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新视野读写第二册练习参考答案 新视野大学英语（第二版）第二册Unit 3 Unit 3 Section A Comprehension of the Text 1. The writer is a black man who is not an American citizen. 2. According to him, during their two years together they had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other. In addition he thought they had honestly confronted the weaknesses and strengths of each other’s characters. 3. They learned a great deal about tolerance, compromise, and being open with each other. 4. As with many couples, they got married for the wrong reasons and found out many years later that they were incompatible. They didn’t take enough time to know each other. 5. Her mother, counseled Gail to be really sure she was doing the right thing. 6. He immediately suspected that Mark was marrying his daughter in order to remain in the United States. 7. He quoted statistics showing that mixed couples had a higher divorce rate than couples of the same race and gave examples of mixed couples he had counseled who were having marital difficulties. 8. People can be very cruel toward children from mixed marriages. Vocabulary III. 1. mutual 2. illusion 3. canceled 4. overlooked 5. proceeded 6. resolve 7. prejudice 8. compromise 9. confirm 10. subsequently IV. 1. having nothing to do with 2. taking care of 3. met with 4. on the surface 5. work out 6. incompatible with 7. ups and downs 8. learned of 9. indication of 10. all along V. 1.M 2.L 3.F 4.D 5.H 6.O 7.A 8.C 9.I 10.K Word Building VI. 1. shopping 2. feeling 3. storage 4. cooking 5. ending 6. beginning 7. gathering 8. removal 9. arrival 10. passage 11. writing 12. marriage VII. 1. relationship 2. citizenship 3. leadership 4. membership 5. boyhood 6. livelihood 7. brotherhood 8. authorship 9. adulthood 10. neighborhood 11. wisdom 12. ownership Sentence structure VIII. 1. It is never too bad(for us) to do something about the situation. 2. One is never too old to learn. 3. It is never too late (for you) to put a stop to thi