(完整版)英语语法填空基础训练40篇(附答案)
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经络养生-江西明月山
(1)
In Africa, when the antelope wakes up every morning, the first thing__1__comes into his mind is,
“I must be able to run
__2__(fast) than the fastest lion,__3__
I will be killed by a lion.” And at just the
same time, the lion__4__(wake) out of his dream, and the first thing__5__
(flash) into his mind is: “I
must be able to catch up with the slowest antelope, otherwise I will starve to__6__
(dead).” So almost at
the
same
moment__7__the
antelope
and
the
lion
jump
to
their
feet,
and
start__8__(run)
toward
the
rising sun.
Such
is
life
—
__9__you
are
an
antelope
or
a
lion,
you
ought
to
dash
forward
without__10__(hesitate) when the sun rises.
(2)
You may wonder__1__we have a holiday in summer and winter, but not in spring__2__autumn.
There
are
some
reasons__3__
it.
Like
most
people,
your
intelligence(
智力
)changes
from
season
to
season.
You
are
properly
a
lot
sharper
in
the
spring__4__you
are
at
any__5__time
of
the
year.
Ellsworth Huntington, __6__is well known to us all, __7__(conclude) from other men's work and his
own
among
people
in
different
climates
that
climate
and
temperature
have
a
clear
effect__8__our
intelligence.
He
found
that
cool
weather
is
far
better
for
creative
thinking
than
warm
weather.
This
does mean that all people are not as quick at __9__(learn) in the summer as they are during the rest of
the year. It tells us, however,__10__intelligence of large numbers of people seems to be lowest in the
summer.
(3)
Last
Monday
morning,
I
was__1__(cycle)
along
a
street
in
the
rush
hour
on
my
way
to
an
interview__2__an important job. A yellow car passed by me and__3__(sudden) stopped. I had to brake
my
bike
hard
and
of
course,
I__4__(fall).
I
was
so
angry
that
I
stopped
the
driver
and
kept
on
__5__(shout) at him rudely.
__6__(unfortunate), I was in time for the interview. __7__chance, one of my__8__(interview), the
manager of the company, was no other than the driver of the yellow car. Luckily, the manager was not
angry with me or my rudeness.__9__, he offered me the job. So I said to everyone jokingly that I could
tell my manager__10__I thought of him.
(4)
__1__you
want
to
improve
your
English,
you'd
better
listen
to
BBC
English
which
is
part
__2__the
BBC
World
Service.
It
broadcasts
all
kinds
of
programmes,
such__3__difficult
grammar
points, life in Britain, differences__4__written and__5__(speak) English and so on. It is easy for you to
find
out
some
information__6__the
programmes.
You
just
need
to
write
to
BBC
English
and
ask
for__7__.
In
China,
there
are
also
English
programmes__8__Follow
Me
on
TV
or
on
the
radio. They
are
usually easy__9__(receive) and understand and they are very __10__(use) to you.
(5)
It
is
known
to
all__1__the
Chinese
diet__2__(consider)
to
be
the__3__(healthy)
in
the
world
because it__4__(contain) a lot of fruit and green vegetables. It is rich__5__fiber and low in sugar and
fat.
How__6__the Western food? It has too much fat in the form__7__potato chips, chocolate and so
on. It is also rich in sugar in the form of cakes, soft drinks, etc. As__8__result, the westerners usually
become
very
fat
and
have
bad__9__(tooth),
and
many
of
them
even
die
at
an
early
age
10
heart
illnesses.
- 1 -
(6)
I
attended
a
birthday
party
in
1991.
My
teacher
was
then
59
years
old.__1__her
fellow
teacher
said that we__2__(celebrate) her 9th birthday! We were all__3__(surprise) and puzzled.
__4__the
party
I
was
told
by
the
fellow
teacher
that
American
women
have
a
special
saying
about__5__(birth). If a woman is over 10, or even if she is 80, her birthday is always the 9th. If she is
in
her thirties,
her birthday
will be the 29th.
And in her__6__, it's the 19th. They usually
have their
“real” birthday
__7__they are below 20.
This shows that American women, __8__(special) elderly women, are very sensitive about their
ages. But my teacher always says, “We want to be
__9__
(young). ” so about the age of Western wome
n,
my advice is__10__if you don't know it, don't ask about it; if you really know it, don't mention it.
(7)
One day, Pierre,__1__worked in a government office, received an__2__(invite) to a palace ball.
