大学英语综合教程1unit12习题答案

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Unit 12

Text comprehension

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II TFFTT

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1.Refer to Paragraph 1. We have to take into account the person’s

linguistic genealogy.

2.Refer to Paragraph 2. Resulting from the arrangement of the English

language, men are usually identified with exalted positions while women are identified with more service-oriented positions in which they are being dominated and instructed by men.

3.Refer to Paragraph 3. In American culture, a woman is valued for the

attractiveness of her body, whereas a man is valued for his physical strength and his achievement.

4.Refer to Paragraph 3. The bias is evident in word pairs because the

masculine word is usually put before the feminine word, as in the examples of Mr. and Mrs, his and hers, boys and girls…

5.Refer to Paragraph 5. The writer cites these examples to support his

argument that there are far greater positive connotations connected with being a man than with being a woman.

IV

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nguage is an intricate system capable of expressing subtle

differences in meaning, emotion, attitude and so on.

2.The words people choose to use in conversation show the prejudices

they hold within themselves.

3.Nilsen argues that, at the beginning of a wedding ceremony, when the

father is asked who gives the bride away and he answers, “I do,”

sexual prejudice shows itself.

4.To be born a man, with the mark of “male”, is almost like receiving

grace, a favor form God one doesn’t actually deserve.

V ocabulary

I

1.consider/take into consideration

2.by its very nature

3.men’s superiority

4.the reason that leads to

5.begins to exercise an influence

6.in connection with

II

1.bias

2.perpetuate

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3.oriented

4.achievements

5.exalts

6.misinterpreted

7.in reference to

8.yielded

9.tempers

10.s upremacy

III CDABCAABCD

IV

1.bias, prejudice, bias, prejudice

2.requested, claim, requested, claim

3.connecting, connected, attaches, attached

4.instances, example, instances, example

V

1.strong, mighty, forceful

2.understand, comprehend, interpret

3.entertain, cherish, nurture

4.include, embrace

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5.unbiased, just, balanced

6.inferiority, subservience

7.conventional, common, usual, habitual

8.little, small, inconsiderable, insignificant

VI

1.The aircraft can carry 480 people excluding the crew and cabin staff.

2.His poetry conveys a great sense of religious devotion.

3.the judge decided that allowing the videotape as evidence would be

prejudicial to the outcome of the trial.

4.It seems he’s not solely to lame for the accident.

5.The political disparity between the two communities is obvious.

6.At the ceremony many speakers exalted his lifetime contribution to

the movie industry.

7.In the last two to three years, drinkers have become more discerning

and are now enjoying a wider variety of beer of better quality.

8.The changes to the national health system will be implemented next

year.

Grammar

II

1.that

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2.who/whom/-

3.that/which

4.when/at which/-

5.whereby/in which/by which

6.whose

7.why/that

8.that/-

9.whom

10.t hat/-

III

1.The extra work she took on was starting to affect her health.

2.Adam, whose novel the TV series is based on, will appear in the first

episode.

3.The trees which/that were blown down in last night’s storm are being

cut down.

4.Dorothy was able to switch between German, Polish and Russian, all

of which she spoke fluently.

5.The hurricane, which caused such damage in the islands, has now

headed out to sea.

6.The house which/that is next to ours is for sale.

7.Neil Smith, whose parents are both teachers, won first prize in the 5

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6 competition.

8.They climbed up to the top of a large rock, from which they got a

good view.

IV

1.hear, will suppose, no longer wish

2.will cover

3.are you going

4.are going to invite

5.will be attended to

6.am going to watch

VI

Football players can only use their feet or their head to pass the ball, never their hands, while basketball players can only use their hands, never their feet.

Translation

I

1.甚至在亲属关系上，家中的男人常被称为“当家的”，即便只不过

是一个四岁的娃儿。

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2.在美国文化里，女人的价值在于她身体的魅力，而男人的价值在

于他的体力和成就。

3.这说明：由于性别的原因，女人无法把握属于自己的一部分，却

使得男人能够理所当然地获取并不属于他的东西。

4.shrew（）这个单词原来指一种身体很小但特别恶毒的动物。但是，

在尼尔森的词典里，shrew的意思是一个“脾气极坏、骂骂咧咧的女人”。

II

1.I marvel at the poet’s ability to express different nuances of feeling.

2.Although you have good teachers and a favorable environment, it is

your personal effort that comes into play in the success of your English studies.

3.As English majors, we need to have a keen awareness of the subtle

differences between word meanings

4.Some new policies in the educational system will be implemented

next year.

5.It is unfair to identify popular culture with vulgar culture.

6.He believes that a person should be noble-minded, but not

money-oriented all the time.

7.The Middle East is generously endowed with petroleum.

8.The school authorities are holding a meeting in reference to the 7

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8 construction of a new gymnasium.

9.But for his personal visits to the third-world countries, he would not

have believed such disparity in the living standards between the rich and the poor.

10.N o one came to claim the welfare lottery bonus of 5 million yuan

RMB, not even to the last day.

Exercises for integrated skills

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A major topic of sociolinguistics is the connection, if any, between the structures, vocabularies, and ways of using particular languages and the social roles of the men and women who speak these languages. Do the men and women who speak a particular language use it in different ways? If they do, do these differences arise from the structure of that language, or alternately, do any differences that exist simply reflect the ways in which the sexes relate to each other in that society, whatever the reason? These issues have generated a considerable amount of thought and discussion in the last decades of the twentieth century.

II

Restricted, where, when, items, drew, vocabulary, male, marked, with, source

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