Unit 7Text comprehensionI. Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpose of writing.BII. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.1.T2. T3. T4. F5. FIII. Answer the following questions.1.The answer to this question is mainly based on paragraph 2, in which the author implies thatthe cause of the student’s disappointment is to a large extant social. In a society where the importance of wining is overemphasized, it is considered shameful to be a loser. What’ more, prosperity in the present is assumed to ensure one’s salvation in the future. In this general social climate, therefore, a B student will naturally feel disappointed.2.Refer to paragraph 4. A grade is just a symbol, which is supposed to reflect the level of astudent’s performance,and the student’s performance is assumed to correspond to his knowledge. But the student may have acquired more or less knowledge out of the course than the grade indicates. Therefore a grade may be misleading.3.His attitude toward the current school curriculum is critical. Refer to Paragraph 5, in which hementions a number of important characteristics of humans such as courage, kindness, wisdom, and good humor. These are not included in the current school curriculum. Obviously our schools have neglected character building of the students.4.The technique the instructor used was to make a clear distinction between the student as aclassroom performer and the student as a human being. A poor grade, at best, indicates that the student is a poor classroom performer.5.Social labels,including grades,in the author’s opinion,are basically irrelevant andmisleading. But on the other hand, they are necessary, because human society is complex and diversified, thus distinctions among its members have to be made, and such distinctions have to be indicated by various labels. In this way the author’s view is not self-contradictory. It actually reveals two sides of the problem.IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.1.Being unsuccessful in one’s life and career and financially disadvantaged is regarded asshameful or even sinful because in this world people tens to think that only those who are successful now can be saved from evil in the future.2.It is important to see the fact that although they differ in their class status and educationalbackground,human beings are essentially the same.First of all they are,biologically speaking, constructed in the same way, and then they all share the feelings of fear and joy, and also the common experience of suffering and achieving. This commonality has bound them together. All of them regard wars, disease and disasters both private and public as unfortunate big events in their life time.VocabularyI. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.1. inner nature; indispensable quality; the most important part2. In Christianity the phrase specially refers to “the seven deadly sins”: pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth.3. making you think or act wrongly4. tasks traditionally required of students5. far from enough.II. Fill the blank in each sentence with a word taken from the box in its appropriate form. 1. define 2. irrelevant 3. correspond to 4. flunked 5. rather 6. makes a point of 7. apt to 8.go roundIII. Fill the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1. removal2. climatic3. salvation4. proficiency5. assumption6. normally7. resentment8. disastrousIV. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence without changing its original meaning1. B2. D3. C4. C5. B6. D7. B8. DV. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.1. balanced, compensated2. unconventional3. abundant, plentiful4. average5.essentially, basically6.lightly, frivolously7. temporarilyVI. Write in each space one word that has the same prefix as underlined in each given word.1. international2. translate3. circumference4. neoclassical5. conform6. antisocial7. undo8. outshineGrammarI. Rewrite the following sentences using proper disjuncts.1. Unfortunately, we have run out of stock.2. Hopefully, the report will go out to shareholders no later than June 1.3. Oddly enough, he did not raise any objection to the plan.4. Rightly, you returned the money.5. Luckily, this had attracted the attention of TV network executives.6. Fortunately, all went well.7. Strangely enough, the burglar didn’t take the diamond away.II. Rewrite the following according to the models.1.It was right that they protested against it. / They were right to have protested against it.2.It was foolish that the boy did not say a single word. / It was foolish of the boy not to say asingle word. / The boy was foolish not to say a single word.3.It was wise that John sent the man away. / It was wise of John to have sent the man away. /John was wise to have sent the man away.4.It was sad that the storm destroyed the entire tobacco crop.5.It was the remarkable that Mrs. Jensen consulted her lawyer.6.It is regrettable that James refuses to speak.7.It is lucky that my assistant has arranged for the matter to be considered by an ad hoc workingparty.8.It is hoped that a proposal will be ready in time for our next meeting.III. Fill in each blank with a proper relative word. Use “preposition+ relative word” if necessary.1. which; when; by which2. on which3. that4. for whom5. with whom6. to whom7. of which8. at whichIV. Put in where, when why, which or what.1. where; where2. what; which3. what4. why5. where6. when7. why8. which; which; whatV. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate words in the box.1. However2. Whatever3. whatever 4wherever 5. whichever 6.whoever7. However 8. whenever; wheneverVI. Make sentences of your own after the sentences given below, keeping the italicized parts in your sentences.1. e.g. For some parents, sending their children to the best universities is not the most importantthing—it’s the only thing.For anyone who wants to find a position in this joint-venture, a good command of English, both oral and written, is not the most important thing—it’s the only thing.2. e.g. Strangely enough, he does not like such fast food as KFC and hamburgers as mostteenagers do. Nor does he like meat dishes. Rather, he prefers fish and vegetables. Surprisingly enough, he has never been abroad. Nor has he even had a teacher who is a native speaker.Rather, he has acquired his native-like accent all by imitating native speakers on tapes. TranslationI. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. 不管我们的标准是什么，这个标准现在提高了，结果使你自己是对自己没能得到更高的分数而感到失望。