Unit 1
Text Comprehension
I. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose.
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II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true of false.
T F F F F T T F
IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
1. If she paid no attention to an unpleasant thing, perhaps it would not make her feel depressed. 2. From June to the end of July school closed for the summer vacation.
3. Literally, the author looked up at the monuments with her eyes half-closed because of the dazzling sunshine. Figuratively, the author meant that freedom, equality and democracy were simply distorted images, she could not “see” them clearly.
4. Mother was bright black. Father was brown black. We three girls represent different shades of
black between bright black and brown black.
5. Inside the soda fountain, it was so dim and cool that the pain of my eyes was wonderfully
eased.
6. No one answered my righteous and stern questions, they remained silent as if they had
committed something wrong.
7. My anger was not going to be sympathized or noticed by my family members, because they
themselves were similarly angry.
Language work
I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1. on the edge of the summer: at the beginning of the summer
2. preparations were found in the air around the house:
the atmosphere of excitement could be felt but it was not talked about. 3. a mobile feast:
a large and enjoyable meal on the train 4. as if we had never been black before: as if we had never been mistreated before 5. they had contributed to it: they had partially caused it
6. My fury was not to be acknowledged by a like fury:
my anger was not going to be noticed by my family members because they were similarly angry.
II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms.
bruise bruised scarred scar
soaking Dampen soaked dampen
admit acknowledged acknowledge admitted agony anguish anguish agony
III. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase from the box, using its appropriate form.
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had decreed agonizing approvingly ensconced flair
vulnerability relief avowed
V. Fill in each blank with an article.
the: 1, 13, 15, 19. a: 3, 11, 14, 16, 17. A: 4 an: 10
/ : 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 18.
VI. Put a word in each bland that is appropriate for the context. black behave mind meant mercy though before worse what experienced
Translation
I. Translate the following sentences into English.
I haven’t seen it myself, but it is supposed to be a really good movie. The hostess cut the cheese into bite-size pieces.
No one can function properly if they are deprived of adequate sleep. He carefully copied my pretense that nothing unusual had occurred. It was scorching outside; all the tourists escaped into the fan-cooled hut. I’ve come to see his fabled footwork that people talk so much about.
I’m not a teacher proper, since I haven’t been trained, but I’ve had a lot of teaching
experience.
Students tend to anticipate what questions they will be asked on the examination. II. Translate the following into Chinese.
如果美国对此时此刻的迫切性视而不见,低估黑人的决心,那么这对美国的命运将是休戚相关的。自由平等、令人心旷神怡的秋天遥遥无期,黑人正当愤怒的闷热夏季就不会消失。1963年并不是终结,而是开端。只要黑人得不到公民权益,美国就不可能有安宁和稳定。反抗的旋风会继续撼动这个国家的根基,直到正义光明的日子的来临。 Unit 2
Text comprehension
I. Decide which of the following best states the author's prupose. C
II. II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true of false. TFT TFT
IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
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1. My brother and I were unable to walk out quietly and secretly, like other children, to the open field to play kids' games, for we were forced to go to Chinese school.
2. Our kicking, screaming and pleading could not in the least make our mother change her mind about sending us to Chinese school.
3. She dragged us by force all the way from our home to school, a long hilly distance of seven blocks, finally leaving us, hostile and tearful, in front of the severe headmaster.
4. In Chinatown, large crowds of Chinese were coming and going with their routine responsibilities in a disorderly, overexcited way.
5. He was fastidiously particular about my mother's English. 6. Ultimately I was permitted to stop learning Chinese culture.
7. Finally I assume that I was one of the Americans and that I was not one of the Chinese. Unfortunately, I am, as a matter of fact, still Chinese.
