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Unit
1
C.
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each
of the following sentences.
1. My
husband, because of his own professional
,
goes to Cambridge every week.
A.
judgments
C.
personalities
B. criteria
D. commitments
2.
While
looking
for
the
address
book,
Mr.
Hailey
some
of
his
old
love
letters
in
his
wife?s
drawer.
A. came about
C. came across
B. came up
with
D. came out with
3. Mrs. Bush, head of the intelligence
department, is
talent and boundless energy.
A. capable of
B.
blessed with
C. associated with
D. recognized as
4. The audience are deeply
impressed by the leading character of the feature
film that looks
at
social
problems.
A. squarely
B. obviously
C. accurately
D. deliberately
5. The Prime Minister has decided to
take advantage of his popularity in the opinion
polls, and
called
a
election for next month.
A. capable of
B. blessed with
C. associated with
D. recognized as
6. The singer is very popular with the
general public, but she is often regarded as being
too
on
stage.
A.
instinctual
B. refreshing
C.
flamboyant
D. eloquent
7. Mr. Potter was not only quick at
turning a phrase, but also ready with
promises.
A. concrete
B. individual
C.
glib
D. greasy
8. Malaysia
and Indonesia rely on open markets for forest and
fishery products.
, some
Asian
countries are highly protectionist.
A.
Deliberately
B. Conversely
C. Evidently
D.
Naturally
9. According to legal
provisions, the properties will either
the original
owners or else be
sold at auction.
A. commit to
B.
take to
C. proceed to
D. revert to
10. The
measures are little more than
that will fade fast once
investors ake a hard look at
them.
A. blind faith
B. window dressing
C. good
impression
D. winning image
1. D 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. C 7. C 8. B
9. D 10. B
V
.
Translation
A. Translate the following
paragraphs from the text into Chinese.
On a larger
scale, voters often react favorably to a
politician simply because of his clean-cut
appearance. His opponent is often
judged negatively because he has not been blessed
with natural
looks that generate trust.
This kind of judgment is erroneous, and the
consequences can produce
devastating
results. Granted, many people vote for a candidate
strictly because of political issues,
but the clean-cut image can tip the
scales in favor of the wrong man in a close
election.
We make snap judgments about people on
the basis of how they express themselves. To
revert
to
politics,
many
voters
judge
a
candidate?
s
ability
by
the
way
he
makes
a
public
speech.
But
though a candidate may
be an effective speaker, he may not be capable of
doing the job for which
he
is
running.
I
know
many
highly
talented
men
who
simply
have
not
developed
an
ability
to
speak
well in public, but who are excellent in
communicating with others on a one-to-one basis.
The
ability
to
express
yourself
strongly
is
always
important,
but
we
are
too
often
wrongly
impressed by the man who comes across
as eloquent, since it is always possible that this
virtue is
only
“skin
-
deep.”
Yet
it
is
easy
to
imagine
a
politician
with
a
clean
-cut
image
and
a
magnetic
speaking
voice
romping
all
over
his
unassuming
but
better
qualified
opponent.
He
wins
solely
because his image is
convincing.
从更大的范围上讲，选民们往往仅因为某个政客的外表整洁清
秀而对他做出有利的反
应。
他的对手则因为没有生就一副令人信
任的外表而常常遭到否定的评价。
这种判断是错误
的，
其后果可能是灾难性的。
就算许多选民投一位候选人的票完全是出于政治
原因，
但本不
该当选的人，如果他有整洁清秀的形象，就会使他
在势均力敌的选举中占有优势。
我们常常根据一个人的表达能
力而做出轻率的判断。
再回到政治这一话题上来，
许多选
民仅仅根据候选人公开演讲的方式就对他的能力做出判断。
然而，
一个候选人可能非常善于
演说，
但并不一定
能胜任他所竞选的职位。
我认识许多才能杰出的人物，
他们只是
没有培养
自己在公开场合演讲的能力，
但在与别人一对一的交流
中却表现极为出色。
这种能充分表达
自己见解的能力，
固然十分重要，
但我们对于那些让人感觉善于辞令的人，
往往产生错误的
印象，因为很多情况下这种优点仅仅只是“表面现象”
。不难想象，一位外表整洁清秀、讲
话娓娓动听的政治家会轻而易举地战
胜一位不事张扬但更为合格的对手。
他之所以取胜仅仅
是因为他
的形象令人信服。
B.
