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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上第一单元 ClozeWhat genuine friendship? Some classical views may help us understand the notion of friendship more clearly. Aristotle distinguishes genuine friendships from two other forms: one based on mutual utility and the other on pleasure. While the ground for the latter two forms of fri

2、endship is closely related to material benefits, short-term interests or age, genuine friendship occurs only between those who are similar in their goodness. Cicero, question as to their honor, purity, equity and liberality. Whether or not one possesses any superiority over the other, both must rega

3、rd themselves as equals of the other and try their best to preserve the friendship. Moreover, true friends are bound together, as a friend is said to be a mirror in which you may perceive and know yourself. When virtuous friends are bonded together by a commitment to the good, they can recognize eac

4、h others moral excellence and fulfill their self-improvement.Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets.1. 以共同兴趣为基础的友谊是不容易破裂的。(ground; break up)The friendship grounded on common / shared interest does not break up easily. / It is not easy for th

5、e friendship grounded on common / shared interest to break up.2. 孩子们必须学会将电脑游戏中的暴力与勇敢区分开来。(distinguish between; violence)Children must learn to distinguish between violence and bravery / courage in computer games.3. 当今世界每天涌现如此多新鲜事物，要求一个人什么都知晓是不合情理的。(sensible)There spring up so many new things every d

6、ay in the world that it is no longer sensible to expect a person to know / keep track of everything.4. 诸如背弃朋友 (betrayal to friends) 这类事并不受法律制约，所以才有了我们称作的“道德法庭”。 (regulate)Laws do not regulate such things as betrayal to friends; that is why there is what we call / is called the court of morality.5. 有

7、人把今天的文化描述为“快餐文化”。无论做什么事，人们只是追求用最短时间达到最大的满足。 (describe as; pursue) Todays culture is described as “fast-food culture”. Whatever they may be / are doing, people just pursue the greatest / maximum satisfaction within the shortest time.6. 常言说，天下没有免费的午餐。如果你想要什么，就得去挣。(as the saying goes)As the saying goes

8、, there is no such thing as a free lunch. If you want something, go and earn / work for it.Writing. 1. Bob and I became brother-like friends in our childhood. We played, dined and discussed our ambitions together. Once grown up, he started for the West to make his fortune while I became a policeman

9、in New York. Before his departure, we had dinner together and we agreed that we would meet at the same place exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. Then came the day we were supposed to meet. I was on my beat

10、then. Walking up to the appointed place which had been turned into a hardware store, I saw a man standing there with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. Before I could speak, he told me that he was waiting for a friend by the name of Jimmy Wells. When he struck a match to light his cigar, I saw a pale

11、face with keen eyes and a scar. I recognized him immediately. It was Bob, and it was also the face of the man wanted by the Chicago Police. For a moment I felt like telling him to escape right away. After all, we had been friends for so many years and he had traveled all the way to see me! But then

12、my sense of duty told me the right thing to do. I said good-bye to him and continued my patrol, his last words still ringing in my ear: “Ill wait for half an hour. Jimmy will keep his promise if hes alive” I then sent for a plain clothes man and had Bob arrested. 2.An Important Friend in My Life Li

13、Qiang, one of my classmates, is fun to be with. He is always wearing a broad smile as if life is forever sunshine and butterflies. One day, I revealed to him my worries and anxieties: I, an ordinary-looking girl, was 177 centimeters tall, even taller than any of the boys in my class. I thought no bo

14、y would like to date me. Besides, I was very poor at my academic courses. He suggested that I should learn to be myself and then he introduced me to a fashion show team of the university. Encouraged, I decided to change myself. After a 3-month training program on weekends, I could perform beautifull

15、y as a model, and surprisingly, I could concentrate on the required academic courses as well. The applauses I won at each fashion show and the scholarship I earned proved that being myself was terrific. Since then, my life has changed a lot. Thus, Li Qiang became an important friend of mine.Last sem

16、ester, we began to help young people who suffer pressures from physical defects, academic failures or financial problems. We set up a Confidence Club. Those who come to us for help find our work definitely beneficial. Our friendship has led me into a sparkling, rewarding life.第二单元Increasing you word

17、 power 31. 我们人手不足。We are short of hands.2. 我手中还有些钱。I still have some money in hand.3. 请帮忙提一下这只箱子。Give me a hand with this box, please.4. 我经常把字典放在手边。I often keep a dictionary at hand.5. 那些足球迷失去控制了。The football fans were out of hand.6. 把铅笔分发给班上每个学生。Hand out the pencils to everyone in the class.7. 这枚戒指

