现代大学英语精度3第二版unit1预习.doc

Unit 1 Your College Years
1.Glossary
Word list:
1. affirm 2. contribute 3. endeavor 4. endowment 5. excessive
6. inherit 7. inhibition 8. observe 9. perceive 10. project
2.Key words: observe/ apply/involve/handle/occur/pursue
3.Phrases, idims and expressions
be dependent on be independent from be prejudiced against
contribute to define sth. as for certain
freedom from from a background happen to
have a romantic relationship with in one’s sixties inherit from
over the years perceive sb./sth. as react to
rebel against relate to separate from
4.Collocations
accept the consequence acquire new ways affirm personal values
apply knowledge assemble information choose one’s own wardrobe
design a machine determine one’s daily agenda develop skills
encourage the young people enter the work world establish one’s sexual identity
evaluate knowledge gather information handle personal finances
influence the environment internalize one’s religious faith interpret life
make good grades process knowledge project the future role
pursue a college education question these morals select one’s major show respect for
5.Word formation: -ject -ceive -serve
6.Grammar
1) four uses of the conjunction while
2) parallel structure
7.Back ground information
1) author
2) Eric H. Erikson
3) some technical terms: developmental changes/ identity crisis/ functional, attitudinal and psychological independence/ internalizing religious faith
8 Text structure and the main idea of this passage
9.Preview questions about the text.
1) What’s your overall impression of this essay?
2) What do you think the author is trying to say in this essay? What are the main points he is trying to make? Who is he addressing himself to?
3) Has the author said anything that strikes you as interesting and thought-provoking? Anything
that you feel worth remembering?
4) Do you totally agree with the author? Is there anything about which you don’t see eye to eye with him?
5) Has this essay in some way roused your interest in pursuing this subject? What would you like to find out?
6) What do you think of the language and style of this essay?
9.Writing Devices
1) Antithesis
2) Developing paragraphs by examples
10. Sentence Paraphrase
1) Has it ever dawned on you that certain developmental changes will occur in your life as you move from adolescence to young adulthood? (1)
2) … identity is determined by genetic endowment (what is inherited from parents), shaped by environment, and influenced by chance events. (2)
3) It may be heightened by their choice to pursue a college education. (3)
4) First, there is functional independence, which involves the capability of individuals to take care of practical and personal affairs, such as handling finances, choosing their own wardrobes, and determining their daily agenda. (4)
5) During the course I had come to realize that while my world was expanding and new options were opening for me, my father, who was in his sixties, was seeing his world shrink and his options narrow. (6)
6) These religious, moral, and ethical values that are set during the college years often last a lifetime. (7)
7) can no longer read the newspaper or watch a television newscast without seeing the people from other countries in a different light. (9)

Quiz
1.Give antonyms.
1. feminine 2. mature 3. dependence 4.superior
5. competent 6. major 7. trust 8.guilt
9. include 10. approval
2. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the bracketed words.
1) To avoid ____________by the fans, the football stars were all disguised. (recognize)
2)If I had remembered __ the window, the thief would not have got in. (close)
3) There is a man at the reception desk who seems very angry and I think he means ________ trouble. (make)
4)We object to ________ a whole group for one person’s fault. (punish)
5)Mark often attempts to escape ________ whenever he breaks traffic regulations. (fine)
6)The man in the corner confessed to ________ a lie to the manager of the company. (tell)
7)We can’t understand his ______ like that. (act)
8)Fancy ________ so many old friends here! (meet)
3. Choose the best answer.
1)As a result of careless washing, the jacket
_____ to a child’s size.
A. contracted B. compressed C. shrank D. decreased
2). Franklin’s ability to learn from observations and experience _____ greatly to his success in public life.
A. contributed B. owed C. attributed D. related
3). I’m not sure whether I can gain any profit from this investment, so I can’t make a
_____ promise to help you.
A. refined B. defined C. confined D. definite
4). It is _____ impossible to find a good educational computer program in this part of
the country.
A. barely B. hardly C. merely D. nearly
5).Grain production in the world is _____ but still millions go hungry.
A. staggering B. shrinking C. soaring D. suspending
6). The ball _____ two or three times before rolling down the slope.
A. swayed B. bounced C. hopped D. leapt
7).Mobile telecommunications’ _____ is expected to double in Shanghai this year as a result of a contract signed between the two companies.
A. capability B. potential C. impact D. capacity
8). We should make a clear _____ between the two scientific terms for the purpose of our
discussion.
A. separation B. discrimination C. distinction D. deviation
9).He didn’t have time to read the report word for word: he just _____ it.
A. skimmed B. observed C. overlooked D. glanced
10). Your advice would be _____ valuable to him, who is at present at his wit’s end.
A. excessively B. exceedingly C. extensively D. exclusively
11). No one had told Smith about _____ a lecture the following day.
A. there being B. there be C. there would be D. there was
12). The teacher doesn’t permit _____ in class.
A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. to have a smoke
13). After _____ for the job, you will be required to take a language test.
A. being interviewed B. interviewed C. interviewing D. having interviewed
14). Your hair wants _____. You’d better have it done tomorrow.
A. cut B. to cut C. cutting D. being cut
15). I would appreciate _____ it a secret.
A. you to keep B. your keeping C. that you keep D. that you will keep
16). There is more land in Australia than the government knows _____.
A. what to do with B. how to do C. what to do with it D. to do it
17). We agreed to accept _____ they thought was the best tourist guide.
A. whatever B. whomever C. whichever D. whoever
18). The match was cancelled because most of the members _____ a match without a
standard court.
A. objected to having B. were objected to have
C. objected to have D. were objected to having
19). When I try to understand _____ that prevents so many Americans from being as
happy as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.
A. why it does B. what it does C. what it is D. why it is
20). He is late again today. I’ll _____ that he will not be late tomorrow.
A. be sure B. hope for C. see to it D. make it so

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Minor mistrust innocence exclude disapproval

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