1、Unit Two Section A Text One The Tell-Tale HeartI. Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions provided, making some change when necessary.1. well up 2. refrain from 3. look in upon 4. conceive 5. ridof 6. dismembered 7. by instinct 8. at ease 9. depute 10. at length 11. by degrees 12. chuckle
2、13. cut off 14. spring up 15. foul playII. Use the appropriate form of the words given in the brackets to fill in the blanks1. dissimulate 2. vexing 3. hearty 4. conceal 5. cunningly 6. distraction 7. precautionary 8. pulsating 9. healthily 10. causelessIII. Paraphrase1. The disease had made my sens
3、es keener instead of ruining or weakening them.2. I was kindest to the old man during the week before I killed him.3. I spent an hour putting my head within the hole until I could see the old man lying upon his bed.4. I saw the eye very clearly. It was a pale blue with a terrible film over it that m
4、ade me panicked/scared.5. The neighbor had suspected murder/crime and reported it to the police office, so the police officers were sent/appointed to search the house.IV. Test your general knowledge 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. D 11. A 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. CV. Proofreading the f
5、ollowing passageThere is at present a high degree of uncertainty about the roleof literature in a school foreign-language course. Changes in educationaland social conditions have shaken the once unquestioning status of 1. unquestionedliterary study amongst our educational goals, and it also plays an
6、 everproblematic role in a new pattern of language teaching which aims 2. moreprimarily to impart practical communicative skills. Recent discussionsin advanced courses in schools have generally advocated less emphasis 3. abouton literature in favor of language, and a revision of the principles gover
7、ningthe selection of texts in order to include great consideration of pupils 4. greateractual ability, experience, and interests. Nevertheless, there is still comparative little clarity about what 5. comparatively role these texts should perform, and it is not uncommon to find a situationthat the te
8、acher translates passages and dictates notes, in an examination 6. where-centered approach which largely ignores the deeper insights or skills that pupils might gain from their confrontation with literature. On the other hand, it is clearly not possibly to think in the terms of one singe role 7. the
9、which literature should perform. A group of pupils aiming at a functional command of a language may read a modern novel because of its linguisticcontent, unless a group of future academic specialists may discuss the 8. whilebasic human issues portrayed in a classical play. These are the two differen
10、tactivities in two different situations, each equally justifiable in its 9. own context but not to be confused: different pupils aims require literature toserve different functions, which is best performed by different literary 10. arework.Section A Text TwoColonel CathcartI. Fill in the blanks with
11、 the words and expressions provided, making some change when necessary1. backfire 2. furious 3. get on - nerves 4. insulate against 5. vicissitudes 6. indebted to 7. embellish 8. aptitude for 9. take command of 10. impervious to 11. on the alert 12. contaminate 13. indispensable 14. enliven 15. appr
12、ehensionII. Use the appropriate form of the words given in the brackets to fill in the blanks1. administrative 2. unappeasable 3. adroitly 4. unswerving 5. infallible 6. pathetically 7. overwhelming 8. ingeniously 9. affluence 10. displeasureIII. Translate the short paragraph paragraphs into Chinese
13、卡思卡特上校聪明圆滑，事业一帆风顺，但却衣着邋遢，满腹忧愁。他三十六岁，走起路来步伐沉重，一心想当将军。他有股子冲劲，但又容易泄气；他处事泰然自若，但又时常懊恼；他自鸣得意，但对自己的前程又没有把握；他无所顾忌地采用各种行政计谋以博取上级的青睐，但又害怕自己的计谋会弄巧成拙。他长相不错，但缺乏魁力；他强壮如牛，但又有些虚张声势，而且还很自负。他已经开始发胖，为此他时常感到担忧，想挥也挥不去，所以，长期以来他一直受着它的折磨。卡思卡特上校很自负，因为他才三十六岁就成了一名带领一支战斗部队的上校军官；但他又感到沮丧，因为他虽然已经三十六岁了还只不过是个上校。 V. Proofread the fo
14、llowing passageAlthough important events often reflect themselves quickly in the literature of a country, the effect of World War I with American writing was delayed. The War promptly 1. onproduced some mediocre prose and poetry, and distinguished 2. butworkmainly in the form of novelsappeared only
15、some years later. The best came from Ernest Hemingway. He hadalready written some very good short stories and one first-classnovel, The Sun Also Rises , but he did not publish a novel fullyinvolved in the war till 1929. It proved worth waiting for. A 3. withFarewell to Arms, the moving story of the
16、love affair of a woundedAmerican lieutenant and an English nurse, outstanding among 4. isliterary works relating to World War I. Hemingway had served 5. related with an ambulance group in France and then transferred to theItalian infantry, where he stayed till the close of the war. In thisnovel, his
17、 two characters pass idyllic Italian summer together. 6. an She becomes pregnant, and they go to Switzerland where shehas her baby. But both she and the baby died, and the American is 7. dieleft desolate. The war plays a principal part in the book. The American has taken part in a combat in the disa
