1、高级英语第一册课后答案高级英语第一册课后答案【篇一：高级英语1 lesson 9课后练习答案】ti. give brief answers to the following questions, using your own words as much as possible: 1) why is mark twain one of americas best-loved authors? 2) give a brief account of mark twains experience before he became a writer. 3) why did the author adop
2、t mark twain as his pen name? 4) when did mark twain become a pilot on a steamboat? how long did he stay there? what did he learn there? what effect did this experience have on his writing? 5) why did twain leave the river country? what did he do then? 6) what story did he write that made him known
3、as the wild humorist of the pacific slope”? 7) why did the book, the innocents abroad, become an instant best-seller? 8) why is tom sawyer as sure to be studied in american schools today as is the declaration of independence? 9) why did twain become bitter late in life? . paraphrase: 1) a man who be
4、came obsessed with the frailties of the human race 2) mark twain digested the new american experience before sharing it with the world as writer and lecturer. 3) the cast of characters set before him in his new profession was rich and varied- a cosmos. 4) broke and discouraged, he accepted a job as
5、reporter with the virginia city territorial enterprise 5) mark twain began digging his way to regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist. 6)and when she projects a new surprise, the grave world smiles as usual, and says well, that is california all over 7) bitterness fed on the man who had m
6、ade the world laugh. . translate the following into chinese: 1) from them all mark twain gained a keen perception of the human race, of the difference between what people claim to be and what they really are. 2) toms mischievous daring, ingenuity, and the sweet innocence of his affection for becky t
7、hatcher are almost as sure to be studied in american schools today as is the declaration of independence.3) mark twain suggested that an ingredient was missing in the american ambition when he said: what a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might be, if we would only lay ourselves on the sh
8、elf occasionally and renew our edges. 4) in the mysterious stranger, he insisted that man drop his religious illusions and depend upon himself, not providence, to make a better world. 5) . they vanish from a world where they were of no consequence; where they achieved nothing; where they were a mist
9、ake and a failure and foolishness; where they have left no sign that they had existed - a world which will lament them a day and forget them forever. . pick out the compound nouns and compound adjectives fry the text and explain their formation. . give the antonyms of the words listed below: 1) opti
10、mist 2) savage 3) keen 4) to rebuff 5) diligently 6) sluggish 7) to acknowledge 8) colossal 9) tedious 10) dreary . pick out all the words and phrases connected with boats and rivers. vii. in this text, a lot of nouns are used as attributes. pick them out. models: 1) tramp printer 2) steamboat days
11、viii. 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) indeed, this nations best-loved author was every bit as adventurous, patriotic, romantic, and humorous as an
12、yone has ever imagined. (sentimental) (witty) 2 ) tramp printer, river pilot, confederate guerrilla, prospector, starry-eyed optimist, acid-tongued cynic(critic) 3) lumber, corn, tobacco, wheat, and furs moved dove stream to the delta country (timber) 4) from them all mark twain gained a keen percep
13、tion of the human race, of the difference between what people claim to be and what they really are. (proclaim oneself) 5) when railroads began drying up the demand for steamboatpilos and the civil war halted commerce (need) (stop) 6) attacks on the city government, concerning such issues as mistreat
14、ment of chinese, so angered officials that he fled to the gold-fields (ill-treatment) 7) it was that population that gave to california a name for getting up astounding enterprises. and a recklessness of cost or consequences. (results) 8) in the dreary winter of 1864-65 in angels camp, he kept a not
15、ebook. ( tedious) 9) in new york city the steamship quaker city prepared to sail on a pleasure cruise to europe and the holy land. (pleasant) 10) twain was assigned to accompany them, as correspondent for a california newspaper. (reporter) 11) what a robust people, what a nation of thinkers we might
16、 be (healthy) 12) he commented with a crushing sense of despair on mans final release from earthly struggles (desperation) ix. the italicized words are used metaphorically. explain their meanings in your own words and comment on t he suitability of the metaphors in each case. 1)most americans rememb
