1 Rock Superstars
What Do They Tell Us About OurSelves and Our Society?
A.Answer the following questions on the text:
1.They emphasize the theme of the article and they are appropriate. 2.The author attempts to illustrate that there are completely
different ideas about Rock Music between the young people and the adult.
3.Rock music can express its times. He sees it as a debating forum where American society struggles to define and redefine its
feelings and beliefs.
4.Elvis managed to embody the frustrated teenage spirit of the 1950s.
5.Bob Dylan spoke of civil rights, the Beatles urged peace and piety, and the Rolling Stones demanded revolution.
6.Apart from politics, the rock music also deals with feelings. 7.They got applause, praise and money.
8.No, he hasn’t. He wants the readers to think it carefully.
B.Translate the following into Chinese: 1.他说：“贾格尔拿着装有半加仑水的罐子沿着舞台前沿跑动，把水洒到前几
排狂热的观众身上。
2.你如何看待这种赞美和英雄崇拜？
3.你是不是莫名其妙地被这个怪异的小丑所吸引，因为他表现出你最疯狂的幻 想。
4.一些社会学家认为你对这些问题的回答很能说明你在想些什么，你的社会在
想些什么。换句话说，就是可以说明你和社会的态度。
5.只不过是艾尔维斯设法体现了50年代青少年那种失落的精神风貌。 6.感情，作为任何音乐形式的一个组成部分，是个永恒的主题。 7.这一乡村气息，赫罗威次感到，帮助听众表达了一种“逃避现实”，“重归 往昔”的愿望。
8.在1972年进行的一次全国性民意调查中，有10％以上的高中男生和20％以上
的女生把摇滚巨星视为自己的偶像。
C.Fill in the blanks in each sentence with the best word or expression from the box below, changing its for when necessary.
1. embodied 2. act out 3. sprinkled 4. sweltering 5. idle
6. rejected 7. rather than 8. Reverence
D.Choose the right word or expression in the brackets to complete each of the following sentences 1. debating 2. proud
3. mix, blend 4. conceive 5. were dressed 6. idealistic 7. admiration 8. rumbling
E.Explain the underlined words in English 1. disgusting,
2. The editor wrote against him. 3. the confusion of the old people 4. stress on peace and piety
5. the poems praise the simple joys of life 6. reflect feelings and benefits
7. a place where various ideas are confronted and noisily debated 8. other successful rock stars recently
F.Translate the following into English
Rock music began in America in the late 1950' s. It was not only a new musical form,but a debating forum for the American youth to express their ideas of the world and life.In this forum, the stars sang out the attitudes of the youth towards civil rights, war arid peace, the disaffection of their society, and a range of emotions between love and hate. All in all, in this forum,the American youth redefined the beliefs and feelings of their society. The typical representatives of the early rock music were Elvis Presley, singer and poet Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and so on. They were the culture heroes whom the young people worshipped.
G.Write a short passage
I agree that rock is the music of the teenage rebellion. First,
rock music turns out to be a great attraction mainly to the
teenagers rather than to the adults. The super rock star, Elvis Presley was praised and applauded by the younger generation, while he was criticized by editorials, banned by TV networks and refused by the older generation. Second, the rock music was adored and even worshiped mainly by the teenagers rather than by adults. Alice Cooper's ending of his act by pretending to end his life with a guillotine was considered marvelous by a young girl dressed in black.Fourteen-year-old Mike Perlie went to attend the rock concert, while his parents didn't,who thought Alice Cooper was sick and find it hard to bear his singing. According to one national opinion poll conducted in 1972, more than 10% of high school boys and 20% of the girls regarded a super rock Star as their hero.
2 Four Choices for Young People
A.
1. They think that the world is in pretty much of a mess, full of injustice, poverty, and war.
2. \ withdrawing from social responsibilities. The drupouts lead a
parasitic way of life because they batten on the society and in
which they take no responsibility.
3. Unlike the dropouts, they are willing to support themselves and to contribute something to the general community.
4. Because our planet is running Out of noble savages and unsullied landscapes.
5. Those who have no patience with the tedious workings of the democratic process or who believe that basic institutions can
only be changed by force.
