新世纪大学英语系列教材(第二版)
Unit 1
Part I
Exercises
I. Reading for information
?/p>
A. Reading to find main ideas
1. A
2. C
B. Reading to find major details
3 . D
4. B
C. Reading to find relevant facts
5. C
6. A
II. Translation
Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1
A hundred papers in the boys' scrawls; he had shirked this work for weeks, feeling all the time as if a
sword were hanging over his head.
有一百份卷子要批?/p>
而且全是男孩们用潦草的字迹写成的?/p>
这事他已经拖了好几个星期了?/p>
?/p>
些日子,他一直觉得头上仿佛悬着把剑?/p>
2
I
?/p>
ve spent a fortune on it behind closed doors.
我私下里已经花了一大笔钱来学习音乐了?/p>
3 His face was beaded with perspiration.
他的脸上挂满了汗珠?/p>
4 No judge delivering a sentence felt more pained and helpless.
没有哪个宣布判决的法官会比此时的谢卡尔更痛苦、更无助?/p>
5 Truth required as much strength to give as to receive.
说出事实和接受事实同样需要勇气?/p>
III. Summary
Complete the following statements with words and expressions from the box. Use their proper forms.
1 Truth is like the
sun
because no human being can ever look it
straight in the face
without
blinking
or
being
dazed
.
2
Sekhar
thought
that
morning
till
night
,
the
essence
of
human
relationships
consisted in
tempering truth
so that it might not
shock
.
3 Sekhar practiced
truth
for only one day and he had three trials :The first one was with his
wife
, the
second with his
colleague
and the last one with his
headmaster