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Tobias Wolff

Lesson Five

Part One: Warm-up

Part Two: Background InformationPart Three:

Text Appreciation (Key Points)

Part Four: Language Study (Difficult Points)

Part Five: Resource Extension

Lesson Five

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Part onePart one Warm-up Warm-up

I. Make up a Conversation

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Write your own ending of

the conversation.

I.I.Make up a StoryMake up a Story

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I. Author

II. Racism

III. Ku Klux Klan

IV. Jim Crow Laws

Part twoPart two Background InformationBackground Information

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Tobias Wolff (1945—) was born in Alabama in 1945. His parents divorced when

he was a boy. Wolff’s mother retained

custody of him. As a child, Wolff traveled

with his mother, Rosemary, to the Pacific

Northwest, where she remarried. Growing up

in the Pacific Northwest, young Tobias soon

was forced to endure life under his strict and

cruel stepfather.

I.I. Author Author

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That period of Wolff’s life is recounted in This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, which was later made into a film. He lives with his family in upstate New York and teaches writing at Syracuse University. From 1964 through 1968, Wolff served as a lieutenant with the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) in Vietnam. He later recounted his wartime experiences in the memoir In the Pharaoh’s Army: Memoirs of the Lost War.

I.I. AuthorAuthor

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Racism:Racism: the belief that race accounts for the belief that race accounts for

differences in human character or differences in human character or

ability and that a particular race is ability and that a particular race is

superior to others. superior to others.

II. Racism

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Koo Klucks Klan also known as KKK: a secret white supremacist organization at various times in American history terrorized blacks and white sympathizers with violent acts of lynching, shootings and whippings.

Founded: 1866

Founder: Confederate Civil War veterans

Headquarters: Powderly, Kentucky; Butler, Indiana; Jasper, Texas

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Background:Background: The Klan has fragmented into scores of competing factions. Most of these are nominally independent.

Estimated size:Estimated size: no more than a few thousand, organized into slightly more than 100 units

Media: mass mailings, leafletting and the Internet

Strategy: public rallies and protests

Ideology: some Christian fundamentalist beliefs, Christian Identity, white supremacy

Financial support: little

III. Ku Klux Klan

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Jim Crow Laws

Racial segregation, called “Jim Crow”,

excluded blacks from public transport and

facilities, jobs, juries, and neighborhoods.

Blacks had separate hospitals, prisons,

orphanages, parks and pools.

IV. Jim Crow Laws

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Birth: Six college students founded the Ku Klux Klan between December 1865 Tennessee. The six young men organized as a social club or fraternity and spent their time in horseplay of various types, including wearing disguises and galloping about town after dark.

III. Ku Klux Klan

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Part threePart three Text Appreciation Text Appreciation

I. Text Analysis

1. Theme

2. Structure

3. Further Discussion

• Writing Devices

1. Contrast

2. Innuendo

III. Sentence Paraphrase

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I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis

The idea of racism is a theme in the story, for the implication of the husband’s racism is what causes the couple to quarrel. The wife dislikes her husband’s beliefs that African Americans are different from whites. He maintains that it is not that he is prejudiced against African Americans, but that they come from a different culture and they even have their own language.

Theme of the Text

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Question: Is the quarrel between the

husband and wife an ordinary quarrel?

What does the talk touch upon? Who do

you think is responsible for the quarrel?

It touches upon the issue of racism.

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Part 1 (Para. 1 ):

Part 2 (Paras. 2—51):

Part 3 (Para. 52 ):


Structure of the Text

The husband and wife maintain a harmonious relationship with each other.

The husband is questioned by his wife about his view on a white person’s marrying a black person.

He has a strange feeling of uneasiness in the dark.

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He was a hypocrite and a terrible racist.

Question: Is the husband a considerate and

honest man? What kind of man is he?

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Question: What kind of woman is the wife?

Is she too critical? What does she think the

marriage between blacks and whites?

She is honest and square. She thinks the

marriage between a black and a white is

perfectly natural, if they love each other.

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I.I. Text AnalysisText AnalysisQuestion: Does the man oppose marriage

between a black and a white? What are his

arguments?

He opposes the marriage between a black

and a white.

His basic arguments are that blacks and

whites have different cultures. They cannot

know each other.

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Question: Why does the woman corner

her husband by keeping asking him

whether he would marry her if she were

black?


