(完整版)新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)高職公共英語(yǔ)系列教材：實(shí)用綜合教程(第二版)第二冊(cè)UNIT5-UNIT8-習(xí)題答案

（完整版）新標(biāo)準(zhǔn)高職公共英語(yǔ)系列教材：實(shí)用綜合教程（第二版）第二冊(cè)UNIT5-UNIT8習(xí)題答案Unit05:ModernCommunicationTextA/ComprehensionA.PairWorkCompletethefollowingsentencesorallyaccording

tothetext.1.WheredidReillycomefrom?Hecamefrom

aChicagoschool.

2.HowmuchtimedidReillytypicallyspendontextingandcallingeverydaybeforehestartedtheAmishProject?Hesent

1,500

textsamonthandspent

600to900

minutesonthephone.

3.WhatdidReilly'sfriendsplayforfun?Theyplayed

WordswithFriendsandAngryBirds.

4.WhatdrivesReillycrazy?Thatnobodyisreallydoinganything,justsittingquietandindulgingintheircellphones

driveshimcrazy.

B.MainIdeaReadthetextagain.Asyouread,underlinewhatyouthinkarethemostimportantideas.Then,inoneortwosentences,writethemainideaofthetext.IttellsuswhatReillylearnedfromlivingwithoutelectronicconveniencesandhowitchangedhislife.

VocabularyBuilding/ExercisesA.MatcheachwordwiththeirproperChinesemeaning.

B.Fillineachofthefollowingblankswiththeproperformofthegivenwords.1.Alexwasalmost

speechless

(speech)withangeranddespair.2.I'm25,

have

aniceflat,agoodjobandI'mnot

unattractive

(attractive).3.Imposingspeed

restrictions

(restrict)iseasy,butforcingmotoriststoobservethemdifficult.4.Iusedtobeafurniture

dealer

(deal).5.Shewouldhavelovedtohaveabetter-payingjobwithmore

responsibility(responsible).6.IknewI'dneverfinda

parking(park)spaceintheSquare.7.Shereceived

recognition

(recognize)forhermanyachievements.8.Shemadefrequent

reference

(refer)toapossiblepromotionduringthetalk.

GrammarTips/ExercisesA.CompletethefollowingsentencesbasedontheinformationgiveninChinese.1.Itisimportant

torememberthetimeandthelocationofthemeeting

(記住會(huì)議的時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)).2.Shewished

tofindthebooksheneeded

(找到她需要的書(shū)).3.Iamglad

totellhimthenews

(告訴他這一消息).4.Mymotheraskedme

tocallherattheweekend

(周末給她打電話).5.Theylefthomeearlyinthemorning

tocatchthefirsttrain

(以便趕上第一班火車).

B.EachofthefollowingsentencescontainsONEmistake.Finditoutandcorrectit.6.Igotupearlierthanusualinordertocatchingthefirsttrain.

A

B

C

D

(D,catch)7.Mybiggestwishnowismakefriendswithasmanypeopleaspossible.

A

B

C

D

(B,tomake)8.Itishightimethatweencouragedourstudentsworkingharder.

A

B

C

D

(C,towork)9.Lateatmidnight,Iheardsomeonetoknockatthedoortwice.

A

B

C

D

(D,knock)10.Finishthetaskwithinthreedaysisnexttoimpossibleforsuchayoungman.A

B

C

D

(A,Finishing)

TextB/ComprehensionA.

Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothetext.1.Howmanyemailsdocorporateusersreceiveaday,accordingtoarecentreportinBusinessWeek?AccordingtoarecentreportinBusinessWeek,corporateemailusersreceiveanaverageof20to30emailsaday.

2.Whatisspam?Spamisunwantedpromotionalemail.

3.Whycanincomingemailbecomeabigproblemifnotmanagedproperly?Asusersbecomedistractedbythesemessages,theyaremorelikelytolosetrackofother,moreimportantmessagesandfallfurtherbehindintheirwork.

4.WhatdoesBrightmailsell?Brightmailsellsserver-basedsoftware.

5.Whycan'temailusers

dependfullyonautomatedfilters?Automatedfilterswillnevercatchallofthespam,sincespammerswillcontinuetoworkhardinordertogettheirmessagesthrough.Apartfromspam,usefulemailswillcontinuetoincreaseinvolume,asemailbecomesanincreasingimportantmethodofcommunicatingforbusinessandpersonalpurposes.

