大学英语之泛读第一册1~5单元答案(3)

C. education

D. international trade

3. What does Bruce Arai suggest to parents who take up homeschooling?

A. The resources and chances for learning should be provided in homeschooling. B. Parents should get a teaching certificate before homeschooling their kids. C. Parents should replace homeschooling with mainstream schooling. D. Homeschooling should be as formal as mainstream schooling.

4. When the kids help Kerri Paquette cook, they learn about __________ at the same time.

A. food and plant B. math and science C. wildlife and animals C. plumbing and electricity

5. What is true about Kerri Paquette‘s children?

A. She has three boys and three girls. B. Maddison is one of her sons.

C. Her eldest kid is thirteen years old. D. Her smallest kid is too young to learn.

6. Janet read books about human personality so as to understand about __________.

A. the way libraries work

B. how personality influences people‘s behaviors C. the best way of homeschooling children D. the human body

7. Children who learn best from hands-on participation can be classified as __________.

A. visual learners B. auditory learners C. kinesthetic learners D. combination learners

8. Matthew had difficulty with math when the math text was __________.

9. Julia Goforth believes that learning never ends, so she is going to learn to __________this year. 10. Always before bedtime, Rozon reads with the children for __________.

Fast Reading -- Passage 2

Tips for Those Who Travel Alone

When it comes to traveling, sometimes taking a journey alone can be great. Traveling alone allows for a time of self-reflection, relaxation and self-discovery, when you can take the time to soak in the finer things the world has to offer. The independence gained by going alone allows for the opportunity to experience your choice destination exactly the way you want.

Planning your trip: Where to stay

So you‘ve finally decided to take advantage of some well-earned vacation time and visit Prague, the city of your dreams. Because you‘ll be all by yourself, the planning of your trip is automatically different. One of the first questions worth attention is how you‘re going to spend your time in the beautiful Czech Republic capital. Are you going on a shoestring budget, or would you rather go all-out and book a room in a fancy hotel?

Because traveling alone means your money is funding the trip, a wise choice would be to stay in youth hostels. Cast away the wrong idea that these places are uncomfortable and dirty, and accept the fact that hostels provide safe, clean, comfortable, and most importantly, cheap housing that millions of students and economical travelers take advantage of every year. It is relatively easy to book a room at a hostel via the Internet, and plenty of information is available about each one. On the other hand, if you can‘t wait to take advantage of room service and a Jacuzzi bath, then turn to a hotel.

Have a plan

Along with securing your accommodations, prepare a route of the journey for each day before you leave. This plan should include everything from visiting all the famous landmarks to some relaxation time, which is essential since you‘ll be likely walking for miles in your comfortable shoes (invest in a good pair, it will pay off).

As great as organization is, however, you may not, at times, have to be restrained by your plan so as to leave room for some sceneries unexpected or unplanned on your trip. That is exactly the beauty of traveling alone: You are your own master, and while preparation is key, there is always room to do something wild.

Important information prior to takeoff

One of the hardest parts of traveling in general is coming up with a list of what you‘ll need to bring with you

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(or leave behind). Thinking of these all-important items becomes all the more difficult (and necessary) when you have no one else to rely on.

Luggage

Whatever luggage you take, make sure it‘s easy to handle. The best solution is to take one hold-all, be it a suitcase or a backpack, and then a smaller bag which you can hang loosely from your shoulder. It‘s also a good idea to keep a change of clothing in your shoulder bag in case your suitcase or backpack gets lost by an airline or bus company.

Carry a dictionary

If you‘re heading for a foreign country, don‘t leave home without a bilingual dictionary. Although a strong grasp of Czech will prove quite difficult, it is still important to learn phrases like ―thank you,” ―hello,” ―please,” and ―I didn‘t know she charged money for her time,” in case you‘re in trouble.

Make copies of documents

Make a copy of all essential travel documents such as your passport and health insurance. Keep the copies separate or leave them behind with someone you trust, in the event of an emergency.

