Unit 3

 

Ⅰ.

1. The writer is a black man who is not an American citizen

2. According to him, during their two years together they had experienced the usual ups and downs of a couple learning to know, understand, and respect each other. In addition he thought they had honestly confronted the weaknesses and strengths of each others characters.

3. They learned a great deal about tolerance, compromise, and being open with each other

4. As with many couples, they got married for the wrong reasons and found out many years later that they were incompatible. They didn't take enough time to know each other

5. Her mother, counseled Gail to be really sure she was doing the right thing

6. He immediately suspected that Mark was marrying his daughter in order to remain in the United States.

7. He quoted statistics showing that mixed couples had a higher divorce rate than couples of the same race and gave examples of mixed couples he had counseled who were having marital difficulties.

8. People can be very cruel toward children from mixed marriages.

 

Ⅲ.   1-5   mutual  illusion  cancel  overlook  proceed

      6-10  resolve  prejudice compromise  confirm  subsequently

 

Ⅳ.    1-5   have nothing to do with   take care of   met with

            on the surface   work out

      6-10  incompatible with   ups and downs   learned of

            indication of   all along

 

Ⅴ.    1-5  M L F D H    6-10  O A C I K

 

Ⅵ.    1. shopping  3. storage  6. beginning  8. removal

9. arrival  11. writing  12. marriage

 

Ⅶ.    1-4、8、12  +ship   5-7、9、10  +hood    11. wisdom

 

Ⅷ.

1. It is never too bad to do sth. About the situation.

2. One is never too old to learn.

3. It is never too late (for you )to put a stop to this madness.
4. It is never too late (for you)to mend your ways.
5. His income was never too small to support his family.

 

Ⅸ.
1. My best friend, Anna, was here last night.
2. The company manager, Mr. Madison, gathered his staff and announced the decision.
3. You should have seen an ophthalmologist, an eye doctor.
4. He sent for the accountant, the most experienced person in accounting.
5. “Leave it to me,” said David, the man on night duty
X.
1. You are never too experienced to learn new techniques.
2. There remains one problem, namely, who should be sent to head the research there.
3. Their relationship did meet with some difficulty at the   beginning because of cultural 

differences.
4. Though he has had ups and downs, I believed all along   that he would succeed someday
5. I have some reservations about the truth of your claim
6. She isn’t particularly tall, but her slim figure gives   an illusion of height.

XI.
1.应尽早告知年轻人:必须认真对待法律。
2.他现在面临一个重要决定，这个决定可能会影响他的整个前程。
3.即使在情况最糟糕的时候，你也必须保持镇静和信心。
4.人际关系的成功与否与双方相处是否融治以及交流是否顺畅有很大关系。
5.他受到袭击，身受重伤，随后不治而亡。
6.他的举止至少在表面上像个正常人。

Ⅻ.    1-5  A C B B C     6-10  B C D C D    11-15  B A D C D

XIV.

Many people place so much emphasis on success that they think any failure is bad. Failure is never pleasant because it hurts people. But in fact it can make a positive contrbution to our life once we learn how to make the best of it, We can learn from a disastrous party how to give a good one. And we can learn from an ill-chosen first house what to look for in a second. Even a total failure can give us fresh ideas of a change of direction. Repeated failures lead to success and prove to be beneficial to us as we experiment every day o find out the right way of doing things.