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Unit 1The Dinner Party1. shortly before WW1一战前不久2. track down追溯，追查3. be seated就座4. spring up突然出现，开始5.outgrow the jumping-on-a-chair-at the sight of a mouse era不再像过去那样见到老鼠就跳到椅子上6.That last ounce of self-control is what really counts这.多出来的一点自制力才是真正起作用的。

7.motion to sb 向某人示意 signal to sb 8. whisper sth to sb 向某人嘀咕，耳语 9. the America comes to with a start. 这个美国博物学家突然醒悟了.Startle-----startle10. bait fora snake 蛇的诱饵11. an empty room 一个空房子 a bare marble floor 没铺地毯的大理石地板barely any hair====hardly/scarcely any hair 12. serve the next course 上下一道菜 a course of dish 一道菜 13. frighten sb into doing sth吓得某人去做⋯persuade sb into doing sthtalk sb into doing sth threaten sb into doing sth14. out of the corner of his eyes 从他的眼角里15.Stare straight ahead 盯着往前看 16. Not move a muscle纹丝不动17.Make for 前往 18.Ring out19.Slam the door shut20. Exclaim21. at the sight of一看见at the thought of一想起22. a heated/spirited discussion一场激烈的争论22.an example of perfect self-control 一个镇定自若的典范23.A faint smile lights up the hostess ’faces.Two spots of color brightened her face.A strange expression came over her face.24.a colonial official 一个殖民地官员25.give a large dinner party 办一个盛大的晚宴26.a visiting American naturalist 美国访问博物学家27.a spacious dining room宽敞的餐厅 28. the major 少校 the colonel29.feel like doing sth 想要 /喜欢做某事 30. commotion 混乱，骚动31.The tone of his voice is so commanding that it silences everyone他的.语调很威严，让每个人都静下来不出声 .32. count three hundred 数三百下 count up to three hundred 数到第三百下 33. sit like stone images像石雕一样坐着Sit rootedUnit 2Lessons from Jeffersonbe of interest/important 很有趣 /很重要 obtain knowledge from many sources从许多源头获取知识 personal investigation个人调查appoint him to a committee 派他去一个委员会study papers on the subject研究该课题的文件make on-the-spot observations做现场观察By birth and by education Jefferson belonged to the highest social class无论.是论出身还是论教育，杰弗逊都属于最高的社会阶层.noble persons 贵族 persons of noble origins出身高贵的人 persons of humble origins出身卑微的人go out of one’ s way to do特sth意/专门去做某事 a cooking pot 做饭的锅If you will only do this, you may find out why people are dissatisfied如.果也只有你愿意这样做，你才可能发现为什么人民不满意.Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error. Use it上.帝赋予你一个判断正确和错误的头脑，就运用它吧 .form a correct judgment 形成正确的判断not hesitate a moment to do sth 毫不犹豫地去做某事the former and the latter 前者和后者In a free country, there will always be conflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength在一.个自由的国度，总会有冲突的意见，而这正是力量的源泉.It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that keeps freedom alive让.自由保持活力的是冲突而不是绝对的一致.There are two sides to every question. If you take one side with effect, those who take the other side will of course resent your actions.每个问题都有两面.如果你有力地站在一方，那么另一方的人必定会憎恨你的行动.be chained to customs受习俗的禁锢 lose its usefulness失去它的效用 No society can make a perpetual constitution, or even a perpetual law. 任何一个社会都不能制定出永久的宪法或永久的法律 .He didn ’ t fear new ideas, nor did he fear the future他不.惧怕新观点，也不惧怕未来.I steermy ship with hope, leaving fear behind我.满怀希望驾驶着帆船，把恐惧抛在身后.be based on knowledge 以知识为基石men of his age===peer 同龄人practice crop rotation and soil conservation施行作物轮作和土壤保持standard practice 标准的做法 be superior to any other in existence比现存的任何做法都优越be inferior to 不如⋯Of all Jefferson’ s many talents, one is central.在杰弗逊的诸多才能中，其中一个是重要的.He was above all a good and tireless writer. 首先，他是个优秀的不知疲倦的作家.Ageless-----parentless-----timeless31. complete works全集32. when the time came to do sth当该做⋯的时候33. the taskof writing it was his. 撰写的任务都落在他的肩头了.34. We hold those truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.]我们坚信这些不言而喻的事实：人人生而平等.Every is born equal.35. He left his countrymen a rich legacy of ideas and examples.他给他的同胞留下一笔丰富的思想遗产和范例.36.owe a great debt to 归功于⋯. ====Be indebted to37.Only a nation of educated people could remain free. 只有一个由受教育的人民组成的国度才能保持自由 .Unit 3My First Jobapply for a teaching job 申请一份教学工作 go from bad to worse 每况愈下enter university 进入大学 in a suburb of London 在伦敦的郊区be very short of money 手头很紧Without a degree and with no experience in teaching, my chances of getting this job were slim. 一无学历，二无教学经历，我得到可能性是微乎其微 .Chances of doing are/were做⋯⋯某事的机会是⋯⋯It proved an awkward journey. 这一路原来真是麻烦。

Unit 4:Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest[谦虚的] and ordinary man.The professor and the Yo-yoMy father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein's home, I was made to feel at ease【感到自在】when Einstein said, "I have something to show you." He went to his desk and returned with a Yo-Yo. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn't make it roll back up the string【绳子】. When my turn came【轮到我的时候】, I displayed my few tricks【技巧】and pointed out【指出】to him that the incorrectly【错误地】looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded【点头】, properly【非常】impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem【诗】of thanks.As boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder【钦佩】at the personality【人格】that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe【宇宙】and the logic 【逻辑】and simplicity【简单】in its functioning【功能】. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach【所能到达的范围】. But this did not frustrate[使沮丧] him. He was content【满足的】to go as far ashe could.In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy【嫉妒】, vanity【虚荣】, bitterness【痛苦】, anger, resentment【愤恨】, or personal ambition【野心】. He seemed immune【免疫的】to these emotions【情感，情绪】. He was beyond any pretension【假装】. Although he corresponded【联系】with many of the world's most important people, his stationery【文具】carried only a watermark【水印】- W - for Woolworth's.To do his work he needed only a pencil only a pencil and a pad of【一叠】paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in【相信，信仰】simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor【刮胡刀】and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream【刮胡子涂的……】, he said, "The razor and water do the job.""But Professor, why don't you try the cream just once?" I argued. "It makes shaving smoother【更平滑】and less painful."He shrugged【耸肩】. