1、新世界英语3答案新世界英语3答案【篇一：新世纪大学英语综合教程3课后答案unit1】eople around us enhance your language awareness words in action working with words and expressions 1. in the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. complete the following sentences with them. change the form where necessary. answers:
2、1) crease 2) hint 3) assured 4) awaiting 5) hovering 6) scrawled 7) glistening 8) frail 9) sole 10) visible 11) engaged 12) biased 13) dreading 14) grinning 2. in the boxes below are some of the expressions you have learned in this unit. do you know how to use them in the proper context? now check f
3、or yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise. change the form where necessary. answers: 1) for fear of 2) pulled up 3) except for 4) get by 5) make a living 6) every so often 7) in the background 8) shut off 9) each and every 10) as it is 11) wraps around her little finger 12) caught us unawares
4、increasing your word power 1. choose the definition from column b that best matches each phrasal verb in column a, paying attention to the v+ prep./ad. collocation. answers: 1) f 2) c 3) d 4) e 5) b 6) g 7) h 8) a fill in each blank in the following sentences with a proper phrasal verb. change the v
5、erb form where necessary. answers: 1) let out 2) clean up 3) come through 4) waiting on 5) picked up 6) ended up 7) headed for 8) ran through 2. the prefixes ex-, fore-, pre- mean “former, before, or in advance” while the prefix post- means “after or later than”. study the following examples and for
6、m words by adding ex-, fore-, pre-, post- to the words given in the table and then complete each of the following sentences with a proper word you have just formed. change the verb form where necessary. answers: 1) foretell 2) preview 3) forerunner 4) postscript 5) postgraduate 6) precondition 7) ex
7、-husband grammar in context task 1: combine the given sentences into one by using attributive clauses. answers for reference: 1) i encountered many people whose lives amazed me. (see para. 3, text b) 2) we drove in silence to the address (that/which) she had given me. (see para. 21, text b) 3) he pu
8、shed through the doors and headed for the back room where his apron and busing cart were waiting. (see para. 16, text a) 4) i had seen too many people trapped in a life of poverty who depended on the cab as their only means of transportation. (see para. 6, text b) 5) their social worker, who stopped
9、 to check on stevie every so often, admitted stevie and his mother had fallen between the cracks. (see para. 6, text a) task 2: complete the following sentences by translating the chinese in the brackets into english. be sure to use present particles or past particles to modify nouns. answers for re
10、ference: well-considered decision, folded paper, written notice, laptop storing my annual report, a postman delivering express mail cloze complete the following passage with words chosen from text a. the initial letter of each is given. answers: 1) reliable 2) syndrome 3) adopted 4) got done with 5)
11、 gloomy 6) or something 7) chance 8) come through 9) barely 10) in good shape 11) booth 12) mess 13) scrawled 14) peeking 15) in translation 1. translate the following sentences into english, using the words and expressions given in brackets. answers for reference: 1) what i didnt count on was that
12、over time i would sincerely take pride in being a social worker. 2) shooting a quick look at the clock on the wall, grandma let out a cry, “oh, my dear /my goodness/my gracious, were going to miss the train!” 3) at the kindergarten entrance, i always see some kids/children holding firmly on to their
13、 parents. should young parents be sterner towards their kids/children and leave immediately under these circumstances? 4) in the dim street light stood a weeping little girl/ a girl weeping. 5) when making donations, rich people should be as considerate as possible in order not to put the recipient
14、in an embarrassing situation. 6) since last month, my work has been revolving around the routine office duties, so now i am counting the days until the national day comes, when my friends and i are going hiking in the countryside. 2. translate the following paragraph into english using the words and
15、 expressions in the box below. answer for reference: that was a time when life was difficult for everyone. my family could barely get by on my small income from driving a cab. one late night i responded to a call for a cab ride. to my surprise, when i arrived at the address, i found it was a frail o
16、ld lay who was awaiting me. after she got into the cab, i engaged her in conversation. i learnt that she was going to the hospice. her doctor said she didnt have very long. the old lady told me to drive through the downtown area. she pointed at some old buildings, telling me those were the places wh