She seems to have found that her

husband has subtle racist nature.

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Question: Do you think the husband knows

his wife very well?

He seems to understand her wife well and

is confident of manipulating any awkward

situation. But actually, to him his wife is a

stranger.

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When the husband got the look where the wife pinched her brows together and bit her lip, he knew he should keep his mouth shut. But he never did. Instead, it made him talk more. What can you infer from the above description?“Listen, I went to school with blacks, and I’ve worked with blacks and we’ve got along just fine.


Further Discussion About the Text

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When he said “They even have their own

language”, what did the husband imply?

When the wife said “but if they love each

other?”, the husband thought “Oh, boy”. What

was he actually thinking?

He was angry with her for resorting to the trick

of repeating his words so that they sounded

hypocritical.


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II. II. Writing Writing DevicesDevices

Contrast

appearance:considerate pitch in on the housework, come to the aid out of concern, ask to complete the dish-washing …innermost being: hypocritical He is excited by her anger to challenge her. His concern for her is for her appreciation. Send her away to stop the conversation as he is tired of it. He felt ashamed that he had let his wife get him into the fight. He knew that he had to come up with the right answer…

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Innuendo: an indirect or subtle, usually derogatory

implication in expression; an

insinuation

II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices

He thought of years they had spent together, and

how close they are, and how well they knew each

other… (Para. 43)

Innuendo

The room was silent. His heart pounded the way it had

on their first night together, the way it still did when

he woke at a noise in the darkness and waited to hear

it again—the sound of someone moving through the

house, a stranger. (Para. 52)

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III.III. Sentence Paraphrase 1Sentence Paraphrase 1All the things considered, he thought it was a bad idea. (Para. 2)

absolute construction

go to 2

Sometimes his wife got this look where she pinched her brows together and bit her lower lip. (Para. 4)

“ Where” is used to indicate a relative clause. It can be used after words referring to an aspect of a situation, or a stage in sth.

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III.III. Sentence Paraphrase 2Sentence Paraphrase 2

He squeezed to see how deep the wound was.

(Para. 18)

Noun clause introduced by “how” functions as the object of “see”.

go to 3

Pun: “Wound” refers to both the cut and injury to feelings.

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While he was at it, he decided, he might as well mop the floor. (Para. 42)

go to 5

had better

he was doing the dishes

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“ Yes, different,” he snapped, angry with her

resorting to this trick of repeating his words so

that they sounded hypocritical. (Para. 16)

spoke abruptly and sharply

go to 4

to turn to the help of the trick

adjective phrase as subject complement

appositive structure linked by “of”

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He thought the years they had spent together,

and how close they were, and how well they

knew each other, and his throat tightened so

that he could hardly breathe. (Para. 43)

“ as a result” introducing an adverbial clause of result

objective clauses of “thought”

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I. Word Study

II. Phrases and Expressions

III. Word Building

IV. Grammar

Part fourPart four Language StudyLanguage Study

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I.I. Word StudyWord StudyWord list:

1. somehow

2. consider

3. pinch

4. snap

5. rummage

6. spray

7. ashamed

8. attach

9. demonstrate

10. tone

11. clear

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study

I know what we are doing is legal, but

somehow it doesn’t feel right.

They came anyhow they could—by boat, train,

or plane.

It sounds crazy, but I believe it anyhow.

adv. in a way not specified, understood, or known

Compare: anyhow, anyway

anyhow: in whatever way or manner; however;

nevertheless

1. somehow

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All things considered, the reform is a

success.

She considers waste to be criminal.

2. to think or deem to be; to regard

v. 1. to think carefully about

2. consider

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anyway: in any way or manner; whatever;

nevertheless; regardless

Get the job done anyway you can.

It was raining but they played the game

anyway.

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Her success is not surprising if you

consider her excellent training.

She failed to consider the feelings of

others.

4. to show consideration for

3. to take into account; to bear in mind

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I.I. Word StudyWord Study1. consider suggests objective reflection and reasoning

The faculty deems the essay to be by far the best one submitted.

I regard your apology as the end of the

matter.

3. regard often implies a personal attitude

2. deem is more subjective through its emphasis on

judgment as distinguished from contemplation

Synonyms

deem

regard

account

reckon

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4. account and reckon in this sense are rather

literary in flavor and imply calculated

judgment

I account no man to be a philosopher

who attempts to do more.

