大二英语答案(11)

大二课后英语答案

wheelchair repaired，I had been confined

to bed for more than half a month．

Section B

Reading Skills

I.

1. "The stacks of paper" is being personified as someone who can bear witness to something.

2. "Western ears" symbolize people from Western countries.

3. "A gallery of human faces" symbolizes a gathering of people of different origins.

4. As we know a portrait does not have life. It is in a figurative way to say "a living portrait".

5. The word "like" tells us that this part is a simile, comparing hats to small crowns.

6. "Two tiny birds" are clearly a metaphor for the girl's two small hands, showing that it was with

loving care that the blind man held the girl's hands.

Comprehension of the Text

II.

1. The stacks of paper bore witness to a huge amount of work waiting to be done, even though I had

been working seven days a week.

2. I remember feeling annoyed at this dense collection of humanity.

3. Then the truth struck me. He was blind.

4. As we waited for our drinks, the blind man said, "The music seems out of tune to our Western ears,

but it has charm."

5. They are motionless, waiting for the performance to start.

6. The first performance ended just as we finished dessert, and I excused myself and went to talk to

the theater manager.

7. A few minutes later he was standing next to one of the dancers, her little crowned head hardly

reaching his chest.

8. About a week after our trip, the chairman told me the Chinese