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Unit7TheArtofSmartGuessing练习答案
Unit7
TheArtofSmartGuessing
ConsolidationActivities
I.TextComprehension
1.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor*spurpose.
A.
Tointroduceaneffectivemethodofinterviewingcandidates.
B.
Todecideonanewquiztofindouthowresourcefulathinkermightbe.
C.
Toprovideanaccesstogainingnecessaryinformation.
D.
Torecommendacreativemodelofthinkingindecision-making.
Key:
[D]
2.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.
1)•Theauthoraskedthereaderstopaycloseattentiontothemethodtobeused
in
solvingthequizquestion.[T]
2)•Thebestwaytoknowthenumberof〃phonestores"intheUnitedStatesisto
go
tothelocallibrarytodostatisticalresearch.[F]
3)•Toillustratethesmartguessingapproach,theauthorhascitedalltogether
seven
examples.[F]
4)•Thelawofaveragesispartlyresponsiblefortheaccuracyofourguesswork
becauseourassumptionsatthetwoextremesusuallybalanceout.[T]
3.Answerthefollowingquestions.
1)•RefertoParagraph1.Theauthor,on
theonehand,intendedtofindouthow
intelligenttheintervieweemightbe;ontheotherhand,hewastiredoftheclich?
!
in
questioningcandidatesduringinterviews.
solutionistoriskanapproximationsince
2)•RefertoParagraphs4and5.Thebestthereisn'tenoughinformationforyoutocomeupwithanexactlycorrectanswer.
3)•RefertoParagraph6.Itmeansagreatdealforbusinessorcreativityaswefrequentlyneedtomakedecisionswhenfullinformationdoesnotexist.
4)•RefertoParagraph9.TheycallthemFermiproblems,namedafterEnricoFermi,a
NobelPrizewinner.Heusedsuchproblemstoteachhisstudentshowtomakeanapproximalionwhenrelevantinformationisinadequate.
5)•RefertoParagraphs16and17.Itlookedlikeamushroomcloud.Hehadfollowedasmartway,watchingunpoppedpopcornkernelsinthemicrowaveoven,toapproximatethehotspotsforcookinginsteadofusingscientificallysophisticatedtestingequipraent.
6)•Indecision-making,whenthenecessaryrelevantinformationisnotavailable,guessingbecomesinevitable.Smartguessing,i.e.guessingbasedonapproximationsisrecommendedinsuch
circumstances,anditmayoften,ifnotalways,provetobeeffectiveandfruitful.
4.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenfromthetext.
1)•Didyougetsotiedupinthesecomplexmathfiguresthatyouwereunabletogivethe"exactlyright"answer?
2)•Didyoufocusallyourattentiononthetwomostimportantproblems,andthenmakeanestimationwhichmaynotbeexactlyright?
•e.
4)•Theblackclothabsorbedthesunrayscouldnotreachit.
3)•Yourmistakeswilloftenaverageout,i.e.theextremelyhighestimationsandtheextremelylowestimationswhichyoumakewilleventuallybecomeequalinamount,value,oreffect.
heatofthesunmost.So,itsanksodeepbelowthatthe
ILWritingStrategies
ArtofSmartGuessing,pointsoutbackgroundofthetext,isveryappealingtothereaders.In
Fermiproblemisdefinedandillustratedwithspecificexamples.TheexamplesareprovidedtoshowwhataFermiproblemis,totellushowitcanbesolved,andtosuggestthesignificanceoftheartofsmartguessing.Itisworthnotingthattheconclusionechoesthebeginning,contributingtotheformationoftheorganicunityoftheessay.Thewriterhasincorporateddescriptions,anecdotes,opinions,andfactsintoahighlyindividualexpositoryessay.
Thetwoquestionsbelowareworthyofourattention:
(1)Inwhatwayistheintroductionconnectedwiththeconclusion?
Inthebeginningaone-questionquizisdescribed,inwhichaninterestingquestionisasked,andintheconclusionitsanswerisoffered,withthesmartguessingprocesspresented.Thus,thebeginningandtheconclusionarenaturallyconnectedwitheachother.
(2)InthebodyoftheessaytheauthorgivessometypicalexamplestoillustrateaFermiproblem.Howmanyexamplesarepresented?
Whatdoyouthinkoftheexamples?
Altogether,fourexamplesareprovidedtoexplainaFermiproblem.Theyarevery
typicalexamplesthatbestillustratewhataFermiprob1erais.
3)•Or
4)
didyouzeroinonthetwomostimportantproblems?
cometoconcentrateonanddealwith
•Toanswerthequestion,herecommendedbreakingitdownintosmaller,moreman
dividingitinto
5)•Becauseofthelawofaverages,yourmistakeswillfrequentlybalaneeout.
beoflittleimportaneeintermsofnuraber
intheir
2.Fillineachblankwithoneofthetwowordsfromeachpair
appropriateformsandnotethediffereneeofraeaningbetweenthem.
4)•Hecouldnotbelievethat,hadtheEnglishraanknownhowmuchhewasatrisk,he
wouldhavehazardedhisgrandson.
3)
n
•Thesetwoparties,whicharetraditionalrivals,describetheelectionasawarbetween
1•1T*〃J〃•〃
eo-liberalismandcommunism.
4)
to
•Thelocalpeopiearestillverytraditionalinmanyways,refusingtosendtheirdaughtersschool.