Translate the following paragraphs into English. <
/p>
如果你想给别人留下良好的形象，
你首先得树立良好的自我形象。
一个具有失败自我形
象的人永远无法在别人面前树立成功者的形
象。
这种人也许能够暂时蒙蔽一些人，
但他糟糕
的自我形象最终不可能使别人对他产生好感。从古至今，一些伟大的哲人说过：
“你自认为
是什么样的人就是什么样的人”
。如果你想给别人留
下良好的印象，你自己必须先具有这样
的形象，这是非常重要的。
无论你是谁，
你拥有的任何有价值的东西都取决于你的自我
形象。
你的幸福就建立在这
一基础之上。人的生命只有一次，为
了享受生活，
你必须拥有良好的自我形象。既然我们都
可以选择
如何想象自己，
我们就应该尽力往积极、
良好的方面去想。
在努力塑造良好形象的
时候，你必须从自我做起——否则，你致力于
塑造的形象只能建立在沙子一样的基础上。
任何一个运动员都
会告诉你，
要想成为冠军，
你必须把自己想成是冠军。
对许多人而言，
这话听起来含糊其辞，
但却蕴含
着一个基本的真理。
尽管这可运用于生活的方方面面，
但我
仍将以体育竞技为依据阐述我对自我形象的看法，
因为体育竞技需要
全力以赴，
这样才能如
愿以偿。
If you want a winning image with
others, your first concern must be a winning self-
image.
The individual who has a losing
self-image will never be able to project a winning
image to others.
He may be able to fool
some people for a while, but his poor self-image
will eventually make it
impossible
for
him
to
relate
favorably
to
others.
Throughout
the
ages,
great
philosophers
have
stated, “You are what you think you
are.” It is imperative for you to have good image
of yourself
if you want to create the
same impression in others.
No
matter
who
you
are,
everything
worthwhile
will
depend on
your
own
self-image. Your
happiness will be based on it. You will
live only one life, and in order to enjoy it, you
must have a
winning self-image. Since
we can all choose how we want to think ourselves,
we should try
to
have
positive, winning thoughts. In your own attempt to
build a winning image you must begin
with
the
self
—
otherwise,
the
image
you
strive
for
will
be
supported
by
nothing
but
a
sand
foundation.
Any athlete will tell you that you must
know you?re a winner in order to be one. To many,
this kind of message will sound like
double-talk, but it contains an essential truth.
Although you
can apply this same
message to anything in life, I will use athletics
as the basis for illustrating my
thoughts about self-images because
sports involve physical exertion by which desired
results can
be achieved.
II. V
ocabulary Expansion
There are four choices marked A, B, C,
and D under each of the following sentences.
Choose
the one that best completes each
sentence.
1. The number of
people who consult psychiatrists today is not, as
is sometimes felt,
a
of
increasing mental illness.
A.
revelation
B. syndrome
C. symptom
D. repugnance
2. That snake
in not poisonous. It?s a completely
little garden snake.
A.
inoffensive
B. innocuous
C. ingenious
D. incompatible
3. Evidence
to the trial must be submitted to the
police.
A. prevalent
B. subsequent
C.
subordinate
D. pertinent
4. University teaching may be
if the
government increases the number of students
without
providing additional funding.
A. jeopardized
B. patched
C.
improvised
D. generalized
5.
The child?s parents were
into accepting
the demand of the kidnappers?.
A. pleaded
B.
intoxicated
C. intimidated
D. besieged
6.
