Unit-11-The-Story-of-an-Eyewitness习题答案综合教程四

Unit11TheStoryofanEyewitnessKeytotheExercisesTextcomprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurposeofwriting.BII.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.T(RefertoParagraph1:Theearthquakebroughtaboutalossofthousandsofdollarsworthofhousingwhiletheconflagrationburneduphundredsofmillionsofdollarsworthofproperty.)2.T(RefertoParagraph1,inwhichitissaidthatThereisnoestimatingwithinhundredsofmillionstheactualdamagewrought,meaningthatitisimpossibletoestimatetheactualdamagewithinhundredsofmillionsofdollars.)3.F(RefertoParagraph6,whereitisindicatedthatthepurposeofman'sdynamitingthecitywastopreventtheadvancementofthefuriousfireratherthanmaliciouslydestroythecity.)4.F(RefertoParagraph6,whereitisshownthatorganizedfirefightersmadeeffortstocombattheflames.)5.F(RefertoParagraphs11?2,whichtellusthatthemenbroketheirheartovertheirtrunksbecausetheywerecompelledtoabandontheirtrunks,whichcontainedtheirfamilytreasuresandwhichtheyhadbeendraggingalongwithgreatdifficultyforadozenhours.)6.T(RefertoParagraphs13?4,whichshowthattwentyhoursaftertheearthquake,milesandmilesofmagnificentbuildingsandskyscrapersstillstoodintact.)III.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.RefertoParagraph4.Theyrefertotheshrewdman-madeconveniencesoflifeandsafeguardsinSanFranciscosuchasthestreets,thesteelrails,thetelephoneandtelegraphsystems.2.RefertoParagraph5.No.Awayfromtheburningcity,itwasdeadcalm.Insideit,however,theflameswerebecomingmoreandmorerampantandtheheatedairbecamelighterandlighterandrosecontinuously.Thusadiscrepancyofairpressurewasformed.Consequently,underthehigherpressurefromoutside,airwaspouringinuponthecitywheretheatmosphericpressurewaslower.3.RefertoParagraph6.Itwasveryhardorevenimpossibleformantohalttheadvancementoftheflames.Hiseffortstocombattheconflagrationturnedouttobeuseless.4.RefertoParagraph7.Astheauthorseesit,itwillbeimpossibletoknowtheexactnumberofthevictimsoftheearthquakebecausealltheirtraceshavebeenerasedbytheflames.5.RefertoParagraph11,whichtellsusthatoneofthetasksofthesoldierswastokeepthetrunk-pullersmovingsoastoreducethelossoflivesinthedisaster.6.RefertoParagraph16.Manhadtriedhisbesttofightagainsttheflames,andyettheconflagrationwasgettingallthemorerampant.Moreover,wateranddynamite,withwhichthefiremenfoughtagainsttheflames,wereexhausted.Sotheyhadnochoicebuttoadmitdefeat.IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentences.1.Exceptforsomedwellinghousesonitsoutskirts,SanFranciscohasalmostcompletelydisappearedfromtheworldandonlyremainsinpeople'smemories.2.Nothingcouldstoptheforcefuladvancementoftheflames.3.ThecourageousandbravedeedsinthefirefightingwouldfillupalibraryifrelatedinwritingandexhausttheCarnegiemedalfundifrewarded.4.Sometimesallmembersofafamilyfastenedthemselveswithstrapstoacarriageordeliverywagonthatwasheavilyloadedwiththeirpossessions.5.TwoUnitedStatessoldierssatastrideontheirhorsesandcalmlywatchedtheconflagration,theirshapescontrastingsharplywiththewallofflamebehindthem.StructuralanalysisofthetextThetopicsentenceisThereisnoestimatingwithinhundredsofmillionstheactualdamagewrought,inParagraph1.Itisdevelopedinthefollowingparagraphsbyachronologicaldescriptionofthedestructioncausedbytheearthquakeandthesubsequentconflagrationsaswitnessedbytheauthor.Furthermore,theauthordescribesthephysicaldestructionofthecityfirstandthenthequietandcalmreactionsofthecitydwellers.RhetoricalfeaturesofthetextInParagraphs8and14therearesimilarstructures:Isawnotonewomanwhowept,notonemanwhowasexcited,notonepersonwhowasintheslightestdegreepanic-stricken./Therewerenofiremen,nofire-engines,nomenfightingwithdynamite.Theseparallelsentenceshelptoillustratethedestructivepoweroftheearthquakeandconflagrations.VocabularyexercisesI.Explaintheunderlinedpartineachsentenceinyourownwords.1.movedslowlybackandforth2.ingeniousdevicesandprotectivemeasures3.resisting4.fillwithasupply5.politeorconsiderateinmanner6.threatII.Fillintheblankineachsentencewithawordorphrasefromtheboxinitsappropriateform.1.wasweighteddown2.outofgear3.wipeout4.burdenedwith5.crumbled6.playedout7.tosweepdown8.aflickerofIII.Fillintheblankswiththeappropriateformsofthegivenwords.1.withdrawal2.adjust3.enumerate4.hysterically5.courteous6.devastation7.disruption8.vacancyIV.Choosethewordthatcanreplacetheunderlinedpartineachsentencewithoutchangingitsoriginalmeaning.1.C2.D3.A4.D5.B6.A7.C8.BV.Giveasynonymoranantonymofthewordunderlinedineachsentenceinthesenseitisused.1.Synonym:invention(creation,innovation)2.Synonym:enormous(immense,mammoth)3.Antonym:economically(thriftily,frugally,sparingly)4.Antonym:smooth(level,even)5.Synonym:plod(drudge,labor)6.Antonym:unsociable(discourteous,ill-mannered)7.Synonym:plot(patch)8.Synonym:edge(boundary,margin)VI.Explainthemeaningoftheunderlinedpartineachsentence.1.way2.controlled3.forexample4.finished5.beabletodealwithit6.makingGrammarexercisesI.Identifythesubjectandthepredicateverbinthefollowingsentences.1.subject:theearthquakepredicateverb:came2.subject:thesuckpredicateverb:was3.subject:herpeoplepredicateverb:were4.subject:trunkspredicateverb: