高级英语Lesson2(BooK2)Marrakech课后练习级答案

EXERCISES2Ⅰ.Writeshortnoteson:MarrakechandMorocco.SuggestedReferenceBooks[SRB]1.anystandardgazetteer2.EncyclopaediaBritannicaⅡ.Questionsoncontent:1.Insteadoftellingthereaderthatthenativesarepoor,Orwellshowspovertyinatleastfiveways.Identifythem.2.HowarepeopleburiedinMarrakech?3.Explainthesentence,Allcolonialempiresareinrealityfoundeduponthatfact.(para3)4.Whatdoyouthinkmedievalghettoeswerelike?5.Whydoesthewritersay,AgoodjobHitlerwasn'there?6.Whatkindofpeople,accordingtoOrwell,arepartlyinvisible?Whydoeshestressthispoint?7.HowwaslandcultivatedinMorocco?8.Whywastheoldwomansurprisedwhenthewritergaveherafive-soupiece?9.Whatdideverywhitemanthinkwhenhesawablackarmymarchingpast?Ⅲ.Questionsonappreciation:1.Thethingsofvalue,OrwellsaysinWhyIWrite,arealwayspolitical.Isthisessaypolitical?Hasthewritersaidanythingofvalue?2.Orwelldescribeshumansufferingandmiseryratherobjectively.Howthencanyoutellthatheisoutragedatthespectacleofmisery?3.Whydoesthewriterrevealhisfeelingsaboutthedonkeysbutconcealhisfeelingsaboutthepeople?,Whateffectdoesthiscontrasthaveonthereader?4.Couldparas4-7justaswellcomeafter8-15asbefore?Couldothergroupsofparagraphsberearranged?Whatdoesthisindicateabouttheorganization?Whatgivestheessaycoherence?5.Doesthisessaygivereadersanewinsightintoimperialism?Hasthewritersucceededinshowingthatimperialismisanevilthing?6.CommentonOrwell'slucidstyleandfineattentiontosignificantdescriptivedetails.Ⅳ.Paraphrase:1.Theburying-groundismerelyahugewasteofhummockyearth,likeaderelictbuilding-lot.(para2)2.Allcolonialempiresareinrealityfoundeduponthatfact.(para3)3.TheyriseoutOftheearth,theysweatandstarveforafewyears,andthentheysinkbackintothenamelessmoundsofthegraveyard(para3)4.Acarpentersitscrossleggedataprehistoriclathe,turningchair-legsatlightningspeed.(para9)5.Instantly,fromthedarkholesallround,therewasafrenziedrushofJews(para10)6.everyoneofthemlooksonacigaretteasamoreorlessimpossibleluxury(para10)7.Still,awhiteskinisalwaysfairlyconspicuous.(para16)8.Inatropicallandscapeone'seyetakesineverythingexceptthehumanbeings.(para16)9.NoonewouldthinkofrunningcheaptripstotheDistressedAreas.(para17)10.fornine-tenthsofthepeopletherealityoflifeisanendless,backbreakingstruggletowringalittlefoodoutofanerodedsoil(para17)11.Sheacceptedherstatusasanoldwoman,thatistosayasabeastofburden.(para19)12.Peoplewithbrownskinsarenextdoortoinvisible.(para21)13.Theirsplendidbodieswerehiddeninreach-me-downkhakiuniforms(para23)14.Howlongbeforetheyturntheirgunsintheotherdirection?(para25)15.Everywhitemantherehadthisthoughtstowedsomewhereorotherinhismind.(para26)Ⅴ.Translateparas20and21intoChinese.Ⅵ.Lookupthedictionaryandexplainthemeaningoftheitali-cizedwords:1.wailingashortchantoverandoveragain(para2)2.anArabnavvyworkingonthepathnearby(para6)3.hestoweditgratefully(para7)4.hisleftlegiswarpedoutofshape(para9)5.astheJewsliveinaself-containedcommunity(para11)6.theploughisawretchedwoodenthing(para18)7.allofthemaremummifiedwithageandthesun(para19)8.theirsplendidbodieswerehiddeninreach-me-downkhakiuniforms(para23)9.sohadtheofficersontheirsweatingchargers(para26)Ⅶ.Discriminatethefollowinggroupsofsynonyms:1.wail,cry,weep,sob,whimper,moan2.frenzy,mania,delirium,hysteria3.glisten,glitter,flash,shimmer,sparkleSuggestedReferenceBooks[SRB]1.Webster'sNewWorldDictionaryoftheAmericanLanguage2.Webster’sNewDictionaryofSynonyms3.Reader'sDigest,UsetheRightWordⅧ.Studytheformationofthefollowingcompoundnounsandlist5-10examplesofeach:1.burying-ground2.gravestone3.mid-air4.overcrowding5.nine-tenthsSuggestedReferenceBooks[SRB]1.anystandarddictionary2.anybookonlexicologyorwordbuildingIX.Inthisessay,thewritermakeseffectiveuseofspecificverbs.List10specificverbsyouconsiderusedmosteffectivelyandgiveyourreasons.Ⅹ.Eachofthefollowingsentencesmaybemademorecompactbypropersubordination.Rewritethem,usingsubordinateclauses,appositives,prepositionalorverbalphrases:1.TheBritisharmyhadlostallitsequipmentatDunkirk,andtherewasonlyasinglearmoreddivisionlefttoprotectthehomeisland.2.Thedryprairielandwilldriftawayinduststorms,butitisstillbeingplowedforprofitlesswheatfarming.3.Theeducationalprogrammaysucceed,butithastohavemorethanmerefinancialsupportfromthegovernment.4.Theyhavewastedtheirnaturalresources,buttheyshouldhaveprotectedandconservedthem.5.TheCaldwellfamilyopenedthefirstroughtrailandsoonothersettlerswerecoming.6.TheSmithsonianInstitutionisconstantlyworkingforabetterunderstandingofnatureforman'sbenefit,anditgetslittleornopublicity.7.QueenMarywaseasilyshakenbypassions.Theywerebothpassionsofloveandpassionofhatredandrevenge.8.Idreadedopeningthedoorofhisoffice,butitwasonlyforafewdays.9.ItwasearlymorningandtherewasafogandsoIcrawledoutandmademywaytothebeach.10.Ileftthedoorofthesafeunlockedandtooktheleatherbagofcoinsandwalkeddownthestreettowardthebank.Ⅺ.Readthefollowingparagraphsandthenanswerthequestions:1)Whatisthetopicsentence?2)Hasthewritersucceededinachievingunity?Giveyourreasons.1.Lifeonthefarmisaneternalbattleagainstnature.Thereisalwaystherushtoharvestthecropsandtogetnextyear'sgrainplantedbeforethefallrains