(完整版)Unit12ACaseof“SevereBias”习题答案综合教程四

（完整版）Unit12ACaseof“SevereBias”习题答案综合教程四

Unit 12 A Case of "Severe Bias"

Key to the Exercises

Text comprehension

I. Decide which of the following best states the author's

purpose of writing.

A

II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following

statements are true or false.

1. T (Refer to Paragraph 3. In American news media, black

America is poor, criminal, addicted and dysfunctional. Indeed, the

media have covered only a small segment of the black

community and presented it as the norm.)

2. T (Refer to Paragraph 3, where it is said that "it is an

insidious practice, all the uglier for its blatancy," meaning that the

media's practice of misrepresenting black America is obtrusive

and offensive.)

3. F (Refer to Paragraph 4, where it is indicated that media

reports on crack babies, gang warfare, violent youth, poverty and

homelessness are all featured as black, while rarely is there any

article about blacks playing a positive role, or any role at all.)

4. F (Refer to Paragraphs 6?, where it is shown that in

numbers there are more white Americans on welfare, but among

the urban underclass there is a larger proportion of blacks.)

5. F (Refer to Paragraph 12, in which the author tells us that

she has not seen a recognizable "gang" member or any "gang"

activity, nor has she been the victim of "gang violence.")

6. F (Refer to Paragraphs 14?6, which show that blacks' true

characteristics and contributions are the biggest secret in

America. Every black, even those with the strongest minds, craves

affirmation of their contributions to American society.)

III. Answer the following questions.

1. Refer to Paragraph 3. It refers to the small group of blacks

who are poor, criminal, addicted and dysfunctional.

2. Refer to Paragraphs 3?, and 11. The author especially

focuses on the news media, and she also touches upon the film

industry.

3. Refer to Paragraph 7. As presented in the media, white

America is always whole and lovely and healthy, while black

America is usually sick and pathetic and deficient.

4. Refer to Paragraph 9. By "twilight zone," the author means

that the image of black America is very confusing because of the

discrepancy between its image in the media and its real character.

5. Refer to Paragraph 12. According to the author, she has

never experienced any

"gang" activity in Denver, nor has she been the victim of

"gang violence."

6. Refer to Paragraphs 5?, and 13. Yes, news reports and

journalism are always supposed to be the mirror on American

reality.

IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.

1. The media's malicious use of a small segment to represent

all black America is shameless and offensive.

2. The media are supposed to present American culture and

American experience truthfully by reflecting American reality,

and people usually accept news reports as truth without any

doubt. Unfortunately, in many cases what they present is

anything but the truth.

3. The distorted, inaccurate news coverage is worse than

covering nothing at all about blacks.

4. I am not suggesting we close our eyes to the very real

problems associated with the lower class in cities, nor denying

that blacks are overrepresented in this class.

5. Most black people work hard, obey the law and pay their

taxes. We have made our contributions to American society, but

the media never notice and cover it. That makes blacks resentful.

Structural analysis of the text

With a series of sentences beginning with "I am not," the

author shows how different the image of blacks established by

the media is from reality. And using again the same sentence

structure in Paragraph 6, the author emphasizes that she is not

an exception but one of the majority of blacks. With this

structural repetition, the author is comparing herself with the

majority of blacks and contrasting the image of blacks in the

media with that in real life.

Rhetorical features of the text

Nor is it a matter of closing one's eyes to the very real

problems of the urban underclass -- which undeniably is

disproportionately black. (Interrupting a sentence)

And as self-reliant as most black Americans are -- because

we've had to be self-reliant -- even the strongest among us still

crave affirmation. (Interrupting a sentence)

I want America to know us -- all of us -- for who we really are.

(Putting special emphasis) That is the real portrait of black

America -- that we're strong people, surviving people, capable

people. (Introducing an explanation)

Vocabulary exercises

I. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own

words.

1. that's it

2. supply

3. people in the lowest social position

4. hazy area; marginalized area

5. independent; self-dependent

II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase

from the box in its appropriate form.

1. are guilty of

2. have been screaming out

3. contribution

4. was featured

5. being reminded of

6. in the light of

7. in the eyes of

8. deserving the attention of

III. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the given

words.

1. victim

2. blatant

3. nutritional

4. Vibrations

5. denial

6. relegation

7. aberration 8. addictive

IV. Choose the word or phrase that can replace the

underlined part in each sentence without changing its original

meaning.

1. C

2. D

3. D

4. A

5. B

6. A

7. C

8. B

V. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in

each sentence in the sense it is used.

1. Synonym: favour (support)

2. Antonym: balanced (fair, objective)

3. Antonym: honest (straightforward, sincere)

4. Synonym: impaired (harmed, incomplete)

5. Synonym: serious

6. Synonym: infer (derive, conclude, reason)

7. Synonym: inexact (faulty, mistaken, erroneous)

8. Antonym: elite (gentry)

VI. Explain the meaning of the underlined part in each

sentence.

1. provides space for

2. because of

3. makes interesting

4. protect

5. competitive

6. careful

Grammar exercises

I. Rewrite the following sentences, omitting if.

1. Had it not been for our adopted son, we would not now

be surrounded by caring strangers.

2. Had I known that, I wouldn't have said anything.

3. Should the guests arrive early, no one will be here to greet

them.

