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新世纪大学英语系列教材（第二版）
Unit 1
Part I
Exercises
I. Reading for information 。
A. Reading to find main ideas
1. A 2. C
B. Reading to find major details
3 . D
4. B
C. Reading to find relevant facts
5.
C 6. A
II. Translation
Translate the
following sentences into Chinese.
1
A hundred papers in the boys' scrawls; he had
shirked this work for weeks, feeling all the time
as if a
sword were hanging over his head.
有一百份卷子要批，而且全是男孩们用潦草的字迹写成的，这事他已经拖了好几个星期了。这
些日子，他
一直觉得头上仿佛悬着把剑。
2
I’ve spent a
fortune on it behind closed doors.
我私下里已经花了一大笔钱来学习音乐了。
3 His face was
beaded with perspiration.
他的脸上挂满了汗珠。
4 No judge delivering a sentence felt more
pained and helpless.
没有哪个宣布判决的法官会比此时的谢卡尔更痛苦、更无助。
5 Truth
required as much strength to give as to receive.
说出事实和接受事实同样需要勇气。
III. Summary
Complete the following statements with words
and expressions from the box. Use their proper
forms.
1 Truth is like the sun because
no human being can ever look it straight in the
face without blinking
or being dazed . 2
Sekhar thought that morning till night , the
essence of human relationships
consisted in
tempering truth so that it might not shock .
3 Sekhar practiced truth for only one day and
he had three trials :The first one was with his
wife , the
second with his colleague and the
last one with his headmaster
4
His wife took the apple pie as her culinary
masterpiece while Sekhar thought that it wasn't
good
and he was unable to swallow it.
5 His colleague thought so and so was a fine
man while Sekhar regarded him as mean and selfish
.
6 The headmaster was eager to show off
his singing , but his singing made Sekhar half
stupefied .
7 Sekhar compared the
headmaster's singing to three things: a dozen
frogs , a buffalo , and loose
window shutters
in a storm.
8 Sekhar realized that truth
required as much strength to give as to receive .
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Exercise
Answer the following questions.
1
After reading the story, what do
you think about Hell?
Hell is not so
terrible as most people think because it can be
transformed into
Heaven through hard work,
courage, faith and love. The real Hell is in one’s
heart.
2
What is your
definition of Heaven now?
Heaven is a
land of beauty and peace, and it is the result of
our hard work.
3
What kind of
people can rest in Heaven after they die? All
those hardworking people with courage
and
determination can rest in
Heaven after they
die, because although they cannot all reach Heaven
in the
first place, they can build Hell into
Heaven.
4
What kind of people will
end up in Hell? Those who are afraid of Hell and
do not have courage to
fight difficulties and
disasters will end up in Hell.
5
What is the moral of this parable?
This parable tells us that our destiny is
controlled by ourselves.
Unit 2
Part I
Exercises
I. Reading for
information 。
A. Reading to find main ideas
1. C 2. A
B. Reading to find major
details
3 . B 4. C
C. Reading to find
relevant facts
5. D 6. A
II.
Translation
Translate the following sentences
into Chinese.
1. It was 9 p.m. I threw a
stethoscope around my neck and headed for Room712,
the last room on the
hall.
当时是晚上九点，我把听诊器挂在脖子上，朝走廊尽头的 712病房走去。
2. As I entered the room, Mr. Williams looked
up eagerly, but drooped his eyes when he saw it
was
only me, his nurse.
我走进病房时，威廉先生急切地抬起头来，一看是我，他的护士，随即又垂下了眼睛。
3. Her voice was so utterly compelling that my
hand trembled on the phone.
她的语气那样迫切，我握着话筒的手不由得颤抖起来。
4. My
first thought was: Why put yourself through more
pain?
我第一个念头是：你何必还要增加自己的痛苦？
5. A
snowflake hit the window and melted away, gone
forever.
一片雪花打在窗上，立即融化，永远地消失了。
III.
Summary
Complete the following flowchart.
On Janie's 21st birthday, her father, Mr.
