英语泛读教程2答案

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篇一：泛读教程2答案

英语泛读教程第二册答案

Keys to Reading Course 2

Unit 1 Reading

Section A

Word Pretest

1.B2.A3.B4.A5.B6.C7.B8.C

Reading Comprehension

1.B2.A3.B4.B5.C6.C

Vocabulary Building

Word Search

1. assignment2. irony 3. reverse4. accomplish 5. assemble

6. squeeze 7. sensual8. fragment 9. narcotic10. adolescence

Use of English

Bob agreed to take on the leadership of the expedition.

The world was taken in by his fantastic story of having got to the Pole alone.

He took up his story after a pause for questions and refreshments.

That takes me back to the time I climbed to the top of Mount Fuji.

The members of the party took it in turns to steer the boat.

They took it for granted that someone would pick up their signals and come to their aid.

Stems

proclaim: to announce officially and publicly; to declare

percentage: a proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part

confirm:to support or establish the certainty or validity of; to verify

affirm: to declare positively or firmly; to maintain to be true

centigram: a metric unit of mass equal to one hundredth of a gram

exclaim: to express or utter(something) suddenly or vehemently

Synonyms

1. adaptability 2. purpose 3.strained 4.hold 5.defeat

Cloze

important second France student bilingual

monolingualserious means use difficult

Section B

1.F2.T3.T4.C5.A6.B7.B8.B9.B10.T

11.T 12.F 13.F 14.T 15.T

Section C

1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.F 8.F 9.F 10.F

Unit 2 Music

Section A

Word Pretest

1. B 2. C3. B4. C 5. B 6. B

Reading comprehension

1. T2. F3. T4. T5. T6. T 7. T 8. F

Vocabulary Building

Word search

1. folk 2. capacity 3. sensuous 4. qualified 5. abuse

6. stuff 7. mood8. clarity9. strive

Semantic variations

1. B2. B3. B 4. B 5. A 6.B

Stems

compose: to make up the constituent parts of; to constitute or form

contract: to reduce in size by drawing together, to shrink

dispose of: to get rid of, to throw out

impose: to obtrude or force( oneself, for example) on another or others

subtract: to make away, to deduct

deposit: to put (money) in a bank or financial account

Synonyms

1. discriminating 2. widespread 3. compatibility 4. clearness 5. association Cloze

music formsouth dance

interest instrumentsvoiceroots

Section B

1. F2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F6.T 7 T8. F 9 F 10. F

11. F 12. T13. T 14. F 15 T

Section C

1. D2. A3. D4. D 5.D6. D 7. D 8. A

Unit 3 Generation

Section A

Word Pretest

1. C2. C3. B4. C5. B6. C7. C8. A Reading Comprehension

1. D2. C3. C4. A5. B6. C7. A8. B Vocabulary Building

Word search

1. lull 2. associate3. client 4. utterly5. certificate

6. rags7. jerk 8. foreman 9. demanding 10. sentimental

Semantic variations

1. C2. C3. B4. A5. B6. C

Stems

transmit:to send from one person, thing, or place to another; to convey

deduce: to reach (a conclusion) by reasoning

eject:to throw out forcefully; to expel

compel: to force, drive, or constrain

project:to thrust outward or forward

conduct: to lead or guide

Antonyms

1. hopeless 2. disobedient 3. weighty 4. agree 5. clear Cloze

activegirls skirts moveraised

force show fly hesitated plane

Sections B

1. B2. C3. C4. B5. C 6. C7. C8.

C9. A10.C11. C12. C 13. A 14. C 15. C

Section C

1. F2. T3. T4. T5. F 6. F7. T8. F9. T10. T

Reading Course 2 Unit 4

Section A

Word Pretest

1.D2.A3.A4.B5.A6.C7.A8.B9.D10. C

Reading Comprehension

1.B2.B3.B4.B5.C6.A7.B

Vocabulary Building

Word Search

1. slanting2. equator 3. amplifier 4. vapor 5. desert

6. latitude 7. atlitude 8. monsoon 9. drain10. precaution

Semantic Variations

1.A2.B3.C4.A5.C6.A

Stems

division: one of the parts, sections or groups into which something is divided

evident: easily see or understood; obvious

individual: a single human being considered apart from a society or community sustain: to support from below; to keep from falling or sinking; to prop

visible:possible to see; perceptible to the eye

obtain:to succeed in gaining possession of as the result of planning or endeavor;

toacquire

Synonyms

1. mixture 2. eternal 3.impact 4.humidity 5.remote

Cloze

radio incorrect predict misunderstanding

unexplained happen up right

Section B

1.B2.C3.A4.F5.T6.F7.F8.F9.T10.C

11.C 12.B 13.T 14.F 15.T

Section C

1.T 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.F 6.T 7.F 8.T 9.T 10.T

Unit 5 Work

Section A

Word Pretest

1C 2A 3B 4 C 5 B 6 A 7 C 8 C

Reading Comprehension

1-8 C A A C C B

Vocabulary Building

Word Search

1 intangible2. crave3 ego 4 attributable 5 stall 6 tool up 7 at stake 8. cram 9. forfeit 10. corny

Use of English

By the time I opened the can its contents had gone off.

