高英上第二课QUIZ(附答案)

Lesson 1III.Paraphrase1.And con versati on is an activity which is found only among huma n bein gs.2.Con versati on is not for persuad ing others to accept our idea or point of view.In a conversation we should not try to establish the force of an idea or argument.3.In fact, a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force others toaccept his point of view.4.People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friendsfor they are not deeply absorbed or engrossed in each other ' s lives.5.The con versati on could go on without an ybody knowing who was right or wrong.6.These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feeding in the fields;but whe n we sit dow n at the table to eat, we call their meat beef.7.The new ruli ng class made it difficult for the En glish to accept or absorb theculture of the rulers.8.The En glish Ian guage received proper recog niti on and was used by the king oncemore.9.The phrase, the King ' s English, has always been used disparagingly and jokinglyby the lower classes. The worki ng people very ofte n make fun of the proper andformal la nguage of the educated people.10.There still exists in the working people, as in the early Saxon peasants, a spirit of opposition to thecultural authority of the ruling class.11.There is always a great dan ger that we might forget that words are only symbolsand take them for things they are supposed to represe nt.IV.Practice with Words and Expressi onsC.（注意：用简单、非比喻性的语言代替比喻部分）1.No one knows how the con versati on will go as it moves aimlessly and desultorily ______________________ or as it becomes spirited and exciting.2.It is not a matter of in terest if they are cross or in a bad temper. _____________________________3.Bar frien ds, although they met each other freque ntly, did not delve into eachother ' s lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings.4.Sudde nly a miraculous cha nge in the con versati on took place.5.The con versati on sudde nly became spirited and exciting. _______________6.The Elizabetha n writers spread the En glish Ian guage far and wide.7.I have always had an eager in terest i n diet ion aries.8.Even the most educated and literate people use non-standard, informal, colloquialEnglish in their con versati on.9.Otherwise one will tie up the con versati on and will not let it go on freely. ______10.Wewould never have talked about Australia, or the Ianguage barrier in the time of the Norma n Conq uest.Lesson 2Paraphrase1.The bury in g-gro und is nothing more tha n a huge piece of wastela nd full of mounds of earth lookinglike a deserted and abandoned piece of land on which a building was going to be put up.2.All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies like animals (by nottreating the people in the colonies as human beings).3.They are born. Then for a few years they work, toil and starve. Finally theydie and are buried in graves without a name, and nobody notices that they dead.4.Sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old-fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a roundshape to the chair-legs he is making.5.Immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere, a great number of Jewsrushed out wildly excited, …(all loudly dema nding a cigarette)6.Every one of these poor Jews looks on the cigarette as a piece of luxury which they could not possiblyafford.7.However, a white-skinned European is always quite noticeable.8.If you take a look at the natural scenery in a tropical region, you see everything but the human beings.9.No one would think of organizing cheap trips for the tourists to visit the poor slum areas (for these tripswould not be interesting).10.Life is very hard for ninety percent of the people. They can produce a little food on the poor soil onlywith hard backbreaking toil.11.She took it for granted that as an old womanshe was the lowest in the community, that she was only fitfor doing heavy work like an animal.12.People with brown skins are almost invisible.13.The Senegalese soldiers were wearing second-hand ready-made khaki uniforms which hid theirbeautiful, well-built bodies.14.How much longer before they turn their guns around and attack the colonialistrulers15.Every white man had this thought hidden somewhere in his mind.。

Book 1 Quiz 2I. Give synonyms: (14%)1. reverie: day dream/dreamy thinking2. stunning: attractive3. agitated: upset4. adrift: floating5. prospect: expectation6. slay: kill7. bombardment: bombing 8. renown: fame 9. assent: agreement 10. jolt: shock, jerk 11. cataclysm: disaster 12. heave: utter13. sidewalk: pavement 14. preserve: maintainII. Explain: (14%)1. preoccupation: sth that takes up all one’s thoughts, absorption2. intermezzo: a short light music between the acts of a play or an opera, anything that happensbetween two events3. the ritual formula: form of words used regularly4. genetic damage: damage that can be passed from parents to children5. be inhibited: feel restrained, have to suppress one’s feelings6. hidden wounds: invisible wounds7. spinal column: backboneIII. Translate phrases: (10%)1 杂货店grocery store2 后视镜rear-view mirror3 急转弯sharp twist4 徐徐停下来slip to a stop5 采访任务reportorial assignment6 犯罪现场the scene of crime7 十恶不赦的罪行heinous crime 8 引人注目的景象arresting spectacle9 嘎然而止screech to a halt 10 经过灾难的城市the martyred cityIV. Complete sentences: (10%)1. The traffic thundered past our house all night and its _incessant_( unceasing) noise gave us nota moment of peace.2. His uncle used to be a carpenter _by trade__ (by occupation).3. As a social worker in one of the worst slum areas, she _rubs shoulders with_(mixes with) the poor and the helpless.4. They are working hard, _oblivious of_ (unmindful of, ignoring) all fatigue.5. Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe, it took a moment for it _to sink in_(be understood) before he laughed too.6. She _confessed_ (admitted) herself completely ignorant of modern art.7. Far too many beautiful buildings in London are being _demolished_ (pulled down).8. Many artists _sketched_ (draw roughly) their subjects before putting painting to canvas.9. Today these practices are no more, but their memory _lingers on__ (lasts).10. The drunkard _lurched__ (walked unsteadily from one side to another side) across the streetin the dark.V. Paraphrase: (10%)1. ... I had a lump in my throat and a lot of sad thoughts on my mind that had little to do with anything a Nippon railways official might say.I was so overcome with emotion that I could not speak or think clearly, and I was troubled about some sad events. My sad thoughts had no connection with what the stationmaster might say. 2. ...the very sight of which would send shivers down the spine of any healthy visitor.Even healthy visitors would shiver when they see those surgical instruments.3. I thought somehow I had been spared.I thought for some reason or other I had not been affected. /No harm had been done to me.4. ...each day of suffering that helps to free me from earthly cares, I make a new little paper bird. One more day of suffering would mean a day nearer to my death (would bring me closer to death), I make a new little paper bird.5. ...the other that would like to get rid of everything, even the monument that was erected at the point of impact.Another group of people would like to get rid of everything, even the monument set up at the exact point over where the bomb exploded.VI. Point out rhetorical devices: (10%)1.2.3.4.5VII. Cloze test: (22%)On Aug. 6, 1945, a B-29, the “Enola Gay”, _dropped_ the first atomic _bomb_ used in warfare on the _city_ of Hiroshima. _Thousands_ of human beings and most of the city _vanished_ in a searing flash. Two days _later_ the Soviet Union _ declared_ war on Japan and entered Manchuria. On Aug. 9 a _second__ atomic bomb leveled the city of Nagasaki. Japan _surrendered_ on Aug. 14, _bringing_ the Second World War to a close.The appalling carnage of