【正文】 y is to move to other countries. 10. Born in Milan, he dropped out of university to devote himself to music. Unit8 Unit8 Unit8 Unit8 Comprehension of the Text I. 1. Today 39。 s college beginners are more consumeristic and less at any time in the 17 years of the poll. 2. It is less important than being financially well off or successful . 3. Work is not the only thing they live for, and they are meant to do more. 4. To help students bee aware of the meaning of life. 5. Education teaches us to see the connections between things as well as see beyond our immediate needs. 6. We can improve our moral sense by acquiring knowledge accumulated throughout the ages. 7. In the long run, education should be about teaching people how to distinguish right from wrong. 8. We ought to give our ability to our work but our genius to our lives. Vocabulary III. 1. render 2. contribution 3. popular 6. diverse 7. accumulated 8. distinguish 9. puzzling 10. confine IV. 1. His past record is certainly something he is proud of. 2. The members of the mittee, after a twohour discussion, finally arrived at a solution. 3. If we want to arrive there in time, we have to travel by day as well as by night. 4. I was shocked when I read of his death in a newspaper. 5. According to the police, the young man was arrested at the scene of the robbery. 6. There is nothing more frustrating than spending hours searching for information, only to discover the information useless. 7. It is unnecessary to worry a lot. In fact, things will get better in the long run. 8. My smile was meant to show interest in this trip, but Carla was far too intelligent to believe it showed anything of the sort. 9. The number of students who want to be enrolled in engineering courses is way up. 10. The little girl is so fond of her dog that she gives it a piece of chocolate every day. V. 1. A 2. D 3. M 4. N 5. E 6. J 7. C 8. L 9. G 10. H Word Building VI. 1. weekly 2. attractive 3. worldly 4. costly 5. secondary 6. leisurely 7. earthly 8. customary 9. protective 10. progressive 11. sickly 12. momentary 13. manly 14. orderly VII. 1. backward(s) 2. strangely 3. outward(s) 4. unfortunately 5. homeward(s) 6. originally 7. sadly 8. inward(s) Sentence structure VIII. 1. On no account will they give up the plan. 2. Little does he know much his parents love him. 3. Not until he read the report did he realize what a serious mistake he had made. 4. Hardly could the poor old man fall asleep with a pain in his leg. 5. Under no conditions will we give in to their demands. IX. 1. While I agree it is a tough problem, I don 39。 t think it cannot be solved. 2. While Sara cannot e to help us, she will give us some suggestions. 3. While people admit pollution is very serious, few are willing to take measures. 4. While it 39。 s raining hard now, it will clear up anytime. 5. While it is true we need money badly, we cannot steal it. Translation X. 1. Little did she know that this picture would one day be worth more than a million dollars. 2. While I understand what you say, I don 39。 t agree with you on the issue. 3. I think the police are meant to protect people. 4. I went to see him yesterday, only to find that he had gone abroad several days before. 5. At the weekly meeting, everyone must confine their remarks to the subject. 6. If only I hadn 39。 t said those silly words! I was too young then to distinguish right from wrong. XI. 1. 五年前我?guī)缀醪粫?huì)想到今天我會(huì)與這么多來(lái)自世界各地的學(xué)生坐在一起學(xué)習(xí) 英語(yǔ). 2. 雖然這些職位給你帶來(lái)榮耀和權(quán)力,但是它也賦予你巨大的責(zé)任. 3. 從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)來(lái)看,糧食生產(chǎn)和人口增長(zhǎng)之間的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)難以輕易解決. 4. 有時(shí)我們發(fā)現(xiàn),自己爬上了成功的階梯, 即: 我們爬上去了,卻發(fā)現(xiàn)不是自己真正追求的東西. 5. 新計(jì)劃的目的是讓年輕人快速走上管 理崗位. 6. 這個(gè)年輕人志向高遠(yuǎn),非常希望能有所成就,讓父母為他驕傲. Cloze XII. 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. A 11. C 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. D 17. A 18. D 19. C XIV. There has been a sad tendency among youngsters in valuing material things more and more. For college students, the most popular subjects that they prefer to choose are accounting, puter programming, business, etc. When they graduate from colleges, the jobs they prefer to choose are sales representative, advertisement designing, international business, etc. Fewer and fewer people are choosing teaching or social services as their life career. Section B Comprehension of the Text II. 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. F Vocabulary III. 1. eliminate 2. displayed 3. implicit 4. promotion 5. motivated 6. prospect 7. constructed 8. civil 9. preference 10. absence IV. 1. Correct form: in particular。 synonym: especially/particularly 2. Correct form: in short。 synonym: in brief 3. Correct form: are mitted to。 definition: promise to do (sth.) 4. Correct form: based … on。 definition: use … as a basis 5. Correct form: By/In parison。 synonym: pared to 6. Correct form: at large。 synonym: as a whole。 in general 7. Correct form: happy with。 synonym: satisfied with 8. Correct form: associated with。 synonym: connected with 9. Correct form: ground to a halt。 definition: gradually stop 10. Correct form: protect … from。 synonym: defend … from