【正文】 use buffalo no longer wandered about the great grasslands. 9. He said “US” was short for “Uncle Sam” Wilson.10. It was a selfportrait of Flagg.《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. IV, p. 1001. worked on2. approve of3. went ahead4. for sale5. e up with6. refashioned into7. rise to fame8. captures my attention《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. VI, p. 1011. intelligence/petence2. consequence3. significance4. ignorance5. indifference6. excellence7. brilliance8. magnificence《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. VIII, p. 1021. Jimmy walked slowly to the corner of the playground, his face covered with tears. 2. The hotel taxi sped away, the taillights disappearing into the distance. 3. Their stomachs crying for food, their backs burning from too much sun, both boys gathered their things and headed for home. 4. Barbara just lay there, her mouth trembling, her eyes unfocused, unable to say a word. 5. Then the two players let him fall to the track, his chest landing first, his head following, bouncing, and finally lying still.《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. X, p. 1031. His parents did not approve of his plan to go and study abroad with a girl they had never met, but he went ahead and got to New York with her. 2. It is said that the painter used his aunt as the model in the painting whose face represented suffering yet strength.3. The real Ken did not like the threedimensional Barbie dolls, which were described as having the appearance of “a woman who sold sex”.4. The novelist instantly rose to fame in 1950 with the publication of Goodbye, My Dear, a novel inspired by his experience with a girl on his older brother’s farm.5. After the war, a character called Uncle Sam began appearing in political cartoons, and soon became American’s most popular symbol.6. The painting shows a seriouslooking man and a woman standing alongside him in front of a farmhouse, their models being respectively the painter’s dentist and sister.7. In order to have the buffalo on the other side of the nickel, he went to the Central Park Zoo to sketch an aging buffalo which was later killed for a wall decoration. 8. One story says that “US” was short for “Uncle Sam” whose real name was Sam Wilson who had once worked with a man who had signed a contract with the government to provide meat to the US Army. Ex. XI, p. 1031. 巴托爾迪正在設(shè)計一個大項目，名為“自由照耀世界”。?奧古斯特?19世紀70年代中期，法國藝術(shù)家弗里德里克2. 馬特爾公司將這個娃娃作了一番改造，變成了體面而地道的美國貨，盡管胸圍有些夸張。3. 如今芭芭拉已有60多歲了，她拒絕接受采訪，但據(jù)說非常喜歡芭比。?4. 1930年，格蘭特 伍德因其畫作《美國哥特式》一舉成名。5. 他深受中世紀藝術(shù)的影響，他的靈感來自于一所古老農(nóng)舍的哥特式窗戶，但最令世人注目的是畫中人物的臉。7. 弗雷澤卻反傳統(tǒng)而行之，啟用了三名真正的美洲印第安人作為自己創(chuàng)作的原型。他的原型是一個早期漫畫人物名叫喬納森大哥，此人在美國獨立戰(zhàn)爭時期非常出名。 4. C Ex. XVII, p. 1181. crush2. astonishing3. distribution4. distinctive5. elaborate6. prised7. features8. decorated《讀寫教程 III》: at2. down3. from。 on5. to6. of7. Like8. atUnit 5Section A. Graceful Hands《讀寫教程 Ⅲ 》: Ex. III, p. 1301. preceding2. decay3. secured4. dripping5. slid6. hints7. interval8. privileges《讀寫教程 Ⅲ 》: Ex. V, p. 1311. firm2. straight3. apart4. ready5. unaided6. opposed7. close8. idle《讀寫教程 Ⅲ 》: natural development。 improvement。 state or quality of being warm。 heat。 3. depth: the state of being deep。 deepness 4. truth: the state or quality of being true。 proven principle duration, time, period。 scope, range, extensiveness, area 7. width: size from side to side。 Ex. IX, p. 1331. The earthquake killed millions of lives, yet so did the war.2. His hardship in the pany is over, yet so is his job.3. The task is very glorious, yet it is very difficult, too.4. The Greens are going to buy a house in the suburbs, yet the Smiths are going to sell their house in the suburbs.5. His job is to design buildings in the town, yet his wife’s job is to pull down old houses in the town.《讀寫教程 Ⅲ 》: Ex. X, p. 1341. Mrs. Clark lies in bed motionless, and I wonder briefly if she is still alive.2. In the final phase of his journey, the traveler in the desert depended on chewing tree leaves to ease his thirst.3. These soldiers have received very strict training and been well equipped to fulfill the new task.4. I clean her body carefully, trying to avoid hurting her, as she is only skin and bones.5. Time seems to stand still. Mrs. Clark and I both bee aware that she is dying, leaving this world.6. When decorating the room, you should see to it that the carpets match the curtains.7. It seemed that the little boy could read my mind, and he quietly gave me some newspapers of that day.8. Not until he saw his mother lying in bed, dying, did he realize how much he loved her.《讀寫教程 Ⅲ 》:2. 她沒有用力去吞咽，因為她力氣不夠了。但我已經(jīng)明白她做了些什么。6. 她的痛苦結(jié)束了，可她的生命也結(jié)束了。8. 兩天后，我在報上讀到了克拉克夫人的消息。 2. B 7. B 9. C 10. A《讀寫教程 III》: Ex. XVIII, p. 1461. Her voice was beginning to tremble and she tried to control it but in vain.2. Jennifer was late for class the other day as a result of the heavy snow.16