7. Correct from: happy with; synonym: satisfied with

8. Correct from: associated with; synonym: connected with

9. Correct from: ground to a halt; definition: gradually stop

10. Correct from: protect… from; synonym: defend… from

新视野大学英语（第2版）第2册Unit 9答案

Section A

Comprehension of the Text

I.

1. His mother. Because she influenced his thoughts and attitudes toward life.

2. He learned from his mother that one should never quit.

3. The family was homeless, jobless and penniless with three babies waiting to be fed.

4. She quit school to find a job as a grocer and moved the family to live with her brother, Allen.

5. She discovered in him a talent for words.

6. Though very poor, she signed him up for a set of books for intermediate and advanced readers.

7. He worked as a reporter with the Baltimore Sun and later with The New York Times. He won the Pulitzer Prize.

8. No, she didn’t have the chance to know of it because her health collapsed, but she always believed in it.

Vocabulary

III.

1.ambitious 2.sympathize 3.tender 4.considering 5.corruption 6.scattered 7.intermediate

8.corresponding 9.equivalent 10.deceived

IV.

1.to 2.around 3.to/with 4.up 5.out 6.to 7.out 8.of 9.From 10.in

V.

1.J 2.M 3.F 4.L 5,A 6.O 7.G 8.D 9.I 10.C

Word Building

VI.

1. After working extra hours for several months, I have repaid the money to the bank.

2. I didn’t enjoy the story at first, but I came to like it when I reread it.

3. He replaced the book on the shelf when he finished it.

4. She is slowly regaining he strength after the accident.

5. The old city center was redesigned after the war.

6. She was asked to reconsider her decision to leave the job.

7. After the disaster the government spent millions of dollars helping the local people to reconstruct their homes.

8. The museum has such a fine set of old paintings that it is worth revisiting.

VII.

1. dishonest 2. discouraged 3. displeased 4. discontinued

5. disappearing 6. discharged 7. disclosed 8. dislike