Bring a credit card

Along with cash, bring a credit card as an emergency method of payment and make sure to take note of your credit card company‘s customer service line in case of loss or theft. That way, you can cancel your card immediately and have a new one delivered to you while on your trip (if possible).

Pack pleasure items

A book to enjoy on a train ride or on the beach, a journal to record your experiences, and maps to educate yourself on the layout of the land (you can get these from a tourism bureau), can make a world of a difference.

With these things in mind and a positive spirit, you are now officially ready to set out on your own. Finally there

You‘ve taken the big step, said goodbye to family and friends, endured a long plane ride, and are finally in the place you dreamed of visiting... until now. You might be quite overwhelmed by your new surroundings, but there are ways to control these feelings of over-stimulation.

Instead of being an outsider looking in, try to transform yourself into a relaxed traveler who is not held back by minor frustrations, such as long lines at the train station or delays in visiting hours of certain landmarks. If you planned accordingly, then you can afford to ―waste‖ time at the busy tourist hotspots. Besides, you‘re on vacation, and have nowhere to be？选

Another benefit of traveling alone is the ability to explore museums and engage in other time-consuming activities. There is no pressure to rush through exhibits or cut the visit short; pace yourself and take in the masterpieces, whether you‘re an art lover or just a beginner.

Getting around

Make an effort to walk everywhere—within reason, of course. This will help you get in touch with the area (so to speak) and observe the locals in their element. Using your legs also allows you to find interesting shops and cafes more easily than if you were on some poor-quality tour bus. Your goal should be to blend in, something a well-designed (and perhaps overpriced) tour won‘t likely offer. Wear loose, light clothing because the more comfortable you feel, the more willing you will be to stay out an extra hour to explore a section you might have overlooked.

Remain enthusiastic, relaxed and prepared, and the stories you will have to share upon your return will be priceless.

Extra tips:

Bring along a camera with lots of films.

Leave your route with someone at home, along with the numbers of each place you‘re staying at. It‘s okay if your plans are sketchy, but if there is a big change in your plans, you might want to e-mail the new information to your ―in case of emergency‖ person back home.

Stay safe and keep an eye out when it comes to money or your belongings; you don‘t have a companion to catch the pickpocket creeping up from behind.

While having fun is important, so is safety. Be carefree, but don‘t throw caution to the wind.

1. Which description is true about the city Prague?

A. It is most visited by self-service tourists. B. It is the most beautiful in East Europe. C. It is the capital city of Czech Republic. D. It is a city famous for its fairy tales.

2. According to the author, youth hostels are __________.

A. safe but uncomfortable

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B. cheap but inconvenient C. popular and pleasant D. economical and tidy

3. What is not included in the services of youth hostels?

A. Access to the Internet. B. Jucuzzi bath. C. Breakfast.

D. Swimming pool.

4. The author suggests that you should bring with you __________ in your shoulder bag.

A. a map of the destination B. a change of clothing C. an interesting book D. some convenience food

5. If you have problems with the foreign language, you should __________.

A. take a bilingual dictionary along B. seek help from travel agencies C. be ready to hire an interpreter D. avoid talking to local citizens

6. If you bring a credit card, make sure you take down __________ in case of loss or theft.

A. the card number

B. the name of the card company

C. the service number of the card company D. the record of every expenditure

7. A tourism bureau may provide you with __________.

A. postcards

B. information about hotels

C. information about transportation D. maps

8. When you arrive at the destination, you should turn yourself into a relaxed traveler instead of __________. 9. Traveling alone has a benefit that you can enjoy visiting museums, although it may be __________. 10. Poor-quality tour buses are less likely to take you to __________.

Fast Reading -- Passage 3

Why DIY?

The reasons why people engage in DIY have always been numerous and complex. For some, DIY has provided a rare opportunity for creativity and self expression. For others it has been an unwelcome necessity, driven purely by economic considerations. Then there has been a group which feels that a building can never be a home unless it has been altered and modified to reflect a change of occupancy. A final group has traditionally adopted the measure that if you want a job done well, you must do it yourself.

