1、第 1 页 共 7 页Unit 1 Caring for Our EarthPassage A（三）、1. Answer: A tree frog has taken up residence in my studio. Answer: He stopped and turned around and just sat there looking at me.2. Answer: Possibly the tone of my computer sounded to him like other tree frogs.3. Answer: Frogs were dying around the
2、 world. Answer: Frogs were being found whose skin was like paper.Answer: Frogs are an “indicator species”.4. Answer: The frogs have a message for us.Answer: We must be the adults for the planet.Answer: There are no boundaries, that there is no more time.（四）、Answer: greenhouse residence communicate w
3、ired humming message sensitivity indicator（五）、Answer: 1. d 2. a 3. b 4. e 5. c 1. tone threatening 2. sensitivity smell 3. affected climate 4. tap resources 5. concerns environment （六）、 Answer: 1. subtle 2. were overtaken 3. species 4. decades 5. boundaries 6. audio 7. directly 8. focus 9. tone 10.
4、cupped （七）、 Answer: 1. at that rate 2. For the sake of 3. come to 4. by hand 5. vice versa （八）、1. 年轻人有时会抱怨无法和父母沟通。(communicate with)Answer: Young people sometimes complain of being unable to communicate with their parents.2. 能在中国云南的一个苗家村落住下来一直是玛丽长久以来的梦想，现在她终于梦想成真了。(to take up residence) Answer: It h
5、as been Marys long cherished dream to take up residence in a Miao village in Yunnan, China. Now her dream has finally come true.3. 家养的动物习惯于依赖人，因此很难能在野外活下来。(survive) Answer: Domestic animals are used to depending on humans, so it is difficult for them to survive in the wild.4. 他突然有种恐惧感，觉得自己会因为经济不景气而被
6、公司裁员。(overtake) Answer: He was suddenly overtaken by a fear that he would be laid off by the company because of depression.5. 我估计公交路线上堵车了，因为我都等了 30 分钟也没见一辆车开过去。(figure)Answer: I figure that there is a traffic jam on the route of the bus, for Ive waited for 30 minutes without seeing one passing by.（9
7、）、Answer: In spite of trade frictions, the US cannot do without China or vice versa.Answer: If you find yourself working without efficiency, youd better relax for a while.Answer: The speaker glanced around the audience this way and that before he started speaking.Answer: My fathers opinion on my job
8、 change sounded to me like a warning.Answer: The labor union agreed to give up a pay increase for the sake of more job opportunities.第 2 页 共 7 页（十）、Answer: The sandstorm is a horrible phenomenon. The clouds of dust are so heavy that you can hardly breathe. It is so dark that it may cause trafic acci
9、dents.Answer: Droughts result from lack of water, which is essential for plants and animals. The failure of crops leads to food shortage, and sometimes even famine.Answer: The flood washes away houses, destroys ields, and causes life and property losses. People may be left homeless and suffer diseas
10、es.Causes: The increase of disasters is mainly caused by human activities. With the growth of population, we need more resources from the Earth. Deforestation, over-cultivation, together with other factors, lead to the imbalance of the ecosystem. And this in turn causes more natural disasters.Passag
11、e BThink about it:1. What is Mission Zero?Answer: It is a goal set by Interface that the company will eliminate any negative impact Interface has on the environment by the year 2020.2. What can we do to achieve sustainability? Answer: We can start doing something first, then do something else. Only
12、when everyone in our society is involved can we expect to transform our entire system into a sustainable one.3. Do you know you can figure out the meaning of a new word just by the context? Answer: Open.（十三）、Answer:1. indicating the use of a lot of a particular thinge.g. The labor-intensive products
13、 such as shoes, clothes, toys, hardware and so on, come primarily from small enterprises.As agriculture has become more knowledge-intensive, farmers have greatly improved output with less land and labor.2. without a particular thinge.g. As the punishment for drunk driving is getting more severe, the
14、 sale of alcohol-free beer is on the rise.Part of the attraction to the island is that tourists can buy imported goods there at duty-free prices.3. having a very close and friendly relationshipe.g. Our client-intimate service contributes much to the growth of the company.The GPS is designed in a use
15、r-intimate approach, and you can easily find your way just by a few touches on its screen.4. partner or associate in an activity or job e.g. As the proud co-sponsor of the conference, we come not only to offer our support, but also share our experience.Penn, co-author of National Food And Agricultur