His
wife,
Mathilde,
had
no
money__3__jewellery,
so
she
borrowed
a
beautiful
necklace
__4__her
friend, Jeanne. She looked very beautiful__5__they had a wonderful time that evening. But after the
ball,
she
found
the
necklace__6__(miss).
They
had
to
borrow
a
lot
of
money
to
buy
a
new__7__for
Jeanne. In order to pay back the money, they worked day and night for 10 years. Mathilde became very
old, so Jeanne didn't recognize her__8__they met in a park 10 years later. From this story, we know a
person shouldn't __9__(affect) by vanity(
虚荣心
), __9__it will cost him a lot.
(8)
__1__is
known
to
all,
China
is
a
large
country__2__agriculture.
Science
of
farming
was
first
__3__(study) here.
Jia
Si-xie,
living__4__the
6th
century
AD,
was
one
of
the
farming
pioneers(
先驱者
).
After
he
finished
his
work
for
the
government,
he
spent
his
time__5__his
research
into
agriculture.
He
studied__6__to keep seeds, how to improve soil conditions and so on.
During
the
years
533~544,
he
wrote
a
book__7__(call)
Qi
Min
Yao
Shu,__8__is
about
both
farming and
gardening,__9__(include) advice on how to
grow green vegetables,
how to keep fish
in
lakes, and so on. It was considered to be__10__important summary of farming knowledge.
(9)
Walt Disney, a great film-maker, was born in Chicago in 1901__1__died in 1966. __2__a young
man, he wanted very much to be an artist. He went to a newspaper office in__3__hope of getting a job
there,__4__he had no luck.
He didn't lose heart. He kept on drawing lots of pictures. Being poor, he had to sit in the family
garage(
车库
),__5__(draw) pictures. Day__6__day, he worked hard. Several years __7__ he succeeded
in__8__(make)
his
first
cartoon
character
—
Mickey
Mouse.
From
then
on,
he
became
a
__9__(succeed)
cartoon
maker.
Many
characters
in
his
cartoons
are
very
popular,
such
as
Mickey
Mouse and Donald Duck,__10__are loved by everyone, especially by children.
(10)
In the days__1__an ice cream cost much less, Tom,__2__8-year-old boy, entered a hotel coffee
shop__3__
sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. “How much is an ice cream?”
“Fifty
-
cents,” replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his right hand
__4__of the pocket and studied a
number__5__
coins in it. “How much is a dish of plain ice cream?” he asked. Some people were now
waiting
for
her
service
and
the
waitress
grew
a
bit__6__
(patience).
“Thirty
-
five
cents.”
she
said
__7
(rude). The little boy carefully counted the coins again.“I will have a plain ice cream,” he said.
The
waitress
walked
boy
finished
the
ice
cream,
paid
the
cashier
and
left.
It
was
not
- 2 -
long__8__the
waitress
came
back
and
then
she
began
to
wipe
down
the
table
and
suddenly
was
surprised
at__9__she
saw.
There,
__10__(place)
neatly
beside
the
empty
dish,
were
two
nickels
and
five pennies
—
her tip!
(11)
As well as reaching the right audience with the right technique, advertisers must also place their
ads in the right medium. Obviously, cost will play__1__big part in this decision. Television adverts are
expensive
to
make__2__to
show.
You
have
to
be
a
big
corporation
with
a
big
budget
to
afford
television ads. Advertisements in newspapers, on the other hand, are__3__cheaper.
As
well
as
worrying
about
the
expense,
advertisers
must
also
consider__4__media
are
most
appropriate for their product and which their target audience is most likely to see or hear. __5__most
cars have radios, ads broadcast via radio can reach a lot of drivers very__6__(easy). For this reason,
__7__would be appropriate to use radio to advertise goods and services relating to cars.__8__, it would
be no use__9__(advertise) products on radio if the ad relies on visual effects. Television adverts are
great
for
generating
emotional
responses
to
a
product,
but
magazines
and
newspapers
can
have__10__details.
(12)
We
must
have
water
to
live.__1__the
water
we
use
is
clean
and
fresh,
it
will
make
us
ill.
The
animals__2__(live)
in
and
around
lakes
and
rivers
must
also
have
clean
water.
Our
rivers
and
lakes
supply most of our water. The clear, blue water found by the first American settlers has changed. Many
of
our
water
sources
are
now__3__(pollute).
They
are
filled__4__dirt
and
waste
which
cannot
be
cleaned out. In many places, water is not safe for us to use.
Lake
Erie
was
once
a
beautiful
lake.
Now
it
has
been
called
“a
__5__(die)
lake”.