B.Judgewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalseaccordingtothetext.WriteTifitistrue,orFiffalse.1.Emailoverloadaffectseveryonetoday.2.Emailusersoftenspendtimeputtingoutfires.3.Softwaredoesnothelpemailusersverymuch.4.Automatedfilterscancatchallkindsofspam.5.Softwarewillprovidethebestsolutiontoemailoverloadintheend.Key:

1.F

2.F

3.F

4.F

5.F

ComprehensiveExercisesA.Choosethebestanswer.1.Hesoldhisfarmand______hehadenoughmoneyforhisjourney.A.howeverB.thusC.yetD.also

2.ThenextdaywhenIwenttomeetJohn,Ialmostfailedto_____himinhisAustralianbushhat.A.recognizeB.discoverC.detectD.distract

3.IwouldlikeyoutofeelthatIamtalkingdirectlytoyouasyouread____thebook.A.outB.upC.throughD.in

4.Sheis______behindwithherschoolworkbecauseofherillness.A.stayingB.searchingC.graspingD.falling

5.Hewasconsidered______ofaherointhetown.A.somethingB.somewhatC.sometimeD.some

6.Weare

justified

in______equalrightsat

work.A.needingB.requiringC.demandingD.wanting

7.Thearmydefendedthetown______theenemyattack.A.againstB.toC.withD.over

8.Iwant______pencils,please!A.twoofdozenB.twodozenC.twodozensD.twodozensof

B.Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow.regular

personal

favorite

single

same

information

online

website

Twentyyearsago,kidsinschoolhadneverevenheardoftheInternet.Now,I'llbetyoucan'tfinda(1)

single

personinyourschoolwhohasn'tatleastheardofit.Infact,manyofususeitona(2)

regular

basisandevenhaveaccesstoitfromourhomes!TheInternetisavastresourceforalltypesof(3)

information.Youmayenjoyusingittodoresearchforaschoolproject,downloadingyour(4)

favorite

songsorcommunicatingwithfriendsandfamily.However,whenyouemailpeople,youhavetobeverycareful.Ifyou'venevermetthepersonthatyou'recommunicatingwith(5)

online,youcouldbeondangerousground!Youshouldnevergiveawayany(6)

personal

informationtosomeoneyoudon'tknow,notevenyourname!Andjustlikeyoucan'tbelievetheinformationonevery(7)

website

outthere,youcan'talwaystrustthestrangersyou“meet”ontheInternet,either.Justlikeyoucouldmakeupthingsaboutyourselfwhenchattingwithsomeoneonline,heorshecoulddothe(8)

same

toyou!

C.

TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglishusingthewordsorphrasesyouhavelearnedinthisunit.1.

手機(jī)的發(fā)明為我們提供了各種方便。(convenience)Theinventionofcellphonesprovidesuswithallkindsofconveniences.

2.

人們現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)意識(shí)到使用手機(jī)也有一些弊端。(aware)Peoplearenowawareofsomeproblemswiththeuseofcellphones.

3.

有關(guān)張東的電話號(hào)碼，你可以查閱他所在學(xué)校的網(wǎng)頁(yè)。(refer)YoucanrefertoZhangDong'sschool'swebsiteforhisphonenumber.

4.

拒絕使用現(xiàn)代通訊技術(shù)的人會(huì)在競(jìng)爭(zhēng)中落伍。(fallbehind)Thosewhorefusetousemoderntechnologyofcommunicationwillfallbehindintheircompetitionwithothers.

5.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)對(duì)社會(huì)管理部門帶來(lái)了很多挑戰(zhàn)。(challenge)TheInternethasraisedmanychallengestosocialadministrations.

6.

本市的因特網(wǎng)用戶去年幾乎增加了一倍。(double)ThenumberofInternetusersinthiscityalmostdoubledlastyear.

7.

我們不能指望因特網(wǎng)告訴我們一切。(relyon)WecannotrelyontheInternettotelluseverything.

8.

除了打電話外，我們還可以使用電子郵件保持聯(lián)系。(apartfrom)Tostayintouch,wecanwriteemailsapartfrommakingtelephonecalls.