6. Because they lived, in bitter disillusionment, to see the
establishment they had overthrown replaced by a new one, just as hard-faced and stuffy.
7. Such as problems of racial justice, of keeping cities from becoming uninhabitable, of coping with war in unfamiliar guises
and of population explosion.
8. The fourth alternative is to try to change the world gradually, one clod at a time. The author favors this alternative because it
sometimes brings about the desired result.
B.
1．很显然他所说的代表了许多同龄人的想法。
2．在过去的几年中，戏听到过许多大学内外的年轻人的谈话，对于成人世界，
他们也有同感。
3．他们愿意自食其力，并对社会大众做些贡献。他们不喜欢文明的环境，也就
是说，不喜欢那种丑恶、紧张的城市生活。 4．一些极富有的乡绅可以回到农村的田园生活。
5．对他们来说，这有一种传奇的色彩，通常是以某个有闯劲、魁力超凡的人物
为代表。
6．即使革命成功，他们胜利的曙光也从未照耀在他们梦想的，清除了人类一切
卑鄙行经的灿烂的新世界上。 7．革命的机器、无论贴上什么样的政治标签，还得由市场销售，卫生工程、官
僚机构的行家们来操作，而不是由那些极端的浪漫主义者们去操作。 8．这种方法的唯一优点是，它有时真的有效，——在一个特定的时间和地点，
与其他可选的策略相比，它可以改善世界上一些倒行逆施的行为。
C.
1. satisfying 2. cleansed 3. symbolize 4. ran out of 5. striking 6. insoluble 7. disappointed 8. virtually
D.
1. glance 2. relative 3. exasperated 4. noisome 5. inhabited 6. cluttered 7. ideal 8. appeal
E.
1. were just as nervous about the American society' .run by adults 2. they are not the person supported by society and giving it nothing in return.
3. also has its practitioners in the old days 4. all its unpleasant and nervous things
5. their victory never begins to grow light on the sliming new world 6. this strategy is not attractive at all 7. putting right some of the world's extreme violence or cruelty than any other strategy can be found .
8. another one appears great just before you.
F.
The American young people in the 1960's belonged to a rebellious generation. They saw that America, the affluent society was full of
poverty, inequality and hypocrisy.They didn't believe in this adult world which did not belong to them, and refused to follow its
beliefs and values. Many young people took active part in the wars against poverty, against racial discrimination and against Vietnam
War.Some young people even attempted to overthrow the establishment by force.While many other young people expressed their disaffection in a passive way, and they. used drugs, lived a parasitic life
without taking any responsibility in society, or escaped to the
unspoiled country to live a rather primitive communal life.
G.
The fourth choice for young people to make is to try to change the world gradually,one clod at a time.I agree with the author that this alternative lacks attraction at first glance. It promises no
quick results and has to rely on the annoying and uncertain
persuasion from agents and democratic decision making. It requires
patience, which people are always short of.But in a particular time and place it does work. It is more likely to overcome some of the social problems than any other available choice.As we know, one has to lead a rather undignified life,if he makes the choice to drop out
to live a parasitic life.It's no longer practical if one chooses to
flee and to have a more primitive way of life.And those in favor of
armed revolution are destined to feel disappointed whether they
succeed or not. Since revolution can not eventually bring forth a
bright future they dreamed of. What I disagree with the author is
that in a particular time and place — only an armed revolution can work which has been evidenced by the May-Forth Movement against the feudal system in the 1920s. And it's also evidenced by the Anti-- Japanese War in the 1940s.
3 The Use of Force
By William Carlos Williams
A.
1. Because it was very damp sometimes and it was warm in the kitchen. 2. Because they were all very nervous.
3. She kept the doctor from knowing her secret—her illness.
4. Because the doctor had to make sure whether the girl had caught diphtheria.
5. Because she reduced it to splinters.
6. He forced the heavy silver spoon back of her teeth and down her throat till she gagged. Thus he got to see her throat. 7. Yes, the girl's physical beauty made a contrast with her stupid behavior of not letting the doctor look her over.
