自考0795综合英语(二)基础班课程讲义全下册Lessom14

14. He had been very much fired her imagination about the sea， which she had never seen. fire （up）：激发想象；使……充满（某中激情） to excite， inspire； to make sb. very excited and interested in fire sb's imagination 激发某⼈的想象 fire sb. with…激起某⼈的…… The speaker fired the audience with enthusiasm. 演讲者激起了听众的热情。

The film Hero fired him with the desire to visit China. 电影《英雄》激起了他访问中国的愿望。

15 She wrote about it not only in formal academic reports but also in a book that informed and thrilled laymen？around the world. 她不仅在正式的学术报告中，还在⼀本书中对⼤海进⾏了描述。

这部书使世界各地不了解海洋的⼈感到感动，海洋对他们来说不再陌⽣。

thrill：v. 使激动，使震颤 n. 使⼈兴奋的事，⼀阵强烈的情绪（快乐，激动，恐惧等） eg：　He felt a thrill the moment he entered the Golden Hall. 当他⾛进⾦⾊⼤厅他感到⽆⽐兴奋。

He was thrilled at the good news. 好消息使他兴奋极了。

It was a thrilling film of violence and murder. 这是⼀部有关暴⼒和谋杀的刺激⼈的电影。

layman ：门外汉，外⾏⼈ eg：Sorry， I am unable to tell you more about the structure of the building， for I am a layman in architecture 。

Lesson Fifteen Edison Inventor of Invention打印本页Ⅰ.Outline of the TextPart 1: (Para. 1)Edison has changed man's thinking about what could be achieved.Part 2: (Paras. 2-3)Edison's inventions convinced people that science could benefit them.Part 3: (Para. 4)Edison's genius lies in his ability to combine and put into practice what other scientists and inventors had discovered and invented.Part 4: (Para. 5)Owing to Edison's work, scientific research gained an important place in society.Part 5: (Para. 6)Man must adapt to the constantly changing age he lives in.Ⅱ.Text1 It is impossible to measure the importance of Edison by adding up the specific inventions with which his name is associated：仅仅把爱迪生参与发明的那些东西加在一起，是绝不可友爱衡量出他的贡献的。

（直译：……与爱迪生的名字有联系的那些具体发明加在一起……。

）add up: 加起来be associated with与…联系起来Far-reaching as many of them have been in their effect upon modern civilization, the total effect of Edison's career surpasses the sum of all of them：尽管这其中的许多发明对现代文明有着深远的影响，爱迪生事业的宏观意义超过了他所有发明的总价值。

Lesson Twelve: Selling the Post （II）打印本页I. Outline of the TextPart 1: （Para. 1）The 1930’s were a hard period for the Bakers and Russell’s father had died.Part 2: （Paras. 2-17）Russell proved to be a poor salesman. He was too shay and timid for the job.Part 3: （Paras. 18-26）Doris proved to be a better salesperson.Part 4: （Paras. 27-33）Mrs. Baker concluded that her son lacked the competitive zeal a salesman needed. And from a composition he wrote Mrs. Baker discovered his talent for writing. Russell decided to become a writer.Ⅱ. TextPart 1: （Para. 1）1 We lived in Belleville, New Jersey, a commuter town at the northern fringe of Newark.It was 1932,the bleakest year of the Depression.译文：那是1932年，大萧条时期最不景气的年头。

commuter 通勤者fringe=edgebleakest=darkest=severestMy father had died two years before, leaving us with a few pieces of Sears, Roebuck furniture and not much else, and my mother had taken my sister, Doris, and me to live with one of her younger brothers.译文：两年前，我父亲去世，除了几件西尔斯和罗巴克家具之外，没给我们留下什么别的东西，我母亲带着我和妹妹多丽丝去投奔她的一个弟弟。

