大學體驗英語綜合教程課后答案Unit12

1、Unit 1> Caring for Our EarthPassage A（三）、窗體頂端1. Answer: A tree frog has taken up residence in my studio. Answer: He stopped and turned around and just sat there looking at me.2. Answer: Possibly the tone of my computer sounded to him like other tree frogs.3. Answer: Frogs were dying around t

2、he world. Answer: Frogs were being found whose skin was like paper.Answer: Frogs are an “indicator species”.4. Answer: The frogs have a message for us.Answer: We must be the adults for the planet.Answer: There are no boundaries, that there is no more time.三窗體底端 （四）、Answer: greenhouseresidenceco

3、mmunicatewiredhummingmessagesensitivityindicator （五）、Answer: 1. d 2. a 3. b 4. e 5. c 1. tone threatening 2. sensitivity smell 3. affected climate 4. tap resources 5. concerns environment （六）、 Answer: 1. subtle 2. were overtaken 3. species 4. decades 5. boundaries 6. audio 7. directly 8. focus 9. to

4、ne 10. cupped （七）、 Answer: 1. at that rate 2. For the sake of 3. come to 4. by hand 5. vice versa （八）、1. 年輕人有時會抱怨無法和父母溝通。(communicate with)Answer: Young people sometimes complain of being unable to communicate with their parents.2. 能在中國云南的一個苗家村落住下來一直是瑪麗長久以來的夢想，現(xiàn)在她終于夢想成真了。(to take up residence) Answe

5、r: It has been Marys long cherished dream to take up residence in a Miao village in Yunnan, China. Now her dream has finally come true.3. 家養(yǎng)的動物習慣于依賴人，因此很難能在野外活下來。(survive) Answer: Domestic animals are used to depending on humans, so it is difficult for them to survive in the wild.4. 他突然有種恐懼感，覺得自己會因為

6、經(jīng)濟不景氣而被公司裁員。(overtake) Answer: He was suddenly overtaken by a fear that he would be laid off by the company because of depression.5. 我估計公交路線上堵車了，因為我都等了30分鐘也沒見一輛車開過去。(figure)Answer: I figure that there is a traffic jam on the route of the bus, for Ive waited for 30 minutes without seeing one passing

7、by.（9） 、Answer: In spite of trade frictions, the US cannot do without China or vice versa. Answer: If you find yourself working without efficiency, youd better relax for a while.Answer: The speaker glanced around the audience this way and that before he started speaking.Answer: My fathers opinion on

8、 my job change sounded to me like a warning.Answer: The labor union agreed to give up a pay increase for the sake of more job opportunities.（十）、Answer: The sandstorm is a horrible phenomenon. The clouds of dust are so heavy that you can hardly breathe. It is so dark that it may cause trafic accident

9、s.Answer: Droughts result from lack of water, which is essential for plants and animals. The failure of crops leads to food shortage, and sometimes even famine.Answer: The flood washes away houses, destroys ields, and causes life and property losses. People may be left homeless and suffer diseases.C

10、auses: The increase of disasters is mainly caused by human activities. With the growth of population, we need more resources from the Earth. Deforestation, over-cultivation, together with other factors, lead to the imbalance of the ecosystem. And this in turn causes more natural disasters.Passage BT

11、hink about it:1. What is Mission Zero?Answer: It is a goal set by Interface that the company will eliminate any negative impact Interface has on the environment by the year 2020.2. What can we do to achieve sustainability? Answer: We can start doing something first, then do something else. Only when

12、 everyone in our society is involved can we expect to transform our entire system into a sustainable one.3. Do you know you can figure out the meaning of a new word just by the context? Answer: Open.（十三）、Answer:1. indicating the use of a lot of a particular thinge.g. The labor-intensive products suc

13、h as shoes, clothes, toys, hardware and so on, come primarily from small enterprises.As agriculture has become more knowledge-intensive, farmers have greatly improved output with less land and labor.2. without a particular thinge.g. As the punishment for drunk driving is getting more severe, the sal

14、e of alcohol-free beer is on the rise.Part of the attraction to the island is that tourists can buy imported goods there at duty-free prices.3. having a very close and friendly relationshipe.g. Our client-intimate service contributes much to the growth of the company.The GPS is designed in a user-in

