高级英语第二册Lesson 1课后练习

Lesson One Face to face with Hurricane CamilleⅣ。

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We' re 23 feet above sea level。

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The house has been here since 1915， and no hurricane has ever caused any damage to it.3. We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage。

4. Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out。

5. Everybody go out through the back door and run to the cars.6。

The electrical systems in the car had been put out by water。

7. As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland。

8. （)h God， please help us to get through this storm safely.9. Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and stopped。

SectionⅡReadingandThinking课后·训练提升一、单句语法填空1.How does the new clerk conduct (he) in our company?2.She must be feeling very lonely after the (lose) of her husband.3.Students’ interests are mostly (limit) to the academic realm.4.They attempted (finish) the task before July.5.You can turn to your teacher help if you have difficulty in study.6.People should preserve children being hurt.7.It is thought that every violent storm will eventually give way sunshine.8.There comes a time in every boy’s life he must take on responsibilities.二、完成句子1.我们要保持大自然的平衡。

We’re requiredto .2.哪扇门通向庭院?Which door the yard?3.明天可能下雨。

It tomorrow.4.树能阻止沙尘暴蔓延。

Trees can sandstorms .5.这位老太太把她一半的钱捐给了这个工程。

The old lady half of her money the project.三、阅读理解Petra may be the treasure of an ancient world,hidden behind a tall mountain.Its beautiful scenery makes it one of the greatest ancient sites still standing mon sense says“perhaps there’s nothing on the planet that looks like it”.Without doubt,there’s nothing in the world that resembles it.Therock-carved rose-red town of Petra is filled with a mysterious charm that had been “designed to strike wonder into all who entered it”.Petra is the legacy from the Nabataeans,a hard-working group of Arab people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2,000 years ago.Admired then because of their culture,architecture and complex dams and water channels,Petra has become a UNESCO(United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organisation) world heritage site and is listed in the New Seven Wonders of the World.Petra is the most well-known site in Jordan located about 262 km south of Amman and 133 km north of Aqaba.The Dead Sea is 80 kilometres north of it.The steeply rising sides of a long,cool,dark and narrow gorge(峡谷) basically keep the sunlight out.Suddenly the gorge opens right into a natural square covered with Petra’s most well-known monuments,which glows in the bright sun.The ancient cityshows the visitors its beautiful look.The town is large and the quality of the architecture is surprising.It leads someone to think about the creativity from the Nabataeans who made Petra their capital.Petra was the top architectural site for more than 400 years until it was occupied by the Romans in 106 CE.It was seen first when discovered in 1812 after being lost through the 16th century for nearly 300 years!Petra has 800 monuments,includingbuildings,tombs,baths,halls,temples,and streets,which were mostly carved in the pretty sandstone.Petra sights are in their finest in the early morning and the late afternoon.Once the sun warms the colourful stones,you will see the majesty of Petra.1.What do we know about Petra from the passage?A.It is on the top of a mountain.B.It was a palace for the king.C.It is a unique site.D.It was built by the Nabataeans in 106 CE.“Commonsensesays‘perhapsthere’snothingontheplanetthatlooksli keit’.”可推断佩特拉风光的独特性,故选C项。

一、根据首字母填写单词(单词拼写)1. He gave a detailed a________ of what happened on the terrible night.(根据首字母单词拼写)2. To improve your spoken English, you’d better find n _________ speakers to talk with. (根据首字母单词拼写)3. Zhang Tao is a n______ of Beijing. He was born there. (根据首字母单词拼写)二、根据汉语意思填写单词(单词拼写)4. The thesis is aimed to make an _________ (企图) to investigate into student-centred models for English language teaching in senior high schools. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)5. Everything is almost ready for me to make another ______(尝试) on the record. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)6. After he comes in empty-handed for eight-four days, Santiago ________(试图) to catch a huge fish. （根据汉语提示单词拼写）三、根据中英文提示填写单词(单词拼写)7. The team made an a_________ (试图，尝试) to climb the mountain. (根据中英文提示填空)8. The researchers say the tiger is n________ (出生地的) to India.(根据中英文提示填空)四、完成句子9. 除了车流的噪声，那一晚过得很平静。