Lesson FourteenThe Outside Chance 一、词汇outside adj. 极小的（可能性、机会等）quote v. 引证，引述[kw]rainy adj. 下雨的,多雨的windycloudysandymechanic n.技工，机修工garage n. 汽车修理厂（或兼加油站）；车房，车库restless adj.不安分的，坐立不安的mum n.（口语）妈妈council house n.（英国市、郡等统建的便宜的）公寓或房屋pension n.养老金；退休金；抚恤金tube n.（英）地铁subway美式地铁tube英式地铁gap n.（时音或空间的）间断，空白；差距；裂缝generationgapjump n. 跳，跳跃my God interj. 天哪winner n. 获胜的人或马等outsider n.（赛马中）不看好的马bet v.&n. 赌博，打赌；赌注，赌金draw v.（从银行）取款lay v. 押（赌注），赌（钱等）suspicious adj.（对……）起疑心的，可疑的notice n. 辞职书；通知，预告announcer n. 播音员，广播员explosion n.爆炸explodeexplosionup adv. 在北方，在高处enquiry n. 调查，查询stop press n.（英）（报纸付印时留出的）最新的消息栏bloody adj. （英俚）该死的swim v.似在旋转，似在摇晃better off adj 经济情况好转的well offdamn adv.（口语）非常二、课文分析1 It’s a funny thing about money. If you haven’t got it, you think it’s the most important thing in the world. That’s what I used to think, too. I don’t any more, thought, and I learned the hard way.钱这个东西真是很捉弄人。

