or from other countries .

3; Sources of knowledge about coins ;Either from books or f rom other collectors .

4; Choices over the treatment of dirty coins :Either not to clean them or to clean them with soap and warm water when they ate caked with dirt .

D Vocabulary Practice

1worldwide , nationwide

2 shopper , collector ,hunter ,seller ,visitor

3 ancient , antique ,aged

4 antique-collecting , coin-collecting ,record-collecting

5 pleasure ,enjoyment

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1

a . hobby c decorative pattern on something

b . portrait a an activity that one enjoys doing in free time

c . design

d money that is put in th

e bank

d . savings b drawing or photograph of a person

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