17、ere she used to work or live. when the cab finally pulled up in front of the hospice, i didnt accept her fare. in the rest of the day, i was lost in thought. though i had to make a living, i lived not for the sole purpose of surviving. when circumstances looked gloomy, the small favour i had done co
18、uld be a candle light. however faint the light was, it managed to warm up a soul and ennobled me as well. i did take pride in that small favour. theme-related writing do one of the following writing tasks after class. 1) suppose you were frannie, the head waitress, in text a. write a short story abo
19、ut stevie from your perspective. 2) read the following newspaper clipping and write a short essay on the question: should we offer seats to elderly people on the bus during rush hours? sample essay for task 1: we all knew stevie was mentally handicapped, so everyone, especially our boss himself, dou
20、bted whether he would be a capable busboy in the truck-stop restaurant where i worked as the head waitress. however, our worries were gradually removed one week later. smiling and hard-working, stevie won over all our trucker regulars as well as us employees. later we learnt that stevie badly needed
21、 the job because the money he earned made it possible for his mother and him to live together; otherwise he would be sent to a group home. so you can imagine how worried stevie was when he had to take sick leave for heart surgery. he was afraid that he would lose his job. after the operation, in the
22、 week before he returned, he called 10 times to make sure that he could still have the job back. at that time, what concerned me most was how stevie could handle the huge medical bills. but something happened which completely caught me unawares. our regular customers, those warm-hearted truckers, we
23、re so generous that they, together with their companies, contributed over $10,000 for stevie. that thanksgiving day was a big day when stevie was back to work and when the money was presented to stevie as a surprise gift. i cried a bit while people were cheering for the occasion. now, stevie is stil
24、l working here. our boss thinks that stevie is the best worker he has ever hired. (240 words) sample essay for task 2: should we offer seats to elderly people on the bus during rush hours? i am amazed to read what a blogger says about offering bus seats to the elderly. he claims that “its the young
25、who need it more” because they go to work early in the morning and feel exhausted after a days work. the blogger also argues that it is unfair to offer seats to the elderly since they already enjoy free rides, and further suggests that during rush hours senior citizens be denied such treatment. i co
26、uld never bring myself to agree with the blogger. taking good care of the elderly is a universally accepted standard of conduct. in my opinion, offering seats to our elders is not just an indication of good manners; it is a moral issue. i always consider it my moral obligation to help others. yes, y
27、ou may feel comfortable for a while by remaining in your seat, but you will lose your character and moral values in the long run. respecting the elderly is also our social convention. it is precisely out of our love and respect for the elderly that such special benefits as free rides are offered to
28、them. no one can deprive senior citizens of their right to go out by bus at any time they like, and whats more, we should make sure that they get special care when the bus is fully packed with passengers. caring for the elderly and being taken care of can be a mutually satisfying experience for ever
29、yone involved. it is through performing such small acts as offering seats to the needy that we learn to contribute to the building of a harmonious society. (268 words)【篇二：新世纪大学英语综合教程3课后答案unit2】 book three unit two: love part i get started section a discussion sit in groups of threes or fours and dis
30、cuss the following questions. 1) do you think love and marriage are important matters in our life? why or why not? 2) dating and courtship is a common scene at college now. what do you think of it? 3) what do you think are the most important factors that contribute to a stable love relationship? giv
31、e your reasons. answers for reference: 1) yes. it is human nature to feel attraction and affection between different sexes. a life without love is often regarded as imperfect. those who are in love would long to stay together, and families resulting from love usually lay the foundation for a stable
32、society. 2) its ok to start dating at college, because college students are already grown-ups in the legal sense. no one has the right to interfere in such private matters. however, students top priority at college is to study and acquire knowledge and skills for their future careers. dating and courtship will interfere with their studies. therefore, some
