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1、Answerthefollowingquestionsfromthetexts:Unit1:1.Whichsentenceinthefirstparagraphestablishesthelinkbetweenthedrivingofanailandthechoiceofaword?Sowithlanguagefirmlyandexactly.2.whatdoestheword“this”insentence1,para2,referto?Gettingthewordthatiscompletelyrightforthewriter’spur
2、pose.3.Doyouagreewiththeauthorthatthereisagreatdealoftruthintheseeminglystupidquestion“HowcanIknowwhatIthinktillIseewhatIsay?”Thequestionsoundsirrational,butistrue.Unlesswehavefoundtheexactwordstoverbalizeourownthoughts,wecanneverbeverysureofwhatourthoughtsare.Withoutwords,
3、ourthoughtscannotbedefinedorstatedinaclearandprecisemanner.4.expainwhytheword“imprison”intheexamplegiveninpara.9,thoughnotamalapropism,isstillnottherightwordforthewriter’spurpose?“malapropism”meanstheunintentionalmisuseofawordbyconfusingitwithonethatresemblesit,suchas“human
4、”for“humane”,“singularity”for“singleness”.Butthemisuseofimprisonisdifferentcase,itiswronglychosenbecausetheuserhasfailedtorecogniseitsassociations.5.Pleasemakecommentsonthethreepairsofexamplesgiveninthissection.Compareandcontrasttheirdifferencesinmeaning.human:of,orrelating
5、toman.(humanbeing;humannature;humanrights)humane:characterizedbykindness,mercy,orcompassion.(humanejudge,humaneofficer)Humanaction=actiontakenbyhuman;Humaneaction=mercifulaction;Humankiller=personthatkillshuman;Humanekiller=instrumentswhichkillbutcauselittlepain,esp.thosefo
6、rthepainlesskillingofanimals.6.whatdoestheword“alive”inthesentence“astudentneedstobealivetothesedifferences”(para.9)mean?Sensitive,alert.-3-7.thewriterbeginshisarticlewithananalogybetweentheunskilleduseofthehammerandtheimproperchoiceofwords.indentifytheplaceswheretheanalogy
7、isreferredtointherestofthearticle.“wedon’thavetolookfarafieldtofindtheevidenceofcarpentry”(para.5)“itisperhapseasiertobeagoodcraftmanwithwoodandnailthanagoodcraftsmanwithwords.”(para.9)“agoodcarpenterisnotdistinguishedbythenumberofhistools,butbythecraftsmanshipwithwhichheus
8、esthem.Soagoodwriterisnotmeasuredbytheextentofhisvocabulary,butbyhisskillinfinding