大学英语Text 16 Why Rustlers Never Win
高考英语一轮复习 Unit 16 Stories 北师大版选修6
Unit 16 StoriesⅠ.单词—在语境中默写，在联想中积累[写得准] [用得活] [积得多]1.witness v．目击2.gather vi.& vt. 聚集3.abandon vt. 放弃；遗弃4.burst vi. 爆炸；冲，闯5.occur vi. 发生6.expand v. 扩大，扩充7.applaud vi.& vt. 鼓掌8.preserve vt. 保护，保存9.gradual adj. 逐渐的10.stubborn adj. 倔强的，固执的11.precious adj. 宝贵的，珍贵的plex adj. 复杂的13.eager adj. 渴望的，热衷的14.breakthrough n. 突破，重大发现15.sorrow n. 悲伤，难过16.troublesome adj. 引起麻烦的17.discourage vt.使泄气，使灰心→discouraged adj.气馁的，泄气的→courage n．勇气→encourage vt.鼓励18.suffering n．痛苦，困难→suffer v．遭受19.musical adj.音乐的n. 音用所给词的适当形式填空1.It occurred (occur)to himthat he should go to see adentist.2.A close friendshipgradually (gradual) grew upbetween them after a fewyears' association.3.He is really troublesome(trouble), for he is alwaysmaking trouble.4.We must learn how to beareverything, and we shouldmake it bearable,_althoughit is unbearablesometimes.(bear)5.The old soldier's healthsuffered greatly from allthe sufferings that he wentthrough during thewar.(suffer)6.The failure in theEnglish contestdiscouraged my brother.What's worse, he feltdiscouraged in othersubjects. In order to helphim regain his courage and1.趣味合成词荟萃①breakthroughn．突破②pickpocket n. 扒手③daybreak n. 破晓④sunrise n. 日出⑤bathroom n. 浴室⑥nobleman n. 贵族⑦webpage n. 网页⑧safeguard v. 保卫2.“价值”形容词知多少①precious 宝贵的②valuable 有价值的③worth 有……价值的④worthy 有价值的⑤priceless 无价的⑥worthless/valueless无价值的3.后缀some形容词集锦①troublesome 引起麻烦的②handsome 英俊的③awesome 令人敬畏的④boresome 烦人的⑤fearsome 可怕的4.盘点dis前缀单词①dislike vt. 不喜欢②dishonest adj. 不Ⅱ.短语—在应用中记牢，在归纳中记多Ⅲ.句式—在解读中学懂，在仿写中学通第一板块| 核心单词归纳集释1．abandon vt.放弃，遗弃；沉湎于(某种情感)n.[U] 放任，放纵[经典例句] The study showed a deep fear among the elderly of being abandoned to the care of strangers.(牛津P2)研究表明，老人十分害怕被丢给陌生人照管。
Text 16 Why rustlers never win
Text 16 Why rustlers never winGood afternoon, everyone. My name is Hanxuejin, and first of all, I will introduce myself to you. I come from Henan Kaifeng, the capital of Song dynasty. The famous painting “清明上河图” described the sights of Kaifeng at that time. Here are some pictures about it. And “开封府” is the working place of “包青天”. Today I will lead you to a funny and interesting story—Why rustlers never win. Please turn to page 123 and look through the text.The author of this passage is Henry Gregor Felson.He is an outstanding writer in America and here are his brief introductions. The story happened in the Texas, which is most famous for producing beef. The State of Texas is the largest state in south America and it is also the second largest state in the United States. Houston is the famous city in this area.The main characters in this passage are two persons—the Curly Kid Montage and the banker. They lived absolutely two different kinds of life. The Curly Kid is pretty poor while the banker is rich; the Curly Kid had hardly ever received education while the banker is well-educated and more importantly, the banker read eastern business newspaper. This is the general comprehension of the text. The story is developed by time and this is its plot. Lines.1—20 is the background of the story, it tells that Curly Kid successfully stole 200head of cattle by changing brand from -O to +Q. From Lines 21—43,the Curly Kid went into a bank to sell the cattle, but was turned downed as the bank owner didn’t want to buy them and the price of cattle was extremely low in the market. And from Line 44-74,The sheriff asked kid to take the cattle away but he couldn't, so he had to confess stealing the cattle. Now ,let’s follow Qindan to learn the rest part of the story.。
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Section I Use of EnglishDirections:Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)In Cambodia the choice of a spouse is a complex one for the young male. It may involve not only his parents and his friends,１those of the young women, but also a matchmaker. A young man can 2 a likely spouse on his own and them ask his parents to 3 the marriage negotiations. or the young man’s parents may make the choice of a spouse, giving the child little to say in the selection. 4 , a girl may veto the spouse her parents have chosen. 5 a spouse has been selected, each family investigates the other to make sure its child is marrying 6 a good family.The traditional wedding is a long and colorful affair. Formerly it lasted three days 7 by the 1980s it more commonly lasted a day and a half. Buddhist priests offer a short sermon and 8 prayers of blessing. Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, 9 cotton threads soaked in holy water around the bride’s and groom’s wrists ,and 10 a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the 11 .Newlyweds traditionally move in with the wife’s parents and may 12 with them up to a year, 13 they can build a flew house nearby.Divorce is legal and easy to 14 ,but not common .Divorced persons are 15 with some disapproval. Each spouse retains 16 property he or she 17 into the marriage, and jointly –acquired property is 18 equally. Divorced persons may remarry, but a gender prejudice 19 up .The divorced male doesn’t have a waiting period before he can remarry 20 the woman must wait the months.1. [A] by way of [B] as well as [C] on behalf of [D] with regard to2. [A] adapt to [B] provide for [C]compete with [D] decide on3. [A] close [B] renew [C]arrange [D] postpone4. [A] In theory [B] Above all [C] In time [D] For example5. [A] Although [B] Lest [C] After [D] Unless6. [A] into [B] within [C] from [D] through7. [A] sine [B] or [C] but [D] so8. [A] test [B]copy [C]recite [D] create9. [A] folding [B] piling [C] wrapping [D] tying10. [A] lighting [B] passing [C] hiding [D] serving11. [A] meeting [B] association [C] collection [D]union12. [A] grow [B] part [C] deal [D]live13. [A] whereas [B] until [C] for [D] if14. [A] obtain [B] follow [C] challenge [D]avoid15. [A] isolated [B] persuaded [C] viewed [D] exposed16. [A]wherever [B] however [C] whenever [D]whatever17. [A] changed [B] brought [C] shaped [D] pushed18. [A] divided [B] invested [C] donated [D] withdrawn19. [A]clears [B] warms [C] shows [D] breaks20. [A]while [B] so what [C]once [D] in thatSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (40 points)Text 1France, which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for woman. Its lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week toa law that would make it a crime to employ ultra-thin models on runways.The parliament also agreed to ban websites that” incite excessive thinness” by promoting extreme dieting.Such measures have a couple of uplifting motives. They suggest beauty should not be defined by looks that end up with impinging on health. That’s a start. And the ban on ultra-thin models seems to go beyond protecting models from starring themselves to health –as some have done. It tells the fashion industry that it move take responsibility for the signal it sends women, especially teenage girls, about the social tape –measure they must use to determine their individual worth.The bans, if fully enforced ,would suggest to woman (and many men )that they should not let others be orbiters of their beauty .And perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to sine zero or wasp-waist physiques .The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep-and bone-showing. Under the law, using a fashion model that does not meet a government-defined index of body mess could result in a $85,000 fine and six months in prison.The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adornment and idealized body types. In Denmark, theUnited States, and a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standard for models and fashion images there rely more on pear pressure for enforcement.In contrast to France’s actions, Denmark’s fashion industry agreed last month on rules and sanctions regarding age, health, and other characteristics of models .The newly revised Danish Fashion Ethical charter clearly states, we are aware of and take responsibility for the impact the fashion industry has on body ideals, especially on young people. The charter’s main toll of enforcement is to deny access for designers and modeling agencies to Copenhagen. Fashion week, which is men by the Danish Fashion Institute .But in general it relies on a name-and –shame method of compliance.Relying on ethical persuasion rather than law to address the misuse of body ideals may be the best step. Even better would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyond the material standards of a particular industry.21. According to the first paragraph, what would happen in France?[A] Physical beauty would be redefined[B] New runways would be constructed[C] Websites about dieting would thrive[D] The fashion industry would decline22. The phrase “impinging on”(Line2 Para2) is closest in meaning to[A] heightening the value of[B] indicating the state of[C] losing faith in[D] doing harm to23. Which of the following is true of the fashion industry[A] The French measures have already failed[B] New standards are being set in Denmark[C] Models are no longer under peer pressure[D] Its inherent problems are getting worse24. A designer is most likely to be rejected by CFW for[A] setting perfect physical conditions[B] caring too much about models’ character[C] showing little concern for health factors[D] pursuing a high age threshold for models25. Which of the following maybe the best title of the text?[A] A challenge to the Fashion Industry’s Body Ideals[B] A Dilemma for the starving models in France[C] Just Another Round of struggle for beauty[D] The Great Threats to the Fashion IndustryText 2For the first time in the history more people live in towns than in the country. In Britain this has had a curious result. While polls show Britons rate “the countryside” alongside the royal family. Shakespeare and the National Health Service (NHS) as what make them proudest of their country, this has limited political support.A century ago Octavia Hill launched the National Trust not to rescue stylish houses but to save “the beauty of natural places for everyone forever”. It was specifically to provide city dwellers with spaces for leisure where they could experience “a refreshing air”. Hill’s pressure later led to the creation of national parks and green belts. They don’t make countryside any more, and every year concrete consumes more of it .It needs constant guardianship.At the next election none of the big parties seem likely to endorse this sentiment. The Conservatives’ planning reform explicitly gives rural development priority over conservation,even authorizing “off–plan” building where local people might object. The concept of sustainable development has been defined asprofitable. Labour likewise wants to discontinue local planning where councils oppose development. The Liberal Democrats are silent onlyu sensing its chance, has sides with those pleading for a more considered approach to using green land. Its campaign to protect Rural England struck terror into many local conservative parties.The sensible place to build new houses factories and offices is where people are in cities and towns where infrastructure is in place. The London agents Stirling Ackroyed recently identified enough sites for half of million houses in the Landon area alone with no intrusion on green belts. What is true of London is even truer of the provinces. The idea that “housing crisis” equals “concreted meadows” is pure lobby talk. The issue is not the need for more houses but, as always, where to put them under lobby pressure, George Osborne favours rural new-build against urban renovation and renewal. He favours out-of-town shopping sites against high streets. This is not a free market but a biased one. Rural towns and villages have grown and will always grow. They do so best where building sticks to their edges and respects their character. We do not ruin urban conservation areas. Why ruin rural ones?Development should be planned, not let trip, After the Netherlands, Britain is Europe’s most crowed country. Half a century of town and country planning has enable it to retain an enviable rural coherence, while still permitting low-density urban living. There is no doubt of the alternative-the corrupted landscapes of southern Portugal, Spain orIreland. Avoiding this rather than promoting it should unite the left and right of the political spectrum.26. Britain’s public sentiment about the countryside[A] is not well reflected in politics[B] is fully backed by the royal family[C] didn’t start fill the Shakespearean age[D] has brought much benefit to the NHS27. According to paragraph 2，the achievements of the National Trust are now being[A] largely overshadowed[B] properly protected[C] effectively reinforced[D] gradually destroyed28. Which of the following can be offered from paragraph 3[A] Labour is under attack for opposing development[B] The Conservatives may abandon “off-plan” building[C] Ukip may gain from its support for rural conservation[D] The Liberal Democrats are losing political influence29. The author holds that George Osbornes’s preference[A] shows his disregard for the character of rural area[B] stresses the necessity of easing the housing crisis[C] highlights his firm stand against lobby pressure[D] reveals a strong prejudice against urban areas30. In the last paragraph the author show his appreciation of[A] the size of population in Britain[B] the enviable urban lifestyle in Britain[C] the town-and-country planning in Britain[D] the political life in today’s BritainText 3“There is one and only one social responsibility of business” wrote Milton Friedman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist “That is, to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.” But even if you accept Friedman’s premise and regard corporate social responsibility(CSR) policies as a waste of shareholders’s money, things may not be absolutely clear-act. Newresearch suggests that CSR may create monetary value for companies at least when they are prosecuted for corruption.The largest firms in America and Britain together spend more than $15 billion a year on CSR, according to an estimate by EPG, a consulting firm. This could add value to their businesses in three ways. First, consumers may take CSR spending as a “signal” that a company’s products are of high quality. Second, customers may be willing to buy a company’s products as an indirect may to donate to the good causes it helps. And third, through a more diffuse “halo effect” whereby its good deeds earn it greater consideration from consumers and others.Previous studies on CSR have had trouble differentiating these effects because consumers can be affected by all three. A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under American’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act（FCPA）.It argues that since prosecutors do not consume a company’s products as part of their investigations，they could be influenced only by the halo effect.The study found that，among prosecuted firms，those with the most comprehensive CSR programmes tended to get more lenient penalties. Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firm’s political influence, rather than their CSR stand, that accounted for the leniency: Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.In all, the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits, they do seem to be influenced by acompany’s record in CSR. “We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern, such as child labour, or increasing corporate giving by about20% result in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials.” says one researcher.Researchers admit that their study does not answer the question at how much businesses ought to spend on CSR. Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect, rather than the other possible benefits, when they companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.31. The author views Milton Friedman’s statement about CSR with[A]uncertainty[B]skepticism[C]approval[D]tolerance32. According to Paragraph 2, CSR helps a company by[A]guarding it against malpractices[B]protecting it from consumers[C]winning trust from consumers.