8. Generally speaking, he is right/hut lie may try to persuade tlie girl to obey him in a mild way.
B. 1．我到她家时先遇到她的母亲，她一副惊讶、害怕的表情。她穿着很干净，只
是礼貌地说，您是医生吗？就让我进去了。
2．他试图站起来，我示意他不要麻烦，脱去外套，开始检查。
3．像往常一样，在这种情况下，他们不会告诉我更多情况，而是理应由我来告
诉他们。 4．我尽量露出我的职业微笑，询问小女孩的名字。我说，过来，玛蒂尔?? 5．此时我已厌恶地咬牙切齿，要不是他们使用“伤害”这个词，我可能早就采
取行动了。
6．在接下来的斗争中，他们变得越来越可怜，被制服，甚至精疲力竭，而小女
孩由于害怕我而产生的狂怒却达到了顶点。
7．她的嘴张开了一下，我还没来的及看清楚，她又闭上了嘴，紧紧地用臼齿咬
住木压舌板。我还没来的及将它拔出，她已把它咬成了碎片。
8．那个可恶的小家伙很愚蠢，但我应当保护她，此时我对自己这样说。
C.
1. apprehension 2. terrifying 3. overpowering 4. contemptible 5. motioned 6. profusion 7.ensuing 8. coax
D.
1. terrifyingly 2. coaxed
3. contemptible 4. apprehension 5. apology 6. terrifying 7. desist 8. admonished
E.
1. guilty
2. it's my responsibility
3. there's been a lot people who fell sick around here 4. nothing has been done
5. in view of the possibility
6. we continue to do this (examine her throat) till very end 7. became, irrational .
8. the pleasure to attack her
F.
Mathilda had been; ill for, three days, Her mother gave her some medicine, but it did no good, so a doctor had to be sent for.
Because there had. been, a number of cages of diphtheria in
the
school to which Mathilda went and two children died of it, the
doctor wanted to look her throat over first after he arrived at the Olson's. She wouldn't open her mouth no matter how he coaxed her, then the doctor had to get the tongue depressor into her mouth, but Mathilda should reduced it to splinters.To protect Mathilda herself and other children, the doctor must find out whether she had caught diphtheria, so that he. could, give her timely treatment. Then he
told Mathilda's father to hold both her wrists while he himself
opened her mouth up with effort and found that she did catch
diphtheria. The story reminds us of such a thing: some of the
things in life can't be done by one's willingness and in some cases, using certain force seems essential.
G.
The doctor thought the symptom of the girl was like that of
diphtheria, and it happened that there were a number of cases of
diphtheria in the school where the girl was in. So the doctor tried to coax to open her mouth. He took many ways, e.g., telling her terrible result of diphtheria, requiring her to go to hospital, which she was very afraid of etc, but she did not cooperate with him. Finally, his social responsibility, his authority as a doctor and the strategy to his respect forced him to open her mouth to see her throat by force. I think the doctor's behavior is right,because in reality it is necessary to use force to do something in certain circumstances in which voluntary isn't enough.
4 Die as You Choose
A.
1. Yes, it is.
2. Because euthanasia is condemned by the medical establishment. 3. Passive euthanasia--letting patients die; Active euthanasia-
killing. They make some difference, but in some cases,
active
euthanasia is better than passive euthanasia when medical
treatment has become meaningless.
4. It is a statement written by a person in the state of sound mind which says what measures should be taken and whether should be
treated when he suffers from incurable disease. 5. Yes, Hippocrats explicitly ruled out euthanasia in his oath for doctors, but most ancient Greek doctors and thinkers disagreed with his ban. By presenting this, the author wanted to tell the reader; even those people had the courage to disagree with
Hippocrates' ban, why can't we support euthanasia today? 6. It might pose dangers for society by setting a precedent for
kill¬ing. 7. Because opposition was too fierce because of the shadow of the past. 8. The author thinks the patient is entitled to determine his own death and he tends to favor euthanasia.
B.
