AnIntegratedEnglishCourseIVUnit11Text1MountainLion’sAttack!KeytoExercisesTextcomprehension(pp.170-171)I.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurposeofwriting.AII.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.T.RefertoParagraph2.2.T.RefertoParagraph4.3.F.RefertoParagraph15.Thenarratorwatchedthishappennotbecausehewastoofrightenedtomovebutbecausethewildanimalactedsoquicklythathehadnotimetounderstandwhatwashappening,tosaynothingofpreventingit.4.F.RefertoParagraph17.Themanwasangrywiththemountainlion,whowasendangeringthelifeofoneofthekids,notwiththeothercounselors,thoughtheywereoflittlehelp.Actually,inthefightagainsttheanimal,hehadnotimetobeangrywiththematall.5.F.RefertoParagraph17.Thenarrator'sattackcaughtsomeattentionfromtheanimalalthoughitfailedtoforceittogiveuptheboy.Theman'sbootingandpunchingenragedtheanimalanditgrowledandtwisteditsbodyasaresult.6.T.RefertoParagraph20.III.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.Becausehelovedtheoutdoorsasalife~outandhelovedkids.Moreover,hedidnotanticipatethedifficultyinthejob.2.Theydidnottakehiswordsseriouslybecausetheydidn'tthinktheywouldreallyrunacrossamountainlionanddoubtedwhetherthestrategyintroducedbythenarratorwouldreallyworkiftheydidrunacrossone.3.Itwasarepeatedvoicefrominsidethatmadehimtakeovertherearinthemidwayupthemountain.4.Intherearthenarratorfoundthatsomekidswereuninterestedandslowinclimbingup,sohebuckedthemupbytellingthemtherewerebetterthingsahead.5.No,hedidn't.RefertoParagraph17.Thesentence"FearfortheboywipedoutmyownterrorandIfoundmyselfchargingattheanimal"tellsusthathefearedforthesafetyofthelittleboyandimmediatelytookmeasurestofighttheanimal.6.Whenthelionbackedabout8feetandcrouchedforanattack,thescoutdidnotstepbackandrunaway;insteadhepluckeduphiscourageandchargedatit.Thisactiondrovethelionaway.IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentencestakenfromthetext.1.AsalifescoutIhadearnedmostcreditsforbecominganeaglescout.2.Idismissedthethought.3....thetreeslookingthreateningonbothsidesofus.4.Thekidsscreamedallofasudden...Structuralanalysisofthetext(p171)Thetextcanbedividedintothefollowingthreeparts:PartI:Paragraph1;PartIl:Paragraphs2-20;andPartm:Paragraph21.Thetopicalsentencesare:PartI:Itwasmyideaoftheperfectsummerjob:workingasacampcounselorintheRockyMountains.PartII:Irealizedworkingwiththekidscouldalsobearealpain.PartIII:Itmeansbeingpreparedtoreallylistenwhensomebody'sgivingmedivinedirections.Rhetoricalfeaturesofthetext(p172)Todescribewhathedidinhisattempttofightthemountainlion,theauthorofthetextusestwokindsofverbs,i.e.verbsexpressingverbalactionsandthoseindicatingmaterialactions.Forthefirstkind,wecanfind:screaming(Paragraph16);yellingatthetopofmylungs(Paragraph17);roared,yelling(Paragraph18).Andforthesecondkind,wecanfind:spunaroundtotheothers(Paragraph16);rantowardsthelion,chargingattheanimal,kickingitsmuscularsideashardasIcould,kickedagainandagain,evenpuncheditwithallmymight(Paragraph17);andslammedmyfootintothecougar'swhiskeredface,pulledbacktobootitagain,chargedatit(Paragraph18).Theuseoftheseverbsshowseffectivelythattheauthordideverythinghecouldinhisfightagainstthefierceanimalandhisattempttoprotectthechild.Vocabularyexercises(pp172-173)I.Explaintheunderlinedpartsinthesentencesbelow.1.becomingaseniorscout2.reckoned3.annoying4.becomingunnaturallylarge5.turnedround6.gavehonourtome/praisedmeII.Chooseawordt...
