8)The green flash means the green light seen in the sky the moment the sun sets under the horizon．and only in certain cases does it appear．
Ⅱ．
1)The Colonel，an Empire builder who is not too disgustingly aggressive，sometimes tries to talk to me about public affairs． 2)Or maybe my suppressed inclination has been brought out under Laura's unintentional influence．
3)1 was as puritanical as a Pharisee and I viewed with contempt a11 those who lived a less practical life than my own and regarded them as inhabitants on the moon．
4)Just imagine how I have changed now．Here I stand。sentimental and sensitive，like an o ld unmarried woman painting a water—colour picture of sunsets．
5)Before I die，1 want to enjoy beauty to my heart's content． 6)I imagine devoted religious people must be experiencing a thorough catharsis as I do now when they leave the solemn confessional after gaining pardon of their sins．
7)There is a trace of simple poetic quality in his character． 8)1 also like the unusual information he conveys to me from time to time without speaking emphatically．
9)There is quite a lot of knowledge stored away in the Colonel’s mind，which is not interesting except for that．
10)This is quite another Edmund Carr，who has changed so much!
Ⅲ．See the translation of the text．
Ⅳ．
1)(拉)特别，持定 2)(德)闪电战 3)(丹)祝你健康、干杯 4) (法)代办 5)(意)协奏曲 6)(法)政变 7)(法)布置，舞台美术 8)(法)缓和 9)(法)冷菜，冷盘 10)(意)间奏曲 11)(日)和服 12)(汉)叩头
13)(俄)富农 14)(西)强壮男子 15)(瑞)餐前冷菜 6)(拉)现状 17)(西)节日 18)(印地)(印度的)王公 19)(阿拉伯)(穆斯林国家的)酋长 20)(希)我想出了，我找到了 V．
1)fill(V．)：He filled the position capably． fill(n．)：Let her cry her fill．
2)ripple(n．)：The moon danced on the ripples of the lake． ripple(V．)：A laughter rippled through the hall．
3)marble(n．)：He stopped to admire a statue in marble． marble(v．)：All the book edges were marbled．
4)pile(n．)：The actress’fan mail forms a huge pile．
pile(V．)：He finished a whole dish piled high and thick with meat．
5)touch(V． )：Her words touched him to the quick． touch(n．)：I have a mild touch of flu．
6)range(n．)：Da Vinci had a wide range of interests．
range(V．)：The size of computers range from that of a button to that of a room．
7)beach(n．)：He was drowned while swimming at the beach． beach(v．)：They found a small boat beached on the shore． 8)catch(v．)：1 was nearly caught in the shower．
catch(n．)：Nothing could give the angler a greater delight than a good catch．
9)hump(n．)：He was born with a hump on his back．
hump(v．)：When the cat saw the mouse，it humped its back for a jump．
10)obscure( adj．)：The meaning of that sentence is obscure to me． obscure(v．)：Later successes obscured his earlier failures．
Ⅵ．
grey，white，rich colours，dark red，olive green，midnight blue， blacker， more golden， bleached， yellow， golden brown，green，red，a tender palette of pink and blue，blue， purple, emerald
Ⅶ.
1)pass our time pleasantly 2)beginning 3)level of existence 4) grown up 5) dry and barren 6) inner places (parts) … stern/forbidding 7)lonely 8)tells/reveals 9)except 10)moved backward … hidden ll)intense bluishgreen 12)joy/happiness
Ⅷ.
1) cram 2) disperse 3) crept 4)
scribbled/jotted down 5)soared/rocketed 6)Work is piling up 7)lounging 8)receded 9)snatched 10)slapped him
lX. metaphor :
1)a new Clovis, loving what I have despised … 2)an Endymion young and strong
3)the sea … with no ripples at all but only the lazy satin of blue 4)the red ball (the sun) simile :
1)it is as in a moving picture that I can note the grace of her
gestures
2)dismissive as Pharisee
3)as sentimental and sensitive as any old maid doing water colours of sunsets
4)my imagination …so austere in the foreground but nurturing what treasures of tenderness, like delicate flowers, for the discovery of the venturesome
5)…gives a cry like a sea-bird
6)… we are as pleased a children when our game succeeds
7)I like the footfall of naked feet in the dust, silent as a cat passing.
8)the faint creaking, as of the saddle-leather to a horseman riding across turf
alliteration :
1)on a less practical plane
2)And now see how I stand, as sentimental and sensitive as any old maid
3)clear of cloud
4)I would never have believed in the simple bliss of being 5)the hiss of sudden spray X.
1)metonymy 2)metonymy 3)euphemism 4)personification 5) transferred epithet 6)hyperbole 7)transferred epithet and9 ) onomatopoeia 10) trans
XI.
1)imperial 2)simple 3)high 4)jealous 5)ignorant 6) clear 7) exaggerated 8) beaten 9) obvious 10) confident 11 ) disappointed 12)inadequate 13)close 14)interested 15)beautiful 16)conscious
Ⅻ.
1)He has a good eye for water-colours.
2)The daughter ventured to object to her parents's arrangement of her marriage.
3)Pressed by poverty, he took to stealing. 4)My long journey was beguiled with novels. 5)I suppose you have read Mark Twain.
6)He concentrated all his attention on this problem to the exclusion of all others.
7)Failure to make the right decision at once will make the whole thing very difficult if not impossible.
8)Our problems are piling up. We must solve them as quickly as we can.
9)The sentries are relieved every four hours. 10)There was a touch of irony in his remark. ll)Memories of childhood are gradually receding.
XIII. Omitted
XIV.
A Visit to Yellow Mountain
I was here at last! Standing at the foot of Yellow Mountain, I tried to convince myself that I was where I was. It was a hot day, and the sky was clear of clouds. We were sweating even before we began to climb the mountain early in the morning. The steps were so numerous that they looked like a ribbon winding its way to the sky. All along the way, birds were chirping among the trees and bushes, where leaves were stirring with every movement of the pure mountain air. Now and then a mountain stream ran down, leaping from rock to rock and filling the valley with laughing murmurs. When I looked up occasionally, the mountain tops could be seen clearly against the vast blue sky. I went on cheerfully, leaving my companions behind most of the time. When we came to the Guest-Greeting Pine, all of us were very excited. She stood at the edge of an overhanging rock, stretching out her hands to us. How friendly she and the Yellow Mountain were !