unit1nevergivein,never,never,never习题答案综合教程四

Unit 1 Never Give In, Never, Never, Never

KEY TO EXERCISES

Text comprehension

I. Decide which of the following best states the speaker's purpose.

II.

false.

1.

T (Refer to the last sentence of Paragraph 1.)

2.

T (Refer to Paragraph 2.)

3.

F

(Refer

to

Paragraph

4.

Imaginative

people

sometimes

are

pessimistic,

as

they

see things far worse than they are and foresee more dangers than there will be.)

4.

F (Refer to Paragraph 5. At the beginning of the German continual, intense air

raids,

many

nations

thought

that

Britain

was

finished.

But

to

their

surprise,

Britain

stood the ordeal and this miracle changed the view of those nations.)

5.

T (Refer to Paragraph 8.)

III.

Answer the following questions.

1.

Refer to Paragraph 2. Because he understands that the war is long and tough:

it

is

not

to

end

in

months

but

in

years.

He

tells

the

people

there

that

however

long

the war lasts, the final victory belongs to Britain. But at the same time he makes

it clear that not

every

day

is an opportunity

to take

action: they have

yet

to wait

and persevere.

2. Refer to Paragraph 3. Because he thinks that both Triumph and Disaster are

deceptive in that people can make things out far worse than they really are when

they have a disaster and they can lose their vigilance when they are in triumph.

Judge,

according

to

the

text,

whether

the

following

statements

are

true

or

B

3. When Britain came under the heavy air attacks by Germany, many other nations

thought that Britain was finished. As the country stood the ordeal to their great

surprise, those nations changed their view.

4. Refer to Paragraph 7. Because he has a strong conviction of victory. The two

terms have different implications. When used in the text to refer to the days of

war,

user's

pessimism.

days

though

identical

in its

reference,

suggests

optimism and pride in having the chance to rise to the challenge.

5. Refer to Paragraph 8. Yes, I do. By paying a visit to Harrow School and making

a speech there, Churchill not only encouraged the audience of his speech but the

British

people

in

general

to

continue

to

fight

rather

than

surrender

to

their

enemy.

IV.

Explain in your own words the following sentences.

1. Britain

has

been

in

too

long

a

period

of

stillness

without

taking

any

particular

action against the enemy.

2. We are sure to experience both Triumph and Disaster, but must avoid clouding

our judgment through exaggerating their importance.

3. Never give in unless we are convinced that it is honourable and sensible for

us to do so.

4. Other nations thought that Britain was completely conquered.

5. We will win as long as we hold on to the end.

Structural analysis of the text

In Part 2 (Paragraphs 2) Churchill outlined the lessons to be learned from these

events and how they had proved other countries wrong about Britain. In Part 3

(Paragraphs

6)

he

told

the

audience

that

he

wanted

to

change

a

word

in

the

additional

verse of the school song and explained why he wanted to do it.

Rhetorical features of the text

The

following

antonyms

are

used

in

the

speech:

ups

--

downs,

short

--

long,

triumph

--

disaster,

great

--

small,

large

--

petty,

dark

days

--

great

days.

Some

of

these

antonyms . great -- small, large -- petty) are used to express the determination

of the British people to fight on for the final victory, and some of them . dark

days -- great days) are

used to encourage the

audience not to lose hope

in the face

of difficulties.

Vocabulary exercises

I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.

1.

gladden my heart

2.

situation; circumstances

3.

threat

4.

splendid; heroic

5.

sudden small movement because of pain or fear

II.

Fill in the blank(s) in each sentence with a word or phrase from the box

in its appropriate form.

1.

put through

2.

addressed himself to

3.

was going through

4.

Throwing our minds back to

5.

yielded to

6.

close our account

7.

ups and downs

8.

misfortunes

III.

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given words.

1.

catastrophically 2.

deceptive

3.

convictions

4.

apparently

5.

Perseverance

6.

desperation

7.

unflinchingly

8.

courageous

IV.

Choose

the

word

that

can

replace

the

underlined

part

in

each

sentence

without

changing its original meaning.

1. C

5. B

V. Give

a

synonym

or

an

antonym

of

the

word

underlined

in

each

sentence

in

the

sense

it is used.

1. Synonym: threat (danger)

2. Antonym: happy (successful)

3. Synonym: position

4. Synonym: seemingly

5. Antonym: defeat (failure)

6. Synonym: retreat (shrink, withdraw)

7. Synonym: praise (commend, laud)

8. Synonym: destroy

VI. Explain the meaning of the underlined part in each sentence.

1.

current 2.

shown

3.

frequently

4.

depressed

5.

try harder

6.

takes in

Grammar exercises

2. D

3. A

6. A

7. C

4. D

8. A