[D]raising the quality of its products33. The expression “more lenient”(line 2,Para.4)is closest in meaning to[A]less controversial[B]more lasting[C]more effective[D]less severe34. When prosecutors evaluate a case, a company’s CSR record[A]comes across as reliable evidence[B]has an impact on their decision[C]increases the chance of being penalized[D]constitutes part of the investigation35. Which of the following is true of CSR according to the last paragraph?[A] The necessary amount of companies spending on it is unknown[B] Companies’ financial capacity for it has been overestimated[C] Its negative effects on businesses are often overlooked[D]It has brought much benefit to the banking industryText 4There will eventually come a day when The New York Times ceases to publish stories on newsprint. Exactly when that day will be is a matter of debate. ”Sometime in the future,” the paper’s publisher said back in 2010.Nostalgia for ink on paper and the rustle of pages aside, there’s plenty of incentive to ditch print. The infrastructure required to make a physical newspaper – printing presses, delivery trucks – isn’t just expensive; it’s excessive at a time when online – only competitors don’t have the same set of financial constraints. Readers are migrating away from print anyway. And though print ad sales still dwarf their online and mobile counterparts, revenue from print is still declining.Overhead may be high and circulation lower, but rushing to eliminate its print edition would be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti.Peretti says the Times shouldn’t waste time getting out of the print business, but only if they go about doing it the right way. “Figuring out a way to accelerate that transition would make sense for them,” he said, “but if you discontinue it, you’re going have your most loyal customers really upset with you.”Sometimes that’s worth making a change anyway. Peretti gives the example of Netflix discontinuing its DVD-mailing service to focus on streaming. “It was seen as blunder,” he said. The move turned out tobe foresighted. And if Peretti were in charge at the Times? ”I wouldn’t pick a year to end print,” he said “I would raise prices and make it into more of a legacy product.”The most loyal customers would still get the product they favor, the idea goes, and they’d feel like they were helping sustain the quality of something they believe in. “So if you’re overpaying for print, you could feel like you were helping,” Peretti said. “Then increase it at a higher rate each year and essentially try to generate additional revenue.” In other words, if you’re going to make a print product, make it for the people who are already obsessed with it. Which may be what the Times is doing already. Getting the print edition seven days a week costs nearly $500 a year – more than twice as much as a digital – only subscription.“It’s a really hard thing to do and it’s a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesn’t have a legacy business,” Peretti remarked. “But we’re going to have questions like that where we have things we’re doing that don’t make sense when the market changes and the world changes. In those situations, it’s better to be more aggressive that less aggressive.”36. The New York Times is considering ending it’s print edition partly due to[A] the increasing online and sales[B] the pressure from its investors[C] the complaints from its readers[D] the high cost of operation37. Peretti suggests that in face of the present situation, The Times should[A] make strategic adjustments[B] end the print sedition for good[C] seek new sources of leadership[D] aim for efficient management38. It can be inferred from paragraphs 5and 6 that a ” legacy product”[A] helps restore the glory of former times[B] is meant for the most loyal customers[C] will have the cost of printing reduced[D] expands the popularity of the paper39. Peretti believes that in a changing world[A] traditional luxuries can stay unaffected[B] cautiousness facilitates problem-solving[C] aggressiveness better meets challenges[D] legacy businesses are becoming out dated40. which of the following would be the best title of the text?[A] shift to online newspapers all at once[B] Cherish the Newspapers still in Your Hand[C] keep Your Newspapers Forever in Fashion[D] Make Your print Newspapers a luxury GoodPart BDirections:Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subheading from the list A-G for each of the numbered paragraphs (41-45). There are two extra subheadings. Mark your answers on the ANSER SHEET. (10 point)[A] Create a new image of yourself[B] Decide if the time is right[C] Have confidence in yourself[D]Understand the context[E]Work with professionals[F]Make it efficient[G]Know your goalsNo matter how formal or informal the work environment, the way you present yourself has an impact. This is especially true in the first impressions. According to research from Princeton University , people assess your competence, trustworthiness, and likeability in just a tenth of a second, solely based on the way you look.The difference between today’s workplace and the “dress for success” era is that the range of options is so much broader. Norms have evolved and fragmented. In some settings, red sneakers or dress T-shirts can convey status; in other not so much. Plus, whatever image we present is magnified by social-media services like LinkedIn. Chances are, your headshots are seen much more often now than a decade or two ago. Millennials, it seems, face the paradox of being the least formal generation yet the most conscious of style and personal branding. It can be confusing.So how do we navigate this? How do we know when to invest in an upgrade? And what’s the best way to pull off one than enhances our goals? Here are some tips:41_________________________As an executive coach, I’ve seen image upgrades be particular helpful during transitions-when looking for a new job, stepping into a new or more public role, or changing work environments. If you’re in aperiod of change or just feeling stuck and in a rut, now may be a good time. If you’re not sure, ask for honest feedback from trusted friends, colleagues and professionals. Look for cues about how others perceive you. Maybe there’s no need for an upgrade and that’s OK42________________________Get clear on what impact you’re hoping to have. Are you looking to refresh your image or pivot it? For one person, the goal may be to be taken more seriously and enhance their professional image. For another, it may be to be perceived as more approachable, or more modern and stylish. For someone moving from finance to advertising, maybe they want to look more “SoHo.” (It’s OK to use characterizations likethat )43 ________________________Look at your work environment like an anthropologist. What are the norms of your environment? What conveys status? Who are your most important audiences? How do the people you respect and look up to present themselves? The better you understand the cultural context, the more control you can have over your impact.44 _______________________Enlist the support of professionals and share with them your goals and context. Hire a personal stylist, or use the free styling service of a store like J. Crew. Try a hair stylist instead of a barber. Work with aprofessional photographer instead of your spouse or friend. It’s not as expensive as you might think.45 ________________________The point of a style upgrade isn’t to become more vain or to spend more time fussing over what to wear. Instead, use it as an opportunity to reduce decision fatigue. Pick a standard work uniform or a few go-to options. Buy all your clothes at once with a stylist instead of shopping alone, one article of clothing at a time.Part CDirections:Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)Mental health is our birthright. (46) we don’t have to learn how to be mentally healthy, it is built into us in the same way that our bodies know how to heal a cut or mend, a broken bone. Mental health can’t be learned, only reawakened. It is like immune system of the body, which under stress or through lack of nutrition or exercise can be weakened, but which never leaves us. When we don’t understand the value of mental health and we don’t know how to gain access to it, mental health will remain hidden from us. (47) Our mental health doesn’t go anywhere; like the sun behind a cloud, it can betemporarily hidden from view, but it is fully capable of being restored in an instant.Mental health is the seed that contains self-esteem –confidence in ourselves and an ability to trust in our common sense. It allows us to have perspective on our lives-the ability to not take ourselves too seriously, to laugh at ourselves, to see the bigger picture, and to see that things will work out. It’s a form of innate or unlearned optimism.(48) Mental health allows us to view others with sympathy if they are having troubles, with kindness if they are in pain, and with unconditional love no matter who they are. Mental health is the source of creativity for solving problems, resolving conflict, making our surroundings more beautiful, managing our home life, or coming up with a creative business idea or invention to make our lives easier. It gives us patience for ourselves. And toward others as well as patience while driving, catching a fish, working on our car, or raising a child. It allows us to see the beauty that surrounds us each moment in nature, in culture, in the flow of our daily lives.(49)Although mental health is the cure-all for living our lives, it is perfecting ordinary as you will see that it has been there to direct you through all your difficult decisions. It has been available even in the most mundane of life situations to show you right from wrong, good from bad, friend from foe. Mental health has commonly been called conscience, instinct, wisdom, common sense, or the inner voice, we think of it simply as a health and helpful flow of intelligent thought. (50) As you will come to see, knowing that mental health is always availableand knowing to trust it allow us to slow down to the moment and live life happily.Section III WritingPart A51. Directions:Suppose you are a librarian in your university. Write a notice of about 100 words. Providing the newly-enrolled international students with relevant information about the library.You should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.Do not sign your own name at the end of the notice. Use Li Ming instead.Do not write the address. (10 points)Part B52. Directions:Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following pictures In your essay, you should1) describe the pictures briefly2) interpret the meaning , and3) give your commentsYou should write neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.(20 points)Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use Li Ming instead.Do not write the address. (10 points)。
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7. solitary adj. alone；lonesome or lonely； secluded；single 单独的；寂寞的；隐居的；唯一的
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1) a solitary traveler 孤单的游客 2) I am rather fond of a solitary stroll in the country. 我很喜欢在乡间独自徜徉。 3）The arch-criminal was kept solitary confinement. 那名首犯被单独监禁 4） a solitary retreat 隐居 5） She couldn't answer a solitary question correctly. 她连一个问题都答不对.
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A Picture Make Him a Hero, Then His Life Fell Apart
About the author Paul Harris is currently the US Correspondent of the British weekly newspaper The Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper. He has held the post since 2003. Prior to that he reported from Africa for the Daily Telegraph, the Associated Press and Reuters. He has covered conflicts and trouble spots all around the world, including Iraq, Sudan, Burundi, Somalia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Pakistan. In 2003 he was embedded with British forces during the invasion of Iraq. Paul now lives in New York and is happy to have swapped the dangers of the front line for the less obvious perils of writing about American politics and culture.
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IV. Chines e Transl ation of Paragr aphs1. 旅行好比私通：人总受到背叛自己国家的诱惑。
拥有想象力，必定意味着对自己生活的地方不再满意。
男人都有一种离心倾向，我们渴望旅行，恰似那些寻欢的情人。
2. 也只有在旅行之时，我们才赞赏古旧之物。
在国内——至少对美国人而言，所有东西都必须得是新近的。
但是我们走出国门的时候，却只对古老的东西感兴趣，因为我们想看看那些历经时间侵袭而保存下来的遗迹。
3. 我们旅行的时候，会放下戒备和忧虑，渴望回归过去；我们是向后倒退而非向前迈进；我们培养着自己的歇斯底里。
4. 我们旅行的时候会呈现出自己最好的一面，正如我们穿上自己最漂亮的衣服出行一般，只有我们的护照才会提醒我们，实际上自己是多么平淡无奇！我们出国去认识我们那个陌生的自己，那个诞生在飞机上且令人激动的陌生人。
我们去欧洲观赏那些借便利之名已经从我们的文化中废掉或剔除的一切：宗教、皇室、古雅、差异以及激情。
我们深信其他国家的人民比我们更加热情奔放。
5. 我们每个人都在伪装——不然缘何我们会戴上墨镜并在谈吐举止中尽力模仿另一个地方的本土居民呢？在家里，我们才做回自己；出国后，我们则尽力成为自己始终想做的人。
尽管最近大家都在谈论有关根的话题，但我们中的许多人都厌倦了自己的根，而这根本身也可能入土很浅，于是我们四处旅行，寻找无根的感觉。
6. 人变得好奇起来，旅行也就开始了。
教会的影响力、传统的生活方式、缺乏钱财、难得闲暇, 都制约了人们的好奇心。
直到17世纪，在科学发现的促进之下，物质世界的大门才被撬开。
也只有那时，人们才开始旅行，寻求世俗的快慰。
7. 旅行可增长见识，可洞悉本国或异域的文化，可造就现代人的厌倦感。
高考英语一轮复习 高考题型提能练十六 Unit 16 Stories 北师大版选修6
高考题型提能练十六 Unit 16 StoriesⅠ.阅读理解A(2016·江西省上饶市模拟)Cotton farmers in some Indian villages are busily buying Coca Cola and Pepsi, believing that the sugar in the fizzy (有泡沫的) drinks kills pests.Farmers say scientists advised them to mix pesticides with a sugary juice to control pests, and they found the mixture cheaper and more effective than pure chemicals — although soft drink makers and scientists dismissed the remarks. N. Hamunayya, who has become a famous person in his village in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, said his crop survived an attack of pests which had resisted other pesticides. “We found that all the colas had uniform effect on pests. The pests became dead and fell to the ground，” he said. He said the drinks had all the elements they needed: they were cheaper, sticky, fizzy, and attracted ants, which ate the young of the pests. But Thinupathi Reddy, assistant director of the Regional Agri Research Station, Guntur, says tests had proved such results wrong. “We conducted some field trials on cotton crop at our research station. There was no obvious productivity or destruction of pests，” he says.Statements from Pepsi and Coca Cola said there was “no scientific basis” for this_practice. But their dealers are enjoying increasing sales. Mantan Wall, who sells soft drinks in 17 villages in the region, said sales rose up, thanks to the farmers. “For the 10 days between August and September I had successful business. Instead of just 30 cases (each containing a dozen one litre bottles) of cola, I started selling almost 200 cases，” he said. “We expected the sales to drop after the news over pesticide residues (残留) in the cola drinks. Now I have to keep extra supply for the cotton farmers，” he said.In February, an Indian environment group made a report saying drinks made by Coca Cola and Pepsi contained pesticides and called for tougher safety standards. The US firms strongly rejected the findings of the New Delhibased Centre for Science and Environment and said their products were safe.1.Some Indian farmers think the drinks can kill pests because ________.A.there is some pesticide left in themB.they are sticky and fizzyC.they have elements that kill pestsD.they made the pesticide more effective2.The underlined part “this practice” in Para. 3 probably refers t o “________”.A.testing the mixtureB.selling more drinks in IndiaC.mixing the drinks with the pesticideD.attracting ants to eat the young pests3.The drink makers would not accept the fact that their drinks could kill pests because they ________.A.thought it went against scienceB.believed that the farmers didn't tell the truthC.might fear that it could bring harm to their businessD.insisted that no poison was left in their products4.The writer's purpose of writing this passage is to________.A.tell an interesting incidentB.warn people that some drinks might be dangerous to healthC.suggest using Coca Cola to kill pestsD.announce a new discovery of Coca ColaB(2016·贵阳市适应性检测考试)Choose your wish listIt's normal for any student's college wish list to change through out high school. But when it comes time to apply, many seniors have a hard time narrowing down their choices.There's no hard and fast answer, but there are several things you can do and ask yourself to make the decision easier. Here are three pieces of advice that might help.Do your researchAbove all, it's i mportant to figure out your wants and needs. What do you expect from your education? What are you willing to give up?Veronica Hauad, senior associate director of admissions (录取) at the University of Chicago in the US, said students should start by taking time to figure_out those questions.