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1、Unit 4 Matriculation FixationConsolidation ActivitiesI. Text Comprehension1. Decide which of the following best states the authors purpose.A. To tell his personal experience in college selection procedures.B. To offer his philosophy about college selection and ones future career or success in life.C
2、. To describe the importance of parents role in childrens college education.Key: B 2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.1). The primary reason for the father to choose a local, second-echelon university for his daughter is based on economic consideratio
3、ns. T2). The authors success as a freelance writer is largely due to his education in a prestigious university. F3). It is implied, though not stated, that all parents (including the author himself) undergo a critical time when their children are going to college. T4). Ensuring that their children e
4、nter one of the top universities is the ultimate objective of some parents. T5). The parents who recognize their childrens incapability to make the cut have never expected their children to go to prestigious universities. F6). The campus tour of MIT enabled the author to change his attitude about co
5、llege selection. F4. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.1) Such people believe that if a child succeeds in getting admission to a first-rate university, then he or she will be guaranteed successful future.2) Some parents think more of the fame of a university than
6、the university itself. However, their fame has more weight than the institutions themselves.II. Writing StrategiesWritten in a personal and informal style, this essay has a number of subtopics that are carefully introduced. What are these subtopics? The essay begins with the authors unexpected encou
7、nter with a stranger in a hospital, and ends with his tour of MIT campus. How do these two incidents help to connect all the subtopics to the theme of the essay?The essay has the following subtopics as main components:1) the authors own situation and experiences in college education and college sele
8、ction (Paragraphs 38); 2) his probe into and comments on the two classes of college selection obsessives (Paragraphs 912). The two incidents are respectively related with the first and the second subtopics: the encounter puts the author and the man in a similar situation (both the man and the author
9、 have kids who are going to attend college); the campus tour provides support to the authors comments on the matter.The two incidents help to clarify the subtopics by means of full and progressive explanation of the authors attitude towards the matter (the authors college days, his high school chums
10、, examples of failures and successes, etc.)III. Language Work1. Explain the underlined part(s) in each sentence in your own words.1). Money being tight, with other college-bound children in the family queue, the man had persuaded his daughter to accept the second universitys offer. Not having much m
11、oney; children who are going to college2). Now he was worried that she would one day rue this decision regret not having studied in the first-class university3). I . had managed to carve out a nice little niche for myself. find a job which was very suitable4). Three years later my son will follow su
12、it. go to college too5). Some of those boys and girls most likely to succeed are going to end up on welfare or skid row. are going to be poor, living on welfare, without a job or a place to live, and often drinking too much alcohol6). A second, far more numerous class of obsessives consists of peopl
13、e who suddenly realize that their Brand X children arent going to make the cut. measure up to a certain standard7). Seventeen years of unread textbooks, unvisited museums, and untaken AP courses are now finally taking their toll . having a bad effect 8). During a recent visit to MIT, I watched the f
14、irst thirty seconds of an admissions office video poking fun at the universitys reputation as a nerd factory. making jokes about; a place where boring personalities are fostered9). At one juncture, she pointed out a restaurant where students could grab a fast, inexpensive meal. At one point10). .sed
15、ulous monitoring of on-campus restaurant prices should be a vital component of the winnowing procedure, particularly vis-a-vis panini. the process of reducing a large number of universities to a much smaller number; with regard to2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1)
16、. The only illumination (illuminate) was from a skylight.2). The golden autumn light provided the inspiration (inspire) for the painting.3). There was a biographical (biography) note about the author on the back of the book.4). She was utterly devastated (devastate) when her husband died.5). Shes ne
17、urotic (neurosis) about her weight she weighs herself three times a day.6). Its infuriating (infuriate) when people keep spelling your name wrong, isnt it?7). Hes obsessive (obsess) about punctuality8). Liz has a fixation (fixate) with food.9). The medical examination before you start work is obliga
18、tory (oblige).10). Her controversial speech was punctuated with noisy interjections (interject) from the audience.3. Fill in the blank(s) in each sentence with a phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.in jeopardy | screw up | in question | flat outtick off | take a toll | sotto voce | win
19、now downdragoon into | follow suit | fork over | stem from1). Ive been dragooned into giving the after-dinner speech.2). I stayed at home on the night in question.3). The lives of thousands of birds are in jeopardy as a result of the oil spillage.4). When one airline reduces its prices, the rest soo
20、n follow suit .5). I screwed up my exams last year.6). The problems of the past few months have taken a toll on her health and there are shadows beneath her eyes.7). Their disagreement stemmed from a misunderstanding.8). The remark was uttered sotto voce.9). We had to fork over ten bucks to park nea
21、r the stadium.10). Tick off each item on the list as you complete it.11). A list of 12 candidates has been winnowed down to a shortlist of three.12). She told him flat out that she would not go to the show.4. Explain the meaning of the underlined part in each sentence.1). Spending time with ones fam
22、ily is never an unalloyed pleasure. a one-hundred-percent pleasant experience2). I cant stand his belligerence. his wish to argue with people all the time3). She gave a bashful smile as he complimented her on her work. embarrassed 4). When his parents died, he found himself $100,000 better off. had
23、$100, 000 more than he had in the past5). The CIA was monitoring his phone calls. secretly listening to6). Northbound traffic is moving very slowly because of the accident. Traffic which is traveling north7). She had a look of utter devastation on her face. extreme shock and sadness8). In his closin
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