7. kept worrying me 8. watching closely 9. get warm
10. in a cheerful mood
V. Correct the errors in the following passage. The passage contains ten errors, one in each indicated line. In each case, only one word is involved.
(1) Faced with or with Faced with is passive and facing active (2) expectancy (noun) degree of expectancy
(3) grow up used of children, more than physical growth (4) get on or get along be friendly, not fight
(5) put under pressure is seen as coming from above, hence, to be under pressure
(6) which or in which the way in which you do something -- common expression (7) until one needed for sense (8) physically (adverb) (9) earlier comparison
(10) business one general area of business
VI. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE approprtate word. 1. teach 2. confronted 3. questions 4. tail 5. plural 6. computers 7. thought 8. time 9. sure 10. check 11. answer 12. possible 13. guess 14. down 15. victory 16. rewarded 17.. battle 18. end Translation
I. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in the brackets.
1. The company was started by a couple of enterprising young men.
2. He's a former heavyweight champion and is expected to win the bout easily. 3. Many hours of meticulous preparation have gone into writing the book. 4. She was attired from head to foot in black.
5. I've been scrimping and saving all the year to pay for our holiday. 6. I know he's well-meaning, but I wish he'd leave us alone.
7. He became very indignant when it was suggested he had made a mistake. 8. For the umpteenth time, Anthony, knives and forks go in the middle drawer! 9. I'm afraid sewing isn't one of my fortes.
10. She was buoyed by the warm reception her audience gave her. II. Translate the following passage into English.
The foreign students at New York University come from more than 130 countries. Fifty percent are from Asia, especially South Korea, Japan and China. Foreign students are studying in all fourteen schools within the university. These include arts and sciences, law, business and education. Seventy-five percent of the foreign students are in graduate school. About twenty-five percent are in four-year programs that lead to a bachelor's degree.
The cost of attending New York University is different in each of its schools. For example, one year of study at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service costs about $19,000. Some other schools within NYU cost more. Some cost less. The housing cost is about $ 9,000 a year.
Bachelor's degree students at NYU can borrow money from financial institutions to help pay for their studies. Foreign students in graduate school at NYU can get teaching or research jobs at the university. They can also get loans from financial institutions.
综合教程VI-3:Key to Exercises: Text Comprehension
I．Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose: A
II．Judge，according to the text，whether the following statements are true or false: 1．T．Refer to Paragraph 2．
2．F．Much of online writing is very bad indeed: sloppy，meandering，Puerile，ungrammatical，poorly spelled，badly structured and at times virtually content free．Refer to Paragraph 4． 3．T．Refer to Paragraph 6．
4．F．Polished prose by professional writers often seems long-winded and phony. Unless they adjust to the new medium，professional writers can come across as self-important blowhards in debates with more nimble networkers．Refer to Paragraph 10．
5．T．Refer to Paragraph 11． III．Answer the following questions．
1．By relating the invention of the telephone with the use of the computer networks，the author seems to suggest that writing，which went out of style with the invention of the telephone，is experiencing an unexpected come．back with online letter writing． 2．The author USeS these examples to tell the readers that there are some similarities between netwriting and those experimental，even innovative writing modes in history，and so netwriting could be regarded as a kind of renaissance．But he finds in this comparison that much of netwriting is awfully bad——sloppy，meandering，ungrammatical，poorly spelled and even content free． 3．There are three reasons that are assumed to be responsible for the poor quality of netwriting．The first has to do with the nature of the writing which is regarded as“written speech”and is of little value．The second is the fact that some netwriting such as E-mail is written in a hurry．The last reason is the low barriers to entry of the online world，so that much second—rate fiction and poetry are produced and sent out． 4．Because too many people are competing for readers’attention．Obviously those who fail to make any impact will be washed out，hence Darwin’s principle of survival of the fittest．
5. The author is referring to different features between netwriting and published papers．Netwriters can freely lace their writings with strange acronyms and“smileys，‖while the published prose copied onto bulletin boards from books and magazines often seems long-winded and phony．
6．The stuff of netwriting may seem foolish and trivial，but most people’s life is foolish and trivial，too．For millions of people those networks represent“a living breathing life of letters．”In other words，networks will survive because they appeal to most people．
IV．Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text．
1．...writers work in a kind of cooperation in which they are engaged in heated discussions and arguments about different ideas until they come up with really brilliant ones．
2．If they do not adjust themselves to the medium of netwriting，they can make themselves look conceited and self-important in debates with more quick-witted and flexible networkers． Writing strategies
In Paragraph 3 the author quotes the following persons in support of the idea that Email and netwriting could be compared to the writings in history that were experimental
and flexible in nature：
●Jon Carroll，a columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle； ●Patrick Nielsen Hayden，an editor at Tor Books；
●David Sewell，an associate editor at the University of Arizona.
