新世纪大学英语系列教材阅读教程第三册练习答案

新世纪大学英语系列教材阅读教程第三册练习答案 Unit 1 Part I. Reading for Information I. Reading for Information A. Reading to find main ideas 1. D  2. C B. Reading to find major details 3. B  4. A C. Reading to find relevant facts 5. B  6. C II. Translation 1. 今天你们将离开培育你们的学术环境，直面真实的世界。 2. 你们即将离开学校，终于可以开始接受教育了。 3. 想找到一位保守的教授，那比要找到一个雪人还难。若要挑战一些有关政治正确性的正统观点，那你将会被冠以一些难听的名号。 4. 如果你不相信我的话，那不妨去问一问那些因追随网络公司是通往财富之路这一理论而破产的人们。现实击碎了他们的梦想。 5. 因此，欢迎你来到我们生活的这个理性的世界。一旦你把那些不切实际的幻想拒之门外，你就会发现这个世界并不是太糟。 III. Summary A. Complete the following statements with words or expressions from the box. Use their proper forms. 1. College seniors are about to emerge from the nurturing confines of academia to face the real world. They can finally go about getting an education. 2. Despite your school’s commitment to diversity, you probably have found that real diversity was actually nowhere to be found on campus. Only after you graduate from college can you really benefit from diversity. 3. Reading separates the leaders from the followers, the real achievers from the rest of the crowd. But it is only after college that you can read just for the enjoyment of reading. Back at college, reading was associated with bland textbooks and propaganda. 4. Now that you’re leaving college, you’re going to have to choose reality over theory. In other words, you’ll have to become a(n) realist, because what matters now is what works in practice, not in theory. 5. A lot of self-esteem training you got through school was an exercise in wishful thinking. You feel great about yourself, but you have to figure out what you’re truly good at and go for it. If you don’t wind up with the job of your dreams, don’t sweat it. Your career may take a number of twists and turns, and along the way, you’ll find something that matches your talent. Part II. Reading for Pleasure Ⅱ. 1. F  2. T  3. T   4. F  5. F Part III. Homework Passage 1 1. F  2. F  3. T  4. F  5. T Passage 2 6. F  7. T  8. F  9. F  10. T Passage 3 11. D  12. A  13. B  14. D  15. C Passage 4 16. B  17. A  18. C  19. C  20. B Passage 5 21. equate  22. like  23. assumed  24. modestly  25. accumulated  26. means  27. lucrative  28. debt  29. afford  30. neighborhoods Passage 6 31. international  32.tongue  33.    though  34. dispersed  35. considerably 36. geographical  37. entire  38.    glance  39. proposed  40. grounds Passage 7 41. recedes  42. seduces  43. dimensions  44. shifts  45. rare  46. delivered  47.confusing  48.    conservative  49. fashion  50. fine Unit 2 Part I. Reading for Information I. Reading for Information A. Reading to find main ideas 1. B  2. A B. Reading to find major details 3. D  4. C C. Reading to find relevant facts 5. B  6. D II. Translation 爱是再简单不过的事，这一观点至今仍然十分盛行， 尽管大量事实都对此予以否定。 几乎找不到任何一种活动、任何一项事业像爱情这样满怀希望地开始， 又频繁地以失败告终。如果换了别的事情， 人们一定急于知晓失败的原因， 思量如何才能做得更好，或者干脆放。既然人们永远不可能放弃爱情， 那么要战胜失败，似乎就只有一个办法可行，那就是探究失败的原因， 进而领会爱的真义。 III. Summary A. Complete the following statements with words or expressions from the box. Use their proper forms. 1.    Most people think love is a fortunate accident, which to experience is merely a matter of chance. They yearn for it, but hardly anyone regards love as an art which needs to be learned about. 2.    This mistaken idea is based on several premises. The first is that most people see love primarily as a problem of how to be loved, rather than that of loving. 3.    The second premise behind this attitude is the assumption that to love is simple, but to find the right object to love is difficult. This attitude is actually has several deep-rooted reasons concerning the development of modern society. 