WWII _claimed_ the lives of 55million _people_, half of them _civilians_. More than 400000 _Americans_ were killed _despite_ the fact that no _battles_ were fought on the _soil_ of the continental United States. The _war_ reduced the number of _powers_ to two, the US and the _USSR_, the death knell having been _sounded_ for the British and French __Empires_.VIII. Proofreading and error correction (10 %)Heredity or environment, which is strong? The potentialities which a [1]______ person is born naturally relate in some way to what he does in life, butthe belief that what a person is born determines what he will later do, [2]______ and therefore heredity is fate, a kind of predestination, is stultifying and [3]______ damaging. On the other hand, when the heredity is understood in light [4]_____ of scientific fact, it is seen to be a science whose findings enable us toimprove the welfares and happiness of mankind. [5]______ The usual definition of heredity is that it is the innated equipment of [6]_____ the individual—his genetic endowment. This endowment is conferredon the individual through infinitesimal units called genes, tiny particlesof matter that constitutes the basic genetic material from which an [7]______ individual develops. However, genes do not work in empty vacuum; [8]______ as long as we begin considering the role that they play in the develop- [9]_____ ment of the individual as a functioning organism, we see that it can be [10]____ no development without the interacting environment. No characteristicis caused exclusively by environment.1. /\ which: with2. born/\: with3. /\ therefore: that4. the: delete the5. welfares: welfare6. innated: innate7. constitutes: constitute8. empty: delete empty 9. long: soon 10. it : there。

全国高等教育自学考试指定教材英语专业（本科段）课程代码0600（2000版）主编：王家湘高级英语课后答案Lesson One Rock Superstars:What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society?A1. 1）The author uses the two quotations to introduce the discussion and express his ideas aboutrock music and young culture heroes. 2) Yes，they are.2。

The author uses the three examples to show that the young people worship the rock superstars very much，but the adults find these rock superstars are sick. These examples are used to show that young people and adults have totally different attitudes towards rock music.3。

Irving Horowitz believes that rock music can express its time。

He sees it as a debating forum where American society struggles to define and redefine its feelings and beliefs.4. When he appeared on the Ed。

Sullivan Sunday night variety show in front of millions，a kindof “debate" took place。

Hiroshima---the “Liveliest City in Japan”课后练习答案Ⅵ．1)job，task，duty 2)unaware 3)fronts，by the front doors4)striking/fascinating/strange / sight；continual，endless，constant5)sudden，sharp feeling；idea，thought，expectation 6)killed，murdered 7)pain，torture 8)fame 9)daydream，thoughts 1O)atomic disaster 11)tear down，pull down 12)meet with，faceⅦ．1)soil 2)soil3)earth 4)earth 5)familiar to 6)familiar with 7)puzzled 8)surprising 9)admits 10)had confessed 11)careful 12)cautiouslyHiroshima -- 补充练习EXERCISESⅠ. Word explanation1. elderlyA. olderlyB. mid-ageC. approaching mid-ageD. past mid-age2.facadeA. the wall of a buildingB. the front of a buildingC. in front of a buildingD.the wall in front of a building3. ignoranceA. disregardB. pretend not to seeC. lack of knowledgeD. neglect4. demolishA. decreaseB. . erectC. tear downD. set aside5. inhibitA. liveB. dwellC. suppressD. unlock6. bargeA. a kind of clothB. a kind of clothingC. a colour7. scarA. a woundB. a hidden woundC. a mark on the skinD. a mark of damage8. commitA. to doB. to commissionC. to trustD. to place an order9. preserveA. to keep from dangerB. . to serve in advanceC. . to saveD. . to reserve10. consist ofA. be composed ofB. be composed ofC. containD. include11. lumpB. massC. limpD. lung12. gratitudeA. appreciationB. thankfulnessC.gratefulnessD.all the above13. haltA. stopB. preventC. saluteD. alter14. destinationA. destinyB. desperateC. goalD. doom15. sketchA. stretchB. skepticD. drawⅡ. Replace each underlined part with one word learnt in the text, the first letter of which is given:1. The teacher answered with a brief nod of agreement.a2. The book was so interesting that I was practicallyunconscious of my surroundings. o3. The thought of his past experience of stealing bringshim a sudden sharp pain of conscience.t4. I see little hope of his recovery.p5. His greatest concern washow to find money for aholiday in Europe.p6. She shouldn't have come to the hotel suite. She shouldn't have delayed leaving --- this was fatal --- afterothers had left.l7. If I had been less careful I might have been morewise.c8. They faced one another in the boxing ring.e9. The town will build a monument to its war heroes.e10. She was deeply disturbed until she learned that herhusband was among the survivors.aⅢ. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the following words or expressions in its proper form. Each word or expression is to be used only once.to have a lump in one's throat, spare, spectacle, on the part of, rub shoulders with, humiliate, shiver, sink in, in response, foldtrouble as a consequence.2. The children at play among the flowers made quite a4. Twice I put the request to him, but he said nothing5. All during her mother's funeral, Alice6. You should disdain7.they'll be easier to carry.her by foreign invaders.9. The victorious enemy10. Judging from thecold outsideⅤ. Reading comprehension.1. The sentence “little girls and elderly ladies in kimonos rubbed shoulders with teenagers and women in western dress” shows that __.A. western influence and national traditionco-existed in JapanB. There were lots of female walking in the streets.C. . Little girls and elderly women wore kimonos but teenagers and women wore western dressD. Women in Japan wore different clothes2. The sentence “the usher bowed deeply and heaved a long, almost musical sigh” shows that __.A. the usher was pleasant and loved musicB. the usher was bored but still very politeC. the was boring but still kept his politenessD. the usher was boring but still wanted to keep himself in pleasant mood3.The author’s description of the mayor “he was a tall, thin man, sad-eyed and serious” shows that __.A. the meeting with the author who was an American reminded the mayor of the atomic crimeB. the mayor must be in sad mood that night.C. the author’s own mentality distorted the image of the mayorD. the mayor did not want to talk with the author4. The sentence “there are two different schools of thought in this city of oysters” means __.A. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on the A-bomb attackB. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on World War IIC. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on how to treat the remnants of the A-bomb attack.D. people in Hiroshima hold different opinions on how to preserve their memory of the A-bomb attack5. The sentence “the very sight of which would send shivers down the spine of any healthy visitor” means __.A. any healthy visitor would feel uneasy when he saw the medical instrumentsB. Any healthy visitor would start trembling when he saw the medical instrumentsC. the medical instruments were burnished and coldD. as soon as he saw the cold medical instruments, the visitor began shivering6. The expression “earthly cares” in this text can be best understood as __.A. daily worries such as food, clothing and etcB. global considerations such as environment and etcC. social conflicts such as terrorism, disarmament and etc.D. everyday business such as economy and finance and etc.第一册第2课练习答案1-1: /答案:D1-2: /答案:B 1-3: /答案:C 1-4: /答案:C 1-5: /答案:C 1-6: /答案:D 1-7: /答案:D 1-8: /答案:A 1-9: /答案:A 1-10: /答案:A 1-11: /答案:B 1-12: /答案:D 1-13: /答案:A 1-14: /答案:C 1-15: /答案:D 2-1: /答案:assent2-2: /答案: oblivious2-3: /答案:twinge2-4: /答案:prospect答案:preoccupation2-6: /答案: lingered2-7: /答案: cautious2-8: /答案:encountered2-9: /答案:erect3-0: /答案: agitated3-1: /答案: sink in3-2: /答案: spectacle3-3: /答案: on the part of3-4: /答案: in response3-5: /答案: had a lump in her throat答案: to rub shoulders with 3-7: /答案: Fold3-8: /答案:humiliating3-9: /答案:spared3-10: /答案: shivering4-1: /答案:A4-2: /答案:B4-3: /答案:C4-4: /答案:D4-5: /答案:A4-6: /答案:A。