Williams, had a fight with her over her boyfriend
.
Janie said I hate you the house.
Janie
never spoke to her father again, though she wanted
very much to go to him for forgiveness .
Several months later, Mr. Williams suffered a
slight heart attack .
He was admitted to
hospital and his condition was stable .
He
asked the nurse to call his daughter , and to get
him a pencil and paper .
His respiration
speeded up, and he began to breathe very fast.
The nurse called Janie, and Janie said that
she would be in the hospital in 30 minutes .
Mr. Williams had a cardiac arrest .
The
doctors tried every means to save him but failed .
Mr. Williams passed away before his
daughter could reach the hospital .
Janie
slumped against the wall, looking pathetic and
painful.
Accompanied by the nurse , Janie
went to see her father's body .
Janie leaned
over the bed and buried her face in the sheets.
The nurse found a note written by Mr. Williams
and gave it to Janie.
Janie read the note
twice , and hugged the scrap of paper to her
breast.
Her tormented face grew radiant and
peace began to glisten in her eyes, because from
that note she
knew that her father had
forgiven her.
Part II Reading for
Pleasure
Exercise
Answer the following
questions.
1 What was the relationship
between Roger and Tony?
They used to be
schoolmates in Landon High School.
2 Why
couldn't Roger recognize Tony at first?
Because Tony had changed a lot from a big
burly guy to a very thin man.
3 What
kind of person was Tony when he was young?
He
was a bully when he was young.
4 Why did
Roger give Tony his card?
He wanted to tell
Tony that he had forgiven him and wanted to be
friends with him.
5 How did Roger feel
when he saw Tony in the wheelchair?
At first
he was very surprised to see that Tony had changed
so much, then he felt very sorry for him
and
wanted to be friends with him.
Unit 3
Part I
Exercises
I. Reading for
information 。
A. Reading to find main ideas
1. D 2. C
B. Reading to find major
details
3 . D 4. B
C. Reading to find
relevant facts
5. A 6. C
II.
Translation
Translate the following sentences
into Chinese.
1. Obsessions drive people
to do all sorts of strange things. Harriet
Magnis’s obsession drove her to
commit
one of the strangest crimes in history.
痴迷往往会使
人们做出各种各样奇怪的事情。哈丽雅特•玛格妮丝的痴迷驱使她犯下了有史以
来最荒唐的罪行。
2. Even though he was at sea for two or
three years at a stretch, and was home for only a
few days at
a time, Harriet loved him deeply
and her tragic failure to provide him with a child
haunted her.
尽管他在海上一待就是两三年，每次回家也只能待上几天，哈丽雅特还是深
爱着他。不幸没能
为他生下一男半女，她心里非常不安。
3. She had
succeeded in deceiving him for three years, but
now she knew that she either had to
produce a
three-year-old boy who looked like Richard, or had
to spill the whole truth to him.
她成功地骗了他三年，可是现
在她明白，她要么得找出一个长相像理查德的三岁男孩，要么就
得向他彻底坦白。
4. But after he left , Harriet became panicky,
especially when the neighbors began to ask
questions
about the sudden appearance of her
“child” and even more so when the wanted notices
appeared in
the local post office.
可是丈夫走后，
哈丽雅特便恐慌起来，特别是当邻居们开始问她怎么突然有了个孩子的时候。
而当通缉令出现在当地邮局
时，她更是惶惶不可终日。
5. In due time the letter
was delivered to Richard’s ship, but not to him.
In his anxiety to see his little
son again,
Richard had jumped ship and gone AWOL.
信如期送到了理
查德服役的船上，但没有到他手里。理查德因为急于再次见到自己的儿子而离
船开了小差。
III. Summary
Complete the
following statements with words and expressions
from the box. Use their proper forms.
1
Harriet loved her husband deeply, but she was
troubled by the fact that she was unable to
provide
him with a child . Her obsession with
having a child drove her to commit a crime .
