四、练习答案

Text I

Text comprehension

I. Decide which of the following best states the author’s purpose of writing.

C

II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.

1．F. Refer to the first paragraph. Storms did not cause the drawstrings to careen in the WTC. The wild careening of the drawstrings was the result of the airplane strike.

2．F. Refer to Paragraphs 10,13 and 14. It was Mayblum who first met the heavyset man on the 53m floor （not on the transfer lobby, which was on the 78th floor）. Then Ramos and Hong met the heavyset the man on the same floor.

3．F. Refer to Paragraphs 18 to 22. They first took the elevator down to the 44th floor, then helped him down to the 36th floor.

4．T. Refer to the last paragraph, which is a clear indication of their death.

5．F. Refer to Paragraph 31. Mayblum sent the e-mail to share his experience with others.

III. Answer the following questions.

1．The answer to this question can be found in the first paragraph in which the author implies that for Mayblum, the WTC was a symbol of power because of its height and steadiness, and the force of storms was actually nothing compared with the WTC.

2．The author means that the survival of the people inside the WTC would simply depend on their locations, i.e. where they were at that moment.

3．Refer to Paragraphs 9,13,19 and 29, Ramos went to help the panicked workers into a stairwell （the 78th floor）, helped the heavyset man down one more flight to an elevator （the 53rd floor）, helped the man toward the last bank of elevator （the 44th floor）, and reassured the man he would be staying with him （ the 36th floor）.

4．They helped the heavyset man 17 floors down the building. They met him on the 53rd floor and their attempt to descend ended on the 36th floor.

5．The sentence implies that Ramos and the heavyset man were blocked on that floor. Though he endeavored to get the man out of the building, Ramos did not make it.

IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.

1．Thousands of people in the WTC were thrown, all of a sudden, into a condition of extremely terrible suffering that morning. Mayblum was one of them.

2．It seemed that the tremendous sound of the collapse of the south tower destroyed the man’s hope of climbing down the remaining stairs, and thus took away his remaining energy.

Structural analysis of the text

The third part is mainly about how the three people （Mayblum, Ramos and Hong） endeavored to save a heavyset man with their joint efforts.

The last part describes the gathering of some of the survivors and the victims’ wives. It is a most touching scene. It seems to suggest that the author has, from what is described above, reached the conclusion about the ultimate moral dilemma: “Save yourself, or save another”.

Vocabulary

I. Explain the underlined parts in your own words.

1．burning

2．something, a situation or a circumstance, that is dependent on one’s location in the building

3．in an intermittent manner

4．help you

5．Things were satisfactory up to this point

II. Fill in the blank 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.

IV. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the underlined part in each sentence without changing its original meaning.

1．A

2．D

3．C

4．B

5．D

6．C

7．A

8．D

V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used.

VI. Write in each space the adjective form of each given word.

Grammar

I. Complete the following sentences with would when appropriate. Use used to whenever would is not suitable.

II. Fill in the blanks with used to （do） or be used to （doing）.

III. Explain the meaning of would in the following sentences.

IV. Complete the following sentences using would, should, could or might.

1．could, would , might, might, should , might

2．could/would, should, could, might, could, would

3．should, should, would, would, could

V. Complete the following sentences with needn’t have done or didn’t need to do.

VI. Make sentences of your own after the sentences given below, keeping the parts in italics in your sentences.

1．A fireman ran up to them. Hong expected that he would join in to get the heavy man to move. Instead, the fireman turned to Hong.

e.g. Overindulging children with material things does little to lessen parental guilt, although parents expect that will make them feel more loved. Instead, the effects of overindulgence can be harmful.

The patient did not wait for the medicine and treatment to cure him. Instead, with the help of the physician, he fought the disease courageously.

2．Adam Mayblum was there. So was Hong Zhu.

e.g. One hundred years ago, people became famous for what they had achieved. Men like J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman were all notable achievers. So were Thomas Edison and Mark Twain.

Slowly, I began to realize that I had been my son’s world. If I am reading the paper, he reads the paper. If I am thirsty, so is he. He is imitating my steps as I once copied my own father’s.

Translation

I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1．对有些人来说，生死攸关的是此时此刻他们所在的位置——不仅是哪幢楼，哪一层，更重要的是大楼的哪个角落。

2．周围噪声震耳，烟雾弥漫，火星四溅，梅布勒姆没有意识到，他的朋友朱虹始终就在他身后的楼梯井里。

3．她一点一点地拼出了哈里逃生的场景：飞机撞击时，他正在87层。

4．但是，尽管她绞尽了脑汁，问了无数问题，她拼出的场景还是在第36层上逐渐模糊了。

II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and phrases given in brackets.

1．Thanks to modern technology, the film about that ancient battle gives the audience the illusion of being on the battlefield themselves.