I’ll go over how it works before you try it yourself.

I was told it would be repaired free of charge, but the man in the shop has gone back on his promise.

The book was so popular that there weren’t enough copies to go round.

His shop has gone out of business after making heavy losses.

The trade has gone from bad to worse and staff are being laid off.

Stems 1-6BADAAC

Synonyms1-5 gracefulspontaneouslyopposeusualclient

Cloze

staffmaximizeobjectivesparticipatepotential

skills easier appointedspecific commitment

Section B

1-5 ACBFT 6-10 FACDB11-15 CBTFT

Section C

1-5 FTFTF 6-10TFTFT

Unit 6 The African-Americans

Section A

Word Pretest

1. C 2. A3. C 4. A 5. B6. A 7. C 8. C

Reading Comprehension

1. F 2T3T4F5T6F7T8T

Vocabulary Building

Word Search

1. destined 2. relief 3. segregation 4. boycott 5. sit-in

6. legacy 7. chronicle 8. assault 9. plight10. vigilance Semantic Variations

1C2A3C4A5B6C

Stems

1. evolution:the theory that groups of organisms change with passage of time, mainly as a result of natural selection, so that descendants differ morphologically and physiologically from their ancestors

2. ascend: to go or move upward

3. devolve: to pass on or delegate to another

4. migrate:to change location periodically, especially by moving seasonally from one region to another

5. export: to send or transport (a commodity, for example) abroad, especially for trade or sale

6. condescend: to descend to the level of one considered inferior; to lower oneself Antonyms

1. observe2. admit3. dismiss4. eulogize 5. advance

Cloze

Nominated raised immigrated earnedrose

Assignmentpositionarmy autobiographyspeaker Section B

1T 2T 3F 4C 5B 6D 7D 8D 9T 10F

11F12F13T14T

Section C

1A 2D 3D 4C 5C 6B 7D 8C Keys to Reading Course 2

Unit 7 Greek Stories

Section A

Word Pretest

1.C2.B 3.D4.D5.A6.B7.B8.A 9.C 10.C

Reading Comprehension

1.B 2.C3.C4.C5. C6.D7.C8.D

篇二：英语泛读教程2答案

Unit 9 First Aid

Section A

Word Pretest

1.B. 2.A. 3.C 4.B. 5.B. 6.B. 7.B. 8.A. 9.C. 10.B

Reading comprehension

1.B. 2. C. 3. D. 4. B/D/A/C. 5.C. 6.C. 7.A. 8.C/A/B/D Vocabulary Building

Word Search

1.ambulance 2.urgent 3.emergency 4.massage 5.yell

6.vein 7.artery 8.fracture 9.blister 10.tetanus

Use of English

1.The government has come in for a lot of criticism.

2. It’s hard to come to terms with the government’s defense policy.

3. After retiring in 1980 he has decided to make a comeback to the political scene.

4. The situation has come to the boil now that the government has to face a vote of confidence.

5. The tax cuts announced in the Budget do not come into effect until next year.

6. The miners came out on strike against the government’s

privatization plans.

Stems

1. solo: a composition or passage for an individual voice or instrument, with or without accompaniment

2. series: a number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession

3. isolate: to set apart or cut off from others

4. desert: to withdraw from, especially in spite of a responsibility or duty; to forsake

5. peninsula: a piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus

6. exert: to put to use or effect; to put forth

7. insulate: to prevent the passage of heat, electricity or sound into or out of somewhere, especially by surrounding with a non-conducting materials