Waste
from
nearby homes and factories has been dumped into__6__. Fish can no longer live in much of its polluted
water. George Washington once called the Potomac “
__7__
finest river in the world”. Now its water is
no longer blue. __8__, it is soupy green. Suds(
肥皂泡沫
), from detergents(
洗涤剂;洗衣粉
) used to
wash clothes, often cover the water of our rivers.
Water cannot__9__(make) in a factory. Once water is polluted, it is difficult to make it clean and
safe again. We must learn to take care of the water__10__we now have.
(13)
In
order
to
know
a
foreign
language
thoroughly,
four
things
are
necessary.
Firstly,
we
must
understand the language when we hear__1__spoken. Secondly, we must be able to speak it ourselves
correctly
with
confidence
and__2__hesitation.
Thirdly,
we
must
be
able
to
read
the
language,
and
fourthly,
we
must
be
able
to
write
it.
We
must
be
able
to
make
sentences
that
are
grammatically
correct.
There is no easy way to succeed__3__language learning.__4__good memory is a great help, but it
is
not
enough
only__5__(memorize)
rules
from
a
grammar
book.
It
is
not
much
use__6__(learn)
by
heart long lists of words and__7__meanings, studying the dictionary and so on. We must learn by using
the
language.
__8__we
are
satisfied
with
only
a
few
rules
we
have
memorized,
we
are
not
really
learning the language. “Learn through use” is a good piece of
advice for those__9__are studying a new
language. Practice is important. We must practise speaking and__10__(write) the language whenever
we can.
(14)
I was always told that the three Ps, patience, positive thinking and perseverance(
毅力
),were a sure
path__1__success. But this advice does not always
work
as planned. My
high school
maths exam is
- 3 -
one example. The exam,__2__was originally to be held in our classroom,__3__(change) to the library
at the last minute. This,__4__,didn't bother me because maths had always been my strongest subject. I
patiently walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breathing to help relax__5__.But my
mood
quickly
changed
when
I
saw__6__first
question.
I
had
no
idea
how
to
do
it.
I
tried
to
stay
positive and persevered__7__I finally found the solution. With the problem__8__(solve), I felt proud
of my achievement.__9__(fortunate), I then noticed that I had just 10 minutes left__10__(complete) the
rest!
(15)
We are all busy talking about and__1__(use) the Internet, but how many of us know __2__history
of the Internet?
Many people are__3__(surprise) when they find that the Internet was not set up in the
that
time,
computers
were
large__4__expensive.
Computer
networks
didn't
work
well.
If
one
computer in the network broke__5__, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had
to be set up.
It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network
was
not
working,
information
could
be
sent__6__another
part.
In
this
way
the
computer
network
system would keep on__7__(work) all the time.
The Internet was only used by the government in the 1960s, but in the early 1970s, universities,
hospitals
and
banks
were
allowed
to
use
it
too.__8__,
computers
were
still
very
expensive
and
the
Internet
was
difficult
to
use.
By
the
start
of
1990s,
computers
became
cheaper
and
easier
to
use.
Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet more
__9__(convenience).
Today
it
is
easy
to
get
online
and
it
is
said
that
millions
of
people
use
the
Internet
every
day.__10__(send) emails is more and more popular among students.
The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people's life.
(16)
In America they have a saying much laughed__1__by the English
:
“Have a nice day” they speak
slowly
and
seriously
in
their
shops,
hotels
and
sandwich
bars.
I
think
it
is
a
wonderful
phrase,__2__(remind) us, in effect, to enjoy the moment: to value this very day.
When
I
first
became
a
reporter
I
knew
a
man
who
gave
up
a
very
well
paid
respectable
job
__3__the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small__4__(week) newspaper. At the time I was astonished
by__5__appeared to me to be his completely abnormal mental state.__6__could anyone turn his back
on Fleet Street in__7__(centre) London for a small local area
?
I
wanted to know. Now I am a little
older and possibly wiser, I see the sense in it. In Fleet Street the man was __8__continual pressure. He
lived
in__9__unattractive
London
suburb
and
he__10__(spend)
much
of
his
life
sitting
on
Southern
Region trains.
(17)
Bassanio fell in love__1__Portia, but he couldn't ask her to marry him__2__he was poor. He had
to borrow some money__3__his friend Antonio, a merchant of Venice. Antonio had no money then. He
went
to
Shylock,
a
cruel
and__4__(greed)
money-lender.
Shylock
agreed
to
lend
him
the
money
on
condition__5__he would cut a pound of his flesh__6__he couldn't repay him within three months.