“Find the thing that's most important to you, and then you can start searching on that factor and sort things out later，” Hauad said.Don't focus on rankingsIt's easy to focus too hard on school rankings, but don't let that make your decision for you when you're looking at colleges. In the long run, rankings probably won't have a big effect on your education. It's OK to look at rankings, but don't obsess (过于执着) over them. Find colleges that really interest you. If they end up being on a top list, think of it as an extra pleasure.Think about your futureHere's an important question to ask all of the colleges on your list: How many of your students find jobs after graduation? A n Ivy League school may look good on an application, but what will the college do to help you find a job?Students should also make sure they're going to college for the right reasons.University of Illinois sophomore (二年级学生) Steve Wang said he has met students who aren't looking at the bigger picture. “I see a lot of students who go to college for the sake of the college experience —not for a higher education，” Wang explained. “So people show up and spend a lot of time at parties and not really paying attention to schoolwork. That's not really what college is for.”5.When you apply to a college, you should ________.A.find out what you really wantB.choose the bestknown collegeC.consider the things you can doD.quit a chance for further study6.What does the underlined part “figure out” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A.Let out.B.Look out.C.Make out.D.Check out.7.Steve Wang spends his main time on ________.A.parttime jobsB.schoolworkC.partiesD.college experiences8.What is the passage mainly for?A.Researchers.cators.C.Applicants.D.Sophomores.Ⅱ.任务型阅读(2016·河北省唐山市统一考试)You may have grown up living wit h sisters and brothers, or this may be your first time sharing your living space with someone else. 1.________ However, it can also be a great part of your college experience. Follow these tips to make sure you and your roommate keep things pleasant and supportive throughout the year.Be clear from the beginning.Maybe you hate it when someone interrupts you when you are sleeping every morning. Maybe you need ten minutes before talking to anyone after you wake up. 2.________ It's not fair to expect him or her to pick up on them right away, and communicating what you need is one of the best ways to get rid of problems before they become problems.3.________This may seem simple, but it's probably one of the biggest reasons why roommates experience conflicts. Don't you think he'll mind if you borrow his shoes for a quick soccer game? For all you know, you just step over an uncrossable line. Don't borrow, use, or take anything without getting permission first.Be open to change.You should expect to learn, grow and change during your time at school. 4.________ As the term progresses, realize things will change for both of you. Be comfortable to address things that unexpectedly come up, set new rules, and be flexible to your changing environment.Follow the golden rule.5.________ No matter what your relationship is at the end of the year, you can take comfort in knowing you act like an adult and treat your roommate with respect.A.Respect your roommate's things.B.Let your roommate know about your preferences.C.Treat your roommate like you'd like to be treated.D.Living with a roommate is really a wonderful thing.E.Having a roommate surely has its challenges.F.You should correct your bad habits first.G.And the same should happen to your roommate, if all goes well.Ⅲ.完形填空(2016·洛阳高考模拟)Eightyearold Owen Hawkins suffers from growth delay and poor eyesight. This __1__ that Owen needs a wheelchair to get around. Not __2__，he felt people were staring at him and that made him very uncomfortable, so he became lonely and even stopped going outside of his house. That, however, was all __3__ Haatchi came into his life!Haatchi had a very __4__ start to life, too. Tied __5__ a railway track when he was just five months old, the dog wa s hit by a train. The hit __6__ his tail and a leg so badly that both had to be cut __7__. Taken to a rescue shelter, the dog would have probably been __8__ if his story posted on Facebook had not been seen by Owen's dad Will. He __9__ in love with Haatchi and decided to keep him, __10__ that they were helping him. It turns out that __11__ was Haatchi who helped them. By always staying at young Owen's __12__， he became the boy's best friend. Slowly Owen liked to go outside. __13__ he goes, the dog follows and protects him. Owen now proudly walks around the neighborhood, showing__14__ his dog and telling anyone willing to listen to Haatchi's story.Haatchi's __15__ influence on the young boy has not gone unnoticed. In October 2014, the International Fund of Animal Welfare __16__ him with a special award. The amazing friendship between the two has also been shown in a __17__ short film called A Boy and His Dog by students from the filmmaking class at the University of Hertfordshire. It has won several awards and had almost 2 million __18__. British bestselling author Wendy Holden has also written about this moving __19__ in a heartwarming children's book, which was released on February 13th and has made Owen and Haatchi better __20__.1.A.insists B.announcesC.provesD.means2.A.surprisingly B.excitinglyC.disappointinglyD.strikingly3.A.after B.sinceC.beforeD.when4.A.fortunate B.unluckyC.pleasantD.irregular5.A.on B.atC.inD.to6.A.injured B.woundedC.hurtD.harmed7.A.down B.inC.offD.up8.A.lost B.killedC.savedD.protected9.A.felt B.filledC.failedD.fell10.A.thinking B.thoughtC.to thinkD.having thought11.A.that B.itC.thisD.what12.A.memory B.heartC.sideD.shoulder13.A.Whichever B.HoweverC.WhereverD.Whenever14.A.off B.upC.aroundD.out15.A.attractive B.positiveC.imaginativeD.passive16.A.prepared B.pretendedC.preventedD.presented17.A.touching B.disgustingC.boringD.lovingpanions B.audiencesC.fansD.participants19.A.lea dership B.relationshipC.hardshipD.friendshipcated B.understoodC.knownD.developedⅣ.短文改错(2016·长春外国语学校高三期末)A survey basing on 1,000 students found that 80% of senior students sleep less than nine hours every night. One main reason lies at students' bad habits. Too much homework is given by school teachers is another main cause. Some students are absentminded while doing their homework, and some wasting their afterclass time. The third cause is that some students have to get up earlier on weekday to get to school that was far away from home. Experts think an amount of homework for the students should be cut down. Beside, teachers should encourage their students make good use of their spare time. Only in this way can the students improve our study efficiency.高考题型提能练(十六)Ⅰ.1．解析：选D 推理判断题。
大学英语四级精选模拟试卷及答案(2)
大学英语四级考试精选模拟试卷（2）Part I Reading Comprehension(共20小题，每小题2分，共40分)Directions:In this part there are four passages.Each passage is followed by four comprehension questions.Read the passage and answer the questions.Then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Passage1Questions1to5are based on the following passage:In Washington D.C.,1600Pennsylvania Avenue is a very special address.It is the address of the White House,the home of the president of the United States.Originally the White House was gray and was called the Presidential Palace.It was built from 1792to1800.at this time,the city of Washington itself was being built;it was to be the nation’s new capital city.George Washington,the first president,and Pierre Charles L’Enfant,a French engineer,chose the place for the new city.L’Enfant then planned they city.The president’s home was an important part of the plan.A contest was held to pick a design for the president’s home.An architect named James Hoban won.He designed a large three-story house of gray stone.President Washington never lived in the President Palace.The first president to live there was John Adams,the second president of the United States,and his wife Mrs.Adams did not really like hew new house.In her letters,she often complained about the cold.Fifty fireplaces were not enough to keep the house warm!In1812the United States and Britain went to war.In1814the British invaded Washington.Theu burned many buildings,including the Presidential Palace.After the war James Hoban,the original architect,partially rebuilt the president’s homes.To cover the marks of the fire,the building was painted white.Before long it became known as the White House.The White House is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the United States.Every year more than1.5million visitors go through the five rooms that are open to the public.1.The White House was built in Washington.A.because a French engineer was invited to design itB.because President George Washington liked to live in itC.because the British invaders lived in it in1812-1814D.because it was to be the nation’s capital city2.The Presidential Palace was.A.painted gray and whiteB.made of gray stoneC.made of white stoneD.made very warm in winter3.The president’s home and the city of Washington were.A.built by the American armyB.built by the British troopsC.planned by George WashingtonD.planned by the French4.The original home of the president needed to be rebuilt.A.because John Adam’s wife did not like itB.because it was cold in winter even with50fireplacesC.because it had burned down during the warD.because George Washington was not willing to live in it5.The new presidential home was painted white to.A.cover the marks of fireB.attract tourist from FranceC.to please Mrs.John AdamsD.keep it warm in winterPassage2Questions6to10are based on the following passage:There are two kinds of memory:shot-term and rmation in long-term memory can be remembered at a later time when it is needed.The information may be kept for days or weeks.However, information over and over.The following experiment shows how short-term memory has been studied.Henning studied how students who are learning English as a second language remember vocabulary. The subjects in his experiment were75college students.They represented all levels of ability in English:beginning,intermediate,and native-speaking students.To begin,the subjects listened to a recording of a native speaker reading a paragraph in English. Following the recording,the subjects took a15-question test to see which words they remembered, each question had four choices.The subjects had to circle the word they had heard in the recording. Some of the questions had four choices that sound alike.For example,weather,whether,wither, and wetter are four words that sound alike.Some of the questions had four choices that have the same meaning.Method,way,manner,and system would be four words with the same meaning.Finally the subjects took a language proficiency test.Henning found that students with a lower proficiency in English made more of their mistakes on words that sound alike;students with a higher proficiency made more of their mistakes on words that have the same meaning.Henning’s results suggest that beginning students hold the sound of words in their short-term memory,and advanced students hold the meaning of words in their short-term memory.6.Henning made the experiment in order to study.A.how students remember English vocabulary by short-term memoryB.how students learn English vocabularyC.how to develop students’ability in EnglishD.how long information in short-term memory is kept7.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?rmation in short-term memory is different from that in long-term memory.B.Long-term memory can be achieved only by training.C.It is easier to test short-term memory than long-term memory.D.Henning gave a separate test on vocabulary to his students.8.From Henning’s result we can see that.A.beginners have difficulty distinguishing the pronunciation of wordsB.advanced students remember words by their meaningC.it is difficult to remember words that sound alikeD.it is difficult to remember words that have the same meaning9.The word“subjects”in the passage means.A.memoryB.the theme of listening materialC.a branch of knowledge studiedD.the students experimented onPassage3Questions11to15are based on the following passage:The cowboy is the hero of many movies,.He is,even today,a symbol of courage and adventure. But what was the life of the cowboy really like?The cowboy’s job is clear from the word cowboy.Cowboy were men who took care of cows and other cattle.The cattle were in the West and in Texas.People in the cities of the East wanted beef these cattle.Trains could take the cattle east.But first the cattle had to get to the trains. Part of the cowboy’s job was to take the cattle hundreds of miles to the railroad town.The trips were called cattle drivers.A cattle drive usually took several months.Cowboys rode for sixteen hours a day.Because they rode so much,each cowboy brought along about eight horses.A cowboy changed horses several times each day.The cowboys had to make sure that cattle arrived safely.Before starting on a drive,the cowboys branded the cattle.They burned a mark on the cattle to show who they belonged to.But these marks didn’t stop rustlers,or cattle thieves.Cowboys had to protect the cattle from rustlers.Rustlers made the dangerous trip even more dangerous.Even though their work was very difficult and dangerous,cowboys did not earn much money.They were paid badly.Yet cowboys liked their way of life.They lived in a wild and open country.They lived a life of adventure and freedom.11.A cowboy is a symbol of.A.courage and adventureB.a hard life and big payC.movies in the pastD.cows and other cattle12.The cowboys’job was.A.to be a hero in real lifeB.to be a hero of the movieC.to take care of cattleD.to be a dangerous rustler13.During a cattle driver,cowboys took a group of cows from a wild and open country to.A.the West states and TexasB.the cities of the East StatesC.the people who eat beef in citiesD.the railroad towns hundred miles away14.On their way of cattle drivers,the cowboys protected the cattle by.A.burning a mark on their cowsB.keeping an eye on cattle thievesC.making the trip more dangerousD.looking after eight cows each person15.Cowboys enjoyed themselves because.A.they liked their way of lifeB.they made a lot of moneyC.they had a vary difficult jobD.they were heroes in moviesPassage4Questions16to20are based on the following passage:Successful innovations have driven many older technologies to extinction and have resulted in higher productivity,greater consumption of energy,increased demand of raw materials,accelerated flow of materials through the economy and increased quantities of metals and other substances in use each person.The history of industrial development abounds with examples.In1870,horses and mules were the prime source of power on U.S.farms.One horse or mule was required to support four human beings a ratio that remained almost constant for many decades. At that time,had a national commission been asked to forecast the population for1970,its answer probably would have depended on whether its consultants were of an economic or technological turn of mind.Had they been“economists”,they would probably have projected the1970horses or mule population to be more than50million.Had they been“technologists”,they would have recognized that the power of steam had already been harnessed to industry and to learn and ocean transport. They would have recognized further that it would be the prime source of power on the farm.Itwould have been difficult for them to avoid the conclusion that the horse and mule population would decline rapidly.16.According to the passage,what supplied most of the power on U.S.farms in1870?A.AnimalsB.HumansC.EnginesD.Water17.Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the author as a consequence of new technological developments?A.Older technologies die away.B.The quality of life is Improved.C.Overall productivity increase.D.More raw materials become necessary.18.It can be inferred from the passage that by1870.A.technology began to be more economicalB.the steam engine had been inventedC.the U.S.horse population was about10millionD.a national commission was about10million19.In the second paragraph,the author suggests that“economists”would.A.plan the economy through yearly forecastsB.fail to consider the influence of technological innovationC.value the economic contribution of farm animalsD.consult the national commission on the economy20.What is the author’s attitude toward changes brought on by technological innovations?A.He is excited about them.B.He accept them as natural.C.He is disturbed by them.D.He questions their usefulness.Questions16to20are based on the following passage:This semester I began to have a series of teacher nightmares,something that had not happened to me for years,not since my first year of teaching when I was in a perpetual state of dread.I would be rushing to get to class on time,trying to gather up notes from a maelstrom of papers on my desk,not certain what subject we were covering today,indeed not even certain what course I was teaching.My heart was pounding.I was late.I would not find my notes.A hundred people were waiting for me in the classroom,their pens poised to take down my every syllable,and I had nothing to say.Them Mr.Winthrop’s big blonde face with those dark eyes would loom at the door of my office,and with that mocking grin,he would say,“Professor,the class is waiting for you,”and I would faint dead onto the floor.Or sometimes in my dream I would make it to the podium(讲台),start to lecture on some aspect of criminal law or causation,only to have Mr.Winthrop raise his hand,and without even waiting to be called upon,presumably ask a question. Presumably because I could not make out his words.I could see his mouth moving underneath his baseball cap,and muffled sounds resounded in my ears,but I could not understand him.All eyes in the classroom were on me,and my students began to laugh,but not Mr.Winthrop.He continued to move his mouth,and I felt as if I was watching TV with the sound off except that my head was all a buzz with the laughter and the shuffling of feet as my students exited in disgust.Again, I ended the nightmare by fainting dead away onto the floor,and then I would wake up,my sheets damp from desperation.It was enough to make a man get out of bed and mix a drink at four in the morning even if he had the eight o’clock class.16.From this passage,it is indicated that.A.the first year of teaching is unforgettable and frightening for me foreverB.nightmares have happened to me more often than not since my first year of teachingC.in my first year of teaching,I was always full of fearsD.as a teacher,I feel uneasy all the time17.Which of the following statements is TRUE?A.I was quite clear about the subject I was to deal with before class.B.I would give the lectures on time.C.I prepared the notes carefully before class.However,I forgot to take them with me to the classroom.D.My heart was beating faster and faster before class.18.Mr.Winthrop is.A.a presumable studentB.a baseball loverC.the student who often teases the teacherD.the student who answers the teacher’s question in a humorous way19.In my nightmare,it would happen to me except that.A.I sometimes was very calm to see that my students were in disguiseB.when I gave the lecture,Mr.Minthrop was the only student to ask a questionC.I often fall down to the floor losing my consciousness before I woke upD.I would rather wake up to have a good drink in the early morning than have the nightmare20.The tone of this passage is.A.provokingB.sensationalC.desperateD.profoundPart II Vocabulary and Structure(共40小题，每小题1分，共40分)Directions:In this part there are forty incomplete sentences.Each sentence is followed by four choices.Choose the one that best completes the sentence and then mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.21.the difficulties associated with the project,we’ll go on with it.A.GivenB.In spite ofC.Thank toD.Because of22.It was almost dark in the streets a few very powerful spotlights.A.excludingB.but forC.exceptD.except for23.today,he would get there by Friday.A.Would he leaveB.If he leavesC.Was he leavingD.Were he to leave24.He gave me some very advice on buying a house.A.preciousB.expensiveC.wealthyD.dear25.His goal is not to become a sportsman,a champion in a certain field.A.but rather becameB.but rather to becomeC.but rather becomingD.but rather to becoming26.I just met her on the way home from the bookstore.A.on purposeB.by accidentC.in accidentD.in case27.I don’t know about him,comment on him behind his back.A.let aloneB.let goC.leave aloneD.take leave28.My transistor radio is out of order.It.A.need to be repairedB.need repairingC.needs repairingD.needs to repair29.No one could tell us anything about the stranger.A.consciousB.mysteriousC.seriousD.previous30.Mary all foolish comments and kept on working.A.excludedB.ignoredC.deniedD.discharged31.I agree with him,but not entirely.A.until a certain pointB.to some pointC.to some extentD.until a certain extent32.People in some parts of the world often take their water for.they use as much water as they wish.A.grantedB.sureC.certainD.pleasure33.Color-blind people often find it difficult to between blue and green.A.separatepareC.contrastD.distinguish34.Thousands of people on the city to welcome the visiting guests.A.turned offB.turned upC.turned outD.turned over35.The mountain place is beautiful,but the working conditions,it’s terrible.A.when mentionedB.when it comes toC.when it is saidD.when it dies to36.Are you spending more money on the space program?A.in favor ofB.by favor ofC.in favor toD.out of favor37.In the of my parents,standards of education in the public school are actually falling.A.ideaB.thoughtC.opinionD.principle38.from space,our earth,with water covering70%of its surface,appears as a“blue planet”.A.SeeingB.To be seenC.SeenD.having seen39.This year’s total output value of industry and agriculture will increase5percent over last years.A.byB.toC.ofD.with40.Mary is the top student in the class.She studies harder.A.than any studentB.than all the studentsC.than any other studentD.than some other student41.Many people have applied for the position.A.emptyB.bareC.vacantD.blank42.My new shoes cost me50yuan(RMB).The price was that the last pair I bought a month ago.A.two time more thanB.twice as much asC.as twiceD.as much as twice43.Almost everyone failed on the first day.A.pass his driver’s testB.to have passed his driver’s testC.to pass his driver’s testD.passing his driver’s test44.Over the traditional festival people visit each other and greetings.A.exchangeB.wishC.congratulateD.present45.It was because he was tired out that he fell asleep standing up.A.publiclyB.openlyC.speciallyD.obviously46.The young man was accused of the lady of her money.A.stealingB.robbingC.takingD.grasping47.No matter where our Party needs us,we will her call.A.give answer forB.respond toC.have response toD.answer to48.It is astonishing that a person of your intelligence be cheated so easily.A.couldB.shouldC.mightD.would49.We were completely when we finally reached the destination.A.worn offB.worn downC.worn outD.worn away50.Many things impossible in the past are common today.A.consideredB.to considerC.consideringD.to be considered51.Not until many years later known.A.was the whole truth becomeB.did the whole truth becomeC.the whole truth becameD.the whole truth had became52.We didn’t know his telephone number,otherwise we him.A.would telephoneB.would have telephonedC.had telephonedD.must have telephoned53.There is no point with him,since he has already made up his mind.A.argueB.to argueC.in arguingD.of arguing54.I appreciate that letter for me.A.you to writeB.your writingC.you writeD.that you writing55.I’d like to a special seat for the connect of May5.A.serveB.reserveC.preserveD.conserve56.that son is well again,you no longer have anything to worry about.A.SinceB.NowC.WhenD.After57.Generally speaking,all kinds of materials will expand when heated but will when cooled.A.contrastB.contractC.surviveD.return58.You won’t know if it fits you until you it on.A.will tryB.are tryingC.are to tryD.have tried59.After all efforts in vain,he had to accept the result.A.regularlyB.shallowlyC.physicallyD.painfully60.The rest of his life is to the cause of international exchanges of visiting scholars.A.addedB.putC.savedmittedPart III Cloze(共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)Directions:There are twenty blanks in the following passage.For each blank there are four choices. Choose the one that best fits into the passage and then marks your answer on the Answer Sheet.In1982,Mark Thatcher,the son of Mrs.Thatcher was reported61in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix motor race from Paris to Dakar.This sad news,so62,shook the usually calm and unperturbed seasoned politician63her balance.Though she did her best to pretend as if64 had happened and made her public appearances as usual,people could not65to notice that she was no longer the old66prime minister who always had everything67control.68she had become a very sad mother who was unable to recover from her shock.One day,when she was to speak at a luncheon party,a reporter caught her69her guard by70up the subject of her missing son again.She was totally mentally71for the question and lost her self control.Tears were rolling down her eyes as she sobbingly told the reporter that there72 still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him.She said that all the countries 73had promised to do their best to help her find her son.74that she broke down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while.Gradually she75down and started to speak as76.it was a very moving scene which77a new side of Mrs.Thatcher’s character the public do not usually see,78people began to talk about the Iron Woman’s maternal love,a sentiment that is79to all human kind.Later Mark returned80and sound to his mother’s side,good-humored and all smiles as usual, as if nothing unusual had ever happened.The Iron Woman,however,broke down again as was sobbing for the second time.61.A.missing B.missed C.wanting D.wanted62.A.expected B.expecting C.unexpected D.unexpecting63.A.with B.on C.out D.off64.A.something B.anything C.nothing D.everything65.A.miss B.fail C.pretend D.expect66.A.reassured B.self-assured C.assuring D.self-assuring67.A.for B.beneath C.below D.under68.A.Instead B.however C.Therefore D.So69.A.into B.out of C.on D.off70.A.putting B.bringing C.taking D.giving71.A.ready B.prepared C.unprepared D.unexpected72.A.was B.were C.should be D.would be73.A.concerning B.concerned C.worrying D.worried74.A.At B.Before C.After D.With75.A.sat B.broke C.calmed D.became76.A.planned B.planning C.plans D.a plan77.A.explained B.exposed C.excluded D.exclaimed78.A.however B.instead C.so D.but79.A.universal B.unique C.single D.strange80.A.safe B.safely C.sight D.hearingShopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the20th century. 61in the1900s most Americans towns and cities had a Main Street.Main Street was always in the hear of a town.This street was62on both sides with many63businesses.Here,shoppers talked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise:clothing,furniture,hardware,groceries,64, some shops offered65.These shops included drugstores,restaurants,shoe repair stores,and barber or hairdressing shops.66in the1950s,a change began to67.Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street68too few parking place ere69shoppers.Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the open spaces70the city limits.Open space is what their car driving customers needed.And open space is what they got71the first shopping center was built.Shopping centers,or rather malls,72as a collection of small new stores73crowed city centers.74by hundreds of free parking space,customers were drawn away from75areas to outlying malls.And the growing76of shopping centers led77to the building of bigger and better stocked stores,78the late197s,many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves.In addition to providing the79of one stop shopping,malls were transformed into landscaped parks,80benches,fountains,and outdoor entertainment.61A.As early as B.Early C.Early as D.Earlier62.A.built B.designed C.intended D.lined63.A.varied B.various C.sorted D.mixed-up64.A.Apart from B.however C.In addition D.As well65.A.medical care B.food C.cosmetics D.services66.A.Suddenly B.Abruptly C.Contrarily D.But67.A.be taking place B.take place C.be taken place D.have taken place68.A.while B.yet C.though D.and then69.A.available for B.available to ed by D.ready for70.A.over B.from C.out of D.outside71.A.when B.while C.since D.then72.A.started B.founded C.set up anized73.A.out of B.away from C.next to D.near74.A.Attracted B.Surprised C.Delighted D.Enjoyed75.A.inner B.central C.shopping D.downtown76.A.distinction B.fame C.popularity D.liking77.A.on B.in turn C.by turns D.further78.A.by B.During C.In D.Towards79.A.cheapness B.readiness C.convenience D.handiness80.A.because of B.and C.with D.providedPart IV Translation(共35分)Section A(共5小题，每小题4分，共20分)Directions:Translate the following sentences into Chinese.You may refer to the corresponding passages in Part I.81、To cover the marks of the fire,the building was painted white.Before long it became known as the White House.(Passage One)82、The subjects in his experiment were75college students.They represented all levels of ability in English:beginning,intermediate,and native-speaking students.(Passage Two)83、Yet cowboys liked their way of life.They lived in a wild and open country.They lived a life of adventure and freedom.(Passage Three)84、One horse or mule was required to support four human beings a ratio that remained almost constant for many decades.(Passage Four)85、It would have been difficult for them to avoid the conclusion that the horse and mule population would decline rapidly.(Passage Four)84、I would be rushing to get to class on time,trying to gather up notes from a maelstrom of papers on my desk,not certain what subject we were covering today,indeed not even certain what course I was teaching.(Passage Four)85Again,I ended the nightmare by fainting dead away onto the floor,and then I would wake up, my sheets damp from desperation.(Passage Four)Section B(共5小题，每小题3分，共15分)Directions:Translate the following sentences into English.86、现在，重要的是我们每个人都应该知道要做什么，该怎样做。
(完整版)英专综合教程6册课文翻译及课后答案Answertounit1
Chinese Translation of Paragraphs1. 二战时，曼彻斯特饱受空袭之苦。
成长在那里，意味着岁月艰难、钱财短缺、心情焦虑，也意味着许多家庭都是当铺的常客，包括我家。
2. 不过，我的父母最是乐观向上。
他们用勤劳、自尊和满屋子的欢笑撑起了这个家。
我父亲身体结实，心灵手巧，他那双手几乎无所不能，从不缺木匠和手工活儿。
他甚至偶尔还会参加偏僻街道的拳击比赛，补贴家用。
我母亲勤俭节约，把家收拾得干净利落。
尽管条件艰苦，但她总能让自己的五个孩子吃得饱饱、穿得整整齐齐、干干净净地上学去。
3. 问题是：虽说我的衣服熨得有棱有角，皮鞋擦得铮亮铮亮的，可总有些地方不符合标准校服的要求。
尽管母亲缩衣节食为我筹到了大部分装束，但我仍然没能凑齐学校指定的蓝色运动上衣和帽圈。
4. 由于战争影响，开始实施配给制度，大部分学校也放宽了对正规校服的要求，因为学校明白能有衣服穿已属不易。
然而，我就读的女子学校却严格规定，每位学生必须穿正规的校服。
于是那位负责每天集合的副校长就将训斥我视为她的任务来做。
5. 尽管我试图去解释我为何没能按规定着装，尽管我也正逐渐向全套校服靠近，我每天依然会被揪出队列，在台上罚站，作为对违反校服规定者的警戒。
6. 我每天站在同学面前，只能强忍泪水，不仅羞愧难耐，而且常常只有我一人挨罚。
对我的惩罚还扩大到不能上体操课或者我钟爱的每周一次的交谊舞课。
我多么希望在这所可怕的学校里，哪怕只有一位老师能睁开双眼看看我能够做什么，而不是不停地告诉我不能做什么啊！7. 不过，12岁的我在心里也毫无选择，只有眼睁睁地挨受惩罚。
我明白不能让仁厚的母亲知道我所遭受的这种习惯性羞辱，这点非常重要。
我也不敢冒险让她到学校替我求情，因为我知道那些心胸狭隘、不讲情面的教员们也同样会令她难堪，这意味着到时我们母女俩都要伤心、愤怒。
老天！要是母亲再告诉父亲的话，他立马会大发雷霆，冲到学校来保护我。
8. 一天，我们全家在一家报纸举办的不收取费用的肖像模特摄影比赛中获了奖。
现代大学英语精读1 UNIT16 The Monsters Are Due in Mple Street 课文翻译
18第十六单元Translation of Text A怪物即将降临枫树街(第一幕)人物莱兹·古德曼萨莉古德曼太太男人甲唐·马丁男人乙史蒂夫·布兰德女人布兰德太太五个不同的声音皮特·范·霍恩第一个人物查利第二个人物汤米1 [故事发生在枫树街，一条典型的美国小镇上的居民街，街上十分安静，两旁绿树成荫。
房屋前建有可以供人们闲坐和隔着草地聊天的门廊。
史蒂夫正在擦着停在自家房前的汽车。
他的邻居——唐·马丁，斜靠在车的挡泥板上看着他。
一名古德赫姆公司的工人骑了辆自行车，他正停下车向几个小孩儿出售冰淇淋。
两名妇女站在草坪前聊天。
还有一个男人在给草坪浇水。
]2 [这时，一个叫汤米的小男孩儿抬起头来听到头上传来的一声巨响，一道亮光划过他的脸庞，接着穿过街道上的草地，门廊和屋顶，然后消失了。
正在擦车的史蒂夫站在那里，盯着上空，惊讶得说不出话。
他又看了看街对面的邻居唐·马丁。
]3 史蒂夫：那是什么流星4 唐：看上去像。
但我没听到有东西落下来的声音，你听到了吗5 史蒂夫：没有，我就听到一声巨响。
6 布兰德夫人：(从门廊上)史蒂夫那是什么东西7 史蒂夫：亲爱的，我猜是颗流星。
飞得太近了，不是吗8 布兰德太太：太近了！(人们站在门廊前，一边观察一边低声交谈着。
我们看到一个男人正在前门廊上拧灯泡，然后从凳子上下来去打开开关，但灯没有亮。
另一个男人正在摆弄电动割草机。
他把插头插入插座，反复按着开关，但割草机没有任何反应。
透过前门廊的一扇窗户，人们可以看到一位妇女正在打电话。
)9 女人：接线员，接线员，电话坏了，接线员！10 (布兰德太太从屋里走出来到门廊上。
)布兰德太太：(喊到)史蒂夫，停电了。
我还在炉子上煮着汤呢，可炉子刚刚没电了。
11 女人：这儿也是。
电话也打不通了。
电话好像坏了。
12 第一个声音：停电了。
13 第二个声音：电话不通了。
14 第三个声音：收音机什么也收不到。
现代大学英语精读1 UNIT16 The Monsters Are Due in Mple Street 课文翻译
2014101018第十六单元Translation of Text A怪物即将降临枫树街(第一幕)人物莱兹·古德曼萨莉古德曼太太男人甲唐·马丁男人乙史蒂夫·布兰德女人布兰德太太五个不同的声音皮特·范·霍恩第一个人物查利第二个人物汤米1 [故事发生在枫树街，一条典型的美国小镇上的居民街，街上十分安静，两旁绿树成荫。
房屋前建有可以供人们闲坐和隔着草地聊天的门廊。
史蒂夫正在擦着停在自家房前的汽车。
他的邻居——唐·马丁，斜靠在车的挡泥板上看着他。
一名古德赫姆公司的工人骑了辆自行车，他正停下车向几个小孩儿出售冰淇淋。
两名妇女站在草坪前聊天。
还有一个男人在给草坪浇水。
]2 [这时，一个叫汤米的小男孩儿抬起头来听到头上传来的一声巨响，一道亮光划过他的脸庞，接着穿过街道上的草地，门廊和屋顶，然后消失了。
正在擦车的史蒂夫站在那里，盯着上空，惊讶得说不出话。
他又看了看街对面的邻居唐·马丁。
]3 史蒂夫：那是什么？流星？4 唐：看上去像。
但我没听到有东西落下来的声音，你听到了吗？5 史蒂夫：没有，我就听到一声巨响。
