2024年5月19日发(作者：茹雪莲)
Unit 5 The Tapestry of Friendship
Key to the Exercises
Text comprehension
I. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose of writing.
C
II.
or false.
Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true
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.)
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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 buddies only when they have
undergone together competitive, adverse or dangerous situations like sports
games and wars, but women are not real friends unless they have exchanged three
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2024年5月19日发(作者：茹雪莲)
Unit 5 The Tapestry of Friendship
Key to the Exercises
Text comprehension
I. Decide which of the following best states the author's purpose of writing.
C
II.
or false.
Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true
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.)
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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 buddies only when they have
undergone together competitive, adverse or dangerous situations like sports
games and wars, but women are not real friends unless they have exchanged three
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