新目标大学英语系列教材：综合教程第三册 课后答案主编 刘正光

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Text A 

Reading Comprehension 

1. 

1) (1) sniffed at, smug 

(2) proud 

2) (1) the few remaining holes, quite soon 

(2) disheartened 

3) (1) impossible to be truly alone, more and more endangered, 

staring, even 

(2) critical 

4) (1) love the 

wilderness, can’t wait for my next trip, walk for 

miles, drink deeply from a mountain stream, stretch out under the 

open sky, gaze up at the stars, use my phone 

(2) optimistic 

2. 

1) F The author admitted that his colleague kind of had a point 

because he did use GPS. That is to say, to some degree he agreed with 

his colleague. 

2) NG It is not mentioned in the text. 

3) F 

Waldeinsamkeit

becomes more and more endangered with every 

cell tower. 

4) T Technology can enhance your wilderness experience, for example 

the Night Sky mobile app, an app concerning birding, or a map app. 

5) F The phone isn’t the problem. The problem is us —

 our inability 

to step away from email and games and inessential data, our inability 

to look up, be it at an alpine lake or at family members. 

Language in Use 

4. 

A.