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1、Key to Exercises in Unit 1Text Comprehension I. Decide which of the foUowing best states the authors purpose. II. Judge, according to the text, whether the foUowing statements are true or false.1. T. Refer to Paragraph 1.2. F. Refer to Paragraph 1.What the author stated in the paragraph is that her

2、sister graduated from high school.3. F. Refer to Paragraph 3. They took a railroad train during the day.4. F. Refer to Paragraph 5. The conditions of the dining car might not be like what the authors mother had told them. She said so for fear that her kids could have been hurt by the fact that Black

3、 people were not allowed into railroad dining cars.5. F. Refer to Paragraph 6. She simply did not go with the other girls in the class because, as the nuns had told her, they would be staying in a hotel which would not rent rooms to blacks.6. T. Refer to Paragraph 12.7. T. Refer to Paragraph 17.8. F

4、. Refer to Paragraph 18. Her father only promised she could type it out on the office typewriter, but whether she managed to send the letter to the president was not mentioned.III. Answer the following questions.1. Refer to Paragraph 1. Washington D.C. is known to all for its special position, as ca

5、pital of the nation. The author, like many children who had never been to Washington D.C. before, could have only learned about it through story telling, as if it were a place existing in fables.2. Refer to Paragraphs 3 and 4. A mobile feast implies a large quantity and variety of food in a box incl

6、uding two roasted chickens, packed slices of brown bread and butter, green pepper and carrot sticks, a spice bun and rock-cakes, iced cakes and tea, sweet pickles, dill pickles, and peaches, which were prepared by their mother for them to eat on their way to Washington, D.C.3. Refer to Paragraphs 3,

7、 4, and 5. She must be kind, prudent, responsible, considerate and caring for her family.4. Refer to Paragraph 7. They lodged in one large room with two double beds, in a back-street hotel that belonged to a friend of her fathers who was in real estate.5. Refer to Paragraphs 8 and 9. She had long be

8、fore realized the national day celebration in her country was nothing but mockery for the Black people. As a black girl, she was in that silent agony that characterized all of her childhood summers. Apparently she hated the Fourth of July, but in essence, what agonized her was the racial discriminat

9、ion and segregation.6. Refer to Paragraph 16. The waitress dropped her eyes looking very embarrassed.7. Refer to Paragraphs 17 and 18. Discrimination against the blacks had been a long-established, deep-rooted and widespread practice in the country. Being black simply meant mistreatment. Therefore,

10、the unfair treatment they received at Breyers was not surprising at all; as blacks they should have expected this and had no reason to feel shocked and indignant.8. Refer to Paragraph 19. We can perceive the authors antagonism from such descriptions as the white waitress, the white counter, the whit

11、e ice cream, and the white pavement, the white stone monuments, and the white heat in Washington D.C., all of which made her sick to her stomach for the whole rest of that trip. In a word, it was the racial discrimination suggested by the dazzling color, white, that drove the author mad.IV. Explain

12、in your own words the following sentences taken from the text. 1. Mother meant to deliberately overlook whatever she did not like and could not change. 2. From June to the end of July school closed for the summer vacation. 3. Literarily, the writer was unable to open wide her eyes due to the dazzlin

13、g summer sunlight as well as her eyes defect. Figuratively, the freedom, equality and democracy all American citizens were allegedly entitled to were simply distorted images in the authors eye.4. Mother was bright and father brown, and the three of us girls represented gradations from bright to brow

14、n.5. Inside the Breyers, the soda fountain was so dim and the air so cool that the pain of my eyes was wonderfully lessened. 6. My forceful question got no response from my family; they remained silent as if they had done something wrong and shameful walking into Breyers.7. My anger was not going to

15、 be noticed or sympathized with by my family members who were similarly angry, though.Language WorkI. Explain the italicized part in each sentence in your own words.1. at the beginning of2. The whole family were already either actually busy making preparations or enjoying the ambience.3. a large enj

16、oyable meal on the train4. as if we had never been mistreated for being Black5. had partially caused6. was not going to be noticed or sympathized with by people feeling a similar angerIII. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box, using its appropriate form.1. The

17、local council has decreed that the hospitals that are not able to reach the service standards should close.2. When Hamlet murmured To be, or not to be, he was faced with an agonizing dilemma.3. The young mother smiled approvingly at her son who asked to play outdoors.4. The Prime Minister is now fir

18、mly ensconced in Downing Street with a large majority.5. We need a manager with plenty of flair to run the business in China.6. It is noticed that quick-minded people suffer no vulnerability to criticism.7. It was a relief to be outside in the fresh air again after staying weeks-long underground.8.

19、The governments avowed commitment to reduce tax has been largely appreciated.IV. Make a sentence of your own for each of the given words with meanings other than those used in the text. You may change the part of speech of these words.1. Liani presented me with the challenge, and I took it up.2. To

20、open a supermarket demands a large amount of capital.3. Well, its your turn to shuffle the pack and deal the cards.4. It would be a wise move to check the market first.5. The results of the test ran counter to expectations.6. Is there a drop of tea left in the pot?V. Fill in each blank with a defini

21、te, indefinite, or zero article.1. The 2. / 3. a 4. A 5. / 6. / 7. / 8. / 9. / 10. an 11. a 12. / 13. the 14. a 15. the 16. a 17. a 18. / 19. theVI. Put a word in each blank that is appropriate for the context.1. black 2. behave 3. mind 4. meant 5. mercy 6. though 7. before 8. worse 9. what 10. expe

22、rienced Exercises for Integrated SkillsTopics for discussion1. As far as the setting is concerned, the most important factors to take into account are time and place. In the story, the time is the 4th of July, the National Day of the U. S. A., while the place is Washington D. C., its capital city. T

23、his essay discloses the racial discrimination against the black people in a country that boasts freedom and equality for all people, white and colored.2. Yes. A person from a rural area might be looked at with a contemptuous glance. Female students might have the experience of being discriminated ag

24、ainst in their job-hunting. Such things are common and may be caused by factors that are social, psychological, economic, geographical, etc.Writing practice These three paragraphs are cited to illustrate good writing. Paragraph A, having 123 words, is tersely organized to focus on one idea, that the

25、 Great De-pression had slid to its nadir. This idea is briefly but effectively supported by several details: theunemployed workers sat idle during daylight; they gathered, talking about their misfortune, trying to seek out the causes of their ill fate, and protesting against the Government. Paragrap

26、hs B and C written by the same author deal with changes, changes in sights in Paragraph B and changes in sounds in Paragraph C. When we read the two paragraphs, we feel as if the author were saying to us, Listen, Im going to tell you how the sights of my hometown havechanged for the second paragraph

27、, and Now Ill tell you how the sounds have changed for thethird paragraph. The division of the changes into two paragraphs is natural and logical. We readershave the chance to savor the one sort of change before being treated to the other. However, if thetwo kinds of changes had been jumbled togethe

28、r in a single paragraph, the intensity and concentra-tion would have been totally mined. Computer in Our Lives (for reference) Computers are playing an increasingly important role in our lives. They are widely used in such fields as industry, business, transportation, and education. They have also w

29、orked wonders in military affairs and space travel. They have brought about a great revolution in office work. Even in ordinary families, people use computers to obtain different kinds of information. With the computer, writers write books, musicians compose music, and children receive instruction and play games. It is by no means an exaggeration to say that our lives would be much more difficult without computers. Despite all the benefits, however, computers can never replace the human brain, for it is man that has invented the computer and designed the programs for it. (119 words)