Language work
I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1. Escorted on foot; leaving the two of us, hostile and tearful 2. unfamiliar exotic stale damp smell 3. would rather learn other things than 4. Fairly frequently
5. dull and, what's more, lacking individualities 6. eventually became the unintended
II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms. smell smell scent scent
chanted singing chanting singing
allowed; permitted allowed; permitted permitted permitted
III. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase from the box, using its appropriate form.
grant painstaking refined fragile stoical pleaded nagging heritage
V. Replace each of the italicized phrases by quantifiers.
1. few 2. fewer than 3. little 4. a few 5. little 6. a few 7. a little 8. a few 9. a little 10. less VI Put a word in each bland that is appropriated for the context. keep survive young which However because addition against themselves lost
Translation
I. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Nowdays, some parents are hard on their sons and daughters, asking them to learn English, to
learn to play the piano, to learn painting, and to learn many things.
2. He is determined to give up gambling, so when he sees his former gambling friends, he is
more than eager to disassociate himself from their company.
3. The reporters received a stern warning not to go to the earthquake-stricken area without official permission.
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4. Life is tough for parents whose kids fail to keep up in school.
5. The suspect considered sneaking away, but his family managed to dissuade him. 6. The cables are all bright yellow to prevent pedestrians from tripping over them. 7. Infuriated by the decision, he threw up his arms in exasperation.
8. The paint on the door of this old house has been blotched and striped by years of weathering.
II. Translated the following into English.
While absorbing the essence of a foreign culture, we should not be content with imitation without creation. An obsession with simple imitation will sterilize creation, and as such it will be impossible for us to scale new heights in art and impossible to present to the world excellent works of our own creation. Simple imitation is by no means equivalent to novelty and originality. On the contrary, novelty and originality result from the combination of modern and traditional styles, the combination of the distinctive features of foreign countries with those of our own nation, and the combination of artistry and education.
Unit 3
Text comprehension
I. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose. B
II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true of false. TTFF TTF
IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
1. We were waiting outside the cells, where prisoners under the death sentence were jailed. 2. We, government officials and inspectors, walked behind the warders and the prisoner.
3. I found the inexplicable injustice that was being done in putting to an end a prisoner's life, which was still in its prime.
4. The prisoner, who belonged to us now, would be promptly put to death.
5. People had a strong desire to sing, to run and snigger (after the hang was over).
6. You can hardly believe that it took as many as six warders to remove him from the cage bars.
Language work
I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1. who were scheduled to be hanged 2. who was a small, thin, and weak man
3. holding him firmly and continuously in a careful manner 4. carrying fifles that tilted over their shoulders 5. his muscles appeared to be functioning normally
6. we will lose a man who can also think and reason like us, and who is also a unique individual like each of us
II. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms. oscillate vibrate oscillated vibrating motion motion movement movement
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inspect examine inspect;inspected examine; examine suspended dangled suspend dangled
III. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase from the box, using its appropriate form.
homely appeal magistrates amicably solemn vanished twisted clumsily
V. Put the words in the parentheses into their appropriated tenses and aspects.
1. opened 2. saw 3. had been listening 4. wondered 5. had heard 6. asked 7. had been doing/was doing 8. said 9. had dropped 10. had been looking 11. didn't see 12. found 13. had dropped 14. opened 15. had been taking 16. were 17. turned 18. asked 19. pulled 20. ran 21. recovered 22. had disappeared 23. moved 24. found 25. had been standing 26. had been telling
VI. Put a word in each bland that is appropriated for the context.
1. letters 2.choice 3. whether 4. death 5. killed 6. aware 7. such 8. Abroad 9. abolition 10. same
Translation
I. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. My daughter started jumping up and down with rage when she heard she couldn't go. 2. The party was in full tide when the police burst in. 3. Helen reached out and took a glass from the cupboard.
4. Parents are more tolerant of children in public places that at home. 5. The discussion threw up a lot of interesting ideas. 6. It isn't polite to poke fun at your colleagues in public.
7. This room could do with a good cleaning for distinguished guests.
8. The fashion festival passed off peacefully, despite all sorts of fears the local government had. II. Translate the following into Chinese.
