综合英语3问题

pixy U1

1. Write and live on a farm.

2. Because they grow nearly all of their fruits and vegetables. They have enough eggs, honey and wood. They are very close to nature and can enjoy the beautiful scenery. Besides, they can go skiing and skating in winter.

3. No. Sometimes the good life can get pretty tough.

4. They were buried under five feet of snow from December through March.

5. When the first spring came, it brought two floods. The second flood refers to the good harvest in the growing season.

6. He decided to quit his job and start to freelance.

7. He has to crawl into black bear dens for “Sports Illustrated”, hitch up dogsled racing teams for “Smithsonian” magazine, check out the Lake Champlain “monster” for “Science Digest”, and canoe through the Bo undary Waters Wilderness area of Minnesota for “Destinations”.

8. As for insurance, they have only bought a poor man’s major-medical policy and the policy on their two cars.

9. They cut back their expenses without appreciably lowering their standard of living. For example, they patronize local restaurants instead of more expensive places in the city. They still attend the opera and ballet but only a few times a year. They eat less meat, drink cheaper wine and see fewer movies.

10. A tolerance for solitude and lots of energy.

11. They will leave with a feeling of sorrow but also with a sense of pride at what they have been able to accomplish.

12. They chose to live in the country because they want to improve the quality of their lives. Yes, they have finally realized their dreams.

U2

1. Because he was confident that the Creator intended all men to be created equal. And he never gave up struggling for that freedom.

2. To learn more about a man who was, in many years, an African-American Moses.

3. It was a secret web of escape routes and safe houses that was used to liberate slaves from the American South. A long list of courageous men and women like Josiah Henson forged it.

4. To remember the heroes of the Underground Railroad and song their exploits.

5. By saving enough money through working at the trade of iron molding.

6. Because helped people to slip by the slave hunters.

7. Driven by religious convictions.

8. The risk of being imposed a fine or a brief jail sentence.

9. They were usually easy to recognize

10. Because slavery had been abolished there in 1833, and Canadian authorities encouraged the runaways to settle their vast virgin land.

11. Because the master was planning to sell him for plantation work far away which would make him separated forever from his family.

12. Member of the Underground Railroad provided for their welfare carefully and set them thirty miles on their way by wagon, and a captain gave them a dollar and arranged for a boat which carried them to Canada.