全新版大学英语（第二版）综合教程2答案Unit1-Unit8(9)

thermodynamics.

10.She considers it wrong because it is based on a faulty premise.

11.It is flexible and more powerful than we imagine.

12.What she means is not to accept others’ opinions blindly but to use one’s own judgment. P165 Text Orqanization Working on You Own

1. Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas

Part One Paras.1-5 The author describes how

she stumbled into engineering.

Part Two Paras. 6-9 The author writes about how

she has overcome obstacles, including the bias against women, on her way to success.

Part Three Paras.10-11 The author draws the conclusion

that women can do anything men can so long as they believe in their own abilities.

2. 1)she was not tomboy.

not to an engineering department.

she didn’t know the first thing about engineering.

because she craved independence from her parents. already earned her six credits in engineering. 2)math and design,

she participated in a national competition to convert an SUV

into a hybrid electric vehicle. work harder at it that she should study more.

Had to work hard at courses she found difficult, which

encouraged her to keep going. P166 Language Sense Enhancement

1. (1)limit (2)denying (3)favor (4)others (5)relevant (6)translating (7)hard and fast conclusions (8)focus (9)flexible (10)consider the possibility P168 Vocabulary I

1. 1)cultural/culture 2)indication 3)miniature 4)ironic 5)stumbled into 6)decent 7)buzzing 8)abnormal 9)mechanical 10)Shuddering 11)implied 12)leap 2. 1)convert RMB into US dollars in the foreign exchange

office at the airport.

2)didn’t know the first thing about cooking as she looked puzzled as to how to cook rice with the rice cooker.

3)their faulty equipment the team had accomplished some very useful work.

4)allowing me to work flexible hours as long as I work eight hours a day.

5)couldn’t help thinking the book must be quite fascinating. 3. 1)will not panic/feel panic ’ll be at a disadvantage

2)hybrid transmissions

3)crave One indication to distinguish II Synonyms in Context

1.also 2.as well/too 3.too 4.also 5.as well/too 6.too 7.also 8.Also III Usage

1.I’ve had enough

2.When I was old enough to work and earn money. 3.can’t enough sleep at night 4.has so far collected enough of them 5.have strong enough arms 6.have just enough money to live on P173. Comprehensive Exercises I Cloze

1.(1)stumbled (2)not know the first thing about (3)mechanical (4)when it comes to (5)hybrid

(6)gritted her teeth (7)premise (8)at a disadvantage (9)panic (10)cultural (11)flexible (12)imply 2.(1)chair

(2)force

(3)secrets

(4)painstaking

(5)recognized (6)steered (7)essentially (8)observations (9)women (10)tutor (11)inspired (12)unless II Translation

1. 1)He is a man of few words, but when it comes to playing computer games, he is far too clever for his classmates. 2)Children who don’t know any better may think these animals are pretty cute and start playing with them. 3)There is no way to obtain a loan, so to buy the new equipment, I’ll just have to grit my teeth and sell my hybrid car.

4)The hunter would not have fired the shots if he had not seen a herd of elephants coming towards his campsite. 5)I find it ironic that Tom has a selective memory—he does not seem to remember painful experiences in the past, particularly those of his own doing.

2. Nancy Hopkins is a biology professor at MIT. She craves knowledge and works hard. However, as a scientist, she could not help noticing all kinds of indications of gender inequality on campus. Men and women professors did the same work, but

when it came to promotion the administrators were rather selective. It was ironic that after so much cultural progress, women were still at a disadvantage in institution of higher education. When her request for more lab space was refused, she knew she had to fight. So she gritted her teeth and complained to the President. The fight ended in victory and Nancy was converted into a gender-equity advocate. P179 Comprehension Check 1.b 2.a 3.d 4.b 5.d 6.c Translation

1.每当我想起给别人回电话，打字，看到我出的主意和见解却变成了别人的功劳时，常常整个星期都会闷闷不乐。 2.这样的生活我能维持多久？肯定不会到我退休之时。 3.我下定决心往前走，这条路将使我更好地了解自己，更好地认清自己，更好地认清自己生活的目的。

4.此外，给我带来新的生活的，与其说是自己努力取得的结果（虽然这也很重要），不如说是由于意识到自己具有潜在的能力可以做自己想做的事。 P180 Lanquaqe Practice

1. 1)b 2)d 3)a 4)e 5)g 6)c 7)f 8)h

2. 1)crisis 2)weighed down 3)supportive 4)takes all the credit 5)pleaded 6)in control of 7)party 8)expense