D.TranslatethefollowingpassagefromTextBintoChinese.Incomingemail,ifnotmanagedproperly,canbecomeabigproblem.Asusersbecomedistractedbysomemessages,theyaremorelikelytolosetrackofothermoreimportantmessagesandfallfurtherbehindintheirwork.Aninboxfullofdozensorhundredsofmessagesmakestheuserslessandlessefficientinotherareasofwork,spendingmoreandmoretime“puttingoutfires”causedbythehugeamountofincomingemail.Themoreemailpilesup,thelessusefulitistousersortheircompanies.Theonlywaytoenjoyemail'sbenefitsistomanageitproperly.新郵件如果管理不當(dāng)就會(huì)帶來(lái)大問(wèn)題。用戶的注意力一旦被一些郵件干擾，就很可能會(huì)忽視一些更加重要的郵件，從而大大地影響工作效率。郵箱里塞滿了成百上千的新郵件，用戶需要花越來(lái)越多的時(shí)間去“滅火”，工作上其他事情的效率越來(lái)越低。郵件堆積得越多，對(duì)于用戶及其公司而言就越?jīng)]用處。要想充分利用電子郵件的優(yōu)點(diǎn)，唯一途徑就是恰當(dāng)?shù)丶右怨芾怼?/p>

PracticalReadingandWriting

1.Writeyouranswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.(1)WheredoesthespeakercomefrominSample1?YaleUniversity,U.S.A.

(2)Whenwillthelecturestart?At2:00p.m.

(3)WheredoesthenoticecomefrominSample2?GlobalCorporation.

(4)Whatistheactivitythenoticeisabout?AnexhibitionofhistoricrelicsfromtheHanDynastyrecentlyunearthedinYangzhou.

(5)Whenandwherearethetargetedreadersofthenoticesupposedtogather?AttheSouthEntranceoftheCorporationBuildingat7:00a.m.

2.ExerciseA.SupposetherewillbealecturegivenbyProfessorQiQiangfromShanghaiUniversityonthesubjectof“HowtoSucceedinJobInterviews”onJuly12(Friday),startingat9:00a.m.,intheLectureHalloftheLiberalArtsBuilding.Writeaposteraboutit.

Sampleanswer:

B.SupposetheEastGateofyouruniversitywillbeclosedforrepairbetweenAugust5andAugust16.Writeanoticeinformingpeopleofit.

Sampleanswer:

Unit06:GenerationGap

TextA/ComprehensionA.PairWorkCompletethefollowingsentencesorallyaccordingtothetext.1.

HowlonghadNancybeenhomefromschoolforChristmas?Shehadbeenhomefor

threedays.

2.

WhatdidNancy'sfatherfear?Hefearedthat

theplaguemightstartinhisdaughter'sroom.

3.

What“old-fashioned”ideacouldn'tNancy'smothershake?Theideawasthat

oneshouldmakethebedinthemorning.

4.

Whycouldn'tNancy'smothertreatherasanadult?BecauseNancy

threwherclothesonthefloor.

5.

WhatwasNancy'spriority,accordingtothetext?Nancy'sprioritywasto

becomeafreespiritwhothinksforherself.

B.MainIdeaReadthetextagain.Asyouread,underlinewhatyouthinkarethemostimportantideas.Then,inoneortwosentences,writethemainideaofthetext.Theargumentsonwhetherit'snecessarytocleanuptheroombetweenNancyandherparentsreflectsagenerationgapwhichseemshardtobridge.

VocabularyBuilding/ExercisesA.Match

thewordsintheleft-handcolumnwith

the

Chinese

meaningsontheright.

B.Fillineachblankwithagivenwordorexpressionintheirrightform.1.Hewaselectedbya

majority

(major)of3,240votes.2.Whathesaiddoesn'tseemtohavemuch

meaning

(mean).3.Hisbeliefinhisowntalentis

unshakable

(shake).4.Hereisa

collection

(collect)ofstampsforyoutoenjoy.5.Thestatementthathecouldeatfiftyeggsisan

exaggeration

(exaggerate).6.Irefusedtostayinhis

messy

(mess)bedroom.7.Iopenedabankaccountformy

savings

(save).8.Whatyouaresayingdoesn'thaveany

relevance

(relevant)tothematterinhand.