1．现在迫切需要制定有关安乐死的法律。
2．在荷兰，安乐死已被医疗机构接受，并于每年公开实施数千次。 3．这场有关安乐死的辩论将持续到秋天，直到加利福尼亚人投票表决了一项
提议，使安乐死合法化。 4．许多人认为用所能使用的医疗科技来延长死亡前的痛苦是悲哀的、不高尚
的、可怕的。
5．这种主动实施与被动使用安乐死的区别还能维持多长时间呢？ 6．如果他使用足够数量的止痛片来为其实施安乐死就有错了吗？医生采取行
动，就应当受到谴责吗？
7．这不是一种巧合，当时荷兰医生就英勇反抗用人体做医学试验。 8．不间断提倡思想和行动自由的国家对主动实施安乐死进行限制性规定，就
没有什么可担心的了。 C.
1. dodged 2. intrude 3. withhold 4. ushered 5. legalize 6. precedent 7. credible 8. arguable D.
1. dodge 2. drowned out 3. intruding 4. omission 5. oath 6. withholding 7. arguable 8. credible E.
1. mercifully easy and painless death for persons suffering from an
in¬curable and painful disease, esp. the doctor let the patients
die on their own request 2. resulting in arguments
3. something that religion or custom regards as forbidden 4. everything could be used or done
5. creating an earlier example of killing 6. those who are too modest and scrupulous 7. polemical, arguable
8. support, be in favour of
F.
The need for laws on euthana sia, can't be dodged for much longer.
Eu¬thanasia is a taboo in most countries. In these countries doctors can only practise it secretly. But it is openly practised in. some countries, such as Holland. Right now more and more countries are
going over me arguments about legalizing euthanasia.
When a patient suffers from illness for a long time and there is
no hope of curing it,why do we let him prolong the throes? Why can't we practise euthanasia to stop the throes?
But if we legalize euthanasia,there will be a danger. Someone may use it for killing. AH in all, euthanasia is the question we can't dodge. G.
Euthanasia is a problem discussed for a long time. There are two attitudes in the world at present. How is euthanasia handled in different countries? Holland, which has rules for euthanasia and so can police it effectively. In Holland, mercy - killing is accepted by the medical establishment and openly practiced a few thousand times each year. They think one of a doctor's duties is to prevent suffering,
sometimes that is all there is left for him to do, and killing is the only way to do it. In the most countries, euthanasia is condemned by the medical
establishment, secretly practiced many times more often, and almost never comes to light, in America, Britain and many other countries. They believe that the time of death is appointed by God and that no man should put the clock back on another. But now most American States have 'living -will' legislation that protects doctors from prosecution if they do not try to save someone who has said he does not want life prolonged.
But now if euthanasia is legalized how long can the distinction between killing and letting death hold out? The legal framework for euthanasia, permits a doctor to comply with dying man's request in a prescribed set of circumstance. But this will make someone use it to kill the others. So whether euthanasia should be legalized is a
problem which has been discussed for a long time.
5 I'd Rather Be Black than Female By Shirley Chisholm
A.
1. She is the first black woman elected to Congress.
2. Because part of the problem is that women in America are much more brainwashed and content with their roles as second-class citizens than blacks ever were.
3. women do most of the tedious work; while men reap the rewards. 4. A very important statistic.
5. They are invariably paid less than a man for the same job. 6. Women predominate in the lower-paying, menial 4 unrewarding, dead-end jobs.
7. She is determined to help solve the problems of children, of military spending, of racial prejudice, of laws against unfair housing and unfair employment practices.
8. They are of empathy, tolerance, insight, patience, and persistence.
These are the qualities women naturally have.
B.
1．我是第一个克服这两个不利因素的人。 2．美国白人一一一包括那些自认为开明的自由主义者——需要很多年的时间来发
现，并消除他们所有的种族主义态度。
3．在这样的职位中。她们可能会获得几次免费参加抑或全国会议，或民主党和共
和党各自召开的全国代表大会。她们所做的也只是按照男主席的方式投一样的
票。 4．当一位聪明的女学生毕业后开始找工作时，为什么第一个问题总是：“你会打
字吗？”
5．每一次我试图再上一个新台阶时，许多人会劝我回到妇女的职业，做一名教
师，把政治留给男人。 6．但直到这些发生——我们知道这不是今年或朋年的事——因此我们所要做的是
要更多的妇女进人政界，因为我们对此有特殊贡献。
7．妇女善解人意、宽容，具有很强的洞察力、耐心和毅力——这些都是我们与生
俱来或由于受男人的压制而形成的品质，女人能把这些品质带到政府中来。 8．目前，我们的国家也许在政治上比其他任何领域更需要女人的理想主义和决心。
C.
