研究生英语第一单元 课后答案

1.His dream of becoming a football star faded out as time went by.

2. A Boeing 747 aircraft didn’t gain enough height to clear the mountain. In a twinkling, it

crashed into the mountain and blew up. No one survived the accident.

3.Students have easy access to the resources in the library, so they are supposed to make the

best of it.

4.Titanic, the most luxurious ship in the world at that time, hit an iceberg when she was under

the way to the USA. Consequently, the ship sank into Atlantic Ocean and thousands of people died in this shipwreck.

5.Every summer, all the tourists pour into this famous beach. They lie packed like sardines on

the beach to enjoy the sunbathing.

6.They have been to St. Louis once and have a vague general knowledge of its wonders, but the

day of their glory is over now. They lapse into a humble silence and learn to disappear when the ruthless engineer approaches.

7.Some cyber gurus claim that internet will prevent wars, reduce pollution and combat various

of inequality.

8.Although internet can undeniably foster communication, it will not put an end to wars, since

wars are by no means caused simply by the failure of different peoples to understand each other adequately.

9.The internet can help reduce energy consumption and pollution, only if doing things online

genuinely replaces real world activities.

10.The poor are not shunning the internet because they cannot afford it. The problem is that they

lack the skills to exploit it efficiently. Therefore, it makes more sense to improve universal literacy than universal internet access.

11.Thanks to internet, income inequality between people doing similar jobs in different

countries has been reduced. However, the inequality between information workers in poor countries and their poorest compatriots has been increased.

12.If human nature remains stubbornly unchanged, despite the claim of techno-prophets,

humanity cannot simply invent away its failings.

13.Many studies indicate that the desert air is so dry that it hardly contains any moisture.

14.Although the children form age 5 to 16 must go to school in Britain according to the laws,

about 1%of the children still can not read when they leave primary school.

15.After hearing the news, I knew that within a fortnight I would feel restless again.

16.We think unanimously to answer this question, we must look more closely at the facts.

17.Throughout the world, governments at all levels are taking effective measures to prevent

environment pollution.

18.Some people think that the objective items such as multiple choices should be used for an

examinati on, others don’t agree because they believe that this kind of test has some bad effects on students’ leaning.

19.I find that walking along the quiet lake can provide refreshment from a day’s sedentary job.

20.Exercising and relaxing yourself is often prescribed as an effective cure for fatigue.

21.The less active you are, the faster this aging process accelerates, and the more vulnerable you

become to physical and psychological problems.

22.Even if you keep up dieting, you cannot reduce to the point where you achieve the kind of

body shaping you want.