4. Were I the President, I would make some changes.

5. Had Susan not been so lazy, she could have passed her

history final.

6. Had Harry locked his door properly, the burglar would not

have entered his apartment.

7. Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I would not have

believed it.

8. Should there be a global nuclear war, some scientists

predict that life on earth as we know it would end forever.

II. Complete the following sentences with the proper forms

of the verbs in brackets.

1. would not be waiting

2. would not be able to go

3. had read

4. had given

5. would love

6. had finished

7. listened

8. would have fallen

9. had been

10. will not dry out

III. Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases given.

1. Given

2. unless

3. In the event of

4. but for

5. Supposing

6. in case

7. on condition that

8. so long as

IV. Explain the following sentences.

1. If he laughs last, he laughs best.

2. If you try to grasp everything, you will get nothing.

3. If you give him an inch, he will take a mile.

4. If he had been born in better times, he would have done

credit to the profession of letters.

5. If the same thing should happen in wartime, it would

amount to disaster.

6. If you should hear him talk, you'd think he had passed half

his life in Australia.

7. If you don't follow your doctor's advice, your cough will

get worse.

8. If you lose one hour in the morning, you will be looking

for it the rest of the day.

V. Improve the following sentences.

1. The sheriff was looking for a middle-aged woman driving

a dark green Buick sedan with a little Scotch terrier beside her.

2. To start a conversation, I asked her for a light while waiting

for the train.

3. Seymour lay in a hammock and watched the vultures

circling steadily overhead.

4. Filled with eagerness, curiosity, and excitement, Nancy

carefully unwrapped the small package.

5. We watched with the aid of powerful binoculars the gulls

flying over the windswept waves and barren rocks.

6. The pair of antique candlesticks shining brightly on the

table attracted the admiring glances of many visitors.

7. With a smile the doctor said that there was nothing

seriously wrong. / The doctor said with a smile that there was

nothing seriously wrong.

8. When discussing creativity, John E. Gibson stresses a

person's ability to finish a pun.

VI. Make sentences of your own after the sentences given

below, keeping the underlined structures in your sentences.

(Reference version)

1. As sick as he was, he came to work.

2. Visitors and the media teams all gathered to

commemorate this breath-taking, record-breaking, epoch-making event.

Translation exercises

I. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

1. 这些都不能用来界定我，也不能描述我40年生命中认识、共事、热爱、交往的任何其他黑人。

2. 日复一日，周复一周，这样的信息，即美国黑人行为不端、道德败坏，传遍美国各地。

3. 在这个场景中，数百万黑人被边缘化了，我们的身份和社会地位不是以事实为依据、而是以虚幻的形象和直觉为依据。

4. 我们是身体强健的人，为生存打拼的人，能胜任工作的人——这才是美国黑人的真实形象。

II. Translate the following sentences into English, using the

words and phrases given in brackets.

1. The film is about an elderly lady and a young nurse who

befriended her.

2. In a family, a cell of society, women as mother and wife

play an unregarded but important role.

3. Having experienced many changes of history, many rises

and falls of fortune, it is at present a city vibrant with life and

energy.

4. The local club has been relegated to the second division.

5. The board is investigating whether the general manager

has been guilty of serious professional misconduct.

6. We cannot interpret his words in a modern light, but must

understand the limitations imposed on him by the time in which

he wrote.

7. The jury pronounced him innocent of fraud, though the

evidence against him is a fact to which we cannot close our eyes.

8. The tragedy of the Titanic can never occur in modern

society. The shipboard computer can automatically alter the

course, let alone discover an iceberg in advance.

III. Translate the following passage into Chinese.

我是一个肯尼亚黑人和堪萨斯白种女人的儿子，在我的白人祖父母的照料下长大成人。祖父历经大萧条，二战期间服役于巴顿的部队；当祖父开赴海外战场时，祖母在莱文沃斯堡的轰炸机流水线上作业。我在美国那些最好的学校里读过书，也在世界上最贫穷的国家里生活过。我娶的是一位黑人妇女，她的血管里流淌着奴隶和奴隶主的血液——而这一血统又遗传给了我们的两个宝贝女儿。我的不同种族和肤的兄弟妹、叔伯侄甥们生活在世界的三大洲，而只要我还活着，便永远不会忘记在这世界上的任何其他国家里我这样的经历都不会发生。

这样的经历没有将我塑造成最保守的候选人，但它在我的骨子里深深地烙上这样一个信念：这个国家高于它的各部分的总和，这众多部分的组合使我们成为真正的一体。

Exercises for integrated skills

I. Dictation.

Race is a concept that is completely societal. / In America,

race helped Americans to

explain / why some Americans could be denied certain rights

and freedoms / that others never even had to fight for. / Since

our economy was largely based on slavery, / it seemed easy to

qualify people as black or white, / depending on arbitrary criteria

in order to deny blacks rights. / That denial of rights became

institutionalized / in government policy as well as everyday living

/ and became "natural" to the lives of many.

Even though race is only a social construct, / racism and

discrimination are very real / and have existed throughout history.

/ For blacks in this country, / they began as slaves. / Even after

the slaves were freed and slavery ended, / policies directed

against blacks did not end. /

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

think appropriate.

(1) where (2) with

(3) foundations (4) off

(5) minds (6) of

(7) on (8) into

(9) of (10) options