2-Unit2-TheVirtuesofGrowingOlder答案综合教程二

UNIT 2 The Virtues of Growing Older

Key to the Exercises

Text Comprehension

I. Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpose of writing.

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II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.

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IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.

1. I am embarrassed to admit that women are less capable than men of resisting the temptation of fashion.

2. It means that you make friends with different people in order to find a new identity for yourself.

Structural analysis of the text

1. see III.

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2. Paragraph 3: the last sentence; Paragraph 4: the second sentence; Paragraph 5: the first sentence.

Vocabulary

I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

1. be apt to: be likely to 易于……，有……的倾向

2. fall apart: break up, disintegrate

3. in general: as a whole 通常，大体上；总的来说，从总体上看

4. at the mercy of: powerless against; completely controlled by 对……无能为力；任……处置，任由……摆布

5. no wonder: not surprising / only too natural 不足为奇，并不奇怪

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.

1. delay

2. Feverishly

3. façade

4. confronted

5. premise

6. dreaded

7. automatically

8. awaiting

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

1. obsessive

2. moodiness

3. tolerable

4. beneficial

5. satisfying

6. hidden

7. preference

8. criticisms

IV. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence.

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V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.

1. Synonym: conceal, disguise

2. Antonym: narrow

3. Synonym: satisfaction, happiness, joy

4. Synonym: merits, advantages

5. Synonym: fat, plump

6. Synonym: well-built

7. Antonym: old-fashioned, outdated

8. Synonym: clearly, evidently

VI. Write in each space one word that has the same prefix as underlined in each given word.

1. preface prepare 5. periphery perimeter

2. prologue progress 6. dialogue diameter

3. foresight foresee 7. semifinal semiconductor

4. paralysis parallel 8. devaluate decelerate

Grammar

I. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate forms of the nouns given.

1. agony

2. agonies

3. experience

4. experiences

5. youth

6. a youth

7. a great help

8. a good knowledge

9. a gray hair 10. work

II. Complete the following sentences with quantifiers & determiners.

1. A

2. B

3. D

4. C

5. A

6. B

7. B

8. C

III. Complete the reading.

a lot of, a little, some, a few, A, some, some, a lot of, x, many, x, a lot of

IV. Complete the following with every, each, everyone, every one, all.

1. all, every one

2. each

3. every

4. each

5. everyone

6. each

7. everyone, everyone

8. each

V. Correct errors in the following sentences.

1. you must take care

2. Though he received the document late at night; it

3. When you fell

4. When you read

5. I became clear about what he meant

6. We saw the first star shining in the sky

7. who were eating

8. he was cleaning