GrammarTipsA.CompletethefollowingsentencesbasedontheinformationgiveninChinese.1.Ihavenotfinishedallthetasks

theteacherassignedlastweek

(老師上周布置的).2.Thenews

Igotfromthenewspaper

(我從報(bào)紙上看到的)wasdisappointing.3.Hedecidedtoleavethetown

wherehehadlivedfor20years

(他已經(jīng)待了二十年的).4.Icouldnotremembertheafternoon

whenwevisitedthePalaceMuseum

(我們參觀故宮的).5.Johnisthelastperson

whomightgetthepost

(可能贏得這一崗位的).

B.EachofthefollowingsentencescontainsONEmistake.Finditoutandcorrectit.6.TheplacewhereinterestedmemostwastheChildren'sPalace.A

B

C

D

(A,which)

7.Isthereanyoneinyourclasswhichfamilyisinthecountry?A

B

C

D

(B,whose)

8.ThisistheonlybookwhichIfoundusefultomyresearch.A

B

C

D

(C,that)

9.Thewayonwhichhelooksatproblemsismuchtooideal.A

B

C

D

(A,inwhich)

10.Theofficialwhomweappliedforapermitwasmostobliging.A

B

C

D

(B,towhom)

TextB/ComprehensionA.Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothetext.1.WhatiscrucialforChineseparentsiftheywanttogettheirchildrentoworkhard?Itiscrucialforthemtooverridetheirchildren'spreference.

2.WhydoChineseparentsneedtohaveastrongwillontheirpart?Becausetheirchildrenwillresistworking.

3.Whatcanmaketheoncenot-funactivityfun?Thepraise,admirationandsatisfactionthechildrengetfortheirgoodwork.

4.WhatareWesternparentsextremelyanxiousabout?Theyareextremelyanxiousabouttheirchildren'sself-esteem.

5.WhydoChineseparentsnotrespectalloftheirchildren'sowndesireandpreferences?Becausetheybelievethattheyknowwhatisbestfortheirchildren.

B.Judgewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalseaccordingtothetext.WriteTifitistrue,orFiffalse.1.Chinesechildrenunderstandthatnothingisfununlessoneisgoodatit.2.Chinesechildrenaregenerallywillingtoworkhardatstudying.3.TheChinesestrategytendstoproduceavirtuouscircle.4.Chinesechildrenbelievethattheirparentsowethemeverything.5.Westernparentstrytorespecttheirchildren'schoices,andprovidethemwithafavorableenvironment.Key:1.F

2.F

3.F

4.F

5.T

ComprehensiveExercisesA.Choosethebestanswertocompleteeachofthefollowingsentences.1.Ididnotlikethehouseatthebeginningbutthenewfurniture________allthedifference.A.took

B.madeC.did

D.had

2.Istoppedsmokingforthe________ofhealth.A.sake

B.reasonC.cause

D.purpose

3.Youshouldmake________yourbedbeforeyouleaveforschool.A.off

B.outC.up

D.on

4.I________togiveyouthebooktoday,butIforgottobringit.A.realized

B.concernedC.counted

D.meant

5.Shepouredwaterallovermyalbum,and________it.A.ruined

B.chargedC.changed

D.recalled

6.Somepeoplelikefatmeat,________othershateit.A.however

B.whereasC.since

D.because

7.Accidentsoften________fromcarelessness.A.cause

B.ariseC.lead

D.trust

8.Whatyousaidjustnowisnotthebestapproach________thisproblem.A.for

B.ofC.to

D.against

B.Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow.habit

common

deal

result

traditional

relationship

The“generationgap”referstothedistanceandconflictbetweentheoldandtheyoung.Itisa(1)

common

phenomenonthatexistseverywhereintheworld.Veryoften,thegenerationgapwill(2)

result

indifferentunderstandingsofthechangesinsociallife,indifferentreactionstonewthingsanddifferentattitudesto(3)

traditional

principlesandbeliefs.TakeJohn'sfamilyforexample.Everyday,Johnwantstogetuplatebecausehehasthe(4)

habit

ofstayinguplateintothenight.Buthisfatheroftenaskshimtogotobedatanearlyhouratnightandgetupearlyinthemorning.Besides,Johnandhisfatheroftenhavedifferentideasaboutdoingthesamething.Thegenerationgapisnaturalbutcannotbeignored.Ifwedonot(5)

deal

withitproperly,thegapwillbecomewiderandwider.Itwillaffectthe(6)

relationship

betweentheoldandtheyoung.