一、根据首字母填写单词(单词拼写)1. Losing her b________, Lucy fell off from her bike and got injured. （根据首字母单词拼写）2. I keep getting c_____________advice—some people tell me to keep it warm and some tell me to put ice on it. (根据首字母单词拼写)3. Because of his brilliant achievements, Lang Lang was i________ as one of “The Top Twenty Teens who will change the world”. (根据首字母单词拼写)二、根据汉语意思填写单词(单词拼写)4. Customers may be willing to buy a company’s products as an indirect way to________ (捐助) to the good causes it helps. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)5. For lack of money, two factories were closed in an_________ (尝试) to cut costs. (根据汉语提示单词拼写)6. He has ________ (表现) himself far better than expected.(根据汉语提示单词拼写)三、根据中英文提示填写单词(单词拼写)7. The committee put forward a p________ (n. a formal suggestion or plan) to reduce the time limit. (根据首字母单词拼写)8. This kind of washing powder is of good q________ (质量), and doesn’t harm our hands. (根据中英文提示填空）四、完成句子9. 如果你继续吸烟，你很有可能会健康状况不佳。

第二册第一课练习答案1-1: /答案: A 1-2: /答案: C 1-3: /答案: C 1-4: /答案: B 1-5: /答案: A 1-6: /答案: B 1-7: /答案: A 1-8: /答案: B 1-9: /答案: D 1-10: /答案:B1-11: /答案:D1-12: /答案:C1-13: /答案:D1-14: /答案:A1-15: /答案:B1-16: /答案:C1-17: /答案:D1-18: /答案:A1-19: /答案:B1-20: /答案:A1-21: /答案:A1-22: /答案:B1-23: /答案:C1-24: /答案:A1-25: /答案:D1-26: /答案:B1-27: /答案:C1-28: /答案:B1-29: /答案:C1-30: /答案:D2-1: /答案:hurricane2-2: /答案:correspondence 2-3: /答案:generator2-4: /答案:douse2-5: /答案:mount2-6: /答案:mess2-7: /答案:salvage2-8: /答案:psychological2-9: /答案:awe2-10: /答案:methodical2-11: /答案:spectacular2-12: /答案:possession2-13: /答案:incomprehensible 2-14: /答案:wrath2-15: /答案:devastate2-16: /答案:mooring2-17: /答案:snap2-18: /答案:clutch2-19: /答案:overwhelm2-20: /答案:pane2-21: /答案:mattress2-22: /答案:whip2-23: /答案:consult2-24: /答案:reluctant2-25: /答案:volunteer3-1: /答案:revitalize3-2: /答案:vivid3-3: /答案:vivisection3-4: /答案: Surviving 3-5: /答案:is bound3-6: /答案:trailed away 3-7: /答案:is strewn3-8: /答案:graded3-9: /答案:blues3-10: /答案:vitamin3-11: /答案:sprawled3-12: /答案:vital3-13: /答案:revival3-14: /答案:revived3-15: /答案:survivor3-16: /答案:vivifying4-1: /答案:A 4-2: /答案:D 4-3: /答案:B 4-4: /答案:D4-5: /答案:C5-1: /答案:F5-2: /答案:T5-3: /答案:F5-4: /答案:T5-5: /答案:F5-6: /答案:F5-7: /答案:T5-8: /答案:F5-9: /答案:T5-10: /答案:F1:The incessant rain for a whole week caused the rivers in this area to overflow, leaving many houses demolished and many fields inundated /submerged.2:A blast of wind lifted the entire roof off the house. The whole family huddled in the slashing rain.3:When the earthquake was taking place, he obviously felt the shuddering of the houses and heard the shattering of the windows.4:The city government has made methodical preparations for the coming of the art festival. Some high buildings are festooned with colored lights and banners.5:After the riot, the streets were strewn with burned cars, stones and broken bottles.。

