新思路英语专业系列教材：阅读教程 英语短篇小说 配套答案.docx

Key to the Exercises

Unit 1 Facing Conflict

After You Read

I. Test Your Knowledge About the Story

1. Rearrange the following details from the story to trace the man’s death.

3, 8, 2, 4, 1, 6, 9, 5, 7

3. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1) 没出太阳，连一点要出太阳的迹象也没有，尽管天上看不到一片云朵。

2) 一种尖利、响亮的爆裂声吓了他一跳。他又吐了一口，这口痰又没有落到雪

3. Identify the figure of speech used in each of the following sentences.

1) imagery 2) foreshadowing 3) repetition 4) simile 5) personification

6) metaphor 7) symbolism 8) onomatopoeia 9) rhetorical question

V. Vocabulary Exercises

2. Learn the vivid action words.

1) A 2) B 3) A 4) C 5) A

Unit 2 Getting Along

Before You Read

Writer identification

1) H 2) H 3) F 4) F 5) H

来，也只有女人才会相信这种瞎话。

2) 单身独处，贫苦无告，她变得懂人情了。

3) 她就这样把他们打得落荒而逃，正如三十年前她战胜了他们为了那股气味而

闹事的父辈一样。

4) 仿佛她不仅仅想要人们承认她就是格里尔逊家族末代的尊严；仿佛需要同世

俗接触才能重新确认她那倔强的性格。

5) 如今她也该体会到多一分钱则喜，少一分钱则愁的那种人之常情了。

6) 不过也还有一些人，一些上了年纪的人，说，即使悲伤也不至于叫一个高贵

的妇女忘记自己“贵人责重”吧，只是他们没有明说贵人责重而已。

IV. Comprehensive Work

2. Fill in the blanks with proper words or phrases according to your understanding

of the story.

1) initiation 2) symbolizes 3) stable 4) hero 5) nature 6) first

4. Translate the following sentences into Chinese, paying special attention to the

articles.

1) 我们到东部的第一天，清晨四点钟就起床了。前一天晚上，我们在镇子旁边

爬下了载货的火车。凭着肯塔基少年那种真正的本能，我们好歹穿过了镇市，一

下子就找到了赛马场和马厩。

2) 然而现在一切都不同了。在跑马场上，空气的味道不那么正了，闻起来也不

那么香了。这是因为像杰利·蒂尔福德那样的人，明知道自己干的是什么事儿，

3. Correct mistakes.

1) imaginative → imaginary 2) maturity → maturing 3) various → variety

4) over → through 5) to → for 6) accustom → accustomed

7) at time → at the time 8) rare → rarely 9) on → of

10) undergo → undergoes

After You Read

V. Vocabulary Exercises

Match the words or expressions with their definitions.

1) J 2) A 3) G 4) I 5) B 6) H 7) C 8) D 9) E 10) F

IV. Comprehensive Work

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1) The color white: White is the color of the heron, which represents the purity of

rural life.

2) The tall tree in the forest that Sylvia climbs: It symbolizes clarity of thought. It is

from her lofty perch that Sylvia sees all and realizes the heron’s life is more valuable

than $10.

3) The geranium: It usually stands out in the city setting but here it appears in a rural

setting, symbolizing Sylvia, who belongs in nature. It also represents the suffocating

nature of the city in comparison with the farm.

但有些决定可能关乎是非，要做出决定并非轻而易举。当你不确定该做什么时，

停下来想想，问问自己下面这些问题：

I. Test Your Knowledge About the Story

2. Fill in the blanks based on your understanding of the story.

1) winners 2) money 3) love 4) wealth

much description of eyes as possible in the story, and discuss the power of

non-verbal communication.