4.    The third error leading to the wrong idea is that people often confuse the initial excitement of falling into love and the permanent state of standing in love. They don’t know that love is what is left over when passion has burned away. 5.    We should face up to the fact that love is an art. To learn an art, we should not only grasp theoretical knowledge but have a lot of practice. Besides, we should consider the mastery of the art to be more important than any thing else such as money, success, prestige and power. Part II. Reading for Pleasure 1. F  2. F  3. T  4. F  5. F  6. T  7. F  8. F  9. T  10. T Part III. Homework Passage 1 1. F  2. T  3. F  4. F  5. F Passage 2 6. F  7. T  8. F  9. F 10. T Passage 3 11. B  12. D  13. C  14. C  15. A        Passage 4 16. B  17. C  18. B  19. A  20. D Passage 5 21. grumble  22. calling  23. less  24. prosperity  25. concerns 26. but  27. adapt  28. balancing  29. derive  30. fear Passage 6 31. leap  32. assessment  33. taste  34. current  35. pursuing 36. honest  37. completely  38. options  39. negotiate  40. obstacles Passage 7 41. embarked  42. known  43. initiate  44. compare  45. significantly 46.    adding  47. sharpness  48. maintaining  49. implications  50. someday Unit 3 Part I. Reading for Information I. Reading for Information A. Reading to find main ideas 1. B  2. A B. Reading to find major details 3. B  4. D C. Reading to find relevant facts 5. C  6. C II. Translations 1.莫顿把《纽约时报杂志》小心地放在腿上，转过那张精致而清瘦的脸对着那人，脸上带着腼腆、歉意的微笑，像在指点学生的错误一般对那男人讲道理。 2.他那傲慢的语音里透着威胁。 3.拉里顿时回过神来；他脸上没了那呆愣的 表 关于同志近三年现实表现材料材料类招标技术评分表图表与交易pdf视力表打印pdf用图表说话 pdf 情，开始又哭又闹。 4.但她内心深处有种感觉，既沉重又无法回避。她感觉这不仅仅是一次不愉快的遭遇，也不仅仅是理性败于武力。 5.她感觉就像他们三人边走边留下了一路的泥脚印。 6.“如果你管不了这孩子，我来管，”莫顿一边愤愤地说，一边向着儿子迈了一步。 III. Summary 1.  The Mortons were in a park one day, enjoying the late-afternoon sun. 2.  Mrs. Morton watched contentedly while her husband was reading the     Times Magazine and her son, Larry, was playing in the sandbox. 3.  Meanwhile, another man and his son, Joe, who was about Larry’s age, were also enjoying themselves nearby. 4.  Joe suddenly threw a(n) spadeful of sand at Larry. 5.  Mrs. Morton had always wanted her son to learn to fight his own battles, so she just ordered Joe to stop it instead of punishing him. 6.  But, unexpectedly, Joe’s father insisted that it was a(n) public sandbox and that Joe could continue to throw wall he wanted. 7.  Mr. Morton, a college teacher who was rarely angry, tried to argue with Joe’s father with his usual reasonableness but failed. He thought it wouldn’t have proved anything if they had a fight. 8.  Finally, Mr. Morton and his wife had to pull their crying son out of the playground. 9.  On their way back home, Mrs. Morton felt very irritated and ashamed of her husband and her son. Part II. Reading for Pleasure I. Answer the following questions. 1.Because it seemed to her that the author, who was a young black man, was too menacingly close to her and make her feel nervous. 2. It means the way in which people express their fear. In most cases, it is not a verbal expression, but an action such as hammering down the door locks of the car, crossing to the other side of the street rather than passing the author in a deserted street. 3. Because in the place where he grew up, there were a lot of gang warfare, street knifings, and murders, and he was not one of the bad boys. 4. He gradually learns to smother the rage and make himself seem less threatening. 