18、是我奶奶传给我的。This ring was handed down to me by my grandmother.8. 时间到了，请把试卷交上来。Times up. Please hand in your test papers.9. 请把这本杂志传给你的室友看。 Please hand on the magazine to your roommates.10. 对不起，我恐怕帮不了你。我是生手。Im afraid I cant help you. Im a green hand.ClozeToday young people tend to jump on the bandwagon o

19、f love with so much haste that they fail to realize the essence of true love. Given the current state of affairs, we need to consider more closely the nature of the love. True love has to be distinguished from the pleasures of the flesh. True love means a meeting of minds and it takes time to blosso

20、m. People who are in true love focus more on inner charm than on physical beauty, more on intimacy than on closeness, more on emotion than on passion, more on sharing than on acquiring. As true love happens once in a lifetime, they have in their minds the ideals of the relationship. They share mutua

21、l respect, admiration and plenty of romance, so their relationship is lasting and meaningful.Preserving true love requires effort, however. You should gift your object of affection your time, company, support and friendship; you should give yourself and your beloved time and space to forge a life-lo

22、ng bond; and you should honor your commitments. In short, you should devote yourself to your love. Your devotion to love will, in return, bring you an overwhelming joy.Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets.1. 无论是友情还是爱情，你都不可能期待自己付出最少而得到最多。(m

23、aximum; minimum)_ In either friendship or love / In both friendship and love, you should never expect to take / receive the maximum while you give the minimum.2. 我把全部希望寄托在他的承诺上，结果却发现他根本不是个真诚的人。(build on; sincerity） I built all my hopes on his promise(s), only to find that he was not a man of sinceri

24、ty at all.3. 我们带母亲去了所有我们能找到的最好的医院，但一切努力都是徒劳的，母亲还是没能熬过那次疾病。(in vain)We took Mother to all the best hospitals we could find, but all our efforts were in vain; she failed to survive the disease.4. 情人节（ValentinesDay）是个一年一度在2月14日庆祝的节日，一个向自己心仪的对象表达爱意的好日子。(affection) Valentines Day is an annual holiday cel

25、ebrated on February 14, a perfect day to express love to the object of your / ones affection.5. 在信息时代，通过电子邮件方式跟远方的朋友交流几乎可以是同步的 (simultaneous)。 (era; via) In the information era, communications with far-away friends via e-mail can be almost / virtually simultaneous.6. 爱情需要时间，因为只有慢慢习惯和学会欣赏对方才会产生出爱情。(g

26、row used to; forge)Love takes time, for it is not forged until you have grown used to the others company and learned to appreciate the other.Writing1. Male-female relations are indispensable to adults all through their lives. But different generations handle them differently. Our parents generation

27、lived in an era of constraints, restraints, respect, admiration, and plenty of romance. They kept a distance from people of the opposite gender in order to preserve the holiness of love and relationships. My generation, on the other hand, began with countless crushes for the opposite sex just becaus

28、e of their superficial charm. Harmless as it was, the love was as brief as soap bubbles. As we grew up, we came to the stage of developing real relationships, believing that love demanded a lot of give and not so much of take.By comparison, the younger generation is more open-minded and less restric

29、ted in handling the matter of love and relationships. They jump on the bandwagon of love with so much haste that it is difficult for them to distinguish between physical attraction and mental compatibilities. In short, the younger generation focuses more on physical beauty, closeness and passion, an

30、d they tend to seek what they want from the relationships. The other two generations give priority to inner charm, intimacy, emotion and sharing in dealingwith relationships. 2.What Do Girl Students Look for in Love and Life? In order to know about girl students opinion about love and life, a survey

31、 with girl students was conducted in 2005 in two universities Chongqing University of Technology and Business and East China Normal University. The survey sought answers to two questions: What do you look for first in a boyfriend? Whats the most important thing for a happy life?About one third of th

32、e students chose personality as the top factor in choosing a boyfriend, followed by 27 percent focusing on abilities. Next came common interests and goals, favoured by 17 percent, with only 14 percent of students claiming appearance to be uppermost in their minds. Fewer still, 11 percent, rated econ