C.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglishusingthewordsorphrasesyouhavelearnedinthisunit.1.年輕人與他們的父母之間在用錢問(wèn)題的看法上經(jīng)常存在某種差距。(gap)Thereoftenexistssomegapintheviewsontheuseofmoneybetweentheyoungandtheirparents.

2.對(duì)于年長(zhǎng)者來(lái)說(shuō)，年輕人是否尊重他們這一點(diǎn)很重要。(mean)Totheold,whethertheyoungrespectthemornotmeansalot.

3.對(duì)于許多年長(zhǎng)者來(lái)說(shuō)，健康是首要考慮。(concern)Formanyoldpeople,healthisthefirstconcern.

4.有些父母對(duì)孩子缺乏足夠的信心。(confidence)Someparentsdonothaveenoughconfidenceintheirchildren.

5.他擔(dān)心自己的選擇會(huì)遭到父母的反對(duì)。(fear)Hefearedthathisparentswouldbeagainsthischoice.

6.代溝形成的主要原因是父母與孩子之間缺乏足夠的溝通。(major)Themajorcauseforgenerationgapisthelackofcommunicationbetweenparentsandchildren.

7.兩代人在許多重要問(wèn)題上優(yōu)先考慮的問(wèn)題不一樣。(priority)Thetwogenerationshavedifferentprioritiesonmanyimportantmatters.

8.年輕人在與父母發(fā)生意見(jiàn)分歧時(shí)要注意使用一些策略。(strategy)Youngpeopleneedtousesomestrategieswhentheirviewsaredifferentfromthoseoftheirparents.

D.TranslatethefollowingpassagefromTextBintoChinese..Westernparentstrytorespecttheirchildren'sindividuality,encouragingthemtopursuetheirtruepassions,supportingtheirchoices,andprovidingafavorableenvironment.Bycontrast,theChinesebelievethatthebestwaytoprotecttheirchildrenisbypreparingthemforthefuture,lettingthemseewhatthey'recapableof,andarmingthemwithskills,workhabitsandinnerconfidencethatnoonecanevertakeaway.西方的父母會(huì)盡量尊重孩子的個(gè)性，鼓勵(lì)孩子追求自己的夢(mèng)想，支持孩子的選擇，提供好的環(huán)境。相比之下，中國(guó)人認(rèn)為，保護(hù)孩子的最好方式是為孩子的未來(lái)做好準(zhǔn)備，讓孩子了解自己的能力，培養(yǎng)孩子各項(xiàng)技能和良好的學(xué)習(xí)習(xí)慣，樹(shù)立孩子內(nèi)在的自信，因?yàn)檫@些別人永遠(yuǎn)拿不走。

PracticalReadingandWriting/Exercises

1.Writeyouranswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.(1)WhereareRuthandBillthinkingofgoingthissummer?(Sample1)TheyarethinkingofgoingtoHongKong.

(2)Whattimedoesthedinnerusuallystart?(Sample1)Atseven.

(3)WhatisMr.Smithbeinginvitedtodo?(Sample2)Todiscusswithustheagreementwereachedlasttimeandinspectourwarehouse.

(4)HowlongisMr.Smithexpectedtostay?(Sample2)Foraweekortwo.

2.Belowaretwosituationsthatmakeitnecessaryforyoutowriteinvitationletters.Studythesamplescarefullybeforeyoudoyourownwriting.A.Youaregoingtocelebrateyour20thbirthdaythisSaturdayevening,January25,between6:00–8:30p.m.atarestaurantnearthecampus.YouwishtoinviteYangJing,yourformerclassmate,tothebirthdayparty.

Sampleanswer:

B.Yourcompany,theNanjingSoftwareDevelopmentCorporation,isplanningasalespromotionfaironFebruary25,nextmonth,onthesecondflooroftheJiangsuExhibitionCenter.Asgeneralmanager,youwishtoinviteThompsonWardofanAmericanelectronicscompanytoattendthisfair,tellinghimthatyouwillcoverhisairfareandaccommodation.Youalsoexpectanearlyreplyfromhim.

