《致用英语（第二版）英语报刊阅读》答案
Unit 1
Passage I
1.
1) fixed-asset 固定资产的
2) labor-intensive 劳动密集型的
3) capital-intensive 资本密集型的
4) value-added 增值的
2.
1) Beat expectations means do better than what is expected.
2) Lose stream means to go more and more slowly, or to gradually lose interest.
3) Fill in the slack means someone comes to do more work to solve the problem.
4) On a good track means it is going in the right direction.
3.
1) foster; 2) output; 3) gained; 4) rebound
4.
1) According to Huang Yiping, an economics professor with Peking University, and a member of the Central Bank Advisory Committee, the downward pressure will continue in the rest of this year and the next (because the economy’s traditional growth engines, such as labor-intensive manufacturing and capital-intensive heavy industries are losing stream while new engines, such as high value-added manufacturing and services, are developing but not big enough to fill in the slack).
2)
According to Tsinghua University’s Center for China in the World Economy, China’s growth in GDP will rebound (increase again after decreasing) to 6.9 percent from 6.8 percent expected this year (backed
by a warm-up in property market and the trickle-down effect of previously-approved infrastructure projects.)
Passage II
1.
1) Factor into means to include a particular thing in your calculations or into your considerations.
2) Expectations of higher interest rates in the US that have pushed the value of the dollar higher; weaker demand abroad is also playing a role.
2.
1) increase: surged, raise, swelled, increase, growth, rose; decrease: declined, devalued, fell.
2)
the largest expansion
a strong dollar
well above the average levels
the world’s second-largest
slightly more than half
to their lowest level
$500 million less
have pushed the value of the dollar higher
Passage I
1.
transcript: an official college document that shows a list of a student’s classes and the results they received
adulthood: the time when you are an adult
gauge: to measure or calculate something by using a particular instrument or method
opaque: difficult to understand
2.
1) proponent; 2) excelled; 3) conceivable; 4) admissions
3.
1) If something is phased out, people gradually stop using it.
2) Showing no difference; in agreement with
3) To set a goal that is not easy to achieve
4) To get rid of people or things unwanted
4.
1) Many American schools are phasing out class ranking systems to cut down on the hyper-competition and lessen the stress at such a critical learning point and maturation curve in kids’ lives.
2) Some parents are worried that the new policy hurts high-achieving students’ chances of getting over the bar, while forcing colleges and universities to rely on perhaps less reliable or easily gauged measures or on standardized tests like the ACT or SA T.
Passage II
1.
1) On campus, students will be limited in learning. To call the boys scholars instead of students is to promote the highest expectations: the scholars are encouraged to think beyond school, to university.
2) Every school run by the city will receive a public report card, with a grade that reflects both academic performance and surveys of students, parents and teachers. Schools that do well will get a boost to their budget; the principal may get a bonus of up to $25,000 on top of a base salary of $115,000-$145,000. Schools graded D or F (about 12% of them this year) will have to submit improvement plans that will be implemented with support from Mr. Klein’s department. Principals whose schools are still faltering after two years will be fired. Schools still failing after four years will be closed.
The new mayor promptly moved the schools’ headquarters from its sprawling building in Brooklyn to be next to the heart of his government in City Hall. He hired Mr. Klein, and they set about changing things—at first by taking decision-making away from the patronage-heavy local school boards, and then by decentralising it to accountable principals, and by actively piloting experimental charter schools that could be models for others. A new “leadership academy” was created to train principals. Big schools with poor graduation rates were closed, and replaced with smaller ones, often several sharing the same building once occupied by a single big school.
2.
Open-minded.
Passage I
1.
1) comply with; 2) in exchange for;3) in favour of; 4) part with
2.
1) overturned; 2) unconstitutional; 3) proliferate; 4) exception
3.
1) to worry about something, especially when there is no need.
2) If someone in authorities imposes a rule, punishment, tax, etc., they force people to accept it.
3) to deliberately use something for the wrong purpose or for your own advantage.
4) an incentive is something that encourages you to work harder, start a new activity, etc.
4.
1) Many inhabitants of São Paulo think their city is prettier as a result. Besides, inspired by the success of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Porto Alegre and even Buenos Aires, capital of Brazil’s neighbour Argentina, are also discussing measures to reduce or ban outdoor ads. São Paulo set a good example to follow!
2) Outdoor advertisers pay municipal authorities good money for the use of public space. They sometimes also provide cities with bus shelters, public loos and so forth in exchange for the right to place advertisements on them. This trade gives outdoor advertisers and local authorities a strong ince
ntive to work with one another. And the more legal advertising there is, the more reluctant city governments will be to part with the revenue and services it brings. Therefore, municipal revenue will be the virtual reason for reintroducing outdoor advertising one day.