5. He believes that whistling melodies from famous composes like Beethoven and Vivaldi can reduce the tension, because people know that a mugger will not do that. Part III. Homework Passage 1 1. F  2. T  3. F  4. F  5. F Passage 2 6. F  7. F  8. T  9. T  10. F Passage 3 11. A  12. B  13. B  14. C  15. B Passage 4 16. B  17. B  18. A  19. C  20. C Passage 5 21. blessing  22. empty  23. progresses  24. wiser  25. insignificant  26. faith  27. renewed  28. outlook  29. go  30. turn Passage 6 31. heading  32. eliminate  33. special  34. board  35. complete 36. expression  37. realistic  38. defined  39. focused  40. expectations Passage 7 41. down  42. accomplished  43. excel  44. potential  45. combination 46. vary  47. impossible  48. particular  49. cover  50. encountered Unit 4 Part I. Reading for Information I. Reading for Information A. Reading to find main ideas 1. D  2. A B. Reading to find major details 3. B  4. C C. Reading to find relevant facts 5. D  6. A II. Translation 1. 我们忽略了绝望的婚姻以及那钻心的孤独感。 2. 她那样做着，数年如一日，在入夜之后，在她已记好了账目、支付了账单、照顾好发疼的嗓子，并确定我们已吃过晚饭之后。 3. 实际上，这是对爱的本质进行判断。 4. 我们营造了安全，又受困于这种安全。 5. 假如作为一个孩子我觉得被剥夺了什么，那仅仅是在有人用一个家应该如何的标准对我们家进行衡量的时候。而事实上，我们几乎什么都不缺。 III. Summary 1.  In the 1950s, the only sort of perfect family we knew from the TV programs was characterized by a working father, a stay-at-home mother, three lovely children and a beautiful garden. 2. Back then, people stayed married forever. They made a bargain not to question or think about people who lived differently in any way. 3. However, my parents got divorced at a time when divorce was very uncommon. 4. My mother did something different –it was she who took the trash cans to the curb on Monday nights, which was supposed to be a job for fathers in the neighborhood. 5. Besides taking good care of us, my mother also worked for the Department of Social Services, a world in which the simple rules of the suburbs did not apply. 6. My mother visited poor houses and counseled women who could not make their own choices. 7. To my mother, parents should not neglect their children. 8.  My mother never judged who was a fit mother on the basis of things like a clean floor, an unbalanced meal and so on. These were only standards set then by good citizens for women and children. 9. Although I come from a divorced family, I never felt that I lacked for parental love. 10. Now I have children of my own, and I have come to realize that women alone can manage their families, and love is the only standard we can use to judge whether a family is good or not. Part II. Reading for Pleasure 1. To women, courtship is not a phase in a relationship, but a way of life. 2. Guilt flowers are not worth receiving, because they are proffered in lieu of a real apology. 3. They provide hints, suggestions instead of telling them straightforwardly. 4. Talk can greatly comfort them. 5. She thinks that women are simply providing men with the opportunity to become their best self. Part II. Homework Passage 1 1. F  2. T  3. F  4. F  5. T Passage 2 6. F  7. T  8. F  9. F  10. T Passage 3 11. C  12. D  13. B  14. A  15. C Passage 4 16. C  17. B  18. A  19. D  20. A Passage 5 21. treatment  22. irreversible  23. fatigued  24. silence  25. physical 26. seek  27. restore  28. conselling  29. fear  30. viewed Passage 6 31. solid  32. arise  33. crippled  34. prevent  35. partners 36. survive  37. point  38. crisis  39. trigger  40. drastic Passage 7 41. contribute  42. Luckily  43. ends  44. set  45. small 46. Instead  47. figure  48. requires  49. once  50. care Unit 5 Part I. Reading for Information I. Reading for Information ‘ A. Reading to find main ideas 1. B  2. D B. Reading to find major details 3. A  4. A C. Reading to find relevant facts 5. C  6. B II. Translation 1. 