《高级英语(二)》题库及答案I.Explain the italicized words in English1.Broke and discouraged, he accepted a job as reporter.2.and rushing them through with a magnificent dash and daring3.Casually he debunked revered artists and art treasures.4.So monstrous a discrepancy in evaluation requires us to examine basic principles.5.There can be linguistic objection to the eradication of proper names.6.and thus beguile ourselves for an hour or so after dinner7.prefacing his remarks by “Of course it’s not for me to suggest to you”8.So do I let my imagination play over the recesses of Laura’s character,9.I would never have believed in the simple bliss of being, day after day, at sea.10.which he imparts from time to time without insistence11. Indeed, this nation’s best-loved author was every bit as adventurous as anyone had ever imagined.12. that gave California a name for getting up astounding enterprises13. “Well, that is California all over.”14. He insisted that man drop his religious illusions15. Has the dictionary abdicated its responsibility?II. Paraphrase1.a man who became obsessed with the frailties of the human race2.Bitterness fed on the man who had made the world laugh.3.He is here because ignorance and bigotry are rampant.4.All languages are dynamic rather than static.5.But neither his vanity nor his purse is any concern of the dictionary’s6.They make it easier to weather the bad times7.The Russians will hold. But it’ll be a near thing.8. Mark Twain digested the new American experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer.9. The case had erupted round my head.10. spectators paid to gaze at it and ponder whether they might be related.11.Mark Twain began digging his way to regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist.12.“Let’s take the thing to court and test the legality of it.”13.a flagrant example of lexicographic irresponsibility.14.lexicography, like God, is no respecter of persons15.They made it harder to make a big killing in good times16.But it softens the ground for the second demand17.I want my fill of beauty before I go.18.who are bent on taking over the lion’s share of the trade19.And when they go, so does a huge slice of the new traditional industries worth keeping.20.Pug saw no point of equivocating.21.there is a touch of rough poetry about himIII. Translate the following into Chinese1.From them all Mark Twain gained a keen perception of the human race, of the difference between what people claim to be and what they really are.2.What underlies a ll this sound and fury? Is the claim of the G&C Merriam Company, probably the world’s greatest dictionary maker, that it required the efforts of three hundreds scholars over a period of twenty-seven years, working on the largest collection of citations ever assembled in any language ---is all this a fraud, a hoax?3. Mark Twain suggested that an ingredient was missing in the American ambition when he said: “ What a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might be, if we would only lay ourselves on the shelf occasionally and renew our edges.”4. But, today, this vital British industry is more in peril than ever before. On almost all the major sea routes of the world, the British fleet risks being elbowed out by stiff foreign competition.5.“……they vanish from a world where they were of no consequence; where they achieved nothing; where they werea mistake and a failure and foolishness; where they have left no sign that they had existed--- a world which will lament them a day and forget them forever.”6.Smaller shipping lines do not have the resources to diversify. They face extinction. And when they go, so does a huge slice of the few traditional industries worth keeping.7.Darrow walked slowly round the baking court. “Today it is the teachers,” he continued, “and tomorrow the magazines, the books, the newspapers. After a while, it is the setting of man against man and creed against creed until we are marching backwards to the glorious age of the sixteenth century when bigots lighted faggots to burn the man who dared to bring any intelligence and enlightenment and culture to the human mind.”8.What I like best are the stern cliffs, with ranges of mountains soaring behind them, full of possibilities, peaks to be scaled only by the most daring. What plants of the high altitudes grow unravished among their crags and valleys? So do I let my imagination play over the recesses of Laura’s character, so austere in the foreground but nurturing what treasures of tenderness, like delicate flowers, for the discovery of the venturesome.IV. Translate the following into English1.汤姆的聪明丝毫不亚于班上的第一名学生。

高级英语2loving and hating quizLoving and Hating QuizEmotions are a fundamental part of the human experience. We all feel a range of emotions throughout our lives, from joy and excitement to sadness and anger. Two of the most powerful emotions we can experience are love and hate. These two emotions are often thought to be opposites, but they can actually be quite closely linked.Love and hate are both intense feelings that can have a profound impact on our lives. Love can bring us feelings of happiness, contentment, and deep connection with another person. Hate, on the other hand, can lead to feelings of anger, resentment, and a desire to distance ourselves from or even harm the object of our hatred.Despite their differences, love and hate share some common characteristics. Both emotions can be all-consuming, causing us to focus intensely on the object of our feelings. They can also lead toirrational or impulsive behavior, as we become driven by our strong emotions.So, how can we determine whether we are feeling love or hate? One way is to take a "loving and hating quiz" to explore the nuances of these emotions.The first question on the quiz might be: Do you feel a strong physical attraction to the person? If the answer is yes, this could be a sign of love. Love often involves a deep physical and emotional connection with another person.Another question might be: Do you find yourself constantly thinking about the person, even when you're not with them? If the answer is yes, this could be a sign of both love and hate. Obsessive thoughts about someone can be a hallmark of both emotions.The quiz might also ask: Do you feel a sense of joy and happiness when you're with the person? If the answer is yes, this is likely a sign of love. Love is often associated with positive emotions and a sense of well-being.On the other hand, the quiz might ask: Do you feel a strong desire to hurt or harm the person? If the answer is yes, this is a clear sign of hate. Hate involves negative emotions and a desire to cause harm tothe object of our hatred.Another question might be: Do you feel a deep sense of empathy and understanding for the person? If the answer is yes, this could be a sign of love. Love often involves a desire to understand and support the other person.Finally, the quiz might ask: Do you feel a sense of resentment or bitterness towards the person? If the answer is yes, this is a sign of hate. Hate is often associated with negative emotions like resentment and bitterness.By answering these questions, we can begin to understand the nuances of our own feelings towards a particular person or situation. Are we feeling love or hate? Or perhaps a complex mix of both emotions?It's important to note that love and hate are not always mutually exclusive. In fact, it's not uncommon for people to feel a combination of love and hate towards the same person. This can be particularly true in close relationships, where the depth of our feelings can lead to a complex emotional landscape.For example, we might love our partner deeply, but also feel a sense of resentment or anger towards them at times. Or we might hate aco-worker for their irritating behavior, but also feel a begrudging respect for their skills and abilities.In these cases, the loving and hating quiz can help us to unpack the layers of our emotions and understand the nuances of what we're feeling. By recognizing the complexity of our feelings, we can learn to manage them more effectively and find healthier ways of expressing them.Ultimately, the loving and hating quiz is not just about identifying whether we're feeling love or hate. It's about gaining a deeper understanding of ourselves and our emotional experiences. By exploring the complexities of these powerful emotions, we can learn to navigate the ups and downs of our relationships with greater self-awareness and emotional intelligence.So, if you find yourself struggling to understand your feelings towards someone, why not take a loving and hating quiz? You might be surprised by what you discover about yourself and the nature of your emotions.。

