大学英语综合教程四Unit13答案

KEY TO EXERCISES
Text comprehension
I. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose of writing.
C.
II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.
1. F. Refer to Paragraph 1. What the author means by "The season was wrong" is that in the winter of Pennsylvania, it was impossible to see bluebirds, as the state is located in the northeastern part of the United States.
2. T. Refer to Paragraph 2.
3. F. Refer to Paragraph 13. The man had a playful spirit without an evil purpose. He played
a trick on his children, only to amuse them and make their hard life lively.
4. T. Refer to Paragraph 1
5.
5. F. Refer to Paragraph 20. Though it is true that in the narrator's view the presence of his children had boosted the old man's spirits, she didn't ascribe her father's survival exclusively to it. The medical work and, more importantly, the latent influence of the bluebirds were not to be ignored. The old man had a special feeling for blue-birds. It is sensible to believe that his constant concern for the creatures must have worked in his winning of the battle. This can be seen from his display of great care for the birds once he returned home from the hospital.
6. F. Refer to Paragraphs 27-28. The man pretended to have forgotten the name of the bird and asked the narrator about it. This was actually a reflection of his playful spirit deeply ingrained in him.
III. Answer the following questions.
1. Because her father was hospitalized for a heart attack. Since he had already experienced two attacks, the narrator was unsure whether the old man could survive this time.
2. The fact that every human being has an instinct for life couldn't account for everything here. There are more reasons why the old man didn't want to stop fighting his disease. For one thing, he had a family. He loved them and they loved him. For another, he couldn't rest assured of the bluebirds for whom he had a special feeling. In a sense, he no longer treated the creatures as animals but as humans and even as his own children. These new children, to him, needed more help from him than his grown-up children, as can be seen from his extraordinary concern for them when he was released from hospital.
3. Whatever job you do, you must put your heart into it.
4. The man was fascinated by the species and learned their characteristics through careful and long-term observations. He acquired the knowledge of the renowned quality of the creatures, the number of broods a pair would have and the help of the earlier nestlings offered to feed the later ones. All this made the narrator realize that her father had become an expert on this species.
5. First, they have the same number of children. The coal miner had six children to raise and Caruso's mate laid six eggs. Second, Caruso and his mate made herculean efforts to feed the nestlings just as the miner did to support his family , loading nine tons a day and going on to work once he was back home. What the bluebirds did probably reminded the old man and the
narrator of the hard life they had ever had. This may strengthen their affection for the creatures.
6. What the old man gave to the bluebirds was not just nesting boxes but his constant care as well, though his emotional offering may be unintelligible to the creatures. What the birds gave back was nothing else but a promise of hope and triumph. The spiritual support from the creatures must have worked in his recovery from his severe heart attack.
IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences taken from the text.
1 . The sparkle in his eyes often betrayed his playful spirit when they met your eyes in conversation.
2. Dad must have been encouraged by his children's presence at his bedside in his fight against the heart attack ...
3. Dad could only move around in the rooms downstairs, unable to climb upstairs or go out-side.
4. After the fight, she assumed again her arrogant posture while Caruso passionately went on with his pleasant courtship songs.
5. Suddenly one extremely clear morning, when the sky was as blue as the color of Caruso's courting clothing ...
Structure analysis of the text
