大学英语精读6 第2,3,5,7,8课课后习题答案.doc

Lessen 2 1. But these marks of wild country called to may father like the legendary siren song. Though the place was not pleasant or disagreeable, my father was deeply attracted to it precisely because of its unexplored, uncultivated natural state, and the challenge. 2. Im afraid the days going to catch us, I explained, wondering what great disaster might befall us if it did. As a little girl, I believed my fathers words, and was genuinely afraid of the possible disaster--if we didnt hurry up, the day would catch us and terrible things might happen. 3. ..from time to time he was halfheartedly sought for trial, though few crimes seemed to lead directly to his door. In this place, though the police wound make some effort without real earnest to investigate Watson and bring him to court, there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he was responsible for certain illegal activities. 4. The stranglehold Watson had over this section of Florida was not dissimilar to the unscrupulous activities of certain lawmen, other legal crooks, and even governors that our state was to suffer through its history. The control Watson had over this part of Florida was much similar to the dishonest or illegal activities of the law-enforcing officials and governors which Florida witnessed in the 20th century. 5. There was the little shack, not the most gracious of living quarters, and there was a murderer for our nearest and only neighbor, about thirty miles away. Before the family built their own house, they lived in a shabby cabin at Gopher Key, close to the merciless Watson. 6. King Richard in his gluttony never sat at a table more sumptuous than ours was three times a day... We had abundant food on the island, and even the meals enjoyed by King Richard, who was famous for his love of food, couldn’t possibly compare with ours. 7. Despite the unrelenting heat, we were happy to be let off from our hours of school indoors, sessions which our mother kept every da