高英（课后练习参考答案）中东集市练习参考答案Reference Keys to ExercisesNoun converted into VerbThis is the most common way of conversion. The famous grammarian Quaker classifies the meaning of conversion noun into verb into seven types:a. to put in / on Noun (vessel)E.g. bottle ―to bottle = to put ... into a bottle;E.g. can ―to can = to put ... into a canE.g. pocket ―to pocket = to put ... into a pocketb. to give Noun / to provide ... with NounE.g. shelter ―to shelter = to give shelter to sbE.g. fuel ―to fuel = to provide ... with fuelc. to deprive of NounE.g. core ―to core the Chinese dates = to remove the core from ... [CF: to pit]E.g. skin ―to skin a banana = to remove the skin from ... [CF: to peel]E.g. juice ―to juice = to squeeze the juice from ... [CF: to extract] d. to do ... with Noun (tool, apparatus)E.g. finger ―to finger = to feel or handle ... with a fingerE.g. eye ―to eye = to gaze at ... with eyeE.g. hammer ―to hammer = to strike ... with a hammere. to be / act as Noun (reference)E.g. nurse ―to nurse = to take care of sick people as a nurseE.g. wolf ―to wolf = to eat like a wolff. to change / make ... into Noun (result)E.g. cash ―to cash = to change ... into cashE.g. w idow ―to widow = to make ... a widowg. to send / go by Noun (transport means)E.g. bicycle ―to bicycle = to go by bicycle;E.g. ship ―to ship = to send ... by ship1.Adjective converted into VerbThis kind of conversion usually expresses a change of state, condition. To make / become AdjectiveE.g. better ―to better = to improve ... to make ... betterE.g. calm ―to calm = to make ... calm; E.g. dry = to make ... dry; tobecome dry2. A few adverbs and prepositions converted into VerbsE.g. near ―to near the shore = to move near ... E.g. back ―to back a carE.g. down ―to down your knife = to put ... downEX. VII Comparison between Synonyms1.glare = the light is too bright and thus causes unpleasantE.g. I have to wear sunglasses because of the glare of summer sun. E.g. We could see nothing, for the glare of the coming car’s lights were too strong.CF:brightness= from “bright”, a common word2.din = continuous confused noise which annoys people.CF: noise = a loud, unpleasant sound, sound = something you can hear3.muted = lowered sound or noise, muffledE.g. People there spoke in muted voices.CF: quiet = to imply freedom from activity or disturbance and thus peaceful and sereneE.g. You must be quiet when your father is asleep.E.g. They were walking along a quiet street. (Implying a senseof permanence)silent = being free from speech or being without noiseE.g. The class was silent as the teacher explained the exam rules.E.g. Now the wood was silent except for the leaves.4.display = suggesting a painfully obvious exposure or a boasting oneE.g. Martin displayed his drunkenness openly in the street last night. E.g. Surfboard riders were proudly displaying their tanned physiques. exhibit = to be shown for consideration or evaluationE.g. They are exhibiting their new model cars.5.distinct = be easy to be tell from othersE.g. His handwriting is not distinct, so we can not read it at all well. E.g. The sound of a drum was distinct even from a distance.clear = apparent, unambiguous,E.g. China’s stand on this issue is clear to all.E.g. He put forth a clear, straightforward proposal.6.huge = being immenseness of bulk, more specific than largeE.g. A whale or an elephant is a huge animal.E.g. Do you realize how huge the museums are?7.varied = to stress the idea of full of change; to have numerous formsor typesE.g. Different people have the most varied ideas about what is important in life; some value fame, others money or freedom.E.g. Interpretations of this poem are varied.8.exotic = not only unusual but also pleasing to the senses9.sunlit = the brightness as a result of sunshine10. massive = not only large but also impressiveE.g. Several strong men are needed to remove the massive rock in the way.11. constantly = to stress steadiness and devotionE.g. She constantly devotes her energy and time to helping others.endlessly = to imply weariness and monotonyE.g. He talked endlessly and made all of us tired of.E.g. Why are you always saying it endlessly?12. used = no longer new, have been usedE.g. He has bought a used car.E.g. Please put the used towels in this basket.Ex. VIII Replace the italicized words with simple, everyday words: 1.purchaser --- buyers, 2. pungent --- strong or sharp,3. sepulchral --- gloomy,4. protesting --- insisting,5. impinge --- strike,6. profusion --- abundance or plenty7. sumptuous --- costly,8. merchandise ---- goods9. blending --- mixingEx. X Translation1.一条蜿蜒的小路隐没在树荫深处。

高英2的问题的答案Lesson11.What, according to the writer,makes good conversation?what spoils it?A good conversation does not really start from anywhere, and no one has any idea where it will go. A good conversation is not for making a point. Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. When people become serious and talk as if they have something very important to say, when they argue to convince or to win their point, the conversation is spoilt.2. Why does the write r like “bar conversation” so much?The writer likes bar conversation very much because he has spent alot of time in pubs and is used to this kind of conversation. Barfriends are companions, not intimates. They are friends but not intimate enough to be curious about each other's private life and thoughts.3.Does a good conversation need a focal subject?No. Conversation does not need a focus. But when a focal subject appears in the natural flow of conversation, the conversation becomes vivid, lively and more interesting.4. Why did people in the pub talk about Australia?Why did the conversation turn to Norman England? The people talked about Australia because the speaker who introduced the subject mentioned incidentally that it was an Australian who had given her such a definition of "theKing's English. " When the people talked about the resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an upper class to lay down rules for "English as it should be spoken", the conversation moved to Norman England because at that time a language barrier existed between the Saxon peasants and the Norman conquerors.5. How does the use of words show class distinction?The Saxon peasants and their Norman conquerors used different wordsfor the same thing. For examples see paragraph 9.6. When was “the King’s English” regarded as a form of racial discrimination in England?The King’s English” was regarded as a form 0f racialdiscrimination during the Norman rule in England about 1154—1399,7.What is the attitude of the wr iter towards “the King’s English”?The writer thinks “the King’s English” is a class representationof reality,1t is worth trying to speak “the King’s English”,but it should not be 1aid