每年 ，我们都有很多人翻开婚姻的新篇章，追求更美好的生活。 2. 每年大约有一百万起离婚，这就意味着每年大约有一百万个18岁发下的孩子成为离婚家庭的孩子。 3. 其一就是认为离婚造成的危害只是暂时的，只限于离婚之时，只要父母幸福了，孩子们也会幸福这样的错误观念。 4. 在20世纪四十年代，在我们所在的布朗克斯的工人阶级社区，离婚基本上是闻所未闻的事儿，是只会发生在那些有钱人或者好莱坞影星身上的事儿。 5. 他说：“当离婚发生之时，我们这些孩子就不再是父母优先考虑的对象了；那时，他们双方都开始为自己打算。那是一个家庭的解体，非常令人难过。我要做的就是告诫父母，要做这样的决定一定得慎重，如果可能，就尽量避免离婚。” 6. 既然我们的文化不愿意考虑离婚的后果，那么我希望：我们开始奉行一条准则，即成功的离婚就像美满的婚姻一样，也是需要付出辛苦和努力。 III. Summary 1. Many people in the U.S. turn the page on their marriage out of an American optimism without considering the consequences of divorce. 2. From time to time, something surfaces in the American culture and grabs people by the collar, bringing home to them the negative effects of divorce. 3. By and large, divorce is not really on the American radar screens. In other words, it has not alarmed people. 4. In the past few decades, though numbers of divorce rates from both the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics are staggering, there is still no sense of national crisis. 5. The personal stories of Tommy Burrows indicate that divorce cannot be trouble-free for children, and the perfect divorce is either a myth or a self-delusion. 6. In the past, many couples, though quarrelling constantly, would stay together for the sake of their children. Besides, social stigma also exerted a tempering influence. But now they tend to think more about themselves, believing that their kids will also benefit. 7. The fact that the most important emotional structure in the child’s life—the parents’ marriage—ends in failure becomes forever embedded in that child’s history. 8. People on the verge of divorce should seek some form of counseling from marital experts instead of getting feedback from friends they hang out with, and they should keep in mind that like a successful marriage, a successful divorce takes hard work. Part II. Reading for Pleasure I. Answer the following questions. 1. Because it was a second marriage for both of them, and the couple was less concerned with finding time alone than with building ties together, so they chose to take their children on their honey moon. 2. The biggest challenge is creating an instant family. 3. The Website is devoted to second-marriage issues and etiquette. 4. They provide people with travel-planning, send clients to family-friendly places, help organize wedding ceremonies that involve children, provide butler services, kid-friendly food, interesting activities, and babysitting when mom and dad want privacy.5. For blended families, unlike nuclear ones, conflicts of loyalty between the blood bond and the sexual bond underlie everything. Part III. Homework Passage 1 1. F  2. T  3. F  4. T  5. T Passage 2 6. F  7. T  8. F  9. F  10. T Passage 3 11. A  12. B  13. B  14. C  15. D Passage 4 16. D  17. C  18. A  19. B  20. C Passage 5 21. survive  22. supportive  23. other  24. gone  25. struck 26. previous  27. spread  28. side  29. beyond  30. battle Passage 6 31. leisurely  32. favor  33. resorted  34. inferior  35. inspect 36. differently  37. effort  38. hammer  39. graciously  40. result Passage 7 41. twice  42. had  43. minute  44. welcome  45. deserve 46. afraid  47. responsible  48. busy  49. turn  50. popular Unit 6 Part I. Reading for Information I. Reading for Information A. Reading to find main ideas 1. B  2. A B. Reading to find major details 3. C  4. C C. Reading to find relevant facts 5. D  6. C II. Translation 1. 我定了个规矩，尽可能避免担任任何会被某公众团体审阅的文件起草人。 2. 如果国王未尽其应尽之职，保护臣民的生命与财产，反而肆意毁坏他们的生命或财产，那么这样的国王就不再是国王，而是暴君。臣民将不再效忠于他。 3. 他将自己的论证建立在一种尊重人民意愿的、由政府和被统治者共同达成的协议之上，这种论证的方式可能比富兰克林更老练。 