高级英语第十二课习题和答案

1、Lesson12II.Look up the italicized words in the dictionary and explain:1) a small square cabin chinked with mud Chinked: the sound of coins, glasses or mental objects when you chink them2) was a chaos of lean-tos Lean- tos: a small house which is inclined3) the Tonnerres were half breeds Half breeds:

2、 mixed blood people4) working at odd jobs or as section hands Odd: strange or unusual Section: a separate group within a larger group of people5) they lived on relief Relief: people live by money given by government6) but she had failed several grades Grades: times7) had to get back to his practice

3、Practice: a things that is done regularly8) how the coyote reared her young Reared: the back part of sth.9) If you walk just around the point there Point: one of the marks of direction10) her hair was cut short and frizzly permed Permed: a way of changing the style of your hair by using chemicals to

4、 create curls that last for several monthsI. Give brief answers to the following questions, using your own words as much as possible:1) Were the Tonnerres rich or poor? Substantiate your answer with facts. They are poor and live in a small square cabin made of poplarpoles and chinked with mud.2) Wha

5、t would happen sometimes to old Jules or his son Lazarus on Saturday nights? They would hit out at whoever was nearest or howl drunkenly among the offended shoppers on Main Street.3) Why did the doctor propose taking Piquette to Diamond Lake for the summer? Because she had had tuberculosis of the bo

6、ne, it is good for her recover to go to Diamond Lake. If she stayed at home, she will be busying working.4) Why did the narrators mother first object and then agree to take Piquette along? She first objected because she thought her hair had nits, then she agreed because she preferred Piquette to her

7、 mother-in-law.5) What was the cottage on the lake called? What was the scenery there like? It is called Macleod. The scenery was the filigree of the spruce trees, the water glistening greenly as the sun caught it, and all kinds of plants and animals.6) Why did the narrator ask Piquette respectfully

8、. I bet you know a lot about the woods and all that, eh. ? Because she knew Piquette was an Indian descendant, she thought Piquette might know the woods quite well and would like to tell her stories about the woods.7) Why was the narrator startled and her feelings hurt by Piquettes rude answers to h

9、er questions? Because she didnt expect the Piquette should take her questioning as showing contempt for her Indian ancestors.8) Why did the narrator say that all that summer Piquette remained as both a reproach and a mystery to her? She felt guilty because she didnt develop a good relationship with

10、Piquetee, she had failed her father, and she also felt Piquette was strange.9) What does the narrator mean when she says:For the merest instant, then, I saw her.? She means at a very brief moment, Piquetee was unguarded and unmasked, so that the author could perceive her inner mind.10) What is the f

11、ull name of the narrator of the story? Her full name is Vanessa Macleod.11) How is the disappearance of the loons related to the theme of this story? The loons had gone away because more and more people and buildings instead of them. They disappeared because they couldnt finds their position. In a s

12、imilar way, Piquetee is a representative. Paraphrase?1) with a face that seemed totally unfamiliar with laughter A person who is too serious to laugh2) Sometimes old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get mixed up in a Saturday-night brawl Sometimes, old Jules and his son would be drunk and get involv

13、ed in a rough, noisy quarrel or fight on a Saturday night3) her attendance had always been sporadic and her interest in schoolwork negligible She was often absent from classes and had little interest in schoolwork.4) she existed for me only as a vaguely embarrassing presence She would always made me

14、 embarrassed.5) She dwelt and moved somewhere within my scope of vision She lived and moved somewhere I can see6) If it came to a choice between Grandmother MacLeod and Piquette, Piquette would win hands down, nits or not. Between Grandmother and Piquette, my mother would choose Piquette, no matter

15、Piquettes hair had nits or not.7) Her defiant face, momentarily, became unguarded and unmasked, and in her eyes there was a terrifying hope. There was an expression of challenge on her face, which became unguarded and unmasked for a brief moment. And in her eyes there waqs a kind of hope which was s

16、o intense that is is filled people with terror.8) she looked a mess, to tell you the truth, a real slattern,dressed any old how She look very untidy, dressed in a very careless way9) She was up in court a couple of times - drunk and disorderly, of course. She was brought in court several tomes, beca

17、use she took too much liquor and was noisy and violent in public.IV. All the following words are adjectives with different suffixes. Give further examples of adjectives with the same suffixes: 1)contagious - serious, rebellious, obvious 2)negligible - sensible, visible, possible 3)enviable - enable,

18、 reliable, acceptable 4)friendly - smoothly, deadly, importantly 5)plaintive - creative, positive, decisive 6)tuneful - woeful, beautiful, careful 7)expressionless - careless, useless, worthless 8)wavy - heavy, dirty, friendly 9)conventional - traditional, personal, national 10)tubercular - particul

19、ar, similar, familiarV. The following phrases are taken from the text, all with a participle as an adjective. Explain why a present or past participle is used in each case and then translate the phrases into Chinese: 1) limping walk: walk in a limping unsteady way 一瘸一拐地走2) embarrassing presence: pre