The detectives
on the terrorists?
conve
rsations by using secrete
microphones.
A. overheard
B. eavesdropped
C. reflected
D.
mused
7. The two sides are so
to
each other that there is no way to work out a
compromise.
A. inimical
B.
reconcilable
C. magnetic
D.
conducive
8. They tried to keep it
quiet but eventually everyone learned about the
meeting.
A. clandestine
B. intangible
C. sedate
D.
squalid
9.
Although
Jack
had
moved
away
before
the
baseball
season
ended,
the
most
valuable
player
award was
his.
A. dubiously
B. duly
C. excessively
D. transiently
10.
Many
citizens
appealed
to
the
city
government
for
enacting
laws
to
protect
the
consumers.
A. lavish
B. equivocal
C. stringent
D.
flabby
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A
5. C 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. C
Unit
2
C. Choose the
word or phrase that best completes each of the
following sentences.
1. Probably the
physics of the mid-nineteenth century was not as
spectacular as that of
the
and
following
periods,
but
its
theoretical
advances
were
nevertheless
very impressive.
A.
posterior
B. overwhelming
C. preceding
D.
potential
2. We will
encourage every school to
its character, ethos and
areas of special
interest within a more
flexible National Curriculum framework.
A. facilitate
B. enhance
C. acquaint
D. install
3.
her
dreams,
Lynne
traveled
the
world,
leaving
her
2-year-old
son
Stephen in the care of
babysitters.
A. In spite of
B. In case of
C. In place of
D. In pursuit of
4.
His
deep
,
subtle
approach,
sharp
analytical
capacities
and
broad
clinical
knowledge made him
a brilliant clinician.
A. intuition
B. revelation
C. hypothesis
D. thrill
5. Western
medicine,
science and practiced by
people with internationally
accepted
medical degrees, is only one of many systems of
healing.
A. rooted in
B.
originated from
C. trapped in
D. indulged in
6.
The
computer
acts
as
a
substitute
for
human
friends,
perhaps,
but
the
human-
computer
may
also
bring
about
the
end
of
existing
human-human
relationships.
A. apathy
B.
intensity
C. concept
D.
infatuation
7. She had something to
tell him, something so important that even this
unexpected
opportunity for
of their desire
must take second place.
A. appetite
B. consummation
C. intimacy
D. potentiality
8. Such an approach forces managers to
communicate with one another and
helps
rigid departmental boundaries.
A. break down
B.
stand for
C. set off
D. pass over
9.
He
knew
that
he
had
one
more
duty
to
perform
before
he
allowed
himself
to
succumb to his
for
rest.
A. orientation
B. disgust
C. craving
D. objection
10. To be
honest, I felt rather embarrassed by Jane?s
and
flirting during her
interview.
A. spontaneousness
B. anticipation
C. coyness
D. sensation
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. A
9. C 10. C
V
.
Translation
A. Translate the following
paragraphs from the text into Chinese.
The process of
learning an art can be divided conveniently into
two parts, one, the
mastery of the
theory; the other, the mastery of the practice. If
I want to learn the art
of
medicine,
I
must
first
know
the
facts
about
the
human
body,
and
about
various
diseases. When I have all this
theoretical knowledge, I am by no means competent
in
the
art
of
medicine.
I
shall
become
a
master
in
this
art
only
after
a
great
deal
of
practice, until eventually the results
of my theoretical knowledge and the results of my
practice are blended into one
—
my intuition, the essence
of the mastery of any art.
But, aside
from learning the theory and practice, there is a
third factor necessary to
becoming a
master in any art
—
the
mastery of the art must be a matter of ultimate
concern;
there
must
be
nothing
else
in
the
world
more
important
than
the
art.
This
holds true for music, for medicine, for
carpentry
—
and for love.