Unfortunately Antonio's ships were lost__7__sea. __8__(know) that Antonio probably had to die,
Portia asked Bassanio to go to see his friend at once. She dressed herself__9__as a lawyer and turned
up
at
the
court.
She
let
Shylock
cut
just
one
pound
of
Antonio's flesh,
no
more,
no
less,
no
drop
of
blood,
__10__he
would
lose
all
his
money
and
his
life.
Her
clever
idea
saved
Antonio
and
made
Shylock give half of his money to Venice.
- 4 -
(18)
Dear Lifeline,
I shall be getting married__1__August. My mother wants me to have a white wedding in church,
because I am__2__only daughter, and she wants me to have the kind of wedding__3__she had. I, on
the__4__hand,
should
like
to
have
a
simple
wedding__5__a
small
party
afterwards
for
immediate
family and close friends. I don't want my parents to go to a lot of expense just__6__one day; I'd rather
they spent the money__7__things that my husband and I will need; that will last us for many years.
Do
you
agree__8__me
that
this
is
a__9__(reason)
point
of
view
?
Can
you
think
of
a
way
in
__10__I might persuade my parents to think as I do?
Yours,
Money-Conscious
(19)
There
was
once__1__teacher
in
a
village.
He
was
a
man__2__(name)
Goldsmith.
He
was
a
kind-hearted man. He was always poor himself. He taught__3__medicine, so sometimes people called
him
Doctor
Goldsmith.
One
day
a
poor
woman
asked
Mr.
Goldsmith
to
go
and
see
her
husband,
__4__he was very ill and couldn't get up. Mr. Goldsmith did__5__. He found that the family needed
help very much. The man had been out of work for a long time, but he was not ill. He was just hungry
because there was no food in his house.
“Come
to
my
room
this
evening
”said
Mr.
Goldsmith
to
the
woman,
“I
will
give
you
some
medicine for your husband.”
In the evening the woman came. Mr. Goldsmith gave her a little paper box.
“
Here
is the
medicine,” he said.” Take it and it
will
do
your husband a
great deal of good, but
don't open the box__6__
you get home.”
“What are the directions for
__7__ (take)
it?” asked the woman.
“You will find
__8__
inside the box.” he answered.
__9__the
woman
reached
home,
she
sat
down
by
her
husband's
side,
and
they
opened
the
box.
They found it was full of money. And on the top were the direction
:
“TAKE IT WHEN YOU NEED
IT.”
Goldsmith had given all the money__10__he had.
(20)
Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very
fast,
and
boasted
of
the
fact__1__she
had
never,
in
her
thirty-five
years
of
driving,
been
punished__2__a driving mistake.
Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw
her pass a red light without__3__(stop).
When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to
drive a car, and that the reason__4__she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes
had become weak with old age, so that she had simply not seen it.
When
the
judge
had
finished__5__he
was
saying,
Ms.
Mary
opened
the
big
handbag
she
was
carrying and took out her sewing. __6__saying a word, she__7__ (choose) a needle with a very small
eye, and threaded it at the first time.
When she
had__8__(success) done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed
both the needle and thread to the judge, __9__(say)
, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive a car
well, and you have no doubts about
your eyesight.”
- 5 -
The
judge
took
the
needle
and
tried
to
thread
it.
After
half
a
dozen
times,
he
had
still
not
succeeded. The case against Ms. Mary__10__(dismiss), and her record remained unbroken.
(21)
Keeping a diary in English is one of the__1__(effect) ways to improve our English writing ability.
__2__(compare) with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes__3__(little) time. It can help
us
to
develop
the
habit
of
thinking
in
English.__4__we
persist
in
this
practice,
gradually
we'll
learn
how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English, we certainly run up
against many
difficulties. In the first place,__5__often happens that
we
have trouble__6__(find) appropriate words
and phrases to give expression to our mind. Secondly, there are many idiomatic ways of saying things
in Chinese. And it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly.
As
far
as
I__7__(concern),
my__8__(suggest)
is
that
we
should
always
have
a
notebook
and
a
Chinese-English dictionary within easy reach. Whenever something beats us, we can first put it down
in our notebook and then consult our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help, if
necessary. In short, I believe that it is__9__great use to keep a diary in English for__10__development
of our writing skills.
(22)
In 1605 some Englishmen planned to kill their king, James, __1__they thought that he was a bad
man.
They
knew
that
on
November
5th
the
King
would
go
to
the
House
of
Lords
to
talk
with
his
nobles.
