综合教程4-Unit-3-Text-A-课后习题答案.doc

Unit 3 Text A

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Pair Work
1. What is the writer according to what he says at the beginning of the text?
He runs a manufacturing pany.
2. What kind of answers did he get from the college graduate who wanted a job?
Almost all of them were no.
3. What conclusion did the writer draw from the young applicant’s answers?
This applicant was ill prepared for the job he was applying for and therefore ill qualified.
4. What is the first suggestion the writer gives to job applicants?
Prepare to win.
5. What changes have taken place with employees since the writer’s college days?
They now have to switch jobs frequently.
6. What example does the writer use in support of his second suggestion?
A 90-year-old player who wanted to work on his weakness—backhand court.
7. What is the writer’s third suggestion mainly concerned with?
Believe in yourself, even when no one else does.
8. Why does the writer talk about the cabs in New York when he gives his fourth suggestion?
Because he will mention a cab driver who is different.
9. What was it about the cabdriver that particularly impressed the writer?
His efforts to make a difference.
10. What made the writer travel with his mentor Curt Carlson in Carlson’s jet and what happened on the day of departure?
He was offered a ride on a day when Minnesota was hit with one of the worst snowstorm in years and the international airport there was closed for the first time in decades.
11. Why was Curt Carlson so happy when they were taxiing down the runway?
Because there were no tracks left in the snow, which means he was the first person to take off from there.
12. What point does the writer want to make by talking about his mentor, Curt Carlson?
Carlson was excited about being first, which is exactly what the writer remends to job applicants.

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Working on Your Own

1.
Part One Paras. 1-6 An ill-prepared college graduate failed his interview.

Part Two Paras. 7-27 Four pieces of advice on being a successful interviewee.

Part Three Paras. 28-31 Make your own tracks in whatever you do.

2.
Suggestions Examples
1) Prepare to win 1) Michael Jordan

2) Never stop learning 2) a 90-year-old tennis player

3) Believe in yourself, even when no one else does 3) the four-minute mile, the New York Marathon and the Vietnam veteran
4) Find a way to make a difference 4) a New York cabdriver

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Language Sense Enhancement
1.
(1) checked with (2) interview (3) grill (4) clippings (5) be right for
(6) follow up (7) indicating (8) hand-delivered (9) prepared (10) prospective

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Vocabulary
I
1.
1) rude 2) physically 3) structure 4) made a difference
5) blurted (out) 6) chuckling 7) measurable 8) prospective
9) preparations 10) sparkled 11) took a crack at 12) partner

2.
1) go after 2) look back at / on 3) be put up 4) stood for
5) build in 6) follow up 7) be hooked up to 8) closed up

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3.
1) Mary’s parents grilled her about where she had been all night.
2) Before the appearance of her Fairly Godmother, it was beyond Cinderella’s wildest
dreams that she could one day dance in the King’s palace.
3) The translation of the popular novel has just been finished and a Chinese version will be in readers’ hands soon.
4) As with anything else, it is important to do your homework before going on an interview.
5) Jim’s car broke down last week and the repair cost was in the neighborhood of 150 dollars.

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4.
1) applicants / veteran / the prospective
2) From his standpoint / has made every endeavor to go after
3) as the saying goes / to have a crack at / barely

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II Words with Multiple Meanings
1. behave 2. keep (used to avoid repetition) 3. clean
4. get along 5. perform / plete 6. perform / plete
7. study 8. be enough 9. be acceptable

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III Usage

1. There is so much to say and it is hard to know where to begin. OK, I’ll talk about
myself first.
2. Thank you very much, John, for your beautiful Christmas card. By the way, I have something here for you.
3. The new puter language can be quite easily understood by anyone who can read the daily newspaper. Now, why is this an advantage?
4. I’m going to work out the outline and will let you know how it goes. By the way, I will see you in February, as I plan to attend your seminar in Shanghai.
5. Ok, you got the job. Now, how to maximize your profits with as little effort as possible?
6. Chris is back from Australia. Incidentally, those pictures you sent me are wonderful.

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I Cloze

(1) prospective (2) As I see it (3) done your homework (4) beforehand
(5) endeavor (6) structure (7) partners (8) Respond
(9) take a crack (10) from the standpoint (11) make a difference (12) follow up

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2.
(1) encouraging (2) inquiry (3) relevant (4) samples (5) references
(6) advice (7) preparing (8) seriously (9) probably (10) exhibit

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II Translation
1.
1) Despite the inadequate length of the airstrip in this emergency landing, the veteran pilot managed to stop the plane after taxiing for only a short while.
2) Grilled by the reporters, the movie star eventually blurted (out) that she had undergone two plastic surgeries.
3) We have the technology and our partner has the capital. Working together, we’ll have the future in our hands.
4) If I had known that you would bring so many friends home, I would have made better preparations. You see, I have barely enough food and drinks for a snack.
5) People gave generously upon learning that new school rooms with stronger structures were to be built in the earthquake-stricken area.

2.

Well begun, half done, as the saying goes. It is extremely important for a job applicant to do his homework while seeking employment. From my standpoint, whether or not one has done his homework clearly makes a difference in his chance of success.
I have a friend who is earning somewhere in the neighborhood of 100,000 dollars a years in a large puter software pany. He told me that from his own experience the decision makers who interview prospective employees like people who are well prepared. Those who make no endeavor to learn as much about his prospective employer as possible don’t have much of a chance of success.