And, maybe, here
lies the answer to the
question of why people in our culture try so
rarely to learn this
art,
is
spite
of
their
obvious
failures,
in
spite
of
the
deep-seated
craving
for
love,
almost everything else is considered to
be more important than love, success, prestige,
money,
power
—
almost
all
our
energy
is
used
for
the
learning
of
how
to
achieve
these aims, and almost none to learn
the art of loving.
Could
it
be
that
only
those
things
are
considered
worthy
of
being
learned
with
which one can earn
money
or prestige, and that love, which
“only” profits the soul,
but
is
profitless
in
the
modern
sense,
is
a
luxury
we
have
no
right
to
spend
much
energy on?
学
习艺术的过程可以很方便地分为两个部分：
一是精通理论；
二是
善于实践。
如果我想
学习医学，
我必须
首先了解人体结构和各种疾病。
当我具有了这些理论知识以后，
我并不能
胜任医学工作。
只有经过大量的实践，
我才能掌握这门学科，
直到最终我把所掌握的理论知
识
和实践收获结合起来，
并融合为一体——即成为我的直觉知识，
这才是掌握任何一门学科
的本质。
然而，
除学习理论和实践以外，
在任何一门学科上想成为专家还必需有第三个因素
——那就是，
掌握这门艺术是你最关心的事情，
在
这个世界上肯定没有比这门学科更为重要
的东西了。
这一点适用
于音乐、
医学、木工——也适合于爱情。这也可能正是问题的答案所
在：
为什么在我们的文化中人们即使已遭遇显而易见的失败，
但人们很少去尝试学习爱这门
艺术。虽然人们内心深藏着爱，但他们几乎把所有其他的
东西如成功、名誉、金钱、权力都
视为比爱更重要，
几乎把所有
的精力都用来学习如何实现这些目标了，
几乎没有人去学习爱
这
门艺术。
只有那些能赢得金钱和荣誉的东西才值得学习，
而爱只是一件我们无权为之浪费许多精
力的奢侈品，它只能使心灵获
益、而毫无现代意义上的好处可言。难道果真如此吗？
B. Translate the following paragraphs
into English.
亲昵、激情和承诺是斯顿伯格（
Sternberg
）爱三角中表示暖、热、冷的三个
顶点。<
/p>
单独一点或几点组合会产生八种可能存在的爱情关系。
第一种是无
爱，
即
三种情感成分皆无，
它指的是人
际关系中的大多数情况，
仅仅是一种随意的交往。
第二种爱是喜爱。斯顿伯格解释说：
“如果你仅仅拥有亲昵，那就是喜爱。
你可
以和这个人交谈，
谈论你的生活。
但如果仅此而已，
那就是我们所说的喜爱的意
思。
”它指的是在真正的友谊中所经历的感情。喜爱包括诸如亲昵和热情，但它
不
包括强烈的激情或承诺。
如果你仅仅拥有激情，这就称之为痴
爱，也就是“一见钟情”
，它瞬间即来，
同样瞬间即逝。它会使
人在生理上产生高度的亢奋，但不是亲昵和承诺。
空爱是缺乏
亲密和激情的承诺，
是有时候在维持了三十年的婚姻中看到的那种缺
乏生气的情感。
这对夫妻曾经亲密过，
但他们不再卿卿我我
。
他们曾经有过激情，
但如今消逝殆尽，
所剩下的只是与对方长相厮守的承诺。
斯顿伯格指出，
在包办
婚姻的社会中，空爱可能先于其他形式的爱出现。
Intimacy, passion, and commitment are
the warm, hot, and cold vertices of Sternberg?s
love
triangle. Alone and in combination
they give rise to eight possible kinds of love
relationships. The
first
is
nonlove
—
absence
of
all
three
components.
This
describes
the
large
majority
of
our
personal relationships,
which are simply causal interactions.
The second kind of love is liking. “If
you just have intimacy”, Sternberg
explains, “that?s liking. You can talk to the
person, tell about
your life. And if
that?s all there?s to it, that?s what we mean by
liking.” It refers to the feelings
experienced in true friendships. Liking
includes such feelings as closeness and warmth but
not the
intense feelings of passion or
commitment.