2 In order to make her husband happy, she told
him that she was pregnant. And she succeeded in
deceiving her husband for three years. But her
lies got her into deep water . When her husband
grew
suspicious, she decided to steal a child
.
3 Harriet went to London looking for a
boy of the right age. Finally, she found Thomas
and
kidnapped him. Her husband was in ecstasy
when she took the boy to meet him.
4
Filled with fear and remorse, Harriet took Thomas
back to London. She also wrote a letter to her
husband, telling him the truth, which was
delivered to the captain of the ship for her
husband had
gone AWOL .
5 At
last, Harriet was arrested and held for trial. But
she was discharged because the judge decided
that the court had no jurisdiction over the
case.
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Exercise
Answer the following questions.
1 What did the two strangers argue about?
They pretended to argue about whether it would
be easy to stand in front of the clock for one
hour
without moving and say “Here it comes,
there it goes” as the clock’s pendulum swung back
and forth.
Actually they were just trying to
deceive the hotel owner.
2 How did the
two strangers make the hotel owner join them in a
bet?
They made him believe that it was very
easy to win the bet and win a hundred dollars.
3 What was the hotel owner thinking about
when he stood in front of theclock?
He
thanked God for his old clock, which might help
him get money for his son’s education. Besides,
he was thinking about buying a new coat for
his wife and a walking stick for himself.
4 What did people think of the hotel owner
when they saw him talking to the clock?
People thought that he must have been crazy
when they saw him talking to the clock.
5 What did the hotel owner find when he
finished the bet?
He found that the two men
had already gone with his money.
Unit 4
Part I
Exercises
I. Reading for
information 。
A. Reading to find main ideas
1. C 2. B
B. Reading to find major
details
3 . A 4. D
C. Reading to find
relevant facts
5. A 6. C
II.
Translation
Translate the following sentences
into Chinese.
1. She would greet us and
take our hot little hands in her own beautiful
coolone, with blue veins
standing out on the
back of it, as though the white skin were almost
too delicate to contain them.
她会和我们打招呼，将我们热乎乎的
小手握在她那双秀美而清凉的手里。她的手背上淡蓝色的
静脉凸显，雪白的皮肤仿佛细薄得遮不住它们似
的。
2. She looked lonely and
pathetic, and for the first time I wondered why
noman had ever taken her
and looked after her
and loved her.
她脸上露出孤寂、哀婉的神情。我第一次感到纳闷，为什么从没有男人娶她、呵护她、爱她呢？
3.
I was disappointed but not
alarmed, for so many things could happen toeither
of us to prevent us
from keeping our tryst.
我虽然有些失望，但是并没有紧张，因为可能发生的事情太多，我俩都会碰上，从而无法赴约。
4. It was the only love letter I ever
received, but it turned all my bitterness and
grief into a
peacefulness which was the
nearest I could get, then, to happiness.
那是我收到
的唯一一封情书，它化解了我心中所有的痛苦和悲伤，使我感到平静，而那时，平
静于我已是最接近幸福
的感觉了。
5. The old lady looked down,
troubled and shy like a child who has
unwittinglydone wrong.
老太太垂下了目光，像一个无心犯错的孩子般不安、羞怯
III.
Summary
Complete the following statements
with words and expressions from the box. Use their
proper forms.
1 In her small cottage ,
Great-Aunt Stephina Roos lived in solitude .
2 As I grew older, I became so fond of Great-
Aunt Stephina Roos that I confided in her about my
engagement with George.
3 Great-Aunt
Stephina Roos was anxious about my love affair and
often asked me strange questions
as though she
was afraid my romance would be destroyed .
4 When Great-Aunt Stephina Roos was a young
girl , she fell in love with Richard, a man from
England .
5 Richard returned to
England to look after his estates and left Great-
Aunt Stephina Roos a letter ,
asking her to
marry him if she could leave South Africa and her
family .
6 Because Great-Aunt Stephina
Roos never learnt to read , she didn’t know what
Richard wrote in
the letter until many years
later.
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Exercise
Answer the following questions.
1 Why didn’t the mailman look up when he
passed Sophie’s house?