4. 在后来所谓的“休谟之叉”理论中，这位伟大的苏格兰哲学家提出了一种理论，对“合成型”事实和“解析型”事实进行区分。“合成型”事实对事实进行描述（如“伦敦比费城大”），“解析型”事实是经由推理和定义证明的事实“（如三角形的内角之和是180度”，“所有的单身汉都未婚”）。 5. 不论是有意还是无意，杰斐逊使用“神圣”一词都暗示了该原则---即人人平等，造物主赋予所有人不可剥夺的权利的原则----是一种宗教原则。 III. Summary 1.    Jefferson, though only 33, got the honor of drafting the Declaration of Independence, which turned out to be a momentous task. The Declaration was eventually viewed as a text akin to Scripture. 2.    Jefferson drafted the document that was an attack not on the British government but on the British King, which was the way Englishmen announced revolution. 3.    In drafting the Declaration, Jefferson echoed both the language and grand theories of Enlightenment thinkers, most notably the concept of natural rights propounded by John Locke. 4.    After finishing the draft, Jefferson sent it to Franklin, requesting him to peruse it and make necessary alterations. 5.    Franklin changed “We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable” into “We hold these truths to be self-evident.” But some of his edits were less felicitous and even pedantic. 6.    After voting for independence, the Congress formed itself into a committee to consider the draft and they removed large sections from it. 7.    Franklin most famously said, “We must, indeed, all hang together, most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” Part II. Reading for Pleasure I. Answer the following questions. 1.    The door was shut so that loud quarreling voices could not be heard by passerby. 2.    They debated it and hacked away the excess. 3.    Fifty-six people finally signed the document Almost half—24—were judges and lawyers. Eleven were merchants, 9 were landowners and farmers, and the remaining 12 were doctors, ministers, and politicians. 4.    He said that he signed in enormous letters so that the British could read his name without spectacles and double the price they had put on his head. 5.    They mutually pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. Part III. Homework Passage 1 1. F  2. F  3. T  4. T  5. F 6. F  7. F  8. T  9. F  10. T Passage 3 11. B  12. A  13. B  14. C  15. D Passage 4 16. A  17. B  18. D  19. C  20. D Passage 5 21. track  22. shattered  23. on  24. pattern  25. quietly 26. uncontrollable  27. comfort  28. turn  29. instead  30. wound Passage 6 31. Thoughts  32. world  33. tender  34. tease  35. hanging 36. adulthood  37. broke  38. gloomy  39. disregard  40. integrity Passage 7 41. complain  42. possibly  43. available  44. mention  45. delivers 46. economy  47. upgrade  48. given  49. point  50. standing Unit 7 Part I. Reading for Information I. Reading for Information A. Reading to find main ideas 1. C  2. A B. Reading to find major details 3. A  4. D C. Reading to find relevant facts 5. D  6. B II. Translation 1. 我告诉他，我不相信这样的魔法，我更相信孩子们的辨别力。 2. 为了使对子女的教育变得更容易，我们做父母的往往乐意接受一些会带来很多负面影响的电子工具，这使我感到茫然。 3. 不让我的孩子们接触有关暴力或另类生活方式的讨论，那么他们就不会受到诱惑。 4. 这一承诺并未涵盖聊天室里及公告栏（BBS）上那些不受监督的观点，这正是许多家长感到害怕的。 5.    我敢打赌，色情内容制作者会很高兴地公开并心安理得地发表他们手上的色情资料。 6.    我认为这些是相当粗陋的工具；对于我自己在家里究竟允许看到什么，这些软件反映的是他人的判断而不是我的观点。 III. Summary 1.    Recently the author has had a debate with a friend over how to shield children from inappropriate books, movies, television and Internet sites. 2.    The author’s friend wants something magic to ban the inappropriate material, while the author would rather help sharpen children’s sensitivities. 3.    Some electronic tools have been developed to eliminate pornography and block children’s access to indecent sites. 4.    