Key to unit 6
Text A
IV.
1. shocked 2. admitted 3. pursue 4. prefer
5. intelligent 6. acquire 7. average 8. cultivate
9. typical 10. pursuit 11. imported 12. bite
13. compete 14. constantly 15. prestigious 16. extent
V.
1. dedicated to 2. stood a chance 3. held up as 4. least of all
5. conform to 6. compares to 7. done away with 8. deprived of
9. looked down upon 10. adapt to 11. instead of 12. keep up
VI.
1. fatherhood 12. wisdom 13. betrayal 14. withdrawal
5. adulthood 6. sportsmanship 7. relationship 8. burial
9. bachelorhood 10. editorship 11. renewal 12. citizenship
13. scholarship 14. doctorship 15. boyhood 16. dismissal
17. boredom 18. membership 19. partnership 20. denial
21. refusal 22. arrival 23. approval 24. survival
VII.
1.
Not until the publication of the article did the
U.S.
leaders come to realize that something had gone wrong.
2.
Not until next week will the full text of the report be published.
3.
Not until the time of the final exams did the students start to read his books.
4.
Not until we reconsider and change the system of values in our society will university professorships become rewarding positions.
5.
Not until he fled to
Moscow
with his family did his role as a Soviet spy become known.
VIII.
1.
if we are to promote higher education, we must try to make university professorship the most prestigious positions in the country.
2.
If we are to remain a world-class power, our university must be able to train students to become first-class scholars and engineers.
3.
If you are to make your child a person of knowledge, you must encourage him to spend more time studying.
4.
If you are to apply for this scholarship, fill in the application form and return it now.
5.
If we are to further develop the economy of shanghai, we have to make full use of the
Yangtze River
.
IX.
1. stopped breathing 2. stopped to think 3. stop teasing
4. stopped thinking, stopped trying 5. stopped to listen
X.
1. He is able to make the point as clear and convincing as his teacher.
2. This is not so much a matter of putting more money into education as a matter of changing our anti-intellectual values.
3. They think that social skills are as important as academic achievement to a student.
4. The purpose of this article is not so much as to answer as to discuss the question.
5. Professional ballplayers are as respected and well paid as professors in this country.
XI.
Pursuit system intellectual hardworking popular
Down same Professional hand institution
Negative Rival compete away dedicated
XII
.
1.
The problem lies in how people look at those students dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge.
2.
Our government has decided to put a lot more into education than before.
3.
We have to train more first-class engineers to compete in the technology race with
Japan
.
4.
The intellectually curious and hard-working students should be praised and held up as examples to other students.
5.
Not until we do away with our anti-intellectualism do we stand a chance to remain a world-class power.
6.
We must adapt ourselves to the demands of our times, otherwise we’ll fall behind the other industrialized nations of the world.
7.
The parents are proud of their son who is studying English while the other children are playing football.
8.
Do you really expect to improve your English without spending more time studying it?
Text B
Exercise A
Para
. 2: the influence of fashion
Almost nothing in modern life escapes the influence of fashion.
Para
. 3: fads
In the
U.S.
, even people can be “in” or “out”.
Para
. 4: reasons for such changes]
What causes such fads to come and go? And why do so many people follow them?
Para
. 5: the difference between a fad and a trend
Dr. Santino points out that it’s sometimes difficult to see the difference between a fad and a trend.
Para
. 6: Eurokids
Some of the Eurokids’ fads will disappear and others will come along, but it will be interesting to see if the trend continues and becomes a true part of European culture.
Exercise B
1.
in fashion/fashionable; old fashioned
2.
a kind if Italian food
3.
a person who kills the insects and rats in a place
4.
make money
5.
wonderful; wonderful
6.
against reasonable behavior
7.
being the only one of its type
8.
a general direction, tendency
9.
Europeans in mid-1990s who follow the same fads in fashion, music, and food.
Exercise C
1.
A 2. A 3. C 4. A
Text C
Exercise A
1.
A 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. A
Exercise B
1. identical 2. popularity 3. concerned 4. instant 5. rebel
6. claim 7. cocoon 8. award 9. barrier 10. counts