大学综合英语第二册基础英语2何兆熊课文14THE WEDDING STORYby Julianne HomokayCHARACTERSSTORYTELLER, a storyteller. A soothing presence. Male or female, doesn't matter, as long as hugs are inspired.BRIDE, the "perfect" bride.GROOM, the "perfect" groom.SCENEA land where grass is always green, the sun is always shining, and fences are always white picket.TIMEA sunny day in sunny June, the height of the perfect wedding season. In Vermont.[Lights up on the STORYTELLER reading from a leather-bound volume with gilded pages.] STORYTELL ER: (closing the volume) The End. Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite. What? You want to hear another one? But it’s a school night. Okay, okay, just this once. I’m such a pushover. What type of story shall we hear? (ad lib. if the audience yells out suggestions) How about a fairy tale for our times? A field of dreams fenced in by white picket, a story of the young man and woman we all hope to be someday? T oo bad, that’s what you’re getting.(The STORYTELLER opens the volume back up. Lights up on BRIDE and GROOM in traditional garb standing on top of a wedding cake.)Once upon a time there was a young woman, pretty as a day in June.(The BRIDE does the royal wave.)A young man stood by her side, smart as a whip and handsome as a polo horse.(The GROOM salutes.)They met in high school and fell in love on a merry day in May.(The BRIDE and GROOM whisper to each other.)Before long, the young man dropped to his knee, pulled a diamond from his pocket, and won the young woman’s hand in marriage.BRIDE: Uh, excuse us, Mr. Storyteller?(The STORYTELLER looks back at them, confused. The BRIDE and GROOM smile and wave. The STORYTELLER waves back.) STORYTELLER: Moving right along. With the blessings of their compatible—BRIDE: Mr. Storyteller!STORYTELLER: Excuse me a moment. (to BRIDE) Yes, what is it?BRIDE: We didn’t exactly meet in high school.STORYTELLER: Yes you did, it says so right here.BRIDE: We met in a bar.GROOM: And we dated on and off for five years while she experimented with foreigners. STORYTELLER: How nice. Well. For our purposes, let’s say you met in high school, shall we? (back to the kids) So. With the blessings of their compatible families, the young man and woman were to be Bride and Groom.BRIDE: (to GROOM) Wait a minute. As I recall, you kept breaking it off.GROOM: What?BRIDE: Yeah. Then you’d want me back the minute I had anew boyfriend.GROOM: You certainly didn’t waste any time running int o the arms of the first guy who had an accent.STORYTELLER: (to BRIDE and GROOM) Sssssh. Let’s don’t argue in front of the impressionable youngsters. (to children) The bride soon set in on the wedding preparations. BRIDE: (to GROOM) I never realized you were a racist.GROOM: I’m not, I was fine with the fact you’d slept with black men.BRIDE: You’re assuming that “racism” automatically refers to African-Americans. Isn’t that a form of racism itself?STORYTELLER: Excuse me, ma’am, sir, firmie those bouches so I can return to the story thank you.GROOM: By all means. Don’t let anything silly li ke our issues get in your way. STORYTELLER: Look, will you play along? The children will have ample opportunity to be disillusioned later, let’s just have a nice bedtim e story, okay? Okay. (to the children) AS I WAS SAYING, the preparations. They were to be married in a beautiful church—GROOM: (under his breath) Drive-thru chapel in Vegas.STORYTELLER: --followed by an elegant reception at an old inn in Vermont .BRIDE: (under her breath) Back room at the Star Dust Lounge.STORYTELLER: The bride put Martha Stewart to shame as she had the evening designed to the last detail—GROOM: (to BRIDE) Ha! That really sounds like you.STORYTELLER: --from the linen napkins to the centerpieces of purple freesia and Italian ruscus. BRIDE: (to GROOM) I think he was invite d to someone else’s wedding.GROOM: And why is he assuming the bride always has thetaste? Does it never occur to anyone that the groom might want to participate? I worked my way through law school as a floral designer, that’s how I know freesia is all wro ng for a centerpiece, except maybe as an accent flower. BRIDE: You were a floral designer?GROOM: You need to base your arrangement on a more substantial bloom, like a lily or an orchid. BRIDE: Brad, is there something you want to tell me?STORYTELLER: Actually, there is something I want to tell these youngsters so they can get to bed at a decent hour. THE STORY.BRIDE: Well huffy huff huff.STORYTELLER: SO, they had their flawless reception for 300 guests at a turn-of-the-century inn in Vermont —BRIDE: Yo u know, we’re not from Vermont . We’ve never even been to Vermont . STORYTELLER: --at which all had a delightful time.GROOM: (to BRIDE) What do you mean is there something I want to tell you? STORYTELLER: Immediately following the splendid reception—BRID E: I mean, is there something you haven’t been honest with me about? With yourself about? GROOM: Like what?STORYTELLER: The bride, at the tender age of 24—(The GROOM laughs out loud.)WHAT? WHAT’S SO FUNNY?GROOM: She’s not even close to 24.STORYTELLER: Now just wait a minute here, Buster Brown, whose story is this?BRIDE/GROOM: Ours.STORYTELLER: Wrong. This is a fairy tale, I’m going forprototypes.BRIDE: But I’m 35.STORYTELLER: In this story, you’re 24. The average American