大学英语教程4重点段落(考试)

In 1812，Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, ------- his Grand Army into Russia. He was prepared for the ------- --------of the Russian people -------- their homeland. He was prepared for the ------- ------- across Russian soil to Moscow, the capital city. But he was not prepared for the--------- enemy that met him in Moscow---the------, -------, -------Russian winter.

In 1941, Adolf Hitler, leader of Nazi Germany,------- ------- --------against the Soviet Union, as Russia then was called. Hitler‟s military might was unequaled. His war machine had ------- ------- ------- in most of Europe. Hitler expected a short ---------but, like Napoleon before him, was -------- a painful lesson. The Russian winter again ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- the Soviet soldiers.

Even the------- ------ , which has remained ------- unchanged for the last seventy years, is about to feel the-------of the computer ---------.

The automobile industry--------------------------------------------------------------of the twentieth century. There are---------- 500 million cars on earth, or one car for every ten people. Sales of the automobile industry------- ------- -------a trillion dollars, making it -----------------------------------------..

The car, and the roads it ------ ------, will be----------- in the twenty-first century. The key to tomorrow‟s “smart cars” will be -------- “We …ll see vehicles and roads that see and hear and feel and smell and talk and act,”-------- Bill Spreitzer,------- ------of General Motors Corporation‟s ITS program, which is designing the smart car and road of the future,

My mentor, Curt Carlson, is the ---------man in Minnesota, owner of a hotel and travel company with sales ------------------------- $9 billion. I had to get to a meeting in New York one day, and Curt ------------ offered me a ride in his-----. It happened to be a day Minnesota was hit with one of the worst snowstorms in years, Minneapolis-St.paul International Airport was closed for the first time --------- ---------..

Then, though the storm continued to------- us, the airport opened a runway for small ------ only.

As we were---------------------------------, Curt tuned to and said ---------,“Look ,Harvey, no tracks in the snow!”

Curt Carlson, 70 years old at the time, rich ------------------------------, could still -------------------------about being first.

From my--------------,--------------------------. Prepare to win. Never stoping learning. Believe in yourself，even when no one else does. Find a way to make a difference. Then go out and ---------------------- in the snow.

The -------- fact that America still attracts millions of people is---------- that it is not ---- ---------. People aren‟t attracted to------------------. Signs of decline are sure to be found in a place as complex as America: -------, --------, --------,--------, --------. But the main --------------- of America, the first and most enduring impression, is -----------, ----------, -----------, ---------- ---------..

It is so hard to think of this nation ----- ------- when you know that there are vast regions of the planet which are absolutely----------, ----------- of any improvement at all.

It is difficult for me to agree with Paul Kennedy‟s thesis in The Rise and Fall of Great Powers that America must---------follow--------- ----------. That‟s the way history used to be---all powerful nations declined and --------------------other empires, But maybe there is another way to look at what is happening, I have a sense that what is going on here concerns much more than the--------of a nation.

It may be that the Euro-centered American nation is declining as it gives way to a new Pacific civilization that will include, but not be limited to, America. ----------- ---------, American may not decline, but instead -------- -------- the Pacific culture to create a kind of vast Pacific --------, a mix of Hispanic and Asian cultures ---------- ----------the most modern communication technologies.

For thirty years now I have been studying my fellowmen. I do not know very much about them. I------ ------ -----when people tell me that their first impression of a person are always right, I think they must have -------- -------- or -------- ---------. For my own