8. insert: to put or set into, between or among

Synonyms

9. give 2. stop 3. antiseptic 4. block 5. penetrate

Cloze

Pedestrians adults declining avoid signals case impaired fatalities

Section B

1.C 2.B 3.B 4.D 5.A 6.C 7.B

8.A 9.T 10.F 11.F 12.F 13.T 14.T

Section C

1.F 2.T 3.F 4.T 5.F 6.F 7.F 8.F 9.F 10.T

Keys to Reading Course 2

Unit 10 Marriage

Section A

Word Pretest

1.C 2.C 3.C 4.C 5.A 6.A 7.A 8.C

Reading Comprehension

1.A 2.B 3.C 4.C 5. B 6.C 7.A 8.A

Vocabulary Building

Word match

quotation a sentence or passage taken from a book artificial not natural

anguish very great pain or suffering, esp. of the mind

anniversary a day which is an exact year or number of years after something has happened

superstition a belief based on association of ideas instead of reason or fact

bouquet a bunch of flowers

heed to give attention to

escort to accompany

confetti small pieces of colored paper thrown on weddings conceal to hide

consent agreement

asunder apart

vow a solemn promise or declaration of intention

rites forms of behavior with a fixed pattern for a religious purpose

sermon to talk usually based on a sentence from the Bible and given as part of a church service

Use of English

10. Will you please keep me company for a while?

11. I couldn’t keep a straight face when he told me of his plan.

12. The staff are going to be kept in the dark about the firm’s plans for the future.

13. I’ll keep an open mind until we’ve discussed it.

14. I’ll keep away from her until she’s feeling more optimistic.

15. Try to keep your head even if you don’t know what’s

going to happen.

Stems

16. briefly: for a short time; in as few words as possible

17. astronaut: a person trained to pilot, navigate, or otherwise participate in the flight of a

spacecraft

18. abridge: to reduce the length of (a written text); to condense

19. fuse: to blend thoroughly by or as if by melting together

20. astronomy: the scientific study of matter in outer space, especially the positions, dimensions, distribution, motion, composition, energy and evolution of celestial bodes and phenomena

21. confusing: unclear or difficult to understand

22. abbreviate: to reduce (a word or phrase) to a shorter form intended to represent the full form

Synonyms

1. naughty 2. divine 3.break 4.give 5.seize

Cloze

wrong dislike midnight standard homelife convinced meantime capital

篇三：英语泛读教程2参考答案(1-10)

英语泛读教程（第2册）参考答案

Comprehension Points

10.

11.

12.

Every year at the same time the stars were in the same place in the sky. They are the planets. He thought that … (Page 2, parag. 12) The idea was that the stars and the sun did not turn around the earth. Instead, it was the earth that was turning. The sun and the stars were not really moving. Because they would upset the whole science of astronomy and cause cruel persecution by the Church. Content/details. Common. Because radio telescopes find out new stars by picking up radio waves from them. It means the group of stars that our earth is a member of. The implication is that probably by then the earth has already been melted. Every three days it gets very dim. It stays dim for a few hours, then it gets bright again. Because a comet isn’t solid. It is thin like a cloud. Its tail is nothing but glowing gas. And its head is made of small pieces that could not hurt the earth.

Exercises

I. True or false

1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. T 9. T 10. F

II.

1. 略。

2. Four stages. Childhood, manhood, old age, and the last stage.

3. The very hottest ones are blue. Those not quite so hot are white, and those less hot than the white ones are yellow and red.

4. 略。

5. They help sailors to find their way and they help us to tell time.

Comprehension Points

1. It means to function properly.

2. 电气史上最伟大的人物之一迈克尔·法拉第写了一篇报告，介绍了一种叫做gutta percha的类似橡胶的物质，这种物质是从生在在马来西亚的一种树上提取出来的。

3. It means to bring out of the water on to the land.

4. To lay a cable under the Atlantic.

5. To become weaker.

6. 第一个it指的是the telegraph failed，第二个it指的是it ever worked，第三个it指的是the cable.

7. Because a big ship can’t carry the end of the cable on to the shore, it will get stranded.

8. To honor him even more highly.

9. An operator.

10. Probably in late 20th century.

Exercises

1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. A

II.

1. Because the only form of communication between countries separated by sea was still by ship

and it was very slow.

2. The success of Wheatstone’s experiment and the discovery of gutta percha by Faraday.

3. First the Niagara’s cable caught in the machinery and was damaged. Then when Niagara ran

into rough sea, the men broke the cable again when they tried to stop the machine. By the time they reached home to start again, it was nearly winter and the weather was getting bad. So they had to wait for the next year.

4. First Agamemnon ran into one of the worst Atlantic storms in history, and the ship nearly sank.

Then when the two ships met and started to lay the cables, faults of different kinds developed and they failed for three times. After that they returned to Valencia for more cable, food and coal and made another attempt. This time Agamemnon ran into another severe storm and again nearly lost her cable. Finally, after unyielding efforts, on Aug. 5th, the cable was laid.

5. The company collected another large amount of money, used a very much stronger cable,

hired a ship large enough to carry the whole of their cable, and loaded the ship with enough food supplies.

6. All five continents were connected. Two more Atlantic cables have been laid between Europe

and USA, and 22 telephone cables between Britain and Europe.

Comprehension points

1. It means the shaking ship made many people fall off balance.

2. To follow the movements.

3. Space.

4. The British government asked Watson-Watt to do something which he did not consider

possible, so he developed radar instead.

5. Because radio waves, which are basis of radar, were known to scientists all over the world.

There was therefore a danger that scientists in other countries might also start to experiment with radar. The Government was afraid that the clever German scientists, whom they respected greatly, might develop radar before the British scientists.

6. No. He actually wanted her to tell that “secret” to everyone in the village so that they would

stop asking questions.

7. Gradually.

8. A very small one weighing only a few pounds to fit into an aeroplane.

9. 1937.

10. The British shores.

11. Aeroplanes.

Exercises

1. B 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. B

II.

1. P 29, paragraph 8.

2. P 33, the last paragraph.

3. Modern ships of all nations carry radar to help them to sail safely in bad weather. Radar helps

to guide aeroplances across the world. In many countries police use radar to control the speed of cars on roads where there is a speed limit. Radar is also used to forecast the weather, and to study moon and stars.

Comprehension points

6. Because the clerks worked very hard during the rush of Christmas business. The scene described in the fist paragraph. Spending a quiet afternoon leisurely with her husband without the festival excitement Very likely. Very close to the street. Because in their view, a house is not really old until it has lasted 150 years.

我是新英格兰地区的人。在我们那儿，这样的房子可算不上老。

7. Since she bends down and straightens up so many times when tidying up the house, which

equals to much waist exercise, she should have the smallest waist in town. But she hasn’t.

8. They each drove a car.

9. always scattered around untidily

10. 如果哪天吉姆·鲁塞尔做意大利面当晚饭，那可就算作是特殊待遇了。

11. Bread and eggs.

12. Not as heavily as in the afternoon.

13. No. But he would rather drink tea with his wife than having coffee by himself.

14. Regret not drinking coffee.

15. 今早的报纸上说，今年除雪的花费将会高于去年。

16. Coming inside and warming up afterwards.

Exercises

(Chapter 1)

1. B 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. A

II．

1. Probably in their thirties.

2. Mary often thought how nice it would be to have a house with a yard where Ann could play

safely out of doors without having to leave home.

3. Because the schools are very good, Jim can get to his office in twenty minutes, Mary will be

close to several good shopping areas, and there’s plenty of room for children.

4. 略。

(Chapter 2)

1. B 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. C

II.

1. Because she did so much waist exercise bending down and straightening up when she tidied

up the house.

2. It was a very shady yard with some handsome big trees, bushes and green and weeded lawn.

3. The whole family was usually home on weekends. Jim often did repairs. In summer he and

Tom often washed and polished the car, and weeded the lawn. The children might go to the movie, or go to parties. The family might go bowling, or together to a movie, or play tennis, or walk the dog, or watch TV. The couple sometimes were invited out to dinner, or invited friends to dinner at home.

(Chapter 3)

1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. C

II.

1. Because a snowstorm is coming soon.

2. No. Because Mary was glad the snow tires were on the car when she drove back from the

supermarket, and it took Jim two hours to drive back home and he saw lots of buses and cars stuck in the snow on his way back.

3. The hot chocolate and cookies.

4. No. Because the paperboy’s footprints could be seen going from their front door across the

smooth snow to the Hopkin’s front steps next door.

Unit Five

Comprehension Points

6. New cups and saucers. Because she wanted Jim and their children to know how significant their gifts were to her. The food stores all have big advertisements…for the suggested dishes. unexplored, uncultivated 他们清理了树木和灌木丛间的小道，并做了路标……(在树皮上刻上记号) The boys really want to go camping as often as they can, but it’s not so easy to make it

happen, especially during the winter.

7. Jim had probably taken it for granted that Mr. Robinson’s children must be boys since he

seemed so greatly interested in Boy Scout activities.

8. Family name.

9. The old lady living next to Mrs. Payne.

10. The two women that I worked for have been the most difficult ones in my life to get along

with and satisfy.

11. It’s fine to me./ I think that’s a good idea.

12. A is the first letter of her family name.

13. 我们没必要每一份人情都要还。

14. You are the one to make the final decision.

15. In the past few days the only thing in my mind has been the food, so I don’t want to talk