18、strous withdrawal 8. aof the Italian army after an overwhelmed defeat. Because 9. overwhelmingof his aversion of the cruelties of World War I, Hemingway made 10. toa cult of the courage necessary to survive such ordeal. Section B Text OneHills Like White ElephantsI. Fill in the blanks with the words
19、 and expressions provided, making some change when necessary.1. resting on 2. string 3. care about 4. shaded 5. keep - out 6. go through 7. took hold of 8. taste of 9. junction 10. beyond 11. get along 12. white elephantII. Use the appropriate form of the words given in the brackets to fill in the b
20、lanks1. possibility 2. simplify 3. reasoning 4. color 5. perfected 6. operational 7. amusing 8. realization 9. tracking 10. awingIV. Test your general knowledge1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. A 11. A 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. AV. Proofread the following passage.If it is true that charac
21、terization is as important as conflict in fiction, it is also true that characterization places certainly demands 1. certainon the reader which conflict does not. In order to understand what these demands are and they exist, let us look briefly at the basic 2. whynature of the reading process.Most r
22、eaders (particularly readers of fiction) think of reading 3.as a passive process; the relationship between the reader and the writer isthe one in which the writer does all the work and the reader simply enjoys 4. thethe product. In the handling of action, this is largely true; if somebodydoes someth
23、ing in a story, the writer simply tells us that he does, and 5. whatall the reader has to do is to translate the words that symbolize the actionto a concept. In other words, action in fiction is handled directly. But 6. intoas soon as a writer goes beyond the simple narration of action, he mustrathe
24、r be handled directly. Another way of putting this is to say that 7.indirectlythe writer shows rather tells; he handles character, theme, and emotion byimplication or suggestion. The writer knows that handle these elements 8.handlingotherwise does not work; it fails to convince and it may even fail
25、tocommunicate at all. But implication or dramatization is enough; it is 9. notsimply a method of presenting characters in such a way as to engage our attention and interest., and beyond it characters in a story must be credible, and must seem real. When we believe in the people in a 10. Unless story
26、, we cannot believe in what happens to them, and, consequently, we stop believing in the story.Section B Text TwoA Tree, A Rock, A CloudI. Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions provided, making some change when necessary1. reason out 2. curdle 3. loath to 4. hover 5. stand out 6. creep i
27、nto 7. transient 8. build up 9. shrunken 10. undertone 11. stingy 12. appeal to 13. get hold of 14. at the mercy of 15. tangled II. Use the appropriate form of the words given in the brackets to fill in the blanks1. meditate 2. uneasily 3. immaterial 4. loosen 5. secretly 6. reproachful 7. confident
28、iality 8. motionless 9. transience 10. sensational III. Translate the short paragraph paragraphs into Chinese那 老 男 人 伸 过 头 来 ， 抓 住 男 孩 儿 皮 夹 克 的 衣 领 。 他 文 雅 而 轻 轻 地 摇 了 摇男 孩 儿 ， 眼 神 坚 定 而 低 沉 。“小 子 ， 你 知 道 爱 情 应 该 怎 样 开 头 么 ？ ”男 孩 儿 蜷 坐 ， 静 止 不 动 地 听 着 。 慢 慢 地 摇 了 摇 头 。 那 老 男 人 凑 得 更 近 了 ，低 声 耳 语 道
29、：“一 树 。 一 石 。 一 朵 云 。 ”外 边 的 街 道 仍 旧 淋 着 雨 ： 一 场 温 柔 ， 灰 暗 ， 无 穷 无 尽 的 雨 。 纱 厂 为 了 六点 钟 的 倒 班 吹 起 了 哨 子 ， 那 三 个 技 工 付 账 后 便 走 了 。 咖 啡 馆 顿 时 空 落 下 来 ，仅 剩 利 奥 ， 那 老 男 人 和 小 报 童 。“波 特 兰 的 天 气 就 像 这 样 ， ”他 说 道 ， “就 在 那 时 候 这 门 学 问 才 有 点 成形 。 我 整 天 沉 思 ， 谨 小 慎 微 。 总 要 在 大 街 上 捡 一 点 东 西 带 回 家 。 我 买 一 条 金鱼
30、 ， 就 盯 着 它 看 ， 甚 至 爱 上 它 。 然 后 又 从 一 件 又 一 件 的 事 情 里 跳 脱 出 来 。 日复 一 日 才 终 于 掌 握 这 种 跳 脱 出 来 的 技 巧 。 就 在 从 波 特 兰 到 圣 地 亚 哥 的 路 上 ”V. Proofread the following passageAs if you didnt know, Stephen King just may be the worldsmost popular author. He has certainly gone far beyond being recognizedsolely as
31、the most successful horror writer in history. Since 1974, more than 300 million copies of his approximate 1. approximately45 novels and collections have been published in 33 languages, include “The Dark Tower” series and “The Dead Zone”. King 2. includingstarted /off on the road to scary stories ear
32、ly, becoming something 3. offof an expert of horror films.His interest was first sparked by a collection of fantasy novels which belonged to his father, who deserted the family when 4. hadStephen was a toddler. King started writing when he was still a child, and as a teenager he sold a couple of sho
33、rt stories to a mysterious magazine. But it was not all blood and guts; the 5. mysteryyoung Stephen also played in a rock band and for his high school football team. After graduation from the University of Maine, King briefly taught high school English. When “Carrie” pushed him in 6. intothe big tim
34、e, King was just 27 years old. Then his brand of storytellingcaptured the public imagination tight away, he proved he had come to 7. andstay as a thriller writer on his next two books, “Salems Lot,” a 8. withmodern vampire story , and “The Shining,” about the Queen Motherof haunted houses. Right now he has won several important literary 9.Tillawards including British Fantasy Award for Short Fiction of “The 10. forBreathing Method” in 1993 and the O Henry Award for “Different Seasons,” in 1996.
