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Key to Unit 1 Never Say Goodbye

Page5 Text comprehension

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

C

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

false.

1—5 T T T F F

3. Answer the following questions

1. What made the author’s grandpa cry sadly?

The mere thought of his son’s death in that terrible war in Italy made him cry. 2. How long had Grandpa’s son been in the war? Three months.

3. What is the implication of the author’s grandpa’s words “Never say

goodbye”?

They mean “Never give in to sadness”.

4. What did Grandpa ask the author to do even if he and his friends had to part? He asked him to always remember the joy and happiness of the times when he first said hello to his friends.

5. What caused the author to return to the old house? His grandpa was gravely ill.

6. Why do you think the author’s grandpa smiled at him during his last

moments?

His grandpa must have felt greatly relieved when he realized that the author had finally found out the essence of his words.

4. Explain in your own words the following sentences.

1. Our big old house had seen the joys and sorrows of four generations of

our family.

2. I planted these roses a long time ago – before your mother was born. 3. Many son left home to fight against fascists.

4. Take the first friendly greeting and always keep it deep in your heart.

Page 6—9 Vocabulary

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

1. When I was ten I suddenly found myself faced with the anguish of moving from the only home.

2. …they all share the same characteristic: sadness. 3. …in that place in your heart where summer is an everlasting season. 4. Don’t ever let yourself overcome by the sadness and the loneliness of that word.

5. Take that special hello and keep it in your mind and don’t ever forget it. II. Fill in the blank in each sentence with a word or phrase taken from the box in

its

appropriate form.

a. instead 2. Confronted with 3. lock away 4. welled up 5. summon 6. brief 7. stared 8.whispering 9. evil 10. give in

III. Choose a word or phrase that best completes each of the following sentences. 1—4 D B B B 5 – 8 A D B C

IV. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in its appropriate form and note the difference in meaning between them. 1. shudder & shake

a. shaking b. shuddered c. shaking d. shuddered 2. answer & reply

1. answer b. reply c. reply d. answered 3. common & general

a. general b. general c. general; common d. common 4. small & tiny

a. small b. tiny c. tiny d. small 5. Give a synonym or an antonym of the word underlined in each sentence in

the

sense it is used.

IV. anguish: pain, grief, sorrow, agony V. softly: loudly, harshly, roughly VI. sadness: sorrow, grief, dismay

VII. conspicuously: inconspicuously, unnoticeably VIII. tiny: small, little IX. part: meet, gather

X. gravely: seriously, severely, hopelessly XI. brief: lengthy, long

6. Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given

capitalized word in brackets.

1.industrial 2. description 3. suspicion 4.assistant 5. unemployed 6. proof 7.examination 8. Farther

Page 10—12 Grammar

I. Complete the following sentences using the simple past, past progressive or

past perfect.

a. were bathing; were looking; were playing b. was sitting; was reading

c. was leaving; was; arrived; learned; had left; found; had used d. were playing; heard; hid; took

e. was cycling; stepped; was going; managed; didn’t hit

f. gave; thanked; said; had enjoyed; knew; had not read; were g. had played; reached; entered h. was running; struck

II. Complete the following passage with the proper form of the verbs given. left; spent; had been travelling; appeared; was; were crossing; could; arrived; was sleeping; stopped; came; were getting; was; had not arrived; would be III. Correct the errors, where found, in the following sentences.

1. talked → was talking 2. √

3. had remembered → remembered 4. was working → had been working 5. had resigned → resigned 6. √ 7. √ 8. √

IV. Fill in each blank with the proper form of the verb in brackets.

1. take 2. to play 3. lifted 4. barking 5. played 6. to say 7. beaten 8.bite; slither 9. drop 10. lying V. Rewrite the following sentences according to the example. 1. Poor as/though he was, he was honest.

2. Terrible as/though the storm, we continued our journey.

3. Hard as/though he tried, he was unable to make much progress. 4. Tired as/though I was, I went on working.

5. Much as I would like to help you, I’m afraid I’m simply too busy at the moment.

6. Much as I admired him as a writer, I do not like him as a man. 7. Strong as/though he was, Tom couldn’t lift it.

8. Bravely as/though they fought, they had no chance of winning.

Page 13 Translation

1. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.

a) 我十岁那年,突然要搬家,从我唯一知道的家搬走,心中痛苦万分.

b) 我们似乎有许多不同的方式说再见,但它们都有一个共同之处, 那就是令

人感到悲哀.

c) 有一天,一场可怕的战争爆发了,我的儿子,就像许许多多的儿子, 离乡背

井与极大的邪恶战斗去了.

d) 我在自己的心灵深处搜寻那些构成我们友谊的特殊感情.

2. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and

phrases given in brackets.

1. He has prepared answers to the questions that he expects to confront during the interview.

2. His sad story touched us so deeply that we nearly cried.

3. The two of them are walking hand in hand along the riverbank, chatting and laughing.

4. When he heard the exciting news, tears of joy welled up in his eyes.

5. People from Shanghai can understand Suzhou dialect with ease, for Shanghai dialect and Suzhou dialect have much in common.