In Paragraphs 5 and 6，the author quotes the following persons to explore the reasons for the poor quality of writing on the Internet：
●Gerard Van der Leun，literary agent based in Westport，Connecticut； ●Mary Anne Mohanraj，a Chicago-based poet
In Paragraph 8，the author quotes the following、persons in his discussion of the criteria
to judge the quality of netwriting：
●Jorn Barger，a software designer in Chicago；
●Crawford Kilian，a writing teacher at Capilano College in Vancouver，British Columbia． Language work
I．Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words: 1．surprising
2．out of date，development 3．compares?to
4．careless，winding／pointless，childish／silly 5．become known as，the most important／superior 6．brilliant
7．respected and admired?as
8．make a strong，immediate impression 9．give an impression as，quick—witted
10．has?given the right to，have been engaged in
II．Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words: 1．scribblers 2．obsolescence 3．rudimentary 4.mockery
5．reverence 6． vigorous 7．collaborative 8.democratized 9．enthusiast 10．trivial
III．Fill in each of the blanks with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form．
1．Dress release 2．harking back 3．dashed?off
4．weed out 5．comes across 6.blew?away 7．side effects 8．made?an impression 9. lace up 10．inherent in 11．1ikened to 12．confronted with
IV．Explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase in each sentence． 1．is developing very fast 2．excitement 3．She became unhappy 4．We have no hope
5． clever or pleasing remark 6． overcome／defeat／triumph over 7．cause the reformers to act 8．being created
9．based on the wishes of most people 10．continued
V．Correct the errors in the following passage．The passage contains ten errors。one in each indicated line．In each case，only one word is involved． (1) warmly adverb of manner (2) all you can do sense
(3) out eliminate does not require a preposition (4)at all or after all an expression of surprise,similar to actually (5)in==>on catch on=become the fashion (6) people's peoples=nations (7) up make up= invent (verb) (8) in pay for something (9) in ==> on depend on something (10) it the object is―which‖
VI．Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE appropriate word． 1．entitled 2．writing 3．difference 4．describes 5．content 6．better 7．class 8．audience 9．part 10．Net 11．rules 12．writers 13．anyplace 14．awful 15．point 16．1iving 17．understand 18．place 19．Technology 20．mixing Translation
I．Translate the following sentences into English，using the words or phrases given in the brackets．
1．She kept trying to reinvent herself as an actress．
2．The director's latest film harks back to the early years of cinema． 3．I find his sense of humor rather puerile．
4．Leave me alone．I still have reams of work to do．
5．The anti-smoking campaign made quite an impact on young people． 6．Her newspaper articles are terse and to the point．
7．The incident sparked a diplomatic controversy between the two countries.
8．The competition entries were of such(a) high caliber that judging them was very difficult．
9．All salespeople seem to have the same phony smile． 10．Have you ever thought of taking up engineering? II．Translate the following passage into Chinese．
十五年前，计算机专家们扩展了因特网系统。这个扩展后的系统被叫做万维网。万维网使计算机用户通过比以往的因特网系统快得多的速度来寻找并交换书面材料和图片。
对大多数能够使用计算机的人来说，因特网和万维网已经成为快速交换信息的工具。因特网上有许多很有价值的信息。作为一种研究的工具，没有什么能比得上因特网。
通过因特网几乎可以找到任何种类的信息。网上有专门刊登鬼怪故事、诗歌或儿童故事的电子杂志。在这个电子世界里有供你玩游戏的地方，也有讨论政治、科学、历史、农耕或者任何你感兴趣的话题的地方。你可以浏览或者搜集哈勃太空望远镜拍摄到的精美彩色图片。你可以听音乐或看录像。你可以看到音乐家表演他们的最新歌曲。你甚至可以加入一个小组，通过电子手段和他们聚会并讨论他们最喜爱的摇滚乐队。
Unit 4 (综合教程VI)
Text comprehension I. Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpose.
A II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.
1. T. Refer to Paragraph 1. 2. T. Refer to Paragraph 3. 3. T. Refer to Paragraph 5.
4. F. Refer to Paragraph 8, in which the author asserts that Disney is one of those utopias invented by Western civilization, which all tend to mislead people. The main difference is that it is only seemingly brought to life with simulation. 5. T. Refer to Paragraph 9. III. Answer the following questions.
1. Disney creates an illusion or ―a perfect world‖ for its visitors by encouraging them
to see the park through the eyes of a child, defining itself as a place that can ―bring dreams to life‖, and inviting them to escape their containment in physical reality.
2. Disney idealizes American capitalism and political history in a way that enables people
to forget the here and now, and draws visitors into a world of constant celebration and fun with all negative emotions banished from life.
3. Disney World exerts a strong appeal to visitors with a sense that we transcend the
mundane in which most opportunities are closed to us and most human motives are concealed. Now we are able to enjoy all the opportunities and see all human motives on a journey through symbolic worlds that are objective and material but as carefree as the imagination.
4. The world view of contemporary societies is unromantic because of the rise of science
in the modern age. Disney changes it by creating a simulation culture --- it reenchants the world for us with the new promise that art and technology can recreate an updated version of contemporary romance stories.
5. The promise of modernism is that technology can lead us into an age of wealth,
power over nature, and rationality; the promise of postmodernism is that technology will allow us to escape the conditions of society and the physical world.
6. In his analysis, the author cautions us that while it offers us so much enjoyment,
Disney World is inherently self-contradictory: that it ―falsifies our desire for a better world‖, and that there is ―a danger at the essence of our relationship to technology‖, which may cause humanity to regress … . In short, Disney World is a world