1. makes the difference 2. phenomena 3. menial 4. prejudice 5. separate 6. predominate 7. rather than 8. thought of D.
1. incredulous 2. tune tone 3. empathy 4. vacation 5. contented 6. illuminated 7. persistence 8. morale
E.
1. being a black man is much less disadvantageous than being a woman 2. Woman in America are much more forced to accept some beliefs 3. destiny
4. People who offer to do something 5. When I tried to escape that role
6. 1 faced the hostility which wasn't covered up
7. 1 was talking ... about, a young woman who is seeming likely to succeed as a candidate
8. the law ... was put into effect instead of being, kept out of the way.
F.
American women contributed a lot to the development of the society but they have been suffering from sexual discrimination of all kinds- In politics, they have done all the tedious details that make the difference between victory and defeat on election day, while men reaped the rewards. Economically, women predominate in the
lower-paying, dead-end jobs and they are invariably paid less than a
man for the same job. Many Americans don’t think it is prejudice against women, but say that it is just the division of labor. And many American women are content with their role as second-class citizen. So
according to the author, it will be a long and hard struggle for women to gain the real equality.
G.
In the U. S., there is a strong prejudice against women. But it will be much harder to eliminate the prejudice. It will be a longer struggle. That there is prejudice against women is an idea that still strikes nearly all men as bizarre. And part of the problem is that women in America are much more brainwashed and content with their roles as second-class citizens than blacks ever were. Nevertheless, women have many special qualities that the country needs. It is women who can bring empathy, tolerance, insight, patience, and persistence to the government. The women of a nation mold its morals, its religion, and its politics by the lives they live. At present, the country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. What the country needs is more women in politics, because they have a very special contribution to make.
6 A Good Chance by Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
A.
1. \
2. Because she wanted to tell him the good 'news and let him make
a
decision for himself.
3. He got into trouble during the protest, then was put in jail and he was on parole when the narrator came to find him.
4. No, She didn't. She thought that Magpie no longer needed that. 5. Salina thought that Magpie had a right to know about the chance. 6. The patrolmen in it were watching all the people connected with Magpie.
7. Yes. He did. The narrator said that Magpie, could find a kind of satisfying isolation at the university and Elgie agreed with her at last.
8. There was injustice in the American society at that time.
B.
1．在他反对政府，反对美国印第安人委员会时，他变得越来越可怕，充满怨
恨，我也为他担心。
2．好吧，你愿意怎么想就怎么想吧，但你最近和他谈过吗？你知道他现在的
状况吗？
3．如果像你所说的他是一名印第安人，不管这是什么意思，如果他亲口对我
说他这次只是回来呆在这儿，我也不再劝他了。 4．一辆警车缓慢地驶向我们停车的拐角处，巡警目不转睛地盯着我们三个人，
我们假装没注意到。
5．我想你来的正好润为在这种不间断的监视、检查之下，喜鹊需要一些宽慰。 6．“还有件事”，埃尔吉继续说：“喜鹊不应该在那儿，明白吗？因为假释 的条件之一就是他应该远离他的朋友、亲戚和以前的同谋罪犯，甚至不能
见任何人。
7．但是一片寂静笼罩着整座房子，我感到有些忧虑。当我们走进敞着的后门
时，看到许多人站在厨房里。
8．我用手紧紧握着他的诗，两个拇指使劲按压平滑的纸板文件夹。
C.
1. hesitant 2. whereabouts 3. segregate 4. tentative 5. clicks
6. noncommittally
7. intently 8. agitation
D.
1.segregated 2.embittered 3. incredible 4. noncommittal 5. unrealistic 6. intently 7. hesitant 8. scoffed
E.
1. abandoned me
2. threatening: and .discontented 3. understand 4. know
5. got disturbed
6. moved by inches along 7. not clear about
8. some unworthy man who likes inspecting others
F.
