大学英语综合教程2(秦秀白、张怀健版)课后练习答案(4)

The author had mixed feelings: whether to kiss the two women for their kindness, or give them a lesson by cautioning them not to trust any stranger, for they could have run into a bad person instead of himself.

Checking Your Vocabulary

Word Detective

1 Choose the definition in Column B that best matches each italicized word in Column A.

1) c

2) d

3)a

4) j

5)h

6)b

7) e

8) i

9) g

10) f

2 A synonym is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word. Write S before each pair of synonyms and A before each pair of antonyms. The first word in each pair is taken from Text B and the corresponding paragraph number has been indicated for you.

Example: S virtually, almost (Para. 1)

1) S govern, control (Para. 3)

2) S signal, sign (Para. 4)

3) S participate, join (Para. 5)

4) A heave, lower (Para. 6)

5) S collapse, fall (Para. 7)

6) S establish, found (Para. 10)

7) S locate, situate (Para. 10)

8) A occasional, frequent (Para. 15)

Checking Your Comprehension

1 Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text B.

1) What is the author and his wife‘s opinion about becoming a true friend to someone whose name they don‘t know?

The author and his wife used to think that it was virtually impossible to be a true friend to someone whose name they didn‘t know. But now they realize they were wrong. Years of Sunday-morning bus trip through the city with the same ―nameless‖ people have completely changed thei r thinking.

2) Why does the author say that taking the Sunday-morning bus trip requires teamwork though they don‘t know each other‘s names?

百度搜索“77cn”或“免费范文网”即可找到本站免费阅读全部范文。收藏本站方便下次阅读，免费范文网，提供经典小说教育文库大学英语综合教程2(秦秀白、张怀健版)课后练习答案(4)在线全文阅读。