The men rented a__2__(build) next to the House of Lords. They__3__(dig) through a wall and put
many
barrels
of
gunpowder
in
an
underground
room
of
the
House
of
Lords.
They
chose
a
man__4__(call)
Guy
Fakes
to
set
fire__5__the
gunpowder,
but
something
went
wrong__6__their
plan.__7__of
the
men
had
a
relative__8__was
coming
to
the
House
of
Lords
to
meet
the
King.
He
warned his relative to stay at home.
The relative told__9__nobles and soon the King heard about the
danger.
Soldiers
searched__10__underground
rooms
and
found
the
gunpowder
on
November
4th,
so
Guy Fakes was caught and killed.
(23)
We are what we eat. What we are__1__(accustom)to eating every day has a great effect__2__our
health.
Consequently,
we
should
make__3__effort
to
change
our
bad
eating
habits.
As we
all
know,
baked
or
fried
foods
may
be__4__(taste),
but
eating
too
much
of
them
will
probably
result
in
some
illnesses. In addition, some food which costs us a great deal of money is not healthy, __5__junk food.
__6__people
like
to
eat
is
various
from
culture
to
culture.
Compared
with
people
in
the
West,
Chinese
people
used
to
eat
more
grain,
more
vegetables
and
less
meat,__7__is
a
good
eating
habit.
__8__, things are quite different now. With the rapid economic__9__(grow) of our country, we also eat
a lot of food high in sugar and fat. If you take a casual look at people in the street, what impresses you
will
probably
be
the
fact
that
there
are
a
lot
more
fat
people
than
ever
before.
We
are
at
risk
when__10__(eat)out without considering the balance of our food. To be healthy, we must keep it in our
mind that the food we choose to eat should give us the nutrients(
营养
) we need.
(24)
32 people watched Kitty Genovese__1__(kill) right below their windows. She was__2__neighbor.
Yet__3__of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police.
John Barley and Bib Fatane went beyond the headlines to research into the reasons__4__people
didn't act. They found that a person has to go through two steps__5__he can help. First he has to notice
that
it
is__6__emergency(
紧急情况
).
Is
the
smoke
coming
into
the
room__7__a
leak
in
the
air
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conditioning? Is it “steam pipes”? Or is it r
eally smoke from a fire? It's not always easy to tell if you
are
faced
with
a
real
emergency.
Second,
and__8__important,
the
person
faced
with
an
emergency
must feel personally__9__(responsibility). He must feel that he must help,__10__the person won't get
the help he needs.
(25)
Experiments have proved that children can__1__(instruct) in swimming at a very early age. At a
special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at__2__(hold) their breath under water
even before they can walk.__3__(baby) of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the
water. It is not long__4__they are so accustomed to swimming__5__they can pick up weights from the
floor of the pool. A game that is very popular with these young__6__(swim) is the underwater tricycle
race.
Tricycles
are
lined
up
on
the
floor
of
the
pool
seven
feet
under
water.
The
children
compete
against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles,__7__most of them
prefer to push or drag them. Some children can cover the whole__8__(long)of the pool__9__coming up
for breath even once. Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell.
Meanwhile,
they
should
encourage__10__among
us
who
cannot
swim
five
yards
before
they
are
gasping for air.
(26)
Soon after Dave left college, one of his uncles,__1__was rich and had no children of his own, died,
__2__(leave) Dave a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency(
地产公司
).
He found a nice office,__3__(buy) some new furniture and moved in. He had only been there for a
few hours when he heard someone__4__(come) towards the door of his office.
“It's
my
first
customer!”
he
thought.
He
quickly
picked
up
__5__telephone
and
pretended
to
be
very
busy__6__(answer)an
important
call
from__7__in
New
York
who
wanted
to
buy
a
big
and
expensive house in the country.
The
man
knocked
at
the
door__8__this
was
going
on,
came
in
and
waited__9__(polite)
for
the
agent
to
finish
his
conversat
ion.
Then
he
said
to
him,
“I'm
from
the
telephone
company,
and
I__10__
(send) here to connect your telephone.”
(27)
I’m
__1__only
daughter
of
my
parents.
So
they
are
worried__2__everything
I
do.
For
example,__3__
I ride my bike, my parents won’t let me
__4__(ride) by myself. They are afraid I might
fall
off
my
bike
and
hurt__5__.
They
are
taking
great
trouble
to
support
the
bike,
with
my
mother
even__6__(carry) a first-
aid box. I’m not
free to ride and I often say
__7__
(angry),
“Why
not let
me
ride alone?”
