新标准大学英语教程2课后习题.doc

Unit 1 College Culture
Active reading (1)
Reading and understanding
2 Check (¸) the true statements.
In the 1960s ...
1 students at the University of California, Berkeley did not protest.
2 students in Europe and the US spent a lot of time protesting.
3 there was violence on university campuses in Europe.
4 students and workers went on strike together in France.
5 the UK Prime Minister had to resign because of student protests.
6 students discovered a sense of freedom on campus.
In the UK today ...
7 more young people than ever go to university.
8 most students fail to complete their studies.
9 international students are more interested in lifestyle than quality of courses.
10 students need their parents for financial help.
11 students don’t contact their parents as often as they used to.
12 students don’t enjoy university life as much as they used to.
Dealing with unfamiliar words
3 Match the words in the box with their definitions.
1 a subject that people discuss or argue about (issue)
2 a chance to do something (opportunity)
3 the most important and powerful people in the country (establishment)
4 an area of land containing all the main buildings of a university (campus)
5 something such as a meeting or public statement by people who strongly disagree with a policy, law etc (protest)
6 to start a major activity (launch)
7 chances of success, especially in a job or a career (prospects)
8 work that you are paid regularly to do for a person or company (employment)
4 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of the words in Activity 3.
What are the most important (1) issues for students today? Is the university (2) campus really such a different place compared to what it was 40 years ago? Perhaps, as the passage suggests, there are fewer (3) protests by students against the (4) establishment than there used to be. And of course, improving your (5) prospects of being competitive in the (6) employment market is a major concern for students everywhere, since a good university degree is the means by which you can (7) launch your career. But in spite of all this, the role of the university is the same as it always has been. It is the place where you have the (8) opportunity to learn to think for yourself.
5 Replace the underlined words with the correct form of the words and expressions in the box. You may need to make other changes.
1 There were fights between police and protestors outside the US Embassy. (clashes)
2 The two parties formed a temporary political arrangement to respond to the problem. (alliance)
3 I’ve always considered myself as someone who is tolerant of other people’s ideas. (liberal)
4 The chief official of an American state has a lot of power. (governor)
5 The financial situation of Western European countries rapidly improved in the 1960s. (economy)
6 The 1960s were associated with a new type of popular music. (characterized)
7 Mark left college without finishing the course and joined a rock band. (dropped out)
8 For many people, listening to their music was an experience which made them feel free. (liberating)
9 For some people, an interest in politics went hand in hand with a strong enthusiasm for music. (passion)
6 Answer the questions about the words.
1 If you are in a haze, are you likely to see (a) clearly, or (b) not very clearly?
2 In an atmosphere of political radicalism, will students be (a) active, or (b) not very active?
3 Is a dissident someone (a) who works for the government, or (b) who disagrees publicly with the
government?
4 If you are apathetic about something, are you (a) interested in it, or (b) not interested in it at all?
5 Is a heady atmosphere likely to be (a) boring, or (b) exciting?
6 If a gap shrinks, does it (a) get smaller, or (b) get bigger?
7 If students are umbilically linked to their parents, are they (a) often, or (b) not very often in touch with them?
8 Is a feeling of bliss one of (a) great sadness, or (b) great pleasure?
Reading and interpreting
7 Answer the questions.
1 Which is the main idea about students in the 1960s?
(a) They smoked marijuana.
(b) They took part in protests.
(c) They read books which were forbidden.
(d) They enjoyed their time at university.
2 Which is the main idea about students today?
(a) They spend a lot of time in Internet chat rooms.
(b) They don’t have the enthusiasm for college life that they used to.
(c) They are only interested in their chances of getting a good job.
(d) They are very dependent on their parents.

Active reading (2)
Reading and understanding
2 Choose the best answer to the questions.
1 Why did Frank Thomas decide to study literary theory?
(a) Because it was necessary for his chosen career.
(b) Because he thought it would help him understand what life was about.
(c) Because he was attracted by the image it had.
(d) Because it was an easy option.
2 What part of his course interested him most?
(a) Postmodernism.
(b) Legal studies.
(c) Post-colonial literature.
(d) Nothing, he was bored all the time.
3 What does Frank not say about “postmodernism”?
(a) It’s difficult to say what it is.
(b) You can use it to describe lots of things.