每天下午都有一队年迈的妇女背着柴草从我屋外的路上走过。由于上了年纪而又饱经日晒,她们他们一个个都变得象木乃伊似的干瘪,而且身躯都是那么瘦小。有一天,一个可怜的老年妇女蹒跚着从我身边走过,她身高不满四英尺,背着一大堆柴火。我拦住她,往她手里塞了一枚五苏的硬币。她的反应竟是一声近乎尖叫的哭喊,这喊叫含有感激的成分,主要还是出于惊讶。我想,在她看来,我会注意到她,似乎是违反了自然法则。对于自己作为一个老妇人,即作为一匹驮兽的地位,她是早已接受了的。每当一家人出门远行时,往往可以看到父亲和已经成年的儿子骑着驴子在前边走,而一个老太婆则背着包袱步行跟在后面。
Unit 4
Text Comprehension
IV Explain in your own word the following sentences taken from the text. 1. Her vivid expression and tender smile encouraged me to continue my lecture.
2. Although we seen to be living and studying so closely, we are virtually behaving like strangers.
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3. If we have no models of love to follow, we will be growing up lacking in love and not knowing how to love others.
4. If you are afraid of being misunderstood, explain your feelings in words to the person you're embracing.
5. Tears rolled down his father's cheeks as he spoke in a quiet voice.
6. As I am trying to ask others to offer love and feel loved, I am actually experiencing the same. 7. The continual efforts I have made to seek love have made my life richer and more meaningful.
Language work
I. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words. 1. fiddle with…nervously and anxiously 2. save me out of the situation 3. examined the students' name list
4. without having received sufficient love and not intending to show our love towards others 5. a long time (before or after)
6. communicate and make understood
II. 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. clumsier awkward awkward awkward ventred risked ventured ventured poignant pathetic poignant pathetic encountered meet met encountered
III. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box, using its appropriate form.
pursuit compliment virtually poise panicked vulnerable premise facility
IV. Transform the following sentences by reducing the finite clauses into non-finite clauses. Make other changes where necessary. 1. She stood up to be seen better.
2. Hearing him talk, your would think he was a celebrity. 3. He felt ashamed of having done so little. 4. We shall never make it without hurrying. 5. Here's something for you to do while waiting.
6. We ask every citizen to watch closely for any development in this matter. 7. While waiting at the dentist's, I read the whole story.
8. I feel it will be a rare occasion, occurring only once in many years. 9. Was Cortes the first European to have ever seen the Pacific Ocean? 10. We went via Worseter so as to avoid the traffic jam. 11. I don't remember you speaking on that subject. 12. We think it strange for him to say a thing like that.
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13. The first man to fly non-stop across the Atlantic was John Alcock. 14. He opened his mouth wide as if to speak. 15. Exhausted, the children fell asleep at once. 16. I can't understand him behaving so foolishly.
17. My bother got up early in order to have enough time to pack. 18. His work was so good as to make him internationally famous. 19. United, we will be able to stand; divided, we will fall. 20. I can't imagine anything happening to you.
VI. Put a word in each blank that is appropriated for the context. lack If help that comparison But other feet blood serve
Translation
I. Translate each of the following sentences into English, using the words or expressions given in the brackets.
1. After a late-night phone call of blackmail from an unknown man, she couldn't manage to pull herself through.
2. We should keep in mind that dining at a greasy spoon is unhealthy.
3. He believes that it's unreasonable for some people to enjoy wealth and privilege by virtue of power.
4. He spoke haltingly about how the scenes of horror in the sci-fi movie struck him.
5. That many youngsters have their hair colored stylishly does not mean that they are belief-starved.
6. At the sight of the treasure lost for ages, tears welled up in his eyes.
7. It is noticed that examinations can drive some students out of their mind. 8. She snapped the door shut, leaving for home.
II. Translate the following into English.
Fanny's mother died of breast cancer at the age of forty-seven, when her daughter was only fifteen, and Fanny's grandmother, because of lung cancer, had passed away in her fifties. That summer, Fanny found herself unable to bear the unsettling quiet of her house during the heavy afternoon. To fill the void, she often took to the shopping center, sat at the doughnut shop counter, trying to drown out the angry shouts of her cancer-stricken mother swirling in her head. She said she would not be a woman tied to her home, a woman waiting to die. Fortunately, Fanny's story seems to have a happy ending, because today both she, who is fifty-four, and her fifteen-year old son, Tom, are healthy.
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