I was very pleased when I knew that a university in California gave Magpie the scholarship, and he could go to the Fine Arts
School of it. I knew that he had been meaning to be a poet and he had such talent. It was a good chance for him. So I went back to Crow Creek to tell him the good news and get him to fill out some papers. Magpie was not home and his wife said they hadn't been together for a while and she only heard he's in Chamberlain. Then 1 went to Salina and asked her to help me. Salina said that Magpie had changed a lot since he was arrested and put in jail, and she thought that he was no longer interested in going to the university of the whites'. But 1 said Magpie had a right to know about it and he should make a decision for himself. She agreed and went with me to find Elgie, Magpie's good friend. But finally when I was about to see Magpie, he had already been shot by the policeman.
G.
The people in the story think of Magpie's opportunity of going to study in the university differently. Each has his or her own ideas. Amelia, Magpie's wife, doesn't think Magpie will go to California- He will never leave here even if he is told the news. According to
Amelia, Magpie is happy now, finally. He is in good spirits, handsome and free and strong. He sits at the drum and sings with his brothers: he's okay now. Then the narrator goes to Salina for help. Salina says Magpie does not have those worthless, shitty dreams anymore. According
to Elgie, the good friend of Magpie's, Magpie has changed and is for complete separation, segregation and total isolation from the whites. He agrees with the narrator's points: it's a chance for him to study, to write, and he can find a kind of satisfying isolation in that. The narrator is delighted to learn the news. She thinks that Magpie is interested and he has such talent, so this is a good chance for him.
7. Miss Brill by Katherin Mansfield
A.
1. It was brilliantly fine.
2. She loved it and called it \ 3. Because the Season had begun.
4. Because she always looked forward to the conversation.
5. She felt that there was something funny about nearly all of them. They were odd, silent, nearly all old.
6. She most probably was a prostitute. Because the man was very rude to her and she was not offended. 7. They were all on stage.
8. She taught English to pupils and accompanied an old man. 9. Because what the boy and girl said hurt her feeling. 10. She felt very sad.
B.
1．湛蓝的天空金光灿烂，大片大片的阳光犹如白葡萄酒倾洒在公园，虽然天气
晴朗，阳光明媚，布里尔小姐还是很高兴自己决定围这条毛皮围巾。 2．就像一个人只为家人演出，而没有其他人在场，怎么演奏也无所谓。 3．有时一个蹒跚学步的小孩突然从树底下摇摇晃晃地走出来，停下看看，突
然“扑通”一声坐在地上，其娇小的妈妈高抬脚步，像只母鸡一样跑过来，
一边责备他，一边将他扶起。
4．但是乐队好像知道她的感受，演奏的更轻松、更柔和，鼓声一遍又一遍地敲
出“畜牲！畜牲！”
5．他抬起衰老的头，一双老眼中闪出两个光点。
6．她也会加入。那些坐在长凳上的其他人——他们也会加人进来，一起合唱—
—低声唱，音调平缓，很好听的一一很动人的。
7．如果有杏仁。就像带回家一件小礼物，—份惊奇，一件本来可能不在那儿的
东西。 8．有杏仁的星期日，她精神抖擞地赶回家，迅速地划根火柴，准备烧开水。
C.
1. flapped 2. clasping 3. swooping 4. scraped 5. get used to 6. strode 7. drifted 8. rescued
D.
1. used to 2. splash 3. waved 4. swooped 5. rescue 6. rubbing 7. scrubbed 8. made a point
E.
1. she had chosen to wear her fur neckpiece. 2. And she'd talked the whole time
3. with the rhythm of the music and was almost knocked over by four girls walking side by side
4. regarded it necessary to leave home
5. she should keep her silly old face at home 6. Sunday pleasure
7. the Sundays when she bought a slice of cake with an almond in it 8. she went forward without entering the baker's
F.
