新视野大学英语第四册第八单元答案

Unit 8 Book 4

Listen and Respond

P230

Task One

1. According to the writer, literature is defined as “the imaginative shaping of

life and thought into the forms and structures of language.

2. We should try to explore complex situations and characters from the inside.

We should also try to talk and write about personal and other familiar experiences that are related to what’s been read. We should raise questions about the imaginary world and its people, discover new connections between the imaginary world and the real world, and discuss what human experience is actually like.

3. We should learn to assess the quality of a work based on established

standards, evaluate the writer’s intentions and the viewpoint presented in a text and construct a personal response with appropriate support and justification.

Task Two

1. appreciation

2. explore

3. respond

4. achieve

5. familiar

6. approaching

7. connections

8. experience

9. assess

10. evaluate

Enhance Your Language Awareness

Words in Action

P247

1. (1) reflections (2) hastened (3) solitary

(4) mystery (5) fancy (6) expenses

(7) slender (8) purchase (9) admission

(10) subtle (11) betrayed (12) significance

(13) possession (14) procession (15) hints

(16) conceal

2. (1) put off (2) was down to her last (3) at length

(4) all the way (5) counted for (6) under his breath

(7) ran riot (8) spent itself (9) beat back

(10) drinking in (11) out of work (!2) on a full scholarship

(13) There is no way

Increasing Your Word Power

P249

1. 1) Her voice became sharpened as she became impatient.

2) China is deepening her reform and opening to the outside world.

3) The burglar was frightened off by the dog’s barking.

4) This course can broaden student s’ horizon.

5) The days begin to shorten after the end of June.

6) Life in the mountains hardened all the young people there.

7) He told her the bad news very gently, trying to solften the blow.

8) The doctor said that sunshine and rest would hasten his recovery from

illness.

9) Nothing can weaken our willpower.

10) Passengers on the plane are asked to fasten their seat belts before it

takes off.

1) marriage

2) growth

3) storage

4) depth

5) truth

6) youth

7) passage

8) length

9) shortage

10) breakage

3. 1) kidney donor

2) alarm clock

3) heartbeat

4) mother tongue

5) space shuttle