当代英美散文名篇选读 课后答案1-9单元.doc

当代英美散文名篇选读（下册）练习答案方健壮广东外语外贸大学Unit 1 Why Dont We Complain?Key to Exercise II1. unctuously2. mortification3. discreet4. rectify5. ostentatiously6. bellicose7. deferentially8. reproofs9. virile10. apathy11. plenipotentiary12. impervious13. unobtrusive14. doleful15. fortified16. telltale17. raring18. whisked19. notorious20. resignation21. primed22. moaned23. nonchalantly24. visualize25. head-on26. showdown27. presumption28. irksome29. intimated30. complianceKey to Exercise III1. basis2. examples3. sticks4. rocks5. something6. outside7. comfort8. hand9. case10. missiles11. best12. dust13. tools14. craft15. intriguing16. aid17. tasty18. though19. items20. measure21. serve22. from23. length24. of25. section26. somewhat27. other28. the29. by30. fashion31. use32. They33. the34. location35. other36. witness37. come38. mirror39. them40. is41. though42. is43. while44. did45. design46. different47. local48. Since49. this50. certainlyKey to Exercise IVAs the 20th-century nears its end, only a handfulamong Chinas writers can be clearly seen as to 1 have had a creative center strong that they could2 so overcome challenges and forging a united and enduring3 forge body of true rich and original work. Among4 truly them is Shen Congwen. Shen was born in the western5 part of Hunan in 1902 a family with military traditions 6 to going back to several generations. The 7 to region in which he grew up was in an area of wild8 in rivers, hills and forests, a place little influence9 where from the east coast urban centers had penetrated. 10 after a brief stint in an armed academy, Shen was 11 military assigned at 15 to a regiment stationing in a Hunan12 stationed country town: there he mainly acted clerical work.13 performed The regiment supposed task was to keep the peace14 regiments and cleanse the surrounding areas off bandits, but 15 of military action was more sporadic, and Shen had 16 more ample time to observe at the minutiae of military17 at life, as well as the soldiers responses to the18 civilians nearby. He also noticed carefully the 19 noted rhythms of the life of the Tujia and Miao tribal20 the peoples who armed, fished and hunted in the surrounding21 farmed countryside. In 1922 he settled to Beijing,22 in decided to be a writer. By 1935 he had completed23 determined 35 volumes of works: short stories, essays, 24 worked novels and translations of folk songs and rural 25 transcriptions tales.Shen is unusual for Chinese writers in his refusal26 among to be political. If politics impinges all on 27 at his work, it is only to set the scenery, and the28 scene details are always left in hazy. What absorbs him29 in is humane dignity and genuine emotion - the ways 30 human that men and women capable of responding to each31 are other, and the ways that those response relate to 32 responses their cultures past and present. Shen is expert33 an on loss. This can be seen in many his finest stories,34 of such as The Husband, Guishen and Sansan.Key to Exercise V1. We must complete the damming of the river before the rainy season sets in.2. You will get on to genetic engineering if you keep on working at it.3. On hearing his false accusations she was so carried away that she packed up her things and left him forever.4. I have been jobless for two long years, so Ill settle for any kind of work.5. He is completely tied up these days. Could you come again next week?6. The battle was raging fiercely. Suddenly we ran out of ammunition.7. His likes and dislikes asserted themselves not only in everyday life but also in his work.8. The VIP was so addicted to smoking and drinking that his private doctor found it very hard to prevail upon him to change such habits.9. Marshal Pengs manuscripts survived the cultural revolution because his niece had them stashed away somewhere in Hunan province.10. It would be a big mistake on your part to cover up the scandal for your friend.11. You must know it is now or never. What are you still hesitating for?12. Summoning up his last ounce of strength, the soldier pushed the drowning child ashore.Unit 2 College PressuresKey to Exercise II1. scribbled2. authentic 3. unswervingly4. savored5. venerated6. induce7. intangible8. dimension9. visualize10. sampled11. exhilarated12. accrue13. exhorted14. tenacity15. pay-off16. synthesize17. vacillated18. furtively19. symptomatic20. perceive21. contagious22. reverse23. juggled24. nurture25. circuitous26. potent27. positively28. intertwined29. steer30. drabKey to Exercise III1. jets2. job3. ever4. Indeed5. catered6. accused7. volume8. Too9. quality10. matter11. right12. need13. low14. more15. no16. specializing17. viable18. traffic19. jostling20. created21. result22. some23. hovering24. background25. business26. invested27. apart28. list29. time30. In-flight31. attention32. lure33. accent34. Regular35. room36. offered37. it38. snatch39. proved40. aircraft41. improve42. are43. inevitable44. bearable45. there46. to 47. process48. passengers49. attract50. themselves51. change52. traveller53. flight54. practice55. businessmen56. one57. thwart58. passengers59. But60. airKey