新视野大学英语第4册课后答案

新版新视野大学英语读写教程第四册unit5答案 unit 5 Section A

Comprehension o f the text I.

1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it is an overwhelming phenomenon in the United States.

2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.

3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with others.

4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends' temporary leaving will be received as a

welcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absence of friends may leave them

with a feeling of emptiness.

5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.

6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves, their pets, the television, or even to strangers.

7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and find pleasure from the current life,. wait for anything happy that may happen.

8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people's solitary life differs from that of great minds (like poets

and philosophers), they should cherish the thought that \\here, we may as well accept it and make the best of it\\Vocabulary III.

1. humble 2. slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept

6. apology 7. observation 8. dictate 9. inadequate 10. solitary Exercises on Web course only:

1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. commodity

IV

1. cast out 2. all by himself 3. stay up late 4. was fond of 5. at one sitting

6. filled up with 7. speaks highly of 8. set forth 9. at length 10. for the time

being V.

1.K 2.H 3.M 4.B 5.A 6.0 7.J 8.D 9.F 10.1 Collocation VI.

1. efficiency 2. status 3. performance 4. standard 5. coordination 6. sense 7. career 8. quality 9. supply 10. accuracy Word Cjuifdin8

VIl.

1. underestimated 2. underpaid 3. overslept 4. Underdeveloped 5. overestimated 6. overcharged 7. underweight 8. overloaded VIll.

1. simplified 2. electrician 3. recovery 4. childlike 5. autobiography 6. underline 7. terrorist 8. overreact sentence structure

IX.

1. The distance between them is not so great as to be unbridgeable. 2. The unity of the masses with the party is never so strong as it is now.

3. The punishment was harsh because Maggie would lose her position, but it was not so bad as losing

her pay.

4. I've heard the terrible noise once or twice before, but never so loud as this one.

5. Men are never so peaceful, so graceful with each other as they are now.

X.

1. You might as well go there to see whether there is the information you need.

2. We might as well call it freedom.

3.You might as well ring and tell them you're going to visit them. 4. We might as well walk home.

5. We might as well find an easier one to read. Translation

XI.

1. This little man is not so innocent as he appears.

2. There's nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.

3. Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that the cooperation can be furthered.

4. On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted.

On the other hand, it will \\come up with constructive suggestions\\

5. His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes would talk at length to himself and his pets

and the television.

6. After all, money is not everything. The richest people are not necessarily the happiest. XII

1.新的机制并不像他们预期的那样有效，因为数月过去了，但管理效率并没有明 显改进。

2.我不想不必要地吓唬你，可你最好还是面对事实，看看一些数字吧。

3.孤独的特点是一种与世隔绝感，而独居则是独自一人却不感到寂寞的状态，它 能引发自我

意识。

4.孤独是一种消极的状态，你会感到失去了某种东西。你可能与别人在一起仍然 感到孤独―

这也许是孤独最痛苦的形式。

5.独居是一种与自我相约的积极的状态。独居是值得向往的，是独自一人、享受 自我愉快而又

充实的陪伴的一种状态。

6.梭罗说，一个人即使身处同伴之中，如果不对他们敞开心扉，仍会感到孤独。 Cloze

XIII.

1 ．B 2.D 3.A 4.B 5．C 6.C 7．D 8．D 9. B 10. A 11 ．C 12. B 13．A 14.C 15.D 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.D 20.C

Structured Writing

XV. Some people prefer to live alone whereas some others have to live alone for one reason or another.

Those people believing in inspirational solitude argue that no companion is more companionable than

solitude. Literary giants such as William Wordsworth, John Milton and Henry Thoreau enjoyed living

alone on purpose. Hunters or explorers enjoy themselves as they venture out to tame the great wild

areas. On the other hand, there are some other people who have to live alone due to various reasons:

being divorced, widowed or never married. Many of them feel bitter to live in solitude. They have no

one to talk to and as a result they talk at length to themselves and to their pets and to the television. Section B

Reading skills

1.A 2.C 3.B 4.C

Comprehension o f the text

II.1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.T 7.T 8.F Vocabulary III.

1. abstract 2. holy 3. Nevertheless 4. odds 5. complicate

6. tolerate 7. depression 8. resorting 9. exclaimed 10. disorder Exercises on Web course only:

11. chew 12. vibrate 13. stale 14. jury IV

1. When he received the admission notice from the university, he knew it was time he struck out on his own.

2. I had to keep the video camera readily accessible in case I saw something that needed to be filmed.

3. Every time she tried to argue with her identical twin Katie, she would end up crying her eyes out.

4. Serious violence has sprung from the conflict over insignificant,

irritating differences.

5. There are many people who believe sincerely that you can train children for life without resorting to punishment.

6. Alan signed a dorm contract with his roommate to head off possible conflicts.

7. He was required to fill in a form before the job interview.

8. Her major concern is how she will make sure the people on the teams get along with one another.

9. Against all the odds, it has worked, and this is a measure of just how strong they both were as

individuals when they came to the marriage ten years ago.

10. What I'd like to do is to help them to see that they don't need to give up on the computer, that they

can actually be the master of it.

新版新视野大学英语读写教程第四册unit6答案 Unit 6 Section A vocabulary

III.

1. Substantial 2. concerning 3. negotiation 4. exaggerate 5. withdrawn 6. commissions 7. financed 8. secure 9. impose 10. donation IV

1. by 2. in 3. of 4. to 5. up

6. on/upon 7. with 8. in 9. in 10. between V

1.O 2.E 3.G 4.1 5.J 6.B 7.K 8.N 9.M 10.D CollocationVI.

1. approaches 2. reward 3. protection 4. honor 5. advice 6. access 7. advantages 8. help 9. sympathy 10. understanding Word Building

VII.

1. foresight 2. forewarned 3. foreground 4. postgraduate 5. post-race 6. foresaw 7. post-Christmas 8. post-election VIII.

1. e-shopper 2. e-merchant 3. e-journal 4. e-classroom 5. e-commerce 6. e-mail 7. e-dictionaries 8. e-cash sentence structure IX.

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