6 布兰德夫人：(从门廊上)史蒂夫？那是什么东西？7 史蒂夫：亲爱的，我猜是颗流星。
飞得太近了，不是吗？8 布兰德太太：太近了！(人们站在门廊前，一边观察一边低声交谈着。
我们看到一个男人正在前门廊上拧灯泡，然后从凳子上下来去打开开关，但灯没有亮。
另一个男人正在摆弄电动割草机。
他把插头插入插座，反复按着开关，但割草机没有任何反应。
透过前门廊的一扇窗户，人们可以看到一位妇女正在打电话。
)9 女人：接线员，接线员，电话坏了，接线员！10 (布兰德太太从屋里走出来到门廊上。
)布兰德太太：(喊到)史蒂夫，停电了。
我还在炉子上煮着汤呢，可炉子刚刚没电了。
11 女人：这儿也是。
电话也打不通了。
电话好像坏了。
12 第一个声音：停电了。
13 第二个声音：电话不通了。
第三版大学英语精读第一册学生用书Unit16课文理解问题答案
第三版大学英语精读第一册学生用书Unit1-6-课文理解问题答案Unit 11.What does it take to learn English well?It takes great diligence and prolonged effort.2.How can you make the task of learning English easier?(1) Do not treat all new words in exactly the same way.(2) Watch out for idiomatic ways of saying things.(3) Listen to English every day.(4) Seize opportunities to speak.(5) Read widely.(6) Write regularly.3.What is the most effective route to enlarging your vocabulary?Concentrating on active and useful words. 4.What is the second learning strategy suggested by author?Watch out for idiomatic ways of saying things.5.Why is it important to listen to English every day?Listening to English on a regular basis will not only improve your ear,but will also help you build your speaking skills.6.According to the author, what is the easiest way to practice speaking English? And why?To rehearse aloud, since this can be done at any time, in any place, and without a partner. 7.Why is it important to read widely?Because in our learning environment, reading is the main and most reliable source of language input.8.What kind of materials should you include in your wide reading?Things that you find interesting, that you can understand without relying too much on a dictionary.9.Apart from your teacher's writing assignment, what other ways of writing does the author suggest?Keeping a pen pal, keeping a diary, writing a short story and summarizing the daily news. 10.What is the author's conclusion at the end ofthe article?It pays to absorb as much as you can from reading and listening and then try to put what you have learned into practice through speaking and writing.Unit 21.What happened to Francis Chichester in 1931?He had tried to fly around the world but failed.2.How old was he when he started his voyage round the world?653.What was the name of his boat? What was the length of the boat?Gipsy Moth ; 16-meter-long.4.What route did Chichester follow in sailing round the world?The route of the great 19th Century clippers ships.5.How many miles did he cover on the first half of his voyage?14,1006.What did his friends in Sydney try to dissuade him from doing?To start the second past of voyage.7.In what way was the second half of his voyage the more dangerous part?Cape Horn.8.What happened to Chichester on the night of January 30?There was a gale.9.How did Chichester feel after sailing round Cape Horn?He had wakened from a nightmare.10.How was he received when he arrived back in England?A million people were waiting to welcome him , and he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ.11.What title is added to his name when a man become a knight?Sir.12.How many miles did he second half of the voyage cover?14,400Unit 31.What was the special occasion? How old was the old lady?Myra wrote letters to the old lady. 80.2.Did Myra and her husband often come to see the old lady?No. Seldom.3.What had happened to Enid?She died on the operating table.4.Whom did the old lady love more, Myra or Enid? Why?Enid. She is the real one who cares about the old lady.5.Why was the old lady proud of Myra?She succeeded in her work. And won a medal with her husband for their work for the aged.6.The old lady lived alone. But do you think she was very lonely? Why or why not?No, she had Mrs. Morrison and Johnnie to keep company with her.7.Who was Jim? Was he still alive?The old lady's husband. No.8.Who was Johnnie? How old was he? What do you think of him?The little boy lived nearby. Six. He is a lovely ,kind, warm-hearted boy.9.Why did the old lady tear the cheque into pieces?Myra thought money is important than love which hurt the old lady so much.10.The story tells us that Myra had won a medal for her work with the old people. Do you think she deserved the medal? Do you think she really cared about old people? Why or why not?No. She even didn't care about her mother. She just did these for her benefits.Unit 41.How do many people in the United States spend their free time?Watching TV.2.How does the author feel about the amount of time his countrymen spend watching TV?He thinks they lose their imagination, and they fail to communicate with families and friends.3.What does the author purpose in relation to the television broadcasting in the United States?He purposed that right after the early evening news, all television broadcasting in US be prohibited by law.4.What might the results be if families used a quiet hour to discuss their problems?The family members can know each other better, and to like each other better.5.According to the author, what could help to turn out a more literate new generation?Reading books together.6.What does the author mean by "the storyhour"? What effect might it have on the TV networks?Families gather around and listening to mothers or fathers read a good story ; It might force the TV networks to come up with better shows to get us back from our newly discovered activities.7.Sum up the advantages of turning off TV for an hour every night.A more literate generation would be set up ; We might get to know each other better and to like each other better ; Developing our imagination.8.What do you think of the author's proposal?I think the author's proposal is necessary. What we need nowadays is to communicate with our families , TV programs do disturb our generation. So I couldn't agree more with the author.9.Describe the television watching habits of the people around you---when they watch TV, what they watch, how much they watch, and so on.My father likes watching TV after dinner, and he always watch news report; My mother loves watching soap series from19:00 to 22:00 everyday ; I'd like to watch sports when there are matches I am wondering.10.Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of watching TV.略。
大学英语精读第三版第二册unit16英译汉汇总
大学英语精读第三版第二册UNIT1~6单元英译汉汇总UNIT11.It was an early September day, cool and bright and just right for running, and I was in the first few miles of a 10.5 mile race over a course through steep, exhausting hills. 那是9月初的一天，天气凉爽而又晴朗，正是赛跑的好日子。
我参加了一项10.5英里的越野赛跑，才跑了最初几英里；整个赛程要穿越若干陡峭、耗人体力的山坡。
2.The pace felt comfortable, so I decided to stay where I was; why bother concentrating on pace when she was such a nice pacesetter for me?这种步速我跑起来觉得很轻松，所以我决定保持在原有的位置上。
既然她在前面领跑对我很合适，我又何必费心考虑步速呢？3.There was still a noticeable bounce in her stride, but whatever springiness I had once possessed had long since left me.她步幅很大，脚下的弹性仍显而易见，而我曾一度有过的那么一点弹性，早已离开了我脚下。
4.We were a mile from the finish line, so whatever happened on the hill would almost certainly determine who crossed it first.我们离终点线只有1英里了，因此在这一斜坡上无论发生什么情况，几乎可以肯定都会决定谁率先冲过终点线。
黑布林英语阅读聪明的妇人英语读后感
黑布林英语阅读聪明的妇人英语读后感全文共6篇示例，供读者参考篇1Clever LadyHi everyone! Today, I want to tell you about a really amazing book I read called "Clever Lady". It's a story about a smart and brave woman named Lily who lived in a small village. I learned so many important lessons from this book, and I want to share them with you.First of all, Lily was not like the other ladies in the village. She was very curious and loved to read books. She always dreamed of exploring the world and learning new things. This made me realize how important it is to have a thirst for knowledge. Reading books can open up a whole new world for us, just like it did for Lily.One day, the village faced a big problem. The river that provided water to the village dried up. Everyone was worried and didn't know what to do. But Lily, being the clever lady she was, had an idea. She remembered reading about a hidden spring in the mountains that could bring water to the village. Despitemany people doubting her, she decided to go on a journey to find the spring.This taught me the importance of being brave and not being afraid to take risks. Lily didn't let other people's doubts stop her from doing what she believed was right. She showed me that even though we may face challenges and obstacles, we should never give up on our dreams.During her journey, Lily faced many difficulties. She had to climb steep mountains, cross dangerous rivers, and face wild animals. But she never lost hope. She kept reminding herself of the reason she was doing this – to help her village and the people she cared about. This taught me the value of perseverance and determination. No matter how hard things get, we should always stay strong and keep pushing forward.After a long and arduous journey, Lily finally found the hidden spring. She was overjoyed and quickly returned to the village to share the good news. The villagers were amazed by her bravery and intelligence. They realized that it was because of Lily's courage and determination that they now had water again.This part of the story made me understand the power of one person to make a difference. Sometimes, we may think that we are just one small person and can't change anything. But "CleverLady" showed me that even one person, with the right mindset and determination, can have a huge impact on the lives of others.In conclusion, "Clever Lady" is an incredible book that taught me so many important lessons. It taught me the importance of knowledge, bravery, perseverance, and the power of one person.I highly recommend this book to all of my friends because it will inspire you and make you believe in yourself. Remember, we can all be clever, just like Lily, if we set our minds to it and never give up.篇2The Clever Woman of Brlin - A Reader's ReactionI just finished reading the story "The Clever Woman of Brlin" by Elizabeth Gaskell and I have to say, I really liked it! It was a fun and interesting tale with some unexpected twists and turns. Let me tell you all about it.The story takes place in Germany in this village called Brlin. There's a woman there who everyone calls the "Clever Woman" because she is just so smart and good at figuring things out. Her name is Dorothy, but people mostly just call her the Clever Woman.The story starts when a farmer goes to see the Clever Woman because some of his cattle have gone missing from his fields. The Clever Woman says she will figure out what happened to his cows, but she needs three days to work on the case.For the next few days, the Clever Woman walks all around the village, looking for clues and asking people questions. She finds some foot-prints and bits of rope near the farmer's fields. Finally, after three days, she calls the farmer and some others from the village together to share what she has learned.Using her smarts, the Clever Woman has figured out that the farmer's cows were actually stolen! And not just by anyone, but by some wealthy businessmen from the city. The Clever Woman explains that the businessmen wanted the farmer's cows to make into sausages to sell in the city. Can you believe those rascals?But the story gets even crazier from there! The Clever Woman reveals that she knows exactly who the businessmen are and where they have taken the farmer's cows. And then, get this - she says the only way the farmer can get his cattle back is by paying the businessmen a ransom!The farmer is really mad at first that he has to pay to get back his own cows that were stolen. But the Clever Woman convinces him it's the only way. So the farmer pays the ransommoney and sure enough, his cows are returned to him safe and sound a few days later.Isn't that just a wild story? I couldn't believe those crafty businessmen would actually steal farm animals and then demand money from the farmer to get them back. They were really rotten crooks, if you ask me. Thank goodness for the Clever Woman being so smart and figuring the whole thing out.My favorite part was when the Clever Woman just calmly laid out all the evidence and revealed how she had cracked the baffling cattle caper. She was like a super detective or something! The way she put all the clues together was amazing. I loved seeing her explain her brilliant detective work at the end.I also thought it was pretty funny how frustrated the farmer got having to pay those greedy businessmen to get his own cattle back. I'm sure I would have been steaming mad too if somebody stole my animals and livestock like that. The farmer must have really trusted the Clever Woman to go along with her plan.Overall, I just found the whole story to be really clever and engaging. I loved following along as the Clever Woman investigated the mystery bit-by-bit. And that shocking ransomtwist at the end was just wild! I could never have seen that coming.I can totally see why the villagers called Dorothy the "Clever Woman" after she managed to get the farmer's cattle back from those dastardly cattle rustlers. She definitely earned her reputation as the smartest person in Brlin by the end of this tale. I'll be looking for more Elizabeth Gaskell stories to read for sure!So that's my take on "The Clever Woman of Brlin." An exciting little mystery story with plenty of surprises and an unforgettable smart heroine at its center. I give it two big thumbs up! Every kid and adult should read this fun, twisting tale full of wits, wiles and stolen cattle. What more could you want in a short story?篇3The Clever Woman of Buckland - A Reading ResponseI just finished reading the story "The Clever Woman of Buckland" and I have to say, it was pretty neat! It's an old folk tale from England about a wise woman who outsmarts the rude people in her village using her quick wits. I liked how the story showed that brains can be just as powerful as brawn.The story begins by introducing us to the Clever Woman who lives in the village of Buckland. She's known for being extremely smart and the narrator tells us that "whatever anyone asked her, she always had something wise to say." I thought that was a cool way to describe someone as being really clever.The first example of her sharp mind comes when a farmer stops by her house. He complains that his bull has gone lame and can't pull the plow anymore. Instead of feeling bad for him, the Clever Woman just says "Whyt not? Fyll hym, hee'l gou." I had to think about that one for a second, but then I realized she's telling him to feed the bull and it will be able to go again! The farmer is stumped at first but eventually gets what she means. I laughed when he "went home, fed his bull, and the beast was able to pull the plow again as well as ever." The woman was right!Next, the story describes how the Squire tries to stump the Clever Woman by bringing her a nut that no one in the whole county can crack. But she takes one look at it and says "Ah, 'tis a bun, 'tis a bun." The Squire is baffled until she explains that in some parts of the country, walnut is pronounced "bun-nut." So she's basically telling him that if no one can crack the "bun," whatdid he expect? I thought that was a really clever play on words. The Squire leaves feeling very silly.Even the parson tries to outwit the Clever Woman by asking what the Scriptures say about walnuts. I was stumped by that one too! But the woman doesn't miss a beat and replies "The Scripture sayth, Therein is bread and water." Again, I had to think it through but then I realized she's making another pun - the "bread" is the nut meat and the "water" is the nut juice inside. When you put it that way, it makes perfect sense! The parson "rode home, studied awhile, and found she was right." I was really impressed by how she could think so quickly on her feet.My favorite part was when the Squire tries one last trick by having his servant ask a nonsense question: "What did th' owl whisspre' to tha, craw?" I definitely didn't know what that meant but the Clever Woman did! With a smile, she says "Poo hitt!" and that is apparently the exact sound an owl makes to a crow. How did she know that? The story says the Squire "was never so taken aback in all his life" at being outsmarted again. You really have to admire her sharp mind.By the end, I felt like I had learned an important lesson about using your smarts and always thinking carefully before you speak. The Clever Woman showed that you don't have to be rude or putothers down to prove how clever you are. She just calmly answered every question or challenge with a wise and witty response. To me, that's the best way to handle things.I also enjoyed all the old sayings and wordplay since it gave me a window into how people spoke centuries ago back in old England. Words like "lame," "fyll," "whyt," and "poo" sounded really funny and strange at first, but by the end I could kind of guess what they meant based on the context. Figuring out the puns and riddles made me feel like a clever detective myself!Overall, I'd definitely recommend "The Clever Woman of Buckland" to other kids my age. It's an entertaining story but also shows the value of intelligence, quick thinking, and having a humble attitude. Plus, you might just learn some fun old English phrases along the way! I give it two thumbs up.