Sampleanswer:

Unit07:GenderDifferences

TextA/ComprehensionA.PairWorkCompletethefollowingsentencesorallyaccordingtothetext.1.WhatwasJulia'sspecialtechniquewhenshewasinneedofsupport?Shewouldgotoherdadandtalkabout

whatwasbotheringher.2.HowwouldherdadrespondwhenJuliacomplainedthatherfriendhadsaidshetalkedtoomuch?Herdadwould

respondwithasupportive“Ah,Julia.”3.WhatwasJulia'smotivewhenshewascreatinga“safeplace”forherself?Julia'smotivebehindhereffortisto

healherself.4.Whatarethetwoelementsthatmostpeopleuseinhealingthemselves?Thetwoelementsare

findingsafetyandthentellingtheirpersonalstory.5.WhydoesLukenotsaytohisfatherthatheneedsspecialtime?Hedoesnotdosoforthereasonthat

sittingfacetofaceissimplynotsafeforhim.

B.MainIdeaReadthetextagain.Asyouread,underlinewhatyouthinkarethemostimportantideas.Then,inoneortwosentences,writethemainideaofthetext.Thetextconcernsgenderdifferencesintermsofsolvingpersonalproblemsbygivingexamplesoftheauthor'sdaughterJulia,whogoestoherfatherandtellsherstory,andhissonLuke,whodoesnotfeelsafetodoso,butmustbuildtrustinadifferentway.

VocabularyBuilding/ExercisesA.Matchthewordsintheleft-handcolumnwiththeChinesemeaningsontheright.

B.Fillineachofthefollowingblankswiththeproperformofthegivenwords.1.Theyhavebeenstudyingthe

occurrence

(occur)ofheartdiseaseinJapan.2.Aftermuch

thought

(think)hedecidednottobuythecar.3.Myvisittotheplacewasa

painful

(pain)experience.4.Mylibrarybooksareaweek

overdue

(due).5.Hisfacelooked

guilty

(guilt).6.IknowI'monlyan

idealistic

(ideal)fool,buthonestly,thatisouronlyhope.7.They

married

(marriage)intheirtwenties.8.Aircraftnoiseisparticularly

bothersome

(bother)heresincewe'reclosetotheairport.

GrammarTips/ExercisesA.CompletethefollowingsentencesbasedontheinformationgiveninChinese.1.Myquestionis

howwecancompletethetaskasscheduled

(我們?nèi)绾尾拍馨磿r(shí)完成任務(wù)).2.Thepointis

thathedoesn'tknowhowtheaccidentoccurred

(他根本不知道事故是怎么發(fā)生的).3.WhatIwanttoknowis

whetherXiaoZhangiswillingtoattendthemeeting

(小張是否愿意參加這次會(huì)議).4.Hertroublewas

wheretofindthebook

(哪里才能找到這本書(shū)).5.Mymother'swishhasalwaysbeen

thatIwillbecomeasuccessfuldoctoroneday

(我有一天會(huì)成為一名成功的醫(yī)生).

B.EachofthefollowingsentencescontainsONEmistake.Finditoutandcorrectit.6.WhathetoldmeyesterdaywashewouldimmigratetotheU.S.

A

B

C

D

(C,wasthat)7.MybiggestconcernisifMarywillarriveontimeornot.

A

B

C

D(B,whether)8.ThetroubleJackisfacingiswhodependontomanagethecompany.A

B

C

D

(C,isdependedon)9.ThereasonIfailedtheexamwasbecauseIhadbeentoocarelessinmystudy.

A

B

C

D

(C,that)10.Thatremainsunclearwhowillbeelectedministers.

A

B

C

D(A,It)

TextB/ComprehensionA.Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothetext.1.Whatareseveralrecentstudiesabout?Youngbabieshavebeenobservedandtestedtodiscoverhowdifferentabilitiesaredeveloped.

2.WhoisJeromeKagan?JeromeKaganis

apsychologistatHarvardUniversity.

3.Whydobabygirlsusuallytalkatanearlieragethanboysdo?Girlsare

physicallymorereadytorememberfacts,tospell,andtoread.

4.Whatisanaggressivepersonlikeaccordingtothetext?Anaggressiveperson

hascourageandenergy.Hefeelsstrongandindependent.Heisoftenthefirstonetostartafight.

5.Howdoesthemothertrainherdaughterandsondifferently?Whilethemother

keepsherdaughterclosetoher,shetrainshersontomoveawayfromher,tofosterindependence.

