高英II-2课文后练习+答案
高英II-2课文后练习：
I. Write short notes on: Marrakech and Morocco.
Suggested Reference Books [SRB]
1. any standard gazetteer
水平仪使用方法2. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Marrakech: in west central Morocco, at the Northern foot of the high Atlas, 130 miles south of Casablanca, the chief aport. The city renowned for leather goods, is one of the principal commercial centers of Morocco. It was founded in 1062 and was the capital of Morocco from then until 1147 and again from 1550 to 1660. It was captured by the French in 1912, when its modern growth began. It has extremely hot summers but mild winters. Yearly rainfall is 9 inches and limited to winter months. The city was formerly also called Morocco.
Morocco: Located in North Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Morocco is the farthest west of all the Arab countries. Rabat is the capital. The estimated population in 1973 was 15,600,000. About 2000 B. C. it was ttled by Berber tribes, who have formed the basis of the population ever since. The Arabs invaded Morocco in the 7thcentury, bringing with them Islam. From the end of the 17thcentury until the early 19th century Morocco was almost entirely free from foreign influence. But in 1912, a Franco- Spanish agreement divided Morocco into 4 administrative zones. It gained independence in 1956 and became a constitutional monarchy in 1957. Morocco is a member of the United Nations, the League of Arab States, and the Organization of African Unity. Moroccans are mainly farmers (70%)who try to grow their own food. They often u camels, donkeys and mules to pull their plows. In the south a few tribesmen still, wander from place to place in the dert.
II. Questions on content:
1. Instead of telling the reader that the natives are poor, Orwell shows poverty in at least five ways. Identify them.
Here are five things he describes to show poverty- (a) the burial of the poor inhabitants (b)an Arab Navvy, an employee of the municipality, begging for a piece of bread (c)the mirable lives of the Jews in the ghettoes (d)cultivation of the poor soil; (e) the old women carrying fire wood.
苹果检测软件2. How are people buried in Marrakech全面开荒打一成语
See paragraphs 1 and 2
3. Explain the ntence, "All colonial empires are in reality founded upon that fact." (para 3)
All the imperialists build up their empires by treating the people in the colonies as animals instead of as human beings.
四级分数构成4. What do you think medieval ghettoes were like
举什么闻什么Medieval ghettoes were probably like the Jewish quarters in Marrakech--overcrowded, th
ousands of people living in a narrow street, hous completely windowless, and the whole area dirty and unhygienic.桃核承气汤方歌
5. Why does the writer say, "A good job. Hitler wasn't here"厉害的反义词
If Hitler were here, all the Jews would have been massacred大规模屠杀.
6. What kind of people, according to Orwell, are partly invisible Why does he stress this point
Tho who work with their hands are partly invisible. It’s only becau of this that the starved countries of Asia and Africa are accepted as tourist resorts. The people are not treated as human beings, and it is on this fact that all colonial empires are in reality founded.
7. How was land cultivated in Morocco
See paragraph 18
8. Why was the old woman surprid when the writer gave her a five-sou piece
The old woman was surprid becau someone was taking notice of her and treating her as a human being. She accepted her status as an old woman, that is to say, as a beast of burden.
9. What did every white man think when he saw a black army marching past
Every white man thought. "How much longer can we go on kidding the people How long before they turn their guns in the other direction" They knew they could not go on fooling the black people any longer. Some day they would ri up in revolt and free themlves.
III. Questions on appreciation:
1. The things of value, Orwell says in "Why I Write," are always political. Is this essay political Has the writer said anything of value
Yes, it is. In this essay Orwell denounces the evils of colonialism or imperialism by mercilessly exposing the poverty, miry and degradation of the native people in the colonies.
2. Orwell describes human suffering and miry rather objectively. How then can you tell that he is outraged at the spectacle of miry
He manages to show that he is outraged at the spectacle of miry, first, through the appropriate u of words cond, through the clever choice of the scenes he describes; third, through the tone in which he describes the scenes and finally, by contrasting the indignation at the cruel handling of the donkey with the unconcern towards the fate of the human beings.
3. Why does the writer reveal his feelings about the donkeys but conceal his feelings about the people What effect does this contrast have on the reader梦见死
Becau that shows the cruel treatment the donkeys receive evokes a greater feeling of s
ympathy in the breasts of the white masters than the mirable fate of the people. This contrast have on the reader an effect that the people are not considered nor treated as human beings.
4. Could paras 4-7 just as well come after 8-15 as before Could other groups of paragraphs be rearranged What does this indicate about the organization What gives the essay coherence Paragraphs 4-7 could as well come after 8-15 as before. Other groups of paragraphs could be rearranged. This indicates that the whole passage is made up of various independent examples or illustrations of the people's poverty and suffering. The central theme--all colonial empires are in reality founded upon this fact--gives unity and cohesion to the whole essay.