to Exercise IV A lot of the mental anguish of decision making1 comes because we often worry in factual vacuum. An2 a endless number of stewing can be avoided if we do3 amount what all good executives with a problem that cant4 do be settled: return it back for more data. A famous5 send university dean once said, If I have a problem has6 that to be faced at 3 oclock next Tuesday, I refuse to 7 make a decision about it when Tuesday arrives. In the 8 until meantime I concentrate on getting all the facts9 that bear the problem. And by Tuesday, if Ive got10 on all the facts, the problem usually solves by itself.11 by But just gathering the facts wont solve hard 12 the problems. The problem in coming up to a firm and13 up clear-sighted decision, said and old veteran infantry 14 old commander and now commandant of the National War 15 College, is not only take possession of facts, but16 to marshal them in good order. In the army, we train17 to our leaders to draw up we call an Estimate of the 18 what Situation. At first, they must know their objective. 19 At Except you know what you want, you cant possibly20 unless decide how to get it. Second, we teach them to consider21 alternate means of attaining that objective. 22 alternative Very rarely that a goal, military or any other, can23 that be realized in only one way. Next we line up pros24 the and cons of each alternative, as far as we can see .25 them Then we choose the cause that appears most likely to26 course achieve the results we want. Furthermore that does27 Furthermore not guarantee success. But at least it allows us to 28 decide as intelligent as the situation permits. It 29 intelligently prevents us from going of on a half-baked hunch that30 off may turn out to be disastrous.Key to Exercise V1. I was really up the creek when I went into the department store and found that I had no money with me.2. Goods were piling up at the docks because the workers had gone on strike against terrible working conditions.3. As a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Workers Party, Huang was privy to many top state secrets.4. People want their wages to catch up with the price hike.5. Dialectical materialism and historical materialism can help us see things in perspective.6. He asked the barber to thin out his thick hair.7. In accordance with the requirements of a market economy, the State Council cut back on the number of departments directly involved in economic management.8. In his first speech at the Legislative Council the Chief Executive made much of the role of high technology in economic development.9. I cannot conceive of a blind man working as a radio sports commentator.10. He should have retired long ago. Why does he still hang on to power?Unit 3 The PoliticianKey to Exercise II1. merit2. rove3. upbraided4. doles5. incumbent6. remedy7. humane8. candid9. enchanted10. intricate11. virtues12. enterprising13. literally14. intrinsically15. sagacity16. fraud17. oversight18. derision19. preposterous20. plightKey to Exercise III 1. economies2. If3. but4. firms5. free6. rich7. confusion8. economist9. advantage10. in11. differences12. international13. there14. check15. at16. to 17. low18. country19. because20. emerging21. productivity22. link23. value24. want25. up26. equalize27. unit28. demand29. drive30. demonstrates31. sort32. only33. Malaysias34. words35. equal36. costs37. than38. acquire39. soar40. Yet41. rising42. wages43. seen44. also45. most46. narrowing47. tend48. still49. gaps50. another51. behind52. goods53. those54. gain55. different56. relative57. say58. be59. more60. developing61. America62. exporters63. test64. in65. cases66. across67. alikeKey to Exercise IVThe story of our English language is typically one1. of massively stealing from other languages. That2. massive is why English today has an estimated diction of 3. vocabulary over one million words, while the other languages4. the have far less. French, for example, has only about5. fewer 75,000 words, that includes English expressions like6. and snack bar and hit parade. French, however, do not 7. The like borrowing from foreign words because they think8. from it as corrupts their language. The government tries 9. as to outrule words from English and passes decrees 10. outlaw saying jumbo jet is not desired; so they invent a 11. desirable word, gros porteur. French kids are supposed to talk12. say balladeur instead of walkman - but they dont. Walkman13. is fascinated because it isnt even English. Strictly14. fascinating speaking, it invented by the Japanese manufacturers15. was who put two simple English words together to name on16. on their product. That doesnt bother to us, but it does17. to trouble the French. Such as is the glorious messiness18. as of English. That happy tolerance, willingness to 19. that accept words from anywhere explains for the richness20. for of English and why it has become, up to a very real21. up extent, the first true global language. The English-22. truly speaking peoples have defeated all effort to build23. efforts