Pub Talk and the King's English 课后练习题I. Write short notes on: Carlyle, and Lamb.Suggested Reference Books[SRB]1. The Oxford Companion to English Literature2. Any standard book on the history of English literature3. Encyclopaedia BritannicaIII. Questions on appreciation:1. In what way is “pub talk” connected with “the King’s English”? Is the title of the piece well-chosen?2. Point out the literary and historical allusions used in this piece and comment on their use.3. What is the function of para 5? Is the change from "pub talk" to "the King's English" too abrupt?4. Do the simple idiomatic expressions like "to be on the rocks, out of bed on the wrong side, etc., " go well with the copious literary and historical allusions the writer uses? Give your reasons.5. Does the writer reveal his political inclination in this piece of writing? How?IV. Paraphrase:1. And it is an activity only of humans. (para 1)2. Conversation is not for making a point. (para 2)3. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose. (para 2)4. Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other's lives. (para 3)5. it could still go ignorantly on (para 6)6. There are cattle in the fields, but we sit down to beef (boeuf). (para 9)7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language. (para11)8. English had come royally into its own. (para 13)9. The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. (para 15)10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. (para 15)11. There is always a great danger that "words will harden into things for us. " (para 16)12. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King's English slips and slides in conversation. (para 18)V. Translate paras 9--11 into Chinese.VI. Look up the dictionary and explain the meaning of the italicized idiomatic phrases:1. their marriage may be on the rocks (para 3)2. they got out of bed on the wrong side (para 3)3. the conversation was on wings (para 8)4. the Norman lords of course turned up their noses at it (para 10)5. we ought to think ourselves back into the shoes of the Saxon peasant (para 11)6. English had come royally into its own. (para 13)7. we sit up at the vividness of the phrase (para 18)VII. Discriminate the following groups of synonyms:1. ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned2. jeer, scoff, sneer, gibe, floutVIII. Give ten synonymous and/or related words of the word conversation (meaning 'communication'). Give words of the same part of speech.[SRB]1. Roget ' s International Thesaurus2. Webster's Collegiate ThesaurusIX. Give ten antonymous and/or contrasted words of the word intricate. Give words of the same part of speech.[SRB]1. Roget's International Thesaurus2. Webster's Collegiate ThesaurusX. Look up the dictionary, find out from what languages the following words are borrowed, and then put them into Chinese:1. buffet 8. soireé 15. attaehé2. cuisine 9. cloisonné 16. liaison3. lemonade 10. omelette 17. déjàvu4. liqueur 11. restaurateur 18. encore5. déjeuner 12. repertoire 19. discothèque6. menu 13. coup d'état 20. chandelier7. salon 14. corps de balletXI. The following sentences all contain metaphors or similes. Explain their meaning in plain, non-figurative language:1.no one has any idea where it will go as it meanders or leaps and sparkles or just glows.2.they got out of bed on the wrong side is simply not a concern.3.They are like the musketeers of Dumas who, although they lived side by side with each other, did not delve into each other's lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings.4.suddenly the alchemy of conversation took place5.The glow of the conversation burst into flames.6.we ought to think ourselves back into the shoes of the Saxon peasant.7.The Elizabethans blew on it as on a dandelion clock, and its seeds multiplied, and floated to the ends of the earth.8.I have an unending love affair with dictionaries9. Otherwise one will bind the conversation, one will not let it flow freely here and there.10. We would never have gone to Australia, or leaped back in time to the Norman Conquest. XII. Study the model given below. Then read the next two paragraphs and show how coherence and unity is improved by the use, of transitional devices.Model: But this is only one aspect of the problem. Another, no less essential, is the wider gap between generations since the rate of social development has speeded up. The tastes and habits of young people today differ markedly from those of the young people of the thirties, let alone of the twenties. Still influenced by the tastes and habits of their own youth, the "fathers" are inclined to think these habits and tastes are absolutes and to deny their children the right to independent creativity which they demanded from their own parents. Hence the artificial conflicts, in which a dance or the width of trousers is elevated to the dignity of crucial issues. The writer uses the following transitional devices:1) Transitional words and expressionsbut another still hence2) Pronoun referencethose their these they3) Repetition of important wordstastes and habits young people1. And since we (teenagers) are so new, many people have some very wrong ideas about us. For instance, the newspapers are always carrying advice-columns telling our mothers how to handle us, their "bewildered maladjusted offspring, " and the movies portray us as half-witted bops (hoodlums-ed. ); and in the current best sellers, authors recall their own confused, unhappy youth. On the other hand, speakers tell us that these teen-years are the happiest and freest of our lives, or hand us the "leaders of tomorrow, forge on the future" line. The general opinion is that teen-agers are either car-stealing, dope-taking delinquents, or immature, weepy adolescents with nothing on our minds but boys (or girls as the case may be ). Most adults have one or two attitudes toward the handling of teens--some say that only a sound beating will keep us in line; others treat us as mentally unbalanced creatures on the brink of insanity, who must be pampered and shielded at any cost.2. As of today, I am fed up with the food served in the campus dining hall. My disenchantment started in September---the day I bit into a hamburger to find myself staring at a long strand of grey hair that trailed out of the meat, through the mayonnaise, and over the edge of the bun. After that, I was not much surprised by the little things I came across in October and November: bugs in the salad and bobby pin in the meatloaf, for example. Then in December the food was worse--and a little dirtier. For Christmas dinner, for in- stance, the cook gave me a thin slice of rolled turkey, straight out of the can, and dished up a cock-roach in my pudding. Even that was excusable (nobody is perfect), but what happened today is not" I had already eaten most of my clam chowder before I found it, at the bottom of the bowl, nestled among the diced potatoes and the chopped onions: one band-aid, slightly used.XIII. Topics for oral work:1. In your opinion, what makes or spoils a good conversation?2. Is spoken English different from written English? In what ways are they different?XIV. Write a short composition describing some of the peculiarities of spoken EnglishPub Talk and the King's English 课后练习题答案Ⅰ .1. Carlyle : Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), English essayist and historian born at Ecclefechan,a village of the Scotch lowlands. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, he rejected the ministry, for which he had been intended, and determined to he a writer of hooks. In 1826 he married Jane Welsh, a well-informed and ambitious woman who did much to further his career. They moved to Jane' s farm at Craigenputtoeh where they lived for 6 years (1828-1834 ). During this time he produced Sartor Resartus (1833-1834), a book in which he first developed his char- acteristic style and thought. This book is a veiled sardonic attack upon the shams and pretences of society, upon hollow rank, hollow officialism, hollow custom, out of which life and usefulness have departed. In 1837 he published The French Revolution, a poetic rendering and not a factual account of the great event in history. Besides these two masterpieces, he wrote Chartism (1840), On Heroes, hero Worship, and the Heroic in History (I841), Past and Present (1843) and others. "Carlylese", a peculiar style of his own, was a compound of biblical phrases, col loquialisms, Teutonic twists, and his own coinings, arranged in unexpected sequences. One of the most important social critics of his day, Carlyle influenced many men of the younger generation, among them were Mathew Arnold and Ruskin.2. Lamb : Charles Lamb (1775-1834), English essayist, was born in London and brought up within the precincts of the ancient law courts, his father being a servant to an advocate of the inner Temple. He went to school at Christ's Hospital, where he had for a classmate Coleridge, his life-long friend. At seventeen, he became a clerk in the India House and here he worked for 33 years until he was re-tired on a pension. His devotion to his sister Mary, upon whom rested an hereditary taint of insanity, has done al-most as much as the sweetness and gentle humor of his writings to endear his name. They collaborated on several books for children, publishing in 1867 their famous Tales from Shakespeare. His dramatic essays, Specimens of English Dramatic Poets (1808), established his reputation as a critic and did much in reviving the popularity of Eliza-be then drama. The Essays of Ella, published at intervals in London Magazine, were gathered together and republished in two series, the first in 1823, the second ten years later. They established Lamb in the title which he still holds, that of the most delightful of English essayists.Ⅱ.1.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. The writer likes bar conversation very much because he has spent a lot of time in pubs and is used to this kind of conversation. Bar friends are companions, not intimates. They are friends but not intimate enough to be curious about each other's private life and thoughts.3. 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. 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 "the King'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. The Saxon peasants and their Norman conquerors used different words for the same thing. For examples see paragraph 9.6. The writer seems to be in favor of bilingual education. He is against any form of cultural barrier or the cultural humiliation of any section or group of people.7. The term "the Queen's English" was used in 1953 by Nash because at that time the reigning monarch was a queen, Elizabeth I. The term "the King's English" is the more common form because the ruling monarch is generally a king. Those who are not very particular may use the term "the King's English", even when the ruling monarch is a queen. In 1602, Dekker used the term "the King's English", although the reigning monarch was still Queen Elizabeth.8．“The King’s English” was regarded as a form 0f racial discrimination during the Norman rule in England about 1154—1399．9．The writer thinks “the King’s English” is a class representation of 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 English is a model a rich and instructive one- but it ought not to be an ultimatum．10．During the Norman period，the ruling class spoke Anglo— French while the peasants spoke their native Saxon language．Language bears the stamp of the class that uses it．The King’s English today refers to the language used by the upper，educated class in England．Ⅲ．1．The title of this piece is not well chosen．It misleads the readers into thinking that the writer is going to demonstrate some intrinsic or linguistic relationship between pub talk and the King’s English．Whereas the writer．in reality，is just discoursing on what makes good conversation．The King’s English is connected with “pub talk” when the writer describes the charming conversation he had with some people one evening in a pub on the topic “the King’s English” to illustrate his point that bar conversation in a pub has a charm of its own．2．1n this essay the writer alluded to many historical and literary event such as the Norman conquest，the saloons of 18th century Paris，and the words of many a man of letters．For a short expository essay like this，the allusions used are more than expected and desirable．3．Paragraph 5 is a transition paragraph by means of which the writer passes from a general discourse on good conversation to a particular instance of it．But one feels the change from “pub talk” to “the King's English” a bit too abrupt．4．The simple idiomatic expressions like "to be on the rocks，out of bed on the wrong side，etc．”may be said to go well with the copious literary and historical allusions the writer used for an informal conversational style to Suit the theme of this essay in which the writer tries to defend informal uses of language．5．The writer’s attitude towards “the King’s English” shows that he is a defender of democracy．Ⅳ．1．And conversation is an activity which is found only among human beings. (Animals and birds are not capable of conversation.)2．Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view．3．In fact a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept his point of view．4．People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed or engrossed in each other’s lives．5．The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong．6．These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feeding in the fields；but when we sit down at the table to eat．we call their meat beef．7．The new ruling class by using French instead of English made it difficult for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the rulers.8．The English language received proper recognition and was used by the King once more.9．The phrase, the King’s English, has always been used disrespectfully and jokingly by the lower classes. The working people very often make fun of the proper and formal language of the educated people.10．There still exists in the working people, as in the early Saxon peasants, a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the ruling class.11．There is always a great danger that we might forget that words are only symbols and take them for things they are supposed to represent. For example, the word “dog” is a symbol representing a kind of animal. We mustn’t regard the word “dog” as being the animal itself.12．Even the most educated and literate people do not use standard, formal English all the time in their conversation.V．See the translation of the text．Ⅵ·1. on the rocks：metaphor，comparing a marriage to a ship wrecked on the rocks2．get out of bed on the wrong side: be in a bad temper for the day (The meaning is perhaps derived from the expression “You got out of bed the wrong way”. It was an ancient superstition that it was unlucky to set the left foot on the ground first on getting out of bed.) 3．on wings：metaphor，comparing conversation to a bird flying and soaring．It means the conversation soon became spirited and exciting．4．turn up one’s nose at：scorn；show scorn for5．into the shoes：metaphor(or more appropriately an idiomatic expression)，think as if one were wearing the shoes of the Saxon peasant，i．e．as if one were a Saxon peasant6 come into one’s own：receive what properly belongs to one，especially acclaim or recognition657．sit up at：(colloquial)become suddenly alert and take notice ofⅦ．1．ignorant指缺乏知识，可以是就整体而言(如an ignorant man)，也可以是就某一具体方面或问题而言(如ignorant of the reason of their quarrel对他们争吵的起因毫无所知)；illiterate意为缺乏文化修养，尤指读写能力的缺乏；uneducated指没有受到正规的、系统的学校教育；unlearned意为学问不富(未必无知)，既可指一无所长，又可指某一方面所知有限，如unlearned in science，意为对科学懂得有限，但对其他学科，如文学、哲学等，倒可能是很精通的。