篇4Clever Lady in Black PlumHi everyone! Today I want to share with you my thoughts on a book called "Clever Lady in Black Plum". It's a really interesting story that I read recently. The book is about a smart and brave lady named Lily who lives in a small village called Black Plum.In the story, Lily is known for her intelligence and quick thinking. She always helps people in need and is loved by everyone in the village. One day, a problem arises in the village. The river that supplies water to the village dries up, and everyone is worried about what to do. But guess what? Our clever lady, Lily, comes up with a brilliant plan to solve the problem!Lily gathers all the villagers and tells them about her idea. She suggests that they dig a well near the village to get water. Everyone is amazed by her cleverness and agrees to help. They work together day and night, digging and digging until they finally find water. The village is saved, and everyone is so grateful to Lily.What I really like about this story is how the author portrays Lily as a strong and independent woman. She doesn't wait for someone else to solve the problem; instead, she takes charge and comes up with a solution herself. It shows that anyone, regardless of their gender, can be smart and resourceful.Another thing I learned from this book is the importance of teamwork. When Lily shares her idea with the villagers, they all come together and work as a team to dig the well. It teaches us that when we work together, we can achieve great things. It's a valuable lesson that I will remember.Moreover, the book also teaches us the importance of being resourceful. Lily didn't have all the tools she needed to dig the well, but she used whatever she could find in the village. It shows us that we should make the best use of our resources and think creatively to solve problems.In conclusion, "Clever Lady in Black Plum" is a wonderful book that teaches us many important lessons. It shows us the power of intelligence, teamwork, and resourcefulness. I really enjoyed reading this book, and I hope you will too. Remember, no matter how young or old you are, you can always be clever and make a difference, just like Lily!That's it for my reading response. I hope you liked it and feel inspired to read "Clever Lady in Black Plum". Happy reading, everyone!篇5A Clever Lady in "Black Plum""Black Plum" is an interesting story about a clever lady named Mrs. Johnson. She is a brave and smart woman who solves problems using her intelligence. I really enjoyed reading this book because it taught me many important lessons.First of all, Mrs. Johnson is a great problem solver. In the story, she encounters many difficulties, but she never gives up. Instead, she uses her brain to find solutions. For example, when she couldn't find her lost necklace, she thought carefully and realized that her cat might have taken it. She cleverly tricked the cat into giving it back. This shows me that we should always think creatively when faced with challenges.Another thing I learned from Mrs. Johnson is the importance of being observant. Mrs. Johnson pays attention to the details around her, which helps her solve mysteries. In one part of the story, she noticed footprints near a broken window. By analyzing the footprints, she was able to figure out who the thief was. This reminds me to be more observant in my daily life, as there are often clues that can help me understand things better.Furthermore, Mrs. Johnson is also a kind and caring person. She helps those in need and treats everyone with respect. In the story, she helps her neighbor, Mr. Brown, when he loses his wallet. She consoles him and assists in finding it. This shows me the importance of helping others and being compassionate.Reading "Black Plum" made me realize that intelligence is not just about being book smart. It's about using your brain to think creatively, being observant, and showing kindness toothers. Mrs. Johnson is a great role model for me because she uses her intelligence to make the world a better place.In conclusion, "Black Plum" is a wonderful book that taught me many important lessons. Mrs. Johnson's intelligence, problem-solving skills, observant nature, and kindness make her a fantastic character. I would highly recommend this book to other young readers because it's not only entertaining but also teaches valuable life lessons.篇6当然可以！下面是一篇用小学生的语言写的英语读后感，主题是《黑布林》（Black Beauty）。
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现代⼤学英语精读第三册第16课单元测试U16QuizQuiz B3 U16 Twelve Angry Men Part OneI. Word-Spelling1. a______ to say that you believe sb is guilty of a crime or of doing sth bad2. a______ an official statement in a court of law that sb is not guilty3. b______ a shape that you cannot see clearly4. b______ a place where sth bad or harmful grows and develops5. c______ a quality or feature of sb or sth that is typical of them and easy to recognize6. c______ to state officially that sb may be guilty of a crime7. c______ noise and confused activity8. d______ the person in a court of law who has been accused of doing sth illegal9. e______ sb who legally kills sb else as a punishment for a serious crime10. f______ extremely dirty11. f______ not very reliable or not easy to believe12. i______ cheap and of good quality for the price you pay13. j______ a member of a jury14. l______ very bad, unpleasant, etc.15. m______ to attack and rob sb in a public place1.They are the jury for the boy ______ murdering his father.2.Now perhaps the gentleman down there who’s disagreeing with us could let us know what he’s thinking, and we might be able to show him where he ______.3.At 15, he was in reform school. He’s been arrested for mugging, ______ for knife-fighting.4. I sat in court for six days, listening while the evidence ______.5. I kept ______. I’d ask for another lawyer, I think.6. --- May I ask you something? Do you believe his story?--- I don’t know. Maybe I don’t.--- Then ______ you vote not guilty?7. OK, let’s ______. What about that switch blade they found in the old guy’s chest, the knife this fine boy admitted buying on the night of the killing.8. You ______ real bright ______. How suppose you tell me what it proves.9. The kid will be tried again and still be found guilty, ______.10. We’ll take the guilty verdict to the judge right now. But if anyone votes not guilty, we’ll stay here and ______.11. I just want to talk for a while. Look, this kid’s been ______ all his life. You know born in a slum his mother dead since he was 9, lived a year and a half in an orphanage when his father was serving a jail term or forgery.12. Well, eh...It’s hard to ______. I just think he’s guilty. I mean nobody proved otherwise.13. What do you think you’re going to accomplish? You’re not going to change anybody’s mind. So if you want to ______, go ahead.14. That’s the most fantastic story I’ve ever heard. How can you ______ a thing like that? What do you know about it?15. No. 8 calmly pulls out a switch knife out of his pocket, flicks it open, and ______ the table right next to the first one.III. Translation1.我要向你道歉。
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Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Many men and women have l ong bought into the idea that there are “male” and “female” brains, believing that explains just about every difference between the sexes. A new study （26）that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.In the study, Tel Aviv University researchers（27）for sex differences the entire human brain.And what did they find? Not much. Rather than offer evidence for（28）brains as “male” or “female,” research shows that brains fall into a wide range, with most people falling right i n the middle.Daphna Joel, who led the study, said her research found that while there are some gender-based（29）, many different types of brain can’t always be distinguished by gender.While the “average” male and “average” female brains were（30）diffe rent, you couldn’t tell it by looking at individual brain scans. Only a small（31）of people had “all-male” or “all-female” characteristics.Larry Cahill, an American neuroscientist (神经科学家),said the study is an important addition to a growing body of research questioning（32）beliefs about gender and brain function. But he cautioned against concluding from this study that all brains are the same,（33）of gender.“There’s a mountain of evidence（34）the importance of sex influences at all levels of brain functi on,” he told The Seattle Times.If anything, he said, the study（35）that gender plays a very important role in the brain “even when we are not clear exactly how.”A) abnormalB) appliedC) brieflyD) categorizingE) challengesF) figureG) percentageH) provingI) regardlessJ) searchedK) similaritiesL) slightlyM) suggestsN) tastesO) traditional参考答案：26. [E] challenges27. [J] searched28. [D] categorizing29. [K] similarities30. [L] slightly31. [G] percentage32. [O] traditional33. [ I ] regardless34. [H] proving35. [M] suggestsSection BDirections: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.Can Burglars Jam Your Wireless Security System?[A]Any product that promises to protect your home deserves careful examination. So it isn’t surprising that you’ll find plenty of strong opinions about the potential vulnerabilities of p opular home-security systems.[B]The most likely type of burglary (入室盗窃) by far is the unsophisticated crime of opportunity, usually involving a broken window or some forced entry. According to the FBI, crimes like these accounted roughly two-thirds of all household burglaries in the US in 2013.The wide majority of the rest were illegal, unforced entries that resulted from something like a window being left open. The odds of a criminal using technical means to bypass a security system are so small that th e FBI doesn’t even track those statistics.[C]One of the main theoretical home-security concerns is whether or not a given system is vulnerable to being blocked from working altogether. With wired setups, the fear is that a burglar (入室盗贼) might be able to shut your system down simply by cutting the right cable. With a wireless setup, you stick battery-powered sensors up around your home that keep an eye on windows, doors, motion, and more. If they detect something wrong while the system is armed, they’ll transmit a wireless alert signal to a base station that will then raise the alarm. That approach will eliminate most cord-cutting concerns—but what about their wireless equivalent, jamming? With the right device tuned to the right frequency, what’s to stop a thief from jamming your setup and blocking that alert signal from ever reaching the base station?[D]Jamming concerns are nothing new, and they’re not unique to security systems. Any device that’s built to receive a wireless signal at a specific frequ ency can be overwhelmed by a stronger signal coming in on the same frequency. For comparison, let’s say you wanted to “jam” a conversation between two people—all you’d need to do is yell in the listener’s ear.[E] Security devices are required to list the frequencies they broadcast on—that means that a potential thief can find what they need to know with minimal Googling. They will, however, need so know what system they’re looking for. If you have a sign in your yard declaring what setup you use, that’d point them in the right direction, though at that point, we’re talking about a highly targeted, semi-sophisticated attack, and not the sort forced-entry attack that makes up the majority of burglaries. It’s easier to find and acquire jamming equipment for some frequencies than it is forothers.[F] Wireless security providers will often take steps to help combat the threat of jamming attacks. SimpliSafe, winner of our Editor’s Choice distinction, utilizes a special system that’s capable of separating incidental RF interference from targeted jamming attacks. When the system thinks it’s being jammed, it’ll notify you via push alert(推送警报).From there, it’s up to you to sound the alarm manually.[G] SimpliSafe was singled out in one recent article on jamming, complete with a video showing the entire system being effectively bypassed with handheld jamming equipment. After taking appropriate measures to contain the RF interference to our test lab, we tested the attack out for ourselves, and were able to verify t hat it’s possible with the right equipment. However, we also verified that SimpliSafe’s anti-jamming system works. It caught us in the act, sent an alert to my smartphone, and also listed our RF interference on the system’s event log. The team behind the article and video in question make no mention of the system, or whether or not in detected them.[H]We like the unique nature of that software. It means that a thief likely wouldn’t be able to Google how the system works, then figure out a way around it. Even if they could, SimpliSafe claims that its system is always evolving, and that it varies slightly from system to system, which means there wouldn’t be a universal magic formula for cracking it. Other systems also seem confident on the subject of jamming. The team at Frontpoint addresses the issue in a blog on its site, citing their own jam protection software and claiming that there aren’t any documented cases of successful jam attack since the company began offering wireless security sensors in the 1980s.[I] Jamming attacks are absolutely possible. As said before, with the right equipment and the right know-how, it’s possible to jam any wireless transmission. But how probable is it that someone will successfully jam their way into your home and steal your stuff?[J] Let’s imagine that you live in a small home with a wireless security setup that offers a functional anti-jamming system. First, a thief is going to need to target your home, specifically. Then, he’s going to need to know the technical det ails of your system and acquire the specific equipment necessary for jamming your specific setup. Presumably, you keep your doors locked at night and while you’re away. So the thief will still need to break in. That means defeating the lock somehow, or bre aking a window. He’ll need to be jamming you at this point, as a broken window or opened door would normally release the alarm. So, too, would the motion detectors in your home, so the thief will need to continue jamming once he’s inside and searching for things to steal. However, he’ll need to do so without tripping the anti-jamming system, the details of which he almost certainly does now have access to.[K]At the end of the day, these kinds of systems are primarily designed to protect against the sort of opportunistic smash-and-grab attack that makes up the majority of burglaries. They’re also only a single layer in what should ideally be a many-sided approach to securing your home, one that includes common sense things like sound locks and proper exterior lighting at night. No system is impenetrable, and none can promise to eliminate the worst case completely. Every one of them has vulnerabilities that a knowledgeable thief could theoretically exploit. A good system is one that keeps that worst-case setting as improbable as possible while also offering strong protection in the event of a less-extraordinary attack.36. It is possible for burglars to make jamming attacks with the necessary equipment and skill.37. Interfering with a wireless security system is similar to interfering with a conversation.38. A burglar has to continuously jam the wireless security device to avoid triggering the alarm, both inside and outside the house.39. SimpliSafe provides devices that are able to distinguish incidental radio interference from targeted jamming attacks.40. Only a very small proportion of burglaries are committed by technical means.41. It is difficult to crack SimpliSafe as its system keeps changing.42. Wireless devices will transmit signals so as to activate the alarm once something wrong is detected.43. Different measures should be taken to protect one’s home from burglary in addition to the wireless security system.44. SimpliSafe’s device can send a warning to the house owner’s cellph one.45. Burglars can easily get a security device’s frequency by Internet search.