IV. Point out some American colloquial expression from the text: a month of Sundays dumb a casual kick fire away a deal will-heeled laughs pin-up
keen kid nothing upstairs go steady get to date terrific mad Nuts Yummy guy
dreamy knock me out
darn knot-head jitterbug
V. Why the chief attraction of \ The humor lies in five aspects: 1. the title, 2. the author’s note, 3. the contrast in the language, 4. the ending, 5. the choice of names. VI. Comment on the rhetorical devices of the following statements: 1.There is a limit for what flesh and blood can bear. ______
2.The first man has poisoned the well before anybody could drink from it. He has .hamstrung his opponent before he could even start. _____ 3.It was like digging a tunnel. _____
4.it is not often that one so young has such a giant intellect. _____
5.I was not Pygmalion; I was Frankenstein, and my monster had me by the throat. _____
6.“Holy Toledo!” he repeated fifteen or twenty times. ______ 7.Logic, far from being a dry, pedantic discipline, is a living, breathing thing, full of beauty, passion, and trauma. ______
8.Maybe somewhere in the extinct crater of her mind, a few embers still smoldered. .Maybe somehow I could fan them into flame. _______ 9.but I was not one to let my heart rule my head. ______
10.My brain, that precision instrument, slipped into high gear. ________ VII. Translation:
1. 一旦三峡工程竣工，其本身便成为世界上的一大创举，大坝坐落在长江上游“载断巫山云雨”坐落在大坝上的巨大船闸能让万吨船舶顺利而过，如同宫殿一样使人眼花缭乱的水利发电站通过广延的高压电网输送强大的电流。
2.香港回归祖国，标志着“一国两制”构想的巨大成功，标志着中国人民在完成祖国统一大业的道路上迈出了重要一步。香港回归后，“一国两制”，“港人治港”，高度自治的方针得到切实贯彻执行，保持了繁荣稳定的局面。事实必将证明，香港特别行政区政府和香港同胞一定能够依照香港特别行政区基本法治理好香港。
Book2 Lesson5 Key 1-1: / 答案: B 1-2: / 答案: A 1-3: / 答案: C
1-4: / 答案: D 1-5: / 答案: A 1-6: / 答案: C 1-7: / 答案: D 1-8: / 答案: B 1-9: / 答案: D 1-10: / 答案: A 1-11: / 答案: D 1-12: / 答案: C 1-13: / 1-14: / 1-15: / 1-16: / 1-17: / 1-18: / 1-19: / 1-20: / 1-21: / 1-22: / 1-23: / 1-24: / 1-25: / 1-26: / 1-27: / 1-28: / 1-29: / 1-30: / 1-31: / 1-32: / 1-33: / 1-34: / 1-35: / 1-36: / 1-37: / 1-38: / 1-39: / 1-40: / 2-1: / 2-2: / 2-3: / 2-4: / 2-5: / 2-6: / 2-7: / 答案: A 答案: B 答案: C 答案: A 答案: B 答案: C 答案: A 答案: B 答案: C 答案: A 答案: A 答案: D 答案: C 答案: D 答案: A 答案: B 答案: C 答案: D 答案: A 答案: C 答案: D 答案: B 答案: A 答案: B 答案: B 答案: C 答案: D 答案: A 答案:ane 答案:ravy 答案:iagnose 答案:emple 答案:axative 答案:ryst 答案:hunk
2-8: / 答案:anguish
2-9: / 答案:constellation 2-10: / 答案:retin 2-11: / 答案:dmittedly 2-12: / 答案:mber 2-13: / 答案:ellow 2-14: / 答案:otorious 2-15: / 答案:actics 2-16: / 答案:ulk 2-17: / 2-18: / 2-19: / 2-20: / 2-21: / 2-22: / 2-23: / 2-24: / 2-25: / 2-26: / 2-27: / 2-28: / 2-29: / 2-30: / 2-31: / 2-32: / 2-33: / 2-34: / 2-35: / 2-36: / 2-37: / 2-38: / 2-39: / 2-40: / 2-41: / 2-42: / 2-43: / 2-44: / 3-1: / 3-2: / 3-3: / 3-4: / 3-5: / 6-1: / 6-2: / 答案:oom 答案:rater 答案:xtinct
答案:nterprising 答案:emorable 答案:nfetter 答案:enture 答案:imp 答案:laccid 答案:ppropriate 答案:ategory 答案:iscipline 答案:cute 答案:stute 答案:ypothesis 答案:ebate
答案:itchblende 答案:ndignation 答案:hriek 答案:urf 答案:eveal 答案:amy 答案:lunge 答案:elt 答案:molder 答案:rospect 答案:raught
答案:ualification 答案: B 答案: D 答案: C 答案: D 答案: A
答案:synecdoche 答案:metaphor
6-3: / 答案:simile 6-4: / 答案:hyperbole
6-5: / 答案:allusion; metonymy 6-6: / 答案:hyperbole 6-7: / 答案:metaphor
6-8: / 答案:extended metaphor 6-9: / 答案:metonymy
6-10: / 答案:mixed metaphor
7-1:Once completed, the Three Gorges Project itself will become a new wonder of the world. The giant dam will stand upstream to hold back Wushan Mountain's clouds and rain. A gigantic shiplock will stand there to lift towboats with a total tonnage up to 10,000 over the dam. The hydropower station, as dazzling as a palace, will shoot out its mighty current through an extensive power--grid. 7-2:As a hallmark of the great success of the concept of “one country, two systems,” Hong Kong's return to the motherland constitutes a crucial step taken by the Chinese people in the great cause of the reunification of the motherland.Since Hong Kong's return, the policies of “one country, two systems”, “Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong” and a high degree of autonomy have been implemented conscientiously, and Hong Kong has maintained its prosperity and stability. Facts will prove that the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and our compatriots in Hong Kong will surely be able to administer Hong Kong well in accordance with the Basic Law of the HKSAR.
Love is a Fallacy 补充练习题/test I. Words explanation: 1. fallacy
A. religious belief B. false belief C. bankruptcy D. dropping
2. incredulous
A. unbelieving B. increasing C. industrious D. unimproved
3.scalpel
A. a carpet
B. a piece of bread
C. a small, light knife
D. a rising market
4.perspicacious
A. determinate B. flagitious C. prestigious D. discerning
5.trauma
A. emotional shock B. mental work
C. the state of not having enough
D. a reinforced structure for observers
6.shed
A. take shelter B. prevert from C. lose hair
D. keep company with
7.pedantic
A. of a person who likes music
B. of a person who pays attention to unimportant news C. of a person who stresses on sports
D. of a person who emphasizes trivial points of learning
8.desist
A. insist on B. cease C. heckle D. castrate
9.proportions
A. property B. portions C. massages D. dimensions