研究生精读Unit2作业答案

1) The _____that there will be huge profits in the projects has attracted many an investor. probability 这个项目会有巨大收益的可能性吸引了很多投资者。 2) This _____ porcelain vase was made with superb workmanship. exquisite 这个陶瓷花瓶做工精湛。

3) When I asked her advice, she _____ the matter and then told me not to go. pondered 我咨询她的意见，她仔细想了想让我别去。

4) To celebrate National Day, there was a_____ fireworks display in Century Park. spectacular 为庆祝国庆节，公园举行了盛大的焰火表演。 5）Would you read my letter and correct the mistakes, _____? if any 你能否看看我的信给我改改错，如果有错任何误的话？

6) Professor Guehenno has written the most fascinating and the most intimate account _____of Rousseau’s life. to date

郭亨诺教授对卢梭的生平描述是到目前为止最吸引人、最私密的。

7) I have to admit that I had been a little too_____ in forming my opinion of the new professor. premature

我不得不承认，我对那位新来的教授的看法形成的太早了。

8) “We will give your proposal careful _____ ,” Mr. Lewis said to me. consideration “我们会认真考虑你的建议，刘易斯先生对我说。

9) His criticisms _____ a lack of confidence in what Ann has done so far. imply 他的批评暗示出他他不相信安到目前为止所作的一切。

10) The two patients who were suspected of being affected with SARS were immediately _____ from the other patients. isolated 那两个被怀疑感染上了非典的病人立即被隔离了。

11) _____ poetess, authoress was once the usual term for a female writer. Along with 和女诗人一样，女作家也曾经是女性作者的通常称谓。

12) Though there were 20 _____for the job, the board was in unison in deciding to hire Bob Galloway. candidates

虽然这个工作有20位应试者/候选人，但董事会一致决定聘用鲍勃·盖罗维。 13) Smoking is no longer considered socially_____ by many people. acceptable

现代人不再认为吸烟是可以接受的。

14) With his background in law and his years of public service, he is undoubtedly _____ run for political office. in a position to

他是学法律的，而且有多年的公共服务经历，无疑是有能力从政的。

15) _____ friendships seem very important at the time, but they often do not last into adulthood. Adolescent

青少年时期的友谊当时似乎非常重要，但很少持续到成年以后。

16) A new furniture store opened nearby. The furniture it sells is_____ but well-made. inexpensive 附近新开了一家家具店，卖的家具不贵但做工好。

第六册第二单元 完型填空的译文 P36

Some have worried that a message from an advanced society might make us lose faith (1---in) our own, might deprive us of the initiative to make new (2---discoveries) if it seemed that others had made those discoveries (3--- already), or might have other negative consequences. 有人担心来自更高级社会（文明）的信号会使我们丧失对自己的信念，会使我们丧失探寻新发现的主动性，因为如果这些发现看起来早就被别人做过了，或者（这些发现）又会有什么不利结果。 This is rather (4---like) a student dropping out of school (5---because) his teachers and textbooks are more learned than he is. 这就很像是一个学生因为教师和课本都比他更学识渊博而（被迫）辍学离校。We are free to (6---ignore) an interstellar message if we find it offensive. 如果我们觉得一个跨星际的信息对我们不利，我们大可以忽略它。If we choose (7---not) to respond, there is no way (8---for) the transmitting civilization to determine that its message was received and understood on the tiny distant planet Earth. 如果我们选择不回复（这信息），那么传递信息的外星文明也就没法确定它的信息被遥远而渺小的地区收到和理解。The translation of a radio (9---message) from the depths of space, about (10---which) we can be as slow and cautious as we wish, seems to pose few dangers to mankind; (11---instead), it holds the greatest promise of (12---both) practical and philosophical benefits. 对这一来自宇宙深空的无线电信息，我们尽可按照我们自己的意愿慢慢地小心地去理解，而且对我们也几乎对人类没什么

危害。相反地，它有着极大的实际和思想（价值）前景。

In particular, it is possible that among the first contents of (13---such) a message may be detailed prescriptions for the avoidance of technological disaster, for a passage through adolescence to (14---maturity). 特别是，这些信息中最早的内容是如何避免技术带来灾难、如何从智能走向成熟的具体对策。 Perhaps the transmissions from advanced civilizations will describe (15---which) pathways of cultural evolution are (16---likely) to lead to the stability and longevity of an intelligent species, and which (17---other) paths lead to stagnation or degeneration or disaster. 这些从别的高级外星文明传来的信息也许会描述给我们，通向文明发展的道路中哪条路才可能给智慧生命带来稳定和长久, 哪条路会带来停滞、倒退甚至灾难。There is, of course, no guarantee (18---that) such would be the contents of an interstellar message, (19---but) it would be foolhardy to overlook the (20---possibility/ likelihood). 没有什么能保证这些会是我们收到的信息的内容，但是如果忽视这种可能性那就太鲁莽了。Perhaps there are straightforward (21---solutions) , still undiscovered on Earth, to problems of food shortages, population（22---growth/ explosion）, energy supplies, dwindling resources, pollution and war. 在地球上也行就有大胆的办法来解决食品短缺、人口增长、能源供给、资源减少、环境污染和战争问题，只是还没被发现而已。

