阅读教程 1 Unit 3 答案

阅读教程Book 1 Unit 3答案

I. Reading for information

A. Reading to find main ideas

1-6: D B D A B C

II. Translation

1 He will spare the policeman the details — just tell what she has done, what is in the wallet.

他会对警察保留那些细节——只告诉他这女人干了什么，以及皮夹里有些什么东西。

2 She glances at him with no sort of recognition.

她瞟了他一眼，似乎根本不认识他。

3 Is this all you characters think about — picking up girls like we were stray animals?

你们这些家伙怎么老想这个，我们女孩子难道是走失的猫狗，你们随随便便就能

搞到手？

4 He is pleased to have said “lifted,” thinking it sounds more worldly than“stole” or “took” or even “ripped off.”

他很得意自己用了“摸走”这个词，他觉得这个字眼比“偷走”、“盗走”，甚至“掏走”，听上去更加妥帖。

5 Though he is relieved, the man thinks that for the rest of his life he will feel guilty around policemen, and ashamed in the presence of women.

虽然释去了重负，但他觉得从今以后自己看到警察都会有犯罪感，在女人们面前都会难为情了。

III. Summary

Complete the following statements with words and expressions from the box. Use their proper forms.

1 The man is waiting at the ticket counter when he notices a beautiful black-haired girl in a leather coat .

2 He goes to a cocktail bar for a drink and catches sight of the black-haired girl who is talking with a blonde girl near a Travellers Aid counter.

3 He is buying a magazine to read during the flight when he becomes aware that someone is jostling him. It turns out to be the black-haired girl who blushes and moves away.

4 He realizes that his wallet has been lifted when he reaches into his back pocket for it. He at once understands that it is the black-haired girl who has taken his wallet.

5 He finds the black-haired girl sitting against a front window and asks her to return his wallet or he will hand her over to the police.

6 The black-haired girl gives him a wrong wallet and starts to run. He bolts after her.

7 Later the blonde girl runs after him and claims he has stolen her wallet.

Reading Strategies(2)

Guessing Unknown Words

Exercises

I. Read the following sentences and guess the meaning of the highlighted words.

1. famished: 非常饥饿的

2. flipper: 游泳时套在脚上的鳍状橡皮脚蹼

3. shred: 碎片，细条

4. trudge: 跋涉，吃力地走

5. lintel: 门楣

6. gaudy: 俗丽的，没有品味的

7. sallow: 灰黄色的，气色不好的

8. surreptitiously: 偷偷地

9. goggle: 瞪大眼睛看

10. pillion: 摩托车的后座

II. Read the following text and guess the meaning of the highlighted words and expressions.

1. baggy pants:肥大而松垂的裤子

2. fall flat: 失败

3. cripple: 使陷入瘫痪

4. shapeless: 不成样子的

5. flap: 摆动

6. wink: 眨眼

7. smirk: 假笑

8. ribald: 粗鄙的，下流的

9. wisecrack: 俏皮话

10. get sb. down: 使……沮丧

11. plant one on: 给了……一拳

12. intervene: 调停，干涉

13. suspend: 暂令停职

14. reinstate: 使复职

Part II Reading for Pleasure

Exercises

Answer the following questions.

1 What is the thief in the story? A boy or what?

It is not a human but a rat.

2 Why does the thief like this neighborhood?

Because people in this neighborhood are careless and unobservant and it is always easy for him to find plenty of food.

3 What is the thief’s attitude towards the people on this street?

Though he likes them and thinks they are like gods, he sometimes feels a little disdainful of their careless wastefulness.

4 Why is the thief not afraid of the cat in the family at all?

Because the cat is too fat and complacent to exert itself to chase away intruders like him.

5 What lessons can we learn from the story?

Never get too self-conceited like the thief in the story, otherwise you will one day pay for it.