高级英语第二册l e s s o n1课后练习Lesson 1 Pub Talk and the King’s EnglishI. Paraphrase (P. 15)1. And it is an activity only of humans.(Para1)And conversation is an activity which is found only among human beings.2. Conversation is not for making a point. (Para.2)Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea. In a conversation we should not try to establish the force of an idea or argument.3. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose.(Para.2)In fact those who really enjoy and are skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept their point of view.4. Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other’s lives.(Para.3)Bar friends are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed in each other’s lives.5. …it could still go ignorantly on.(Para.6)The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong. 6. They are cattle in the fields, but we sit down to beef (boeuf).(Para.9)These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feeding in the fields; but when we sit down at the table to eat, we call their meat beef.7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language.(Para.11)The new ruling class by using French instead of English made it difficult for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the rulers.8. …English had come royally into its own.(Para. 13)The English language received proper recognition and was used by the king once more.9. The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes.(Para. 15)The phrase, the King’s English, has always been used disparagingly and jokingly by the lower classes. (或者The working people very often make fun of the proper and formal language of the educated people.)10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there.(Para.15)There still exists in the working people, as in the early Saxon peasants, a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the ruling class.11. There is always a great danger, as Carlyle put it, “words will harden into things for us.”(Para.16)There is always a great danger that we might forget that words are only symbols and take them for things they are supposed to represent.II. Explain the italicized words in the following sentences. (P. 15-16)1. …their marriage may be on the rocks…(Para.3)on the rocks: in a condition of ruin2. …they got out of bed on the wrong side…(Para.3)get out of bed on the wrong side: be in a bad temper for the day3. The conversation was on wings.(Para.8)on wrings: flying /spirited4. …the Norman lords of course turned up their noses at it. (Para.10)turn up one’s nose at: sneer at/scorn for5. …we ought to think ourselves back into the shoes of the Saxon peasnat. (Para.11) into one’s shoes: in another’s position6. …English had come royally into its own.(Para.13)come royally into one’s own: to receive what properly belongs to one7. …we sit up at the vividness of the phrase…(Para.18)sit up at: become suddenly alert toIII. Translation.A. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.(Para.1)动物之间的信息交流，不论其方式何等复杂，也称不上是谈话。

