大学英语交互阅读教程3 答案

大学英语交互阅读教程3 答案

Reading Matters 3

An Interactive Approach to Reading

Answer Key

Unit 1 Fun Matters

Quotations, page 18

1. For

2. For

3. Neutral

4. For

5. Against

6. Neutral

Chapter 1:Challenges in Your Free Time

Previewing, pages 19-20

(sample answers)

A.Mountaineer Trying again after an injury

Pro Snowboarder Conquering fear of taking risks

Walk Up the Wild Side Beginning love of taking risks

B. 1. Fearless, like danger, determined, dedicated, love of life

2. They all feel very good about what they do and they are all passionate about their respective sports.

3. They incorporate their fear into their actions and they all realize that fear is an unavoidable element of their sports. Predicting, page 21

(sample answers) 1. Risks 2. Extreme Sports 3. Injuries 4. Trends

Scanning for Details, page 24

1. 600 feet, 66 miles per hour

2. Snowboarding, ice climbing, skateboarding and paragliding

3.a. Participation in snowboarding has grown 113 percent in the last five years.

b. Baseball and touch football participation has declined.

4. Americans today want to participate in sports that have a greater risk factor and push them to their personal limits.

5. The activities that are becoming popular are all more challenging than a game of touch football.

6. As a result of paragliding, Mike Carr broke ten ribs and collapsed his lung.

7. Risk showed up uninvited and regularly for previous generations: global wars, childbirth complications, diseases, dangerous products, and the threat of cold war.

8. Traditional risks have been reduced, but without some expression of risk, people may never know their limits, and therefore, who they are as individuals.

Using Evidence to Support Ideas, page 25

Reacting to the Information, page 26

1. c

2. d

3. a

4. b

Understanding Underlying Ideas, page 27

(sample answers)

Paragraph 1. “The mountain environment is a mystical, majestic place … It is a place that, above all, should elicit our respect and responsible behavior.”

Paragraph 3.“For us, climbing Qomolangma gave us the satisfaction of knowing we had accomplished the most difficult task … only meaningful when it leads us to better our performance in everything we do …”

Paragraph 6.“It was like going onstage. We had butterflies in our stomach … I was so filled with joy … The most sobering moment in the climb came at the Hillary Step … I knew this place and felt welcome … It was a moment of

complete happiness.”

Paragraph 11.“… enjoying the view … taking the obligatory pictures … I opened my arms … turned 360 degrees, and saw the edges of the world …”

Understanding Details, pages 29-30

1. N

2. N

3. N

4. N

5. Y

6. N

7. N

8. personal 9. crystal-clear 10. directions

Inferring Meaning, page 30

1. transfixed: to render motionlessly

immense: extremely large or great

trailing: hang over the edge of

2. committed: transfer something to somewhere

3. descent: an action of moving downward, dropping or falling

lingered: stayed in a place longer than necessary

utterly: completely

Understanding Underlying Ideas, page 31

(sample answers)

Paragraph 1.“I was struck by how steep and hard the ice was … it became clear that the farther we moved from camp, the greater the danger became. As the angle of the slope increased, I focused on what would save my life, rather

than on what might kill me.”

Paragraph 2.“Realizing that I might not be thinking clearly, I asked one of my Sherpas, Kami Tsering, to check my oxygen.

I suddenly became cold and told hi m, ‘We have to go down—now!’”

Paragraph 10.“Once there, I used my radio and announced … if you hang on to your dreams long enough, you can achieve them. … Then I started to cry with joy.”

Paragraph 13.“how to work as a team, how to overcome setbacks, how to deal with failure, how to push through pain and discomfort, and how to make dreams come true, whatever the obstacles.”

Retelling the Information, page 33

Reasons for climbing: personal success

allows better performance in life in general