15、timate approach, and you can easily find your way just by a few touches on its screen.4. partner or associate in an activity or job e.g. As the proud co-sponsor of the conference, we come not only to offer our support, but also share our experience.Penn, co-author of National Food And Agriculture Po

16、licy, has served for three years as a senior economist at the United States Department of Agriculture.5. in a better, faster or further waye.g. For the first time, smartphones have out-sold PCs in terms of number of units in the first quarter of this year.Using keywords in the title of your blog pos

17、ts helps out-rank others in search engines.（15） 、1. 十年前，當公司還處在生產(chǎn)的鼎盛時期時，我們就決定投資新技術，將公司轉(zhuǎn)型為技術密集型 企業(yè)。由于擁有先進技術，我們在激烈動蕩的市場競爭中脫穎而出。現(xiàn)在我們的成本下降了百分之三十，銷售業(yè)績卻上漲了三分之二，利潤翻了一番。 Answer: Ten years ago, when our company was at the height of its production, we decided to invest in new technologies, so as to turn our co

18、mpany into a technology-intensive one. With our advanced technologies, we out-competed all our competitors in the rough and tumble of the marketplace. Now we have reduced the cost by 30 percent, even as / while our sales have grown by two-thirds and the earnings have doubled.2. 我們將可持續(xù)性定義為保持企業(yè)盈利，但不以環(huán)

19、境為代價。從商業(yè)的角度看，這合理嗎？事實上，在追求可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標的過程中，我們的收益已經(jīng)超過了所有的投資和開支?？沙掷m(xù)發(fā)展的推進起到了如此重要的作用，幫助我們撐過了史上最深重的經(jīng)濟衰退。 Answer: We define sustainability as keeping a business profitable, but not at the expense of the environment. Does this make good business sense? Actually, what we get has more than offset all the investmen

20、ts and expenses incurred in pursuit of the goal of sustainable development. The boost of sustainability made such a difference that it helped us survive the deepest recession in the history.（十六）、Answer: from bad to worse Answer: loss of hopeAnswer: fuels like petroleum and coal.Answer: very dryAnswe

21、r: a movement away from a place（17） 、Answer: 這一舉措在競爭艱難而殘酷的市場上勝過了所有對手。Answer: 代溝明顯表現(xiàn)在消費上：年輕人什么都會去買，而老年人則喜歡節(jié)儉。Answer: 機器的發(fā)明使世界進入了一個新紀元工業(yè)時代，金錢主宰了一切。Answer: 每個人的生活都有酸甜苦辣。Answer: 麥肯立博士竭盡全力喚起公眾對嚴峻的環(huán)保問題的關注。Answer: 那條消息讓我毛骨悚然。Answer: 她在演講中用了許多術語，聽眾聽得莫名其妙。Answer: 這些問題盤根錯節(jié)，三言兩語說不清楚。Unit 2> Nobel Prize Winn

22、ersListen and TalkAnswer: 1. invitations 2. around the world 3. reach 4. institution 5. specially appointed experts 6. vote 7. diploma 8. medal 9. is followed by 10. including Passage AThink About It: 1. What do you think makes a successful scientist?Answer:1. Curiosity, patience, determination, gen

23、ius, persistence . 2. What kind of boy was Einstein in his parents eyes?Answer:2. They might have thought him slow because he hardly spoke until he was almost three years old. . Einstein once said: “Curiosity has its own reason for existence.” How do you understand this statement?Answer:2. Einstein

24、was right because he himself was passionately curious when he was young. His curiosity was sparked by wanting to know what controlled the compass needle and this led to his later success.（二）、 答案：Clues of the interview:1. Paulines surprise to Einstein with his new baby sister, and Einsteins response.

25、2. Einsteins recall of the compass.3. Majas recall of the card house built by her brother, and Einsteins interpretation of his patience and determination to keep at things longer.（3） 、答案：1. the compassWhy would the compass always find its way back to pointing in the direction of north? What invisibl

26、e force controlled the compass needle? (Para. 9) 答案：2. a book on Euclidean plane geometryHow could people use Euclidean plane geometry to prove theorems of angles and lines that were in no way obvious? (Para. 6)Could I adopt mathematics as a tool to prove the behavior of the universe? (Para. 6) 答案：3

27、. beauty of simplicityHow could I find the beauty of simplicity in the apparently complex nature? (Para. 7)How could I make the essence of my ideas understandable to everyone? (Para. 7) 答案：4. his ultimate questHow did God create this world? (Para. 11)What were His thoughts? (Para. 11)（4） 、Answer: 1.

