读写4 Comrehension of the text section A.docVIP

Unit 1 ?1.?Why?does?the?writer?compare?an?artist?who?seeks?fame?to?a?dog?chasing?its?own?tail???? Because?like?a?dog?chasing?its?own?tail,?when?the?artist?captures?the?fame,?he?does?not?know?what?else?to?do?but?to?continue?chasing?it.??? 2.?What?will?happen?to?artists?if?they?become?bored?? ??Their?work?begins?to?show?a?lack?of?continuity?in?its?appeal?and?it?becomes?difficult?to?sustain?the?attention?of?the?public.? ? ?3.?Why?is?it?possible?for?artists?to?lose?support?from?the?audiences?if?they?make?changes?to?their?style?? ??Because?the?public?discounts?styles?other?than?those?for?which?the?artists?have?become?famous.? ? ?4.?What?do?famous?writers,?painters?and?moviemakers?have?to?give?up?in?order?to?maintain?their?fame?and?fortune,?according?to?the?writer??? ?Their?freedom?to?express?themselves?with?other?styles?or?forms.? ? ?5.?In?which?way?is?the?performer?similar?to?the?politician,?according?to?the?writer???? Theyhave?to?please their?audiences?by?saying?things?they?don’t?mean?or?fully?believe. ?What?does?the?writer?want?to?show?by?giving?an?example?of?Oscar?Wilde’s? uncompromising?behavior?? ??Artists?pay?a?heavy?price?for?remaining?true?to?themselves.? ?? ?What?explanation?may?failed?artists?give?to?themselves?for?their?failure???? Their?genius?is?too?sophisticated?for?contemporary?audiences.? ?? ?Why?are?Thomas?Wolfe,?Beethoven,?Pestalozzi,?and?Thomas?Edison?mentioned?in?Paragraph?8? ?To?show?that?failure?has?motivated?some?famous?people?to?work?even?harder?to?succeed.? Unit 3.? 1.?What?does?the?writer?mean?by?saying?“A?welfare?client?is?supposed?to?cheat.?Everybody?expects?it.”?？? He?means?that?a?welfare?client?is?believed?to?lie?to?get?extra?money?and?people?know?it.? 2.?How?has?the?writer?chose?to?live?as?a?welfare?client??? He?has?chosen?to?live?an?honest?life?by?drumming?up?some?business?outside?and?drawing?cartoons?for?magazines.??? 3.?Why?do?the?caseworkers?think?they?are?entitled?to?have?clients?bow?to?them??? Because?they?know?clearl