Unit 4 Matriculation Fixation 练习答案.docx
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Unit4MatriculationFixation练习答案
Unit4
MatriculationFixation
ConsolidationActivities
I.TextComprehension
1.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurpose.
A.Totellhispersonalexperienceincollegeselectionprocedures.
B.Toofferhisphilosophyaboutcollegeselectionandone’sfuturecareerorsuccessinlife.
C.Todescribetheimportanceofparents’roleinchildren’scollegeeducation.
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Key:
[B]
2.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.
1).Theprimaryreasonforthefathertochoosealocal,second-echelonuniversityforhisdaughterisbasedoneconomicconsiderations.[T]
2).Theauthor’ssuccessasafreelancewriterislargelyduetohiseducationinaprestigiousuniversity.[F]
3).Itisimplied,thoughnotstated,thatallparents(includingtheauthorhimself)undergoacriticaltimewhentheirchildrenaregoingtocollege.[T]
4).Ensuringthattheirchildrenenteroneofthetopuniversitiesistheultimateobjectiveofsomeparents.[T]
5).Theparentswhorecognizetheirchildren’sincapabilitytomakethecuthaveneverexpectedtheirchildrentogotoprestigiousuniversities.[F]
6).ThecampustourofMITenabledtheauthortochangehisattitudeaboutcollegeselection.[F]
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4.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenfromthetext.
1)Suchpeoplebelievethatifachildsucceedsingettingadmissiontoafirst-rateuniversity,thenheorshewillbeguaranteedsuccessfulfuture.
2)Someparentsthinkmoreofthefameofauniversitythantheuniversityitself.However,theirfamehasmoreweightthantheinstitutionsthemselves.
II.WritingStrategies
Writteninapersonalandinformalstyle,thisessayhasanumberofsubtopicsthatarecarefullyintroduced.WhatarethesesubtopicsTheessaybeginswiththeauthor’sunexpectedencounterwithastrangerinahospital,andendswithhistourofMITcampus.Howdothesetwoincidentshelptoconnectallthesubtopicstothethemeoftheessay
Theessayhasthefollowingsubtopicsasmaincomponents:
1)theauthor’sownsituationandexperiencesincollegeeducationandcollegeselection(Paragraphs3–8);
2)hisprobeintoandcommentsonthetwoclassesofcollegeselectionobsessives(Paragraphs9–12).
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Thetwoincidentsarerespectivelyrelatedwiththefirstandthesecondsubtopics:
theencounterputstheauthorandthemaninasimilarsituation(boththemanandtheauthorhavekidswhoaregoingtoattendcollege);thecampustourprovidessupporttotheauthor’scommentsonthematter.
Thetwoincidentshelptoclarifythesubtopicsbymeansoffullandprogressiveexplanationoftheauthor’sattitudetowardsthematter(theauthor’scollegedays,hishighschoolchums,examplesoffailuresandsuccesses,etc.)
III.LanguageWork
1.Explaintheunderlinedpart(s)ineachsentenceinyourownwords.
1).Moneybeingtight,withothercollege-boundchildreninthefamilyqueue,themanhadpersuadedhisdaughtertoaccepttheseconduniversity’soffer.
Nothavingmuchmoney;childrenwhoaregoingtocollege
;
2).Nowhewasworriedthatshewouldonedayruethisdecision
regretnothavingstudiedinthefirst-classuniversity
3).I...hadmanagedtocarveoutanicelittlenicheformyself.
findajobwhichwasverysuitable
4).Threeyearslatermysonwillfollowsuit.
gotocollegetoo
5).Someofthoseboysandgirlsmostlikelytosucceedaregoingtoenduponwelfareorskidrow.
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aregoingtobepoor,livingonwelfare,withoutajoboraplacetolive,andoftendrinkingtoomuchalcohol
6).Asecond,farmorenumerousclassofobsessivesconsistsofpeoplewhosuddenlyrealizethattheirBrandXchildrenaren’tgoingtomakethecut.
measureuptoacertainstandard
7).Seventeenyearsofunreadtextbooks,unvisitedmuseums,anduntakenAPcoursesarenowfinallytakingtheirtoll...
havingabadeffect
8).DuringarecentvisittoMIT,Iwatchedthefirstthirtysecondsofanadmissionsofficevideopokingfunattheuniversity’sreputationasanerdfactory.
makingjokesabout;aplacewhereboringpersonalitiesarefostered
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9).Atonejuncture,shepointedoutarestaurantwherestudentscouldgrabafast,inexpensivemeal.
Atonepoint
10)....sedulousmonitoringofon-campusrestaurantpricesshouldbeavitalcomponentofthewinnowingprocedure,particularlyvis-a-vispanini.
theprocessofreducingalargenumberofuniversitiestoamuchsmallernumber;withregardto
2.Fillintheblankswiththeappropriateformsofthegivenwords.
1).Theonlyillumination(illuminate)wasfromaskylight.
2).Thegoldenautumnlightprovidedtheinspiration(inspire)forthepainting.
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3).Therewasabiographical(biography)noteabouttheauthoronthebackofthebook.
4).Shewasutterlydevastated(devastate)whenherhusbanddied.
5).She’sneurotic(neurosis)aboutherweight—sheweighsherselfthreetimesaday.
