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1、Key to the Exercises - An Integrated English Course - Book 6 Unit 1 Technology in ReverseText ComprehensionI. CII. 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
2、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 ton
3、e that cellular phones could really improve marriages and save “family values”. Refer to Paragraph 9. Language WorkI. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.1. highly regarded, intricate, attractive2. a sudden increase3. an event that will make you feel upset for a long time4
4、. can supposedly help, at the same time5. need to be able to use6. we receive so many press releases that we find it difficult to deal with them7. an age where hi-tech has brought us noticeably great changes8. supposed, get away from us/be unattainable9. consequence, people who know nothing about te
5、chnology, impeding10. usually, insignificantII. Fill in the banks with the appropriate forms of the given words.1. customized 2. traumatized 3. promotional 4. paradoxical 5. frivolity6. subscribers 7. successors 8. inanities 9. institutionalized 10. subsidyIII. Fill in each of the blanks with a word
6、 or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.1. are clogged with 2. purports to 3. a vista of4. bombardedwith 5. exulted over 6. scribbled all over7. find alluring 8. make a comeback9. call up10. tossed into 11. was eliminated 12. compress intoIV. Explain the meaning of the underlined word
7、or phrase in each sentence.1. weak 2. entrance to 3. full of 4. be compensated for by having the same amount deducted from his tax5. shows all the signs of6. excitement and danger7. spent the afternoon discussing 8. increase her confidence9. very often 10. quick diveV. Correct the errors in the foll
8、owing passage. VI. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE appropriate word.1. millionaires 2. computer 3. breed 4. programs 5. companies 6. generation 7. popularity 8. provide 9. sales 10. times11. valuable 12. life Translation1.The program offers long-term care for the mentally retarded.2
9、.Hes got a cumbersome, bulky, old computerits slow and complicated to use.3. He tried not to look conspicuous and moved slowly along the back of the room.4. It would cause a tremendous upheaval to install a different computer system.5. The gold medal continues to elude her.6. Youd be a fool not to e
10、mbrace an opportunity as good as that.7. Her salary will go up by a hefty 10%.8. I scrawled a quick note to Hilary and put it under her door.9. Theres a smashing view from her office.10 The trip out there was swell, but the hotel was a bit crummy.II. Translate the following passage into Chinese. 在我成
11、长的房子里有一间屋子，我们把它称作图书馆。当然，那不是真正的图书馆，它仅仅是由电视机占据了主要位置的一间书斋。但是它四面墙上全部装修了嵌入式书架，上面摆了数百本书籍那些精装本的书籍呈现着各种颜色，它们在那间屋里把我们团团围住。这些书是我父母和祖父母花了毕生的精力收集来的，它们成为我童年的一部分。 我这一代人即20世纪50和60年代成年的人可能是了解这种心情的最后一代人了，那种被上百万文字环绕着的感觉，那些文字是历代知名的和默默无闻的作家们的产品。当前，在20世纪70年代中期，我们正目睹一个不易觉察却毫无疑问存在的慢慢背离书籍这类事物的倾向。恐怕美国的家庭很快就不会再留出房间做图书馆了。精装的图
12、书那思想永驻的象征，那从一个时代向下一个时代传留的智慧可能会添加到我们即将灭绝的物种名单上去。 Listening exercisesB. We are now living in an era of technology revolution. With the help of digital technologies and powerful networks, we are able to satisfy our thirst for information. But what will we do with all the information? Once we can plug i
13、nto any information imaginable and become instant experts on any subject, humans may discover an increase in suicides, brain tumors and schizophrenia!Many problems concerning technology occur.Firstly, all the information is machine-readable only. This means that we must preserve all hardware, softwa
14、re and up-dates to these machines, the operating manuals and the skill to diagnose hardware and software problems, in order to preserve machine-readable formats.Secondly, more and more information will be stored on smaller and smaller devices. But capturing original material in machine-readable form
15、 is as labor intensive, and therefore as expensive, as preparing material for microfilming. Thirdly, in order to preserve the means to access and to read machine-readable data, we will need substantial amounts of space, to house and maintain the machines and organizations necessary to key access and prevent them from becoming redundant and unreadable.Finally, the information preserved in digital formats is supposed to last forever, but, in fact, as systems are replaced by newer ones, previous digital formats need to be transferre