The same four basic species of DIYers exist today, although these various motives may now share some substantially similar characteristics. The perfectionist in search of the good job done well is often also driven by a desire for creativity. There are also two new categories of motive—the pursuit of DIY as a leisure activity and DIY as a form of occupational therapy. These, again, share some characteristics with other reasons.

DIY as necessity

There is a significant number of young homemakers (38% of our interviewees) for whom there is no option but DIY. Their new home, whether bought on a mortgage (抵押) which consumes a major part of their income, or rented at similarly challenging rates, will often require essential redecoration and even structural repair.

Some of these people are reluctant first-time DIYers. They would much prefer to hire professionals, but can‘t afford to do so. The majority, however, welcome the opportunity that need has forced upon them to get involved for the first time in the real business of creating a home—with all of its unfamiliar physical labor and the learning from the beginning of new techniques. In time, many will move to one of the other categories of DIYer, continuing to exercise their new found talents and enthusiasm when no longer forced by financial restrictions to do so.

DIY as territorial marking

Even those who have bought a brand new ―starter home‖, the type which becomes increasingly popular around the edges of our towns and cities, will feel compelled to add personal touches of a less dramatic kind to disguise its otherwise boring and expressionless nature. Putting a ―personal mark on the place‖ was one of the most frequently reported motives for DIY, with 72% of sample seeing this as being a very important aspect.

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DIY as self-expression

Many young people today are frustrated artists—their potential creative talents just waiting for the chance to reveal themselves. There are also those seeking opportunities for a sense of achievement and personal fulfillment. DIY provided just such opportunities for the overwhelming majority of our interviewees (84%). They spoke at length of their sense of pride after completing their very first DIY task, and about how this experience gave them the drive to tackle more ambitious projects.

This sense of creative achievement comes both from the choices made by the first-time DIYer—the selection of colors, textures and components to apply to the ―canvas‖ of the home—and from the application of specific skills and techniques. The manufacturers of DIY materials clearly understand this and now provide a wide range of ―arty‖ products to fuel creative urges. At the same time, they make the materials themselves much easier to use—the DIY equivalent of painting by numbers. Special paint effects, which once required the specialist knowledge and training of the true professional, can now be achieved straight out of the can with a simple brush. Hence, a new generation of home decorators takes pride in new-found talents.

DIY as perfection-seeking

A large proportion of first-time DIYers (63%) distrust builders and decorators. They feel that most are ―cowboys‖ and that even the more reputable ones are very unlikely to have the same loving attention to detail and care as the DIYer. Some had previously suffered from the so-called repairs of small builders, while others were proud of the fact that no tradesman of this kind had ever set foot in their home.

Within this group there were those who were content for builders to perform basic or structural work, and to undertake tasks such as plastering which are beyond the competence of most DIYers, particularly the younger beginner in our sample. The finishing work, however, was something these people kept for themselves—the final ―perfecting‖ of what otherwise would be just an ordinary result.

This drive for perfection was also evident among the ―strippers‖ in this group. The idea of putting wallpaper over existing paper, or even paint on the top of preceding coats, was to be cursed. Everything needed to be taken back to the bare plaster or the naked wood before any new decoration could be applied. Some interviewees recognized that this search for perfection could sometimes go too far: ―It‘s puzzling me really. There‘s always something I‘m working on. I‘m never happy with anything.‖

The problem perfectionists face is that progress can be very slow. One young female partner of such a perfectionist said, ―My boyfriend spent so long decorating the bedroom that I had to hire in someone to do the living room.‖ The living room was finished first. When perfectionists are obliged, by nagging or circumstance, to speed things up, other problems can result: ―The only time I rushed a job was when we had friends coming for the weekend. I was so unhappy with it that I painted it again after they had gone.‖

DIY as leisure activity

For a significant minority of first-timers (28%), DIY is seen as a new and entertaining pastime. It is not really work, but something similar to entertainment, shared by both partners and even the children in the case of young families. ―It‘s just great fun,” one of our samples said enthusiastically.