B.Judgewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalseaccordingtothetext.WriteTifitistrue,orFiffalse.1.Peoplegenerallybelievethatonlyboysexcelinscience.2.Allgirlshavebettervocabulariesthanboys.3.Aggressivenessinboysisalsocausedbyfathersbesideshormones.4.Malesaretrainedtobeaggressivewhentheyaremiddleschoolstudents.5.Fewpeoplebelievethatwomencouldsucceedinscienceandindustryiftheyweretrainedtobeindependent,asboysare.Key:1.T

2.F

3.F

4.F

5.F

ComprehensiveExercisesA.Choosethebestanswertocompleteeachofthefollowingsentences.1.Itishardtoseehowtheissuecanberesolved________everyone'ssatisfaction.A.in

B.aboveC.to

D.with2.ThisplanImentionedjustnowis________todiscussion.A.open

B.openedC.opening

D.openness3.WhenIwascooking,itsuddenly________tomethatIhadforgottobuysalt.A.happened

B.cameC.occurred

D.thought4.Drivingaboatisnotthesame________drivingacar.A.like

B.withC.for

D.as5.Idon'twanttogoout________theheavyrainoutside.A.becauseof

B.forC.because

D.since6.Goandbuyacopyofthisbook.Itisstillin________.A.shop

B.stockC.sale

D.store7.It'sgettingcold.You________putonmoreclothes.A.hadto

B.willC.hadbetter

D.wouldbetter8.ItseemsthatMaryhassometrouble________thissound.A.pronouncing

B.pronounceC.topronounce

D.topronouncing

B.Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow.

People'sideasongender(1)

vary

fromonetoanother.Somepeoplethinkthatmenaremoreintelligentthanwomen.Theyholdthisopinionbecausetheythinkmenarestrongernotonlyphysicallybutalsomentally.Forinstance,menoccupymostoftheimportant(2)

social

positionsinsociety.

Buteverycoinhastwosides.Althoughtheaboveviewsoundsreasonable,othersbelievethatwomenaresuperior(3)

to

men.Fromtheirpointof(4)

view,withoutwomen,therewouldbenothingformensinceallmenwerebornbywomen.

Asforme,neitheroftheabovetwoviewsiscorrect.Inmyopinion,menandwomenplay(5)

equal

roles.Scienceandtechnologyplayanimportantpartinmodernsociety.Anyonewithadvancedscientific(6)

knowledge

willbethewinnernomatterwhich(7)

gender

heorshebelongsto.Besides,noevidenceprovesthatonesexissuperiortoormoreintelligentthantheother.Inshort,Ithinkmenandwomenareequalandtheyshould(8)

work

togethertomakeabetterworldforthemselves.

C.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglishusingthewordsorphrasesyouhavelearnedinthisunit.1.一些女性抱怨說(shuō)重要崗位都被男性占據(jù)著。(complain)Somewomencomplainthatimportantpostsarealloccupiedbymen.2.男性與女性在社會(huì)中應(yīng)該相互支持。(supportive)Menandwomenshouldbemutuallysupportiveinsociety.3.在我看來(lái)，男性與女性都不比對(duì)方更優(yōu)越。(superior)Inmyopinion,neithermennorwomenaresuperiortotheother.4.目前的一個(gè)變化是，一些女性擔(dān)任國(guó)家元首了。(current)Acurrentchangeisthatsomewomenhavebecometheheadsoftheircountries.5.我們的最終目的就是要結(jié)束對(duì)婦女的不公正對(duì)待。(goal)Ourultimategoalistobringtoanendunjusttreatmenttowomen.6.與男性相比，女性有時(shí)會(huì)缺少安全感。(security)Unlikemen,womensometimeslackthesenseofsecurity.7.我們都假定男女應(yīng)該同工同酬。(presume)Weallpresumethatmenandwomenshouldbeequallypaidforwhattheydo.8.眾所周知，在對(duì)陌生人的判斷上，男女有一點(diǎn)細(xì)微的差別。(itisknownthat...)Itisknownthatthereexistslightdifferencesbetweenmenandwomenintheirjudgementaboutstrangers.

D.TranslatethefollowingpassagefromTextBintoChinese.Whatproducesandbreedsaggressioninlittleboys?Ithaslongbeendeemedthataggressionisinducedby