高级英语1练习答案（Unit-1）

高级英语1练习答案（Unit-1）

高级英语1第1单元练习答案

I. Text Comprehension

1. Decide which of the following best states the author's

purpose.

A.To condemn with the author's own experience racial

discrimination in American society as late

as the 1940s.

B.To describe the author's trip with her family to Washington

D.

C. as a graduation present.

C.To disclose the fact that the black people were still leading

a poor life in the United States. Key: [ A ]

2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following

statements are true or false.

1.The author took her first trip to Washington D. C. at the

beginning of the summer upon her

graduation from the eighth grade. [ T ]

2.The author's sister graduated at the same time from the

same school. [ F ]

3.They went at night on a milk train to Washington D. C.

because it was cheaper. [ F ]

4.The dining car food in the 1940s always cost too much

money and no one could tell whose

hands had been playing all over that food, nor where those

same hands had been just before.

[ F ]

5.Phyllis's high school senior class trip had been to

Washington D. C. before, but she didn't enjoy herself at all. [ F ]

6.The author's father, moved by the historical surroundings

and the heat of early evening, decided

to entertain the family again. [ T ]

7.Insulted by the waitress's words, the author and her family

turned around and marched out of

the store, quiet but outraged. [ T ]

8.The author wrote and typed her angry letter and managed

to mail it to the president of the

United States. [ F ]

II. Writing Strategies

1. Flashback:

A flashback (闪回) is a technique used by writers. It is often

used in movies, television and literature. It involves a character

remembering something that happened to him in the past.

Activity: Besides P aragraph 2, you’re expected to find out

some other paragraphs that contain this technique.

Tips: Besides Paragraph 2, Paragraphs 6, 8 and 9 contain or

involve flashbacks.

Here is a movie clip from The Bourne Ultimatum, in which

the technique of flashback is used.

2. Symbolism

Symbolism in art tries to show not what is real but what could

stand instead of what exists. It deals with ideas that aren't

physical, mostly.

e.g. Moby-Dick: representation of an unknowable God;

Scarlet Letter: The scarlet letter “A” is meant to be a symbol

of shame, but instead it

becomes a powerful symbol of identity to Hester.

Activity: Find some examples of symbolism in the text. Tips: “summer brightness” (Paragraph 8)

“corolla of dazzling whiteness” (Paragraph 9)

“white mottled marble” (Paragraph 15)

The repeated “white” in the last paragraph, and it reveals t

he phony democracy of the

United States and the false freedom of colored people, which

drove our writer mad and

indignant.

III. Language Work

1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own

words.

1)The first time I went to Washington D.C. was on the edge

of the

at the beginning of

2)Preparations were in the air around our house before

school was even over.

the whole family were already either actually busy making

preparations or enjoying the ambience

3)In fact, my first trip to Washington was a mobile feast.

a large enjoyable meal on the train

4)…as if we had never been Black before.

as if we had never been mistreated for being black.

5)My parents wouldn't speak of this injustice, not because

they had contributed to it.

had partially caused

6)My fury was not going to be acknowledged by a like fury.

was not going to be openly sympathized with by people

displaying a similar anger

2. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair

in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them.

bruise scar

Explanation: bruise indicates an injury of the surface flesh,

caused by a blow that does not necessarily break the skin and

that results in a marked skin; the word can also suggest the

tendency to turn black-and-blue from small impacts. Scar refers

to the forming of a mark over a healed wound or suggests the

doing of damage that will leave a lasting mark.

1)Be sure to store these tropical fruits carefully as they bruise

easily.

2)She continued massaging her right foot, which was bruised

and aching.

3)He was scarred for life during a pub fight.

4)This is something that's going to scar him forever.

dampen soak

Explanation: Dampen is to make or become somewhat wet,

emphasizing the moist condition that results. In a figurative

sense, the word means to depress. Soak means to wet thoroughly,

implying immersion. To soak something is to place it in liquid and

leave it long enough for the liquid to act upon it.

1)Nothing quite beats the luxury of soaking in a long and hot

bath at the end of a tiring day.

2)Dampen the stamp at the back and stick it on the envelope;

there you are.

3)I've gotten my feet thoroughly soaked in the cold, feeling

frozen through and through.

4)I hate to dampen your spirits, but aren't you overlooking a

few minor points?

acknowledge admit

Explanation:Acknowledge is to accept responsibility for