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming[笑容满面] with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. "You know, that cream really works," he announced. "It doesn't pull the beard. It feels wonderful." Thereafter【此后】, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted【恢复到】to usingplain【普通的】water.Einstein was purely and exclusively【高级的】a theorist【学说创立人】. He didn't have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation 【等式】in history - yet Einstein wouldn't walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic【原子能的】energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively【相对地】minor【较小】in importance, but he didn't have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge【在……的边缘】of a bowl of water and repeatedly【不断地】dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight【愉快地】, trying to deduce【推断】the operating principle【原理】. But be couldn't.The next morning he announced, "I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it mu st work this way…" He began a long explanation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw[漏洞] in his reasoning. "No, I guess that's not it," he said. He pursued【继续……】various【各种各样的】theories【理论】for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression【表情】of disapproval【不肯定，不支持】told me he did not agree with this practical approach【方法】. He never did work out the solution.Another puzzle【疑惑】that Einstein could never understand washis own fame【名望】. He had developed theories that were profound 【内涵深刻的】and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Yet his name was a household word across the civilized【文明的】world. "I've had good ideas, and so have other men," he once said. "But it's been my good fortune【运气】that my ideas have been accepted." He was bewildered【为难，手足无措】by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special.Unit4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo 在一个年轻朋友的心目中，爱因斯坦是个纯朴、谦虚的普通人。

UNIT41. Think for a moment about your own life — the activities of your day, the possessions you enjoy, the surroundings in which you live. Is there anything you don’t have at this moment that you would like to have? Anything that you have, but that you would like more of? If your answer is “no,” then congratulations — either you are well advanced on the path of Zen self-denial, or else you are a close relative of Ted Turner . The rest of us, however, would benefit from an increase in our material standard of living. This simple truth is at the very core of economics. It can be restated this way: we all face the problem of scarcity.2 Almost everything in your daily life is scarce. You would benefit from a larger room or apartment, so you have a scarcity of space. You have only two pairs of shoes and could use a third for hiking; you have a scarcity of shoes. You would love to take a trip to Chicago, but it is difficult for you to find the time or the money to go — trips to Chicago are scarce.3 Because of scarcity, each of us is forced to make choices. We must allocate our scarce time to different activities: work, play, education, sleep, shopping, and more. We must allocate our scarce spending power among different goods and services: food, furniture, movies, long-distance phone calls, and many others.4 Economists study the choices we make as individuals and how those choices shape our economy. For example, the goods that each of us decides to buy ultimately determine which goods business firms will produce. This, in turn, explains which firms and industries will hire new workers and which will lay them off.5. Economists also study the more subtle and indirect effects of individual choice on our society. Will most Americans continue to live in houses, or — like Europeans will most of us end up in apartments? Will we have an educated and well-informed citizenry? Will museums and libraries be forced to close down? Will traffic congestion in our cities continue to worsen, or is there relief in sight? These questions hinge, in large part, on the separate decisions of millions of people. To answer them requires an understanding of how people make choices under conditions of scarcity.6. Think for a moment about the goals of our society. We want a high standard of living for all citizens: clean air, safe streets, and good schools. What is holding us back from accomplishing all of these goals in a way that would satisfy everyone? You probably already know the answer: scarcity. 1. 想一想你的生活：你每天从事的活动，你所拥有的财产，你所居住的环境。

Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in◆Before Reading1. Was Einstein bright in his early childhood? Give examples.2. What is his greatest contribution to the mankind?3. What do you know about the life of Einstein?4. Do you think Einstein was responsible for the search work on the atomic bomb? Why?5. Describe the appearance of Einstein.Albert EinsteinGerman-born American Physicist and Nobel Laureate1879～1955“Imagination is more important than knowledge. ”—Albert Einstein • A Brief Introduction to Albert EinsteinIn 1905 Einstein received his doctorate from the University of Zurich for a theoretical dissertation on the dimensions of molecules, and he also published three theoretical papers of central importance to the development of 20th-century physics.On the basis of the General Theory of Relativity, Einstein accounted for the previously unexplained variations in the orbital motion of the planets and predicted the bending ofstarlight in the vicinity of a massive body such as the sun. The confirmation of this latter phenomenon during an eclipse of the sun in 1919 became a media event, and Einstein’s fame spread worldwide.2. Einstein explains the equivalence of energy and matter“It followed from the Special Theory of Relativity that mass and energy are both but different manifestations of the same thing — a somewhat unfamiliar conception for the average mind. Furthermore, the equation E is equal to mc squared, in which energy is put equal to mass, multiplied by the square of the velocity of light, showed that very small amounts of mass may be converted into a very large amount of energy and vice versa. The mass and energy were in fact equivalent, according to the formula mentioned before. This was demonstrated by Cockcroft and Walton in 1932, experimentally.”When Hitler came to power, Einstein immediately decided to leave Germany for the United States. He took a position at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, New Jersey. In 1939 Einstein collaborated with several other physicists in writing a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, pointing out the possibility of making an atomic bomb and the likelihood that the German government was embarking on such a course. The letter, which bore only Einstein’s signature, helped lend urgency to efforts in the U.S. to build the atomic bomb, but Einstein himself played no role in the work and knew nothing about it at the time.After 1919, Einstein became internationally renowned.He accrued honors and awards, including the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921, from various world scientific societies. His visit to any part of the world became a national event; photographers and reporters followed him everywhere.After the war, Einstein was active in the cause of international disarmament and world government but declined the offer made by leaders of the state of Israel to become president of that country. In the U.S. during the late 1940s and early 1950s he spoke out on the need for the nation’s intellectuals to make any sacrifice necessary to preserve political freedom. Einstein died in Princeton on April 18, 1955.Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in•Einstein’s Chronology•Theory of Relativity•Atomic Bomb•Fame and Social ActivitiesAlbert Einstein, whose Special Theory of Relativity and General Theory of Relativity revolutionized scientific perceptions of the universe, is acknowledged, along with Newton, as one of history’s greatest physicists.Son of free-thinking, cultured Jews, Einstein was unable to speak until he was three and displayed no special promise. Anti-Semitism also hampered his talent when it began to emerge. He became a Swiss citizen in 1901, obtaining a doctorate from the University of Bern in 1905. His research, which ended in the famous equation E=mc2, was published in the same year.After World War I, Einstein’s fame extended beyond the scientific community and in 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics. During the 1920s he regarded the rise of the Nazis in Germany with horror, eventually emigrating to the U.S. where, in 1933, he took up a post at Princeton University. In 1939 his early warnings of German scientific attempts to make an atomic bomb prompted the start of the Manhattan Project.Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in3. The Yo-YoThe Yo-Yo is a simple toy consisting of a grooved double disk with a string about the center. The player holds the end of the string which unwinds itself as the disk is dropped. Then by a slight jerk on the string, the player causes it to rewind itself, and to reel up back to the hand. The toy is said to have originated in the Philippines. Since 1930 it has become a popular toy and even today children in different countries play the Yo-Yo and compete in various contests.4. The Nobel PrizeNobel Prizes are annual monetary awards granted to individuals or institutions for outstanding contributions in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, international peace, and economic sciences. The Nobel Prizes are internationally recognized as the most prestigious awards in each of these fields. The prizes were established by Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel, who set up a fund for them in his will. The first Nobel Prizes were awarded on December 10, 1901, the fifth anniversary of Nobel’s death. 5. Woolworth’sFrank Winfield Woolworth (1852~1919), an American merchant, was born in Rodman, New York. He established in 1879 a five-cent store at Utica, New York, which failed, and the same year he started a successful five-and-ten-cent store atLancaster, Pennsylvania. Woolworth opened many others and soon extended business throughout the United States and to several foreign countries. In 1911 the F. W. Woolworth Company was incorporated with ownership of over 1,000 five-and-tens, and he became director of various financial firms. (The last Woolworth stores were closed in 1998.) Woolworth had the Woolworth Building erected in New York City in 1913, the highest building in the world (792 ft / 241.4 m) at that time.Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in◆Global ReadingFor Part 1 Multiple Choice1. When the young visitor came to Einstein’s home, he was _______.A) frightenedB) uneasyC) self-confidentD) frustrated2. What did Einstein do after the author suggested him try shaving cream?A) He tried the shaving cream the next morning and wasreally satisfied with it.B) He declined the offer and used razor and water asbefore.C) He thought the cream was of no use.D) He became curious about the components of the cream.3. The watermark—W—for Woolworth’s in Einstein’s stationery suggests that ________.A) he didn’t have enough money to buy the betterstationeryB) he was intended to show that he as important as otherpeopleC) he did not take any interest in prestigeD) he didn’t have personal ambition though he wasworld-famousDirections: To show Einstein is purely and exclusively a theorist, the author gives us three examples in this part. You are required to write three sentences to summarize the three examples. Each sentence should be fewer than 20 words. (1) He wouldn’t walk down the street to see a reactor createatomic energy.(2) He didn’t have any curiosity in observing how his theorymade TV possible.(3) He pursed various theories for the work of a toy but failedto know its operating principle.1.What is the best title of this part?Einstein’s attitude toward his fame.2. How did Einstein feel about his own fame?He said he had as good ideas as other people and that his ideashad been accepted because he had the luck. He was even puzzled by himself. He could not understand why he received so much attention and was singled out something special.Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in3. An Analysis of Einstein’s Personality◆Detailed ReadingSeen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.The Professor and the Yo-YoThomas Lee Bucky with Joseph P.Blank My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein’s home, I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, “I have something to show you.”He went to his desk and returned with a Yo-Yo. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn’t make it roll back up the string. When my turn came, I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded, properly impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem of thanks.As a boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. Heknew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy, vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition. He seemed immune to these emotions. He was beyond any pretension. Although he corresponded with many of the world’s most important people, his stationery carried only a watermark —W —for Woolworth’s.To do his work he needed only a pencil and a pad of paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream, he said, “The razor and water do the job.”“But Professor, why don’t you try the cream just once?” I argued. “It makes shaving smoother and less painful.”He shrugged. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. “You know, that cream really works,”he announced. “It doesn’t pull the beard. It feels wonderful.”Thereafter, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted to using plain water.Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist. He didn’t have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history —yet Einstein wouldn’t walk down thestreet to see a reactor create atomic energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance, but he didn’t have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to deduce the operating principle. But he couldn’t.The next morning he announced, “I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way ...”He began a long explanation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw in his reasoning. “No, I guess that’s not it,”he said. He pursued various theories for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression of disapproval told me he did not agree with this practical approach. He never did work out the solution.Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame. He had developed theories that were profound and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Yet his name was a household word across the civilized world. “I’ve had good ideas, and so have other men,”he once said. “But it’s been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted.”He was bewildered by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special.(Greeting)ReviewLeading-in◆After Reading1. Listening Comprehension1. DictationDirections:Here are two anecdotes about Einstein. You are required to listen carefully and write down every word of them.Young EinsteinAlbert Einstein was a very late talker. At the dinner table one evening, he finally broke his long silence: “The soup is too hot,” he complained. His parents, greatly relieved, asked him why he had never spoken before. “Because,” he replied, “up to now everything has been in order.”Einstein’s PhonebookWhen one of Albert Einstein’s colleagues asked the famous physicist for his telephone number one day, he reached for a telephone directory and looked it up. “You don’t remember your own number?” the man asked, understandably startled. “No,”Einstein replied with a shrug. “Why should I memorize something I can so easily get from a book?”2. Listen and Tell the StoryDirections:Listen to the story and retell it.(Greeting)ReviewLeading-in1. 密友a close friend2. 感到无拘无束feel at ease3. 指出point out4. 使玩具失去平衡throw the toy off balance5. 一首表示感谢的诗a poem of thanks6. 在某人的能力范围内within one’s limits7. 超出力所能及的范围beyond one’s intellectual limits8. 对…心满意足be content to9. 对…具有免疫力be immune to10. 与…通信往来correspond with11. 一本拍纸簿a pad of paper12. 对某人来说毫无意义mean nothing to someone13. 信奉简朴believe in simplicity14. 回复到revert to15. 实际应用practical application16. 相对（来说）次要relatively minor in importance17. 推断其运作原理deduce the operating principle18. 推理中的一个漏洞a flaw in one’s reasoning19. 不赞成的表情an expression of disapproval20. 研究出解决方法work out an solution21. 一个家喻户晓的名字a household name22. 对…迷惑不解be bewildered by23. 受到关注receive attention24. 挑选出single out 3. Summary WritingUnit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-in4. Multiple Choice1. His paper was singled ______as an example.A) overB) outC) onD) with2. This machine is ______ being improved.A) capable toB) able ofC) able toD) capable of3. He said he had ______ this subject for ten years.A) taughtB) pursuedC) demandedD) afforded4. What made him revert ______his habit of smoking?A) backB) toC) away fromD) on5. Without your help, I couldn’t ______the details ______.A) work…atB) work…outC) work …onD) work…up6. The boy was ______with joy.A) beamingB) bewilderingC) deducingD) shrugging7. She is poor ______she can hardly get anything to eat.A) as much asB) too much so thatC) so much so thatD) much more than8. Economy seems to be the only ______to the financial problem.A) generationB) meanC) solutionD) resolution9. They have ______each other for a long time.A) corresponded onB) corresponded withC) communicated withD) kept writing10. ______radio ______and try to find out what’s wrong with it.A) T ake…apartB) Tell…apartC) Cutting…into piecesD) Separate…apart5. Talking About the PicturesShow some pictures to students and let them talk about it. 6. Writing Practice1. A Brief IntroductionIn English writing, it is very important to present information to readers in a logical order, which is the key to coherent paragraphs and essays. There are many ways to organize a paragraph in a logical order. Some of them are listed in the following table.2. HomeworkDirections:Rearrange the following sentences so that they form a coherent paragraph in logical order.1.First the Smiths came for cocktails, and we were laterjoined for dinner by the Joneses.2. At 11:30 the Joneses left in a hurry to catch the last bus.3. We had a very busy evening.4. Shortly after the Joneses arrived, we got a phone call from the Robinsons to say they couldn’t come.5. And half an hour later, the Smiths called a taxi to take them home.6. We ate an enormous meal, and then looked at some slides of our holiday in China.Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo (Greeting)ReviewLeading-inExercises7. Proverbs and Quotations1. Humility is the beginning of wisdom.智慧源于谦逊。

UNIT 4 The Professor and the Yo-yo Seen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.My father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein's home, I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, "I have something to show you." He went to his desk and returned with a Yo-Yo. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn't make it roll back up the string. When my turn came, I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded, properly impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Yo-Yo and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem of thanks.As boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy, vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition. He seemed immune to these emotions. He was beyond any pretension. Although he corresponded with many of the world's most important people, his stationery carried only a watermark - W - for Woolworth's.To do his work he needed only a pencil only a pencil and a pad of paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream, he said, "The razor and water do the job.""But Professor, why don't you try the cream just once?" I argued. "It makes shaving smoother and less painful."He shrugged. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. "You know, that cream really works," he announced. "It doesn't pull the beard. It feels wonderful." Thereafter, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted to using plain water.Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist. He didn't have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history - yet Einstein wouldn't walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance, but he didn't have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to deduce the operating principle. But be couldn't.The next morning he announced, "I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way…" H e began a ling explanation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw in his reasoning. "No, I guess that's not it," he said. He pursued various theories for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression of disapproval told me he did not agree with this practical approach. He never did work out the solution.Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame. He had developed theories that were profound and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Yet his name was a household word across the civilized world. "I've had good ideas, and so have other men," he once said. "But it's been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted." He was bewildered by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special.在一个年轻的朋友的眼里，爱因斯坦是一个朴素、谦虚而普通的人。

