硕英精读答案 lesson 9-12

LESSON NINE
THE SCIENTIFIC AESTHETIC
III. Vocabulary
A.
1. A  2. B  3.C  4.A  5.B  6.A  7.C  8.C  9.A  10.D
B.
1.  A  2. B  3.D  4.C  5.A  6.B  7.A  8.A  9.C  10.C
C.
1. contemplative    2. beautifully    3. misconception   4. indifferent
5. dispassionate    6. instinctive    7. exclusively     8. perceptual
9. commonality     10. Consequently
D.
1. B (antonyms)          2. D (part and whole)         3. C (researcher and area of study)
4. C (area and skill)    5. D (passive)                6. A (honor and receiver)
7. A (characterization)  8. A (subject and predicate)
9. A (synonyms)         10. D (comparison)
IV. Cloze
 1. measured      2. affords      3. originated     4. dealt           5. however
 6. such          7. Under/By     8. of             9. maintenance    10. vary
11. where        12. to          13. besides       14. applied        15. appliances
16. equipment    17. with        18. In            19. with           20. and
V. Error Correction
1. not prefer to -- prefer not to         2. average -- averaging
3. shown to the door -- shown the door    4. little -- a little
5. even -- more                           6. made up -- made up of
7. children -- child                      8. controversial -- controversially
9. fits for -- fits                      10. beauty is quite -- beauty quite
VI. Translation
A.
1. There is something in what he suggested and so you shouldn’t have rejected
   it out of hand.
2. This document bears out the correctness of the verdict that she has a legal
   claim to the estate.
3. He is ignorant and incompetent and I didn’t want to marry him in the first
   place; it was all arranged by my parents.
4. He was stripped of all the titles after he was exposed, from which he was never
   able to recover.
5. He reminded me that I should refrain from talking about the traffic accident
   out of regard for her feelings.
6. In spite of the unpleasant incident, our negotiation is started on a friendly
   and constructive note.
B.
    An architect is distinguished from a civil engineer in that the former, in
 pursuing pragmatic goals, makes greater efforts to attain to aesthetic targets.
 In a sense, architecture is to building as literature is to the printed word.
 An ancient Roman architect Vitruvius said in the first century BC that a good
 building should have three things to offer: convenience, firmness and delight.
 Today we would say that architecture must satisfy its intended uses, mustbe
 technically sound, and must convey aesthetic meaning. But the best buildings
 are often such a nice combination of techniques and art that they outlast their
 original uses. They then survive not only as beautiful objects that visitors
 admire, but as a milestone in the history of architecture. Buildings of this
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