自考高级英语上册 lesson 11课后答案

On Getting Off to Sleep
by J.B. Priestley
课后练习(Exercises on the text)
A.
1. The author thinks that humor: can save grace of us and
weshould die of vexation without it.
2.Yea.
3.No. .
4. No.
5. No.
6. The author thinks that the matter of sleep can best
illustrate the contrariness of things.
7. He can do anything but sleep when he lies between the
sheets at a late hour.
8. The author thinks that the best way of inducing sleep is
to imagine a dialogue with a friend, whose task ,without
anything like fancy and wit, is boring.
B.
1．人是一个矛盾的集合体！
2．我们的思想和头脑中的意象是完全有形的东西。

3．我过去常常怀着惊奇的心情去读那些吹捧好战的超人的故事……
4．人为的催眠法有很多，但都不灵。

5．当她的大脑对这种单调的生活感到厌倦时，睡眠自然就会来。

6．她最喜欢的方法就是想象一幅画在墙上没挂正，她去把它弄正。

7．但是我还没有放弃寻找加快睡眠的方法。

8. 今天晚上，我就要抛弃诸如数跳羊和扶歪画之类的想象。

C.
1. clenched
2. refreshed
3. straighten
4. remonstrated
5. of no avail
6. eventual
7. meditated
8. inhuman
D.
1. contradiction
2. dim
3. tormented
4. induces
5. meditated
6. literal
7. imaginary
8. crooked
E.
1. the opposites in a contradiction
2. go on shilly-shally
3 .inconsistent provocation
4. come in continuous crowds
5. coming out
6. considering these words to be true, I would do according
to the fables.
7. protest
8.lulling
F.
Someone will sleep as soon as his head touches the pillow. Someone will pass hours in sleeplessness in bed. The very act
of concentration makes him more wakeful than ever. 1 belong
to the latter. I die of sleepiness when I write. But when I get
into bed, 1 can do anything but sleep. I can compose grand symphonies, paint magnificent pictures and write wonderful articles. The artificial ways of inducing sleep are legion
but are only alike in their ineffectuality. When 1 can't sleep
at night, I imagine a dialogue with an imaginary friend till 1 either laugh or fall asleep. I find that it answers to induce sleep.
G.
In this essay, sleeplessness is talked about ironically. Therefore, touches of humour and exaggerations can be seen here and there. For instance, "… stare at the reproachfully blank paper…", "sleep is a coy mistress, much given to a teasing inconsistency …" Reading these, the audienc e can' t help laughing. In the mean time, the author's meaning is forcefully conveyed. One example will suffice to show that the author is
a master of exaggeration. In the essay, he said, "When I am in the humour, I can compose grand sy mphonies …" In this way, the author's ideas are vividly presented. According to the author, insomnia is an agony. But it is praiseworthy. It shows the man lacks no sympathy or depth if he suffers from sleeplessness. On the other hand, those who find no difficulty in falling asleep
are inhuman and are lacking in depth.。