2022年四级综合教程练习答案unit.doc

Unit 7
Key to the Exercises- for Text A
Comprehension
CONTENT QUESTIONS

1. It is the illusion that America is strong and invulnerable.
2. They symbolized the power and the invincibility of the USA.
3. They felt angry and shocked.
4. The 9/11 attacks and the Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor were both surprise attacks on a massive scale which should be considered as acts of undeclared war.
5. One could see wreckage and smoke everywhere and cops and firemen digging through rubble in the hope of finding victims alive.
6. They started talking about revenge and preparation for war.
7. They buried the dead, cleared the wreckage, and planned for memorials. They smote the Taliban and sent Osama Bin Laden into hiding.
8. New Yorkers carried on, but with far less swagger and joy.
9. They marked the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with flowers and tears. They lit candles, waved flags, and 1ade speeches. Some stopped in their tracks at 8:46 to register the moment of the first attack.
10. It will build something new as a memorial to the dead.
11. Yes, probably As poet Jean de La Fontaine wrote, “on the wings of time grief flies away”
12. The pain, the grief, and the anger will probably fade away, but the memory of the terror attacks will linger.

TEXT ORGANIZATION

1.
Part One Day of Terror The terror attacks threw the nation, particularly New York City, into utter horror and chaos; people were disillusioned.
Part Two The Day After With wreckage, smoke and fire around New York looked like a battlefield. America was seeking revenge.
Part Three Looking Back in Nearly one year after the event the wounded city
Pain & Hope began healing up; yet New Yorkers remained haunted by what they had seen.
Part Four One Year Later On the first anniversary people gathered to mourn the dead. As time passes grief might gradually die down, but the memory will go on.

2. One day we will think back on the morning of Sept. 11, , and remember in crystal detail what we were doing when the first plane crashed into the north tower at 8:45 a.m. And we will be amazed that we didn’t think it possible before.
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And the world waited to see what America would do.
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Now the calendar commands us to revisit Sept 11. Now the calendar commands us to remember the dead. Now the calendar commands us to pick at a scab that has just begun to heal.
But the calendar does not say how many more times the Earth has to revolve around the sun before it stops hurting.
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It coated the red roses that children carried into The Pit.
It stung the eyes and clung to the tears of the brokenhearted who came to say farewell.
It swirled like dervishes across the vast emptiness where the World Trade Center once stood.
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Some of the mourners divined in the dust the ghosts of those they lost, and they opened their mouths and breathed it in.
Some of the mourners saw in the dust visions from that deadly day when the very ground was on fire and the powder and smoke caked the living and the dead.
Some of the mourners who never got a body to bury gathered handfuls of the brown dust and placed it in plastic bags to save and remember, to always remember.
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We will not revisit Sept. 11 the same way again.
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Fewer Americans will stop in their tracks at 8:46 a.m. and register the moment when the first hijacked plane crashed into the north tower.
Fewer candles will be lit. Fewer flags will be waved. Fewer speeches will be made. Fewer songs will be sung. Fewer tears will be shed, at least publicly

LANGUAGE SENSE ENHANCEMENT
1) brought down 2) revolving 3) circle
4) wreckage 5) memory 6) bury
7) perished 8) memorials 9) gaping wound
10) sliver

Language Focus
VOCABULARY

I. 1.
1) divined 2) nerves 3) solidarity 4) sacred; mourn 5) coated
6) perish 7) hijack 8) grief 9) farewell 10) take revenge on
11) revolves; revolves 12) denounced

2.
1) drop ... off 2) applied for 3) went off 4) are gaining on
5) bring down 6) blotted out 7) think back on 8) picking ... at

3.
1) Most economists agree that easy credit was the chief culprit that brought down the American housing market in .
2) The laundry business has been very profitable in the hands of Old Mark. But who knows what will ha en after his son steps into his shoes?
3) It is cold and windy outside. I am not in the mood to go out.
4) He had sold his stocks long before the market began to show signs of weakness.
5) We feel grateful for the benefits of modernization, but we also mourn the loss of the tranquil life we had in the countryside.

4.
1) Some survivors were found to have suffered psychiatric disorders in the aftermath of the earthquake. Others were trying hard to blot out the memory of the tragic event.
2) Two armed gangsters broke into the building at dusk and held two women at gunpoint, while their two accomplices kept watch at the gate. The situation was getting increasingly explosive with each passing minute.
3) Once the market went down suddenly, it would not recover in the space of just a few months. As President, he knew this only too well and was under no illusion about the difficulty of restoring confidence.

II. Collocation
1.
1) a little of 2) a few; most of/ many of 3) much 4) few 5) many
6) many of 7) much of 8) little 9) few of 10) Some

III. Usage
1.
1) As the boy grew older, picture books no longer satisfied his thirst for knowledge.
2) Born to a family of professional musicians, she sings as beautifully as a nightingale / sings like a nightingale.
3) One problem with these officials is. that they don’t see themselves as servants of the people.
4) As she had left her key in the office, Lucy had to stay with her neighbor for the night.
5) Don’t ask why now lust do as you are told. I will explain to you later.
6) Areas once regarded as rural are quickly disappearing into the growing city.
7) John often drinks tea with his meal, as they do in China.
8) As he was brave and loyal as well, Henry was soon promoted to General.

COMPREHENSIVE EXERCISES
I. Cloze
1. Text-related
1) mood 2) tragic 3) in the... aftermath of 4) chaos 5) toppling
6)solidarity 7) take revenge on 8) thinking back on 9) mourning 10) perished

2. Theme-related
1) crashed 2) horrible 3) harsh 4) protect 5) remove
6) utterly 7) truly 8) justify 9) rewarded 10) devastating

II. Translation
1.
1) Some high-ranking officers of the armed forces started a coup, toppling the government and throwing the country into chaos.
2) The filing market shattered her illusion about getting rich quickly
3) Thinking back on the history of World War II, we can see that the formation of the Allies was the natural product of the development of political and military circumstances then.
4) Paul felt stung when Jim called him a religious fanatic. But as he was in no mood for a quarrel! not in a quarreling mood, he simply pretended not to hear it.
5) People say that time heals all wounds. But for those who have lost their loved ones in the event, will time fill up the void in their hearts?

2.
‘Today, long after the earthquake shook I hit my hometown, I can still recall, in crystal detail, what I saw as I ran out of my home with my parents. The building just across the Street toppled right before our eyes, debris flew everywhere and a cloud of choking dust blotted out the sun. Horror-stricken people ran in all directions, crying and screaming.
Now, many years after that tragic event, a new town has risen on the wreckage of the old one. In the town square, a memorial has been built to remember those killed in the disaster. It seems the wounds in people’s hearts have healed, but the memory will linger.