If you just have passion,
it?s called infatuated love—“love at first sight”
that can arise almost
instantaneously
and dissipate just as quickly. It involves a high
degree pf physiological arousal but
not
intimac
y or commitment. It?s the
10th
-grader who falls madly in love
with the beautiful girl in
his biology
class but never gets up the courage to talk to her
or get to know her.
Empty
love
is
commitment
without
intimacy
or
passion,
the
kind
of
love
sometimes
seen
in
a
30-year-
old marriage that
has become stagnant. The couple used to be
intimated, but they don?t
talk to each
other any more. They used to be passionate, but
that?s died out. All that remains is the
commitment to stay with the other
person. In societies in which marriage are
arranged, Sternberg
points out, empty
love may precede the other kind of love.
II. V
ocabulary
Expansion
There
are
four
choices
marked
A,
B,
C,
and
D
under
each
of
the
following
sentences. Choose the one that best
completes the meaning of each sentence.
1. It is
upon all users
of this equipment to familiarize themselves with
the
safety procedure
A.
necessary
B. indispensable
C. incumbent
D. requisite
2. The kidnappers specified that the
money should be left at the bus station
by 12 o?clo
ck the next day,
otherwise they would kill the boy.
A.
ransom
B. prize
C. conscience
D.
revenue
3.
According
to
the
economic
forecast,
some
people
are
hopeful
of
a
drop
in
the
inflation figures, but others are less
.
A. fastidious
B. sanguine
C. lenient
D.
prudent
4. Her rise to fame was quite
—
in less than two years she
was a household
name.
A.
phenomenal
B. bleak
C. blank
D. vacant
5. I
looked for her through the window, but the
curtains were drawn and I could only
see her in
.
A. feature
B. profile
C. silhouette
D. reverse
6. I tried to
persuade her to take the job but she was quite
that she did not
want it.
A. desperate
B. paranoid
C. absolute
D. adamant
7. We are not compatible
—
he likes nearly all the
things that
me.
A. repulse
B.
surpass
C. banish
D.
repatriate
8. In his will, the
millionaire
nearly all his fortunes to
the housemaid who
took care of him in
his last days.
A. inherited
B. bequeathed
C. owed
D. remitted
9. When the only
witness finally came to tell the
from all responsibility for
the accident.
A. pardoned
B. derived
C. exonerated
D. charged
10. The
negotiation had reached an
, with both sides refusing
to compromise.
A. eclipse
B.
impasse
C. ultimatum
D.
abyss
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. A
5. C 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. B
Unit
3
C. Choose the
word or phrase that best completes each of the
following sentences.
1. Hard training
will
you richly when it comes to
the actual competition.
A. bring
B. pay
C. serve
D. make
2. At the news
conference, the foreign minister
a
confident smile and answered all the
questions raised by the journalists.
A. wore
B.
expressed
C. settled
D. cultivated
3. After years
of research, scholars have finally
this anonymous
play
Christopher
Marlowe.
A. taken ... for
B. obliged
... with
C. ascribed ... to
D. reconciled ... to
4.
Most
parents
have
occasional
about
whether
they?re
doing
the
best
thing
for
their
children.
A. burdens
B. qualms
C.
necessities
D. securities
5. It
me to thank you
for all you have done for the association in the
last few years.
A. falls to
B. falls into
C. falls on
D. falls in with
6. I never
heard anyone in my village mention my uncle Tony
—
I think he was a bit of a
.
A.
white elephant
B. dark horse
C. guinea pig
D. black sheep
7. The
that she suggested for
discussion were based on the most recent medical
research.
A. contributions
B. occupations
C.
expostulations
D. amendments
8. Rosa used to be quiet and
introverted, but now she is
being sociable.
A. looking
forward to
B. going back on
C. making a point of
D.
standing up to
9. Mary broke off her
engagement to John when she found him often
the pretty girls in
his
office.