Trying to make some money before entering university, the author applies for a teaching job. But the interview goes from bad to worse...Unit 3 My First JobWhile I was waiting to enter university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Being very short money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience in teaching my chances of getting the job were slim.However, three days later a letter arrived, asking me to go to Croydon for an interview. It proved an awkward journey: a train to Croydon station; a ten-minute bus ride and then a walk of at least a quarter to feel nervous.The school was a red brick house with big windows, The front garden was a gravel square; four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner, where they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main from a busy main road.It was clearly the headmaster himself that opened the door. He was short and fat. He had a sandy-coloured moustache, a wrinkled forehead and hardly any hair. He looked at me with an air of surprised disapproval, as a colonel might look at a private whose bootlaces were undone. 'Ah yes,' he grunted. 'Y ou'd better come inside.' The narrow, sunless hall smelled unpleasantly of stale cabbage; the walls were dirty with ink marks; it was all silent. His study, judging by the crumbs on the carpet, was also his dining-room. 'Y ou'd better sit down,' he said, and proceeded to ask me a number of questions: what subjects I had taken in my General School Certificate; how old I was; what games I played; then fixing me suddenly with his bloodshot eyes, he asked me whether I thought games were a vital part of a boy's education. I mumbled something about not attaching too much importance to them. He grunted. I had said the wrong thing. The headmaster and I obviously had very little in common.The school, he said, consisted of one class of twenty-four boys, ranging in age from seven to thirteen. I should have to teach all subjects except art, which he taught himself. Football and cricket were played in the Park, a mile away on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.The teaching set-up filled me with fear. I should have to divide the class into three groups and teach them in turn at three different levels; and I was dismayed at the thought of teaching algebra and geometry-two subjects at which I had been completely incompetent at school. Worse perhaps was the idea of Saturday afternoon cricket; most of my friends would be enjoying leisure at that time. I said shyly, 'What would my salary be?' 'Twelve pounds a week plus lunch.' Before I could protest, he got to his feet. 'Now', he said, 'you'd better meet my wife. She's the one who really runs this school.'This was the last straw. I was very young: the prospect of working under a woman constituted the ultimate indignity.大学英语精读第二册Unit 4:The Professor and the Y o-Y oSeen through the eyes of a young friend Einstein was a simple, modest and ordinary man.The professor and the Y o-yoMy father was a close friend of Albert Einstein. As a shy young visitor to Einstein's home, I was made to feel at ease when Einstein said, "I have something to show you." He went to his desk and returned with a Y o-Y o. He tried to show me how it worked but he couldn't make it roll back up the string. When my turn came, I displayed my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance. Einstein nodded, properly impressed by my skill and knowledge. Later, I bought a new Y o-Y o and mailed it to the Professor as a Christmas present, and received a poem of thanks.As boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.In the 23 years of our friendship, I never saw him show jealousy, vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition. He seemed immune to these emotions. He was beyond any pretension. Although he corresponded with many of the world's most important people, his stationery carried only a watermark - W - for Woolworth's.To do his work he needed only a pencil only a pencil and a pad of paper. Material things meant nothing to him. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. He believed in simplicity, so much so that he used only a safety razor and water to shave. When I suggested that he try shaving cream, he said, "The razor and water do the job.""But Professor, why don't you try the cream just once?" I argued. "It makes shaving smoother and less painful."He shrugged. Finally, I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. The next morning when he came down to breakfast, he was beaming with the pleasure of a new, great discovery. "Y ou know, that cream really works," he announced. "It doesn't pull the beard. It feels wonderful." Thereafter, he used the shaving cream every morning until the tube was empty. Then he reverted to using plain water. Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist. He didn't have the slightest interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories. His E=mc2 is probably the most famous equation in history - yet Einstein wouldn't walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance, but he didn't have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible.My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to deduce the operating principle. But be couldn't.The next morning he announced, "I had thought about that bird for a long time before I went to bed and it must work this way…" He began a ling expla nation. Then he stopped, realizing a flaw in his reasoning. "No, I guess that's not it," he said. He pursued various theories for several days until I suggested we take the toy apart to see how it did work. His quick expression of disapproval told me he did not agree with this practical approach. He never did work out thesolution.Another puzzle that Einstein could never understand was his own fame. He had developed theories that were profound and capable of exciting relatively few scientists. Y et his name was a household word across the civilized world. "I've had good ideas, and so have other men," he once said. "But it's been my good fortune that my ideas have been accepted." He was bewildered by his fame: people wanted to meet him; strangers stared at him on the street; scientists, statesmen, students, and housewives wrote him letters. He never could understand why he received this attention, why he was singled out as something special.。

