Volume IV Unit 1 Reference Answers and Partial Analysis
Reference answer
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1 1- 15 ABCAB 16-20 ccbbc 2 1-25 BD bad 26-30 ADCCD
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4 1-45 DDACD 46-50 baccb 5 1-55 DCCAC 56-60 BCBBC
6 1. Q 62. Why?
63. childhood. along with
65. Really?
67. Whether/if
69. I am 70 years old. if
Correct the mistakes in the article:
7 1 ... angry with ... remove be.
72 ... so untidy ... so → so.
73. Some ... Yes → Yes.
74 ... Find my way ... way → way
75 ... It's really boring. Boring → boring
76 ... Get a surprise ... → a
77 ... Find something else.
Anything → something
78 ... looking for my new ... After reading it, add for.
79 ... photo with ... with→ of
80. My sister looks ... looks → looks.
A possible version:
Pearl S. Buck was born on June 26th, 892, and died on March 6th, 973. She grew up in Zhenjiang, China, where her parents worked. Having lived there for nearly 40 years, she called Zhenjiang her hometown of China, and Chinese was her first language. Pearl S. Buck began to write in the1920s and wrote many novels. Goo d Earth published by 193 1, wonthe Pulitzer Prize published by 1932 and Nobel Prize in Literature published by 1938.
Pearl Buck is famous because she is the only woman who has won these two awards.
Partial analysis
Reading comprehension:
A (natural)
This article is very practical. This paper introduces four masters who imitate plants in the animal kingdom.
2 1. B. Word meaning guessing. According to the surprise in the first paragraph and the camouflage ability of the four animals introduced below, some animals have amazing abilities.
22.d Detail comprehension questions. According to the introduction of ghost mantis, most of their bodies look like dried leaves. We know that most of ghost mantis's bodies look like withered leaves, so they look like fallen leaves.
23.b. Understanding the details. According to the green plants-
-Introduction to -hopper Green rice planthopper, also known as torpedo worm, covers its body with green wings when resting, much like a sloping roof. Therefore, choose item B.
24. A. Main topic. The four animals introduced in this paper will imitate plants and confuse the real with the fake.
Part B (Modern Technology)
This article is explanatory. This paper is an introduction to artificial intelligence technology.
25.d Inference and judgment questions. The first paragraph of the article says that it is not easy to predict the future. According to many experts in the 1970s, no one wanted to use computers. thomas watson said that he thought the future of computers was bleak.
26. Answer. Understand the details. According to Dr. Brooks in the third paragraph, "They also gave us more surprises. They are starting to think again. "Dr. Brooks, who studies and develops new intelligent robots, believes that computers are becoming more and more intelligent now.
27.d Inference and judgment questions. According to the penultimate paragraph, Hal is a robot that can think and communicate with people. According to the way Hal gets along with people in the last paragraph, what makes Hal special is that he communicates with people through self-thinking.
C (art)
This article is a narrative. The article tells the story of Abbie Conant, a world-famous trombone player, constantly fighting for his rights.
28. C. Understanding the details. According to the statement in the first paragraph that Abbie Conant, an Italian musician, seeks to change his career from playing trombone for the Royal Opera House in Turin, Abbie Conant, who used to work for the Royal Opera House in Turin, keeps writing letters to apply for jobs in order to seek more development space.
29. C. Inference and judgment questions. According to Conant, in the second paragraph, he was anxious about missing a note, and was seen packing up his trombone to leave shortly after the audition. Conant pursued the perfection of the music performance, so she was very angry with a small mistake made during the audition and chose to leave immediately after the audition.
30.d Inference and judgment questions. According to the members of the selection committee, they were waiting and convinced that they would be introduced to Mr. Conant. When a woman walked into the fourth paragraph, the members of the selection committee thought Conant was a man, so they were surprised when they saw that Conant was actually a woman.
3 1. B. Inference and judgment questions. According to the last three paragraphs of the article, conant took Munich Philharmonic to court twice, once because they adjusted her position as chief trombone player just because she was a woman, and once because they treated her differently from male performers when paying her salary. Both times because she was treated unfairly.
D (society)
This article is explanatory. The article mainly introduces the history of early money.
32.d Writing skills. In the first paragraph, the author gives examples of hunters and fishermen to illustrate the way of barter.
33. C. Inference and judgment questions. According to the third paragraph, the seller thinks that his things are more expensive than one cow, but the buyer is unwilling to pay the price of two cows to the seller, but it is inconvenient for the buyer to pay one and a half cows. Therefore, buyers will feel that using cattle as currency has shortcomings.
34. B. Inference and judgment questions. According to the last paragraph, we still say that if people don't finish their work well, they don't deserve their salt. We can judge that salt worthy of them means "ability", so we choose item B.
35. A. The source of the article. Starting with the most primitive barter, this paper introduces the early history of money in chronological order. So this article is most likely selected from an article about the history of money.
Five sevenths:
Topic: Personal feelings
This article is explanatory. The article introduces four suggestions to make you happier.
According to the topic "Make you happier" and the physical and mental benefits brought by a good attitude mentioned in the first paragraph, you can choose item D.
37. F. Think about the echo in item F. Take some time to think about this subtitle; This situation echoes the situation at the end of the paragraph.
38. G. This paragraph suggests setting daily goals. The sense of accomplishment in item G can only be achieved after the goal is completed, which means that the sense of accomplishment will enhance your self-confidence.