woman gets married at 24. BRIDE: How old’s that make him?STORYTELLER: 27. Why, how old is he really?GROOM: I’m the one that’s 24.STORYTELLER: Isn’t that a little young to be getting marr ied?BRIDE: How come 24’s okay for me but not for him?STORYTELLER: You’re the woman. You’re supposed to be younger.BRIDE: Jesus.STORYTELLER: Now, before I was interrupted for the umpteenth time, boys and girls, I was saying that after the reception, the 24-year-old bride was whisked away in a horse-drawn carriage by her 27-year-old Prince Charming.BRIDE: Whisked away where?STORYTELLER: I don’t know. To... the... airport.BRIDE: Which one?STORYTELLER: The Airport of... Vermont .BRIDE: There’s one in Burlington and one in Montpelier .GROOM: How did you know that?BRIDE: I majored in geography.GROOM: You did?BRIDE: (to STORYTELLER) So Mr. Fancy Pants, which one was it?STORYTELLER: The one where you caught your flight to Hawaii for your honeymoon. BRIDE: This whole fairy tale is completely out of hand. Anyone knows there’s no flights from Vermont to Hawaii . You have to fly through Logan or LAX. Orboth. And anyway, I highly doubt they’d let the horses in the terminal.STORYTELLER: Oh, for God’s sake,what’s the big deal in telling the children a nice little story? BRIDE: No one’s life turns out like that. How many of those kids will live up to your version of the story? None! They can’t, it’s too much pressure. It’s like why Catholic women are all mes sed up, you can’t be a virgin AND be a mother. And Brad, I probably shouldn’t have married yo u to begin with.GROOM: Shayna, how can you say that?BRIDE: You’re probably gay.GROOM: What?BRIDE: Oh c’mon, how many straight male floral designers do you know?GROOM: That’s what you thought I needed to be honest about?BRIDE: You didn’t even know I majored in Geography! Listen, if we’re talking averages here, most people don’t get married in Vermont . They get married in their one-horse hometowns that have WalMarts and bad zoning.STORYTELLER: What’s wrong with that?BRIDE: NOTHING. THAT’S MY POINT. M OST people do get married in their hometowns. MOST people cheat on their spouses or end up in counseling or sell everything they own to getinto a lousy nursing home. Put that in your fairy tale and smoke it.STORYTELLER: No one’s smoking anything. There a re children present.BRIDE: And God forbid we tell them what life is really like.GROOM: She’s got a point there. You’re opening yourself up for multiple class-action suits, Mister.STORYTELLER: Fine. I’ve had it. You want the truth, the whole truth, and n othing but the truth, the whole enchilada, the proverbial hook, line, and sinker? Well far be it from me to give these little souls something to which to aspire.BRIDE/GROOM: Do it! Do it! (ad lib.)STORYTELLER: I’m warning you, it won’t be pretty.BRIDE/GROOM: We stand warned.STORYTELLER: I’m such a pushover.(opens the volume back up)Once upon a time in a trailer park not so far away, there lived a woman approaching middle age who drank a lot of bourbon, smoked a pack a day, hung out in places where they throw peanut shells on the floor—BRIDE: All right already.STORYTELLER: --and a young, slightly effeminate man who took it up the ass once from a fellow Eagle Scout, but since it only happened once when he was 17 and drunk on Kahlua, he still considered himself straight.GROOM: Hey hey hey.STORYTELLER: The woman and the man met in a bar one night where they got drunk and slept together afterwards at her place. Since the woman felt guilty about the one-night stand, she felt she needed to make a legitimate relationship out of the encounter to justify the sex, even though she really prefers black men. To stay deep in the dark closet, the man proposed to the w oman, and since she’s 35 and, let’s face it, not getting any younger, she accepted his pathetic offe r because it was a real ego boost to have snagged a hot stud eleven years younger thanshe, even if he does have the occasional problem getting a stiffy wi th her because he’s really gay. Although the man offered to plan the entire wedding with his best friend Steve, the woman insisted they hire a horse-drawn carriage to drop them off at the Airport of Vermont, from which they took six connecting flights to Las Vegas to get married by an Elvis impersonator. To celebrate, they showed up at the Star Dust Lounge, at which they bought all the bar patrons cheeseballs and Budweiser. When they arrived back home in Weehawken, New Jersey, the Groom, unable to suppress his inner self for a moment longer, took up with a drag queen from SoHo, and the Bride, realizing she’d never be a mother, consoled herself with vodka and Xanax and died of a somewhat accidental overdose three years later. The Groom, now 27, took up wearing cowboy hats and chaps, and made the unfortunate mistake of traveling to Wyoming on business where he was dragged to his death behind a 4x4 by a bunch of homophobic rednecks. The drag queen wrote a show about the three of them in which he played all the parts, won a Genius Grant, and landed his own talk show on New York City cable access.(shuts book, exits)I bid you good night and sweet dreams, children. The End.BRIDE/GROOM: (ad lib., following the STORYTELLER off) Uh, Mr. Storyteller, wait, it’s okay, you can tell the other version, etc.(lights down.)。