The idea that DIYing is similar to a trip to the lions of Longleat may seem strange. But for these interviewees home-making was sufficiently different from, and infinitely preferable to, the dull routines of weekday work to constitute a weekend break. The results of such activity were rewarding, but probably less so than engaging in the activity itself.

DIY as therapy

―It has healing powers, doesn‘t it? I‘m always in my own little world when I‘m doing DIY—it‘s great.‖ So said a young man of 27 in our sample. ―For me it‘s occupational therapy,” said another interviewee. For them and others it was their way of getting rid of stress after a long day at work—a way of relaxing and using the repetitive nature of many DIY tasks as a way of relaxing. Others

hinted at a similar process, where DIY was almost an end in itself, rather than just a means to achieving a better home. In this sense they were similar to those who saw DIY as a form of leisure, but it was the psychological effects which were emphasized by 18% of our sample.

While people in this group might sound upset, lacking the basic social skills to get a life outside of the home, they were quite the opposite. DIY provided a transitional stage between work and play—something which allowed them to relax and rid themselves of tensions, becoming more capable of social communication in the process.

1. Besides the traditional motives of DIY, the new categories of motive include the pursuit of DIY as __________.

A. economic necessity B. chances of creativity C. leisure activity

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D. self expression

2. What do the young homemakers think of buying a new home on mortgage?

A. It costs more money than renting a home. B. It is as challenging as renting a home. C. It is the last option they would choose. D. It costs even more than food and drinks.

3. The reluctant first-time DIYers would rather have been able to __________.

A. hire professionals to do the homemaking B. decorate their new home more beautifully C. find less expensive decoration materials D. learn the techniques of decoration at school

4. A brand new starter home becomes more and more popular __________.

A. with young married couples B. near the urban areas of big cities C. as advertisers keep promoting it

D. around the border of towns and cities

5. Nowadays, special paint effects can be achieved __________.

A. by anyone with a painting machine B. by specially-trained professionals C. by any DIYers with simple tools

D. by few people with artistic knowledge

6. A large proportion of first-time DIYers use the term ―cowboys‖ to refer to ___________.

A. DIY material manufacturers B. builders and decorators

C. ambitious and creative DIYers D. professional interior designers

7. It has been found that most young DIY beginners are not competent enough for __________.

A. plastering B. plumbing C. gardening D. roof tiling

8. ―Strippers‖ are people who are driven by the pursuit of DIY as __________.

9. A significant minority of first-timers (about twenty-eight percent of the interviewees) take DIY as __________.

10. People who take DIY as a form of leisure and those who take DIY as therapy similarly think of DIY as __________.

Fast Reading -- Passage 4

GPS

The Global Positioning System is a space-based triangulation system using satellites and computers to measure positions anywhere on earth. It is first and foremost a defense system developed by the United States Department of Defense, and is referred to as the ―Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging Global Positioning System‖ or NAVSTAR GPS. The uniqueness of this navigational system is that it avoids the limitations of other land-based systems such as limited geographic coverage, lack of continuous 24-hour coverage, and the limited accuracies of other related navigational instruments. The high accuracies obtainable with the Global Positioning System also make it a precision survey instrument.

GPS Components: the Space Segment, the Control Segment, and the User Segment. Space Segment

The Space Segment of the system consists of the GPS satellites. These space vehicles (SVs) send radio signals from space.

The GPS Operational Constellation consists of 24 satellites that orbit the earth in 12 hours. There are often more than 24 operational satellites as new ones are launched to replace older satellites. The satellite orbits repeat almost the same ground track (as the earth turns beneath them) once each day. The orbit altitude is such that the satellites repeat the same track and area over any point approximately each 24 hours (4 minutes earlier each day). There are six orbital planes (with four SVs in each), equally spaced (60 degrees apart), and inclined at about fifty-five degrees with respect to the equatorial (赤道的) plane. This constellation provides the user with between five and eight SVs visible from any point on the earth. Control Segment

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