39. Don't compare yourself with others in item B. B, which means you should pay more attention to your situation ... There is nothing about you in this paragraph.
40.e .E An umbrella in rainy days in E.E. refers to something that people are grateful for, which conforms to the suggestions in this paragraph.
Cloze:
Subject: Personal situation
This article is a narrative. This article is the self-report of a successful businesswoman.
According to the success in the last paragraph, I am a successful woman. It is generally believed that successful people get "everything".
42.d It is through hard work that "I", "I" and "I" have made me what I am today.
43. Answer: According to the following, I run my business ... I have a family business, and "I" knew from an early age that one day I would have my own "company".
According to the performance of "I" in school and the positive thinking in the last paragraph, I have a dream because my parents always encourage me to think big.
There is a causal relationship between "I want to be in the top of my class" and "I study hard and seldom go out with my friends", so I choose this way.
A: I go to college to study languages because they are my "favorite" courses at school.
According to what I have learned above, I "studied" French and German in college for four years.
49. C. According to the following turning point comparison, "I" and "loved" to be stewardesses.
I am a stewardess, so I flew all over the world.
51.D. According to the following "I", I successfully started a company, and what I learned as a flight attendant "helped" me.
52. C. Being away from home all the time makes it "impossible" to get married.
53. C. Start a business at home according to the following "I", and I change careers to get married and have children.
54. According to the following then and now, "at the beginning" and "I" worked at home.
55. C. Taking care of husband and children is certainly not "easy".
56. B. I got my own office and hired a secretary, because I made money.
57. C. According to the following, we really have a family business, and the children work with me.
58. B. My childhood dream of owning my own company has come true, and "I" certainly "hope" that the company can continue.
According to the following good luck, work and positive thinking, "I" will talk about the secret of success.
60. C. The very hard work in the first paragraph is a hint.
Fill in the blanks in grammar:
6 1. Ask. Check the non-predicate verbs. Plan to do sth. It means "going to do something"
62. Why? Examine the conjunctions. Because the following explains why Dr. Jones decided to study physics, he used why to guide the object clause.
63. Childhood. Test nouns. Childhood means "childhood, childhood".
64. Examine prepositions with. Come up with means "put forward".
65. Really. Examine adverbs. From the interesting spaces, we can see that adverbs really fill in here.
66. It's called. Check the non-predicate verbs. Because call and machine form a logical verb-object relationship, the past participle is used as the postattribute.
67. It. Check its usage. Let the vacant place be the formal subject, and the real subject is the explanation, so fill it in.
68. Whether/whether. Investigate conjunctions. Set a space to guide the object clause, which can be learned from or, and fill in what/if here.
69. At 10 a.m., examine the consistency of subject and predicate. When two nouns or pronouns used as subjects are connected by or, there ... or, there ... is not only ... but also, the predicate verb is usually consistent with the adjacent nouns or pronouns.
70. If the conjunctions are examined. Because the earth is the only living planet, its virtual state will be very strange if it is filled.
[Select the answer to the question and analyze it]
Reference answer
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analyse
(society)
This article is a narrative. The article describes the real life of Australians through MatthewTaylor and his two children.
1. C. The purpose of writing. According to the first paragraph, "But are Australians really like this? Are they ready to fight crocodiles? " Compared with the last paragraph, "None of them have ever been in trouble with crocodiles", the author questions the Australian life described in the movie Crocodile Dundee, with the main purpose of leading out the theme of this article-real Australian life.
2.d. Detail comprehension questions. According to the second paragraph, MatthewTaylor was eighteen when he moved to Australia from England in 1973, so he has lived in Australia for more than forty years.
3.d. Inference and judgment questions. It is introduced that we have a swimming pool ... my cousin from England likes it ... In the fourth paragraph, Megan's cousins like her swimming pool and house very much, so it is inferred that they think Megan's life in Australia is very interesting.
4. B. Detail comprehension questions. According to Megan's "We have a barbecue almost every weekend" and Josh's "Megan's Right, We Can Do More Outside", both Megan and Josh who have lived in Australia for a long time think that Australians have a rich outdoor life.
5.b. Writing skills. Both Megan and Josh introduce their lives in Australia by comparing the lifestyles of the British and Australians.
Part b (natural)
This article is explanatory. This article is a news report about the threats faced by Pacific blue whales in California.
6. C. Text structure. According to the first paragraph, the shipping routes of the Pacific Ocean in California overlap with the waters where the blue whale is active, which makes the collision of ships a great threat to the blue whale. So the problem here refers to the whale being hit by the boat above.
7. B. Understanding the details. It is reported that there are very few whales left, only three to five ... This is a huge loss. In the fourth paragraph, every whale country removes this population from the list of endangered species in the fifth paragraph. It can be seen that the blue whale is in danger of extinction.
8. C. Inference and judgment questions. According to the question ... the ship ... slowed down ... The sixth paragraph changed its course before hitting the whale. The plan was to solve the problem of the above-mentioned ship hitting the blue whale, and its purpose was to protect the blue whale.
9. C. Detail comprehension questions. According to the last paragraph, if the speed of each ship crossing the Santa Barbara Strait does not exceed 12 nautical miles per hour, its shipping company will receive a reward of $2,500.
10.d. Article source. This paper introduces the current threats faced by California Pacific blue whales and the countermeasures to solve this problem. According to the adverbial of time related to the present in the article, it can be inferred that this article is probably a news report.