2．That ancient city was devastated by the fire, but fortunately the stone tablet survived.

3．The videotape and the story by the woman filled them with sympathy for the child who had become an orphan in the earthquake.

4．In that earthquake, we heard many stories of teachers who had refused to leave their students behind and laid down their lives.

5．The construction of the Yu Yuan Garden began in 1558, but it was not completed until 1578 because building went off and on for lack of money.

6．In 1980, when I met up with her, she had just returned from abroad with a master’s degree.

7．It was my first visit to New York, but I managed to find my way to the little firm.

8．It is hard to make it to the top in the movie industry, but as a director Xie jin did it.

Exercises for integrated skills

I. Dictation

With hope of finding more survivors / of Turkey’s devastating earthquake / now all gone, / the Turkish authorities / are turning their attention / to caring for those who have survived.

A full-scale relief effort / in the area hit by the earthquake / is finally beginning / after days of confusion. / Turkish and foreign volunteers / have been joined / by soldiers and the police, / and heavy equipment / sent by nearby cities and by private companies / has been moved / to almost every victimized town.

The Minister of Housing estimated that / 60,000 buildings had been either destroyed / or seriously damaged in the quake. / Within a few days, / many of the homeless / would be moved / out of the fields and tents / where they were now living. / 42 countries and 38 international organizations / have sent aid to Turkey. /The World Bank has sent $ 200 million / for housing construction.

II. Fill in each blank in the passage below with ONE word you think appropriate.

Listening

Transcript

9/11 Diaries

1st speaker:

I’m still addicted to the news coverage, even though it’s filled with absolutely heart-wrenching coverage of desperate people trying to find their missing loved ones, doing .anything possible trying to find them. The unspeakable horror lies only seven miles away from where I’m sitting.

I thought that getting out of the house might help, maybe meeting up with a few friends. I wanted to walk over the Brooklyn Bridge, but the police had it cordoned off. So, instead, I found my way to the Manhattan Bridge, with its pedestrian walkway. I expected to be filled with more grief upon the clearer sight of the lack of the Twin Towers. I don’t know, though, walking across the bridge in the beautiful glow of the sunset, seeing the boats cut waves through the East River, and the mighty subway trains run on their rivers of steel, well, I managed to find some inspiration. Maybe that’s what I need, just the idea that life will go on, albeit much different than we could ever imagine. And when the No.6 train roared into the Canal Street station, well, I felt that much better. The terrorists couldn’t stop New York, nobody can. And for that matter, no-body will stop the United States.

2nd speaker:

When I was watching it happen on TV, I kept thinking about how this was history. Nothing this important has happened to my generation. No matter what this may lead to, we will have to go through this terrible ordeal. For the first time in my life I felt overwhelming love for my country, the desire to protect it. I thought about my parents, and grandparents, and each generation before that. Everyone remembers where they were, exactly what they did and felt, when we went to war with Vietnam, or Pearl Harbor was bombed. I’ll always remember this. This will be a part of me. History in the making.

For now I have my TV turned off. I have heard all I can stand to hear. I have seen all I can take. This digs at my soul. This makes my heart ache, and I still cry. So much violence, so many dead. So many questions. It’s overbearing. I’m speechless.

3rd Speaker:

I am saddened. I am numb. I am scared. I am devastated. It all seems unreal, totally unbelievable. My heart just gets crushed whenever I think of what it must have been like for those people who died. The ones in the hijacked planes or the ones who jumped out of the Trade Center buildings before they crashed to the ground. It hurts to imagine it, to try to fathom what happened.

My art teacher decided that we are starting a new art project called the “art of healing”. You use your personal feelings in your art, although most art is like that. I have an idea. And I think my picture will make the impact I want it to make. I am anxious to start. I want to see the people’s expressions. I want to see emotion. Pictures will say what words cannot ...

I refuse to live in fear, but I’m shocked and grieving and feeling so powerless.

B. Listen again. Complete the following passages with the words you hear on the recording.

1st speaker: the bridge / the sunset / cut waves / subway trains / find some inspiration / life will go on / we could ever imagine

2nd speaker: how this was history / to my generation / lead to / to go through / overwhelming love / the desire / History in the making

3rd speaker: art of healing / personal feelings / make the impact / the people’s expressions / emotion / what words cannot

Text II

Questions for discussion

1．The World Trade Center, a symbol of New York, was the tallest building in the city with more than 100 levels. Its sturdy structure was shown by the fact that it remained standing for some time after being hit in the September 11 attack. Besides, when it did fall down, it fell down in its own space.

2．The September 11 attack makes them worry about the safety of extremely tall buildings.

3．Some think skyscrapers are only a waste of space; others don’t think skyscrapers are a must any more, as modem technology enables employees to communicate easily without having to work in their headquarters in skyscrapers.

4．Omitted.