新视角研究生英语读说写1第二单元课后答案.pptxVIP

新视角研究生英语读说写1第二单元课后答案第1页/共53页第2页/共53页Unit 2: Reading comprehension1. Did the mother play a crucial role in the author’s boyhood according to the text? If ”yes”, in what way?Ex. I, p.22Reference Yes. Because the mother pushed him to keep on working hard whenever he wanted to relax.Unit 2: Reading comprehension第3页/共53页2. How did the author respond to his mother’s push according to paragraph 4?Reference At the beginning the author silently protested it, but he gradually accepted it.Unit 2: Reading comprehension第4页/共53页3. Why did the author’s mother begin to nudge him toward working with words according to paragraphs 11 and 12?Reference The author’s mother did so for several reasons. Firstly she saw in him the gift of writing; secondly writing was a way of making a living and an opportunity to make success in those days; and finally her family had a tradition to take writing as a career.Unit 2: Reading comprehension第5页/共53页4. Why was Edwin James, the mother’s cousin mentioned in paragraph 14?Reference Edwin was regarded as a success and a good example for the author to follow.Unit 2: Reading comprehension第6页/共53页5. How did the author feel when his childhood fantasy about becoming a journalist with the New York Times came true?Reference He realized that it was right for his mother to size him up and steer him toward literature.Unit 2: Reading comprehension第7页/共53页6. What changes began to take place in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s according to paragraph 27?Reference People began to attack on the values that the old generation adhered and they regarded materialists as idiots wasting their lives pursuing material prosperity.Unit 2: Reading comprehension第8页/共53页7. What were the differences between the values the author’s mother preached and those the new age exalted?Reference The differences lies in that people of his mother’s generation tended to take money and position as the symbol of success, while people in the new age exalted love, self-gratif