Lesson Fourteen：Cipher in the Snow打印本页I. Outline of the TextPart 1：Introduction （Paras. 1-6）A boy named Cliff Evans died on his way to school on a snowy morning.Part 2：Body （Paras. 7-20）The writer thought that bad education was the real killer.☆ The boy seemed to be completely excluded from activities outside the classro om and the teachers' comments made the boy's I.Q. gradually dropped.☆ The boy was made to believe he was stupid and he had noting to live for and hope for.Part 3：Conclusion （Paras. 21-23）As a teacher, the writer made up her mind that what had happened to Cliff Evans would never happen to any other of her students.II. TextPart 1：Introduction （Paras. 1-6）1 It started on a biting cold February morning：事情发生在2月的一个寒冷刺骨的清晨。

It 指的是incident（事件）；accident（事故）I was driving behind the Milford Corners bus as I did most snowy mornings on my way to school：那时我正驾车跟在校车后面，下雪的时候多数情况早晨我都是这样去学校上班。

Lesson Fifteen Edison Inventor of Invention打印本页Ⅰ.Outline of the TextPart 1: (Para. 1)Edison has changed man's thinking about what could be achieved.Part 2: (Paras. 2-3)Edison's inventions convinced people that science could benefit them.Part 3: (Para. 4)Edison's genius lies in his ability to combine and put into practice what other scientists and inventors had discovered and invented.Part 4: (Para. 5)Owing to Edison's work, scientific research gained an important place in society.Part 5: (Para. 6)Man must adapt to the constantly changing age he lives in.Ⅱ.Text1 It is impossible to measure the importance of Edison by adding up the specific inventions with which his name is associated：仅仅把爱迪生参与发明的那些东西加在一起，是绝不可友爱衡量出他的贡献的。

（直译：……与爱迪生的名字有联系的那些具体发明加在一起……。

）add up: 加起来be associated with与…联系起来Far-reaching as many of them have been in their effect upon modern civilization, the total effect of Edison's career surpasses the sum of all of them：尽管这其中的许多发明对现代文明有着深远的影响，爱迪生事业的宏观意义超过了他所有发明的总价值。

1. Early Kinship with Nature 早期与⾃然结友 Carson's love of Nature in her childhood kinship ：（written） a feeling of being close eg： As he had lived in the village for ten years during the cultural revolution， he felt a sense of kinship with the young migrant workers from the village. 因为他在⽂化⾰命期间在那个村⼦⾥⽣活了⼗年，他对来⾃那个村的年轻民⼯有⼀种亲切感。

2. She is at ease with them 她与树林⾥的⽣灵在⼀起感到轻松舒畅。

be/feel at （one's ）ease： be completely relaxed （⼼情）轻松。

The young girl will make a good nurse for she feels most at ease with small children. 那个年轻姑娘会成为⼀个好保育员，因为她与⼩孩⼦在⼀起感到⼗分轻松 3. It was comforting to suppose that the stream of life would flow on through time in whatever course God had given it-without interference by one of the drops in that stream-man 设想这⽣命之泉，按照上帝指定的历程，将永远奔流不息⽽不会受到⼈类－这泉中的⼀滴⽔ 珠－的⼲预，真令⼈感到欣慰。

One felt comfortable and relaxed to think that life would go on forever along the way Nature has directed free from interference by man. one of the drops in that stream： in the stream of life man is one of the creatures. 4. The little girl， like many people， feels that these wonders of Nature are precious andpermanent. depend on sb./sth. （for sth.）：依靠，依赖……⽽获得 eg：　The country depends on its oil-rich neighbours for its oil supply. 这个国家依靠其⽯油丰富的邻国供应⽯油。

