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1. People are happy living in a society where____.

(罪恶收到惩罚，美德得到回报）

crime is punished and virtue rewarded

2. If you make a wrong decision, you are to blame for it because you ____.(没有受人

左右，只是听天由命）

are subject to no influence but only chance

3. He derived great satisfaction from his work as he _____.(从事自己心爱的事业）

pursued a career of his own selection/choice

4. I have read a story of a king, who had an absurd method of ____. (裁决）

administering justice

5. We decided to invited some twins to the party, hoping that their presence___.(会

给这一场合增添一份趣味.

lend an interest to the occasion

6. Competitive showoffs who always want to be the best of the bunch ___.(乐于胜人

一筹）

take pleasure in outshining others

7. ———(按照习俗), relatives and friends from near and far will attend the

wedding.

As the custom is

8. ——(毫无犹豫)，the princess who was possessed of power and determination

decide to find out about the secret.

without the slightest hesitation

9. We are disgusted with those who ____.（冒充人中佼佼者）

set themselves up as the best of the bunch

10. It is impossible to say how the idea enter my brain, but once conceived, it

_____.(日夜缠扰着我）

haunted me day and night

11. When the idea struck me that I would ____（取老人的命), my blood ran cold.

take the life of the old man

12. As I entered the office, I saw him ____(走来走去)，with a worried face.

pacing the floor

13. I _____（超乎寻常地谨慎）in opening his door, and by instinct, I did not move

a muscle for a hour as a new fear seized me.

was more than usually cautious

14. A word of praise is worthwhile, for it can ___.（激发人的勇气)

stimulate one into courage

15. I was sure that no one would find the old man was killed, for I ____(明智地采取

防范）for the hiding of his body.

16. I had to resigned himself to a half-hour of listening to him ___，（吹嘘自己过去

的种种辉煌）

bragging about his past successes.

17. Since Matt found himself deeply in debt, he had to work hard to get the funds

_____(还债/付清账单）

to repay his debts/pay off his bills.

18. Matt earned good money but he ___(没有头脑) and never gave much thought to

saving it.

had no good sense

19. The former president of IMF was ordered to stay in the house until ____.( 警方

另行通知）

the police gave him further notice

20. I had presumed that I could ——(带罪潜逃）but ended up being brought to

justice.

get away with crime

21. What struck me about people there was that____. (总是彼此谦让)

there was always give and take

22. I no longer see mothers instructing their children about manners, _____.(更不会

因不当行为训斥他们一番）

much less lecturing them on their bad behavior

23. We should not blame children for their lack of manners, for they _____.(见什么

学什么）

they emulate what they see

24. Many people feel proud to have built a society ____ （取得了大跨步的进展）in

medical technology.

has made great strides

25. _____（手头的要害）is cope with the breakdown of the social fabric.

The matter at hand

26. In a crowded world, manners help ___缓解日常生活的压力）of having to hurry

to work and back home.

ease the everyday stress

27. Is it true that a market economy is a society ____ (一心只想获取), be it the

dream house or more money？

focused on acquisition

28. Today a woman may ____ (主动约会）and pay her own way.

take the initiative to suggest a date

29. Out of love and respect, a man is supposed to pull out a chair for a woman, but I

always _____.( 反其道而行之）

do it the other way.

30. Friends form deeply sentimental attachment and ____ (喜欢结伴）in various

activities