Perhaps it is not likely, but it is certainly（23---possible） that the future of human civilization（24---depends） on the receipt and decoding of interstellar messages from extraterrestrial civilizations. 这可能性也许没有，但是一定有可能的是：人类文明的未来取决于接收到地外文明发来的信号并解码弄明白它们的意思。

第六册第二单元 改错 P37

If there are a million technical civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy, the average separation from (1. between) civilizations is about 300 light-years. 如果在银河系里有数百万的智慧文明，那么任意两个文明间的平均距离大概是300光年。Since a light-year is the distance that light travels in one year (a little under 6 trillion miles), this implication (2. implies) that the one-way transit time for an interstellar communication from (3. the) nearest civilization is some 300 years. 因为1光年指的是光传播一年所走过的距离（这大概是将近60亿英里）这表明与最近的单程的跨星际交流也大概要300光年。The time for a query and a response would be 600 years. 发出询问和接收回复的时间就要600年时间。This is the reason why interstellar dialogues are much more (4. less) likely ---particularly around the time of first contact--- than interstellar monologues. 这就是为什么跨星际对话的可能性那么小----特别是第一次交流的时间----比起单程的星际交流 In (5. At) first sight, it seems remarkably selfless that a civilization might broadcast radio messages with no hope of knowing, at least in the immediate future, (6. whether) they have been received and what the response to it (7. them) might be. 乍一看，某个文明向外发射无线电信号却没指望能很快能收到回复、或者不知道会收到什么样的回复，这样做看起来很无私。But human beings often perform very alike (8. similar) actions as, for example, burying time capsules to be covered by future generations, or even writing books, composing music and create (9. creating) art intended fro posterity. 但是人类一直在做相似的事情，比如说，把时光胶囊埋起来，以待后人发掘后再盖好传给后人，或者还著书、作曲形成艺术形式传给后人。A civilization that had been aided by the receipt of such a message in its past might wish similarly to benefit from (10. 删除) other emerging technical societies. 某个文明如果过去接收到这些讯息，那么它也会同样希望把这些拿出来造福给那些后面出现的文明社会。

第六册第二单元 翻译 P38 V. Sentence Translation

1. 他对生活的乐观态度常常会感染队友，在队里造成一种积极向上的气氛。His optimistic attitude toward life tended to spread to his teammates and created a positive atmosphere within the team.

2. 搜寻外星人或许有可能为我们了解宇宙起源提供新的线索。The search for extraterrestrial intelligence may throw new light on the origins of the universe. 3. 他妻子把他们所处的窘境跟他说了，然后让他仔细想想他们剩下的可能有的

几种选择。His wife told him of the dilemma they were in, and then left him to ponder the few options left to them.

4. 她为招待会所挑选的食物、音乐和装饰品全都显示出她高雅的情趣。Her choices of food, music and decorations for the reception all showed her exquisite taste.

5. 你今后出国旅行的机会即便有，也很可能极少，我觉得这次你应该尽量争取去。Your opportunities to travel abroad in future might very well be so few, if any, that I think you should make every effort to go this time.

第六册第二单元写作：

The Internet—A Blessing or Curse?

Nowadays college students often use the Internet for study, shopping, entertainment, and many other things. Some people say that the Internet facilitates students’ lives, but others worry that it might affect students’ study. In my opinion, the Internet is good for college students when it is used appropriately. First, college students can collect many kinds of information via the Internet. When students find something interesting in the book, but their teacher cannot give them more details or answer all their questions in class, they can search the Internet after class to find the details or answers by themselves. Second, the Internet keeps college students updated with what is happening all over the world. Just by browsing the web-page, students can read a lot of news. They can also type on some key words to search and follow any affair on the Internet. They don’t have to search piles of newspapers and thus save much time for study. In one word, the Internet facilitates students’ lives when it is used reasonably. Now more and more college students are becoming aware of the convenience and the importance of using the Internet.