28、 compass 2. inspiration 3. curious 4. persistent 5. stimulated 6. inspired 7. genius 8. Complex（5） 、 Answer:   1. The spokesman was merely given a condense version of the document, so he didnt know much about the details. (condensed)2. Stouts curious in science was

29、 sparked by the fascinating stories about Nobel Prize winners. (curiosity)3. When there is too much smoke in the room, the devise would automatically turn on the alarming system. (device)4. Anyone without patience and persistent is unlikely to make a good researcher. (persistence

30、)5. There is convinced evidence that stress is partly responsible for his failing health. (convincing)（6） 、 Answer:    1. fundamental 2. ultimate 3. sparked 4. apparently 5. patience 6. curiosity 7. convince 8. detail 9. responses 10. (has) stirred （7） 、 Answer: &#

31、160; 1. fooled . into 2. came upon 3. join in 4. come up with 5. up to （8） 、1. 記者敦促發(fā)言人就此次軍事打擊作出解釋。(press for) Answer: Reporters pressed the spokesman for an explanation of the military attack.2. 他的競選演講未能使選民相信他就是參議員的合適人選。(convince) Answer: His election speech failed to convince th

32、e voters that he was the right person for the Senate seat.3. 盡管我承認有問題存在，但我并不認為這些問題不能解決。(while) Answer: While I admit that there are problems, I dont agree that they cannot be solved.4. 他在電視上的第一次辯論給觀眾留下了深刻的印象。(impression) Answer: His first debate on TV made a deep impression on his audience

33、.5. 一切事物都是互相聯(lián)系又互相作用的。(interact with)Answer: All things are interrelated and interact with each other.（9） 、1、Answer: She might have thought that history was just boring names and dates, but Professor Yis lectures completely changed her view.2、 Answer: After the plane crash, all the survivors could do

34、 was wait for rescue on this desert island.3、 Answer: JThe little boy happened to read some stories about Bermuda Triangle that did stir his curiosity in the mysteries of nature.4、 Answer: The DNA test result was evidence to the police that the murderer was someone else.5、 Answer: Darwin was convinc

35、ed that The Theory of Evolution is based on natural selection.Passage BThink About It1. What would you do if you were awarded the Nobel Prize?Answer: Open. Give big parties, have a vacation, write books, celebrate, retire or continue to work hard .2. What did Zewail plan to do after he won the Nobel

36、 Prize?Answer: He would remain active in research and in publishing papers, and look for more breakthroughs.3. Do you know that in many cases the part of speech which a word falls into can be recognized simply through its ending part, known as suffix, such as -sion, -ive, etc.?Answer: Open.（十四）、Line

37、MetaphorsContextual Meanings30open new windowsmake new discoveries31forefront of the arenaleading position of the field32molecular dancesmolecular movements32a wealth of experiencesa large amount of experience33sailed to the top of his classreached the top of his class47under his beltin his possessi

38、on（15） 、1. 這位年輕的埃及男孩在一些化學項目中積累了豐富的經(jīng)驗。這些經(jīng)驗幫助他在埃及大學讀書時成績名列班級前茅。在研究生學習即將結束時，他決定在化學學習方面繼續(xù)深造。當面臨選擇去哪所大學時，他選擇了賓夕法尼亞大學而放棄了加州理工學院，僅僅只是因為他當時認為“大學”比“學院”聽起來更負盛名。Answer: This young Egyptian boy had received a wealth of experience in some chemistry projects. Such experience helped him to sail to the top of his c

39、lass at college in Egypt. When he was about to finish his postgraduate study, he decided to further his chemistry education. When confronted with choosing which university to go to, he chose University of Pennsylvania over California Institute of Technology (Caltech) just because he thought “university” sounded more prestigious than “institute”.2. 瑞典皇家科學院授予他第28屆諾貝爾醫(yī)學獎，以褒獎他為戰(zhàn)勝癌癥所做的開創(chuàng)性工作。實際上，他已經(jīng)做了整整20年的研究才取得了這一了不起的突破，他也是他所在大學第一位獲得諾貝爾獎殊榮的教師。如今已將諾貝爾獎收入囊中的他更加堅定地聲言，將以前所未有的更大動力去繼續(xù)開