高级英语(上)英语专业（本科段）-全国高等教育自学考试
指定教材王家湘 课后题及答案
Lesson one Rock Superstars : What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society ?
Exercises
A. Answer the following questions on the text:
1. what is the function of the two quotations ? Are they appropriate ?
2. What does the author attempt to illustrate with the three examples at the beginning of the article?
3. According to Irving Horowitz , what is the sociological significance of rock music ?
4. In what sense did Elvis Presley prove what Horowitz and Rundgren believed ?
5. How did Bob Dylan , the Beatles , and the Rolling Stones differ from each other politically ?
6. What other major subjects did rock music deal with apart from politics ?
7. What rewards did rock superstars get ?
8. Has the author given a complete answer to question he raises in the title? Why do you think the
author ends the article the way he does ? Key A
1. The author uses the two quotations to introduce his ideas . Yes , they are .
2. The author uses the three examples to show that the young people worship the rock superstars
very much , but the adults find they are sick , The examples show that young people and adults have a
totally different attitudes towards rock music .
3. Rock music can express its times . He sees it as a debating forum where American society
struggles to define and redefine its feeling and beliefs .
4. When he appeared on the Ed . Sullivan Sunday night variety show , a debate took place . The old
people frowned while the young viewers applauded.
5. Bob Dylan touched a nerve of disaffection. The Beatles urged peace and piety . The Rolling
Stones demanded revolution .
6. Apart from politics , the rock music dealt with feelings and emotions.
7. The rock superstars got applause , praise and money .
8. No , he hasn‘t . He want s to leave the question to the readers and let them think .
B Translate the following into Chinese :
1. ―Jagger,‖ he said , ―grabs a half –gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform , sprinkling
its contents over the first few rows of sweltering listeners . 2. How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship ? 3. Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown , perhaps because he acts out your wildest
fantasies ?
4. Some sociologists say that your answers to them could explain a lot about what you are thinking
and about what your society is thinking –in other words , where you and your society are .
5. It‘s just that Elvis managed to embody the frustrated teenage spirit of the 1950s .
6. Feelings always a part of any musical statement were a major subject .
7. This country element , Horowitz feels , helped its audience express an urge to ―get away from it
all , ― to ―go back to the old days .‖
8. In one 1972 national opinion poll , more than 10 percent of the high school boys and 20 percent of
the girls said their hero was a rock superstar. KeyB
1他描述道:‖贾格尔拿着半加仑水, 顺着舞台前沿,边跑边把水洒向前排汗流浃背的歌迷身上.‖
2. 你如何看待这种赞美和英雄崇拜?
高级英语(上)英语专业(本科段)-全国高等教育自学考试指定教材王家湘 课后题及答案
