Translation X. 1. Little did she know that this picture would one day be worth more than a million dollars.
2. While I understand what you say, I don’t agree with you on the issue.
3. I think the police are meant to protect people.
4. I went to see him yesterday, only to find that he had gone abroad several days before.
5. At the weekly meeting, everyone must confine their remarks to the subject.
6. If only I hadn’t said those silly words! I was too young then to distinguish right from wrong. XI.
1. 五年前我几乎不会想到今天我会与这么多来自世界各地的学生坐在一起学习英语。
2. 虽然这些职位给你带来荣耀和权力，但是它也赋予你巨大的责任。
3. 从长远来看，粮食生产和人口增长之间的竞争难以轻易解决。 4. 有时我们发现，自己爬上了成功的阶梯，却发现阶梯靠在错误的墙壁上。（即：我们爬上去了，却发现不是自己真正追求的东西。） 5. 新计划的目的是让年轻人快速走上管理岗位。
6. 这个年轻人志向高远，非常希望能有所成就，让父母为他骄傲。 Cloze XII.
1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. A
11. C 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. D 16.B 17. A 18. D 19. C 20.A XIV.
There has been a sad tendency among youngsters in valuing material things more and more. For college students, the most popular subjects that they prefer to choose are accounting, computer programming, business, etc. When they graduate from colleges, the jobs they prefer to choose are sales
representative, advertisement designing, international business, etc. Fewer and fewer people are choosing teaching or social services as their life career. Section B
Comprehension of the Text II.
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. F Vocabulary III.
1. eliminate 2. displayed 3. implicit 4. promotion 5. motivated
6. prospect 7. constructed 8. civil 9. preference 10. absence IV. 1. Correct form: in particular; synonym: especially/particularly
2. Correct form: in short; synonym: in brief
3. Correct form: are committed to; definition: promise to do (sth.)
4. Correct form: based … on; definition: use… as a basis 5. Correct form: By/In comparison; synonym: compared to 6. Correct form: at large; synonym: as a whole; in general 7. Correct form: happy with; synonym: satisfied with
8. Correct form: associated with; synonym: connected with 9. Correct form: ground to a halt; definition: gradually stop 10. Correct form: protect… from; synonym: defend… from
新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 9答案 Unit 9
Comprehension of the Text I.
1. His mother. Because she influenced his thoughts and attitudes toward life.
2. He learned from his mother that one should never quit. 3. The family was homeless, jobless and penniless with three babies waiting to be fed.
4. She quit school to find a job as a grocer and moved the family to live with her brother, Allen.
5. She discovered in him a talent for words.
6. Though very poor, she signed him up for a set of books for intermediate and advanced readers.
7. He worked as a reporter with the Baltimore Sun and later with The New York Times. He won the Pulitzer Prize.
8. No, she didn’t have the chance to know of it because her health collapsed, but she always believed in it. Vocabulary III.
1.ambitious 2.sympathize 3.tender 4.considering 5.corruption 6.scattered 7.intermediate 8.corresponding 9.equivalent 10.deceived IV.
1.to 2.around 3.to/with 4.up 5.out 6.to 7.out 8.of 9.From 10.in V.
1.J 2.M 3.F 4.L 5,A 6.O 7.G 8.D 9.I 10.C Word Building VI. 1. After working extra hours for several months, I have repaid the money to the bank.
2. I didn’t enjoy the story at first, but I came to like it when I reread it.
3. He replaced the book on the shelf when he finished it. 4. She is slowly regaining he strength after the accident. 5. The old city center was redesigned after the war.
6. She was asked to reconsider her decision to leave the job. 7. After the disaster the government spent millions of dollars
helping the local people to reconstruct their homes.
8. The museum has such a fine set of old paintings that it is worth revisiting. VII.
1. dishonest 2. discouraged 3. displeased 4. discontinued 5. disappearing 6. discharged 7. disclosed 8. dislike Sentence Structure VIII.
1. I’ve made up my mind to marry him even if my mother objects. 2. She has problems finding a job even if she gets a Bachelor’s degree.
3. Even if you normally have good skin, some pats of the face may become dry during the winter.
4. The young man felt great sadness even if he did not find the words to express it.
5. Even if you don’t watch music programs, you’ve probably heard his songs. IX.
1. The clearer a goal is , the easier it is to decide whether the goal is achievable.
2. The angrier I got, the less he said.
3. The larger the city is, the greater the increase in population is. 4. The longer they stick to their goal, the greater the chances of success are.
5. The more expensive the restaurant is, the better the food it serves. Translation X.
1. I am sure that I will make something of myself, even though I have not achieved any major success so far.
2. I have been working hard for so many years; I feel I am entitled to a good future.
3. When her husband deserted her, leaving her with nothing but scattered pieces of life to pick up, she went insane. 4. From my standpoint, Mother was too hard on me then, without taking my feelings into account.
5. When I reached the summit of my professional career, mother's words \constantly in my mind. 6. You should know better than to play football in the street. XI.
1. 詹姆士是个诚实的人，尽管我反对他这个人，我还是要这样说。 2. 组织越庞大，越难做出决定。 3. 是真英雄方能临危不惧。 4. 持有该票者能免费入场。
5. 在英国，他是第一个有意识的从事散文写作并且有所建树的人。 6. 失业半年后，她报名参加了烹饪班，希望能尽快找到工作。 Cloze
1.B 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.A 9.D 10.C 11.A 12.B 13.A 14.C 15.D Structured Writing XIV.
Some people think that books are the main source of himan knowledge, summaries of what people have acquired in their struggle with nature and society. Moreover, with the rapid development of modern society, book knowledge is updated from time to time. For these people, books are everything.
However, book knowledge is not everything! Books can never cover all the things and happenings in the world. Book knowledge is only a recording of what has been discovered. There are many mysteries unsolved and we can find no answers from books up to now. So if one does not try to learn something beyond books, it will be difficult for one to cope with some practical problems.
We should develop our ability through practice and observing