1)
4).Everyonewassupposedtodancewiththebrideandpinmoneyonherdress.
•Transportisnotineludedbutcanbearranged.
6)•Turningthatvisionintoarealityisnoteasy.
7)•Idon'tenvisageIwilltakeanexecutiverole,butratherbecomeaconsultantonmerchandiseandmarketing.
8).Surelyitiseconomicnonsensetodepletetheworldofnaturalresources.
4.Makeasentenceofyourownforeachofthegivenwordswithmeaningsotherthanthoseusedinthetext.Youmaychangethepartofspeechofthesewords.
AstheSuperGirlscameonstagetheywentwild.
Thearticleimpressedmewithitselegantsimplicity.
Allfundsraisedwillbeusedforchildrenwithleukaemia.
Janetwasanaturalblondewithagoodfigure.
Itdidn'train,whichturnedouttobeastrokeofluck.
6)
•kernel
Thekernelofthatmessageisthatpeaceisasourceofadvantageforthepoor.
5.
Combineeachpairofsimplesentencesintoacomplexsentence,usingpropersubordinators.
1)
•Mywifewasmowingthelawn.Iwastryingtolistentomusic.
Whilemywifewasmowingthelawn,Iwastryingtolistentomusic.
2)
•Theweatherremainsfine.Iseenoreasonwhythevillagefeteshouldnotbeasuccess.
If/Providedthattheweatherremainsfine,Iseenoreasonwhythevillagefeteshouldnotbe
asuccess.
3)•
Helosthiscell-phonesomewhere.Thelecturehallmightbetheplace.
Thelecturehallmightbetheplacewherehelosthiscell-phone.
4)•
Thetravelersweretrappedinthecave.Oneofthemhasalreadybeenbroughtout.
Oneofthetravelerswhowastrappedinthecavehasalreadybeenbroughtout.
5)•
Hewaslying.Thatisquiteobvious.
Itisquiteobviousthathewaslying.
6)•
AnAustralianfriendiscomingtoseeme.ImadehisacquaintanceinSydneylastyear.
AnAustralianfriendwhoseacquaintanceImadeinSydneylastyeariscomingtoseeme.
Sicknesskepthimawayfromschool.Hedidn'tgettheprize.
Hedidn'tgettheprizebecausesicknesskepthimawayfromschool.
Youpromisetocomebackintime.Youshallnotgotothepartytonight.
Youshallnotgotothepartytonightuniessyoupromisetocomebackintime.
9).LucyspokeEnglishfast.Icouldn^tunderstandher.
Icouldn^tunderstandLucybecauseshespokeEnglishtoofast.
10)•Hiswifewaitedup.Hecamehome.
Hiswifewaitedupuntilhecamehome.
5.Putawordineachblankthatisappropriateforthecontext.
Aftertheorchestrahadtuneduptheconductorwalkedupontothestage.
7).现代军用飞机使用计算机瞄准目标。
Modernmilitaryaircraftusecomputerstozeroinontheirtargets.
8).她想出了一个绝妙的主意来劝说老板给她双份工资。
(comeupwith)
She'scomeupwithabrilliantideatopersuadeherbosstodoubleherincome.
2.TranslatingPassage
TranslatethefollowingintoEnglish.
使自己摆脱某些教条的好办法之一是了解自己生活圈了以外人们所持的观点。
你要是觉
得人们和报纸失却常理,颠倒是非,甚至邪恶,这时你就得提醒自己,在他们眼里你没
有什么两样。
这么思考双方都可能是对的,却不可能都是错的。
这样的反思可以给人一个警觉。
想像力丰富的人可以设想自己跟一个不同见解的人进行辩论,这不失为一个好办法。
相
比真正的辩论,这样做有一个好处,也仅有一个好处,那就是它不受时空的限制。
参考译文:
Agoodwayofriddingyourselfofcertainkindsofdogmatismistobecomeawareofopinionsheldinsocialcirclesdifferentfromyourown.Ifthepeopieandthenewspaperseemmad,perverse,andwicked,remindyourselfthatyouseemsotothem.Inthisopinionbothpartiesmayberight,buttheycannotbothbewrong.Thisreflectionshouldgenerateacertaincaution.
Forthosewhohaveenoughpsychologicalimagination,itisagoodplantoimagineanargumentwithapersonhavingadifferentbias.Thishasoneadvantage,actualconversationwithopponents;thisoneadvantageisthatsamelimitationsoftimeandspace.
andonlyone,ascomparedwiththemethodisnotsubjecttothe
VI.Writing
Writeanessayofabout400wordsonthefollowingtopic.
ONTHEPROSANDCONSOFCELLPHONES
yourthesisstatement.Thenineachoftheparagraphsthatfollow,focusononeofthemforelaboration.Inthefinalparagraph,summarizewhatyouhavewrittenandre-assertyouropinion.
Inthefirstparagraphofyourwritingyoushouldpresent
ThetransitionaldevicesinlistedinUnit6canbeusedtointroducetheprosandthefollowingcanintroducethecons:
2.most
seriousofall,worstofall.
Between
theprosandthecons,itisnecessarytoaddoneortwotransitional
sentences.Youwouldprobablyfindthesentencesbelowuseful:
1.However,everycoinhastwosides.Whilewearediscussingthemeritsof…,
cannotforgetits/theirdemerits.
2.Now,let'slookatthereversesideofthe
3.Butmeritsusuallygohandinhandwithdemerits.
Furt
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