In Part I (Paragraphs 1-7), the author tells us the background of her story, especially the importance of the small birds to her father. In Part Ⅱ (Paragraphs 8-19), she recalls the life of her father, his philosophy of life, his sacrifice for the family and children and then his love for the birds. In Part III (Paragraphs 20-30), she focuses on how her father treated the birds and how fee birds paid him back.
Rhetorical features of the text
The author used the following endearments to describe the playful character of her father; eyes ... wise as an owl's, sparkle with devilment (Paragraph 9), sly grin, the devilment that returned to his eyes (Paragraph 28). And her father called the bluebirds rascals.
More examples of endearment: A husband can call his wife "bitch" and the wife can call him "bastard" in some situations to express their love for each other in a playful way.
Vocabulary exercises
I. Explain the underlined parts in the sentences below.
1.shone brightly with mischief
2. make; shape
3. called for
4. natural home
5. forerunners; indicators
6. lean and tough body
Ⅱ. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.
1.drifting
2. sparkled
3. confinement
4. fervently
5. incubates
6. fledged
7. rapturous
8. Nestling
III. Choose a word that best completes each of the following sentences.
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. A
6. D
IV. Explain the meaning of the underlined word or phrase in each sentence.
1.discontinuation
2.construct
3.economically
4.wrong
5. in an awkward position
6. Professional
Grammar exercises
I. Note the position of the adjectives in the following sentences.
Although most of the adjectives are both attributive and predicate adjectives, some could function as attributive only while some others could function as predicate only. Aloof and well here are predicative adjectives.
Ⅱ. Make sentences with the adjectives given.
Note that total and sole are attributive adjectives while adrift, asleep, faint and ill are predicative adjectives when the latter two refer to body conditions.
III. . Explain the difference between the underlined parts in each pair.
1. A. takes charge of
B. trustworthy
2. A. temporary feature
B. permanent feature
3. A. worried
B. Related
4. A. permanent feature
B. temporary feature
IV. Improve the following sentences.
1. The sheriff was looking for a middle-aged woman driving a dark green Buick sedan with a little Scotch terrier beside her.
2. To start a conversation, I asked her for a light while waiting for the train.
3. Seymour lay in a hammock and watched the vultures circling steadily overhead.
4. Filled with eagerness, curiosity, and excitement, Nancy carefully unwrapped the small package.
5. We watched with the aid of powerful binoculars the gulls flying over the windswept waves and barren rocks.
6. The pair of antique candlesticks shining brightly on the table attracted the admiring glances of many visitors.
V. Make sentences of your own after the sentences given below, keeping the underlined structures in your sentences.
1. An excellent speaker, he was never at a loss for a word.
One of the most popular tourist sites in Italy, Pompeii had nearly two million visitors last
year.
2.Jim climbed slowly up the creaking steps, his courage slipping away at every step. Cartright sat there in silence, his right cheek twitching as usual.
Translation
I. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in the brackets.
1. In the old days women in Japan were more confined to the household.
2. This is a dull interlude in a speech sparkling with witticism.
3. While some basketball players like Michael Jordan were renowned for their magic skills, others were notorious for their scandals.
4. We all marveled at the perfection of his medical skills.
5. It is said that it took primitive men months or even years to fashion a single tool from stones.
6. The students hovered round their teacher, hoping to hear the examination results.
7. A strong sense of responsibility set him on taking over this hazardous task.
8. Nobody's got anything against you at all. Get that idea out of your head.
II. Translate the following passage into Chinese.
我父亲住在加拿大西部的一间小木屋里。

