新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材(修订版)综合英语2 Unit 2 keys

Unit 2

P28

1. I am embarrassed to admit that women are less capable than men of resisting the temptation of fashion.

2. It means that you make friends with different people in order to find a new identity for yourself.

P 29

I.

1. are likely to 2. break up or disintegrate 3. as a whole 4. powerless against or completely controlled by 5. not surprising or only too natural

II. 1.delay 2.Feverishly 3.facade 4. confronted 5. premise 6. dreaded 7. automatically 8.awaiting

III. 1. obsessive 2. moodiness 3. tolerable 4. beneficial 5. satisfying 6. hidden 7. preference 8. criticism

IV. CDAABDCB

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VI. 1. prepare 2. progress 3. foresee 4. parallel 5. perimeter 6. diameter 7. semiconductor 8. decelerate

P32

I．1．agony 2. agonies 3. experience 4.experiences 5.youth 6. a youth 7. a great help 8. a good knowledge 9. a gray hair 10. work

II. ABDCABBC

III. 1. a lot; 2. a little;3. some; a few 4. a few 5. A 6. some 7. some 8. a lot of 9. X 10. many 11. X 12. a lot of

IV. 1. all, Every one, Every 2. each 3. Every 4. each 5. Everyone 6. Each 7. everyone, everyone 8. Each

P35

I. 1. 许多中年人去健身房锻炼，到街上跑步，为的是延缓衰老。

2青年人最不稳定的因素就是，他们对价值观、人生目标和梦想还犹豫不决。

3. 镇上开会我可以大胆发言，在商店里购买我也敢投诉，因为我不再害怕人们会笑我，也不再渴望人人都喜欢我。

4. 我不再因为自己个性方面的缺陷责怪父母， 也不会对他们在养育我的过程中所犯得

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的种种过失耿耿于怀。

II．1. Many vain young people are obsessed with fancy cars despite the fact that they are not yet rich enough to afford them.

2. Their marriage finally fell apart when his affair with another woman was found out by his wife.

3. For artistic inspiration, the artist lived in the country for three years, where he denied himself many comforts of life.

4. I’m not sure if we can have the excursion to Chongming Island tomorrow. It is at the mercy of the weather.

5. When he was young he went to Japan to learn medicine, but after he returned to China he changed his mind and pursued a career as a writer all his life.

6. She’s taken up with a man old enough to be her father, which is a disgrace to her parents.

7. Since 1978, our economy has witnessed a rapid development; in contrast that of some developed countries has declined.

8. The earthquake isolated this city from other areas. I’m afraid their food supplies will not hold out through the winter.

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