6).It’sinfuriating(infuriate)whenpeoplekeepspellingyournamewrong,isn’tit
7).He’sobsessive(obsess)aboutpunctuality
8).Lizhasafixation(fixate)withfood.
9).Themedicalexaminationbeforeyoustartworkisobligatory(oblige).
10).Hercontroversialspeechwaspunctuatedwithnoisyinterjections(interject)fromtheaudience.
3.Fillintheblank(s)ineachsentencewithaphrasetakenfromtheboxinitsappropriateform.
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injeopardy|screwup|inquestion|flatout
tickoff|takeatoll|sottovoce|winnowdown
dragooninto|followsuit|forkover|stemfrom
1).I’vebeendragoonedintogivingtheafter-dinnerspeech.
2).Istayedathomeonthenightinquestion.
3).Thelivesofthousandsofbirdsareinjeopardyasaresultoftheoilspillage.
4).Whenoneairlinereducesitsprices,therestsoonfollowsuit.
5).Iscrewedupmyexamslastyear.
6).Theproblemsofthepastfewmonthshavetakenatollonherhealthandthereareshadowsbeneathhereyes.
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7).Theirdisagreementstemmedfromamisunderstanding.
8).Theremarkwasutteredsottovoce.
9).Wehadtoforkovertenbuckstoparknearthestadium.
10).Tickoffeachitemonthelistasyoucompleteit.
11).Alistof12candidateshasbeenwinnoweddowntoashortlistofthree.
12).Shetoldhimflatoutthatshewouldnotgototheshow.
4.Explainthemeaningoftheunderlinedpartineachsentence.
1).Spendingtimewithone’sfamilyisneveranunalloyedpleasure.
aone-hundred-percentpleasantexperience
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2).Ican’tstandhisbelligerence.
hiswishtoarguewithpeopleallthetime
3).Shegaveabashfulsmileashecomplimentedheronherwork.
embarrassed
4).Whenhisparentsdied,hefoundhimself$100,000betteroff.
had$100,000morethanhehadinthepast
5).TheCIAwasmonitoringhisphonecalls.
secretlylisteningto
6).Northboundtrafficismovingveryslowlybecauseoftheaccident.
Trafficwhichistravelingnorth
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7).Shehadalookofutterdevastationonherface.
extremeshockandsadness
8).Inhisclosingremarks,thechairmanthankedeveryonewhohadhelped.
concluding
9).Ifyouhavenotsignedacontract,youareundernoobligationtopaythemanymoney.
itisnotnecessaryforyouto
10).Therewasascreechofbrakesandthebusshudderedtoahalt.
shookviolentlyandstopped
5.Correcttheerrorsinthefollowingpassage.Thepassagecontainstenerrors,oneineachindicatedline.Ineachcase,onlyonewordisinvolved.
;
Correctionsshouldbedoneasfollows:
Wrongword:
underlinethewrongwordandwritethecorrectwordintheblank.
Extraword:
deletetheextrawordwithan“×.”
Missingword:
markthepositionofthemissingwordwitha“∧”andwritethemissingwordintheblank.
IvyRetardation
Itdidn’tdownonmethattheremightbeafewholesinmyeducationuntilIwasabout35.I’djustboughtahouse,thepipesneededfixing,andtheplumberwasstandinginmykitchen.Therehewas,ashort,beefyguywithathickBostonaccent,andIsuddenlylearnedthatIdidn’thavetheslightestideawhattosaytosomeonelikehim.Soalienwashisexperiencetome,sounguessablehisvalue,somysterioushisverylanguage,thatIcouldn’tsucceedinengaginghiminafewminutes’ofsmalltalkbeforehegotdowntowork.FourteenyearsofhighereducationandahandfulofIvyLeaguedegrees,andthereIwas,stiffandstupid,struckdumbbymyowndumbness.“Ivyretardation,”afriendofminecallsthis.Icouldcarryoutconversationswithpeoplefromothercountries,inotherlanguages,butIcouldn’ttalktothemanwhowasstandinginmyownhouse.
It’snotsurprisingthatittookmesolongtodiscovertheextentofmymiseducation,becausethelatestthinganeliteeducationwillteachyouisitsowninadequacy.
Thefirstdisadvantageofaneliteeducation,asIlearnedinmykitchenthatday,isthatitmakesyouincapableoftalkingtopeoplewhodon’tlikeyou.Eliteschoolspridethemselvesontheirdiversity,butthatdiversityisalmostentirelyamatterofethnicityandrace.Withrespectinclass,theseschoolsarelargelyhomogeneous.
Atthesametime,becausetheseschoolstendtocultivateliberalattitudes,theyleavetheirstudentsintheparadoxicalpositionofwantingtoadvocateonbehalfoftheworkingclasswhilebeingunabletoholdasimpleconversationwithanyoneinit.
Theseconddisadvantageisthataneliteeducationinculcatesafalsesenseofself-worth.Gettingtoanelitecollege,beingatanelitecollege,andgoingonfromanelitecollege—allinvolvenumericalrankings:
SAT,GPA,GRE.Youlearntothinkforyourselfintermsofthosenumbers.Theycometosignifynotonlyyourfate,butyouridentity;notonlyyouridentity,butyourvalue.Thereisnothing
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