第一单元

Unit One
Section A
II. Comprehension of the text
1.       Her husband expected his friend, Gouvernail, to stay about one or two weeks in their home.
2.       He was a boring and withdrawn person with a strange personality.
3.       She decided to leave for her aunt’s house and wouldn’t come back until Gouvernail left their home.
4.       A once ambitious person, Gouvernail now became one with the mere desire to enjoy a genuine life now and then.
5.       His tones of voice and personal charm.
6.       She was afraid that she could not resist being attracted by Gouvernail.
7.       He mistook his wife’s feeling towards Gouvernail for pure dislike.
8.       She had overcome both her misunderstanding of and her subtle feelings towards Gouvernail.
Vocabulary
III.
1.       idle
2.       melting
3.       impose
4.       penetrate
5.       presence
6.       nuisance
7.       nonsense
8.       keen
IV.
1.       run down
2.       taken seriously
3.       drinking in
4.       in no sense
5.       make excellent observations on
6.       counted on
7.       for my part
8.       make a fuss
V.
1.       sanctions
2.       Restrictions
3.       fine
4.       limits
5.       problems
6.       tax
7.       duty
8.       responsibility
Word building
VI.
1.       justify
2.       glorify
3.       exemplifies
4.       classified
5.       purified
6.       intensify
7.       identify
8.       terrified
VII
1.       bravery
2.       jewellery
3.       delivery
4.       machinery
5.       robbery
6.       nursery
7.       scenery
8.       discovery
Structure
VIII.
1.       She said it might have been all right, if the weather had been good.
2.       Mrs. Baroda said she might have likedGouvernail if he had been like the others.
3.       If I had been there, I could have helped you.
4.       He could have got tickets if there had been some cheap ones.
5.       Mrs. Baroda might have yielded to the temptation if she hadn’t been a respectable and sensible person.
IX.
1.       “You were different then.” “So was she.”
2.       “You used to say he was a man of wit.” “So he is.”
3.       “You have made a mistake here.” “Oh, so I have. Thank you.”
4.       “Children should behave themselves.” “So should adults.”
5.       “This glass is cracked.” “Oh, so it is. I hadn’t noticed.”
Translation (For Reference)
X.
1.       He imposed his company upon her in spite of her repeated hints of hoping to be left alone.
2.       His friends can never count upon how he is going to act under given conditions, as he is always full of surprises.
3.       Don’t make fuss about such a small thing because that is the last thing I expected.
4.       Besides being an upright and respectable woman Mrs. Baroda was also a very sensible one.
5.       She had never known her thoughts to be so confused, unable to gather anything from them.
6.       From Gouvernail’s talk, Mrs. Baroda came to know that his periods of silence were not his basic nature, but the result of moods.
7.       To gaston’s delight, his wife had finally overcome her dislike for Gouvernail and invited Gouvernail to visit them again wholly from herself.
8.       Mrs. Baroda felt confused with Gouvernail’s puzzling nature and found it hard to penetrate the silence in which he had unconsciously covered herself.
XI.
1.       在一起待了几天，她对这个客人仍然感到很陌生，大部分时间都只得要丈夫陪着他。
2.       加斯顿拉了拉妻子的衣袖，双手搂着她的腰，快乐地看着她那充满困惑的眼睛。
3.       他在她身边的凳子上坐下，丝毫不曾想到她可能会反对他坐在那里。
4.       他的话变成了一串毫无意义的动词、名词、副词和形容词，她陶醉在他的声音里。
5.       那天晚上，巴罗达太太很想把自己的一时的荒唐告诉丈夫 --- 也是自己的朋友， 但还是忍住了。
6.       他照例说了一些诸如在这个季节里晚上的风对身体不好的话。后来，他望着茫茫夜色，开始谈了起来。
7.       “噢，”她笑着，并在他的嘴唇上久久地、温柔地吻着，“我一切都已经克服了！你会看到的，这次我会对他很好的。”
8.       现在他只能求生存，只是偶尔才体验到一丝真正的生活的气息，就象此刻这样。
Story summary
XII.
1.       A
2.       D
3.       B
4.       C
5.       A
6.       B
7.       C
8.       D
9.       A
10.   B
11.   B
12.   C
13.   C
14.   A
15.   D
16.   D
17.   B
18.   C
19.   A
20.   D
Section B
Reading skills
XV.
1.       The author doesn’t seem to agree with the idea of basic social change.
2.       No. The author is arguing that marriage and family do not involve happiness alone but much more than happiness.
3.       The author thinks of marriage but not of love as the guarantee for the raising of children.
4.       No, absolutely not. The author thinks the family exists not only by love, but more by the long-term obligations and responsibilities that come along with marriage.
5.       By “complete freedom”, the author refers to the basic ideas held by the group of women mentioned at the beginning of the reading passage and these people are holding a favorable idea about the so-called basic social change.
Comprehension of Text B
XVI
1.       B
2.       C
3.       B
4.       B
5.       B
6.       C
7.       B
8.       B
Vocabulary
XVII
1.       obligation
2.       continuity
3.       sacrifice
4.       acknowledged
5.       passion
6.       scattered
7.       worship
8.       elastic
XVIII.
1.       in … in
2.       by / by
3.       to
4.       on
5.       at
6.       behind
7.       to
8.       from
Section C
Reading skills
XIX.
1.       the author argues that love means knowing the person one loves, both his/her strong points and weak points. Love also means knowing the other one’s feelings and thoughts on a deeper level.
2.       The responsibility refers to being aware of one’s influence upon the loved one, especially when you hurt or ignore the one you love.
3.       Real love does not mean happiness only but it implies the willingness and the ability to overcome rough times.
4.       It is a false love if you tied the loved one to yourself, not allowing him / her to reach out and develop other relationships.
5.       Real love means helping to realize the potential within the person we love and encouraging him / her to become better.
Comprehension of Text C
XX.
1.       T
2.       F
3.       F
4.       F
5.       T
6.       F
7.       T
8.       T