1、Key To Exercises (Unit 11)Text comprehension I. Decide which of the following best states the authors purpose of writing.B. The B student may be cheered up after reading the letter, but obviously the authors purpose of writing is not just to cheer him up. Therefore, A is not the correct answer.The a
2、uthor did mention some of his personal experiences in the letter, but the purpose of doing is not to show that grades are misleading. So C is not appropriate.II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.1. T. Refer to paragraph 1.A couple of generations ago, C
3、 was the norm, and now the norm has shifted upward. This means most students then got C instead of B.2. T. Refer to paragraph 3. On the one hand, the author says grades can be dangerously misleading; on the other hand, he thinks they are important.3. F. this is not true. The first sentence of paragr
4、aph 8 makes it very clear.4. F. Refer to the first sentence of paragraph 10.III. Answer the following questions.1. The answer to this question is mainly based on paragraph 2, in which the author implies that the cause of the students disappointment is to a large extent social. In the society the imp
5、ortance of winning is overemphasized; it is considered shameful to be a loser. Whats more, to prosper in this society ensures ones salvation in the future. In this general social climate, therefore a B student will naturally feel disappointed.2. Refer to paragraph 4. A grade is just a symbol, which
6、is supposed to reflect the level of a students performance. A students performance is assumed to correspond to his knowledge. But the student may have acquired more or less knowledge out of the course than the grade indicates. Therefore a grade may be misleading.3. his attitude toward the current sc
7、hool curriculum is critical. Refer to paragraph 5, in which he mentions a number of important characteristic for us human such as courage, kindness, wisdom, and good humor. The current school curriculum has obviously neglected the aspect of character building on the part of the students.4. The techn
8、ique the instructor used was to make a clear distinction between the student as a classroom performer and the student as a human being. A poor grade, at best, indicates that the student is a poor classroom performer, but it has little to say about tea ability and personality of the student as a huma
9、n being.By making such a distinction, the instructor encouraged, rather than discouraged, those who were not doing well in class. As a result they all worked harder at his course.5. Social labels, including grades, in the authors opinion, are basically irrelevant and misleading. But on the other han
10、d, they are necessary, because human society is complex and diversified, thus distinctions among its members have to be made, and such distinctions must be indicated by various labels.IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.1. being unsuccessful in ones life and car
11、eer and financially disadvantage is regarded as shameful or even sinful because in this world people tend to think that only those who are successful now can be saved from evil in the future.2. It is important to see the fact that although they differ in their class status and educational background
12、, human beings are essentially the same. First of all, they are, biologically speaking, constructed in the same way, and than they all share the feelings of fear and joy, and also the common experience of suffering and achieving.This commonality has bound them together. All of them will regard wars,
13、 disease, and disasters, both private and public, and unfortunate big events in their lifetime.Vocabulary exercisesI. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.1. Inner nature; indispensable quality; the most important part2. The phrase specifically refers to “the seven deadly s
14、ins”: pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth.3. Making you think or act wrongly4. Tasks traditionally required of students5. far from enoughII. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence without changing its original meaning.1. B 2.B 3.C 4.C 5
15、.BIII. Choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.1. C 2.A 3.B 4.C 5. AIV. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.1. Definite 2.irrelevant 3.correspond to 4.flunked 5.ratherV. Write in each space one word that has
16、the same prefix as underlined in each given word.1. international 2.transmit 3.circumscribe 4.misunderstand 5.confine 6.anti-nuclearGrammar exercisesI. Identify the relative clauses used in the following sentences and note how they are connected to the main clauses.(Omitted).II. Define the following
17、 nouns after the examples.1. A vacuum cleaner is a machine than cleans floors by sucking up the dirt from them.2. A jockey is a person who rides horses in races.3. A chauffeur is someone whose job is to drive a car for someone else.4. An umbrella is a circular folding frame covered in cloth that you
18、 hold above you when it is raining.5. A thermometer is a piece of equipment that measures the temperature of the air or your body.6. A caretaker is someone whose job is to look after a building, esp. a school.A caretaker is someone whose job is to look after a house or land while the person who owns
19、 it is not there.7. A refrigerator is a special cupboard kept cool by electricity, in which food and drinks are stored.8. A teetotaler is someone who never drinks alcohol.III. Fill in each blank with a proper relative word. Use “preposition + relative word” if necessary.1.which, when, on which 2.on
20、which 3.that 4.who 5.who 6.where 7.for whom 8.whichIV. Complete the following sentences given below, keeping the underlined parts in your sentences.1.however 2.whatever 3.whatever 4.wherever 5.whichever 6.whoever 7.however 8.whenever, wheneverV. Make sentences of your own after the sentences given b
21、elow, keeping the underlined part in your sentences.1 winning is not the most important thing its the only thinge.g. For some parents, sending their children to the best universities is not the most important thing its the only thing.For anyone who wants to find a position in this joint venture, a g
22、ood command of English, both oral and written, is not the most important thing its the only thing.2. Oddly enough, the men whom he flunked did not resent it. Nor did they resent himRather, they loved him, worked harder and harderE.g. Strangely enough, he does not like such fast food as KFC and hambu
23、rgers as most teenagers do. Nor does he like meat dishes. Rather, he prefers fish and vegetables.Surprisingly enough, he was never been abroad. Nor has he ever had a teacher who is a native speaker. Rather, he has acquired his native-like accent all by imitating those speakers on tapes.Translation e
24、xerciseTranslate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in the brackets.1. He was hospitalized with acute appendicitis, with the result that he missed the final examination.2. As many more people came to the lecture than expected, there were not enough handouts to go
25、round.3. No matter what a long day he may have, he makes a point of checking his e-mail box before going to bed.4. Unemployment is found in all countries in the world, but the governments vary in their way to handle the problem.5. Anyone who has come to a foreign country for the first time is apt to
26、 find everything around him both strange and interesting.6. The football fans were very disappointed at the performance of the players of both teams.7. Never take what he says at face value. Think it over yourself.8. The doctors words removed his fears about the operation.Exercises for Integrated SkillsI. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE word you think appropriate.1. for 2.familiar 3.adding 4.confusing 5.little 6.what 7.accustomed 8.foreign 9.forbidden 10.obey 11.remain 12.others 13. contradict 14.easy
