Unit 5 A Few Kind Words for Superstition 练习问题详解.doc

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1、Unit5AFewKindWordsforSuperstitionConsolidationActivitiesI.TextComprehension1.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurpose.A.Totellreaderstheoriginandhistoryofsuperstitioninhumansociety.B.Todescribefourtypesofsuperstitionandtheireffectsonhumannature.C.Todescribef

2、ourtypesofsuperstitionandtheirrelevancetoscienceandreason.Key:[B]2.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1).SincesuperstitionisasignofnaÏvetéorignorance,itisonlypracticedbyill-educatedpeople.[F]2).Idolatryismanifestedbypeople’sprofoundbutun

3、groundedconvictioninsomethingthatcouldbringgoodluck.[T]3).Manypeoplehavepracticedsuperstitionevenwithouttheirownawareness.[T]4).Religionandsuperstitionhavethesamepersistentandminatorypoweronallpeople.[F]5).Superstitionisprevalentbecauseitcanmeetpeople’scuriosityaboutthei

4、rfuture.[T]II.WritingStrategiesInthisexpositoryessay,theauthorfirstpresentsfourtypesofsuperstitionbymeansofclassificationanddivision.Eachtypeisclarifiedwithsomeanecdotesandexamples.Then,heoffershisexplanationastowhysomepeoplearefascinatedwiththeseirrationalpracticesbytak

5、ingacloselookathumannature.Duringtheprocess,theauthornowandtheninsertssomerhetoricalquestionstoachieveavarietyoffunctions.Readthefollowingquestionstakenfromthetextandexplaintheirrespectivemeanings:1.Isitbecauseithasanunacknowledgedholdonsomanyofus?(Paragraph1)Toexpressdo

6、ubt.2.Youdidnotknowthatsuperstitiontakesfourforms?(Paragraph3)Tointroducethesubsequentclassification.3.Andwhynot?(Paragraph4)Toexpresscertainty.4.Modestidolatry,butwhatelsecanyoucallit?(Paragraph5)Toexpresssubmissionoracceptance.5.HowdidtheMelanesianscomebythesameidea?(P

7、aragraph9)Toexpresswonderorsurprise.6.Butwhenhasastrologynotbeenpopular?(Paragraph10)Toexpresscertainty.(Ofcourse,astrologyhasalwaysbeenpopular.)7.Whenhastheheartofmangivenadamnforscience?(Paragraph10)Toemphasizetheauthor’sconviction.(Idon’treallybelievethatsciencecouldw

8、orkinthismanner.)III.LanguageWork1.Explaintheunderlinedpart(s)ineachsentenceinyourownwords.1).Isitbecau