参考答案：36. [I]37. [D]38. [J]39. [F]40. [B]41. [H]42. [C]43. [K]44. [G]45. [E]Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.As a person who writes about food and drink for a living. I couldn’t tell you the first thing about Bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great. But I can tell you that I like this guy. That’s because he plans to ban tipping in favor of paying his servers an actual living wage.I hate tipping.I hate it because it’s an obligation disguised as an option. I hate it for the post-dinner math it requires of me. But mostly, I hate tipping because I believe I would be in a better place if pay decisions regarding employees were simply left up to their employers, as is the custom in virtually every other industry.Most of you probably think that you hate tipping, too. Research suggests otherwise. You actually love tipping! You like to feel that you have a voice in how much money your server makes. No matter how the math works out, you persistently view restaurants with voluntary tipping systems as being a better value, which makes it extremely difficult for restaurants and bars to do away with the tipping system.One argument that you tend to hear a lot from the pro-tipping crowd seems logical enough: the service is better when waiters depend on tips, presumably because they see a benefit to successfully veiling their contempt for you. Well, if this were true, we would all be slipping a few 100-dollar bills to our doctors on the way out their doors, too. But as it turns out, waiters see only a tiny bump in tips when they do an exceptional job compared to a passable one. Waiters, keen observers of humanity that they are, are catching on to this; in one poll, a full 30% said they didn’t believe the job they did had any impact on the tips they received.So come on, folks: get on board with ditching the outdated tip system. Pay a little more upfront for your beer or burger. Support Bill Perry’s pub, and any other bar or restaurant that doesn’t ask you to do drunken math.46. What can we learn about Bill Perry from the passage?A) He runs a pub that serves excellent beer.B) He intends to get rid of the tipping practice.C) He gives his staff a considerable sum for tips.D) He lives comfortably without getting any tips.47. What is the main reason why the author hates tipping?A) It sets a bad example for other industries.B) It adds to the burden of ordinary customers.C) It forces the customer to compensate the waiter.D) It poses a great challenge for customers to do math.48. Why do many people love tipping according to the author?A) They help improve the quality of the restaurants they dine in.B) They believe waiters deserve such rewards for good service.C) They want to preserve a wonderful tradition of the industry.D) They can have some say in how much their servers earn.49. What have some waiters come to realize according to a survey?A) Service quality has little effect on tip size.B) It is in human mature to try to save on tips.C) Tips make it more difficult to please customers.D) Tips benefit the boss rather that the employees.50. What does the author argue for in the passage?A) Restaurants should calculate the tips for customers.B) Customers should pay more tips to help improve service.C) Waiters deserve better than just relying on tips for a living.D) Waiters should be paid by employers instead of customers.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.In the past, falling oil prices have given a boost to the world economy, but recent forecasts for global growth have been toned down, even as oil prices sink lower and lower. Does that mean the link between lower oil prices and growth has weakened?Some experts say there are still good reasons to believe cheap oil should heat up the world economy. Consumers have more money in their pock ets when they’re paying less at the pump. They spend that money on other things, which stimulates the economy.The biggest gains go to countries that import most of their oil like China, Japan, and India,Butdoesn’t the extra money in the pockets of those countries’ consumers mean an equal loss in oil producing countries, cancelling out the gains? Not necessarily, says economic researcher Sara Johnson. “Many oil producers built up huge reserve funds when prices were high, so when prices fall they will draw on their reserves to support government spending and subsidies(补贴) for their consumers.”But not all oil producers have big reserves, In Venezuela, collapsing oil prices have sent its economy into free-fall.Economist Carl Weinberg believes the negative effects of plunging oil prices are overwhelming the positive effects of cheaper oil. The implication is a sharp decline in global trade, which has plunged partly because oil-producing nations can’t afford to import as much as they used to.Sara Johnson acknowledges that the global economic benefit from a fall in oil prices today is likely lower than it was in the past. One reason is that more countries are big oil producers now, so the nations suffering from the price drop account for a larger share of the global economy. Consumers, in the U.S. at least, are acting cautiously with the savings they’re getting at the gas pump, as the memory of the recent great recession is still fresh in their mind. And a number of oil-producing countries are trimming their gasoline subsidies and raising taxes, so the net savings for global consumers is not as big as the oil price plunge might suggest.51. What does the author mainly discuss in the passage?A) The reasons behind the plunge of oil prices.B) Possible ways to stimulate the global economy.C) The impact of cheap oil on global economic growth.D) The effect of falling oil prices on consumer spending.52. Why do some experts believe cheap oil will stimulate the global economy?A) Manufacturers can produce consumer goods at a much lower cost.B) Lower oil prices have always given a big boost to the global economy.C) Oil prices may rise or fall but economic laws are not subject to change.D) Consumers will spend their saving from cheap oil on other commodities.53. What happens in many oil-exporting countries when oil prices go down?A) They suspend import of necessities from overseas.B) They reduce production drastically to boost oil prices.C) They use their money reserves to back up consumption.D) They try to stop their economy from going into free-fall.54. How does Carl Weinberg view the current oil price plunge?A) It is one that has seen no parallel in economic history.B) Its negative effects more than cancel out its positive effects.C) It still has a chance to give rise to a boom in the global economy.D) Its effects on the global economy go against existing economic laws.55. Why haven’t falling oil prices boosted the global economy as they did before?A) People are not spending all the money they save on gas.B) The global economy is likely to undergo another recession.C) Oil importers account for a larger portion of the global economy.D) People the world over are afraid of a further plunge in oil prices.参考答案：46. [B] He intends to get rid of the tipping practice.47. [C] It forces the customer to compensate the waiter.48. [D] They can have some say in how much their servers earn.49. [A] Services quality has little effect on tip size.50. [D] Waiters should be paid by employers instead of customers.51. [C] The impact of cheap oil on global economic growth.52. [D] Consumers will spend their savings from cheap oil on other commodities.53. [C] They use their money reserves to back up consumption.54. [B] Its negative effects more than cancel out its positive effects.55. [C] Oil importers account for a larger portion of the global economy.参考答案：46. [B] He intends to get rid of the tipping practice.47. [C] It forces the customer to compensate the waiter.48. [D] They can have some say in how much their servers earn.49. [A] Services quality has little effect on tip size.50. [D] Waiters should be paid by employers instead of customers.51. [C] The impact of cheap oil on global economic growth.52. [D] Consumers will spend their savings from cheap oil on other commodities.53. [C] They use their money reserves to back up consumption.54. [B] Its negative effects more than cancel out its positive effects.55. [C] Oil importers account for a larger portion of the global economy.翻译原文：在中国文化中，红色通常象征着好运、长寿和幸福，在春节和其他喜庆场合，红色到处可见。
全新版大学英语教程3 第6、7单元课文textA原文翻译及课后答案
unit 6 The Last LeafWhen Johnsy fell seriously ill, she seemed to lose the will to hang on to life. The doctor held out little hope for her. Her friends seemed helpless. Was there nothing to be done?约翰西病情严重，她似乎失去了活下去的意志。
医生对她不抱什么希望。
朋友们看来也爱莫能助。
难道真的就无可奈何了吗？The Last LeafO. Henry 1 At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. "Johnsy" was familiar for Joanna. One was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found their tastes in art, chicory salad and bishop sleeves so much in tune that the joint studio resulted.最后一片叶子欧·亨利在一幢三层砖楼的顶层，苏和约翰西辟了个画室。
“约翰西”是乔安娜的昵称。
她们一位来自缅因州，一位来自加利福尼亚。
两人相遇在第八大街的一个咖啡馆，发现各自在艺术品味、菊苣色拉，以及灯笼袖等方面趣味相投，于是就有了这个两人画室。
2 That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. Johnsy was among his victims. She lay, scarcely moving on her bed, looking through the small window at the blank side of the next brick house.那是5月里的事。
现代大学英语第六册课后句子解释
Lesson 1 How to get the poor off our conscience1.Virtue is ... self-centered.By right action,we mean it must help promote personal interest. 2....(poverty) was a product of their excessive fecundity...The poverty of the poor was caused by their having too many children.3....the rich were not responsible for either its creation or its amelioration.The rich were not to blame for the existence of poverty so they should not be asked to undertake the task of solving the problem.4.It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God.It is only the result or effect of the law of the survival of the fittest applied to nature of to human society.5.It declined in popularity, and references to its acquired a condemnatory tone.People began to reject Social Darwinism because it seemed to glorify brutal force and oppose treasured values of sympathy,love and friendship.Therefore,when it was mentioned,it was usually the target of criticism.6....the search for a way of getting the poor off our conscience was not at an end; it was only suspended.The desire to find a way to justify the unconcern for the poor had not been abandoned,it had only been put off.7....only rarely given to overpaying for monkey wrenches, flashlights, coffee makers, and toilet seats.Government officials,on the whole ,are good,it is very rare that some would pay high prices for office equipment to get kickbacks.8.This is perhaps our most highly influential piece of fiction.It is a very popular story and has been accepted by many but it is not true.9.Belief can be the servant of truth---but even more of convenience. Belief can be useful in the search for truth,but more often than not it is accepted because it is convenient and self-serving.10.George Gilder... Who tells to much applause that the poor must have the cruel spur of their own suffering to ensure effort...George Gilder advances the view that only when the poor suffer from great misery will they be stimulated to make great efforts to change the situation,in other words,suffering is necessary to force the poor to work hard.Lesson 2 The woods were tossing with jewels11.But these marks of wild country called to may father like the legendary siren song.Though the place was not pleasant or disagreeable,my father was deeply attracted to it precisely because of its unexplored,uncultivated natural state,and the challenge.12."I'm afraid the day's going to catch us," I explained, wondering what great disaster might befall us if it did.As a little girl,I believed my father's words ,and was genuinely afraid of the possible disaster--if we didn't hurry up,the day would catch us and terrible things might happen.13....from time to time he was halfheartedly sought for trial, though few crimes seemed to lead directly to his door.In this place,though the police wound make some effort without real earnest to investigate Watson and bring him to court,there seemed to be little concrete evidence to prove that he was responsible for certain illegal activities.14.The stranglehold Watson had over this section of Florida was not dissimilar to the unscrupulous activities of certain lawmen, other legal crooks, and even governors that our state was to suffer through its history.The control Watson had over this part of Florida was much similar to the dishonest or illegal activities of the law-enforcing officials and governors which Florida witnessed in the 20th century.15.There was the little shack, not the most gracious of living quarters, and there was a murderer for our nearest and only neighbor, about thirty miles away.Before the family built their own house,they lived in a shabby cabin atGopher Key,close to the merciless Watson.16.King Richard in his gluttony neer sat at a table more sumptuous than ours was three times a day...We had abundant food on the island,and even the meals enjoyed by King Richard,who was famous for his love of food,couldn't possibly compare with ours.17.Despite the unrelenting heat, we were happy to be let off from our hours of school indoors, sessions which our mother kept every day, rain or shine.Although it was very hot outside in the sun,we were happy to be dismissed from my mother's sessions indoors.we would have to read and write with her every day no matter what the weather was like. lesson 3 At war with the planet18.But this image, now repeatedly thrust before us in photographs, posters, and advertisements, is misleading.The Earth we see in photos,posters,and ads,which appears so beautiful,is not the true reflection of the world we live in ,such image lulls us into complacency.19.The technosphere has become sufficiently large and intense to alter the natural processes that govern the ecosphere.Human activities have taken place over such large areas and with such intensity that they have already caused disastrous effects on ecology.20....which could establish itself only because it fitted properly into the preexisting system.the fish could play its role because it became a necessary link with the processes preceding it and the processes following it in the ecological system.21.Defined so narrowly, it is no surprise that cars have properties that are hostile to their environment.when cars are produced to serve such narrow purposes,it is not surprising that some of their characteristic qualities are harmful to the environment.22.Yields rose, but not in proportion to the rate of fertilizer application... the farmer applied more and more fertilizer,and the production did rise but did not increase at the same rate of the fertilizer.23...their waste is flushed into the sewer system altered in composition but not in amount at treatment plant...people eat plants and animals,and their waste is flushed into the sewer system.After being processed,the waste is still waste.the residue will go into rivers,oceans,and will have harmful effect on the aquatic ecosystem.24.Left to their own devices, ecosystems are conservative...if the ecosystems are not upset by outside intrusion,they will remain the same with very little change25.In contrast to the ecosphere, the technosphere is composed of objectsand materials that reflect a rapid and relentless process of change and variation.the characteristics of the objects and materials in the technosphere are rapid change and great variety.26.But this is done only at the cost of understanding.if we take side in the war of the two words,we are doing so at the risk of failing to have a clear understanding of the nature and cause of the war,thus,we lose the chance to really solve the grave environmental crisis. Lesson4 nettles27.How all my own territory would be altered, ad if a landslide had gone through it and skimmed off all meaning except loss of Mike.the impact of Mike's leaving on my life was beyond my imagination.I didn't expect that Mike's leaving would have such a tremendous power that it would change the meaning of my existence completely.All my thoughts were about loss of Mike.28.During that time of life that is supposed to be a reproductive daze, with the woman's mind all swamped by maternal juices, we were still compelled to discuss Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and "The Cocktail Party".At that time,we were young mothers,and we were supposed to lead a terribly busy life full of confusion and bewilderment caused by giving birth to and raising babies.and our minds were supposed to be fullyoccupied by how to feed the babies and things like that.However,in the midst of all this we still felt the need to discuss some of the important thinkers of our time like Simone de Beauvoir and Arthur Koestler and T.S.Eliot's sophisticated work"The Cocktail Party".29....I would be frightened, not of any hostility but of a kind of nonexistence.I would be frightened,and my fear was not caused by my neighbor's visibly hostile and violent way of life,but by a kind of formless and hidden emptiness and meaninglessness of human existence.What happened around me was totally irrelevant to me,and I felt very isolated and alienated.30.She did not ask me---was it delicacy or disapproval?