资源描述:
《新编英语教程5-练习册答案》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在行业资料-天天文库。
1、Answerthefollowingquestionsfromthetexts:Unit1:1.Whichsentenceinthefirstparagraphestablishesthelinkbetweenthedrivingofanailandthechoiceofaword?Sowithlanguagefirmlyandexactly.2.whatdoestheword“this”insentence1,para2,referto?Gettingthewordthatiscompletelyrightforthewriter’s
2、purpose.3.Doyouagreewiththeauthorthatthereisagreatdealoftruthintheseeminglystupidquestion“HowcanIknowwhatIthinktillIseewhatIsay?”Thequestionsoundsirrational,butistrue.Unlesswehavefoundtheexactwordstoverbalizeourownthoughts,wecanneverbeverysureofwhatourthoughtsare.Without
3、words,ourthoughtscannotbedefinedorstatedinaclearandprecisemanner.4.expainwhytheword“imprison”intheexamplegiveninpara.9,thoughnotamalapropism,isstillnottherightwordforthewriter’spurpose?“malapropism”meanstheunintentionalmisuseofawordbyconfusingitwithonethatresemblesit,suc
4、has“human”for“humane”,“singularity”for“singleness”.Butthemisuseofimprisonisdifferentcase,itiswronglychosenbecausetheuserhasfailedtorecogniseitsassociations.5.Pleasemakecommentsonthethreepairsofexamplesgiveninthissection.Compareandcontrasttheirdifferencesinmeaning.human:o
5、f,orrelatingtoman.(humanbeing;humannature;humanrights)humane:characterizedbykindness,mercy,orcompassion.(humanejudge,humaneofficer)Humanaction=actiontakenbyhuman;Humaneaction=mercifulaction;Humankiller=personthatkillshuman;Humanekiller=instrumentswhichkillbutcauselittlep
6、ain,esp.thoseforthepainlesskillingofanimals.6.whatdoestheword“alive”inthesentence“astudentneedstobealivetothesedifferences”(para.9)mean?Sensitive,alert.-3-7.thewriterbeginshisarticlewithananalogybetweentheunskilleduseofthehammerandtheimproperchoiceofwords.indentifythepla
7、ceswheretheanalogyisreferredtointherestofthearticle.“wedon’thavetolookfarafieldtofindtheevidenceofcarpentry”(para.5)“itisperhapseasiertobeagoodcraftmanwithwoodandnailthanagoodcraftsmanwithwords.”(para.9)“agoodcarpenterisnotdistinguishedbythenumberofhistools,butbythecraft
8、smanshipwithwhichheusesthem.Soagoodwriterisnotmeasuredbytheextentofhisvocabulary,butbyhisskillinfinding