down as an edict,and made immune to change from below,The King’s Engl ish is a model arich and instructive one- but it ought not to be an ultimatum,8.What does the writer mean when he says, “the King’s English,like the Anglo-French of the Normans,is a classrepresentation of reality?During the Norman period,the ruling class spoke Anglo— French while the peasants spoke their native Saxonlanguage, Language bears the stamp of the class that uses it,The King’s English today refers to the language used bythe upper,educated class in England,Lesson21 Like other good writers,Orwll is good at showing rather thantelling what details or examples does the writer use to show how poor the natives in Marrakech were.Beyond choice of words and imagery ,Orwell successfully depicts the poverty of the inhabitants of Marrakech by describing objectively the various aspects of their life. His vivid objective descriptions give the reader a clear picture of the poverty of thepeople.Here are five things he describes to show poverty- (a) the burial of the poor inhabitants (b)an Arab Navvy, an employee of the municipality, begging for a piece of bread (c)the miserable lives of the Jews in the ghettoes~ (d)cultivation of the poor soil; (e)the old women carrying firewood.2. What’s the main idea of paragraphs 1-2,How were people buried in Marrakech? What does this show?In these two paragraphs, Orwell tells us how people are buried in Marrakech—the crowd of mourners wailing a chant,corpses wrapped in a piece of rag, carried on a rough wooden bier, friends hacking a shallow hole, throwing the body in it, flinging somedried—up earth over it, no grave stone. All these show a vivid picture of the poverty of the place.3. What was the Jewish quarter like in Marrakech? How were the Jew treated in this country?Under the rulers of the Moorish empire, Jews in Marrakech were only allowed to own land in certain areas. As a result, the streets are very narrow, houses overcrowded and completely without windows. The people have been made to live in such crowded places for so 1ong that they have become used to this kind of overcrowding; since they can expect nothing better, they no longer bother about it. The Jews was an oppressed minority in this colonial country. Their fate was even worse than that of the natives.4. What does the writer describe in Paragraph 10?Every one of these poor Jews looked on the cigarette as a piece of luxury which they could not possibly afford.5. What did the Arabs and poorer Europeans think of the Jews? How does the writer respond to the remarks about the Jews? The Arabs think the Jews only pretend to work as a poor laborer. They are in reality very rich for they control everything. Thewriter knew the Jews were now being condemned by prejudice and ignorance as some poor old women who cou1d not even get themselves a decent meal were condemned and burned for witchcraft.6. What kind of people ,according to Orwell,are partly invisible?Why dose he stress this point? Those who work with their hands are partlyinvisible. It’s only because of this that the starved c ountries of Asia and Africa areaccepted as tourist resorts. The people are not treated as human beings, and it is on this fact that all colonial empires are in reality founded.Lesson 31. Why dose Kennedy say that the world is very difficult now?What differences does he have in mind? Kennedy thinks the world is different now because man has made great progress in science and technology and has not only the power (scientific farming, speedy transportation, mass production, etc. ) to abolish poverty, but also the power(missiles, H_bombs,etc,)to destroy all forms of human life,I agree with him,2. What belief is still at issue around the globe according to him?According to Kennedy,the belief still at issue around the globe is the belief that all man are created equal and God has given them certain inalienable rights which no state or ruler can take away from them,3. Name some of the old allies of the United States whose cultural and spiritual origins the United States share. These old alliesare :Britain,Canada,Australia,New Zealand,and in a wider sense one may also include France,4. Whom does Kennedy consider as friends and whom as foes.Kennedy considers as friends,a)the old allies of the U,S,, such as Britain,Canada,Australia,New Zealand and the westernEuropean countries, b) the countries in South America and,c)many of the developing countries in Asia and Africa that rely on U,S,aid,He considers all socialist countries as foes(all that time the socialist camp headed by the Soviet Union)and those developing countries preparing to take the socialist road,5. Who are those peoples in huts and villages? Why does Kennedy want to help them?The poor people in backward developing countries in Africa and Asia. Because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor,it cannot save the few who are rich.6. What is his stated policy towards Latin America?The stated policy of Kennedy towards Latin America is summed up in the phrase “alliance for progress”,Kennedy pledged totake concrete steps to assist these governments and people incasting off the chains of poverty,7. Sum up the policy Kennedy says he intends to pursue towards those nations whom he considers to be “our adversary”.Kennedy’s policy towards “his adversary” is negoti ation from a position of strength,The U,S,must first be strong enough to deter her adversary, From this strong position of absolute military superiority Kennedy proposes negotiating with the socialist camp(or the Soviet Union)on the following problems,a) arms control,b) cooperation in the fields of science,technology,arts and commerce,c)a new world system,8. What is his message to his fellow citizens? What does he mean by “a long twilight struggle”?He calls on his fellow—Americans to make new sacrifices,to do what his country calls on him to do, He should be preparedto sacrifice everything,even his life if necessary, to defend freedom,to wage constant war against tyranny,poverty,disease and war,The“long twilight struggle”is not a hot war but a constant,persevering fight against tyranny,poverty,disease and the threat of war,Lesson 41. Can you find any evidence to support the view that the writer is satirizing a bright but self-satisfied young man?The whole story is satirizing a smug, self-conceited freshman in a law school. The freshman is made the narrator of the story who goes on smugly boasting and singing praises of himself at every chance he could get. From the very beginning inparagraph 4, he begins to heap on himself all the beautiful words of praise he can think of such as “cool, powerful, precise and penetrating”,etc.At the same time the narrator takes every opportunity to downgrade Petey Bureh. For example, he calls him "dumb", "nothing upstairs ", "'unstable ", "impressionable" and "'a faddist ".And as for Polly Espy, she is "a beautiful dumb girl", who would smarten up under his guidance. It proves to be a big irony for the narrator when the dumb girl goes back to herformer dumb boyfriend Petey Burch,just because the latter has a raccoon coat.2. Why does the narrator consider Petey Burch dumb as an ox?The narrator considers Petey Burch dumb as an ox because he thinks Petey to be unintelligent, an emotional andimpressionable type of person. However, Petey’ s worst fault is that he is a faddist, he is swept up in every new craze that comes along.3. What kind of girl is Polly? Why does the narrator teach Polly Espy logic?Polly is beautiful and gracious. He decided to teach Polly Espy logic because he wanted not only a beautiful wife but also an intelligent one. The narrator wanted a wife who would help to further his career as a lawyer. He found Polly had all the necessary qualities except intelligence. This he decided to remedy by teaching her logic.4. What does Dicto Simpliciter mean? How does the narrator explain it to Polly?The