Unit1Vocabulary Exercises 一、单选题(共100.00分)A new town has grown up in this industrial_______.A.areaB.districtC.placeD.districts正确答案：B教师评语：暂无The company has_______a new sales director.A.appointedB.appointC.appointmentD.appointive正确答案：A教师评语：暂无We should try to_______all educational opportunities.A.take advantages ofB.take the advantage ofC.take advantage ofD.take advantage with正确答案：C教师评语：暂无In given conditions,bad things can_______good results.A.lead toB.results inC.issued inD.lead in正确答案：A教师评语：暂无I’ll tell our manager about it and ask him to_______you.A.connect toB.connectC.contact withD.contact正确答案：D教师评语：暂无She has long been hoping to become the_______manager.A.assistantB.assistantsC.assistanceD.assisted正确答案：A教师评语：暂无The earthquake_______several stores in the business areA.A.damageB.blastedC.hurtD.destroyed正确答案：D暂无I’ll let you borrow it_______you lend me your bicycle in return.A.on a conditionB.on conditionsC.on one conditionD.in one condition正确答案：C教师评语：暂无The writer used the image of corn silk（穗丝）to_______the girl’s hair.A.representB.describeC.figureD.depicted正确答案：B教师评语：暂无He_______in finance at Claremont Men’s College in CaliforniA.B.majoredC.was majoredD.was studied正确答案：B教师评语：暂无He was not only talented but immensely_______with his colleagues.A.unwelcomeB.popC.popularD.popularity正确答案：C教师评语：暂无The doctor will see you again next week._______you must rest as much as possi ble.A.MeanwhileB.OtherwiseC.Also正确答案：A教师评语：暂无After the accident it took a long time before she had the_______to get on a plan e again.A.encourageB.courageousC.confidentD.confidence正确答案：D教师评语：暂无Is it worthwhile putting so many resources toward something that is_______a reli able thing?A.nothing butB.anything butC.something butD.everything but正确答案：B暂无15.Many Chinese students have the experience of_______an optional course because its size is limiteD.A.kicking out ofB.kicked out ofC.being kicked out ofD.being kicked out正确答案：C教师评语：暂无Unit1General Reading Comprehension Exercises一、单选题(共70.00分)How did the writer feel when his father advised him to try Westminster College of Law?A.He felt shameful and refused to take the advice.B.The advice was useful and realistic,but going to a much less famous school thanthe previous one hurt his self-esteem.C.He thought it easy to attend Westminster College of Law.D.He didn’t take it seriously and ignore the advice.正确答案：B教师评语：暂无What do you think resulted in the writer’s success?A.He had a strong dignity.B.The writer had the talent of a lawyer,which the dean of the University of Colorado School of Law had mistaken him.C.Westminster College of Law is better than the University of Colorado School of Law.D.His ambition,diligence and taking advantage of chances.正确答案：D教师评语：暂无The writer had tried very hard and got enrolled by the University of Colorado Schoo l of Law.A.TrueB.False正确答案：B教师评语：暂无The writer’s father understood very well why his son had been kicked out of the U niversity of Colorado.A.TrueB.False正确答案：A教师评语：暂无The writer didn’t feel proud when he went back to the University of Colorado after graduation.A.TrueB.False正确答案：B教师评语：暂无The writer is grateful to the chance that he was kicked out of the University of Col orado School of Law.A.TrueB.False正确答案：A教师评语：暂无7.This story implies that the second chance may become one’s turning point in life.A.TrueB.False正确答案：A教师评语：暂无二、多选题(共30.00分)What did the dean in Colorado think of the writer when he was in the law school?A.He didn’t think he had the ability to become a lawyer.B.He thought he could make a lawyer by hard working.C.He didn’t think highly of him as far as his academic studies are concerneD.D.He t hought that he could do well in his job though his grades were to low now.正确答案：A C教师评语：暂无What does the writer mean by the sentence“One door had closed,but others open ed.”?A.The door to the University of Colorado had shut in front of him because he was refused a readmission to its School of Law.However,Westminster College of Law a greed to accept him as a student,thus giving him another chance to realize his dre am.B.Although the writer didn’t have the talent of a lawyer,he did well in sports and Spanish.C.There is no need to be sad about failure.D.One can become successful if he knows how to take advantage of a second chan ce.正确答案：A C D教师评语：暂无3.What did the writer learn from his being kicked out of the law school?A.Life is a road with unexpected tomorrows.If you take advantage of them,you ca nnot be destroyed by failures.B.One door had closed,but others openeD.C.To be successful,it is important for on e to get a second chance.D.If you don’t do well in some areas,maybe you are not good at it and just to fin d something you good at.正确答案：A B C教师评语：暂无Unit2Vocabulary Exercises一、单选题(共100.00分)I personally would rather______a chicken whole.A.to grillB.grilledC.roastD.to roast正确答案：C教师评语：暂无Please don’t______against your chair back,you’ll break it.A.leanB.slopeC.tendD.tilt正确答案：A教师评语：暂无It is strange that he should______with such a clever girl.A.be fallen in loveB.fall in loveC.be falling in loveD.fell in love正确答案：B教师评语：暂无It did not take the police long time to______the truth.A.bring inB.bring outC.bring upD.bring on正确答案：B教师评语：暂无He seemed______when the man refused his request.A.depressingB.depressC.disappointingD.disappointed正确答案：D教师评语：暂无The mother______with her daughter to come back home.A.pleadB.pleadedC.pledD.pleading正确答案：B教师评语：暂无If you are in the depths of______,you are extremely unhappy.A.hopelessB.desperationC.disappointD.despair正确答案：D教师评语：暂无Take it down to the basement and______it______the stove.A.throw…into…B.Athrow…about…C.throw…down…D.throw…off…正确答案：A教师评语：暂无The doctor may seek the agreement of a______before operation.A.relateB.relativeC.relatumD.relationship正确答案：B教师评语：暂无Whenever we have trouble with our studies,our teachers help us______.A.enthusiasticallyB.intenselyC.patientlyD.casually正确答案：C教师评语：暂无He is a very handsome young fellow,who dressed well and had______.A.behaviorB.behaviorsC.mannerD.manners正确答案：D教师评语：暂无As the final examinations draw near,students begin to______reviewing.A.get busyB.busy themselves withC.engageD.wage正确答案：B教师评语：暂无I liked to walk up Fifth Avenue and______romantic women from the crowD.A.pickB.pick outC.pick onD.pick off正确答案：B教师评语：暂无He______that co-operation with the media is part of his professional duties.A.believedB.findC.realizedD.appreciates正确答案：D教师评语：暂无15.If you want to be______,you should try to lose a certain amount of weight every week.A.slimB.muscularC.chubbyD.plump正确答案：A教师评语：暂无Unit2General Reading Comprehension Exercises一、单选题(共80.00分)Can you guess why she was attracted by Robert?A.She might be attracted by his American nationality.B.She might be attracted by his golden hair and slim American nose.C.She might be attracted by the Christmas eve in American style.D.She didn’t like Chinese boys.