新视野大学英语读写教程第2册答案x新.docVIP

新视野大学英语第二册习题答案 Unit One Section A II Comprehension of The Text 1.The attitude is that if one is not moving ahead, he is falling behind. 2.Time is treated as if it were something almost real. People budget it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; they also charge for it. They do this because time is a precious resource. 3.Everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. In the writer’s eyes, city people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. 4.Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain appropriate point. 5.This is because Americans generally assess and enquire about their visitors professionally rather than socially. They start talking business very quickly. Time is always ticking in their inner ear. 6.Americans produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices: they communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts. 7.The impersonality of electronic communication has little or no relation to the significance of the matter at hand. 8.It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed in the U.S. III Vocabulary 1.Budgeted 2.acute 3.restless 4. surroundings 5.competent 6. assessing 7.elbowed 8.conducting IV．Filling the Blank 1．behind 2 for 3.to 4. out 5.of 6.to 7.in 8.into V Word 1.commitment 2. attraction 3.appointment 4. impression 5.civilization 6. composition 7.confusion 8.congratulation 9.consideration 10..explanation 11.acquisition 12.depression VI 1advisable 2desirable 3favorable 4considerable 5remarkable 6 preferable7 drinkable 8. acceptable VII Structure 1. much less do they take them out for dinner 2.much less a big company 3.much less carry it upstairs 4. much less spoken to him 5.much less ( to ) read a lot outside of it V