2-Unit2-The-Virtues-of-Growing-Older答案综合教程二.doc

UNIT 2 The Virtues of Growing Older Key to the Exercises Text Comprehension I. Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpose of writing. C II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 1-5 F F F T T IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences. 1. I am embarrassed to admit that women are less capable than men of resisting the temptation of fashion. 2. It means that you make friends with different people in order to find a new identity for yourself. Structural analysis of the text 1.?see III. 2. 2.?Paragraph 3: the last sentence; Paragraph 4: the second sentence; Paragraph 5: the first sentence. Vocabulary I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words. 1. be apt to: be likely to 易于……，有……的倾向 2. fall apart: break up, disintegrate 3. in general: as a whole 通常，大体上；总的来说，从总体上看 4. at the mercy of: powerless against; completely controlled by 对……无能为力；任……处置，任由……摆布 5. no wonder: not surprising / only too natural 不足为奇，并不奇怪 II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form. 1. delay 2. Feverishly 3. fa?ade 4. confronted 5. premise 6. dreaded 7. automatically 8. awaiting III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1. obsessive 2. moodiness 3. tolerable 4. beneficial 5. satisfying 6. hidden 7. preference 8. criticisms IV. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence. 1-4 CDAA 5-8 BDCB V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used. 1. Synonym: conceal, disguise 2. Antonym: narrow 3. Synonym: satisfaction, happiness, joy 4. Synonym: merits, advantages 5. Synonym: fat, plump 6. Synonym: well-built 7. Antonym: old-fashioned, outdated 8. Synonym: clearly, evidently VI. Write in each space one word that has the same prefix as underlined in each given word. 1. preface prepare 5. periphery