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Unit3AHanging练习答案

Unit3

AHanging

ConsolidationActivities

I.TextComprehension

1.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurposeB

A.Tocriticizethereactionoftheon-lookersduringahanging.

B.Topresenthishumanisticviewoncapitalpunishment.

C.Todescribetheprocessofanexecution.

D.Toshowsympathytothemanthathadbeenhanged.

II.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

1）.Eachcell,tenfeetbyteninsize,wasbarelyfurnishedexceptforaplankbedandapotfordrinkingwater.[T]

2）.Accordingtothesuperintendent,theprisonershouldbeexecutedat8o'clock.[T]

3）.Agroupofprisonerswerewalkingtowardsthegallowstobehanged.[F]

4）.Whenthenoosewasfixedaroundtheprisoner'sneck,heemittedurgentandfearfulcriesforhelp.[F]

5）.Asthesuperintendentwascountingtheprisoner'scriestoafixednumber,allonthespot,includingtheIndianwarders,wereterriblyupset.[T]

6）.Wewentroundthegallowstomakesurethatthehangedprisonerwasactuallydead.[T]

7）.FromwhattheEurasianboysaid,thehangedmanwasanundauntedman.[F]

II.WritingStrategies

Thistextisapieceofdynamicordescriptivenarration,tellingusatruestoryaboutthehangingofaconvictinBurma.Thenarrativetextfirstpresentsageneraldescriptionofthepoor,simplelivingconditionsofthecondemnedmenbeforetheywereputtodeathonthegallows.Next,itfocusesonadynamicandspecificdescriptionofhowacondemnedman,aHindu,wasguardedandescortedtothegallowsandhowhewashanged.Then,someanecdotesarepresentedandsomeeventsdescribed,whichprovidefoodforthought.Evidently,theeventsareorganizedmainlyintheorderoftheiroccurrence,followingthenaturaltimesequence.ItistobenotedthatParagraphs9-14makeuptheclimaxofthestory.

Also,itisnottobeoverlookedthatthefirst-personnarrationisadopted,whichrenderstheeventsdescribedornarratedmorevivid,objectiveandbelievable,andwhichmakesitpossibleandconvenientforthenarratortoputacrosshisownthoughtsandfeelingsintheprocessofnarration.Besides,itisworthourattentionthatthebeginningofthisnarrativestoryiswellconnectedwithitsconclusion.

Thequestionsbelowaretobeanswered:

1.Doyouagreethatthenarrativestoryisfullofdynamicdescriptions?

Ifyoudo,provideexamplestosupportyourviewpoint.

Yes,Ido.Thestoryissofullofdynamicverbsthatmorethan90%ofthesentencescontainoneortwo,orevenmoreactionverbs.ObviousexamplesarefoundinParagraphs2,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,and15.

2.Whichparagraphscontainflashbacks?

FlashbacksarefoundinParagraphs16,18,and20.

3.Whatdoyouknowabouttheadvantagesofthefirst-personnarration?

Theemploymentofthefirstpersonnarrationrenderstheeventsdescribedortheplotsnarratedmorevivid,objectiveandbelievable,andmakesitpossibleandconvenientforthenarratortoexpressordemonstratehisownthoughtsorpsychologicalactivitiesintheprocessofnarration.

4.Howisthebeginningofthestoryassociatedwithitsconclusion?

Boththebeginningandtheconclusionofthenarrativestorytouchonorbrieflydescribethehardlifeandtragicfateofthecondemnedprisoners.

III.LanguageWork

1.Explaintheunderlinedpartineachsentenceinyourownwords.

1.Thesewerethecondemnedmen,duetobehangedwithinthenextweekortwo.

whowerescheduledtobehanged

2.HewasaHindu,apunywispofaman,withashavenheadandvagueliquideyes.

whowasasmall,thin,andweakman

3.Theycrowdedverycloseabouthim,withtheirhandsalwaysonhiminacareful,caressinggrip.

holdinghimfirmlyandcontinuouslyinacarefulmanner

4.Twowardersmarchedoneithersideoftheprisoner,withtheirriflesattheslope.

carryingriflesthattiltedovertheirshoulders

5.Ateachstephismusclesslidneatlyintoplace.

hismusclesappearedtobefunctioningnormally

6.…andintwominutes,withasuddensnap,oneofuswouldbegone--onemindless,oneworldless.

wewillloseamanwhocanalsothinkandreasonlikeus,andwhoisalsoauniqueindividuallikeeachofus

2.Fillineachblankwithoneofthetwowordsfromeachpairintheirappropriateformsandnotethedifferenceofmeaningbetweenthem.

vibrateoscillate

1）.Moreandmorepeoplebelievethatthecommonstocksoscillateinapredictablycyclicalway.

2）.Halfsleeping,shecouldfeelthetrainvibratewiththemonotonousrollofwheelsalongthetrack.

3）.Hewillneverforgethisfirstexperiencesasatotalstrangerinthebigcity,thoseyearswhichoscillatedbetweenhopeanddespair.

4）.Whenyouplayanoteonanyguitar,youcreateanovertoneseries,andthoseovertoneseriescomeaboutthroughthestringvibratinginproperlydividedlengths.

motionmovement

1）.Inthemiddleoftheblazestandsatalldeadpine,whichcaughtalighteningboltduringlastnight'sthunderstormandsetthefireinmotion.