I cannot reckon you as an admirer.

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It is considerate of you not to play the piano while I was having a sleep.

cf.

considerate

considerable

considering

consideration

He bought a house at a considerable

expense.

2. considerable: adj. rather large or great, as in size, distance, or extent

1. considerate: adj. showing kind regard for the feelings; thoughtful; careful not to hurt or cause inconvenience to others

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She’s very active, considering her age.

cf.

considerate

considerable

considering

consideration

We will give your proposal consideration.

Safety is the most important consideration

in choosing a car.

4. consideration: n. careful thought; deliberation; factor to be considered in forming a judgment or decision

3. considering: prep. in view of; having regard to

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These shoes pinch my toes.

buds that were pinched by the frost

a face that was pinched with grief

2. to nip; to wither

v. 1. to squeeze or bind (a part of the body) in

such a way as to cause discomfort or pain

3. pinch

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The reporter snapped the governor as she

was getting into her car.

He snapped at the child.

2. to speak abruptly or sharply

v. 1. to take photograph

4. snap

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He rummaged in/through all the drawers,

looking for a pen.

ransack

search

I had a rummage about/around the house,

but I couldn’t find my certificate anywhere.

2. n. a thorough search among a number of things

or a confusion of miscellaneous articles

1. v. to make an energetic, usually hasty searchSynonyms

5. rummage

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1. v. to disperse (a liquid) in a mass or jet of droplets

The pipe burst and the water was spraying

everywhere.

Can you feel the spray from the waterfall?

2. n. water or other liquid moving in a mass

of dispersed droplets, as from a wave

Synonyms

splash

sprinkle

6. spray

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1. splash: to propel or scatter (a fluid) about in flying masses

The kids were splashing about in the

shallow at the swimming pool.

The priest sprinkled water on the

baby’s head.

2. sprinkle: to scatter in drops or particles

splash sprinkle

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You should feel ashamed of what you have done.

cf.

shameful

shameless

shameful conduct shameless exploiter

shameful: adj. causing shame; disgraceful

导致羞愧的；可耻的shameless: adj. without shame; feeling no shame

厚颜无耻的

adj. feeling shame 感到羞愧的，惭愧的7. ashamed

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They attach great importance to the threat.

The girl is very much attached to her

grandparents.

She attached great value to being financially

independent.

He is thirty two, he is gorgeous, he’s got his

own house, and what’s more, he is unattached.

Antonym

v. 1. to fasten, secure, or join, connect 2. to bind by emotional ties, as of affection or loyalty

detach

attachedunattachedattachment

antonym

Word Formation

8. attach

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He demonstrated the laws of physics with

laboratory equipment. He demonstrated affection by hugging. People went on the street to demonstrate

against the tax hikes.

v. 1. to present by experiments, examples, or practical application; to explain and illustrate 2. to show clearly and deliberately; to manifest 3. to participate in a public display of opinion

demonstration

demonstrative

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Don’t ask me to sing—I’m tone-deaf.

He was in a very bad moon when he arrived,

and that set the tone for the meeting.

cf.

tune

n. 1. a sound of distinct pitch, quality, and

duration; a note

2. manner of expression in speech or writing

in tune/out of tune with the piano

tune: n. a melody

10. tone

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List:

1. pitch in

2. take one’s word for it

3. resort to

4. come to one’s aid

5. for one’s sake

6. feel cornered

7. have no choice but

to do

8. make it up to sb.

9. come up with

10. on one’s part

11. break up

II.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions

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a clear dayclear watera clear, perfect diamond a clear record with the policea clear path to victorya clear case of cheating

adj. 1. free from clouds, mist, or haze 2. free from what dims, obscures, or darkens 3. free from flaw, blemish, or impurity 4. free from impediment, obstruction, or hindrance 5. plain or evident to the mind; unmistakable

cf.

clean

Word Formation

clearness

clarify

clarity

clarification一个晴天清澈的水完美无瑕的钻石没有前科通往胜利坦途一桩明显的诈骗案

11. clear

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other phrases


pitch into: to attack with words or criticizepitch up: to arrive in a place

If we all pitch in, it shouldn’t take too long. After we had seen the video everyone started

pitching in with comments on its fault.

