新世纪大学英语系列教程(第二版)综合教程1答案

Unit Seven Book I Interpersonal Relationship

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Task One Discovering the Main Ideas 1.

1) B 2) C 3) A 4) A 5) A

2.

1) sorry; lied 2) chance; wrong 3) go to her; to other people

4) 1,600; Asia; honest they were; ten; their everyday life; 5) 1) returning money 2) returning a wallet 6) 1) downloading; using 2) taking a look

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Task Two Reading Between the Lines 1.

1) T

2) F (He called her “stupid” possibly because he thought if she had ordered the meal in English, the waiter might

have given them what they wanted. He may have thought she was stupid to use a language she did not know well enough to order food.) 3) T

4) F (He gave it to the writer’s wife, but said to the writer, “May I present the flower to your beautiful daughter,”

which was a compliment, meaning that the wife looked young. Or he may intentionally said so just to cheer them up.) 5) T

2.

1) The Christmas season is supposed to be one full of joy and cheer, but we had such a bad time that we did not

feel joyous or cheerful at all.

2) The restaurant was not very attractive. Very few diners were there, and only five tables were taken on

Christmas Eve.

3) The old French flower woman had had no business for the whole afternoon and she couldn’t afford a more

decent dinner on Christmas Eve, but could only buy herself some soup.

4) The American sailor, either by mistake or most probably on purpose, referred to the writer’s wife as the

writer’s “daughter”, which implied that the lady looked very young. He did so just to cheer them up.

5) Christmas spirit was contagious and everybody in the restaurant was touched by the American sailor’s kind

act. People started sharing and giving and a feeling of joy and happiness suddenly filled the restaurant.

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Enhance Your Language Awareness Working with Words and Expressions