Some solutions have been proposed in response to the demand to keep children from the indecent stuff from the media. But the author is doubtful about some measures like ratings and software-filtering programs. 5.    The rating systems will turn out to be a business, and software filters block more than what is necessary. 6.    Electronic instruments are reflective of other people’s judgment rather than our own on what should be allowed in our home. 7.    The author advocates parental guidance in teaching values. Part II. 1. Answer the following questions. 1. According to the author, the essence of education lies in the teaching of facts and reasoning skills to children so that they learn how to think. 2. "Socialization" is to get the student in touch with other children's feelings rather than with the facts of history, mathematics or geography. 3. "Creationism" is a claim based on the Bible that the Earth and all life on it were created in six days. Teaching evolution and Creationism side by side will bring about perplexity. 4. If Creationism is incorporated into the curriculum, then everything can belong in the curriculum, from flat-Earth theory to Nazi's claim that the descendants of Aryans are superior to other races. 5. The most ominous implications of the Creationist position is its belief that, in judging the truth of an idea, one can simply ignore rational evidence, if it clashes with one's desire to believe otherwise. Part III. Homework Passage 1 1. F  2. T  3. F  4. F  5. F Passage 2 6. T  7. F  8. T  9. F  10. T Passage 3 11. B  12. A  13. B  14. C  15. D Passage 4 16. A  17. C  18. A  19. B  20. D Passage 5 21. showed  22. refuge  23. domestic  24. learned  25. exposed 26. strategy  27. occasions  28. majority  29. history  30. terms Passage 6 31. available  32. manufacturers  33. recommended  34. contagious  35. early 36. picking up  37. recover  38. protection  39. Ensuring  40. highest Passage 7 41. paid  42. long  43. kidnapped  44. forced  45. death 46. triggered  47. vulnerable  48. desperate  49. extent  50. represent Unit 8 Part I. Reading for Information I. Reading for Information A. Reading to find main ideas 1. A  2. B B. Reading to find major details 3. A  4. B C. Reading to find relevant facts 5. D  6. C II. Translation 1. 美国最主要的出口商品不再是农产品或工业品，而是其大规模生产的流行文化产品。 2. 尽管学界还在为美国流行文化一统天下之利弊争论不休，但在冷战结束后，在许多国家放弃了 计划 项目进度计划表范例计划下载计划下载计划下载课程教学计划下载 经济，转而采取自由贸易和自由市场的政策之后，美国文化在全世界的渗透已经是不争的事实。 3. 多剧场影院本是美国的独特发明，而如今这种影院已遍布欧洲、亚洲和拉丁美洲。 4. 直到1991年，人口近10亿的印度还只有全印电视台这一家国营电视台在播放这枯燥无味的节目，而现在，卫星电视已给这片次大陆迅速增加了十几个频道。 5. 古巴长期以来一直在努力根除美国影响力的“污染”，但在其北方海岸，非法安装的家用卫视碟型天线已如铝制花朵般遍地绽放，接收着来自资本主义巨人——美国——的体育、 新闻和娱乐节目。 6. 全球化的消费主义和不断拓展的销售渠道也许会制造出更多的娱乐需求，但这两个原因都不能说明为什么在全球范围内，人们更喜欢美国的文化产品，而不是其他国家——比如说，委内瑞拉、日本或法国——的文化产品。 7. 这必然会引出鸡和蛋谁先谁后的问 题 快递公司问题件快递公司问题件货款处理关于圆的周长面积重点题型关于解方程组的题及答案关于南海问题 ：究竟是美国流行文化沾了英语的光，还是流行文化推动了英语在全世界的传播？ 8. 上一代人用枪炮没能打赢的战争现在正依靠电影和光碟赢回来。 9. 富裕的、横跨整个大陆的市场为美国公司提供了强大的资金流，使得它们有足够的财力购买最新的电影制作技术、网络更多的明星、添置更多华丽的服饰、运用更多让观众津津乐道的特效。 10. 除此之外，各主要电影公司一般都掌握在大型联合企业手中，这些企业的经营范围包括出版、主题公园和其他领域，这使得它们有能力承受制片厂拍出的烂片所造成的不可避免的损失。 III. Summary 1. American pop culture has become the biggest export of the U.S., which is reflected in the dominance in show business around the world by American-made products. 2. According to Commerce Department statistics, total exports of intellectual property from the U.S. have risen greatly since the collapse of the former Soviet Union. 3. Despite all the discussion and debate on the merits and demerits of the U.S. dominance, the penetration of U.S. culture is beyond dispute. The youth everywhere have a way to get to know their own culture and that of the United States. 