新标准大学英语第二册综合教程练习答案
in China today?
This is hard to say because there are so many students in China --- more than in the US --- and we shouldn’t expect them to be all the same. Some of them are “sleepy and cool”, others are excited about what they study (like the American students in Passage 2); many see study as a means to an end (like the Americans in Passage 1). In general, many Chinese students are quieter, less critical, and more hardworking than American students and they want to get good jobs and help their family and their country --- but these aren’t criticism, are they?
3. The writer says there are no inspirational characters for students today. Do you agree?
Not at all. We can find inspiration wherever we look! My teachers are really inspiring, so are Olympic gold medalists, Nobel Prize winners and some figures in history or fiction.
4. Would you like to have been a student in the 1960s? Why/ Why not?
1) Yes, it sounds exciting and free, but perhaps I wouldn’t study much in such an atmosphere.
2) Probably not, it sounds confusing and the people who are nostalgic for that time probably forget the difficulties they had. I expect they see the past with rosy spectacles.
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1. Complete the sentences with the words in brackets and the suffix –ment or –ism.
1. government 2. Postmodernism 3. development 4. individualism
5. agreement 6. investment 7. Sexism 8. romanticism
2. Rewrite the sentences using so/neither/nor + inversion
1. The world has changed a lot since the 1960s, and so have universities.
2. I really enjoyed my years at university, and so did Jackie.
3. Choosing the right course is always a major problem for new students, and so is organizing one’s time on campus.
4. I’m thinking of going to the lecture on post-colonial literature, and so is Li Ming.
5. I think the facilities in our college have improved over the last few years, and so has the teaching.
6. We can access the Internet in our student hostel, and so can everyone else on campus.
7. I’m not very interested in politics, nor are my friends.
8. I won’t be doing much tonight, nor will my roommate.
3. Rewrite the sentences using mean.
1. Starting out at college means meeting lots of interesting people.
2. Going to bed too late means not being able to concentrate the next day.