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2021
高考英语短文故事精读与语法填空训练（三十）
一：语法填空训练
Hobbies
业余爱好
A gifted American psychologist has
said,
‘
Worry is a spasm of
the emotion; the
mind
catches
hold
of
something
and
will
not
let
go.
’
It
is
useless
to
argue with the mind in
this condition. The
(strong) the
will, the more futile
the task. One can
only gently insinuate something else into its
convulsive grasp. And
if
this
something
else
is
rightly
(choose),
if
it
is
really
attended
by
the
illumination of another field of
interest,
(gradual), and often quite swiftly,
the old undue grip relaxes and the
process of recuperation and repair begins.
The cultivation of a hobby and new
forms of interest is therefore a policy of the
first
(important)to
a
public
man.
But
this
is
not
a
business
that
can
be
undertaken
in
a
day
or
swiftly
improvised
by
a
mere
command
the
will.
The
growth
of
alternative
mental
interests
is
a
long
process.
The
seeds
must
be
carefully
chosen;
they
must
fall
good
ground;
they
must
be
sedulously
tended, if the
vivifying fruits are to be at hand when needed.
To
be
really
happy
and
really
safe,
one
ought
to
have
at
least
two
or
three
hobbies, and they must
all be real. It is no use starting late in life to
say:
‘
I will take
an interest in this or
that.
’
Such an
attempt only aggravates the strain of mental
effort.
A
man
may
acquire
great
(know)of
topics
unconnected
with
his
daily
work, and yet get hardly any benefit or
(relieve). It
is no use doing what
you like; you have
got to like
you do. Broadly speaking, human beings
may
be divided into three classes:
those who are toiled to death, those who are
worried to
death, and those who are
bored to death. It is no use offering the manual
laborer, tired
out with a hard week's
sweat and effort, the chance of playing a game of
football or
baseball on Saturday
afternoon.
It
is
no use
(invite)
the politician or
the
professional
or
business
man,
has
been
working
or
worrying
about
serious things for six days, to work or
worry about trifling things at the weekend.
As
for
the
(fortunate)
people
who
can
command
everything
they
want,
who
can
gratify
every
caprice
and
lay
their
hands
on
almost
every
object
of
desire
----for them a new
(please), a new excitement is only an
additional
satiation.
vain
they
rush
frantically
round
from
place
to
place,
trying
to
escape
from
avenging
(
bored)
by
mere
clatter
and
motion.
For
them
discipline in one form or another is
the most
(hope) path.
It may also be
(say) that rational, industrious,
useful human beings are
divided into
two classes: first, those
work is work and whose pleasure is
pleasure; and secondly, those whose
work and pleasure are one. Of these the former
are the majority. They have their
compensations. The long hours in the office or the
factory bring with them as their
reward, not only the means of sustenance, but a
keen
appetite
for
pleasure
even
in
its
(
simple)
and
most
modest
forms.
But
Fortune's favored children belong to
the second life is a natural harmony.
For
them
the
working
hours
are
never
long
enough.
Each
day
is
a
holiday,
and
ordinary holidays, when
they come, are grudged
enforced interruptions in an
absorbing vocation. Yet to both
classes, the need of an alternative outlook, of a
change
of atmosphere, of a diversion of
effort, is essential. Indeed, it may well be that
those
whose work is
their
pleasure are those who most need the means of
banishing it at
intervals from their
(mind).
二：词句短语长难句释义
Hobbies
业余爱好
A
gifted
American
psychologist
has
said, ‘Worry is a
spasm
of
the emotion; the
mind
c
a
t
c
h
e
s
h
o
l
d
o
f
something and
will not
l
e
t
i
t
g
o
.
’
I
t
i
s
u
s
e
l
e
s
s
t
o
a
r
g
u
e
w
i
t
h
the
mind in this
condition
.
T
h
e
s
t
r
o
n
g
e
r
t
h
e
w
i
l
l
,
t
h
e
m
o
r
e
f
u
t
i
l
e
t
h
e
t
a
s
k
. One can only
gently
insinuate
something else
into its
convulsive
grasp.
And if this something else
is
rightly
chosen,
if
it
is
really
attended
by
the
illumination
of
another
field
of
interest, gradually, and often quite
swiftly, the old
undue
grip
relaxes and the process
of
recuperation
and repair
begins.
The
cultivation
of a hobby and
new forms of interest is therefore a policy of the
f
i
r
s
t
i
m
p
o
r
t
a
n
c
e
< br> to a public man. But this is not a business that can be
undertaken
in
a
day
or
swiftly
improvised
by
a
mere
command
of
the
will.
The
growth
of
alternative
mental
interests
is
a
long
process.
The
seeds
must
be
carefully
chosen;
they must
f
a
l
l
o
n
good ground;
they must be
sedulously
tended, if the
vivifying
fruits
are to be
a
t
h
a
n
d
when
needed.
To
be
really
happy
and
really
safe,
one
o
u
g
h
t
t
o
have
at
least
two
or
three
hobbies, and they must all be real.
I
t
i
s
n
o
u
s
e
starting
late in
life to say: ‘I will
t
a
k
e
a
n
i
n
t
e
r
e
s
t
i
n
this
or
that.’
Such
an
attempt
only
aggravates
the
strain
of
mental
effort.
A
man
may
acquire
great
knowledge
of
topics
unconnected
with
his
daily
work,
and yet get hardly any benefit or relief.
I
t
i
s
n
o
u
s
e
doing what you like; you
have got to
like what you do.
B
r
< br>o
a
d
l
y
s
p
e
a
k
i
n
g
, human beings may be
d
i
v
i
d
e
d
i
n
t
o
three classes: those who are
toiled
to death, those who
are worried to death, and those
who are
bored to death.
I
t
i
s
n
o
u
s
e
offering
the manual laborer,
tired out with a hard
week's
sweat
and
effort,
the
chance
of
playing
a
game
of
football
or
baseball
on
Saturday afternoon.
I
t
i
s
n
o
u
s
e
inviting the politician or the
professional
or business
man, who has been
working
or worrying about serious things for six days, to
work or
worry about
trifling
things at the
weekend.
A
s
f
o
r
the unfortunate people who can command everything
they want, who can
gratify
every
caprice
and
l
a
y
t
h
e
i
r
h
a
n
d
s
o
n
almost
every
object
of
desire
----for
them a new pleasure, a new excitement
is
only an additional satiation. In
vain
they
rush
frantically
round
f
r
o
m
p
l
a
c
e
t
o
p
l
a
c
e
, trying to
e
s
c
a
p
e
f
r
o
m
avenging boredom
by mere
clatter and motion. For them discipline
i
n
o
n
e
f
o
r
m
o
r
a
n
o
t
< br>h
e
r
is the
most
hopeful path.
It may
also be said that
rational
,
industrious, useful
h
u
m
a
n
< br>b
e
i
n
g
s
are divided
into two classes: first, those whose
work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and
secondly,
those
whose
work
and
pleasure
are
one.
Of
these
the
former
are
the
majority. They have
their
compensations
. The
long hours in the office or the factory
bring
with
them
as
their
reward,
not
only
the
means
of
sustenance
,
but
a
k
e
e<
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n
a
p
p
e
t
i
t
e
f
o
r
pleasure
even
in
its
simplest
and
most
modest
forms.
But
Fortune's