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1、文档来源为 :从网络收集整理.word 版本可编辑.欢迎下载支持Unit 2 Space InvadersKEY TO EXERCISESText comprehensionI. Decide which of the following best states the authors purpose of writing.CII. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false.1. T (Refer to Paragraph 1. At the bank, one of the
2、 customers inched forward andcaused other customers to advance so public order is being disrupted.)2. T (Refer to the last sentence of Paragraph 4. Caffeine can generally help inspire the spirit of a human, and over-consumption of caffeine can make him restless.)3. T (Refer to the first two sentence
3、s of Paragraph 5: Personal space is mostly a public matter; we allow all kinds of invasions of personal space in private. Humanity wouldnt exist without them.)4. T (Refer to Paragraph 6. The last two sentences convey the authors opinion on personal space: an individuals personal space should be resp
4、ected, which shows a persons manners on social occasions.)5. F (Refer to Paragraph 8. Personal space is psychological. This means when people are absorbed in their inner world, they will pay little attention to the world outside, including their personal space. By this the author intends to explain
5、why people care less about their personal space than ever and why their personal space is shrinking. Undoubtedly, when the invasion of ones space in the physical world is perceived, he will certainly feel that his personal space is shrinking.) III. Answer the following questions.1. Refer to Paragrap
6、h 1. Because he wants to show the importance of personal space in maintaining public order. If ones personal space is invaded, he may, in preserving his own space, break into others personal space. The chain action can cause chaos in public order.2. Refer to Paragraph 2. In Paragraph 2, the author d
7、efines personal space as ones individual sphere with the self at the center and a certain distance on each side. It is part of ones privacy, the invasion of which necessarily makes one uneasy.3. This tendency refers to the phenomenon exemplified in the previous paragraph, that is, the escalation of
8、the invasion of personal space. The writer used to think this was caused by the population explosion via Malthusian logic. Now he starts to suspect that the season is the cause: in summer dress some people are more attractive. In addition, he suggests, in seriousness or jest, the stimulating effect
9、of caffeine contributes to the escalation of the invasion of personal space too.4. In Paragraph 5, the writer mainly describes one important characteristic of personal space: personal space is a relative concept; people in different regions have different concepts of personal space. The size of pers
10、onal space varies according to where one lives.Where one has a spread, he will have a more spacious concept of personal space than those who do not have a large place of their own.5. Refer to Paragraph 8. Because people are more self-absorbed than before. In other words they are paying less attentio
11、n to the outside world, including personal space, than before. The fact that people care less about their personal space in effect encourages space invasion.IV. Explain in your own words the following sentences.1. The phrase personal space has an odd touch that was characteristic of the 1970s.2. In
12、hot summer days people can be drawn to each other, especially to the opposite sex (or feel disgusted with the closeness of others).3. People in different regions have different sizes of personal space.4. It is quite common that one person occupies a booth and a set of facing seats designed for four
13、people.5. The author hopes that his own stand against the shrinking of personal space, while small in itself, will nonetheless eventually have a dramatic effect in the same way as the breeze from a butterflys wings in Japan, if it initiates a chain of waves, may eventually produce a tidal wave in Ca
14、lifornia.Structural analysis of the textThe author looks at the causes of space invasion in Paragraph 4. He first attributes this phenomenon to the population explosion, then, light-heartedly, to the hot weather and the stimulation of caffeine. But the true cause strikes him as likely to be the decl
15、ine of manners (Paragraph 6).He examines the nature of space invasion in Paragraphs 5?. He thinks that space invasionis a public matter. It is more psychological than physical.Rhetorical features of the text1. Verbs and verbal phrases that describe the behaviour of space invaders: inch toward / wedg
16、e themselves in / zigzag through / jostle / refuse to give way / press forward / bump into / stake a claim to / annex / commandeer2. Verbs and verbal phrases that describe the reaction of those whose space is being invaded:minutely advance toward / sidle up to / shuffle towardVocabulary exercises1. Explain the underlined part in each sentence in your own words.2. drooping; loosened; slackened3. tone; s