He pitched into me as soon as he arrived, asking

where the report was. He finally pitched up two hours late.

to set to work vigorously; to join forces with others; to help or cooperate

pitch into

pitch up

1. pitch in

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If he says there’s $500 in the envelop then

I’ll take his word for it.

He said he would give me a job and I just

took him for his word.

to believe what sb. says is true

2. take one’s word for it = take sb. for his word

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I had to resort to violence to get my money.

to use sth. for help, because you cannot

find any other way of acting

3. resort to

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to help or support


An anonymous millionnaire has come to the

company’s aid by lending it the money it

needs to keep it in business.

He gets about with the aid of a walking stick.

She went to the aid of a man trapped in his

car.

The concern was in aid of famine relief.

cf.

with the aid of

go to the aid of

in aid of


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Let’s not disagree for the sake of a few pounds.

1. because of

Let’s say, just for the sake of argument/ for

argument’s sake, that prices rise by 3% this year.

2. for the purpose of

For God’s/Christ’s sake, turn that music off. For Goodness’s/Pete’s/heaven’s/pity’s sake don’t

let her know what I told you.

3. used to emphasize requests or orders and

when you are angry or have lost patience

5. for one’s sake = for the sake of

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I felt cornered at the party when he bore

me to death about his difficult childhood.

to feel forced into a situation where it’s

hard to escape

6. feel cornered

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We have no choice but to close the hospital.

to the only choice we have is to

7. have no choice but to do

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He came up with a cure for the disease.

to bring forth or discover

come up against: to encounter, esp. a difficulty or major problemcome down with: to become sick with (an illness)

He came up against great difficulties.

He came down with the flu.

9. come up with

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I’m sorry we cannot take you with us but I

promise I’ll make it up to you somehow.

1. make it up to: to give sb. sth. or do sth. for (esp.

sb. for whom you have caused trouble)

2. make it up with sb.: to forgive and become

friends again after argument

We often quarrel but we always make it up

with each other soon after.

8. make it up to sb.

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Brilliant strategy on the part of Confederate

forces ensured their victory at Chancellorsville.

regarding or with respect to the one specified

10. on one’s part = on the part of

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II.II. Phrases and Phrases and ExpressionsExpressions

break up a chocolate bar

The crowd broke up after the game.

The marriage broke up.

1. to separate into pieces; to divide2. to scatter; to disperse3. to bring or come to an end

11. break upother phrases

break down

break in(to)

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1. break down: to collapse; to fail in machinery

usage; to suffer physical or mental weakening

2. break in(to): to enter a building by force

The elevator broke down.

a prowler who was trying to break in

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III.III. Word BuildingWord Building

List:

1. Prefix—hypo

2. Prefix—hyper

3. Suffix—ing

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1. Derivation — prefix: hypo- “below; under”


hypotension hypothermiahypocellularhypocritehypogenesishypohemiahypomaniahypostatic

血压过低体温过低细胞减少的伪君子[ 医 ] 发育不良贫血[ 医 ] 轻度躁狂本质的，实体的，实在的

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hypertension

hypersensitive

hyperphysical

hyperoxide

hypercritic

hyperbole

hyperacid

血压过高

非常敏感的

超物质的，超自然的

过氧化物

过于苛严，吹毛求疵的

夸张的

胃酸过多

2. Derivation — prefix: hyper- excessive 上面，超越，过于，极度

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3. Derivation — suffix: v+ -ing adj.


tiring

alarming

amazing

relaxing

confusing

astonishing

challenging

refreshing

demanding

disturbing

annoying

surprising

terrifying

disgusting

bleeding

dying

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IV.IV. GrammarGrammar

1. wh-noun clause

I just don’t see what’s wrong with a white person

marrying a black person, that’s all. (Para. 7)

He squeezed to see how deep the wound was.

(Para. 18)

Well, that’s what you said, didn’t you? (Para. 23)

Pay attention to the word order in the

noun clause.

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IV.IV. GrammarGrammar

2. the way + clause

He knew that she was too angry to be actually

reading it, but she didn’t snap through the

pages the way he would have done. (Para. 40)

When he was done the kitchen looked new, the

way it looked when they were first shown in the

house. (Para. 42)

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Part fivePart five Resource Resource ExtensionExtension

• Quiz

• Writing

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II. Quiz II. Quiz

List

1. Quiz 1

2. Quiz 2

3. Quiz 3

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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 2

1. The company has now introduced a policy ____ pay rises are related to performance at work. (96) A. which B. where C. whether D. what

2. The physicist has made a discovery, ____ of great importance to the progress of science and technology. (97) A. I think which is B. that I think is C. which I think is D. which I think it is

Complete the following sentences with the best choice.