Because there was no
mail for Sophie.
2 What kind of
life did Sophie live?
She lived a lonely,
widowed life because her husband had died eight
months before.
3
Why didn’t
Sophie hear Mrs. Mason’s knocking at five o’clock?
Because she was holding the flowers on her
lap, swaying slightly and stroking the petals of
the
flowers, lost in loving memory of her dead
husband.
4 Why did Sophie open the flower
box and arrange the flowers in her vase?
Because that was what she had done every year
on Valentine’s Day before and the flowers were
exactly what her husband had given her —
yellow roses. She obviously forgot that she was
not the
receiver of the delivery.
5
How did Joseph arrange the flowers for Sophie? And
why?
Joseph arrang ed f or t he florist t o
de liver t he flowers to their neighbor Mrs. Mason
and asked Mrs.
Mason to send them to Sophie.
He made such arrangements so that he could give
his wife a pleasant
surprise on Valentine’s
Day without startling her.
Unit 5
Part I
Exercises
I. Reading for information 。
A. Reading to find main ideas
1. B 2. C
B. Reading to find major details
3 . B
4. A
C. Reading to find relevant facts
5.
D 6. C
II. Translation
Translate the
following sentences into Chinese.
1. The
brief weekend respite hadn’t provided much relief,
what with thelaundry that had piled up,
not to
mention the supermarket and the drycleaners and
the myriad other errands that ate into what
was supposed to be our family time together. <
br>周末短暂的休息也不太轻松，因为堆积的衣物要洗，更别提还有超市要去、干洗店要去，还有
其他
数不清的琐事。原本应该和家人共度的时光就这样被挤占了。
2. I tuned
out the crowd around me and began to mentally sort
through thepriorities that would
beckon as
soon as I arrived at the office..
我无心理会周围的人，心里开始盘算到了办公室以后有哪些事务需要优先处理。
3.
The train was pulling in, and the
army of commuters was of one mind: Grab an empty
seat at any
cost.
火车缓缓地驶入车站，上班大军中，人人都怀着同样的心思：不惜一切代价抢个坐位。
4. With a firm grip on my
briefcase I pushed along, and landed my prize.
Sitting would allow me to
get a jump on some
paperwork, perhaps a memo or two.
我抓紧公文包，随着人群一
起往前挤，总算抢到个坐位。有了坐位我就可以提前处理一些文书
工作，或许能完成一两份节略。
5. It seemed as if everyone on the train
was studiously avoiding the view of this young
woman and
they buried their heads in their
newspapers, or pretended to be deeply engrossed in
their
conversations.
车上的每个人好像都在刻意回避这位年轻的孕妇
，要么埋头读报，要么假装聊得很投入，无暇
旁顾。
III. Summary
Complete the following statements with words
and expressions from the box. Use their proper
forms.
1 I
The author felt
worn-out and bored because being a part of the rat
race, she had to work really
hard during the
weekdays, and the brief weekend couldn't provide
her with much relaxation, for she
had to deal
with the household chores .
2 As she
waited for the train on the platform, she tuned
out the crowd around her and began to
mentally
sort through the priorities of her work. She
wanted to secure a seat on the train for sitting
would allow her to get a jump on some
paperwork.
3 When the train was pulling
in, the army of commuters was of one mind: Grab an
empty seat at any
cost. Although the author
did the same thing, she began to consider how her
aims of life had
deteriorated.
4 On
the train, a young woman caught the author's
attention. She was expecting a baby and she didn't
have a seat. However, everyone on the train
pretended to be too deeply engrossed in their
conversations or reading to notice her.
5 The author felt a pang of guilt and decided
to give her seat to this young woman. And her
small act
of kindness was as much for her as
it was for the pregnant woman.
Part II
Reading for Pleasure
Exercise
Answer the
following questions.
1 How did the
author feel about the working environment?
She thought it was hostile as well as noisy,
dirty, and lacking in temperature control.
