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1、Unit9HowtoGrowOldConsolidationActivitiesI.TextComprehension1.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor’spurposeA.Toexplorethereasonswhypeopleusuallyfeardeathinoldage.B.Tosupplysomemedicalinformationabouthealthandgeneticinfluenceonone’slongevity.C.Tooffersuggestionsonhowtoke
2、epopen-mindedandmakesomepsychologicaladjustmentsintheprocessofgrowingold.Key[C]2.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1).Withafewexceptions,mostoftheauthor’sancestorslivedtoagreatage.[T]2).Theauthorisveryparticularabouthisdietandcarefulinhislife
3、style.[F]3).Ifyouleftyourgrown-upchildrenalone,theywouldbecomeverycallousbecauseofyourindifference.[F]4).Itisobviousthatthosewhodonothavestrongimpersonalinterestswillundulyconcernthemselveswiththeirchildrenandgrandchildrentofillthevoidintheirlives.[T]5).Withthedecayofvitalitya
4、ndincreaseofweariness,thefearofdeathintheoldpeopleisinevitableandjustifiable.[F]II.WritingStrategiesInthelastparagraphtheauthorcomparesone’slifetoariverwithitsdifferentphases.Nowtrytodescribehowthismetaphorworksforthethemeoftheessay.Themetaphorisusedtoillustrateparticularchara
5、cteristicsofanindividualhumanexistenceinthreedifferentphases:1)Whenpeopleareyoung,theyaremorevigorousandenergetic(“rushingpassionatelypastrocksandoverwaterfalls”),butlessexperienced(“small,”“containedwithinitsbanks”).2)Whentheyreachtheirmiddleage,theyhavegotmoreexperienceandwi
6、sdom(“Graduallytherivergrowswider,thebanksrecede...”)andtheirpaceoflifebecomesmoregentlebutsteady(“...thewatersflowmorequietly...”).3)Astheirsenseoffulfillmentincreasesinoldage,theirsenseofindividualitydecreases,andtheirlivesbecomeincreasinglyblendedwiththeuniversallife(“becom
7、emergedinthesea,”“losetheirindividualbeing”).III.LanguageWork1.Explaintheunderlinedpart(s)ineachsentenceinyourownwords.1).Althoughbothmyparentsdiedyoung,Ihavedonewellinthisrespectasregardsmyotherancestorsàwithreferenceto/relatingto2).OfremoterancestorsIcanonlydiscoveronewhodid
8、notlivetoagreatage,andhediedofadiseasewhichisnowrare,namely,h