(c) The word has been used for more than 50 years.
(d) Only young people are interested in it.
4 What does he think about his own generation?
(a) They protest about the wrong things.
(b) They have more opportunities than the previous generation.
(c) They spend too much time going to concerts.
(d) They don’t have any respect for their parents.
5 What does he think about his parents’ generation?
(a) They protested about the wrong things.
(b) They don’t want to change anything in the world.
(c) They have forgotten what it was like to be young.
(d) They spend too much time telling their children about what they did.
6 Where, according to Frank, do today’s students direct their energy?
(a) In peaceful protests.
(b) In the courses they are doing.
(c) In communicating with other people on the Internet.
(d) In free time activities on campus.
Dealing with unfamiliar words
3 Match the words in the box with their definitions.
1 to oppose someone in authority, or to oppose accepted ways of doing things (rebel)
2 a period of time that has a particular quality or character (era)
3 damage that is so severe that something stops existing or can never return to its normal state (destruction)
4 the fact of being either male or female (gender)
5 to claim that you have the right to do something or behave in a particular way (assert)
6 a system of beliefs that influences someone’s decisions and behaviour (philosophy)
7 relating to industry (industrial)
4 Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in Activity 3.
A What was it like being a student in the 1960s? Was everyone really trying to (1) rebel against the
establishment?
B Perhaps not. Perhaps we were just trying to (2) assert our identity in a world which was changing very rapidly. Looking back on the period now, it seems like a different (3) era, even though it was only about 50 years ago. And I honestly believe that the 1960s saw the most important social changes in our country since the (4) Industrial Revolution at the beginning of the 19th century.
A But how would you describe the experience? Was there a “(5) philosophy of the 1960s” , I mean a set of shared values, which you all believed in? How would you define the period?
B I don’t think an exact definition is possible. But a lot of important movements began. We became interested in things like minority rights; and (6) gender awareness, particularly with regard to the conditions of women in the workplace, led to a new phase in the women’s liberation movement.
A What’s your opinion of today’s students? Are they just individuals who have their own problems, or do they have an identity as an important part of the community?
B A lot of people in my generation have a negative attitude to today’s students. But they are worried about the big issues, just as we were. And the main problem that they are interested in is a truly global one: how to stop the (7) destruction of the environment in which we live.
5 Answer the questions about the words and expressions.
1 If something clicks, do you (a) suddenly understand, or (b) suddenly forget?
2 Is a repressive government likely to (a) take action, or (b) not take action against protestors?
3 If you sign a petition, do you (a) add your name to a list, or (b) write your name in a book?
4 If you chant a slogan, do you use (a) your voice, or (b) your pen?
5 Do you wear a bracelet (a) on your foot, or (b) on your wrist?
6 Does a nostalgic person think a lot about (a) the past, or (b) the future?
7 If you feel frustration, are you (a) satisfied, or (b) not satisfied?
8 If a revolution is profound, is it (a) not very important, or (b) serious and likely to last?
Reading and interpreting
6 Decide whether the sentences are critical or approving of today’s students.
1 We watch death and destruction on the evening news every day. (critical)
2 We have no way to describe our political commitment. (critical)
3 We’re the generation of the Che Guevara T-shirt. (critical)
4 The real energy is not on the campus, it’s on the Internet. (approving or critical)
5 We rebel by not rebelling. (critical or approving)
6 We’re writing the revolution, and we’re using our own words to do so. (approving)
7 Look at the sentences from the passage and choose the best way to complete the sentences.
1 We rebel by not rebelling means (b) .
(a) We don’t rebel at all
(b) we do rebel, but not in the way students did in the 1960s
(c) it seems that we are rebelling, but in fact we aren’t
2 … almost by definition it can’t be defined means (b) .
(a) there is no definition for postmodernism
(b) everybody uses postmodernism to mean a different thing
(c) postmodernism is not an easy word to define

Language in use
word formation: -ment and -ism
1 Complete the sentences with the words in brackets and the suffix -ment or -ism.
1 What is the government going to do about this problem? (govern)
2 Postmodernism refers to a contemporary way of thinking, and is not easy to define. (postmodern)
3 Post-war economic development led to the creation of new universities in the 1960s. (develop)
4 We must combat money worship and extreme individualism. (individual)
5 The two groups discussed for a long time, but couldn’t reach an agreement. (agree)
6 The best investment we can make for the future is to provide opportunities for the younger generation. (invest)
7 Sexism is the belief that men and women should be treated differently. (sex)
8 The romanticism of Wordsworth is evident in his poem on the French Revolution. (romantic)
so / neither / nor + inversion
2 Rrewrite the sentences using so / neither / nor + inversion.
1 The world has changed a lot since the 1960s. Universities have changed a lot, too.
The world has changed a lot since the 1960s, and so have universities.
