英语专业综合教程第二册第五单元练习答案 unit 5 fourteen steps
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Key to Unit 5
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Text Comprehension
I
．
B.
II. 1. F; 2. T; 3. F; 4. T; 5. F.
III.
1. the
second half of his first life.
2. the
day when he was unable to climb those steps, and
was to lie and die.
3. his challenge to
continue living, and misery he had to accept and
cope with in order
to hold on to his
sanity, his wife, his home and his job.
4. He first felt a bit sorry for them,
but then felt relieved by the thought of paying.
5. the old man is blind but he helped
him in the storm; while the writer assumed that a
disabled man deserved other people’s
help but never helped others.
6. he should always be ready to help
others.
IV.
1.
a sad man with little hope for his future, and
everything depended on him to climb
these 14 steps.
2. the
writer was filled with great shame and horror and
became speechless.
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Vocabulary
I.
1. a disease
that gradually became more and more
serious
2.
with
the help of
在
……
的帮
助下
3. looking very carefully
and hard at
凝视
4.
are ready
准备就绪，安排妥当
5. not caring about
对
……
漠不关心
II.
1. tilted; 2. led up to; 3. hold on to;
4. care for; 5. is inclined to; 6. make a living;
7.
follow, example; 8. to a
degree.
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III. Word derivation
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate
forms of the given words.
1. You always
follow your own inclination (incline) instead of
thinking of our feeling.
2. The men
stood in front of the bar, indifferent
(indifference) to the argument that
was
going on across the road.
3. The
company has had a successful first year at home
but penetration (penetrate) of
the
international market has been slow.
4.
We hadn’t seen her for many years and were very
shocked by her
frailty (frail).
5. He does not consider his deafness an
affliction (afflict).
6. We were all
very impressed by the excellence (excellent) of
the design.
7. Her fever is getting
progressively (progress) worse. I think we should
call a doctor.
8. The honeymoon period
was soon followed by the usual disillusionment
(disillusion)
with day-to-day reality.
1. incline
v
.
使有
…
…
倾向，易于；爱好
inclination
n
.
倾向，意愿
inclined
a
.
有
……
倾向的；倾斜的
2. indifference
n
.
不重视，无兴趣，漠不关心
indifferent
a
.
漠不关心的，冷淡的
indifferently
ad
.
不在乎地，冷淡地，淡然地
3. penetrate
v
.
穿透，渗透；看穿
penetrating
a
.
敏锐的，尖锐的；穿透的，透彻的
penetration
n
.
渗透，侵入，突破
4. frail
a
.
脆弱的，虚弱的
frailty
n
.
脆弱，意志薄弱；弱点
5. afflict
v
.
使苦恼，折磨
affliction
n.
痛苦，苦恼，苦难
6. excellent
a
.
极好的，杰出的
excellence
n
.
优秀，卓越，优点
excellently
ad.
优秀地，超群地
7. progress
n
.
进步，发展，前进
progression
n
.
前进
progressive
a
.
前进的，渐进的
8. disillusion
n
.
觉醒，幻灭
disillusionment
n
.
幻灭感
disillusioned
a
.
大失所望的，幻想破灭的
IV.
1. A; 2. C; 3. B; 4. D; 5. B; 6.
A; 7. D; 8. B.
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V. Synonym / Antonym
Give a synonym or an antonym of the
word underlined in each sentence in the sense it
is used.
1. And I managed to
keep my health and optimism, to a degree, because
of 14 steps.
Antonym: pessimism
2. Not so. Here hobbled a
bitterly disillusioned cripple, a man who held on
to his
sanity and his wife and his home
and his job because of 14 miserable steps leading
up
to the back door from his garage.
Synonym: painfully, desperately
3. She went into the house
and a moment later came out bundled in raincoat
and hat,
followed by a man who called a
cheerful greeting.
Antonym: cheerless,
unhappy, gloomy
4. I
started the engine and thumped slowly along,
keeping well over on the shoulder
until
I came to the dirt road, where I turned in
—
thankfully.
Synonym: fortunately
5. He was an old man, stooped and
frail-looking under his slicker.
Synonym: weak, feeble
6. As I became older, I became more
disillusioned and frustrated.
Synonym:
disappointed
7. I realized
that I was filled to overflowing with self-pity,
selfishness, indifference to
the needs
of others and thoughtlessness.
Antonym:
selflessness, unselfishness
8. There followed a long interval of
noises.
Synonym: period
VI. Compounding
Write in each space the meaning of each
given word.
1. likewise
in the same way
2.
underway in progress
3. carefree with no
concern