4. There was a time, however, when American-made entertainment could be found only in places with financial and technical means to allow it across the border. 5. Of course, the spread of U.S.-made pop culture follows several larger worldwide trends: prosperity of virtually every nation, which provides people with more leisure time and disposable income. 6. U.S. popular culture is believed to be intertwined with fast food restaurants, T-shirts, expensive sneakers and shopping malls in the sense that they are all viewed as part of the same U.S. invasion. 7. Yet the causes behind the spread of U.S.-made pop are manifold: partly linguistic, partly economic, and partly a reflection of what is uniquely American in terms of its historical, racial and ideological development. 8. Made-in-America cultural products enjoy the competitive advantage of being created in English. This favorable condition gives American entertainment products immediate entrée to some of the biggest markets in the world, including places where people don’t speak much English, and generates large revenues. 9. It’s most surprising to see U.S.-made pop so welcome in Vietnam—the United States’ enemy for three decades. 10. American entertainment conglomerates have consistently been able to turn out the most expensive products in the world. No foreign company can keep up in this cultural arms race. 11. The U.S. companies have long enjoyed a huge scale advantage over their foreign competitors owing to a big wealthy home market, which contributes to the global infiltration of American popular culture. Part II. Reading for Pleasure I. Answer the following questions. 1. American popular culture attracts audience overseas because it reflects many of the appealing themes and myths of the United States itself: individuality, wealth, progress, tolerance, optimism, freedom, speed. 2. Some people complain that American pop culture is the noisy electronic spam of the Great Satan, undermining traditional values and encouraging wickedness; some say it promotes mindless consumerism and emits a toxic vapor that chokes the wellspring of native creativity. 3. The authors think the criticism may be an exaggeration. In many places across the world, the top-rated TV programs and films are films are still those home-made ones. Sometimes the spread of U.S. culture has prompted enthusiasm for home-grown works as well. 4. Rap and hip hop music has traveled across borders and become an internationally popular art form. However, the local musicians in different places add their touch of national flavor to the art form, instead of simply importing it from the U.S. 5. It is true that home-grown TV programs and films are still the most popular in many countries and areas, and American pop is adapted rather than simply imported into many nations around the globe. Yet the fact that American pop culture is reaching every corner of the globe indicates that the popular culture businesses are becoming borderless. Part III. Homework Passage 1 1. F  2. T  3. F  4. F  5. T Passage 2 6. F  7. F  8. T  9. T  10. F Passage 3 11. B  12. A  13. C  14. D  15. C Passage 4 16. C  17. D  18. A  19. B  20. C Passage 5 21. gangs  22. promise  23. removed  24. families  25. deserving 26. bias  27. restricted  28. protection  29. victims  30. attention Passage 6 31. fluent  32. order  33. stressful  34. appointments  35. research 36. constant  37. emergency  38. birth  39. allowed  40. imagine Passage 7 41. information  42. avoid  43. repeatedly  44. complaint  45. discrimination 46. obligations  47. comply  48. how  49. basis  50. warnings