A. putting up with
B. seeing through
C. making
fun of
D. philandering with
10. Instead of ending up in jail or
, she was remarkably successful and
became one of
the wealthiest people in
Britain today.
A. in the raw
B. in the gutter
C. in the
extreme
D. in the flesh
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. C
9. D 10. B
V
.
Translation
A. Translate the following
paragraph from the text into Chinese.
I suppose every
family has a black sheep. Tom had been a sore
trial to his for twenty years. He
had
begun
life
decently
enough:
he
went
into
business,
and
married
and
had
two
children.
The
Ramsays
were
perfectly
respectable
people
and
there
was
every
reason
to
suppose
that
Tom
Ramsay would have a
useful and honorable career. But one day, without
warning, he announced
that he didn?t
like work and that he wasn?t suited for marriage.
He wanted to enjoy himself. He
would
listen to no expostulations.
He left his wife and his office. He had
a little money and he
spent
two
happy
years
in
the
various
capitals
of
Europe.
Rumors
of
his
doings
reached
his
relations from time to time and they
were profoundly shocked. He certainly had a very
good time.
They
shook
their
heads
and
asked
what
would
happen
when
his
money
was
spent.
They
soon
found
out: he borrowed. He was charming and
unscrupulous. I have never met anyone to whom it
was more difficult to refuse a loan. He
made a steady income from his friends and he made
friends
easily. But he always said that
the money you spent on necessities was boring; the
money that was
amusing
to
spend
was
the
money
you
spent
in
luxuries.
For
this
he
depended
on
his
brother
George. He
did
not
waste
his
charm
on
him.
George
was
a
serious
man
and
insensible
to
such
enticements. George was
respectable. Once or twice
he fell to
Tom?s promises of an amendment
and gave
his considerable sums in order that he might make
a fresh start. On these Tom bought a
motor-car and some very nice jewellery.
But when circumstances forced George to realize
that his
brother would never settle
down and he washed his hands off him, Tom, without
a qualm, began to
blackmail him. It was
not very nice for a respectable lawyer to find his
brother shaking cocktails
behind the
bar of his favorite restaurant or to see him
waiting on the box-seat of a taxi outside his
club. Tom said that to serve in a bar
or to driver a taxi was a perfectly decent
occupation, but if
George could oblige
him with a couple of hundred pounds, he didn?t
mind for the honour of the
family
giving it up. George paid.
我认为家家都有败类。
二十年来汤姆对于他的家庭是一种痛苦的考验。
他的人生起步足
够体面：做生意、已婚而且有两个孩子。
瑞姆塞斯一家是完全值得尊
重的人，完全有理由相
信汤姆会拥有实惠而光荣的事业。
但是有
一天，
事先没有任何征兆，
他突然宣称自己不喜欢
工作，而且也不适合结婚。他要享受生活。他不听任何人的忠告。他离开了妻子，离开了办
公室。
他有点钱，
在欧洲各个国家的首都度过了快
乐的两年。
关于他的种种行为的传言传到
了亲戚的耳朵里，他们
都深感震惊。
毫无疑问，他生活的很好。亲戚们摇头说看他的钞票花
完了怎么办。他们很快知道了。
他富有魅力，
而且厚颜无耻
。
我从未遇到过象他那样难以拒
绝借钱请求的人。
他从朋友那里获得稳定的收入，
而且他特别容易交上朋友。
< br>他经常说把钱
花在生活必需品上很没意思；
有趣的花钱方
式是用它来享受奢华。
为此他依赖哥哥乔治。
他
的魅力在乔治身上没白费。乔治是一个严肃的人，他两次都轻信了汤姆要改过自新的诺言，
给了他一笔数目可观的钞票让他重新开始。
乔治是个令人敬重的人。
有一次汤姆借了一辆汽
车和一些漂亮的首饰。可是当周围的事实迫使乔治
明白他的弟弟永远都不可能安顿下来时，
他想抽手不管了。汤姆，
没有感到一点良心的不安，开始敲诈他。
发现自己的弟弟在自己钟
爱的餐馆的柜台后面摇晃着鸡尾酒或者看见他在俱乐部外面坐在出租车的驾驶员仓里等候
客人，
对于一位令人尊重的律师而言不太光彩。
汤姆说做餐
馆服务员或出租车司机完全是体
面的职业，
但是如果乔治愿意支
付他几百英镑的话，
他不会介意为了家族的荣誉放弃这种职
业。
乔治支付了。
B.
