UnitTheTapestryofFriendship习题答案综合教程四.doc

Unit 5 The Tapestry of Friendship 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 1 and 2.) 2. T (Refer to Paragraph 3.) 3. F (Refer to Paragraph 4. The shift was not simply from men to women. It represented in depth a shift from one type of friendship to another. In other words, female friendship depicted in movies nowadays was distinct in nature from male friendship portrayed in earlier movies.) 4. T (Refer to Paragraph 8.) 5. T (Refer to Paragraph 16.) III. Answer the following questions. 1. Refer to Paragraph 2. She thought it was a trivial movie, particularly with regard to its dull plot. At the same time she found it gentle and affecting on the grounds that the movie described in detail the characteristics of the friendship between two women. 2. Refer to Paragraph 3. Because in the past men were the exclusive images of friendship depicted in movies and they were presented as the only inheritors of a primitive capacity for friendship. Women, on the other hand, were portrayed as incapable of friendship, taking their pleasure in making critical remarks about each other. Nowadays, however, female friendship was becoming a fashionable theme of movies, taking the place of male friendship. 3. Refer to Paragraph 7. Male friendship, i.e. the bonding relationship between buddies, is established on the need for cooperation in the activities that men are engaged in or in the adverse situations they are confronted with. In other words, without the need to do things together, there would probably be no buddies at all. In contrast, female friendship borders on love, the need for mutual emotional support. Women friends desire to be together as a result of spiritual attachment, regardless of whether they are involved in the same act or not. 4. Refer to Paragraphs 8?0. Men become budd