fallacy of "Dicto Simpliciter" is committed by an argument that applies a general rule to a particular case in which some special circumstances ("accident") makes the rule inapplicable. The narrator shows it with the example: Exercise is good.Therefore everybody should exercise." In fact, “Exercise is good” is an unqualified generalization. For instance, if you haveheart disease, exercise is bad, not good. Many people are ordered by their doctors not to exercise. You must qualify thegeneralization. You must say exercise is usually good, or exercise is good for most people.5. What does Post Hoc mean? What example does the narrator give? What is Polly’s first reaction to this argument?The fallacy of Post Hoc mislocates the cause of one phenomenon in another that is only seemingly related. The most commonversion of this fallacy mistakes temporal sequence for causal connection. The narrator gives an example: Let’s take Bill on our picnic. Every time we take him out with us, it rains." She remembers a girl back home--Eula Becker. Every single time wetake her on a picnic it rains.6. What does Contradictory Premises mean? What example does the narrator give? Is Polly confused?Contradictory Premises means the premises of an argument contradict each other.The narrator gives an example ofContradictory Premises: If God can do anything, can He make a stone so heavy that He won't be able to lift it?"Yes, Polly is confused.7. What does Ad Misericordiam mean? What example is given to explain this fallacy? How does Polly respond to theexample? What does it show about her?The fallacy of Ad Misericordiam is committed when the conclusion changes the point that is at issue in the premises, such as, when a trial lawyer, rather than arguing for his client's innocence, tries to move the jury to sympathy for him. The narrator gives the example of a man applying for a job. When the boss asks him what his qualifications are, he replies that he has a wife and six children at home, the wife is a helpless cripple, the children have nothing to eat, no clothes to wear, no shoes on their feet, there are no beds in the house, no coal in the cellar, and winter is coming." Polly is moved to tears by the poverty and misery of the worker. She is a simple, nice girl with the right feminine emotions.8. What is False Analogy? What is Poisoning the Well?False Analogy is committed when the two items don't have strong enough similarities to predict that what happens in one will happen in the other.Poisoning the Well means people speak against the man rather than to the issue. The premises may onlymake a personal attack on a person who holds some thesis, instead of offering grounds showing why what he says is false9. Why does the narrator say, “I was not Pygmalion; I was Frankenstein”? (Para.135)Because he begged Polly's love and was refused. He might get the same result as Frankenstein, who created amonster that destroyed him, not as Pygmalion, who was loved by his own statue of Galatea.Lesson 51. Why were the younger generation of the1920s thought to be wild?The younger generation of the 1920s were thought to be wild because they visited speakeasies, denouced Puritan morality,experimented in armour in the parked sedan on a country road,etc. (See para. 1).2. Was there a revolt of the younger generation at that time? How did it manifest itself?"Yes" and "no Yes" because the business of growing up is always accompanied by a Younger Generation Problem, "no"because all their actions can now be seen in perspective as being something considerably less sensational than thedegeneration of jazz mad youth.3. What does the writer mean by “the pattern of escape”?(para.4)All the activities mentioned above were means to help the young people to escape their more serious responsibilities ofchanging society and most young people went in for these activities. It became a general pattern of behavior.4. How did World War I affect the younger generation?The war whipped up their energies but destroyed their naivete. It made them cynical. They could not adapt themselves intopostwar society so they rebelled and tried to overthrow completelythe gentel standards of behavior.5. In what ways did Greenwich Village set the pattern for the revoltof the younger generation of the 1920s?Intellectuals and non-intellectuals began to imitate the pattern oflife set by those living in Greenwich Village. These people lived a Bohemian and eccentric life. They defied the law and floutedall social conventions. They attacked the war, Babbittry,and "Puritanical" gentility.6. What new philosophy were the young intellectuals trying to preach?These young intellectuals wanted America to become more sensitive toart and culture, less avid for material gain, and lesssusceptible to standardization.7 Why did many young intellectuals of this period immigrate to Europe?They emigrated to Europe because there "they do things better" thanin the United States where people only care for moneyand wealth. Only in Europe will they be able to find remedy fortheir sensitive minds.8 Why was this group of writers called the “lost generation”? were they really lost according to the authors?They were called the "lost generation" by Gertrude Stein becausethey were troubled and worried and had emigrated toEurope. But they were never really lost for they finally returned to America and produced the liveliest, freshest, moststimulating works in America's literay experience.。

EXERCISES 2Ⅰ. Write short notes on: Marrakech and Morocco. Suggested Reference Books [SRB] 1. any standard gazetteer 2. Encyclopaedia BritannicaⅡ.Questions on content: 1. Instead of telling the reader that the natives are poor, Orwell shows poverty in at least five ways. Identify them. 2. How are people buried in Marrakech? 3. Explain the sentence, "All colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact."(para 3) 4. What do you think medieval ghettoes were like? 5. Why does the writer say, "A good job Hitler wasn't here"? 6. What kind of people, according to Orwell, are partly invisible? Why does he stress this point? 7. How was land cultivated in Morocco? 8. Why was the old woman surprised when the writer gave her a five-sou piece? 9. What did every white man think when he saw a black army marching past?Ⅲ. Questions on appreciation: 1. The things of value, Orwell says in "Why I Write, " are always political. Is this essay political? Has the writer said anything of value? 2. Orwell describes human suffering and misery rather objectively. How then can you tell that he is outraged at the spectacle of misery? 3. Why does the writer reveal his feelings about the donkeys but conceal his feelings about the people? ,What effect does this contrast have on the reader?4. Could paras 4-7 just as well come after 8-15 as before? Could other groups of paragraphs be rearranged? What does this indicate about the organization? What gives the essay coherence?5. Does this essay give readers a new insight into imperialism? Has the writer succeeded in showing that imperialism is an "evil thing" ? 6. Comment on Orwell's lucid style and fine attention to significant descriptive details.Ⅳ. Paraphrase: 1. The burying-ground is merely a huge waste of hummockyearth, like a derelict building-lot. (para 2) 2. All colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact. (para 3) 3. They rise out Of the earth, they sweat and starve for a few years, and then they sink back into the nameless mounds of the graveyard (para 3) 4. A carpenter sits crosslegged at a prehistoric lathe,turning chair-legs at lightning speed. (para 9) 5. Instantly, from the dark holes all round, there was a frenzied rush of Jews (para 10) 6. every one of them looks on a cigarette as a more or less impossible luxury (para 10) 7. Still, a white skin is always fairly conspicuous. (para 16) 8. In a tropical landscape one's eye takes in everything except the human beings. (para 16) 9. No one would think of running cheap trips to the Distressed Areas. (para 17) 10. for nine-tenths of the people the reality of life is an endless, backbreaking struggle to wring a little food out of an eroded soil (para 17) 11. She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say asa beast of burden. (para 19) 12. People with brown skins are next door to invisible. (para 21) 13. Their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms (para 23) 14. How long before they turn their guns in the other direction? (para 25) 15. Every white man there had this thought stowed somewhere or other in his mind. (para 26)Ⅴ. Translate paras 20 and 21 into Chinese.