21世纪大学英语读写教程第二册课后练习答案 Text A，Unit 2(2)

21世纪大学英语读写教程第二册课后练习答案 Text A，Unit 2

　　Structure

　　IX

　　1. It was for the benefit of the old people in the neighborhoodthat we organized this volunteer group.

　　2. It is only when we look back that we realize how far we havecome.

　　3. It is his secretary who does all the work.

　　4. It is through the act of giving that we experience ourfullest strength and power.

　　5. It was gold that led them to undertake the long andrisky journey to California.

　　6. As I recall, it was you who suggested this idea in the firstplace.

　　7. It wasn’t until last week that they finished their report onthe project.

　　8. It’s her beautiful eyes that I can’t forget.

　　X.

　　1. The elephant weighs about 3,600 kg, whereas the blue whale weighs up to 130, 000 kg.

　　2. The word ‘youngster’ has a cheerful connotation, whereas ‘offspring’sounds rather clinical.

　　3. Confucianism emphasizes family ties, whereas Protestantism teachesindividual responsibility.

　　4. The earliest mammals appeared on the earth hundred millions yearsago, whereas the first evidence of humans dates from only about one millionyear ago.

　　5. The aim of the natural science is to predict and control naturalprocess, whereas the aim of the social science is to understand human behavior.

　　6. He must be about sixty, whereas his wife looks about thirty.

　　Translation

　　XI.

　　儒教也为亚洲人的成功提供了另一个要素。在孔夫子的哲学中，家庭起着最重要的作用----这种定向引导人们为家庭的荣誉而学习工作，而不仅仅是为了他们自己。一个人永远无法报答他的父母，而且在亚洲人中间还有一种责任感、乃至负罪感，这是一种如同新教哲学在西方一样的强大力量。

　　XII.

　　1. Female students constitute the majority of our class. Bycontrast, their class is made up of males only.

　　2. American children can usually watch TV three hours a day,whereas their Chinese counterparts have to work on their homework during mosttheir after-school time.

　　3. His development of a series of new research methods led to his hugesuccess. He said he owed all this to his parents’ encouragement.

　　4. He resented being excluded from discussions that directlyconcerned his future.

　　5. The fact that these problems are continually showing upsuggests that this new device has to be readjusted.

　　6. As one of the many Asian students who have surged intothe best American universities in recent years, Zhang Hua says that many of hisideas are based on traditional Chinese philosophy.

　　7. To start with, it is not merely money that makes Mr.Young work so hard. He is committed to educating the young and tires tomotivate them to get ahead in life.

　　8. As time was running out, we drove even faster in the hope thatwe could make it to the airport in time.

　　Cloze

　　XIII

　　1. immigrant 2. than 3. obligation 4. motivated 5. widespread

　　6. however 7. although 8.discrimination 9. but/although 10. One day

　　11. guilty 12. horrified 13. repay 14. owe

　　Reading Analysis

　　XII.

　　Stevenson offered three recommendations:

　　To start with, we need higher standards for our kids. Second,American parents need to become more committed to their children’s education.And third, our school could be reorganized in simple but effective ways.

　　Structured Writing

　　XIII. One example, for reference

　　Students at our university admire their English teachers for three mainreasons. To start with, the teachers’ hard work and dedication are highlyinspiring to us. Second, the wonderfully creative lessons they preparestrongly motivate us to study as hard as we should. And third, our teachers’warmly human characters create bonds of friendship that will last forever.