Miss Brill was an Englishwoman who was old and poor and lived in a
seaside city in France. She went to the park every Sunday afternoon,
and she always sat on the same bench, listening to the conversation around her, or watching other people's life going on before her eyes. That Sunday afternoon, she came up with a feeling that she herself was a part of the whole company. She felt that life was like a play and she had her own part. Then her feeling of loneliness began to leave away from her. Just at that moment she heard the young couple speaking of her in despise, and the young man even whispered to let her go away. The short feeling of happiness disappeared, and she came back home with a broken heart.
G.
Miss Brill was British who lived in France. She made a living by teaching children English and taking care of an old man. To get away the feeling of loneliness, she went to garden every Sunday afternoon. There she sat on a seat listening to the conversations of others or observing the people around her. A particular Sunday afternoon, she had a strange feeling. She became an actress and play a part in the play around her. She imagined that others all paid attention of her, even the old gentleman she took care of. She was intoxicated in it. But just at that time, a pair of youth couldn't show love to each other only because of her. Then they talked about her scornfully. She heard that and wanted back to the realization that she was so disgusting. She put away the fur she always put on and tasted her broken heart herself.
8. A Lesson in Living by Maya Angelou
A.
1. Maybe she did.
2. Because Momma might have asked her to help Marguerite. Mrs. Flowers asked Marguerite to carry her provisions to her house and she gave her a lesson in living. 3. She had a talk with Marguerite.
4. She meant that Marguerite shouldn't tolerate ignorance because it was the consequence of not studying and she should understand illiteracy because they were deprived of education owning to their poverty.
5. Yes, she was. Her problem was that she could scarcely talk in class.
6. No, she wasn't. She was quiet because of her unpleasant experience.
7. Because she really wanted to help her. , 8. By her talking and reading. .
9. Mrs. Flowers threw her the first lifeline. 10. No, they weren't.
B.
1．她的皮肤黝黑，如果被尖锐的东西弄破，就会像李子皮一样剥落下来。 2．如果是另一位与她健康状况。年龄相仿的黑人妇女，就会自己把装好东西的
纸袋拿回家去。
3．弗劳尔斯夫人走在前边，摆动双臂，小心地躲开石头。 4．词的含义不止写在纸上的那些。
5．人的声音可以赋予它们更加深刻的含义。
6．她建议我尽量用不同的方法大声朗读同一个句子。 7．在我看来她期待我的回答。
8．她说这些质朴无华的话语表达了一代又一代人的集体智慧。
C.
1. ruffled 2. singled out 3. let alone 4. infused 5. memorize
6. the measure of 7. intolerant 8. cascade
D.
1. memorize 2. intolerant 3. infuse 4. common 5. intimate 6. occurred 7. respectful 8. separate
E.
1. gave me the first thing on which my life depended 2. fill
3. was necessarily true 4. how important it was 5. I had the idea 6. selected me
7. conceive a liking for
F.
Man created language and made it a way of communicating with his fellow man. One of the differences between oral language and written language is that oral language takes the human
voice to infuse words with the shades of deeper meaning. Mrs., Flowers read A Tale of Two City so nicely that she seemed to
be singing. From her reading I felt the wonder of language. Mrs. Flowers gave me some novels and poems. From these books 1 learned the worth of life, and realized how beautiful the language of literature was.
G.
Mrs. Flowers did a lot to teach Marguerite the important lesson in living. Mrs. Flowers told her many logical, reasonable, and practical things, though some of them were quite new and abstract to her. She said language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning. She also said Marguerite must always be intolerant of ignorance but
understanding of illiteracy. All this, no doubt, helped to
enlarge Marguerite's scope of thinking and knowledge. Mrs Flowers did something to influence her. She intentionally invited
Marguerite for cookies and lemonade so that they could have a chat. As Marguerite was eating, Mrs. Flower began the lesson, and encouraged her to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit. After eating cookies, the novel A Tale of Two Cities was brought out and she read to her like reading
poetry. Mrs. Flowers also asked her to recite a poem next time. All these acts did influence Marguerite a lot. In making the cookies and reading the novels, Mrs. Flowers appeared to be so skillful, gentle, kind, modest and she paid much attention to some details. To Marguerite, Mrs. Flowers was a real
gentlewoman and remained the measure of what a human being can be. Thus, Marguerite was guided out of a dead alley into a world of knowledge and enlightenment.