张汉熙版《高级英语》第二册 lesson 1 课后练习答案习题全解I.Las Vegas. Las Vegas city is the seat of Clark County in South Nevada. In 1970 it had a population of 125,787 people. Revenue from hotels, gambling, entertainment and other tourist-oriented industries forms the backbone of Las Vegas's economy, Its nightclubs and casinos are world famous. The city is also the commercial hub of a ranching and mining area. In the 19th century Las Vegas was a watering place for travelers to South California. In 1.855-1857 the Mormons maintained a fort there, and in 1864 Fort Baker was built by the U. S. army. In 1867, Las Vegas was detached from the Arizona territory and joined to Nevada. (from The New Columbia Encyclopedia )Ⅱ.以下内容需要回复才能看到1. He didn' t think his family was in any real danger, His former house had been demolished by Hurricane Betsy for it only stood a few feet above sea level. His present house was 23 feet above sea level and 250 yards away from the sea. He thought they would be safe here as in any place else. Besides, he had talked the matter over with his father and mother and consulted his longtime friend, Charles Hill, before making his decision to stay and face the hurricane.2. Magna Products is the name of the firm owned by John Koshak. It designed and developed educational toys and supplies.3. Charlie thought they were in real trouble because salty water was sea water. It showed the sea had reached the house and they were in real trouble for they might be washed into the sea by the tidal wave.4. At this Critical moment when grandmother Koshak thought they might die at any moment, she told her husband the dearest and the most precious thing she could think of. This would help to encourage each other and enable them to face death with greater serenity.5.John Koshak felt a crushing guilt because it was he who made the final decision to stay and face the hurricane. Now it seemed they might all die in the hurricane.6.Grandmother Koshak asked the children to sing because she thought this would lessen tension and boost the morale of everyone.7.Janis knew that John was trying his best to comfort and encourage her for he too felt there was a possibility of their dying in the storm.Ⅲ.1.This piece of narration is organized as follows. .introduction, development, climax, and conclusion. The first 6 paragraphs are introductory paragraphs, giving the time, place, and background of the conflict-man versus hurricanes. These paragraphs also introduce the characters in the story.2. The writer focuses chiefly on action but he also clearly and sympathetically delineates the characters in the story.3. John Koshak, Jr. , is the protagonist in the story.4. Man and hurricanes make up the conflict.5. The writer builds up and sustains the suspense in the story by describing in detail and vividly the incidents showing how the Koshaks and their friends struggled against each onslaught of the hurricane.6. The writer gives order and logical movement to the sequence of happenings by describing a series of actions in the order of their occurrence.7. The story reaches its climax in paragraph 27.8. I would have ended the story at the end of Paragraph 27,because the hurricane passed, the main characters survived, and the story could come to a natural end.9. Yes, it is. Because the writer states his theme or the purpose behind his story in the reflection of Grandmother Koshak: "We lost practically all our possessions, but the family came through it. When I think of that, I realize we lost nothing important.Ⅳ.1. We' re 23 feet above sea level.2. The house has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever caused any damage to it.3. We can make the necessary preparations and survive the hurricane without much damage.4. Water got into the generator and put it out. It stopped producing electricity, so the lights also went out.5. Everybody go out through the back door and run to the cars.6. The electrical systems in the car had been put out by water.7. As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland.8. ()h God, please help us to get through this storm safely.9. Grandmother Koshak sang a few words alone and then her voice gradually grew dimmer and stopped.10. Janis displayed rather late the exhaustion brought about by the nervous tension caused by the hurricane.Ⅴ.See the translation of the text.Ⅵ.1. main: a principal pipe or line in a distributing system for water, gas, electricity, etc.2.sit out: stay until the end ofe by;(American English) pay a visit4.blow in：burst open by the storm.5.douse:put out(a light，fire，generator。