16、e Policy, has served for three years as a senior economist at the United States Department of Agriculture.5. in a better, faster or further waye.g. For the first time, smartphones have out-sold PCs in terms of number of units in the first quarter of this year.Using keywords in the title of your blog
17、 posts helps out-rank others in search engines.（15）、1. 十年前，当公司还处在生产的鼎盛时期时，我们就决定投资新技术，将公司转型为技术第 3 页 共 7 页密集型 企业。由于拥有先进技术，我们在激烈动荡的市场竞争中脱颖而出。现在我们的成本下降了百分之三十，销售业绩却上涨了三分之二，利润翻了一番。 Answer: Ten years ago, when our company was at the height of its production, we decided to invest in new technologies, so as
18、to turn our company into a technology-intensive one. With our advanced technologies, we out-competed all our competitors in the rough and tumble of the marketplace. Now we have reduced the cost by 30 percent, even as / while our sales have grown by two-thirds and the earnings have doubled.2. 我们将可持续性
19、定义为保持企业盈利，但不以环境为代价。从商业的角度看，这合理吗？事实上，在追求可持续发展目标的过程中，我们的收益已经超过了所有的投资和开支。可持续发展的推进起到了如此重要的作用，帮助我们撑过了史上最深重的经济衰退。 Answer: We define sustainability as keeping a business profitable, but not at the expense of the environment. Does this make good business sense? Actually, what we get has more than offset all
20、 the investments and expenses incurred in pursuit of the goal of sustainable development. The boost of sustainability made such a difference that it helped us survive the deepest recession in the history.（十六）、Answer: from bad to worse Answer: loss of hopeAnswer: fuels like petroleum and coal.Answer:
21、 very dryAnswer: a movement away from a place（17）、Answer: 这一举措在竞争艰难而残酷的市场上胜过了所有对手。Answer: 代沟明显表现在消费上：年轻人什么都会去买，而老年人则喜欢节俭。Answer: 机器的发明使世界进入了一个新纪元 工业时代，金钱主宰了一切。Answer: 每个人的生活都有酸甜苦辣。Answer: 麦肯立博士竭尽全力唤起公众对严峻的环保问题的关注。Answer: 那条消息让我毛骨悚然。Answer: 她在演讲中用了许多术语，听众听得莫名其妙。Answer: 这些问题盘根错节，三言两语说不清楚。Unit 2 Nobel
22、Prize WinnersListen and TalkAnswer: 1. invitations 2. around the world 3. reach 4. institution 5. specially appointed experts 6. vote 7. diploma 8. medal 9. is followed by 10. including Passage AThink About It: 1. What do you think makes a successful scientist?Answer:1. Curiosity, patience, determin
23、ation, genius, persistence .2. What kind of boy was Einstein in his parents eyes?Answer:2. They might have thought him slow because he hardly 第 4 页 共 7 页spoke until he was almost three years old. Einstein once said: “Curiosity has its own reason for existence.” How do you understand this statement?A
24、nswer:2. Einstein was right because he himself was passionately curious when he was young. His curiosity was sparked by wanting to know what controlled the compass needle and this led to his later success.（二）、 答案：Clues of the interview:1. Paulines surprise to Einstein with his new baby sister, and E
25、insteins response.2. Einsteins recall of the compass.3. Majas recall of the card house built by her brother, and Einsteins interpretation of his patience and determination to keep at things longer.（3）、答案：1. the compassWhy would the compass always find its way back to pointing in the direction of nor
26、th? What invisible force controlled the compass needle? (Para. 9) 答案：2. a book on Euclidean plane geometryHow could people use Euclidean plane geometry to prove theorems of angles and lines that were in no way obvious? (Para. 6)Could I adopt mathematics as a tool to prove the behavior of the univers
27、e? (Para. 6) 答案：3. beauty of simplicityHow could I find the beauty of simplicity in the apparently complex nature? (Para. 7)How could I make the essence of my ideas understandable to everyone? (Para. 7) 答案：4. his ultimate questHow did God create this world? (Para. 11)What were His thoughts? (Para. 1
28、1)（4）、Answer: 1. compass 2. inspiration 3. curious 4. persistent 5. stimulated 6. inspired 7. genius 8. Complex（5）、 Answer: 1. The spokesman was merely given a condense version of the document, so he didnt know much about the details. (condensed)2. Stouts curious in science was sparked by the fascin
29、ating stories about Nobel Prize winners. (curiosity)3. When there is too much smoke in the room, the devise would automatically turn on the alarming system. (device)4. Anyone without patience and persistent is unlikely to make a good researcher. (persistence)5. There is convinced evidence that stres
30、s is partly responsible for his failing health. (convincing)第 5 页 共 7 页（6）、 Answer: 1. fundamental 2. ultimate 3. sparked 4. apparently 5. patience 6. curiosity 7. convince 8. detail 9. responses 10. (has) stirred （7）、 Answer: 1. fooled . into 2. came upon 3. join in 4. come up with 5. up to （8）、1.
