高级英语Lesson 1 (Book 2)Face to Face with Hurricane Camille 课后练习及答案
EXERCISES 1
I . Write a short note of about 100 words on Las Vegas.
Suggested Reference Books [ SRB ]
1. any standard gazetteer
2. Encyclopedia Americana
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ⅱ. Questions on content:
1. Why did John Koshak decide to stay and face the dangers of a devastating hurricane?
2. What does “Magna Products” stand for?
3. Why did Charlie think they were in real trouble when he found the water tasted salty?
4. Why did Grandmother Koshak, at this critical moment, tell her husband she loved him?
5. Why did John Koshak feel a crushing guilt?
6. Why did Grandmother Koshak ask the children to sing?
7. What did Janis understand when John put his arm around her?
Ⅲ. Questions on appreciation:
1. What is the organizational pattern of this piece of narration? How would you classify the first six paragraphs?
2. What does the writer focus chiefly on -- developing character, action (plot), or idea (theme) ?
3. Who is the protagonist or leading character in the story?
4. What opposing forces make up the conflict?
5. How does the writer build up and sustain the suspense in the story?
6. How does the writer give order and logical movement to the sequence of happenings?
7. At what point in the story does the action reach its highest point?
8. At what point would you have ended the story? Why?
9. Is the last paragraph important? Why?
Ⅳ. Paraphrase：
1. We're elevated 23 feet. (para 3)
2. The place has been here since 1915, and no hurricane has ever bothered it. (para 3)
3. We can batten down and ride it out. (para 4)