2）.Thejurywatchedthetapedozensoftimesinslowmotionandinfreezeframe.

3）.Themovementoftheenemytroopsintheborderareahasbeencloselymonitored.

4）.Thelabourmovementhasbeenassailedbyaccusationsofsexismanddemandsforchangefromfeminists

inspectexamine

1）.Theydon'tnormallygiveanyadvancenoticeaboutwhichbuildingthey'regoingtoinspectfortheannualqualityassessment.

2）.Theaimofthecourseistoexaminecertainphilosophicalissueswhicharisefrommodernlinguistics.

3）.Ifitisourcontentionthattheweaponsinspectorshavealltheauthoritytheyneednowtoinspectthosesites,doyouthinkthosesitesshouldbeinspectednow?

4）.Hereisanopportunityforstudentstoexaminetheconceptsofwhatitistobeanenvironmentalist,andtoexaminetheirownbehaviourinthiscontext.

danglesuspend

1）.Onceinsidethehall,wecouldseechandelierssuspendedonheavychainsfromtheceiling.

2）.Thebeltofhercoatdangledinthemud.

3）.Joansuggestedwesuspendaropefromthegaragerooftosecurethedoorfromfalling.

4）.Agoldbraceletdangledfromhisleftwrist.

3.Fillintheblankineachsentencewithawordorphrasefromthebox,usingitsappropriateform.

1）.Shethoughtshewastoohomelytogetadate.

2）.Icouldhearthenoteofappealinhervoiceassheaskedmetotalkthingsoveragain.

3）.Inthisdecadeofpolitics,manymorewomenhavebecomemagistrates.

4）.Ihopethatwecansettlethisissueamicably.

5）.Thisisafarfromsolemnbook--itisarichmixofpleasuresandinformation,andisfullofsurprises.

6）.Werushedoutoftheshopinhotpursuit,butthethiefhadvanishedintothinair.

7）.Hetwistedandturned,tryingtofreehimselffromtherope.

8）.Itriedtoexcusemyselfformissingherpartybutmadetheattemptsveryclumsily.

4.Makeasentenceofyourownforeachofthegivenwordswithmeaningsotherthanthoseusedinthetext.Youmaychangethepartofspeechofthesewords.

1）cells

Thosecellsdivideandformmanyotherdifferenttypesofcells.

2）yield

Lastyear400,000acresoflandyieldedacropworth$1.75billioninthatcountry.

3）lock

Thepolicebeatthemupandlockedtheminacell.

4）standby

Ithinkwehavetostandbywhatwebelieve.

5）tick

Awind-upclocktickedbusilyfromthekitchencounter.

6）side

Hecallsmetwentytimesadayandneedsmebyhisside.

5.Putthewordsintheparenthesesintotheirappropriatetensesandaspects.

WhenI

（1）opened（open）thedoorI

（2）saw（see）amanonhisknees.Heclearly（3）hadbeenlistening（listen）toourconversationandI（4）wondered（wonder）howmuchhe（5）hadheard（hear）.WhenI（6）asked（ask）whathe（7）wasdoing（do）,he（8）said（say）thathe（9）haddropped（drop）a50ppieceoutsidethedoorand（10）hadbeenlooking（look）forit.I（11）didn’tsee（notsee）anysignofthemoney,butI（12）found（find）asmallnotebookandpencilwhichheprobably（13）haddropped（drop）whenthedoor（14）opened（open）suddenly.Sohe（15）hadbeentaking（take）notesofourconversation!

Thenotes（16）were（be）writteninaforeignlanguage,soI（17）turned（turn）tothestrangerand（18）asked（ask）himtotranslate.Buthe（19）pulled（pull）myhatovermyeyesand（20）ran（run）offdownthecorridor.BythetimeI（21）recovered（recover）fromtheshockhe（22）haddisappeared（disappear）roundthecorner.Curiouslyenough,whenI（23）moved（move）myfootI（24）found（find）thatI（25）hadbeenstanding（stand）ona50ppiece.Perhapshe（26）hadbeentelling（tell）thetruthafterall!

6.Putawordineachblankthatisappropriateforthecontext.

Ofthemanyproblemsintheworldtoday,noneisaswidespread,orasold,ascrime.Crime,inallits

（1）forms,penetrateseverylayerofsocietyandtoucheseveryhumanbeing.Whateveryoudo,whereveryoulive,youare

（2）victimofcrimewhetheryoulikeitornot,whetheryouknowitornot.Crime,（3）especiallyviolentcrime,hasrisentoapointwheremanypeopleareafraidtowalk（4）aloneintheirownneighborhoods,afraidtoopentheirdoorsafter（5）dark,andevenafraidtospeakoutandvoicetheirownopinions.Someexpertshaveidentifiedseveralfactorsthat（6）contributetothecrimerate:

massiveurbanization,unemploymentandpoverty,andalargeimmigrant（7）population.Themostimportantproblemthatremains（8）unsolvedishowtostopcrimefromhappening.Sofar,differenttypesofsolutionshavebeenproposedto（9）combatvariouscrimes.Aretheyallvery（10）effective?

No,notatall.Therefore,moreeffectivemeasuresandmorepowerfulactionsaretobetakenagainstallso