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UNIT 2 The Virtues of Growing Older
Key to the
Exercises
Text
Comprehension
I.
Decide which of the following best
states the author’s purpose of writing.
C
II.
Judge,
according
to
the
text,
whether
the
following
statements
are
true
or
false.
1-5 F F F
T T
IV. Explain
in your own words the following
sentences.
1. I am
embarrassed to admit that women are less capable
than men of resisting the
temptation of
fashion.
2.
It
means
that
you
make
friends
with
different
people
in
order
to
find
a
new
identity
for
yourself.
Structural analysis of the
text
1.
see III.
2.
2.
Paragraph
3:
the
last
sentence;
Paragraph
4:
the
second
sentence;
Paragraph
5:
the first
sentence.
Vocabulary
I.
Explain the underlined part in each sentence in
your own words.
1. be apt
to: be likely to
易于……，有……的倾向
2.
fall apart: break up, disintegrate
3. in general: as a whole
通常，大体上；总的来说，从总体上看
4. at the mercy of: powerless against;
completely controlled by
对……无能为力；
任……处置，任由……摆布
5. no
wonder: not surprising / only too natural
不足为奇，并不奇怪
II. Fill in the blank in each sentence
with a word or phrase taken from the box in
its appropriate form.
1. delay
2. Feverishly
3. fa?ade
4. confronted
5. premise 6. dreaded
7. automatically 8. awaiting
III. Fill in the blanks
with the appropriate forms of the given
words.
1. obsessive 2.
moodiness 3. tolerable 4. beneficial
5. satisfying 6. hidden
7. preference 8. criticisms
IV.
Choose
the
word
or
phrase
that
can
replace
the
underlined
part
in
each
sentence.
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CDAA 5-8 BDCB
V.
Give
a
synonym
or
an
antonym
of
the
word
underlined
in
each
sentence
in
the
sense
it is
used.
1. Synonym: conceal,
disguise
2. Antonym:
narrow
3. Synonym:
satisfaction, happiness, joy
4. Synonym: merits,
advantages
5. Synonym: fat,
plump
6. Synonym: well-
built
7. Antonym: old-
fashioned, outdated
8.
Synonym: clearly, evidently
VI.
Write
in
each
space
one
word
that
has
the
same
prefix
as
underlined
in
each
given
word.
1. preface
prepare
5.
periphery
perimeter
2. prologue
progress
6. dialogue
diameter
3. foresight
foresee
7.
semifinal
semiconductor
4. paralysis
parallel
8.
devaluate
decelerate
Grammar
I.
Complete
the
following
sentences
with
the
appropriate
forms
of
the
nouns
given.
1. agony 2. agonies 3.
experience 4. experiences
5.
youth
6. a youth 7. a
great help 8. a good knowledge 9. a gray hair
10. work
II.
Complete the following sentences with quantifiers
& determiners.
1. A 2. B
3. D 4. C
5. A 6. B 7.
B 8. C
III.
Complete the reading.
a lot
of, a little, some, a few, A, some, some, a lot
of, x, many, x, a lot of
IV. Complete the following with
every, each, everyone, every one,
all.
1. all, every one 2.
each 3. every 4. each
5. everyone 6. each
7. everyone, everyone 8. each
V. Correct errors in the
following sentences.
1. you
must take care
2. Though
he received the document late at night;
it
3. When you
fell
4. When you
read
5. I became clear about
what he meant
6. We saw the
first star shining in the sky
7. who were eating
8. he was cleaning