Now, most families have one child. Parents want to do everything for__8__children. This does no
good
to
them.
Too
much
love
from
parents
may
prevent
children
from__9__independent.
In
my
opinion, parents should let their children do__10__they should do alone.
(28)
We decide to give a gift to our school for her birthday before__1__(graduate),. We had a heated
discussion__2__what
gift
to
give.
We
think
we
should
do__3__we
can
to
help
our
school.
Some
advise__4__(plant)
more
trees
on
the
coming
Tree-Planting
Day
to
make
our
campus
more
beautiful,__5__others
hold
the
view__6__we
should
introduce
the
history
of
our
school
to
friends,
schoolmates
or
relatives.
Besides,
we
can
show__7__around
our
school
to
make
her
better
__8__(know).
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As far as I am concerned, I'd like to study even__9__(hard) for a better university. In this way, our
school will be proud of us and thus we can make an even greater __10__(contribute) to her.
(29)
Once
upon
a
time,
a
poor
boy
together
with
his
mother
lived
in
a
mountainous
village.
In
his
childhood
the
boy
often
cheated__1__boys
out
of
money
and
things,
but
his
mother
quickly
saw
through his deception and criticized him. __1__his mother's education, he also felt a sense of injustice
about
his
deeds
and
made
an__3__(apologize)
to
others.
His
mother
did
everything
in
her
power
to
change his faulty. She sent him to a school,__4__he worked very hard. Five years later, he stood out
among his classmates and was always thought highly of by all his teachers. He became__5__(interest)
in literature and enjoyed__6__(read)many famous literature works, such as Pride and Prejudice, Jane
Eyre,__7__which he was able to improve his writing skills. __8__he graduated from school, he became
a journalist in a newspaper of the city. He hailed (
呼吁
) the__9__(equal)of man in his articles. In the
end, many people would like to read his articles as soon as they__10__(publish).
(30)
Do you feel__1__difficult to be happy all the time? Now I'll give you some tips__2__how to make
yourself happy. One way is being__3__(self) because unselfishness is the key factor__4__(require) if
you
want to
get along
well
with others. By__5__(say) being unselfish
we
mean
we
should not
want
everything our own way__6__demand the best share of everything. Another way is to
look for good
points in__7__people. You'll find most people pleasant to get along with and it will surely make you
happy. Third, you cannot expect to be too perfect,__8__don't be too unhappy when you make a mistake.
Everything will be OK if you try to make things right. Finally, it is important to remember that while
you
are
not__9__(bad)
than
others,
chances
you
have
may
not
be
much
better.
In
this
case, __10__surest way to be happy is to think yourself above other people.
(31)
In
the
small
towns
of
the
United
States
in
the__1__(nineteen)
century,
the
general
store
was__2__everyone
bought
the
things
he
couldn't
make__3__grow
at
home.
What
the
stores
sold__4__(tell) a great deal about__5__life at that time. People bought tools that they needed for farm
work;
salt,
sugar
and__6__foods
that
the
farm
didn't
produce;
articles
of
clothing
that
they
couldn't
make__7__; shirts for the men; or clothes for the children. Life was simple then. One feels that people
were__8__(thank)
for
what
they
had
and
that
they
looked__9__with
courage
to
whatever
the
future
brought. It would be interesting to know how they would feel about the life today. Would it seem to
them that life is too complex? Would they enjoy__10__(live) a life as we do now?
(32)
__1__
I
was
in
Germany,
one
day
at
Christmas
time
I
went
to
a
post
office
to
send
a
letter.
__2__my surprise. I found people queuing some paces away__3__the person at the savings deposit (
存
款
)window. Why so? Each did his business in turn__4__the line never moved a step nearer. I was very
curious,
so
I
walked
to
the
window
to
find
out
the
cause.
There
was
a
notice
on
__5__was
written
“Thank
you
for your respect for others' privacy”, a polite warning to keep people away from nosing
into(
干涉
)others' affairs. Money matters __6__(regard) as privacy in Western countries.
I was deeply
impressed by the sight and stayed a while to watch: they were waiting so calmly at a distance that they
seemed quite used to the practice .The same thing happened at a public telephone box. Those waiting
for their turns always kept their distance enough to be out of hearing.
It's another typical example!
From
then
on,
I
took
care
to
watch
their
ways
of
doing
things,
manners,
and
treatment
shown
towards
others.
I
found
the
Germans
always__7__(mind)
of
others'
privacy.
They
avoided
putting
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