2 What did James think of the author at first?
He looked down upon her. He thought that she
was too young and inexperienced, and he didn’t
want
to work with a woman.
3
What did the author do to try to get
James on her side?
She was punctual and
always did what she had promised. She spent time
on the line trying to
understand the
challenges and obstacles James faced as a
supervisor. She even brought him coffee
and
made a point to ask about his family.
4
How did the author finally change James's attitude
towards her?
She changed his attitude towards
her by asking for his advice on the retooling of
the Cushion Room,
and by giving him all the
credit for the success of the operation.
5 What lesson did the author learn from the
experience?
She learned that one should act
and treat others as he himself wants to be
treated, and should put his
ego down and
sincerely ask for help.
Unit 6 Happiness and
Pleasure
Part I
Exercises
I. Reading
for information 。
A. Reading to find main
ideas
1. A 2. D
B. Reading to find
major details
3 . C 4. D
C. Reading to
find relevant facts
5. B 6. D
II.
Translation
Translate the following sentences
into Chinese.
1. True happiness is such
a rare commodity that the whole of the world is
continuously seeking it and
failing to find
it.
真正的幸福是稀有之物，芸芸众生苦苦寻觅却求之不得。
2.
Only a small percentage of all our wishes is
fulfilled in spite of all our endeavors.
任凭我等费尽努力，能实现的愿望却少之又少。
3.
Desire is a seed which grows fruits of
unhappiness.
欲望是一颗催生不幸之果的种子。
4.
Then why keep desiring constantly and exposing
ourselves to unhappiness?
既然如此，人们为什么还要总是有所欲求，使自己感到不幸福呢？
5. We
do derive pleasure when our desires are fulfilled,
but for every desire fulfilled there are
numerous others that remain unfulfilled.
我们如愿以偿时，确实能得到快乐，但是满足了此愿，却满足不了其他诸多愿望。
III. Summary
Complete the
following statements with words and expressions
from the box. Use their proper forms.
1
The whole trouble starts when we want something.
2 Only a small percentage of all our
wishes is fulfilled in spite of all our endeavors
.
3
The frustration , of
failing to fulfill most of our wishes, sets in.
4 We must explore the possibility of a
life of no desires or minimum desires.
5
Are we ourselves always willing or able to fulfill
the demands of others around us?
6 Almost all
of the time we live inside our minds, either
making plans to fulfill our present desires or
ruing the desires which could not be fulfilled
and in this process miss out all the pleasures
lying all
around us.
7 We have to
consider carefully whether we are not paying too
high a price, in terms of all the
frustrations
we experience as a result of failures, for a few
fulfilled desires.
8 Whatever comes our
way we should try to extract all the pleasure
possible from it.
Part II Reading for Pleasure
Exercise
Answer the following questions.
1 Why does the author feel fortunate
despite the fact that no kids played with her?
Though the author has no peer friends because
of her physical handicap, she can enjoy reading
books
and the love of her parents who are
always there for her.
2 How do you
understand the italicized sentence in the passage,
i.e. “When our illness reveals itself,
it is
usually not understood and therefore criticized”?
When we suffer from illness and people don’t
realize it, it is likely to invite criticisms.
3
What roles do the author’s
parents play in her life?
The author’s father
is always there to support her, encouraging her to
embrace her dream bravely,
while her mother
reminds her of the reality. In other words, her
parents seem to have reached a silent
agreement in helping her keep a balance
between reality and dream.
4 What does
the author mean by the title “Hidden Disability”?
Literally hidden disability refers to
illnesses that are not obvious. People with such
illnesses are
expected to be like everybody
else. In the text the author seems to suggest
that, since she had
achieved “something rarer
than most successful people” despite her hidden
disability, other people,
including normal
people, should be able to do the same as long as
we work hard enough.
5 What does
the author’s mother mean when she said to her “You
were privileged to triumph”?
The author’s
mother implies that her physical handicap was
actually a “privilege” because it gave her
an
opportunity to “triumph” over all the difficulties
unimaginable to normal people and achieve such
a rare success.