英语专业综合教程第二册第五单元练习答案 unit 5 fourteen steps

Key to Unit 5

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Text Comprehension

I．B.

II. 1. F; 2. T; 3. F; 4. T; 5. F.

III.

1. the second half of his first life.

2. the day when he was unable to climb those steps, and was to lie and die.

3. his challenge to continue living, and misery he had to accept and cope with in order to hold on to his sanity, his wife, his home and his job.

4. He first felt a bit sorry for them, but then felt relieved by the thought of paying.

5. the old man is blind but he helped him in the storm; while the writer assumed that a disabled man deserved other people’s help but never helped others.

6. he should always be ready to help others.

IV.

1. a sad man with little hope for his future, and everything depended on him to climb these 14 steps.

2. the writer was filled with great shame and horror and became speechless.

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Vocabulary

I.

1. a disease that gradually became more and more serious

2. with the help of 在……的帮助下

3. looking very carefully and hard at 凝视

4. are ready 准备就绪，安排妥当

5. not caring about 对……漠不关心

II.

1. tilted;

2. led up to;

3. hold on to;

4. care for;

5. is inclined to;

6. make a living;

7. follow, example;

8. to a degree.

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III. Word derivation

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.

1. You always follow your own inclination (incline) instead of thinking of our feeling.

2. The men stood in front of the bar, indifferent (indifference) to the argument that was going on across the road.

3. The company has had a successful first year at home but penetration (penetrate) of the international market has been slow.

4. We hadn’t seen her for many years and were very shocked by her frailty (frail).

5. He does not consider his deafness an affliction (afflict).

6. We were all very impressed by the excellence (excellent) of the design.

7. Her fever is getting progressively (progress) worse. I think we should call a doctor.

8. The honeymoon period was soon followed by the usual disillusionment (disillusion) with day-to-day reality.

1. incline v. 使有……倾向，易于；爱好

inclination n. 倾向，意愿

inclined a. 有……倾向的；倾斜的

2. indifference n. 不重视，无兴趣，漠不关心

indifferent a. 漠不关心的，冷淡的

indifferently ad. 不在乎地，冷淡地，淡然地

3. penetrate v. 穿透，渗透；看穿

penetrating a. 敏锐的，尖锐的；穿透的，透彻的

penetration n. 渗透，侵入，突破

4. frail a. 脆弱的，虚弱的

frailty n. 脆弱，意志薄弱；弱点

5. afflict v. 使苦恼，折磨

affliction n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难

6. excellent a. 极好的，杰出的

excellence n. 优秀，卓越，优点

excellently ad.优秀地，超群地

7. progress n. 进步，发展，前进

progression n. 前进

progressive a. 前进的，渐进的

8. disillusion n. 觉醒，幻灭

disillusionment n. 幻灭感

disillusioned a. 大失所望的，幻想破灭的