东财 - 行政管理 16年秋 大学英语2在线作业答案

85、 The Origin of Santa Claus

The jolly, red-suited man who__1__into your Home every year to leave you gifts hasn’t always been so jolly. The real Saint Nick was a Turkish monk who lived in the 3rd century. He was__2__for being charitable and selfless, eventually becoming the patron saint of sailors and children. According to legend, he was a rich man thanks to an__3__from his parents, but he gave it all away in the form of gifts to the less-fortunate. He eventually became the most popular saint in Europe and, through his alter ego(他我，另一个自我), Santa Claus, remains so to this day. But how did a long-dead Turkish monk become a big, fat, reindeer(驯鹿)-riding pole dweller?

The Dutch got the ball rolling be celebrating the saint—called Sinter Klaas—in New York in the late18th century. Our old friend, Washington Irving, included the legend of Saint Nick in his seminal History of New York as well, but at the turn of the 18th century, Saint Nick was still a rather__4__figure in America.

On December 23, 1823, though, a man named Clement Clarke Moore published a poem he had written for his daughters called “An Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas,” better known now as “T was the Night Before Christmas.” Nobody knows how much of the poem Moore invented, but we do know that it was the spark that__5__lit the Santa fire (just hopefully not in the same fireplace he slips down on Christmas Eve). Many of the things we associate with Santa—a sleigh, reindeer, Christmas Eve visits—came from Moore’s poem.

1.（ ）； 2.（ ）； 3.（ ）； 4.（ ）； 5.（ ）； 1) A: hops B: jumps C: sneaks D: skips 答案: sneaks 2)

A: known B: observed C: remarked D: commented 答案: known 3)

A: persistance B: inheritance C: insistence D: instance 答案:

inheritance 4)

A: well-known B: popular C: obscure D: famous 答案: obscure 5)

A: actually B: generally C: eventfully D: eventually

答案:

eventually

有疑问去论坛 七、句子翻译 86、 Food should be taken in moderate quantity only when one feels hungry. 答案:

当人饥饿时，应适度进食。

87、 This concert hall, called the Ford Auditorium, is a reminder of the past.

答案:

这座音乐厅叫做福特大礼堂，能使人们想起过去。

88、 Music accompanies many important occasions.

答案:

音乐伴随许多重要场合。

89、 There's no doubt that work has found its way into every hour of our day, thanks to beepers, cell phones and e-mail. 答案:

毫无疑问, 由于传呼机、手机和电子邮件的广泛使用，工作已经渗入到我们的每日每刻。

90、 Scarcely had she heard the sad story when she burst out crying. 答案:

她一听到这悲伤的消息，就失声痛哭。

91、 Every room was lavishly decorated.

答案:

每个房间都装饰得很华丽。

92、 As water gets colder, its temperature drops lower and lower, until it begins to freeze. 答案:

水变得越来越冷，水温也越来越低，直到它开始结冰。

93、 Art music is generally harder to write and perform.

答案:

艺术音乐通常是很难创作和演奏的。

94、 The most important thing for youth is the dietetic righteousness. 答案:

对青年人最重要的是饮食的正确性。

95、 We are planning to go on a trip to Europe next month. 答案:

我们正计划下个月去欧洲旅行。

96、 Chinese people stress filial piety all the time.

答案:

中国人一直很看重孝顺。

97、 Natural Living is the answer to several of our modern problems, especially the health problems. 答案:

合乎自然的生活可以解决现代生活的一些问题，尤其是健康问题。

98、 He appeared dazed but said nothing.

答案:

他显得有些惊讶，但什么也没说。

99、 It will enable you to plan your activities so that you have adequate time for both work and play. 答案:

它能让你为你的行动做出计划使你有充足的时间学习和玩耍。

100、 People are usually diagnosed with it between the ages of 30 and 55.

答案:

被诊断患上这种疾病的人通常介于30-55岁之间。

101、 Antarctica isn't only the coldest place on Earth, it's also one of the world's driest deserts. 答案:

南极洲不仅是地球上最冷的地方，它也是世界上最干燥的沙漠。

102、 Americans aren't the only people in the world who travel. 答案:

美国人不是世上唯一爱旅行的人。

103、 The invention of chopsticks reflects the wisdom of Chinese ancient people.

答案:

筷子这项发明反映了中国古人的智慧。

104、 A few months earlier I had been putting the finishing touches on portraits I had painted of each of my parents. 答案:

几个月前我已经把我所画的父母肖像做了最后的润色。