新视与野大学英语第四册课后答案5-8单元.docVIP

unit 5Section AComprehension o f the textI.1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it is an overwhelming phenomenon in theUnited States.2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with others.4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends temporary leaving will be received as a welcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absence of friends may leave them with a feeling of emptiness.5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves, their pets, the television,or even to strangers.7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and find pleasure from the current life,. wait for anything happy that may happen.8. The writer thinks that as ordinary peoples solitary life differs from that of great minds (like poets and philosophers), they should cherish the thought that since we are here, we may as well accept it and make the best of it. VocabularyIII.1. humble 2. slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept6. apology 7. observation 8. dictate 9. inadequate 10. solitaryExercises on Web course only:1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. commodityIV1. cast out 2. all by himself 3. stay up late 4. was fond of 5. at one sitting6. filled up with 7. speaks highly of 8. set forth 9. at length 10. for the time beingV.1.K 2.H 3.M 4.B 5.A 6.0 7.J 8.D 9.F 10.1CollocationVI.1. efficiency 2. status 3. performance 4. standard 5. coordination6. sense 7. career 8. quality 9. supply 10. accuracyWord Cjuifdin8VIl.1. underestimated 2. underpaid 3. overslept 4. Underdeveloped5. overestimated 6. overcharged 7. underweight 8. overloadedVIll.1. simplified 2. electrician 3. recovery 4. childlike5. autobiography 6. underline 7. terrorist 8. overreactsentence structureIX.1. The distance between them is not so great as to be unbridgeab