Translate the following paragraph into English.
多数人的生活取决于他们周围的环境。
他们有的屈从于命运的摆弄，
有的甚至心甘情愿。
他们犹如电车，
颇
为自得地在自己的轨道上行驶；
而对于那些匆忙驶过车流而后轻驰在旷野
上的廉价车却不屑一顾。我尊重这些人；他们是好公民、好丈夫、好父亲，可是，我并不觉
得他们使人振奋。
另有些人把生活掌握在自己手里，
似乎在按照自己的意愿创造生活，
尽管
这样的人屈指可数，
他们却深深地吸引了我。
也许我们没有所谓的自由意志，
但不管怎么说，
它确实存在于我们的幻想之中。
每
逢站在十字路口，
我们好像能在左右两条道路中任选其一，
可一
旦选定之后，却很难认识到那实际上是世界历史的整个进程左右了我们的人生选择。
The lives of most men are determined by
their environment. They accept the circumstances
amid which fate has thrown them not
only with resignation but even with good will.
They are like
streetcars running
contentedly on their rails and despise the
sprightly flivver that dashes in and out
of the traffic and speeds so jauntily
across the open country. I respect them; they are
good citizens,
good husbands, and good
fathers, and of course somebody has to pay the
taxes; but I do not find
them exciting.
I am fascinated by the men, few enough in all
conscience, who take life in their
own
hands and seem to mould it to their own liking. It
may be that we have no such thing as free
will, but at all events we have the
illusion of it. At a cross-road it does seem to us
that we might go
either to the right or
the left and, the choice once made, it is
difficult to see that the whole course
of the world?s history obliged us to
take the turning we did.
I never met a
more interesting man
than Mayhew. He
was a lawyer in Detroit. He was an able and a
successful one. By the time he
was
thirty-five he had a large and a lucrative
practice, he has amassed a competence, and he
stood
on
the
threshold
of
a
distinguished
career.
He
has
an
acute
brain,
an
attractive
personality,
and
uprightness. There was
no reason why he should not become, financially or
politically, a power in
the land.
II. V
ocabulary
Expansion
There are four choices marked
A, B, C, and D under each of the following
sentences. Choose
the one that best
completes the meaning of each sentence.
1. As one of the youngest branch
manager in the IT company, Mr. Yang is certainly
on
the
of
a brilliant career.
A. track
B. margin
C. course
D. threshold
2.
In
times,
human
beings
did
not
travel
for
pleasure,
but
to
find
a
more
favorable
climate.
A. prime
B. primary
C. primitive
D. preliminary
3.
While
it?s
true
that
techniques
of
active
listening
can
the
value
of
lecture,
few
students possess such skills at the
beginning of their college careers.
A.
enhance
B. enlarge
C. access
D. exaggerate
4. In the
library, I found Dabbie was frowning, apparently
a
word.
A. tumbled to
B.
collided with
C. coincided with
D. stumped on
5. Fierce
storms have been
rescue efforts
and there?s now
little chance of
finding more
survivors.
A.
hampering
B. bewildering
C.
tangling
D. blundering
6.
They didn?t even give him any sick
-pay
when he was off ill, which is a fairly
way to
treat an employee.
A.
vulnerable
B. makeshift
C.
shoddy
D. backhanded
7. It
must be realized that large price increase can
only
demands for even larger
wage
increase.