UnitTheMonster习题答案综合教程四.doc

Unit 7 The Monster Key to the Exercises Text comprehension I. Decide which of the following best states the authors purpose of writing. C II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 1. T (Refer to Paragraphs 2?.) 2. F (Refer to Paragraph 5, which suggests he was emotionally unstable.) 3. F (Refer to Paragraph 7, which states he was responsible for large sums of debt.) 4. T (Refer to Paragraph 8. A lot of women came into his life as a result of his pursuit, and were abandoned by him in the end.) 5. T (Refer to Paragraph 12.) III. Answer the following questions. 1. Refer to Paragraph 1. He had a short stature with a disproportionately large head. And he had skin diseases. 2. Refer to Paragraph 2. He believed he was one of the greatest men in the world, a great composer, a great thinker and a great dramatist combined into one. A man of such arrogance cannot help but take himself to be the center of conversations. 3. Refer to Paragraph 3. If anyone showed slight disagreement with him, he would make a lengthy and aggressive speech for hours to prove himself to be in the right. This would force his dazed and deafened hearer to surrender. 4. Refer to Paragraph 5. He was emotionally capricious like a child. Rapture in him could easily turn into extreme melancholy. He was heartless and callous to a frightening degree on some occasions. Moreover, his emotional states always found outward expression. 5. Refer to Paragraphs 11 and 12. The author says that Wagner was among the greatest dramatists, the greatest thinkers and the most tremendous musical geniuses in our world. His immortal works far exceeded in value the tortures his arrogance inflicted upon others and the debts he owed. 6. Refer to Paragraph 13. The tremendous creative power, which propelled him to produce so many memorable works in his lifetime, could have crushed his poor brain and body. However, he miraculously survived and made all the immortal accompli