Ⅵ. Look up the dictionary and explain the meaning of the itali-cized words: 1. wailing a short chant over and over again (para 2) 2. an Arab navvy working on the path nearby (para 6) 3. he stowed it gratefully (para 7) 4. his left leg is warped out of shape (para 9) 5. as the Jews live in a self-contained community (para 11) 6. the plough is a wretched wooden thing (para 18) 7. all of them are mummified with age and the sun (para 19) 8. their splendid bodies were hidden in reach-me-down khaki uniforms (para 23) 9. so had the officers on their sweating chargers (para 26)Ⅶ. Discriminate the following groups of synonyms: 1. wail, cry, weep, sob, whimper, moan 2. frenzy, mania, delirium, hysteria 3. glisten, glitter, flash, shimmer, sparkle Suggested Reference Books [ SRB ] 1. Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language 2. Webster’s New Dictionary of Synonyms 3. Reader's Digest, Use the Right WordⅧ. Study the formation of the following compound nouns and list 5-10 examples of each: 1. burying-ground 2. gravestone 3. mid-air 4. overcrowding 5. nine-tenths Suggested Reference Books [ SRB ] 1. any standard dictionary 2. any book on lexicology or word buildingIX. In this essay, the writer makes effective use of specific verbs. List 10 specific verbs you consider used most effectively and give your reasons.Ⅹ.Each of the following sentences may be made more compact by proper subordination. Rewrite them, using subordinate clauses, appositives, prepositional or verbal phrases: 1. The British army had lost all its equipment at Dunkirk, and there was only a single armored division left to protect the home island. 2.The dry prairie land will drift away in dust storms, but it is still being plowed for profitless wheat farming. 3.The educational program may succeed, but it has to have more than mere financial support from the government. 4.They have wasted their natural resources, but they should have protected and conserved them. 5.The Caldwell family opened the first rough trail and soon other settlers were coming. 6. The Smithsonian Institution is constantly working for a better understanding of nature for man's benefit, and it gets little or no publicity. 7. Queen Mary was easily shaken by passions. They were both passions of love and passion of hatred and revenge. 8. I dreaded opening the door of his office, but it was only for a few days. 9. It was early morning and there was a fog and so I crawled out and made my way to the beach. 10. I left the door of the safe unlocked and took the leatherbag of coins and walked down the street toward the bank.Ⅺ .Read the following paragraphs and then answer the questions: 1) What is the topic sentence? 2) Has the writer succeeded in achieving unity? Give your reasons. 1. Life on the farm is an eternal battle against nature. There is always the rush to harvest the crops and to get next year' s grain planted before the fall rains start. To get this accomplished the farmer must be out at work by daybreak. Fruits and vegetables have to be gathered before the early frost; hence everyone is bustling around from morning till night. Fall is beautiful when the leaves on the trees change color and then fall off. Winter sends its warming cover over the froze ground. This causes the animals to hunt for something to eat. There is nothing, so the farmer has to feed them. After his day's work is done, the farmer puts on his slippers, reclines on the davenport in front of the fireplace, and spends a peaceful evening reading. Within a few months spring begins with its beautiful flowers and green grass. The cows give more milk so the farmer has more work to do. After the first spring rain, the corn must be cultivated. As summer ap-proaches the farmer begins to worry for fear that the sun will come up and cook the grain before it is fully developed, or maybe a thunderstorm will come up thus causing his hay crop to rot. 2. There are three reasons why I like Japanese food. When I was growing up I never ate Japanese food, since we lived in a part of Texas where there were no Orentals, but now I really like it. One of the best things about Japanese food is that it consists primarily of meat and vegetables, so that it's not atall fattening. However, most Japanese love rice. One of my Japanese friends has at least two bowls of rice at every meal. Another reason for liking Japanese food is that it's always beautifully served, even at lower-priced restaurants. Every dish is a work of art: the chicken yakitori is presented on a gleaming platter crisscrossed with skewers of meat and vegetables, and the shrimp tempura comes on a lovely little bamboo tray. For the American who wants to serve Japanese food like this, these platters and trays may be purchased at a local import store. My final reason for liking Japanese food is its exotic flavor. There is nothing in American or European cuisine quite like the flavor of sashimi (raw fish dipped in soy sauce and horseradish) or shabu-shabu, a meat and vegetable dish that you cook right at your own table by swishing the bite-sized pieces in a pan of seasoned boiling water. Also, from the male point of view, Japanese restaurants are attractive for another reason-- thebeautiful little doll-like waitresses, who bow and smile shyly as they serve your food. With all this, is there any wonder Japanese food appeals to me?Ⅻ. Choose the right word from the list below for each blank: fell come did fired pulled feel sagged collapse goes altered slobbered climbed went paralysed settled drooping jolt seemed imagined knock falling tower reaching trumpeted shake came When I ________the trigger I did not hear the bang or____________the kick -- one never does when a shot ___________ home -- but I heard the devilish roar of glee that _________ up from the crowd. In that instant, in too short a time, one would have thought, even for the bullet to get there, a mysterious, terrible change had ________over the elephant. He neither stirred nor_______, but every line of his body had________ He looked suddenly stricken, shrunken, immensely old, as though thefrightful impact of the bullet had _________ him without knocking him down. At last, after what _________ a long time -- it might have been five seconds, I dare say – he _______flabbily to his knees. His mouth _______An enormous senility seemed to have______ upon him. One could have ______him thousands of years old.I _______again into the same spot. At the second shot he didnot_______ but ______with desperate slowness to his feet and stood weakly upright, with legs sagging and head _______ . Ifired a third time. That was the shot that _______for him. You could see the agony of it _____his whole body and ________ the last remnant of strength from his legs. But in ______ he seemed for a moment to rise, for as his hind legs collapsed beneath him he seemed to_______ upward like a huge rock toppling, his trunk _______skywards like a tree. He________, for the first and only time. And then down he ________, his belly towards me, with a crash that seemed to _________ the ground even where I lay.XIII. Topics for oral work: 1. What can you infer about the author's political attitude from this essay? 