2011年4月高等教育自学考试全国统一命题考试综合英语(二) 课程代码：00795I. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARYComplete each of the following 15 sentences with the most likely answer. Write the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point each, 15 points in all)1. The idea of traveling through _________ space to other planets interests many people today.A. aB. theC. /D. one2. I'd get the book for you _________ I could remember who last borrowed it.A. only ifB. if onlyC. except thatD. in case that3. We had to get him to the hospital right away. Otherwise, it _________ too late.A. isB. will beC. wasD. would be4. I think your sister should know _________ to spend her money on fancy goods.A. other thanB. rather thanC. better thanD. more than5. If negotiations for the new trade agreement take _________ , serious food shortage will develop in several countries.A. too much longerB. the longestC. much too longD. the longer6. He was a man of ready advice. He _________ advise anyone on anything on the spur of the moment.A. shouldB. couldC. mustD. might7. I didn't go to his party last night, because _________ I changed my mind.A. on a second thoughtB. on the second thoughtC. on second thoughtsD. on the second thoughts8. _________ we do, it must conform to the interests of the people.A. WhateverB. WhicheverC. WheneverD. Wherever9. We must make young smokers realize the harm of cigarettes to their health and help them _________ smoking.A. ridB. leaveC. quitD. cancel10. Y ou can do what you like, but I do not want you to be_________.A. on the wayB. along the wayC. by the wayD. in the way11. It is hard to act according to the _________ which you don't believe in.A. principlesB. judgementsC. proceduresD. attitudes12. John was _________ leaking information to a foreign company.A. suspected ofB. suspicious ofC. doubted aboutD. doubtful about13. The _________ physicist has been challenged by his colleagues.A. respectingB. respectfulC. respectiveD. respected14. Newly woven baskets of this kind often _________ a strange smell.A. give awayB. give overC. give offD. give up15. I'm rather confused; would you please _________ your proposal to me again?A. exposeB. expandC. explainD. exploreII. CLOZEFill in each of the 15 blanks in the passage with the most likely answer. Write the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point each, 15 points in all)Most living things undergo two types of biologica l c hange during the ir life time. One is 16 , an increase in the size or efficiency of an organism. The other is aging, which involves a decrease in size or efficiency.Signs of a ging begin to 17 in m ost people between the a ge of 30 and40. Heredity de termines most of the ways a person changes while aging, but environment also 18 . Graying hair is probably the most common sign of aging. All the senses decline with age. For example, the eyes lose their ability to adapt 19 darkness, and they require brighter light for reading.Move me nt bec ome s harder with a ge. By a ge 80, about ha lf the m usc le ce lls ha ve been re placed by other kinds of tissue. In wome n 20 , bones lose calc ium a nd bec ome m ore likely to 21 . As a person ages, the body's ability to combat infection declines. This change occurs because the white blood cells of 22 is called the body's immune system lose their 23 function.Many people believe that with advancing age, an individual loses the ability to learn, remember, and make decisions.But 24 disease or injury damages the brain, a healthy elderly person who 25 active probably suffers no serious decline in 26 ability.No one completely understands the aging process. Some scientists 27 that human aging will ever be controlled. Others believe that aging can be 28 . Usually, normal human cells can be kept 29 in a laboratory for only a limited time. But 30 cells, such as various kinds of cancer cells, can live for a long time. If scientists can determine how such cells survive, they may gain an insight into the process of cell aging.16. A. to grow B. growth C. to be born D. birth17. A. take place B. get worse C. appear D. drop18. A. plays a role B. leads a way C. makes a decision D. offers a chance19. A. in B. with C. for D. to20. A. especially B. specially C. exceptionally D. specifically21. A. split B. hurt C. crack D. break22. A. which B. what C. that D. it23. A. protective B. productive C. selective D. detective24. A. till B. if C. besides D. unless25. A. extends B. expands C. remains D. maintains26. A. mental B. physical C. visual D. social27. A. suspect B. fear C. doubt D. regret28. A. suppressed B. mastered C. ignored D. conquered29. A. lively B. alive C. living D. life30. A. inhuman B. irregular C. abnormal D. unusualⅢ. PARAPHRASINGChoose the closest paraphrased version after each of the following sentences or the italicized part. Write the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet. (1 point each, 10 points in all)31. Sometimes I think how grateful I would be today if I had learned more back then about what really matters.A. Sometimes I feel happy that I was taught what is important at school.B. Sometimes I feel sorry that I didn't learn what is important at school.C. At times I feel resentful that I was not taught anything useful at school.D. At times I feel I should be thankful for those things I learned at school.32. In the way they all glared I could see how they'd come to hate my guts.A. I could see from their angry look that they disliked me very much.B. I could see from their quick look that they were impatient with me.C. I could see from their steady look that they were very curious about me.D. I could see from their confused look that they were shocked at my words.33. Only the good things back home are remembered. It usually takes a trip back home to bring one back to reality.A. A