33、omic status as the first consideration.As to their views about a happy life, nearly seventy percent of the girls attached the greatest importance to marriage and family. “Career” was given top priority by just under 20 percent, while even fewer, around 9 percent, believed that money was the key to a

34、 happy life. Based on the survey, we may conclude that nowadays, girl students generally hold a rational attitude towards love and life. Admittedly, the improved material conditions of life explain why girls take economic status and money rather lightly. But contrary to the popular view that girls a

35、re more concerned about self-development in the workplace and social status, they still regard upon marriage and family life as central to a happy life.第三单元Cloze It is our natural desire to be happy. Throughout human history, people as a whole have been going after happiness. However, the pursuit of

36、 happiness is often accompanied with dissatisfaction and frustration. This is in part due to our different understanding of happiness. In effect, our sense of happiness is derived from our definition of happiness.Some believe that happiness can be purchased with wealth. From this point of view , the

37、 better off one becomes, the happier one gets. Therefore, to be happy, they take pains to get rich. But wealth does not necessarily lead to happiness. Others believe that happiness has something to do with statusa system of ranking. Thus, ones happiness is built upon his favorable comparison with ot

38、hers. But since society cannot raise its position relative to itself, unhappiness is thus inevitable. So it can be said that both views serve more as the barrier to true happiness than as the guide. To seek true happiness, we must change our inner attitude and strive for the common good of all human

39、 being. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words and expressions given in brackets.1. 千百年来哲学家们费尽心机从各自的角度阐述何为幸福。(take pains; point of view)For thousands of years philosophers have taken pains to illustrate / explain / interpret the meaning of happiness from their own points of

40、view.2.刚上大学时，突然发现自己得处理所有日常事物，直到那时自己才觉得在父母身边生活真是幸 福。(leave with )When I first came to college, I suddenly found myself left with everything to deal with by myself. It was not until then did I realize that living with my parents was truly a happy experience.3.你不要总是和别人攀比，否则你可能会陷于忧郁之中，因为毕竟有许多人比你强。(compa

41、rison; depression)You shouldnt always make comparison with others; otherwise, you may be trapped in / fall into depression, for there are always many others who are better than you.4. 今天人们生活比以前富裕多了，闲暇时间也多了，奇怪的是人们反而觉得生活乏味了。(better off; leisure) Today people are much better off and enjoy more leisure.

42、 Strangely enough, they find life boring / dull.5. 事实上，人生是漫长而缺少兴奋的。如果期待每天都如戏剧般精彩必定会遭遇失望。(in effect; inevitable)Life, in effect, is long but short of excitement. You are sure to suffer from inevitable disappointment if you expect everyday life to be as exciting as a drama.6. 过于顺利的生活可能具有破坏性，因为人们没有机会学会

43、怎样应对挫折。这能部分解释年轻人居高不下的自杀率。(destructive; in part)A life that is too easy / smooth may also be destructive because it offers no opportunity for one to learn how to deal with / handle failures / frustrations / setbacks. That / This in part explains / accounts for the high rates of suicide among young pe

44、ople.Writing1. Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone No one would doubt the truth that mans existence relies essentially on material things. We need them to get fed, clothed and sheltered. Once we are living near the breadline, well feel frustrated and miserable. However, our contentment does not merely

45、lie in material things. This is especially the case in modern times. The fast-developing economy has noticeably improved our lives and fulfilled most of our material needs. Then there comes the need of spiritual satisfaction, which is derived from good health, close friends, a loving spouse, well-ra

46、ised children, a home built on love, a clear conscience, a worthy goal and an enjoyable job. While material things may lose their charm over time, spiritual satisfaction will bring us lasting happiness. Therefore, to live a happy life, we should focus more on those things that meet our spiritual dem

47、ands. After all, when our need for bread is met, happiness will not come unless we feel spiritually satisfied. 2. I Really Made It I will never forget the awful feeling in my first Oral English class at college. I tried hard to listen to every word the teacher spoke, but what she was saying made no

48、sense to me. Bitterly, I admitted that I was so poor at listening and speaking in English.I wept several times, cursing my middle school for failing to provide adequate listening and speaking practice. But finally I calmed down because the familiar words rang in my ears: There must be a way out. I h

49、ad a rather solid foundation of English vocabulary and grammar. What was left for me to do was to increase my listening input and speaking output. I made it a rule that every morning I would do reading aloud by the campus lake for 40 minutes, and every evening I would stay in the language lab, listening to English for at least an