Unit 10 The Jeaning of America答案综合教程二(5)

Exercises for integrated skills

I. Dictation

As the eldest son of my parents / who were themselves poor, / I had to, fortunately, / begin to do some work / while still very young / in order to earn a living, / and therefore came to understand / in early boyhood / that my duty was to assist my parents / and become, as soon as possible, / a breadwinner in the family./

It was a terrible task for a lad of twelve / to rise every morning, except Sunday, / to go to the factory / while it was still dark, / and not to be released / until after darkness came again in the evening, / with only a forty-minute break at noon./

But I was young and had my dreams, / and something within always told me / that this would not, could not, should not last / — I should some day get into a better position. / Also, I felt myself no longer a mere boy, / but quite a little man, / and this made me happy. /

II. Cloze

(1) than (2) for (3) because (4) of (5) that

(6) as (7) for (8) how (9) of (10) man

Writing Practice

Paragraph development — Following the chronological order

Discussion: A paragraph can also be organized chronologically; that is, items, events, or ideas are arranged in the order in which they occur. Such a pattern is often seen in narratives and process descriptions. Look at the following example:

One day, when my friend, Xiao Yang, was leaving a restaurant, two waiters stopped him, calling him “a thief,” and threatened to send him to the police. He was struck dumbfounded and felt confused. Not until he was brought into the manager’s office did he begin to realize what was going on. When he was eating in the restaurant, he found his soup not salty enough to his liking. So he got out a salt bottle that he had brought with him and added some salt into it. As a man from North China, he invariably finds food in Shanghai too sweet and not salty enough, so he often goes around carrying a salt shaker, a very fancy bottle, in his pocket. After he used the shaker, he put it on the table.

A few moments later, when he looked up from his plate, he suddenly found his beautiful bottle missing. He first looked under the table, and then checked all his pockets, but it was just nowhere to be found … Eventually he spotted a woman at a nearby table holding his shaker in her hand …

Develop two paragraphs based on the first sentences given.

1. The funniest experience that I’ve ever had is once when I was jogging in a park. Ideas for reference:

It was a fine morning and it was breezing.

It seemed that he would stick to me wherever I would go.

It had all happened because of a mistake.