trip back home can help one remember his / her heritage.B. A trip back home can help one understand what life really is abroad.C. A trip back home can make one realize that home is the best place.D. A trip back home can make one realize the difficulties and problems there.34. Y ou painters are a heartless lot.A. Y ou painters are people with no mercy.B. Y ou painters are people with no emotions.C. Y ou painters are people unable to love anybody.D. Y ou painters are people unable to understand others.35. Seeing me having a good time in repose, she was powerless to hide her disgust.A....she was unable to keep calm.B.... she was hopeless in self control.C.... she couldn't help feeling powerless.D....she couldn't suppress her disapproval.36. The small hours found Mr. Maydig and Mr. Fotheringay outside under the moon.A. Towards morning, Mr. Maydig and Mr. Fotheringay walked outside to stay in the moonlight.B. Before midnight, people found Mr. Maydig and Mr. Fotheringay looking at the moon outside.C. After midnight, Mr. Maydig and Mr. Fotheringay were outdoors, with the moon above them.D. Late at night, Mr. Maydig and Mr. Fotheringay went outside to appreciate the beautiful moonlight.37. I never do anything whatever on the ground that it is good for health, though in actual fact the things I like doing aremostly wholesome.A. I never do anything which is not good for health,...B. Whatever is good for health never comes to my mind,...C. I never do anything because it is said to be good for health,...D. Whatever I do is always decided by whether it is good for health,...38. There is a great deal to be said for the suburb.A. The suburb is much talked about.B. The suburb has a considerable advantage.C. It is a great deal better to live in the suburb than in the city.D. It is a great deal easier to talk about the suburb than to live there.39. Meeting after a long interval, friends are like a couple who began to dance again when the orchestra strikes up after a pause.A....their friendship will continue where it is left off.B....their friendship will turn into a romantic relationship.C. ... friends behave in a way as if they were dancing partners.D. ... friends become closer to each other as if they were a happy couple.40. I decided to give her a treat.A. I decided to treat her kindly.B. I decided to give her a day off.C. I decided to offer her some medical care.D. I decided to buy her something she liked.IV. READING COMPREHENSIONRead the two passages and choose the most likely answer to each of the questions. Write the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet. (2 points each, 20 points in all)Passage 1A person may have an idea about himself that will prevent him from doing good work. He may believe that he is not capable of accomplishing something even though there is no reason for it. A child may think he is stupid because he does not understand how to make use of the most of his mental abilities, or he may accept another person's mistaken estimate of his ability. People advanced in years may be handicapped by the mistaken belief that they are incapable of learning anything new because of their age.A person who believes that he is incapable will not make a real effort, because he feels that it would be futile. He won't go at a job (尽全力工作) with the confidence necessary for success, and he won't work hard, even though he may think he is doing so. He is, therefore, likely to fail, and the failure will strengthen his belief in his incompetence.Alfred Adler, a famous psychiatrist (精神病医生) , had an experience that illustrates this. When he was a small boy he got off to a poor start in arithmetic (算术) . His teacher got the idea that he had no ability in arithmetic, and told his parents what she thought so that they would not expect too much of him. In this way, they, too, developed the idea, "Isn't it too bad that Alfred can't do arithmetic?" He accepted their mistaken estimate of his ability, felt that it was useless to try, and ended up very poor at arithmetic, just as was expected.One day, however, he became very angry at the teacher and other students because they laughed when he said he knew how to do a problem, which none of the other students had been able to work out.Alfred succeeded in solving the problem. This gave him confidence. He rejected the idea that he couldn't do arithmetic and was determined to show others that he could. His anger and his newly found confidence stimulated him to be at arithmetic problems with a new vigor. He worked with interest, determination, and purpose. Before long he became extraordinarily good at arithmetic. He not only proved that he could do arithmetic, but he learned early in life from his own experience that if a person goes at a job with all his heart he may astonish himself as well as others with his ability.This experience made him realize that many people have more ability than they think they have. Lack of success is as often the result of lack of knowledge of how to apply one's ability, lack of confidence, and lack of determination as it is the result of lack of ability.41. The word "futile" in Paragraph 2 probably means________.A. unnecessaryB. uselessC. unimportantD. aimless42. Both Alfred's teacher and his parents thought Alfred________.A. had no confidence in himselfB. was lazy in studyC. had no interest in arithmeticD. was slow in arithmetic43. Why did Alfred become angry one day?A. Because he couldn't work out the arithmetic problem.B. Because the teacher didn't show him the arithmetic problem.C. Because he was challenged to solve a difficult arithmetic problem.D. Because no one believed that he could solve the arithmetic problem.44. According to the passage, a person is likely to fail if________.A. he doesn't work hardB. he is too old to learn