综合教程III U7 习题答案.docVIP

An Integrated English Course III Unit 7Text I The Chaser Key to Exercises Text comprehension (Ps89-90) I. Decide which of the following best describes the tone of the story. A. The whole story is a satire. First, the idea that there exists a love potion in the world is a satire on love. If love could be bought, then love would no longer be priceless. Second, that the old man reminds Alan repeatedly of his stock of glove-cleaner to show the idea that he may need it someday is a satire on the fate of love. Love, however fiery and fierce at the beginning, may probably end up in death. So the whole story is satirical in tone. II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 1. F. Refer to Paragraph 5. Though the old mans stock in trade is not large, it is of more than one kind, and of a special effect. 2. F. Refer to Paragraph 19. The effects of the love potion, according to the old man, are strong, permanent, and everlasting. 3. T. The young man has fallen in love with a girl who is very fond of parties but who does not seem to be so fond of him. That is why he decides to go to the old man for the love potion and whenever the old man mentions the magic of his potion, he cant help crying. From that, we can see the man loves the girl deeply. 4. F. The old man sells the love potion almost for nothing because by doing so his customers will come back for a much dearer commodity, the glove-cleaner, to help them out. It is the death potion that the old man makes most of his profits from, and intends to sell to his customers. III. Answer the following questions. 1. What the old man means is that young men who fall in love one-sidedly are seldom rich enough to win young girls heart; if the young man was rich enough, it would be much easier for him to win the girls heart. His words imply that money is one of the crucial factors for love. If a man is not rich, he can never expect to be loved by a girl. 2. The love potion has