大学英语unit课后练习答案.docVIP

Text comprehension I. C II. 1. T; 2. F; 3. F; 4. T; 5. T. III. 1. Para.2: whether they should have a second child. 2. Para.23: feel lonely; be more spoiled. 3. Para.4: A third of the population in Japan will be aged 65 or over by 2020. 4. Para.5: because the cost of supporting a child up to the age of 18 is around US$160,000. 5. Para.6: favoritism or sibling jealousy; less quality time and attention to children; decreased self-esteem and self-confidence. 6. No. No simple answer. Circumstances vary from family to family. IV. 1. As for the issue of single children, people are often concerned about whether an only child necessarily means a lonely child. 2. Some single-child parents feel they are too busy with their work to spend time and energy on a second child. Consequently, they choose to have no more children. 3. The conditions affecting each couple vary from family to family. I . Vocabulary I Phrase practice 1. demanding jobs= jobs needing a lot of attention or effort 费力的工作 2. with regard to = in connection with; on the subject of 关于,至于 3. stigma =sign of shame; feeling of being ashamed 耻辱,受到侮辱 4. give-and-take =willingness of each person to satisfy others’ wishes 妥协,互让 5. declined = decreased 6. sibling jealousy = the feeling of wanting to get what sb else has among brothers and sisters II. 1. arise from 2. unique 3. self-esteem 4. stigma 5. overwhelming 6. interacted 7. favoritism 8. prime 9. involved 10. despite III. 1. B with regard to: in connection with for the purpose of: why you do sth. or why sth. exists in view of: used to introduce the reason for a decision, action or situation in accordance with: according to a rule, system, etc. 2. C ensure: to make certain that sth. happens entertain: to keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves enable: to make it possible for someone to do something, or for something to happen enquire: if you enquire about something, you ask for information about it 3. D siblin