精读2 第10.11单元精读答案.doc

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1、Unit10Preview2．Readthetextforbettercomprehensionandanswerthefollowingquestions.1)Thisisaninfinitivephraseusedasanadverbial.Itisusuallyplacedatthebeginningofastatement.Otherfrequentlyusedphraseslikethisare:Tobeginwith;Totellthetruth;Tobehonest;Tobefrankwithyou;Toputitanotherway;Togiv

2、eyouanexample;Tosumup;Tocomebacktothequestionwewerediscussing;Tonamejustafew.2）Thisisametaphoricaluseoftheword“arm”meaninganythinglookingorfunctioninglikethearmofahumanbeing.Moreexamples:atthefootofthemountain;atthemouthoftheriver;anearofcorn;achairwiththreelegs;theheartofthefinanci

3、alcenter.3）Itisasentenceininvertedorder.Thenormalorderwouldbe:The4000-footMountVesuviusrosebehindthecity.Moreexamples:SeatedinfrontwastheMayorofGuangzhou.Walkingbesidehimwashislovelydaughter.Note:Theusagehereis4000-foot.NOT:4000-feet)4）Anotherexampleofmetaphor,thesameasistheword“shr

4、oud”in7)below.Anobservanteyewillfindmanymoreexamplesintheessay.5)Icouldbeboth,buthereitisusedasanintransitiveverb,meaningtohitaplace.6)Itisanadjective,usedaspartofthesubject,modifying“thecity”.7)Rememberthecity“layintactbeneaththeprotectingshroudofash”.8)“Inplace”meansintheirpropero

5、rusualplace.9)Thismeans“TogotoPompeiitodayisliketakingatriptothepast”.Inthissentencewehaveaninfinitivephraseusedasthesubjectandanotherusedasthepredicative.10)Wecallthem“onomatopoeia”,wordsthatsoundliketheirreferent.象声词11)Yes.But“waters”canbeusedtorefertothebodyofwaterofariverorlakee

6、tc,ortheseanearandbelongingtoacertaincountry.12)Nolongertiedup;freeofcontrol.13)Itmeansthepointatwhichimportantchangesstarttooccur.Hereitreferstothepointatwhichthevolcanosuddenlyerupts.14)“(close/near)athand”means“nearintimeorplace”.15）“Thequick-witted”meansthosewhoarequicktounderst

7、andandtakeaction.Note:Therearequiteafewadjectivesorparticiplesinthisessayprecededbythedefinitearticleandusedasnounssuchas“theinjured”,“thedead”,“thefallen”,“thedying”.16）Yes.Butweuse“hundredsof”toemphasizethenumber,meaning“manyhundred”.Likewise,weuse“dozensof,tensofthousandsof,milli

8、onsof,billionsof,la