2. Do you like Orwell' s style? Give examples to support your XIV. Write a short composition describing objectively the suffering and poverty of pre-liberation China or of any city. Try to maintain an objective tone, but your real feelings should be ev- ident to the reader.习题全解Ⅰ . Marrakech: in west central Morocco, at the Northern foot of the high Atlas, 130 miles south of Casablanca, the chief seaport. The city renowned for leather goods, is one of the principal commercial centers of Morocco. It was founded in 1062 and was the capital of Morocco from then until 1147 and again from 1550 to 1660. It was captured by the French in 1912, when its modern growth began. It has extremely hot summers but mild winters. Yearly rainfall is 9 inches and limited to winter months. Thecity was formerly also called Morocco. Morocco: Located in North Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Morocco is the farthest west of all the Arab countries. Rabat is the capital. The estimated population in 1973 was 15,600,000. About 2000 B. C. it was settled by Berber tribes, who have formed the basis of the population ever since. The Arabs invaded Morocco in the 7thcentury, bringing with them Islam. From the end of the 17thcentury until the early 19th century Morocco was almost entirely free from foreign influence. But in 1912, a Franco- Spanish agreement divided Morocco into 4 administrative zones. It gained independence in 1956 and became a constitutional monarchy in 1957. Morocco is a member of the United Nations, the League of Arab States, and the Organization of African Unity. Moroccans are mainly farmers (70%)who try to grow their own food. They often use camels, donkeys and mules to pull their plows. In the south a few tribesmen still, wander from place to place in the desert.Ⅱ. 1. Here are five things he describes to show poverty- (a) the burial of the poor inhabitants (b)an Arab Navvy, an employee of the municipality, begging for a piece of bread (c)the miserable lives of the Jews in the ghettoes~ (d)cultivation of the poor soil; (e) the old women carrying fire wood. 2. See paragraphs 1 and 2. 3. All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies as animals instead of as human be rags. 4. Medieval ghettoes were probably like the Jewish quarters in Marrakech--overcrowded, thousands of people living in a narrow street, houses completely windowless, and the whole area dirty and unhygienic. 5. If Hitler were here, all the Jews would have been massacred. 6. Those who work with their hands are partly invisible. It’sonly because of this that the starved countries of Asia andAfrica are accepted as tourist resorts. The people are not treated as human beings, and it is on this fact that all colonial empires are in reality founded. 7. See paragraph 18. 8. The old woman was surprised because someone was taking notice of her and treating her as a human being. She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say, as a beast of burden. 9, Every white man thought. "How much longer can we go on kidding these people? How long before they turn their guns in the other direction?" They knew they could not go on fooling these black people any longer. Some day they would rise up in revolt and free themselves.Ⅲ. 1. Yes, it is. In this essay Orwell denounces the evils of colonialism or imperialism by mercilessly exposing the poverty, misery and degradation of the native people in the colonies.2. He manages to show that he is outraged at the spectacle of misery, first, through the appropriate use of words second, through the clever choice of the scenes he describes; third, through the tone in which he describes these scenes and finally, by contrasting the indignation at the cruel handling of the donkey with the unconcern towards the fate of the human beings.3. Because that shows the cruel treatment the donkeys receive evokes a greater feeling of sympathy in the breasts of the white masters than the miserable fate of the people. This contrast have on the reader an effect that the people are not considered nor treated as human beings. 4. Paragraphs 4-7 could as well come after 8-15 as before. Other groups of paragraphs could be rearranged. This indicates that the whole passage is made up of various independent examples or illustrations of the people's poverty and suffering. The central theme--all colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact--gives unity and cohesion to the whole essay. 5. This essay gives a new insight into imperialism. Yes, he has succeeded in showing that imperialism is an "evil thing". 6. Orwell is good at the appropriate use of simple butforceful words and the clever choice of the scenes he describes. His lucid style and fine attention to significant descriptive details efficiently conveyed to the readers the central idea "all colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact", the fact that the people are not considered or treated as human beings. IV. 1. The buring-ground is nothing more than a huge piece of wasteland full of mounds of earth looking like a deserted and abandoned piece of land on which a building was going to be putup. 2. All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies like animals (by not treating the peoplein the colonies as human beings). 3. They are born. Then for a few years they work, toil and starve. Finally they die and are buried in graves without a name. 4. Sitting with his legs crossed and using a very old-fashioned lathe, a carpenter quickly gives a round shape to the chair-legs he is making. 5. Immediately from their dark hole-like cells everywhere a great number of Jews rushed out wildly excited. 6. Every one of these poor Jews looked on the cigarette as a piece of luxury which they could not possibly afford. 7. However, a white-skinned European is always quite noticeable. 8. If you take a look at the natural scenery in a tropical region, you see everything but the human beings. 9. No one would think of organizing cheap trips for the tourists to visit the poor slum areas (for these trips42V．Ⅵ．Ⅶ. would not be interesting)． 10．life is very hard for ninety percent of the people．With hard backbreaking toil they can produce a little food on the poor soil． 11．She took it for granted that as an old woman she was the lowest in the community，that。

感顿市安乐阳光实验学校高中英语 Unit 2 Cloning Reading quiz II练习新人教版选修8II. Task-based reading.Cloning humans: right or wrong?1 When a person or animal is cloned, a carbon copy of them is essentially made. There has been a great amount of debate in this area concerning whether cloning humans is right or wrong.2 For example, we could essentially wipe out many diseases. If a person develops cancer, healthy cells could be taken from the clone to cure it. It is even said that this scientific process could be used to replace a child who has died and the science can also be used to prevent animals from becoming extinct, and ev en to bring back some animals that are already extinct.3 And it could violate1the most basic rights of those individuals who happen to be the clones. Many people will clone themselves or loved ones for the sole purpose of having spare body parts, and this is highly unethical2 Nowadays DNA is used so widely to solve crimes. Human cloning could stop that effort, since DNA would no longer be unique to each person.Human cloning, or genetic engineering, is not regulated or banned in any country in the world. 4 When you consider whether you agree with human cloning, you must strongly consider the rights and consequences for the resulting clone.Notes1. violate v. 违背2. unethical adj. 不道德的TaskComplete the passage with the right sentences from the box below.A. Humans are cloned by taking a sample of their DNA.B. This lack of regulation could also result in disaster.C. There are many arguments for cloning humans that are quite reasonable.D. Cloning humans could be dangerous.E. You must have heard of Dolly the sheep that was the first successful attempt atcloning.。