自考高级英语课后习题及答案上下全.doc

Lesson one Rock Superstars: What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society ?

Exercises

A.Answer the following questions on the text:

1.what is the function of the two quotations ? Are they appropriate ?

2.What does the author attempt to illustrate with the three examples at the beginning of the article?

3.According to Irving Horowitz , what is the sociological significance of rock music ?

4.In what sense did Elvis Presley prove what Horowitz and Rundgren believed ?

5.How did Bob Dylan , the Beatles , and the Rolling Stones differ from each other politically ?

6.What other major subjects did rock music deal with apart from politics ?

7.What rewards did rock superstars get ?

8.Has the author given a complete answer to question he raises in the title? Why do you think the author ends the article the way he does ?

Key A

1.The author uses the two quotations to introduce his ideas . Yes , they are .

2.The author uses the three examples to show that the young people worship the rock superstars very much , but the adults find they are sick , The examples show that young people and adults have a totally different attitudes towards rock music .

3.Rock music can express its times . He sees it as a debating forum where American society struggles to define and redefine its feeling and beliefs .

4.When he appeared on the Ed . Sullivan Sunday night variety show , a debate took place . The old people frowned while the young viewers applauded.

5.Bob Dylan touched a nerve of disaffection. The Beatles urged peace and piety . The Rolling Stones demanded revolution .

6.Apart from politics , the rock music dealt with feelings and emotions.

7.The rock superstars got applause , praise and money .

8.No , he hasn’t . He want s to leave the question to the re aders and let them think .

B Translate the following into Chinese :

1.“Jagger,” he said , “grabs a half –gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform , sprinkling its contents over the first few rows of sweltering listeners .

2.How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship ?

3.Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown , perhaps because he acts out your wildest fantasies ?

4.Some sociologists say that your answers to them could explain a lot about what you are thinking and about what your society is thinking –in other words , where you and your society are .

5.It’s just that Elvis managed to embody the frustrated teenage spirit of the

1950s .

6.Feelings always a part of any musical statement were a major subject .

7.This country element , Horowitz feels , helped its audience express an urge to “get away from it all , “ to “go back to the old days .”

8.In one 1972 national opinion poll , more than 10 percent of the high school boys and 20 percent of the girls said their hero was a rock superstar.

KeyB

KeyB

1他描述道:”贾格尔拿着半加仑水, 顺着舞台前沿,边跑边把水洒向前排汗流浃背的歌迷身上.”

2. 你如何看待这种赞美和英雄崇拜?

3. 还是由于他把你狂热的幻想用行动表现出来,你神不知鬼不觉地被这个不可思议的小丑所吸引?

4. 一些社会学家认为你对这些问题的回答,很能说明你在想什么,社会在想什么..换句话说, 可以说明你和社会的态度.

5. 只不过艾尔维斯的演唱表现了50年代青少年那种沮丧的精神状态.

6. 感情总是任何音乐表达的必要成分,也是一个重要议题.