20、sence that is embarrassing 令人尴 尬的人或事物 3) unsmiling eye: eyes that are very strict and dont smile 没有笑意的眼睛 4) ululating sound: a sound that roars and is like wailing 哀鸣 5) chilling mockery: mockery that makes people feel chilly 令人后脊背发冷 的嘲笑 6) burning birch log: a birch log that is warped 正在燃烧的白桦树 7) t

21、errifying hope: hope that fills people with horror 令人生畏的希望 8) flourishing resort: a resort that is prosperous 繁华的旅游胜地 9) penetrating odours: very intense smell 强烈的气味 10) warped lumber: lumber that is cooked 弯曲的木材 11) discarded car tyres: car tyres that are abandon 被丢弃的汽车轮胎 12) tangled strands of bar

22、bed wire: strands of barbed wire that are tangled together 缠在一起的铁丝网 13) bruised wild strawberries: wild strawberries that have been damage in the skin 破了皮的草莓 14) fallen tree trunk: a thick main stem of a tree that has been fallen 砍到的树干 15) offended shoppers: shoppers are displeased 被冒犯的顾客 16) long-d

23、rawn call: call that lasts for a long time 拖长音的叫声. Replace the italicized colloquial or slangy words with more for- mal words or expressions:1) Sometimes Old Jules, or his son Lazarus, would get mixed up in a Saturday-night brawl. (a rough and noisy quarrel or fight )2) I hate like the dickens to se

24、nd her home again. ( very much )3) Ill bet anything she has nits in her hair. (Im absolutely sure )4) So what? Her voice was distant. ( Why is that important?)5) Your dad said I ain t supposed to do no more walking than I got to. (1 dont want to walk unless it is necessary )6) I bet you know a lot a

25、bout the woods and all that, eh? ( things like that)7) I dont know what the hell you re talk in about, she replied(what s exactly )8) You nuts or somethin? If you mean where my old man, and me and all them live, you better shut up, by Jesus, you know?(Are you crazy or what?)( My father and I and the

26、 others )9) Got this classy name. Alvin Gerald Cummingssome handle, eh? (firstclass) (good name )10) Gee, Piquette-thats swell.( perfect). Replace the italicized words with specific words that appear in the text:1) The man standing behind me took away my purse suddenly and ran off like a rabbit. (gr

27、abbed )2) The new policies were made in order to attract more foreign investment. ( lure)3) The smoke from the burning building made breathing very difficult for the fire-men. (stifled )4) I didnt get a wink of sleep last night because the wind was blowing hard and noisily all the time. ( howling)5)

28、 The hammock moved backward and forward with regular movements between the two trees. (swung )6) The patient moved about in bed wildly and almost violently in unbearable pain. (thrashed )7) She felt a sudden dizziness and walked unsteadily before she reached a tree and leaned against it. ( teetered)

29、8) The parrot was unusually quiet this morning, not uttering a single loud and harsh cry. (squawking even once )9) Some of the berries at the bottom of the pail were pressed into a soft mass. ( squashed)10) To get rid of the policemen, he ran into the forest and then crawled hurriedly up the hill. (

30、scrambled )11) The candle shone unsteadily as a breeze swept into the room. ( flickered)IX. Explain how the meaning of the following sentences is affected when the italicized words are replaced with the words in brackets. Pay attention to the shades of meaning of the words.1) . In a clearing at the

31、centre of the thicket stood the Tonnerre familys shack. (home) Shack: a living place with simple facilities and is build carelessly Home: living in for a long or short time, emphasizing personal emotion 2) . Their English was broken and full of obscenities. (bad words) Bad words: the words are said

32、by uneducated people Obscenities: disgusting bad language3) Piquette was with us and Grandmother Macleod, miraculously, was not.(strange enough) Miraculously: marvelously Strange enough: emphasizing the level of strange4) . My father would only be staying at the cottage for a couple of weeks.(villa)

33、 Cottage: village or a traveling house Villa: luxurious department in the village5) . Roderick sat on the car rug in the sunshine and examined a brown spruce cone, meticulously, turning it round and round in his small and curious hand. (carefully, strange-looking) Meticulously: over-care Carefully:

34、avoiding mistake by careful actions6) . She looked at me sullenly, without speaking.(unhappily) Sullen: mumpish Unhappy: displeased7) . I bet you know a lot about the woods and all that, eh? I began respectfully. (respectably) Respectfully: esteem Respectably: be worth of respect8) . I ignored her r

35、ebuff. (refusal) Rebuff: refuse sb. Decisively Refusal: sometimes refuse sb in a rude way9) . At night the lake was like black glass with a streak of amber which was the path of the moon.(reflection) Path: here is a reflex moonlight Reflection: an image is refected in the mirror or water10) . Neither of us suspected that this would