anythingC. he doesn't have enough knowledgeD. he has accepted a mistaken belief of his ability45. What does Alfred Adler's story tell us?A. Our failures are often caused by our lack of ability.B. Arithmetic is actually not as hard as it seems to be.C. Some teachers expect too much from their students.D. Our self-judgement may have a negative effect on our success.Passage 2When the French Institute in Haiti (海地) asked me to speak on a subject of my own choice, I picked heroism. It's a subject I know well. I've read many books about it.I spoke of some well-known heroes. I suggested that I was something of a hero myself. Then I told how the hero, in the face of danger, discovers all the great, lasting values of life.When I left the platform, a gentleman came to me. "Great lecture," he said. "I'm Doctor Bonbon. I've been asked to make your stay here as pleasant as possible. Would you like to go hunting sharks with me? Y ou seem to enjoy facin danger."I accepted gladly. I saw myself struggling with a huge fish on my rod ...I was to speak again the next afternoon. So we agreed to start early in the morning."By the way," the doctor said as we set out, "you shou ld try out your coucteau.”"My... what？""Y our snorkel (潜水呼吸管) . Y ou need to breathe. I'll show you how to work the underwater gun too. What's the matter? Something wrong?"I had to sit down. I tried to tell myself it wasn't so. But there was no doubt about it. I wasn't to fish with a rod. I was to go right down into the water. I opened my mouth to protest ..."Y ou know," the doctor said, "I can't tell you how much we all enjoyed your lecture on courage."I said nothing. There are times when you have to protect your means of earning a living. I was known as a good speaker. If I had to be eaten by sharks to keep my reputation, I was ready. I put on my mask."Now put on the lead belt. It will get you down there instantly," the doctor said. "They'll go down with you." He pointed to the four big men on board.Bodyguards, I thought with relief."They're the beaters (轰赶猎物的人) ," the doctor said. "They'll go ahead and drive the sharks toward you. Then all you have to do is shoot." I didn't have the courage to object. They helped me over the side.At the bottom the first thing I saw was a big fish. I screamed.I can't quite remember what followed. All I know is that, contrary to what I had said in my lecture, in the face of danger the hero does not discover the great values of life. At last I opened my eyes again. The big fish was gone.I tried to retum to the surface. Then I saw a huge form above my head. I seized my gun. I closed my eyes and pressed the trigger.The gun was torn from me.In seconds I was at the surface. Luckily, the boat was near. I was on board in an instant."Where's your gun?" asked the doctor.I explained that I had hit a shark. The beast had torn the weapon from my hands.The four big men were climbing back into the boat now. One of them had my gun. He spoke to the doctor in his native language."It seems," the doctor said to me, "that you shot at the hull of the boat."He was trying to suggest that I had mistaken the boat passing over my head for a shark. The very idea!When I stepped to the platform that afternoon, Doctor Bonbon was sitting in the front row. But I didn't let his mockingstare disturb me. I was determined to rise once more to the level of my subject."Ladies and gentlemen," I began, "when the hero finds himself facing danger, the first thing he discovers ..."46. When he was told that he was to go down into the water, the writer had to sit down probably because ________ .A. he could not control his shaking legsB. he wanted to have a better look at the waterC. he wanted to get ready for the underwater adventureD. he could not help asking Doctor Bonbon some questions47. What happened under the water?A. He shot at a shark.B. He shot at the boat.C. He was attacked by a shark.D. His gun was torn away by a shark.48. In the sentence "But I didn't let his mocking stare disturb me." the word "mocking" could be replaced by ________ .A. amusingB. sneeringC. concerningD. encouraging49. The afternoon speech probably opened in this way, "When the hero finds himself facing danger, the first thing he discovers ________ ."A. is his true selfB. is the life valueC. is his wrong concept of heroismD. is the challenge from other people50. The story was told in the tone of ________ .A. seriousnessB. admirationC. humourD. criticismV. WORD DERIV ATIONComplete each of the following sentences with a (compound) word derived from the one(s) given in brackets. Write your word on the answer sheet. (1 point each, 10 points in all)51. The young speaker smiled to the audience ________ as he walked into the lecture hall. (humble)52. When I replied that I did not have any aptitude for salesmanship, she turned her eyes away from me, greatly ________ . (disappoint)53. After they had worked a few miracles, their imagination increased, and their ambition ________ . (large)54. My mother believed that I was blessed with a rare ________ to make something of myself. (determine)55. Alex was almost ________ with anger and despair when our team lost the game. (speech)56. The local government gained ________ control of the area after the UN peace-keeping forces left. (effect)57. What caused the ________ of the first world war? (break, out)58. Some newspapers often fail to respect pop icons' right to ________ . (private)59. The homeless child was once treated as a ________ by the owner of a restaurant in the town. (beg)60. The airport control tower kept postponing the ________ of our plane, which annoyed us greatly. (depart)VI. SENTENCE TRANSLATIONTranslate the following sentences into English and write your sentenceson the answer sheet. (3 points each, 15 points in all)6 1．我的计算机肯定有问题了，今天我得请人把它修好。