Unit 7 Letter to a B Student
Key to the Exercis
Text comprehension
I.
B.
II.
1. T; 2. T; 3. T; 4. F; 5. F.
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III.
1. Paragraph 2. It is our society, which overemphasizes winning, considers failure a sin, and es prosperity in the prent as a sure sign of salvation in the future.
2. Paragraph 4. Becau the students may have acquired more or less knowledge out of th
e cour than the grade indicates.
3. Paragraph 5. His attitude is critical. He complains the exclusion of such important characteristics as courage, kindness, wisdom and good humor.
4. Paragraph 8. It was to make a clear distinction between the student as classroom performer and the student as human being. So a low grade, at best, indicates an incompetent classroom performer, not an incompetent human being.
5. Paragraph 9. He thinks social labels, including grades, are basically irrelevant and misleading, though necessary. But it’s not lf-contradictory becau social labels are necessary as ways of distinction for job choice, not as reasons for attitude toward others or ourlves in human terms.
IV.
什么是宾语从句1. Being unsuccessful and disadvantaged is regarded as sinful becau in this word people tend to think today’s success can save one from evil in the future.
2. It is important to e the fact that although they differ in their class status and educational background, human beings are esntially the same. Biologically they are constructed in the same way, and they share the common feelings of fear and joy and the common experience of suffering and achieving. This commonality has bound them together. All of them will regard wars, dias, and disasters both private and public as unfortunate big events in their life time.
Vocabulary Analysis
I. Phra practice
1. esnce: inner nature; indispensable quality; the most important part 本质，实质，精髓
2. deadly sins: sins leading to damnation. (pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth, in Christianity)
3. misleading: making you think or act wrongly 误导，误入歧途
4. conventional task: task traditionally required of students 传统任务
5. in short supply: far from enough 供给不足，缺乏
II.
1. define; 2. irrelevant; 3. correspond to; 4. flunked;
5. rather; 6. makes a point of; 7. apt to; 8. go round.
III. Word derivation.
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.dugas
1. removal 2. climatic 3. salvation 4. proficiency
5. assumption 6. normally 7. rentment 8. disastrous
IV.
1. B; 2. D; 3. C; 4. C;
5. B; 6. D; 7. B; 8. D.
V. Synonym / Antonym
Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each ntence in the n it is ud.
1. Synonym: balanced, compensated
2. Antonym: unconventional
3. Antonym: abundant, plentiful
4. Synonym: evaluated, assd
5. Synonym: average
6. Synonym: esntially, basically
成员英语7. Antonym: lightly, frivolously
8. Antonym: temporarily
VI. Prefix
Write in each space one word that has the same prefix as underlined in each given word.
1. interfere international
2. transcend translate
3. circumstances circumference
4. neocolonial neoclassical
smartmedia5. control conform laughing
6. antibiotic antisocial
7. unlock 哈迪森 undo
8. outnumber outshine
Grammar Exercis
I. Rewrite the following ntences using proper disjuncts.
1. Unfortunately, …
2. Hopefully, …
3. Oddly enough, …
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4. Rightly, …
5. Luckily, …
6. Fortunately, …
7. Strangely enough, …
II.
1. It was right that … / They were right to have ….
2. It was foolish that … / It was foolish of the boy not to say … / The boy was foolish not to say ….
3. type 1.
4. type 2.
5. type 2.
6. type 2.
7. type 2: It was lucky that ….
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8. type 2: It is hoped that ….
III. Fill in each blank with a proper relative word. U “preposition + relative word” if necessary.
1. which / that; when; by which,
2. on which
3. that
4. for whom
5. with whom
6. to whom
7. of which
8. at which
IV.
1. where, where
2. what, which
3. what
4. why
5. where
6. When
7. why
8. which, which, what
V. whatever, wherever, whoever, whichever, whenever, and however
strengthening
Complete the following ntences with the appropriate words in the box.
1. However
2. Whatever
3. whatever
4. Wherever
5. whichever
6. whoever
7. However
8. whenever / whenever
Translation exercis
I.
1．不管我们的标准是什么，这个标准现在提高了，结果使你对自己没能得到更高的分数而感到失望。
2．由于缺乏更精确的衡量工具，我们至多只能把B看作一个模糊的符号，表示对你掌握某一科目的程度的判断，不过这种判断的准确性很值得怀疑。
3．人的阶级属性和教育背景不尽相同，但凡是人都是血肉之躯，都有同样的恐惧感和欢愉感，同样的痛苦感和成就感，这些共通的感受把他们连为一体；认识到这一点十分重要。