正确答案：B教师评语：暂无What food did Amy like most?A.The roasted turkey.B.The sweet potatoes.C.The cooked fish.D.The soft fish cheek.正确答案：D教师评语：暂无What did Amy’s mother want her to do in the American culture?A.To break up with Robert.B.To keep far away from her relatives.C.To be proud of her Chinese identity and keep the Chinese culture.D.To learn more American culture and manner.正确答案：C教师评语：暂无When she knew that Robert would come for the Christmas dinner,Amy was so exci ted that she crieD.A.TrueB.False正确答案：B教师评语：暂无Amy’s mother created a strange menu because Amy didn’t know what food her mot her would cook.A.TrueB.False正确答案：教师评语：暂无Amy felt embarrassed at her relatives’table manners.A.TrueB.False正确答案：A教师评语：暂无Robert and his family ate little at the dinner.A.TrueB.False正确答案：A教师评语：暂无8.From this story we can learn from some cultural difference in dinner concepts betw een the Chinese and Americans.A.TrueB.False正确答案：A教师评语：暂无二、多选题(共20.00分)What was Amy worried about before the Christmas dinner?A.The simple Chinese dinner without a roast turkey.B.She didn’t want to introduce her boyfriend to her relatives.C.Her Chinese relatives ignorant of American table manners.D.She was lack of confidence of her mother’s cooking.正确答案：A C教师评语：暂无2.What did Amy think of her relative’s behaviors at the dinner?A.She was prouD.B.She felt embarrasseD.C.She felt shameful.D.She enjoy the noisy environment.正确答案：B C教师评语：暂无Unit3Vocabulary Exercises一、单选题(共100.00分)We cannot hope to_______with so experienced a team.peteB.contestC.warD.fight正确答案：A教师评语：暂无I am very pleased with the room you_______for me.A.offerB.offeringC.provideD.providing正确答案：C教师评语：暂无You need money and time,______,you need diligence.A.besideB.howeverC.in additionD.therefore正确答案：C教师评语：暂无Many of the British upper classes are_______very rich.A.no longerB.no moreC.not any longerD.not any more正确答案：A教师评语：暂无If cancers are spotted early there’s a high chance of_______.A.survivingB.survivalC.deathD.treatment正确答案：B教师评语：暂无Among her many virtues are_______,courage,and truthfulness.A.loyalB.loyaltyC.faithfulD.disloyalty正确答案：B教师评语：暂无Smoking is_______in many university classrooms in ChinA.A.prohibitingB.banningC.forbadeD.prohibited正确答案：D暂无Transport networks need to be expanded to remote_______areas.A.villageB.countrysideC.ruralD.rurality正确答案：C教师评语：暂无His collection of_______pottery is turning one hundred pieces.A.newB.agedC.ancientD.advanced正确答案：C教师评语：暂无Now,the gene they discovered today doesn’t________all those cases.B.account ofC.respond toD.explain for正确答案：A教师评语：暂无After discussion,all of us_______invest heavily in a building firm.A.for nothingB.see no reason toC.find no sign toD.intently正确答案：B教师评语：暂无She was not very willing to change her way of thinking and with strong_______vi ews.A.regionB.religionC.religious正确答案：C教师评语：暂无A man_______to be a journalist threatened to reveal details about her private lif e.A.declaredB.allegedC.claimedD.claiming正确答案：D教师评语：暂无To avoid quarreling,we_______to furnish our own house according to our own ta ste.A.suggestB.recommendC.adviseD.propose正确答案：D暂无15.He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to_______in the co untry.A.settle downB.settle backC.settleD.settle up正确答案：A教师评语：暂无Unit3General Reading Comprehension Exercises一、单选题(共70.00分)What theory about meat prohibition has been put forward by Marvin Harris?A.If an animal does not chew its cud,consumption will be prohibiteD.B.If an animalis much more valuable alive than dead,consumption will be prohibiteD.C.If an ani mal lives in a dirty place,it’s unclean and unhealthy so the consumption will be pro hibiteD.D.If an animal is used to protect the country,consumption will be prohibite D.正确答案：B教师评语：暂无What was the reason for the horsemeat prohibition in European history?A.The horses were useful for soldiers to fight against their enemies.B.The horses do not chew their cuD.C.The horses were the primary power source.D.The taste of horsemeat is so terrible.正确答案：A教师评语：暂无It’s believed that religions and life customs can account for meat prohibitions.B.False正确答案：B教师评语：暂无According to some researchers,the Jews dislike pork because pigs are dirty.A.TrueB.False正确答案：B教师评语：暂无Actually pork had been once the part of the food for the ancient Middle Easterners.A.TrueB.False正确答案：A教师评语：暂无Cows are respected by Indians because they are useful source.A.True正确答案：A教师评语：暂无7.The Moslems gave up pork due to their frequent migration in hot climate.A.TrueB.False正确答案：A教师评语：暂无二、多选题(共30.00分)Why shouldn’t religious believers question the reasons for meat prohibition?A.They will be punished by the church if they question the reasons for meat prohibition.B.It is considered rude for humans to question the directives of God or church.C.The loyalty to each faith sees little reason to ask why a particular food is prohibiteD.D.They were forbidden to question it before becoming believers.正确答案：B C教师评语：暂无What are the different reasons for the prohibition of pork in Judaism and other reli gions?A.The Jewish prohibition against pork seems to be the fact that pigs do not chew t heir cuD.B.The Jewish prohibition against pork because pigs are much more valuabl e alive than deaD.C.Other religions,such as the Islamism,believe that pigs are“un clean”.D.Other religions,such as the Islamism,claiming that pork eating is unhealthful.正确答案：A C D教师评语：暂无3.Why is beef prohibited in the rural area in India?A.Because soldiers need to fight on cow back.B.Because cows’dung becomes a kind of clean cooking coal.C.Because cows are the primary power source there.D.Because cows provide milk for dairy products.