21世纪大学英语（读写教程）第四册课后答案(1-4)

1.Americans tend to define people by the jobs they have/do. Such characteristics as their family and educational backgrounds are considered less important. 美国人往往以从事的工作来对人们 2.His uncompromising personality explains why he could no longer put up with his employer and eventually submitted his resignation. 他决不妥协的个性是他再也无法容忍他的雇主,并最终递交了辞职书的原 3.His uncompromising personality explains why he could no longer put up with his employer and eventually submitted his resignation.If you really want to learn English well, you must put in a lot of time and energy, or you'll go nowhere. The same can be said of other subjects. 如果你

真想学好英语，你就必须投入大量的时间和精力，否则你就不会有任何进步。对于其他课程也可以

4.Some actors fame is built on their innate beauty, but despite his short stature, Dustin Hoffman rose above and it is his excellent acting that set him apart. 有些演员的名声靠的是他们天生的美貌， 5.After he took charge, we discovered that there were striking differences between him and his predecessor. He had the drive and passion,came up with many new ideas,and focused his work on how to raise our morale.他负责管理之后，我们发现他与前任有明显的不同：他有干劲和激情，想出了很多新点子，并 6.Deng Xiaoping made history when he declared China's reform and opening-up policy.Despite tremendous obstacles,he made lasting contributions to our country's modernization with his unrelenting efforts. 当邓小平宣布中国改革开放政策的时候，他被永远载入了史册。尽管障碍重重，他以不懈的努力为 7.Why could someone with a genius IQ be left behind by a hardworking person with an average IQ? It has to be acknowledged that besides one's IQ, many other factors have much to do with one's achievements. 为什么有人拥有天才级智商却被智商平平但很刻苦的人丢在后面？承认除了智商外，还有很多别的因素与一 8.This teacher is really remarkable in first motivating her students so she can really teach them something. It's not that she is talented, it's that she focuses completely or drawing their full attention in class. 这位教师真了不起，她能在教东西之前调动学生的积极性。这并不是因为她有天赋，而是因为她只 1.He glared at John and was annoyed by his refusal to cooperate.他瞪眼看着约翰，对他拒绝合作感到恼 2.John's sincere speech shows his gratitude to the people who rendered him generous help when he was in difficulty. 约翰真诚的讲话表达了他对那些在他处于困境时给过他慷慨帮助的人们的感激之情。

3.He is something of a stamp collector. The fact that once he saved up for two years to buy a rare stamp is proof of it. 他可说是一个集邮家。他曾经积蓄了两年去买一张珍邮这件事便是证明。

4.The beauty of these roses could not be overstated.They took/caught all the visitors fancy in one way or another. 这些玫瑰的美丽怎么评价也不过分。他们以各种方式吸引住了所有的游客。

5.At first he took it for granted that they should build more highways in this area.Then a careful calculation of the expenditure compelled him to think twice before he made the final decision. 起先，他理所当然地认为该地区应当多造一些公路。然而仔细计算其费用后，他在作出最后决定前又不得不重新 6.Each time he receives a gift from me, no matter how small, my friend Bill never fails to acknowledge it. 每次收到我的礼物，不管多少，我的朋友比尔决不忘记表示感谢。

7.The journalist has decided to trace the young man referred to in the old couple's letter, which is a tribute to the young man's effort at improving their living conditions. 那位新闻记者决定找

到那对老夫妻信中提及的年轻人。那封信赞颂了年轻人为改善他们的生活条件而付出的努力。

8.Though he was fed up with the salesmen whoknocked at his door and boasted about their products every day, he refrained from slamming the door in their face. 虽然他厌烦了那些每

天上门来吹嘘其产品的推销员，但他克制着没有将他们拒之门外。

1.Tom was hung up on the problem but could do nothing about it until he learnt to solve it with different tactics. 汤姆因一问题而心神不宁但又一筹莫展，直到他学会以不同的策略把它解决才不心烦。