SectionⅢDiscoveringUsefulStructures课后·训练提升一、用适当的关系词填空1.I live next door to a couple children often make a lot of noise.2.I saw a house,the windows of were broken.3.The first thing he did after arriving home was doing his homework.4.She has two sons,both of graduated from Harvard University.5.We have entered into an age dreams have the best chance of coming true.6.They were well trained by their masters had great eals.7.Their child is at the stage she can say individual words but not full sentences.8.She said she would do anything could help her mother recover from the disease.二、句型转换1.The committee set up last year contributes to environmental protection.→The committee set up last year contributes to environmental protection.2.Lily works in a company where there are many departments.→Lily works in a company there are many departments.3.The room whose window faces south belongs to me.→The room the window faces south belongs to me.4.The person I talked to just now is Mr Li.→The person I talked just now is Mr Li.5.The citizens living in the east protest against the proposal. →The citizens living in the east protest against the proposal.三、完形填空It’s about 250 miles from the hills of west-central Iowa to Ehlers’ home in Minnesota.During the long trip home,followi ng a weekend of hunting,Ehlers 1 about the small dog he had seen 2 alongside the road.He had tried to coa but,frightened,it had3 .Back home,Ehlers was troubled by that 4 dog.So,four days later,he called his friend Greg,and the two drove back.After a long and careful 5 ,Greg saw,across a field,the dog moving 6 away.Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaal to him.Nervousness and fear were replaced with 7 .It just started licking(舔) Ehlers’ face.A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one 8 as lost in the local paper.The ad had a phone number for a town in southernMichigan.Ehlers called phone the number of Jeff and Lisa to tell them he had 9 their dog.Jeff had 10 in Iowa before Thanksgiving with hisdog,Rosie,but the gun shots had scared the dog off.Jeff searched 11 for Rosie in the neinnesota,and then drove 100 miles to Minneapolis to put Rosie on a flight to Michigan.“It’s good to know there’s still someon e out there who cares enough to go to that kind of 12 ,”says Lisa of Ehlers’ rescue 13 .“I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as 14to it as I am to my dogs,” says Ehlers.“If it had been my dog,I’d hope that somebody would be 15 to go t hat extra mile.”1.A.read B.forgotC.thoughtD.heardfollowingaweekendofhunting可知,Ehlers是在狩猎回家的路上,再结合下文的hehadseen可知,此处表示他想起了他看到的那只小狗。