泛读教程1第二版答案

泛读教程1第二版答案

【篇一：泛读教程第二版第一册unit 7】

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word match

delegationa group of people representing a much larger group of people prior existing before

ultimatelyfinally

run to organize or control

disciplinea branch of a sport; a branch of knowledge

gendersex

catalyst someone or something that causes change

cultivate to develop or improve something

foruma meeting in which people can exchange ideas and discuss things intimate having a very close relationship

conquer to win; to defeat

propose to make an offer of marriage

bribery giving or taking a gift in order to do something dishonest exhaustedvery tired

1.exhausted

2.bribery

3. run

4. prior

5.delegation

6.gender

7.proposed

8.intimate

suffixes

1. egyptian

2. spanish

3.british

4.scholarship

5.roman

6.relationship

7.portuguese

8.leadership

cloze

1.date

2. games

3.list

4.week

5.wins

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7.divided

8.think

9.biggest10.lower

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【篇二：英语泛读教程2参考答案(1-10)】

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every year at the same time the stars were in the same place in the sky. they are the planets. he thought that … (page 2, parag. 12) the idea was that the stars and the sun did not turn around the earth. instead, it was the earth that was turning. the sun and the stars were not really moving. because they would upset the whole science of astronomy and cause cruel persecution by the church. content/details. common. because radio telescopes find out new stars by picking up radio waves from them. it means the group of stars that our earth is a member of. the implication is that probably by then the earth has already been melted. every three days it gets very dim. it stays dim for a few hours, then it gets bright again. because a comet isn’t solid. it is thin like a cloud. its tail is nothing but glowing gas. and its head is made of small pieces that could not hurt the earth.

exercises

i. true or false

1. f

2. f

3. t

4. f

5. t

6. f

7. t

8. t

9. t 10. f

ii.

1. 略。

2. four stages. childhood, manhood, old age, and the last stage.

3. the very hottest ones are blue. those not quite so hot are white, and those less hot than the white ones are yellow and red.

4. 略。

5. they help sailors to find their way and they help us to tell time.

comprehension points

1. it means to function properly.

3. it means to bring out of the water on to the land.

4. to lay a cable under the atlantic.

5. to become weaker.

6. 第一个it指的是the telegraph failed，第二个it指的是it ever worked，第三个it指的是the cable.

7. because a big ship can’t carry the end of the cable on to the shore, it will get stranded.

8. to honor him even more highly.

9. an operator.

10. probably in late 20th century.

exercises

i.

1. a

2. b

3. a

4. c

5. c

6. a

7. b

8. a

ii.

1. because the only form of communication between countries separated by sea was still by ship

and it was very slow.

2. the success of wheatstone’s experiment and the discovery of gutta percha by faraday.

3. first the niagara’s cable caught in the machinery and was damaged. then when niagara ran

into rough sea, the men broke the cable again when they tried to stop the machine. by the time they reached home to start again, it was nearly winter and the weather was getting bad. so they had to wait for the next year.

4. first agamemnon ran into one of the worst atlantic storms in history, and the ship nearly sank.

then when the two ships met and started to lay the cables, faults of different kinds developed and they failed for three times. after that they returned to valencia for more cable, food and coal and made another attempt. this time agamemnon ran into another severe storm and again nearly lost her cable. finally, after unyielding efforts, on aug. 5th, the cable was laid.

5. the company collected another large amount of money, used a very much stronger cable,

hired a ship large enough to carry the whole of their cable, and loaded the ship with enough food supplies.

6. all five continents were connected. two more atlantic cables have been laid between europe

and usa, and 22 telephone cables between britain and europe. comprehension points

1. it means the shaking ship made many people fall off balance.

2. to follow the movements.

3. space.

4. the british government asked watson-watt to do something which he did not consider

possible, so he developed radar instead.

5. because radio waves, which are basis of radar, were known to scientists all over the world.

there was therefore a danger that scientists in other countries might also start to experiment with radar. the government was afraid that the clever german scientists, whom they respected greatly, might develop radar before the british scientists.

6. no. he actually wanted her to tell that “secret” to everyone in the village so that they would

stop asking questions.

7. gradually.

8. a very small one weighing only a few pounds to fit into an aeroplane.

9. 1937.

10. the british shores.

11. aeroplanes.

exercises

i.

1. b

2. b

3. c

4. c