31、记者敦促发言人就此次军事打击作出解释。(press for) Answer: Reporters pressed the spokesman for an explanation of the military attack.2. 他的竞选演讲未能使选民相信他就是参议员的合适人选。(convince) Answer: His election speech failed to convince the voters that he was the right person for the Senate seat.3. 尽管我承认有问题存在，但我并不认为这些问题不能解决。(while) Answ
32、er: While I admit that there are problems, I dont agree that they cannot be solved.4. 他在电视上的第一次辩论给观众留下了深刻的印象。(impression) Answer: His first debate on TV made a deep impression on his audience.5. 一切事物都是互相联系又互相作用的。(interact with)Answer: All things are interrelated and interact with each other.（9）、1、An
33、swer: She might have thought that history was just boring names and dates, but Professor Yis lectures completely changed her view.2、Answer: After the plane crash, all the survivors could do was wait for rescue on this desert island.3、Answer: JThe little boy happened to read some stories about Bermud
34、a Triangle that did stir his curiosity in the mysteries of nature.4、Answer: The DNA test result was evidence to the police that the murderer was someone else.5、Answer: Darwin was convinced that The Theory of Evolution is based on natural selection.Passage BThink About It1. What would you do if you w
35、ere awarded the Nobel Prize?Answer: Open. Give big parties, have a vacation, write books, celebrate, retire or continue to work hard .2. What did Zewail plan to do after he won the Nobel Prize?Answer: He would remain active in research and in publishing papers, and look for more breakthroughs.3. Do
36、you know that in many cases the part of speech which a word falls into can be recognized simply through its ending part, known as suffix, such as -sion, -ive, etc.?Answer: Open.第 6 页 共 7 页（十四）、LineMetaphors Contextual Meanings30 open new windows make new discoveries31 forefront of the arena leading
37、position of the field32 molecular dances molecular movements32 a wealth of experiences a large amount of experience33 sailed to the top of his classreached the top of his class47 under his belt in his possession（15） 、1. 这位年轻的埃及男孩在一些化学项目中积累了丰富的经验。这些经验帮助他在埃及大学读书时成绩名列班级前茅。在研究生学习即将结束时，他决定在化学学习方面继续深造。当面临
38、选择去哪所大学时，他选择了宾夕法尼亚大学而放弃了加州理工学院，仅仅只是因为他当时认为“大学”比“学院”听起来更负盛名。Answer: This young Egyptian boy had received a wealth of experience in some chemistry projects. Such experience helped him to sail to the top of his class at college in Egypt. When he was about to finish his postgraduate study, he decided to
39、 further his chemistry education. When confronted with choosing which university to go to, he chose University of Pennsylvania over California Institute of Technology (Caltech) just because he thought “university” sounded more prestigious than “institute”.2. 瑞典皇家科学院授予他第 28 届诺贝尔医学奖，以褒奖他为战胜癌症所做的开创性工作。
40、实际上，他已经做了整整 20 年的研究才取得了这一了不起的突破，他也是他所在大学第一位获得诺贝尔奖殊荣的教师。如今已将诺贝尔奖收入囊中的他更加坚定地声言，将以前所未有的更大动力去继续开拓人类攻克癌症的事业。Answer: The Royal Swedish Academy awarded him with the 28th Nobel Prize in Medicine for his groundbreaking work in fighting against cancer. It turns out that he had spent 20 years on his research b
41、efore he made this wonderful breakthrough, and he is the first faculty member of his university to receive the Nobel Prize. Now with Nobel Prize under his belt, he claimed that he had never been so much more motivated to continue to push the envelope of what human beings can possibly do about cancer
42、.第 7 页 共 7 页（十六）、1 adj intellectual 7 adv quizzically 13 n contraption 19 adj magnetic2 adj invisible 8 n evidence 14 adj prestigious 20 n impression3 n curiosity 9 n empowerment 15 v revolutionize21 n advantage4 n mathematics10 adj powerful 16 adj tumultuous 22 adj classical5 n handful 11 n profess
43、orship17 v specialize 23 adv strangely6 adv backwards 12 adj or adv clockwise 18 n relativity 24 v worsen（16） 、Answer: 他有耐心和毅力，使 他做事时坚持的时间比其他大多数孩童都长。（根据上下文，增加原文中省略的词语）Answer: 就其基本内容而言，这一学说提出的论点包括：光速是宇宙中最快的速度；（增加修饰语，以示强调）Answer: 扎威尔将收到世界各地的来信。短短几天时间里 2000 封电子邮件接踵而至。（增加量词、修饰语以及原文上下文中所省略的部分）Answer: 但是，这位 53 岁的科学家将首先与家人共享这条喜讯。（增加量词以及原文上下文中所省略的部分）（17） 、Answer: 1. in 1933 2. in 1955 3. Since the 1950s 4. over three decades 5. in 1990