2 I really enjoyed my years at university. Jackie also enjoyed the time she spent at university.
I really enjoyed my years at university, and so did Jackie.
3 Choosing the right course is always a major problem for new students. Another major problem is
organizing one’s time on campus.
Choosing the right course is always a major problem for new students, and so is organizing one’s time on campus.
4 I’m thinking of going to the lecture on post-colonial literature. Li Ming is thinking of going, too.
I’m thinking of going to the lecture on post-colonial literature, and so is Li Ming.
5 I think the facilities in our college have improved over the last few years. In my opinion the teaching has also got better.
I think the facilities in our college have improved over the last few years, and so has the teaching.
6 We can access the Internet in our student hostel, and it’s the same for everyone else on campus.
We can access the Internet in our student hostel, and so can everyone else on campus.
7 I’m not very interested in politics. My friends aren’t either.
I’m not very interested in politics, nor are my friends.
8 I won’t be doing much tonight. My roommate won’t be doing much either.
I won’t be doing much tonight, nor will my roommate.
mean
3 Rewrite the sentences using mean .
1 When you start out at college you meet lots of interesting people.
Starting out at college means meeting lots of interesting people.
2 If you go to bed too late you won’t be able to concentrate the next day.
Going to bed too late means not being able to concentrate the next day.
3 When you do a course in Lit Theory you spend a lot of time on difficult subjects.
Doing a course in Lit Theory means spending a lot of time on difficult subjects.
4 To be interested in literature is to have an open mind about other ways of life.
Being interested in literature means having an open mind about other ways of life.
5 To protest against the Vietnam War in the 1960s you went out onto the streets.
Protesting against the Vietnam War in the 1960s meant going out onto the streets.
6 When you go to college today you spend a lot of time thinking about what you will do afterwards.
Going to college today means spending a lot of time thinking about what you will do afterwards.
4 Translate the sentences into Chinese.
1 On university campuses in Europe, mass socialist or communist movements gave rise to increasingly violent clashes between the establishment and the college students, with their new and passionate commitment to freedom and justice.
在欧洲的大学校园里，大学生以新的姿态和激情投入到争取自由和正义的事业中去，大规模的社会
主义或共产主义运动引发了他们与当权者之间日益升级的暴力冲突。
2 These days political, social and creative awakening seems to happen not because of college, but in spite of it. Of course, it’s true that higher education is still important. For example, in the UK, Prime Minister Blair was close to achieving his aim of getting 50 per cent of all under thirties into college by 2010 (even though a cynic would say that this was to keep them off the unemployment statistics).
现在，政治、社会和创造意识的觉醒似乎不是凭借大学的助力，而是冲破其阻力才发生的。当然，一点不假，高等教育仍然重要。例如，在英国，布莱尔首相几乎实现了到2010 年让50％的30 岁以下的人上大学的目标（即使愤世嫉俗的人会说，这是要把他们排除在失业统计数据之外）。
3 I never hoped to understand the nature of my generation or how American colleges are changing by going to Lit Theory classes. This is the class where you look cool, a bit sleepy from too many late nights and wearing a T-shirt with some ironic comment such as “Been there, done that and yes, this IS the T-shirt”.
我从没指望通过上文学理论课来了解我这一代人的特征，或了解美国大学在如何变化。这门课是让你在课堂上扮酷的——带着一丝熬夜太多的困劲儿，穿着一件T 恤衫，上面印着“去过那儿，干过那事儿，对，这就是那件T 恤衫”，或诸如此类带有揶揄意味的俏皮话。
4 We’re a generation that comes from what has been called the short century (1914–1989), at the end of a century of war and revolution which changed civilizations, overthrew repressive governments, and left us with extraordinary opportunities and privilege, more than any generation before.
我们这一代人来自所谓的短世纪（1914－1989），生于其后期。这个