全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程第三册全部课后练习答案(2)

1. Cloze

1. 1) Statistics 2)rural 3)era 4)stood for 5)on the latch

6)vulnerable 7)barrier 8)electronic 9)reflection 10)civilized

2. 1) together 2)liable 3)shift 4)electric 5)cautious

6)sophisticated 7)thieves 8)break 9)chances 10)signs II. Translation

1.1) The Internet is changing the way people live, (no matter) whether they are in urban or rural areas.

2)Medium-sized and small companies are more vulnerable to the threat of the global economic crisis than large ones.

3) With regard to our term paper, the professor asked us to analyze the unemployment chart first, and then provide critical reflections on the nations economic development.

4)It never occurred to him that their team would win the

basketball match by a large margin.

5) Looking back on my twenty years' teaching in high school, I attribute my success to patience, talent, and the constant pursuit of knowledge.

2. It is almost impossible to keep a determined burglar out. All you can do is discourage him for a few minutes. Thus exposing him to police patrols. Common sense tells us that lighting is a barrier to criminal activity. A light should be fixed in the

doorway and switched on at night. Make sure/Assure yourself that you don't leave the door on the latch if you happen to be the last to come in. If you decide to buy a sophisticated electronic alarm system, be sure to ask for its signs and put them up on both windows and doors. In addition you may have it hooked up to a police station.

UNIT 4

Vocabulary

I.

1.1) accordingly 2) loose 3) concentration 4)stimulating 5) fabric 6)if anything 7) reality 8) intuition

9) trifle 10) at the turn of the century 11) mess

12) undermine

2. 1) approve of 2) slow down 3) taken in 4) sucked into

5) set apart 6) dozed off 7)call forth 8)stretch into

9) keep up with 10)believe in

3. 1)...provided inspiration for many artists and musicians over the decades.

2)...is credited to his powers of imagination

3)...on the foundations of an agricultural revolution

4)...not to make any complaints in the presence of the nurse.

5)...the outbreak of the Second World War.

4. 1) flaw/came to the conclusion/would get nowhere

2) in a row/dozed off/a mess of

3) outbreak of/ has undermined / has strained

II. 1)With Christmas only a week away

2) With his physical condition improving day by day

3) With our GDP growing steadily

4) With all the shops closed

5) with her eyes closed

6) With the fog lifting during the night

III. 1) like/as 2) as 3) like 4) like/as

5) as/like 6) as 7)like 8) as

Comprehensive Exercises

1. Cloze

1. 1) caution 2) came to the conclusion that 3)never get anywhere

4)undermining 5) not give/care a fig 6) flaw

7) beyond any doubt 8)foundation 9)remarkable/impressive

10) imagination

2. 1) extent 2)inventions 3)bet 4)manages 5)vision

6)eventually 7)achievement 8)poverty 9) utilized

10)breakthrough

II. Translation

1.1) The volunteers sent/assigned by the Red Cross disinfected, with great caution, the drinking water in the village so as to avoid an outbreak of plague.

2)Einstein spent many years trying to unify the theories of electromagnetism and gravity but failed.

3)Professor Wang received/won the Presidential Award for his excellence in stimulating students' creative imagination.

4) As there were some major design flaws, the board of directors didn't approve of the economic stimulus package.

5) Having realized that nobody could help him, Jordan finally came to the conclusion that he had to face reality and take up/meet the challenge by himself.

2. What was remarkable about 2005 was perhaps that the UN declared it "The World Year of Physics". It was the 100th anniversary of Einstein's theory of relativity and the 50th

anniversary of his death. In 1905 Einstein published five highly important essays in the history of science, thus revolutionizing physics. His great achievements can be credited to his

impressive powers of imagination, constant questioning, and not giving a fig for authority. It is beyond doubt that Einstein was the greatest scientist in the 20th century.