2.Lateral thinking has helped him to advance his new theory which had seemed to reach a dead end. 横向思维帮助他提出了原来似乎已走进死胡同的新理论。

3.The framework of our latest construction plan has been affirmed by the local government. Whether it will be carried out on time is of the utmost significance to the development of this coastal city. 我们最新的建设计划的框架已获得地方政府的批准。它是否会按时实施对这座沿海城市的发展具有极 4.While trying to find a solution to the problem, Edward reached an impasse in his thinking, but later he changed his point of view and solved the problemin an entirely unexpected fashion. 在设法寻找一个解决问题的办法的过程中，爱德华在思想上陷入了僵局，但后来他改变了观察角度，以一种完全意 5.Many people believe that computer labs will eventually take over from the libraries and students who want to take in new knowledge will end up learning everything in the computer lab. 许多人认为计算机机房将最终取代图书馆，想吸收新知识的学生最终将在计算机机房里学习一切。

6.Yesterday his car crashed into a truck almost head-on. If he does not stop driving so carelessly, I am sure he will wind up in the emergency room of a hospital. 昨天他的汽车几乎是迎

头撞上了一辆卡车。如果他继续这样随便开车，我确信他最后一定会被送进医院的急诊室。

7.There is a flaw in the structural design of the painting. Why don't you erase the vertical lines and simplify it a little bit? 这幅画的结构设计有一个缺点。你为什么不擦掉那几条垂直线， 8.John should have given up smoking a long time ago. After all, health is of the utmost importance to everybody. 约翰本该在很久以前就把烟戒掉了。毕竟健康对每个人来说都是最重要的。

1.Schools should avoid deciding who is superior only in terms of students' exam results and treating them accordingly.Instead,a good educational system should enable every student to measure up to good standards as well-rounded people.学校应避免仅按学生考试成绩来判别孰优孰劣并以此对 2.As often as not, when college students have questions after class, their teachers are not readily available except during office hours. This is due to teachers' busy academic research, rather than their indifference to the students. 大学生课后有问题时，往往在办公时间之外不容易找到老师。 3.This class consists of forty students, most of whom used to be labeled average in terms of English level. But as this teacher has never shown any verbal impatience, the students have reacted positively to his teaching methods and lived up to his expectations. 这个班级由

40名学生组成，他们中大部分按英语水平过去常被归在中等之列。但由于这位老师从不在言辞中表露出不耐烦，学生们对他的

4.Teaching is becoming increasingly demanding in the United States, due in part to the diversity of students' racial background and the complexity of educational technologies that require additional training. 在美国，教书变得越来越难了，部分原因是学生越来越多样的种族背景以及需要另外培训才能掌握 5.The English are, as often as not, labeled conservative. Obviously this label is prejudiced. In reality,Britain is not very different from other European countries in terms of national characteristics. The British are polite, neat, orderly and confident. 英国人经常被归类为保守型，

显然这一归类带有成见。实际上，英国在民族特性方面与其他欧洲国家相比并没有太大的差异。英国人有礼貌，爱整洁，讲秩

6.Some young people grow up with a strong desire for independence.They would rather try hard to go through life on their own than turn to their parents for help with a sense of guilt. 有些

年轻人在成长过程中有着要求独立的强烈愿望。他们宁可通过自己的努力来渡过生活中的困难，也不愿意带着负罪感求助于他

7.Your friend treats you sincerely, so you should respond accordingly and mustn 抰 deceive him or talk about his setbacks with irony(ironically).你的朋友对你非常真诚，你也应该同样以

诚相待，决不应该欺骗他，或者带着讽刺的口吻谈论他的挫折。

8.The neighbors' irritation/annoyance was due to the noise they made. However, because of reassurances that they would stop working at night, they went through with the decoration of this apartment.邻居们恼火的原因是他们发出的噪音，但是由于他们一再保证夜间停工，从而得以完成这套公寓的装

潢。