AnIntegratedEnglishCourseIV

Unit11

Text1MountainLion’sAttack!

KeytoExercises

Textcomprehension(pp.170-171)

I.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurposeofwriting.

A

II.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

1.T.RefertoParagraph2.

2.T.RefertoParagraph4.

3.F.RefertoParagraph15.Thenarratorwatchedthishappennotbecausehewastoofrightenedtomovebutbecausethewildanimalactedsoquicklythathehadnotimetounderstandwhatwashappening,tosaynothingofpreventingit.

4.F.RefertoParagraph17.Themanwasangrywiththemountainlion,whowasendangeringthelifeofoneofthekids,notwiththeothercounselors,thoughtheywereoflittlehelp.Actually,inthefightagainsttheanimal,hehadnotimetobeangrywiththematall.

5.F.RefertoParagraph17.Thenarrator'sattackcaughtsomeattentionfromtheanimalalthoughitfailedtoforceittogiveuptheboy.Theman'sbootingandpunchingenragedtheanimalanditgrowledandtwisteditsbodyasaresult.

6.T.RefertoParagraph20.

III.Answerthefollowingquestions.

1.Becausehelovedtheoutdoorsasalife~outandhelovedkids.Moreover,hedidnotanticipatethedifficultyinthejob.

2.Theydidnottakehiswordsseriouslybecausetheydidn'tthinktheywouldreallyrunacrossamountainlionanddoubtedwhetherthestrategyintroducedbythenarratorwouldreallyworkiftheydidrunacrossone.

3.Itwasarepeatedvoicefrominsidethatmadehimtakeovertherearinthemidwayupthemountain.

4.Intherearthenarratorfoundthatsomekidswereuninterestedandslowinclimbingup,sohebuckedthemupbytellingthemtherewerebetterthingsahead.

5.No,hedidn't.RefertoParagraph17.Thesentence"FearfortheboywipedoutmyownterrorandIfoundmyselfchargingattheanimal"tellsusthathefearedforthesafetyofthelittleboyandimmediatelytookmeasurestofighttheanimal.

6.Whenthelionbackedabout8feetandcrouchedforanattack,thescoutdidnotstepbackandrunaway;insteadhepluckeduphiscourageandchargedatit.Thisactiondrovethelionaway.

IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenfromthetext.

1.AsalifescoutIhadearnedmostcreditsforbecominganeaglescout.

2.Idismissedthethought.

3....thetreeslookingthreateningonbothsidesofus.

4.Thekidsscreamedallofasudden...

Structuralanalysisofthetext(p171)

Thetextcanbedividedintothefollowingthreeparts:

PartI:Paragraph1;PartIl:Paragraphs2-20;andPartm:Paragraph21.

Thetopicalsentencesare:

PartI:Itwasmyideaoftheperfectsummerjob:workingasacampcounselorintheRockyMountains.

PartII:Irealizedworkingwiththekidscouldalsobearealpain.

PartIII:Itmeansbeingpreparedtoreallylistenwhensomebody'sgivingmedivinedirections.

Rhetoricalfeaturesofthetext(p172)

Todescribewhathedidinhisattempttofightthemountainlion,theauthorofthetextusestwokindsofverbs,i.e.verbsexpressingverbalactionsandthoseindicatingmaterialactions.

Forthefirstkind,wecanfind:screaming(Paragraph16);yellingatthetopofmylungs(Paragraph17);roared,yelling(Paragraph18).Andforthesecondkind,wecanfind:spunaroundtotheothers(Paragraph16);rantowardsthelion,chargingattheanimal,kickingitsmuscularsideashardasIcould,kickedagainandagain,evenpuncheditwithallmymight(Paragraph17);andslammedmyfootintothecougar'swhiskeredface,pulledbacktobootitagain,chargedatit(Paragraph18).Theuseoftheseverbsshowseffectivelythattheauthordideverythinghecouldinhisfightagainstthefierceanimalandhisattempttoprotectthechild.

Vocabularyexercises(pp172-173)

I.Explaintheunderlinedpartsinthesentencesbelow.

1.becomingaseniorscout 2.reckoned

3.annoying 4.becomingunnaturallylarge

5.turnedround 6.gavehonourtome/praisedme

II.Chooseawordthatbestcompleteseachofthefollowingsentences.

1.B2.D3.B4.C5.C6.A

III.Fillintheblankineachsentencewithaphrasetakenfromtheboxinitsappropriateform.

1.buckup 2.atthetopoftheirlungs

3.was...wipedout 4.inafitofrage

5.chargedat 6.shrugoff

7.spunaround 8.tookover

IV.Explainthemeaningoftheunderlinedwordorphraseineachsentence.

1.testee2.serves3.actually4.again

5.applauded/clappedexcitedly6.cause

Grammarexercises(pp173-175)

I.Insertto,ifnecessary,inthefollowingsentences.

1.to 2./ 3./ 4.to 5./ 6./ 7.to 8.to,to

II.Combinethetwosentencesineachpairintoone,usingonenonfiniteclause.

1.Ifoundmyselfchargingattheanimal,kickingitsmuscularsideashardasIcould.

2.Hewailed,tearspouringdownhischeeks.

3.IwasrelievedtofindoutthatIhadpassedtheexam.

hehashadsomanycloseca