正确答案：B C D教师评语：暂无Unit4Vocabulary Exercises 一、单选题(共100.00分)I_______a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.A.long forB.eager forC.am long forD.is eager for正确答案：A教师评语：暂无I_______have the small one than the big one.A.prefer toB.would ratherC.would like toD.would rather to正确答案：B教师评语：暂无We’ll go and_______where conditions are hardest.A.settle upB.settle backC.settle downD.settle upon正确答案：C教师评语：暂无The reporter is doing a_______of public attitudes.A.investigationB.surveyC.examinationD.measurement正确答案：B教师评语：暂无It_______me that I didn’t have time to do more reading.A.boredB.bothersD.delighted正确答案：C教师评语：暂无She was not going to_______her hard-won freedom so easily.A.give upB.give inC.persist inD.give way to正确答案：A教师评语：暂无People here have a more relaxed_______to their work.A.moodB.actionC.atmosphereD.attitude正确答案：D暂无You never allow_______problems to affect your performance.A.privatelyB.intimateC.personallyD.personal正确答案：D教师评语：暂无I understand by your talking that you_______to leave the firm.A.intendB.likeC.meansD.wanted正确答案：A教师评语：暂无You should_______to improve your reading comprehension.B.change your mindC.make an effortD.get ready正确答案：C教师评语：暂无The government has got to find some way to_______these two needs.A.balanceB.mixC.breakD.throughout正确答案：A教师评语：暂无Several pairs of shoes were tried on,but none of them were_______.A.satisfiedB.satisfactoryC.satisfyingD.satisfaction正确答案：B教师评语：暂无Our income has got smaller.so we must be_______and give up our car.A.negativeB.passiveC.optimisticD.realistic正确答案：D教师评语：暂无After my lecture,the questions asked by the students began to_______me.A.overwhelmB.overlookC.overcomeD.overtake正确答案：A教师评语：暂无15.Getting your_______in order is a good way not to waste energy on meaningless t hings.A.potentialsB.privilegesC.prejudicesD.priorities正确答案：D教师评语：暂无Unit4General Reading Comprehension Exercises一、单选题(共80.00分)What’s the concrete and realistic goal of the modern women?A.They don’t want to work as hard as their mother’s generation.B.They want to“settle down”with their partner by30and have their first child a year later.C.They desire a balance between work and family life.D.Their goal may be a happy marriage and family in the countryside.正确答案：D教师评语：暂无What would some of the modern women like to do after giving the birth of the firs t child?A.They intend to give up work and be a full-time mother when they start a family.B.They want to find someone to marry.C.They want to send for a baby nursery.D.They start putting their personal happiness before a big salary or high-powered career.正确答案：A暂无What attitude does the author have towards the change of women’s role?A.She feels pity that the age of the“superwoman”is deaD.B.She supports the chan ged role of the modern women’s being a housewife.C.She takes a neutral attitude to the change of women’s role.D.She opposed the changed role of the modern women’s being a housewife.正确答案：B教师评语：暂无The increasing divorce rate can partly explain the change for the return to tradition al lifestyle.A.TrueB.False正确答案：A教师评语：暂无Modern young women think that they can succeed as easily as their mother diD.A.TrueB.FalseB教师评语：暂无According to young women,their feminist mothers were failures in life and career.A.TrueB.False正确答案：A教师评语：暂无In modern women’s eyes,domestic happiness is more important than a successful c areer.A.TrueB.False正确答案：A教师评语：暂无8.According to some scholars,today it’s still the times for superwomen.A.TrueB.False正确答案：B教师评语：暂无二、多选题(共20.00分)What’s the obvious difference in lifestyle between the modern women and the gene ration of their mothers?A.Modern women pay more attention to work.B.Those women’s attitudes toward the role of housewives changed greatly.C.They don’t pursue what their mothers had done.D.They agree with the way their mothers had done mostly.正确答案：B C教师评语：暂无2.Why do modern women not follow their mother’s lifestyle?A.Their mother’s lifestyle is not realistiC.B.They think the baby nurseries are baD.C.Because they believe it is very hard for them to deal well with jobs,motherhood and social lives at the same time.D.They don’t want to have the job and family life all as their mothers diD.正确答案：C D教师评语：暂无Unit5Vocabulary Exercises 一、单选题(共100.00分)He has more money than the rest of us________.A.in totallyB.to put togetherC.put togetherD.putting together正确答案：C教师评语：暂无The crowd started to________when the night fell.A.break outB.break offC.break upD.break down正确答案：C教师评语：暂无I curiously asked her about her________behavior.A.oddB.ordinaryC.formalD.normal正确答案：A教师评语：暂无Would you afford a poor child a temporary________?A.securityB.shelterC.preservationD.conservation正确答案：B教师评语：暂无The poem is so________that I cannot make out its meaning.A.dimB.vagueplicatingplicated正确答案：D教师评语：暂无I stood still,trying to________a reasonable excuse.A.discoverB.solveC.inventD.create正确答案：C教师评语：暂无His false accusations kicked back and________himself in prison.A.ended inB.ended up withC.ended up inD.ended with正确答案：B暂无She woke him for his medicines at________throughout the night.A.intervalsB.intervalC.occasionD.occasions正确答案：A教师评语：暂无He showed good judgment in deciding not to________in the project.A.devoteB.giveC.inventD.invest正确答案：D教师评语：暂无The Cabinet’s view did not________with a vast majority in the House.B.sit wellC.receiveD.sit with正确答案：B教师评语：暂无He can’t spend too much time arguing with you about the matter.He________.A.has other fish to fryB.has few fish to fryC.has no fish to fryD.has fishes to fry正确答案：A教师评语：暂无Her parents offered a lot of money as reward for anyone who could________her.A.botherB.amuseC.light。

Unit 4Text A The Healing Power of NatureI. Exploring the Texti. Comprehension of the Text1. D C A C3.1) Professor Roger Ulrich reported in the journal Science that patients who viewed trees outside of the windows were discharged from the hospital almost a day earlier, on average, than those whosaw walls, and they took fewer strong doses of pain-relieving narcotics.2) According to some studies, psychologists have found that exposure to trees, streams and other natural features improves concentration, creativity and emotional functioning. Office workers with nature views are more enthusiastic about their jobs, less frustrated, in better health and more satisfied with their lives. Nature can ease ADHD symptoms in kids, and children who see trees from their windows concentrate better, act less impulsively and are more able to delay gratification.3) The term qi can refer to material, energy, even conditions like dampness or heat, and experts disagree about how to define it.4) One theory of Western scientists about nature’s benefits is that nature can restore our tired minds mainly because it’s quietly fascinating, which rests our mental muscles. And the other theory is that the refreshment by nature might even be hardwired.II. Activating Your Vocabularyi. 1)-5) d g i f j6)-10) c b a e hii. 1) account for 2) vibrant3) rejuvenated4) irritable/irritated5) boost 6) put in perspective7) ailments8) refreshed/refreshes9) impulsive10) healedIII. Enriching Your Word Poweri.1) henpecked 2) much-used 3) homemade4) snow-covered5)ill-informed 6) town-bred7) well-paid 8) newly-builtii.1) for instance 2) In addition 3) such as 4) other 5) Finally 6) SoⅣ. Challenging Your Grammar1) leaving 2) burnt 3) Encouraged 4) Dropping 5) Delighted6) shopping 7) Being 8) Confined 9) knocking 10) ObservedV. Translationi. 西方科学家提出自己的两套理论来阐明大自然的裨益。