現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語精讀6課后習(xí)題答案

1、Unit11. Virtue is ... self-centered.By right action, we mean it must help promote personal interest.2.... (Poverty) was a product of their excessive fecundity...The poverty of the poor was caused by their having too many

2、 children.3. ...the rich were not responsible for either its creation or its amelioration.The rich were not to blame for the existence of poverty so they should not be asked to undertake the task of solving the problem.4

3、. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.It is only the result or effect of the law of the survival of the fittest applied to nature of to human society.5. It declined in popularity, and referen

4、ces to its acquired a condemnatory tone.People began to reject Social Darwinism because it seemed to glorify brutal force and oppose treasured values of sympathy, love and friendship. Therefore, when it was mentioned, it

5、 was usually the target of criticism.6. ...the search for a way of getting the poor off our conscience was not at an end; it was only suspended.The desire to find a way to justify the unconcern for the poor had not been

6、abandoned; it had only been put off.7. ...only rarely given to overpaying for monkey wrenches, flashlights, coffee makers, and toilet seats.Government officials, on the whole, are good; it is very rare that some would pa

7、y high prices for office equipment to get kickbacks.8. This is perhaps our most highly influential piece of fiction.It is a very popular story and has been accepted by many but it is not true.9. Belief can be the servant

8、 of truth---but even more of convenience.Belief can be useful in the search for truth, but more often than not it is accepted because it is convenient and self-serving.10. George Gilder... Who tells to much applause that

9、 the poor must have the cruel spur of their own suffering to ensure effort...George Gilder advances the view that only when the poor suffer from great misery will they be stimulated to make great efforts to change the si

10、tuation, in other words, suffering is necessary to force the poor to work hard.Phrases1. to reflect on a problem 嚴(yán)重思考一個(gè)問題2. intellectual preoccupation 有思想有學(xué)問的人孜孜不倦思考探索的問題3.to take on the modern form 具有現(xiàn)代形式4.to come up wi

11、th the formula 提出了這樣一種準(zhǔn)則5.survival of the fittest 適者生存6.substantial measure of responsibility 在很大程度上負(fù)有責(zé)任7.unemployment insurance 失業(yè)保險(xiǎn)8.Medicare and Medicaid 醫(yī)療照顧和醫(yī)療補(bǔ)助9.weapons procurement 武器采購10.supply-side economics 供應(yīng)學(xué)

12、派經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)befall us if it did.As a little girl, I believed my father's words, and was genuinely afraid of the possible disaster--if we didn't hurry up, the day would catch us and terrible things might happen.13. ...fro

13、m time to time he was halfheartedly sought for trial, though few crimes seemed to lead directly to his door.In this place, though the police wound make some effort without real earnest to investigate Watson and bring him

14、 to court, there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he was responsible for certain illegal activities.14. The stranglehold Watson had over this section of Florida was not dissimilar to the unscrupulous a

15、ctivities of certain lawmen, other legal crooks, and even governors that our state was to suffer through its history.The control Watson had over this part of Florida was much similar to the dishonest or illegal activitie

16、s of the law-enforcing officials and governors which Florida witnessed in the 20th century.15. There was the little shack, not the most gracious of living quarters, and there was a murderer for our nearest and only neigh

17、bor, about thirty miles away.Before the family built their own house, they lived in a shabby cabin at Gopher Key, close to the merciless Watson.16. King Richard in his gluttony never sat at a table more sumptuous than ou

18、rs was three times a day...We had abundant food on the island, and even the meals enjoyed by King Richard, who was famous for his love of food, couldn’t possibly compare with ours.17. Despite the unrelenting heat, we wer

19、e happy to be let off from our hours of school indoors, sessions which our mother kept every day, rain or shine.Although it was very hot outside in the sun, we were happy to be dismissed from my mother's sessions ind

20、oors. we would have to read and write with her every day no matter what the weather was like. Phrases1.in the line of Sherman’s march 在謝爾曼將軍的行軍路線上2.a folding cot apiece 每人一張輕便的帆布折疊床3.to replenish our food stock 補(bǔ)充我們的食

21、品4.as an added treat 作為特別的款待5.free-roaming cattle 自由放牧的牛群6.an infamous outlaw 一個(gè)臭名昭著的亡命之徒7.business as usual 一切照常8.to make regular runs to and fro 定期往來運(yùn)輸9.a weather-boarded shack 由隔板搭成的簡陋的小屋10.under the care and interest

22、 of our entire family 在我們?nèi)胰说南ば恼樟舷耂entence 1. It was an idyllic life ,and we lived close to our family and to the comforts and safety a small town could afford這是一種田園式的生活，我們