现代大学英语精读6Lessonfive课后答案.docVIP

Key to 5 Book VI I．Vocabulary A. Look up the following words and expressions．Select the meaning that best suits the sentence in which each appears． 1．to come near or nearer to sb. sth in space or time 2．trust；strong belief 3．commitment of philosophy（dedication to thoughtful belief） 4．to give a spoken or written account of sth．heard；to describe 5．power of learning，understanding，and reasoning 6．to have an important effect on sb．／sth．；to determine 7．to express in another language or in simpler words 8．state of the mind as regards anger or calmness 9． of a person not a slave or prisoner；allowed to move where one wants；having physical freedom 10．to hand over or show sb．／sth．disloyally to an enemy Key to Explanation 1. As a nation, America has refused to cling to certain rigid principles concerning social and economic development. America has been adaptable and flexible. 2. No one can say that Americans have never been tempted by the approach of understanding, preserving or transforming the world according to rigid dogmas. 3. A mind influenced by Calvinist theology would surely find it somewhat difficult to resist other temptations to ideological thinking. 4. Abstract ideas have a place in pragmatism just as experience has a role in ideology. 5. As a man following a fixed set of beliefs, Jefferson is only an interesting historical figure. His beliefs are out of date and are irrelevant to present reality. 6. The essence of the theoretical system is put in the hands of a small group of people who can never go wrong. 7. In the universe a person whose mind is unconstrained may be able to discover relative truths but no man on earth can claim that he has already grasped the one and only Truth. 8. Ideology has the characteristic of a narcotic. In spite of the fact that it has been proven wrong many times by experience, people still long to commit themselves to ideology. 9. The only thing that is sure of a despotic system is its unrestricted exercise of power. 10. The most out