---about my new life.She did not ask me about my new life,either out of subtle consideration for my feeling about this sensitive subject or out of disapproval for my new life style.31.It would be a sleazy thing to do, in the house of his friends.It would be a morally low thing,an indecent thing to commit infidelity in the house of a friend.32.I knew now that he was a person who had hit rock bottom.I knew that he was a person who had experienced the worst in life,the hardest experience a person might have to endure.33.He and wife knew that together and it bound them, as something like that would either break you apart or bind you, for life.They experienced the worst together and they knew what it was like and understood the meaning of that experience.such an experience posed the gravest test to people.if they stood the test,their friendship or marriage would be strengthened,and a sacred bondage would be formed between them.but if they failed the test,their relationship would be broken and they would flow on gently and34.Not risking a thing yet staying alive as a sweet trickle, an underground resource. With the weight of this now stillness on it, this seal.If they acted on love,they would take risks.they wouldn't do that or go further in their relationship,but they would rather let their love remain as a sweet trickle,which would flow on gently and...Lesson 5 The One Against the Many1....the national rejection of dogmatic preconceptions about the nature of the social and economic order1.there are such prejudices in an arrogant manner about the characteristic of the social order and economic order and they take it for granted.The country just rejected such prejudice.2 Nor can one suggest that Americans have been consistently vulnerability to secular ideology ever after2.No one can say that Americans have never been tempted by the approach of understanding ,preserving or transforming the world according to rigid dogmas.3..and any intellect so shaped was ...ever afterA mind influenced by Calvinist theology would surely find it somewhat difficult to resist other ideological temptations to ideological thinking. 4.Pragmatism is no more wholly devoid...experiencePragmatism is not completely free from abstract ideas just as ideology is not completely free from experience,that is to say,abstract ideas have a place in pragmatism just as experience has a role in ideology.5.As an ideologist,however,Jefferson....historical curiosityAs a man following a fixed set of beliefs,Jefferson is only an interesting historical figure.His beliefs are out of date and are irrelevant to present-day reality.6....whose central dogma is confided to the custody of an infallible priesthoodTheir central beliefs are imprisoned by the whole body of priests who are always effective.7....where free men may find partial truths,but where ...on Absolute TruthIn this universe a person whose mind is unconstrained may be able to discover relation truths but no man on earth can claim that he has alreadygrasped the one and only truth.8.But ideology is a drug; no matter how ...it still persists.Ideology has the characteristic of a narcotic.In spite of the fact that it has been proved wrong many times by experience, people still long to commit themselves to ideology.9....the only certainty in an .....abuseThe only thing that is sure of a despotic system is the unrestricted exercise of power.10. The distinctive human triumph...lies in the capacity to understand the frailty of human striving ...nonethelessThe most outstanding achievement of humanity is they know that no matter how hard they try,they cannot achieve Absolute truth,yet they continue to make great efforts and refuse to give upLesson6 Death of a pig1.It is a tragedy enacted on most farms with ...The murder,being premeditated,is in the first degree..and the smoked bacon and ham provide...questionedthe tragedy has an ending---the killing of a pig and the serving of its meat.The killing deliberately planned and carried out efficiently,is the most type of murder.However,whether pigs should end their lives that way has never been questioned.1.A pig couldn't ask for anything better or none has, at any rateA pig could not ask for any better living conditions;at least no pig has ever complained.In a word,my pig lived in a pleasant environment2.You could see him down there at all hours, his white face parting (i)stethoscope dangling ...and grinning his corrosive grinFred was quite excited about the event.He was down at the pigpen all the time.because of his swollen joints,he moved about unsteadily.His face set apart the grass along the fence as he moved about.He was like a doctor,with his long ,drooping ears dangling like a stethoscope,and he scrabbbled on the ground as if he were prescibing some medicine.3.When the enema bag appeared, and the bucket of warm suds, his happiness...full charge of the irrigationWhen it was time to dose the pig,Fred became even more excited,and he managed to get through the fence,and acted as if he was taking charge of the medical treatment.4....and the premature expiration of a pig is...a sorrow in which it feels fully involvedIf a pig dies before he is supposed to ,it is a serious matter for the whole community to remember.The whole community would share the sadness for his death.5.I have written this account in penitence and in grief,as a man who...and to explain my...so many raised pigsThe purpose of this essay is to show that I am sorry for what hashappened to my pig,since I have failed to raise the pig and cannot providea reason why my pig could didn't grow the way other pigs have grown.6.The grave in the woods is unmarked,but ...and I know he and I...on flagless ..own choosingThe pig's grave in the woods doesn't have a tombstone,but whenever somebody wants to visit it,Fred will show him the way.I know we will often visit it,separate or together,when we need to ponder over problems or when we are depressed.Lesson 7 Inaugural address1.For man holds in his mortal hands....and all forms of human life. rendering it uninhabitable and lifeless.2....unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights...We do not want to see or to allow the slow destruction of those human rights.3.To those peoples in the huts and villages of half.....of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves...To the people of the underdeveloped countries living in poverty in rural areas,we are committed to helping them to rid themselves of mass poverty by their own efforts.4.But this peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.But we should not let any communist power take advantage of this alliance for progress to expand its influence.5.And let every other power know that this....of its own house.We want to make clear to the communist powers that Americas are the Americas of the Americans.do not attempt to penetrate into this area. 6....before the dark powers of destruction..... or accidental self-destruction.before the world is destroyed by a nuclear war launched in a preemptive attack or caused by accident.7....yet both raing to alter the uncertain...of mankind's final war.Yet both sides attempt to get an edge in the nuclear arms race so as to break the mutual deterrence which has so far prevented the outbreak of a nuclear war.8....civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof.To be ready to negotiate and establish friendly relations does not mean that we are weak or afraid.declarations of sincere intention have to be tested by actions.9.Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.Let the two sides use the fruits of science for the benefit of humanity rather than using high-tech weapons to kill and destroy.10....each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.1.There have been occasions for each generations of Americans to be called upon to fight and die for their country.Lesson 8 A rose for Emily1.but garages and cotton gins had ...of that neighborhood...the street used to house only the best families.But then great changes took place:garages and cotton gins were established on the street and their existence wiped out the aristocratic traces in that neighbouhood.2.Not that Miss Emily would have accepted charity.It would not be true to say that miss emily would have accepted charity. 3."Just as if a man-any man-could keep a kitchen properly," the ladies said....What the ladies said meant that they did not in the least believe a man ,any man,could keep a kitchen properly.4.It was another link between the gross, teeming world and the high and mighty Griersons.The griersons regarded themselves as very important and the outside world as vulgar and full of people inferior to them.they belonged to two entirely different worlds.however,the complaints about the smell served as a link between the two different worlds and compelled miss emily to deal with the outside world.5.The next day th received two more.....in diffident deprecation.The next day the mayor received two more complaints.one of them was from a man who came and pleaded to the mayor in a shy and timid way. 6.People in our town, remembering how old lady Wyatt.....a little too high for what the really were.People in the town felt that the Grierson family regarded themselves more important than they really deserved to be.the fact that miss emily great-aunt,old lady wyatt,had gone crazy had to do with this blind,excessive self-importance.7.Now she too would know the old thrill and the old despair of a penny more or less.Ordinary people often become excited or worried when they get a penny more or a penny less.Being poor,now she would learn to appreciate the value of money like other people in the town.8.But there were still other, older people, who...without calling it noblesse oblige.But there were still others,older people,who said that no matter how sad miss emily was (over her father death),she should not forget she had certain obligations as a member of the nobility,though a real lady would not describe her self-restraint by the expression noblesse oblige。
(复习指导)选修6Unit16 Stories含解析
选修6Unit16Stories(主题语境:人与社会——文学、艺术与体育)核心考点课堂突破1.abandonvt.抛弃,放弃,遗弃n.放任,纵情[教材原句]As we got nearer,we could see a house.It looked abandoned.(P5) 当我们靠近时我们能看到一栋房子,这房子看起来废弃了。
语境巧练[用所给词的适当形式填空]①Wang collected more than 7 million (abandon) bricks of different ages.(2018·全国Ⅲ卷,阅读理解C篇)②After her son died in the accident,the mother abandoned (she) to despair.③Constant rain forced the (abandon) of the next day’s competitions.[完成句子]④我知道你十分自信,无论什么时候你遇到困难,你永远都不会放弃把唐诗学好的希望。
I know you are so confident that you will never learning Tang Poetry well whenever you meet with difficulties.考点必记①abandon sb (不顾责任、义务等)遗弃某人abandon sth (不得已而)放弃某物abandon oneself to...沉溺于……②abandonment n.遗弃,抛弃,放弃,舍弃[写作佳句]Once we grow up,it’s better that we abandon the safe shelter of our parents’ protection as soon as possible.一旦我们长大了,我们最好尽快抛弃我们父母庇护下的安乐窝。
四川2016高考英语二轮阅读理解学生版训练(4)及答案
四川2016高考英语二轮阅读理解学生版训练（4）及答案【2015高考复习】阅读理解Farming is moving indoors,where the sun never shines，where rainfall is irrelevant and where the climate is always right.The perfect crop field could be inside a windowless building with controlled light,temperature，wetness，air quality and nutrition。
It could be in a New York high。
rise or a sprawling complex in the Saudi desert。
It may be an answer to the world's food problems.The world already is having trouble feeding itself.Half the people on Earth live in cities,and nearly half of those－about 3 billion－are hungry or ill。
fed。
Foodprices，currently increasing，are buffeted by dryness，floods and the cost of energy required to plant，harvestand transport。
And prices will only get more unstable。
Climate change makes long.term crop planning uncertain。
Farmers in many parts of the world already are using water available to the last drop.And the world is getting more crowded：by mid。
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Word Bank
• • • • • • • • • 1. holding up---stopping in order to rob 2. hitched up---pulled up 3. duck away---run away stealthily 4. tailing---following 5. cleaned out---took all the money (out of safe) 6. feed---food for the cattle 7. wasting away---becoming thin and weak 8. on the run---quickly in a hurry 9. pay it off---pay back the debt
General Comprehension of the Text
• Curly Kid, the “all-around” outlaw, was trapped into a difficult situation. When he rustled the 200 head of cattle, it never occurred to him that it would take him 20 years to be out of trouble .It was his greed and illiteracy that brought about his misfortune. When he realized that, he became the best truant officer in Taco. He wanted the kids to be educated so that they would never be cheated by an honest man.
• 5. Why did Curly Kid rob the bank? Why did he put back the money the next day? • 6. Who cheated Curly Kid? How was he cheated? • 7. What did the sheriff do to trap Curly Kid into a further misfortune? • 8. Why was Curly Kid the best truant officer in Taco?
Questions
• 1. Whose cattle did Curly Kid rustle? • 2. How did he rustle the cattle? • 3. Why were the cattle unattended? What can you infer from the text? • 4. Why couldn’t Curly Kid abandon the cattle?
Lines 86 --- 122 He had robbed the bank but he could not use the money as the sheriff knew he had no money left. As the bank was robbed, it had no money to loan him. So he had to put the stolen money back to the bank so that he could borrow the money from the bank to feed the caWin
Henry Gregor Felsen
About the author
• Henry Gregor Felsen was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1916.He served for two and a half years in the Maine during World War Two. As a free-lance writer, his main interest is in cars and teenagers. His works include Two and the Town, Boys Gets Car, Hot Road, To My Son in Uniform, Can You Do It Until You Need Glasses? A Teenager’s First Car, and Living With Your First Motorcycle.
Plot
• Lines.1---20 Curly Kid successfully stole 200 head of cattle by changing brand from –O to +Q.
Lines 21 --- 43 He went into a bank to sell the cattle, but was turned down as the bank owner didn’t want to buy them and the price of cattle was extremely low in the market.
Lines 44 --- 74 The sheriff asked Kid to take the cattle away but he couldn’t, so he had to confess stealing the cattle Lines 75 --- 85 He had no money to feed the cattle, so he robbed the bank.
• Do you think that Curly Kid was cheated by an honest man? • What do you think of the sheriff?
Reading Skill
• Tell the Differences in Grammar, Syntax or Vocabulary Between” Standard English” and “Nonstandard English” • Do Exercise 1 on page 130,try to find out more ungrammatical sentences if you can.
Lines 123 --- 149 One day the banker asked him to pay off the debt. Lines 150 --- the end He was made to be a truant officer for paying the debt. The last paragraph is the conclusion