Comprehension 理解
Give short answers to these questions in your own words as far as possible．Use one complete sentence for each answer.
1 Why, according to the author, is it justifiable for a young man to fear death?
2 How does the author regard the fear of death in old people?
3 What, in the opinion of the author, is the best way for an old person to overcome the fear of death?
Vocabulary 词汇
Refer to the text to see how the following words have been used, then write sentences of your own using these words: oppressed (1.1); justification (1.1); cheated (1.3); recede (1.6); merged (1.7); decay of vitality (1.12) weariness(1.12).
The paragraph 段落
A Which of these statements best expresses the main idea or me passage? Give reasons for your answer:
1 Old people fear death.
2 While it is justifiable for a young man to fear death, it is not so in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows and has accomplished whatever work it was in him to do.
3 It is justifiable for young people to fear death.
4 An old man will not fear death if he knows that there are others who will carry on what he can no longer do.
B The following sentences have been taken from lines 7-14．Arrange them in their correct order．Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:
1 I should wish to die while still at work, knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do, and content in the thought that what was possible has been done.
2 The man who, in old age, can see his life in this way, will not suffer from the fear of death, since the things he cares for will continue.
3 An individual human existence should be like a river----small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls.
4 Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.
5 And if, with the decay of vitality, weariness increases, the thought of rest will be not unwelcome.
Key structures 关键句型
A Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses in the following paragraph．Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:
Some old people _______ (oppress) by the fear of death．In the young there is a justification for this feeling.
Young men who have reason to fear that they _________ (kill) in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they______ (cheat) of the best things that life has to offer．But in an old man who ______ (know) human joys and sorrows, and ________ (achieve) whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death _______ (be) somewhat abject and ignoble．(11.1-5)
B Note the form of the verbs used after until in this sentence:
Make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life．(11.5-7)
Supply the correct form of the verbs in parentheses in the following sentences:
1 I don't think he will be very pleased when he _______ (find) out the truth.
2 He will send a telegram as soon as he ______ (arrive) in Zurich.
3 We should wait until the weather _______ (change) before we go on holiday.
C Study these sentences:
Instead of saying: An individual human existence should be like a river．(1.7)
We can say: An individual human existence ought to be like a river.
Now compare the following sentence with the two given above:
I can't leave now: I must finish my work first.
Supply should (ought to) or must in these sentences:
1 I really _____ finish this letter, but I think it can wait until tomorrow.
2 I have no alternative: I _____ do what I am told to do.
3 By rights, you _______ pay a fine on this book as it is long overdue, but it doesn't matter.
4 I _____ be at work on time every morning or I'll lose my job．
D Supply the missing words in the following sentences．Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:
Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly and _____ the end, without any visible break, they become merged ______ the sea and painlessly lose their individual being．The man who, ______ old age, can see his life _______ this way, will not suffer _____ the fear ______ death, since the things he cares _____ will continue．(11.8-11)
E Give the correct form of the verb in parentheses．Do not refer to the passage until you have completed the exercise:
And if, with the decay of vitality, weariness _____ (increase), the thought of rest will be not unwelcome．(11.11-12)
Special difficulties 难点
A Study these examples, then write two sentences to bring out the difference between the verbs flow (1.9) and fly.
The River Thames rises in Gloucestershire and runs eastwards for 210 miles until it flows into the North Sea at the Nore, some 40 miles east of London.
The nest in the hedge is empty．The young birds have flown.
B Note that the word water is rarely used in the plural: ‘the waters flow more quietly’ (1.9)．Study the example and then write a sentence using water in the plural.
The banks of the River Oder had disappeared in the flood, and despairing householders watched from a hill top as the waters went on rising.
C Explain the meaning of since in these sentneces:
1 Man will not suffer from the fear of death, since the things he cares for will continue．(11.10-11)
2 I have not seen him since last year.
D Note the use of no longer and any longer in these sentences:
Others will carry on what I can no longer do．(11.12-13)
Others will carry on what I cannot do any longer.
Write two sentences using no longer and any longer.
Multiple choice questions 多项选择题
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension 理解
1 It is ______ that young people fear they will die.
a．not surprising
b．unnatural
c．oppressive
d．deceitful
2 Fear of death in old people ______.
a．is not something the writer admires
b．is wider and more impersonal
c．is all right for someone who has known joys and sorrow
d．is truly justified
3 As a person's interests become more impersonal, so ______.
a．his existence becomes like a river
b．the sense of individuality decreases
c．life flows without a visible break
d．the waters flow more quietly
4 An old person can reach a stage where _______.
a．the things he cares for will continue
b．he wishes to die while still at work
c．his life will continue
d．he looks forward to death
Structure 句型
5 In the young, this feeling ______．(1.1)
a．has justified
b．was justified
c．justified
d．is justified
6 In an old man ______ has known human joys and sorrows … (11.3-4)
a．what
b．which
c．-
d．that
7 An individual human existence should be like a river．That's how it _______ be．(1.7)
a．ought to
b．must
c．has to
d．is obliged to
8 _____ death will not bring fear to the old man who can see his life in this way．(11.10-11)
a．A
b．The
c．Every
d．-
Vocabulary 词汇
9 Young men may justifiably feel they have been ______ of the best things in life．(11.1-2)
a．deceived
b．lied
c．stolen
d．robbed
10 Your life becomes increasingly _______ in the universal life．(11.6-7)
a．lost
b．joined
c．sunk
d．contained
11 _____ the river grows wider … (11.8-9)
a．Less and less
b．Step by step
c．One by one
d．Little by little
12 I should wish to die while still at work, ______ that others will carry on … (11.13-14)
a．thinking
b．aware
c．believing
d．acceptin