fences round their language. Indeed, English isnt 24. the especial preserve of grammarians, teachers, 25. special writers or the intellectual elite. It is and always has been the tongue of the common.Key to Exercise V 1. They are looking to the new manager to bring the company back to profitability.2. He is itching for the meeting to end so that he can go and see the football match.3. The visitors politely refrained from saying what they really thought of our school.4. Though miracles seldom happen, she is still hoping against hope that her daughter and son-in-law would reconcile with each other.5. You should divest your booklet as much as possible of technicalities.6. He is bent on building up his health through exercise.7. He was only half in earnest when he promised not to interfere in her social activities.8. Should Taiwan proclaim independence, we would be compelled to resort to force.9. Suddenly he let off a joke and the tense atmosphere at once relaxed.10. You cant work off that tale on me. I know your tricks just too well.11. These right-wing newspapers are abusing us up hill and down dale, but we wont be toppled as a result.Unit 4 Portrait of an ActressKey to Exercise II1. congenial2. seasoned3. grated4. growled5. phantoms6. insubstantial7. scribble8. buffet9. stumbled10. sham11. incongruous12. domesticity13. forsake14. solitude15. surging16. outrageous17. contradicted18. minute19. rambling20. defy21. stockKey to Exercise III1. as2. separate3. across4. else5. might6. taste7. sail8. at9. arrival10. after11. rather12. auspicious13. left14. not15. later16. extensively17. full18. soldiers19. rest20. colonisation21. integration22. adopted23. by24. remoteness25. invaders26. hands27. time28. survived29. either30. literally31. wealth32. treasures33. all34. unearthed35. discovered36. around37. examples38. dramatic39. stretches40. line41. Romans42. beyond43. his44. remains45. length46. preserved47. are48. with49. locations50. foot51. contours52. Romans53. useful54. for55. these56. and57. still58. blocks59. offers60. remainsKey to Exercise IV That poor countries need high savings to growfast has become a dictum of development economics.The Asian miraculous economies provide a dramatic 1. _contrast with Latin America. Asian domestic saving2. savings rates have often well over 30% of GDP. In most of 3. been Latin America (Chile except), they are closer to 15 4. excepted percent. Asian economies have been growing up at5. up over 5% a year for the past decade. Latin America6. has been barely grown at all. Economists have long 7. been suspected that low savings partly explain for this 8. for difference. But as capital poured in the early9. in 1990s, it was an easy point to remember. In the 10. forget new global capital market, perhaps countries could 11. rely on flowins of foreign money to make up for 12. inflows what they failed to save at home. So Mexicos crash 13. Then rudely reminded everyone of the risks involving in 14. involved such a strategy. The trouble is in that high savings seem to be 15. in both a cause and a consequence of highly growth.16. high When economies grow faster, people get richer. 17. fast They can afford to save more their income without18. of cutting current consumption. These high savings in 19. higher turn fuel more investment and high growth: a 20. higher virtuous circle. The difficulty is getting it to start.Key to Exercise V1. He fobbed me off with promises that he never intended to keep.2. There will be a good deal of rain next month; at any rate the weather forecasters say so.3. Fear came upon her as the sudden ringing of the doorbell at midnight waked her up.4. There is no reason to believe that you will leave a stronger impression by talking above the heads of your audience.5. His earnings are out of proportion to his skills and ability.6. Your information may throw light on the cause of his death.7. Your parents were surely on the rack until they heard from you.8. Being in such a hurry, he took a suit from his wardrobe at a venture and rushed out.Unit 5 A Wagner MatineeKey to Exercise II1. legacy2. scourged3. fumbled4. upshot5. reverted6. doggedly7. haggard8. conjecture9. inert10. trepidation11. excruciatingly12. matinees13. drowsy14. jocularity15. deluge16. interminably17. seething18. Myriad19. infatuation20. contour21. slender22. turmoil23. gaunt24. aloofness25. perceiveKey to Exercise III1. about2. seen3. wealthy4. to5. children6. average7. of8. society9. last10. largely11. into12. Republican13. being14. eroded15. help16. growing17. attention18. grab19. hear20. quest21. issue22. set23. awarding24. child25. acknowledgement26. extra27. quotas28. incentives29. much30. downturn31. aware32. richer33. good34. scapegoats35. taking36. hit37. expect38. at39. loudest40. nomination41. try42. pick43. Under44. pander45. wants46. used47. funnily48. altogether49. hopefuls50. places51. simply52. hand53. if54. behind55. friend56. either57. selling58. ordered59. astonishment60. less-qualified61. having62. in63. the 64. person65. candidate66. thinking67. If68. votes69. from70. th