Unit 1 Developing Ideas & Presenting Ideas
1.也许被你评价为“很好吃”的菜肴会在你每次到访时都出现在餐桌上。
Perhaps the meal you said was "delicious" will be served _____ _____ _____ _____.
2.你当然会说这很美妙,尽管你心里认为你的猫唱得更好。
You of course say that it's wonderful, _____ _____ _____ that your cat can sing better.
3.但是,我们在多大程度上可以为撒这种善意的谎言辩护呢
But _____ _____ _____ can we justify telling white lies like these
4.或者有朋友问我们他的新发型怎么样,即使我们觉得剪得非常糟糕,也会说“棒极了!”。
Or if a friend asks us _____ _____ _____ _____ their new haircut, we say "It's great!", even if we think it's awful.
5.我们一定都有过这样的经历:别人为我们准备的菜肴不合我们的品味。
We've all surely had the experience of someone _____ _____ _____ for us that we don't like.
6. I heard an old man saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 10:00.
The nurse had him take a 1 in the waiting area, 2 him it would be at least 35 minutes. I saw him 3 his watch and decided, since I was not busy—my patient didn't 4 at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he 5 to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his 6 . She had a special disease. I asked if she would be 7 if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not been able to 8 him for five years now. I was 9 , and asked him, "And you still go every morning "
He smiled and said, "She doesn't know me, but I know who she is." I had to hold back 10 as he left.
Now I 11 that in marriages, true love is 12 of all that is. The happiest people don't 13 have the best of everything; they just 14 the best of everything they have. 15 isn't about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
1. A. seat B. test C. breath D. break
2. A. persuading B. telling C. declaring D. promising
3. A. taking off B. fixing C. winding D. looking at
4. A. show off B. turn up C. come on D. go away
5. A. forgot B. needed C. agreed D. happened
6. A. daughter B. wife C. mother D. sister
7. A. lonely B. worried C. scared D. hungry
8. A. answer B. recognise C. believe D. envy
9. A. moved B. disappointed C. surprised D. satisfied
10. A. tears B. curiosity C. encouragement D. judgment
11. A. realise B. suggest C. hope D. prove
12. A. agreement B. expression C. acceptance D. exhibition
13. A. necessarily B. completely C. naturally D. frequently
14. A. learn B. try C. favor D. make
15. A. Disease B. Life C. Trust D. Dignity
答案以及解析
1.答案:every time you visit
2.答案:despite secretly thinking
3.答案:to what extent
4.答案:what we think of
5.答案:cooking a meal
6.答案:1-5 ABDBB 6-10 BBBCA 11-15 ACADB
解析:1.句意:护士让他在等候区坐下(take a seat),告诉他至少要等35分钟。seat座位;test测试;breath呼吸;break休息。take a seat坐下,为固定搭配。
2.句意:护士让他在等候区坐下,告诉(telling)他至少要等35分钟。根据后文 him it would be at least 35 minutes 可知护士告诉老人至少要等35分钟。 persuade说服;tell告诉; declare 说明;promise 承诺。
3.句意:我看见他在看(looking at)他的手表,就决定,既然我不忙——我的病人在指定的时间没有出现,我就检查他的伤口。根据后文his watch可知老人在看他的手表。take off起飞;fix修理;wind缠绕;look at看着。
4.句意:我看见他在看他的手表,就决定,既然我不忙——我的病人在指定的时间没有出现(turn up),我就检查他的伤口。结合后文作者给老人检查伤口可推知,作者的病人在指定的时间没有出现。show off炫耀;turn up出现;come on快点;go away走开。
5.句意:那位先生说没有,并告诉我他需要(needed)去养老院和他的妻子吃早餐。根据后文to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with可知老人需要去养老院。forget忘记; need需要;agree同意;happen发生。
6.句意:那位先生说没有,并告诉我他需要去养老院和他的妻子(wife)吃早餐。根据后文in marriages可知此处指的是老人的妻子。daughter女儿;wife妻子;mother母亲; sister 姐妹。
7.句意:我问她是否会担心(worried)如果他会迟到一会儿。结合后文if he was a bit late可知,作者询问老人他的妻子是否担心他会迟到。lonely寂寞的;worried担心的;scared害怕的;hungry饥饿的。
8.句意:他回答说她不再知道他是谁了,到现在她已经五年没能认出(recognise)他了。由 He replied that she no longer knew who he was可知,老人的妻子已经五年认不出他了。answer 回答;recognise 认出;believe 相信;envy 嫉妒。
9.句意:我很惊讶(surprised),问他:“你仍然每天早上去吗?”作者得知老人的妻子认不出老人了,但是老人还是每天都去看望她,应当是感到很惊讶。moved感动的; disappointed 失望的;surprised 惊讶的;satisfied 满意的。
10.句意:也离开时,我不得不忍住眼泪(tears)。作者被老人对妻子的感情所感动,不得不忍住眼泪。tears眼泪; curiosity 好奇;encouragement 鼓励;judgment 判断。
11.句意:现在我认识到(realise),在婚姻中,真正的爱是接受一切。老人的经历让作者意识到真正的爱是接纳一切。 realise意识到;suggest建议;hope希望;prove证明。
12.句意:现在我认识到,在婚姻中,真正的爱是接纳(acceptance)一切。结合老人的故事可知,虽然妻子患了疾病认不出自己,但是老人还是接纳了这样的妻子,每天都去看她。因此作者意识到真正的爱是接受一切。agreement 协议;expression 表达;acceptance 接纳;exhibition 展览。
13.句意:最幸福的人不一定(necessarily)拥有一切最好的东西;他们只是充分利用他们所拥有的一切。结合后文the best of everything they have可知,作者认为最幸福的人不一定拥有一切最好的东西;他们只是充分利用他们所拥有的一切。necessarily 必要地;completely 完全地;naturally 自然地;frequently频繁地。
14.句意:最幸福的人不一定拥有一切最好的东西;他们只是充分利用(make the best of)他们所拥有的一切。learn学会;try尝试;favor帮助;make使,制作。
15.生活(life)不是如何熬过暴风雨,而是如何在雨中起舞。作者由老人的故事联想到生活的哲理。disease疾病;life 生活;trust信任;dignity尊严。
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