何兆熊《综合教程4》Unit 1 Exercises.ppt

Unit 1 Exercises;;;I. Decide which of the following best states the authors purpose of writing. _____ A. To alter a word in the verse of a school written in his hornour. B. To encourage his audience to hold on in the stern situation. C. To convince people that Britain will win the final victory.;II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 1. Britain did very little in the past months to counter-attack the enemy that had bombed the country ferociously. 2. The British will take action and fight a long war when they have to do it. ;3. Imaginative people are optimistic and courageous enough to conceive of what will occur next. 4. Many nations believed from the beginning that Britain would win in the end. ;5. The speaker retarded what others called dark days as great days. ;III. Answer the following questions. 1. Why does the speaker urge people to be patient? ;2. Why does the speaker advise the British people to treat Triumph and Disaster in the same way? ;3. What is the change in the widespread mood referred to in Paragraph 5? ;4. Why does the speaker change darker into sterner? ;5. Do you think the speaker had achieved his purpose by the end of his speech?;IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences. 1. There has been this long lull with nothing particular turning up! ;2. We must ...meet with Triumph and Disaster. And treat those two impostors just the same. ;3. Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.;4. Britain, other nations thought, had drawn a sponge across her slate.;;;;I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.;;II. Fill in the blank(s) in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in its appropriate form.;;III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words. 1. By 2002, the corporation was making a loss, for prices had fallen ________________ as advanced economies underwent a profound transition. 2. Johnson isnt tired of T