Passage II
1.
1) Yes. Newspapers are still considered an effective medium to communicate to potential customers. Writing a press release should help in gaining free publicity. In addition, newsletters circulated through newspapers are effectively medium even in today’s world, oriented towards digital media.
2) To write content that explains about business in a clear and effective manner; to have command over the language in order to create content that is both informative and catchy.
2.
1) With the rapid progress of Internet shopping, many business companies have started targeting their potential customers online. As a result, advertising activity is carried out not only offline and online. Online advertising more than doubles the efficiency of traditional offline advertising.
2) WeChat, microblog, Twitter, MSN, QQ… (Teacher sums up after students’ discussion)
Unit 4
Passage I
1.
1) overcome; 2) exceptionally; 3) walkout; 4) commitment
2.
1) ostensible; 2) ratify; 3) convene; 4) eliminate
3
1) The labor union dismissed all the protesters.
2) The rank and file are the ordinary members of an organization.
3) If something such as a business turns around, it becomes successful, after being unsuccessful for a period of time.
4) Remove the big difference in a short time.
4.
1) The ostensible reason for the strike is guarantees of job security.
2) UAW and GM agreed to shift GM’s liabilities for retiree health care to a Voluntary Employee Benefit Association.
Passage II
1.
转行可从不是件易事。半个地球的人都会认为你疯了。猎头会说你再也不会工作了；亲属则会老生常谈“我早就跟你说过……”。但对于好多因为没有机会发挥自己而身心疲惫的多才多艺者而言，转行是避免发疯的唯一方法。
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2.
1) It is the worst thing to be hasty and rash (act without thinking carefully first).
2) Think it over what is suitable to you.
3) No matter how old you are, you may have a try in an internship, a volunteer experience at a new field of work by the contract.
4) Make some research to make sure you find a new career that is most suitable to you.
3.
Open-minded.
Unit 5
Passage I
1.
1) brokenhearted; 2) devotee; 3) jet lag; 4) sheltered
2.
1) confessed; 2) murmured; 3) irony; 4) greedy
3.
1) The fans’ chances of watching Céline Dion’s performances were taken away.
2) At the same time; simultaneously.
3) With more advantages that make the collection more successful than others.
4) If you say that something happens at breakneck speed, you mean that it happens very fast.
4.
1) She is not keen on politics at all; she is indifferent towards politics.
2) Hard-working; frank; aggressive; sentimental; brave.
Passage II
1.
1) A selection of stunning hotels set in beautiful countryside, thrown in some top-notch food and then invited some of the country’s best loved entertainers to come along and wow the hotel guests.
2) The writer had a dinner; went to the theater; might take part in some thoroughly enjoyable activities such as archery, air rifle shooting or snooker, indoor swimming pool, gym, steam room and sauna, spa treatments, manicures and massages; a history-based tour.
2.
Open-minded.
Unit 6
Passage I
1.
spectator: someone who is watching an event or game
contention: the act of competing for profit or a prize
tactic: a method that you use to achieve something
motivation: eagerness and willingness to do something without needing to be told or forced to do it
2. d
1) dramatic; 2) charismatic; 3) arrogant; 4) extraordinary
3.
1) If someone drops out of a race, he leaves it without finishing what he started.
2) If a person is knocked out of a competition, he is defeated in a game.
3) Make a certain impression.
4) To make someone feel more cheerful and hopeful.
4.
1) A car can not win the championship on its own, no matter how good the car is; only the greatest drive (racer) can do that. The car can be replaced, while the drive cannot.
2) That depends on whether the tricks Schumacher played are fair play or not. On the one hand, he played many “dirty tricks”; on the other hand, other racers also play tricks. That is common in car racin
g.
Passage II
1.
1) Smoothness means the quality of being continuous in movement or sports; fire means enthusiasm of a person
2) Yes, he is. “But by my standards, Bucks forward Yi Jianlian has been the best rookie to date.” (Para.2)
3) Versatility and mental acuity.
2.
Open-minded.
Unit 7
Passage I
1.
1) botanical; 2) posh; 3) obesity; 4) wariness
2.
1) From… perspective means from a way of thinking about something, especially one which is influenced by the type of person you are or by your experiences.
2) Riding the wave refers to go along with the trend.
3) Style… as means to make consistent with certain rules of style as something else.
4) Dodgy science means a claim, belief or practice presented as scientific, but which does not