他在那里的山坡上和树林中开出了一处果园，从此便生活在花丛中，徜徉在逶迤曲折的小河旁。

有一次，在周围还有厚厚的积雪时，我带给他一盆报春花，但他不久就找了个机会说，他不喜欢提前开花的植物：它们夺走了他在春天来临时的欣喜。

他的爱似乎并不集中在他所拥有的天地里，而是散布在人和动、植物之间。

在他72岁的时候，一次中风夺走了他所喜欢的野外生活。

虽然他凭着自己的毅力，拄着一根拐杖，走上一英里左右，但是他的大部分时间是在隔窗眺望中度过的。

他告诉我说，在这里，变幻万千的云彩和波光粼粼的河水，往往使他一连几个小时充满着喜悦，把他的思想引入无边的遐想之中。

我相信这一点，并且相信他生活得愉快，因为他不仅从不抱怨，而且他的全身都散发着宁静祥和的气息。

后来当我老是在窗口看到他那慈祥苍老的面庞，眺望着山坡上的野鸡和知更鸟、还有远处的山谷和大地时，我意识到幸福的奥秘必定隐藏在那里。

Exercises for integrated skills
I. Dictation.
Environment protection/ is not only about green forests, tigers, blue skies/ and a handful of NGOs arguing for a noble cause. / It is big business. / With rapid population growth/ and the aggressive speed of industrialization the world over, / suppliers of pollution control equipment,/ cleaner technologies and related services/ are looking to cater to an enormous and growing market. / It has been estimated/ that the global market in these goods and services/ is around $550 billion, / and is likely to touch $640 billion by 2010. /
The market in these goods and services/ is clearly dominated by companies from the industrialized world. / The United States is the world's largest producer and consumer/ of these
goods and services, / apart from being the second largest net exporter after Germany. / The US, Japan and the European Union, put together, / control 85 per cent of the trade in this industry. / Most of the developing countries, / including India, / are net importers.
II. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE appropriate word.
1. For
2. who
3. be
4. in
5. in
6. with
7. consideration
8. while
9. before 10. to Listening exercises
TRANSCRIPT
Life on a Cotton Farm
Growing up in Mississippi we lived on a farm. And it was by this large lake and it was twelve miles long in the shape of a horseshoe, and a mile wide. Beautiful fresh water lake. We fished all day and enjoyed it. My father raised cotton, alfalfa, corn, you name it. And cotton was the main crop. And some years were very good but there were years when it was quite a gamble. Because he would plant the seeds and the rains would come as they do in Mississippi and wash away the seeds. And he'd have to start all over. So some years we didn't make as much money as others. We had the alfalfa to feed the cattle. And of course there were lots of rabbits that lived in there and we had a friend who had an airplane who dusted out the cotton crops. And he would use the alfalfa field to take off and land. And we had a little lumber company. My father called it the Grunt and Groan Lumber Company and he would cut down trees and make boards.
And in fact you have to do everything, on the farm. My mother and grandmother had recipes for how to make cold cream to whatever. They made everything. And you had to make everything count. We grew fruit trees and vegetables on the farm and we canned everything, even meats. And living on by a lake in the south we had alligators and they would come into the swimming area and we'd just make a lot of noise and scare them away so we could swim. And we fished all the time. And we had ... there was all kinds of fish there from gars to striped bass to white perch to you name it. We had soft-shelled turtles and mostly we had moccasins which were very dangerous. And mosquitoes. And my aunt would come to visit and she'd want to seine for bait to go fishing. And by bait I mean they were tiny tiny shrimps in there that were clear. They weren't pink as you're used to seeing but they were clear. You could see through them. And I was the one who had to take the seine out into the bayou to seine for this and bring it in. And one day I came in with the seine full of baby moccasins. Needless to say that is the last time I seined for her. And we used worms after that. And around the farm we had all kinds of wild things from wild grapes to persimmons, pecans and walnuts. It was kind of a paradise. And I miss it.
Key to Listening exercises:
A.
1. It is in Mississippi, by a large beautiful fresh water lake, which is twelve miles long in the shape of a horseshoe and a mile wide.
2.
• rabbits
• alligators
• all kinds of fish (gars, striped bass, white perch)
•soft-shelled turtles
• moccasins
• mosquitoes
• shrimps
• worms
3.
• cotton
• alfalfa
• corn
• fruit trees
• vegetables
• wild grapes
• persimmons
• pecans
• walnuts
B.
1. Not really. He had some good years, but also some bad ones.
2. He had a little lumber company.
3. They were good at making almost everything. They had all kinds of recipes.
4. No, they just made a lot of noise and scared them away.
5. She would want to seine for bait to go fishing.
6. It's a type of net, for catching fish.
Text II My Son, the Lion
Key to questions for discussion
1. When he asked the question, he meant to request his wife to allow him to bring the cub home.
2. They tried their best to give the cub the right food, held him and comforted him, and spent time playing with him in order to make him healthy and happy.
3. He was a bit frightened to live among other animals. He cowered in the grass when he saw the other lions, and refused to budge. It took him some time to realize that he was a real lion.
4. Man should treat animals in a friendly way and help them and protect them when they are in such a need. It is necessary for man to seek a harmonious relationship with animals.。