B C

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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 23. ____, he is ready to accept suggestions from different sources. (97) A. Instead of his contributions B. For all his notable contributions C. His making notable contributions D. However his notable contributions

4. The team can handle whatever ____. (97) A. that needs handling B. which needs handling C. it needs handling D. needs to be handled

B D

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II. Quiz 1II. Quiz 1Put the phrases into English.

1. 感觉被逼上绝路2. 精力充沛地投入工作3. 应该相信4. 讨好，奉承5. 帮助6. 匆忙得出结论7. 最好做 ······

8. 正处于 ······

9. 快速（翻阅）10. 诉诸 ······

Keys

1. feel cornered

2. pitch in

3. take one’s word for it

4. make it up to


6. move fast on sth.

7. might as well

8. be at sth.

9. snap through

10. resort to

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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 25. Come and see me whenever ____. (97) A. you are convenient B. you will be convenient C. it is convenient to you D. it will be convenient to you

6. I was to have made a speech if ____.(97) A. I was not called away B. nobody would have called me away C. I had not been called away D. nobody called me away

C C

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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 29. The Clarks haven’t decided yet which hotel ___. (98) A. to stay B. is to stay C. to stay at D. is for staying

10.After ____ seemed an endless wait, it was her turn to enter the personnel manager’s office. (99) A. that B. there C. what D. it

C C

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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 27. She remembered several occasions in the past __ she had experienced a similar feeling. (98) A. which B. before C. that D. when

8. Language belongs to each member of the society, to the cleaner ____ to the professor. (98) A. as far as B. the same as C. as much as D. as long as

D C

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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 211. Fat can’t change into muscle ____muscle changes into fat. (99) A. any more than B. no more than C. no less than D. much more than

12. It is not so much the language ____the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand. (99) A. but B. nor C. as D. like

A C

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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 213. There ought to be less anxiety over the perceived risk of mountain climbing than ____in the public mind today. (99) A. exists B. exist C. existing D. to exist

14. I’ve never been to Lhasa, but that’s the city____. (99) A. I’d most like to visit B. which I like to visit mostly C. where I like to visit D. I’d like much to visit

A A

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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 217. He’s ____ as a “bellyacher”—he’s always complaining about something. (99) A. who is known B. whom is known C. what is known D. which is known

18. The three men tried many times to sneak across the border into the neighbouring country ____by the police each time. (99) A. had been captured B. being always captured C. only to be captured D. unfortunately captured

C B

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II. Quiz 2II. Quiz 215. He ____ unwisely, but he was at least trying to do something helpful. (99) A. may have acted B. must have acted C. should act D. would act

16. If you have really been studying English for so long, it’s about time you ____able to write letters in English. (99) A. should be B. were C. must be D. are

A B

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II. Quiz 3II. Quiz 3Fill out the blanks with the proper

form of the given words.

1. I find this type of work boringly ________. (repeat)

2. The findings of the survey are ____________ of the

need for further research. (demonstrate)3. You managed the project well, __________ your inexperience. (consider)

4. The economy was a __________ issue in the

campaign. (consider)

5. It was very __________ of you to drink all the milk

when you know I need some for the baby. (consider)

repetitive

demonstrative

considering

considerable

considerate

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II. Quiz 3II. Quiz 36. This sort of hot and spicy food is very _____ of the

food in the south of the country. (type)

7. He had all the _____ symptoms of the disease,

including loss of appetite and a high temperature.

(class)

8. “_____ changes in public opinion often occur because

of shifts in concerns and priorities.” (basis)

9. My parents are fairly ______ about me staying out

late. (relax)

10. She is unlikely to give up her life-long _________

to feminist ideas. (attach)

typical

classic

Basic

relaxed

attachment

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III. WritingIII. Writing 1. Write a counter-argument to the

husband’s statement that African Americans don’t come from the same culture as whites.

2. Write a scene that takes place the following day.

3. Analyze the husband in terms of whether or not he is a racist character.

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