17、er mark twain as the father of huck finns idyllic cruise through eternal boyhood and tom sawyers endless summer of freedom and adventure. 2) the geographic core, in twains early years was the great valley of the mississippi river, main artery of transportation in the young nations heart. 3) the cast
18、 of characters set before him in his new profession was rich and varied - a cosmos 4) steamboat decks teemed not only with the main current of pioneering humanity, but its flotsam of hustlers, gamblers,and thugs as well. 5) he went west by stagecoach and succumbed to the epidemic of glod and silver
19、fever in nevadas washoe region. 6) for eight months he flirted with the colossal wealth available to the lucky and the persistent, and was rebuffed. 7 ) from the discouragement of his mining failures, mark twain began digging his way to regional fame as a newspaper reporter and humorist. 8) mark twa
20、in honed and experimented with his new writing muscles. x. besides metaphors and hyperboles, the writer used many other figures of speech to make his writing more vivid and powerful.point out the figures used in the following sentences: 1) from them all mark twain gained a keen perception of the hum
21、an race, of the difference between what people claim to be and what they really are. 2) he tried soldiering for two weeks with a motley band of confederate guerrillas who diligently avoided contact with the enemy. 3) but for making money, his pen would prove mightier than his pickax.( ) 4) “it was a
22、 splendid population for all the slow, sleepy,sluggish-brained sloths stayed at home” ( ) 5) it was that population. and rushing them through with a magnificent dash and daring and a recklessness of cost or consequences” ( ) 6) bitterness fed on the man who had made the world laugh.( ) 7) he comment
23、ed with a crushing sense of despair on mans fi-nal release from earthly struggles ( ) 8) a world which will lament them a day and forget them for-ever ( ) xi. make sentences using the following words in a figurative sense: 1) heart 2 ) artery 3) current 4) hotbed5) to dry up6) to hone xii. in some p
24、laces the author uses hyperboles (exaggerations for effect) to emphasize his meaning. try to pick them out. models: 1) eternal boyhood 2) america laughed with him. xiii. replace the italicized words and phrases with more formal words or expressions: 1) indeed, this nations best-loved author was ever
25、y bit as adventurous. as anyone had ever imagined. ( ) 2) broke and discouraged, he accepted a job as reporter ( ) 3) that gave to california a name for getting up astounding enterprises ( ) 4) and rushing them through with a magnificent dash and daring ( ) 5) well, that is california all over. ( )
26、6) coleman with his jumping frog - bet stranger $50.( ) 7) casually he debunked revered artists and art treasures. ( ) 8) he insisted that man drop his religious illusions ( ) . translate the following into english (using the following words or expressions: to find expression in, to shape . into, to
27、 have no choice but, to succumb, not until, to acquaint . with, thats . all over, to be obssessed with, to teem with, every bit as . as, acquaintance, to sb. s horror, to sb. s satisfaction): 1）对贫困的担心使他忧虑重重。 2）洞庭湖盛产鱼虾。 3）汤姆的聪明丝毫不亚于班上的第一名学生。 4）我认识他，但我们说不上是朋友。 5）在压力下，他别无办法，只好离职。 6）最后他被她说服了，决定改变原计划。 7）
28、那时许多儿童死于天花。 8）他发现船舱里进了很多水，十分惊恐。 9）孩子们考试成绩优异，家长和教师都很满意。 10）彼得的特点真是如此。 11）直到半夜医生才做完手术。 12）历史课使我对古代文明有所了解。 13）老作家根据这个民间故事写成了一个电影剧本。 14）新上演的那出话剧充分表现了中国人民大无畏的革命精神。 xv. topic for oral work why does the writer consider mark twain a mirror of america? xvi. write a summary of the life to mark twain within 20
29、0 words. i . 1)because his literary works such as two novels about huck finn and tom sawyer are loved by americans, who imagine he was adventurous, patriotic, romantic, and humorous. 2)before he became a writer, he worked as a tramp printer, river pilot, confederate guerrilla, prospector, and report
30、er. he had done varied jobs. 3)he adopted his pen name from the cry heard in his steamboat days, signaling two fathoms of water. 4)he became a pilot on a steamboat in 1857 and stayed there for four and a half years. there he learned a lot about human nature and gained a keen perception of the human
31、race. this experience immensely eiched his writing. 5)he left the river country because the development of railroad, rendered steamboat pilots less necessary and the civil war began, stopping commerce. then he became a confederate guerrilla. 6)the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county. 7)becau
32、se it was a book centered on satirizing europe and the holy land, arousing intense interest among americans. 8)because it is a classic tale of american boyhood describing toms mischievous daring, ingenuity, and the sweet innocence of his affection for becky thatcher.【篇二：高级英语(第一册)课后答案】zaar ii . 1) little donkeys thread their way among the throngs of people. little donkeys went in and out among the people and from one side to a
