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Unit 7 Letter to a B Student
Key to the Exercises
Text comprehension
I.
B.
II.
1. T; 2. T;
3. T; 4. F; 5. F.
III.
1. Paragraph 2. It is our society,
which overemphasizes winning, considers failure a
sin,
and sees prosperity in the present
as a sure sign of salvation in the future.
2. Paragraph 4. Because the students
may have acquired more or less knowledge out of
the course than the grade indicates.
3.
Paragraph
5.
His
attitude
is
critical.
He
complains
the
exclusion
of
such
important
characteristics as
courage, kindness, wisdom and good humor.
4.
Paragraph
8.
It
was
to
make
a
clear
distinction
between
the
student
as
classroom
performer
and
the
student
as
human
being.
So
a
low
grade,
at
best,
indicates
an
incompetent classroom performer, not an
incompetent human being.
5.
Paragraph
9.
He
thinks
social
labels,
including
grades,
are
basically
irrelevant
and
misleading,
though
necessary.
But
it’s
not
self
-contradictory
because
social
labels
are
necessary as ways of distinction for
job choice, not as reasons for attitude toward
others
or ourselves in human terms.
IV.
1. Being
unsuccessful and disadvantaged is regarded as
sinful because in this word people
tend
to think today’s success can save one from evil in
the future.
2.
It
is
important
to
see
the
fact
that
although
they
differ
in
their
class
status
and
educational
background,
human
beings
are
essentially
the
same.
Biologically
they
are
constructed in the same way, and they
share the common feelings of fear and joy and the
common
experience
of
suffering
and
achieving.
This
commonality
has
bound
them
together. All of them will regard wars,
diseases, and disasters both private and public as
unfortunate big events in their life
time.
Vocabulary Analysis
I. Phrase practice
1.
essence: inner nature; indispensable quality; the
most important part
本质，
实质，<
/p>
精髓
2. deadly sins:
sins leading to damnation. (pride, covetousness,
lust, anger, gluttony, envy
and sloth,
in Christianity)
3. misleading: making
you think or act wrongly
误导，误入歧途
4.
conventional task: task traditionally required of
students
传统任务
5.
in short supply: far from enough
供给不足，缺乏
II.
1. define;
2. irrelevant;
3.
correspond to;
4. flunked;
5. rather;
6. makes a
point of;
7. apt to;
8.
go round.
III. Word
derivation.
Fill in the
blanks with the appropriate forms of the given
words.
1. removal
2. climatic
3.
salvation
4. proficiency
5. assumption
6. normally
7.
resentment
8. disastrous
IV.
1. B;
2. D;
3. C;
4. C;
5. B;
6. D;
7. B;
8. D.
V. Synonym / Antonym
Give a
synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in
each sentence in the sense it is
used.
1. Synonym: balanced, compensated
2. Antonym: unconventional
3. Antonym: abundant, plentiful
4. Synonym: evaluated, assessed
5. Synonym: average
6.
Synonym: essentially, basically
7.
Antonym: lightly, frivolously
8.
Antonym: temporarily
VI.
Prefix
Write in each space
one word that has the same prefix as underlined in
each given word.
1. interfere
international
2.
transcend
translate
3.
circumstances
circumference
4. neocolonial
neoclassical
5. control
conform
6.
antibiotic
antisocial
7. unlock
undo
8. outnumber
outshine
Grammar Exercises
I. Rewrite
the following sentences using proper disjuncts.
1. Unfortunately, …
2. Hopefully, …
3. Oddly enough, …
4. Rightly, …
5.
Luckily, …
6.
Fortunately, …
7. Strangely
enough, …
II.
1. It was right that … / They were
right to have ….
2. It
wa
s foolish that … / It was foolish of
the boy not to say … / The boy was foolish not to
say ….
3. type 1.
4. type 2.
5. type 2.
6. type 2.
7. type 2: It was
lucky that ….
8. type 2: It
is hoped that ….
III.
Fill
in
each
blank
with
a
proper
relative
word.
U
se
“preposition
+
relative
word”
if
necessary.
1. which / that;
when; by which,
2. on which
3. that
4. for whom
5. with whom
6. to whom
7. of which
8. at which
IV.
1. where,
where
2. what, which
3. what
4. why
5. where
6. When
7. why
8.
which, which, what
V.
whatever, wherever, whoever, whichever, whenever,
and however
Complete the following
sentences with the appropriate words in the box.
1. However
2. Whatever
3. whatever
4. Wherever
5. whichever
6. whoever
7. However