综合教程第六册后答案 完整版.doc

Key to the Exercises --- An Integrated English Course - Book 6 Unit 1 Technology in Reverse ●Text Comprehension I. C II. 1. F. Not all technology makes things complicated and wasteful; it is only retarded technology that makes things complicated and wasteful. Refer to Paragraph 1. 2. T. Refer to Paragraph 5. 3. F. It is true that the author acknowledges the great changes brought about by new technology, but he believes these advantageous changes are often offset by a lot of technology-related waste. Refer to Paragraph 7. 4. T. Refer to Paragraph 7. 5. F. The author expresses his doubt in a sarcastic tone that cellular phones could really improve marriages and save “family values”. Refer to Paragraph 9. ● Language Work I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1. highly regarded, intricate, attractive 2. a sudden increase 3. an event that will make you feel upset for a long time 4. can supposedly help, at the same time 5. need to be able to use 6. we receive so many press releases that we find it difficult to deal with them 7. an age where hi-tech has brought us noticeably great changes 8. supposed, get away from us/be unattainable 9. consequence, people who know nothing about technology, impeding 10. usually, insignificant II. Fill in the banks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1. customized 2. traumatized 3. promotional 4. paradoxical 5. frivolity 6. subscribers 7. successors 8. inanities 9. institutionalized 10. subsidy III. Fill in each of the blanks with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form. 1. are clogged with 2. purports to 3. a vista of 4. bombarded…with 5. exulted over 6. scribbled all over 7. find… alluring 8. make a comeback 9. call up 10. tossed … into 11. was eliminated 12. compress… into IV. Explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase in each sentence. 1. weak 2. entrance to 3. full of 4. be compensated for by having the same amount d