The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.doc

高级英语第二册练习 Lesson 9 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas . Choose the best words to complete the sentences. 1. soar A. glide B. walk C. sparkle D. snap 2. decorous A. impolite B. correct C. merry D. great 3. clamor A. flying B. rising C. ringing D. shimmering 4. mauve A. purple B. grey C. orange D. meadow 5. dodge A. wind B. avoid C. cross D. stain 6. lithe A. adjust B. ecure C. reserved D. shimmered 7. restive A. restricted B. naked C. marked D. disobedient 8. flare A. widen B. flutter C. burn D. clang 9. singularly A. joyously B. hastily C. usually D. exceptionally 10. dulcet A. quiet B. sweet C. simple D. golden 11. bland A. mild B. radica C. offensive D. stupid 12. treason A. boredom B. slavery C. betrayal D. fancy 13. discrimination A. distinction B. celebration C. occasion D. description 14. exuberance A. splendor B. abundance C. success D. victory 15. puritanical A. faint B. light C. keen D. severe 16. languor A. inactivity B. vision C. lightness D. triumph 17. magnanimous A. generous B. maximum C. fair D. imperious 18. benign A. general B. dangerous C. amiable D. gentle 19. rapt A. engrossed B. troubled C. frightened D. hunched 20. seep A. leak B. drop C. whisper D. stroke 21. imbecile A. foolish B. vague C. real D. pleasant 22. impotence A. delight B. disability C. beauty D. importance 23. brood A. release B. explain C. ponder D. soothe 24. vapid A. dull B. rapid C. vast D. possible 25. compassion A. sympathy B. passion C. poignancy D. nobility 26. snivel A. respond B. tear C. sicken D. cry 27. vile A. nasty B. comfortable C. tender D. superio 28. abominable A. comfortable B. acceptable C. respectable D. detestable 29. profundity A. depth B. delight C. warmth D. probability 30. terms A. times B. conditions C. tricks D. sores . Spell out the words according to the meaning. 1. He told us about the splendid and grand of ancient China. s 2. The flexible bodies of the dancers amazed the audience. l 3. His fingers stretched out from the holes of his gloves. p 4. Charters dealings with him have been wholly correct. d 5. The results of the experiment shook the basic hypotheses of his theory. a 6. It was crowded and yet at the same time peaceful. This was a contradiction she often remarked on. p 7. The company is insisting on immediate payment. i 8. Only a generous man could forgive such an insult. m 9. They had a sharing of interests that covered all the arts. c 10. All his bossy orders were obeyed. i 11. We acquainted him with the sad truth. m 12. She spoke in the sweet tones. d 13. The people in this area suffer from deficiency. m 14. His books are all deviations on a basic theme. v 15. Ellen sat alone in the corner feeling quite miserable. w 16. If you allow a wound to get dirty, it will probably infected and diseased. f 17. Milk thickens when it turns sour. c 18. The slow child needed special tutoring. f 19. The baby finished his milk with a smile of satisfaction. c 20. That railway is no longer used. d . Fill in the blank with the following phrases and make changes if necessary. adopt as, beyond belief, brood over, communion with, do without, free of, fumble with, imagine as, in tears, live on, lose hold of, pass out, rapt in, rise to the occasion, to the touch, 1. The childs face was hot 2. His awkwardness made him the key. 3. He past grievances. 4. They proposed to_ me _their own son. 5. Im sorry, but Ive it. 6. If he has no coat, he will have to it. 7. THe didnt hear the knock for he was a book. 8. Keep the surface dirt by putting a cover over it. 9. The though was bold almost . 10. Society has lost all the elementary sources of life. 11. When he was asked to make a speech he certainly 12. I had _ you _a big tall man. 13. The exhibitor at the trade fair free samples to stimulate interest. 14. The elderly man a small pension. 15. She was as she told the story of what had happened. . Text comprehension: 1. Omelas is _. A. a name of a city B. a name of a fairy tale C. a fictional name for an ideal city D. a celebration of a summer festival 2. The major part of the Festival of Summer described in the text is _ A. the horse race B. the processions C. the sale of flowers D. the playing of the wooden flute 3. According the author, happiness is based on _. A. rich material life B. good health and rich material life C. a few people living in misery D. a just discrimination of what is necessary, what is neither necessary nor destructive and what is destructive 4. The people of Omelas were _. A. na?ve and happy B. amiable and benign C. dulcet, noble and bland D. mature, intelligent, and passionate 5. The young people feel anger, outrage, impotence, because _. A. the child was treated badly B. they could do nothing about the child C. they could not speak to the child D. the child was too uncouth to them . Write T for a true statement and F for a false statement, according to the text. 1. The author described Omelas vividly because she had been there. 2. People walk away from Omelas because they are not pleased with it. 3. To accept violence means to give up everything. 4. The Omelas people are happy because they take drooz. 5. Everyone knows the child in the basement except some young people. 6. The child is very thin because he has nothing to eat except a half-bowl of corn meal and grease a day. 7. The young people often go home either in tears or in a tearless rage after they have seen the child. 8. The paradox young people have to face is that the child didnt want to come out of the basement if he could . 9. The people of Omelas have changed the terrible situation in the end. 10. The ones who walk away know where they are going away from. . Point out the right rhetorical device for the following used in the text. 1. Children dodged in and out,their high calls rising like the swallows crossing flights over the music and the singing. 2. They flaredtheir nostrils and pranced and boasted to one another. 3. these were not simple folk, not dulcet shepherds, noble savages, bland utopians. 4. But to praise despair is to condemn delight, to embrace violence is to lose hold of everything else. 5. he faces of small children are amiably sticky ; in the benign grey beard of a man a couple of crumbs of rich pastry are entangled. Key to Lesson Nine 1-1: / 答案:A 1-2: / 答案:B 1-3: / 答案:C 1-4: / 答案:A 1-5: / 答案:B 1-6: / 答案:D 1-7: / 答案:D 1-8: / 答案:A 1-9: / 答案:D 1-10: /答案:B 1-11: /答案:A 1-12: /答案:C 1-13: /答案:A 1-14: /答案:B 1-15: /答案:D 1-16: /答案:A 1-17: /答案:A 1-18: /答案:C 1-19: /答案:A 1-20: /答案:A 1-21: /答案:A 1-22: /答案:B 1-23: /答案:C 1-24: /答案:A 1-25: /答案:B 1-26: /答案:D 1-27: /答案:A 1-28: /答案:D 1-29: /答案:A 1-30: /答案:B 4-1: / 答案:C 4-2: / 答案:A 4-3: / 答案:D 4-4: / 答案:D 4-5: / 答案:B 2-1: / 答案:splendor 2-2: / 答案:lithe 2-3: / 答案:protruded 2-4: / 答案:decorous 2-5: / 答案:assumptions 2-6: / 答案:paradox 2-7: / 答案:insistent 2-8: / 答案:magnanimous 2-9: / 答案:communion 2-10: / 答案:imperious 2-11: / 答案:m