Comprehension 理解
Answer these questions:
1 In what way is the definition of worry quoted in the first paragraph relevant to the author's argument?
2 Why does the author class as unfortunate those people who can command everything they want?
3 How can people who have everything they want find relief from boredom?
4 What is the essential difference between the two classes of human beings defined by the author?(11.26-28)
5 Why is it particularly important for people whose work is their pleasure to cultivate a hobby?
Vocabulary词汇
Refer to the text to see how the following words have been used, then write sentences of your own using vocation(1.32).
Summary摘要
Drawing your information from lines 7-21(‘The cultivation… things at the weekend.’), summarize the author's views on cultivating a hobby. Do not write more than 90 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Your answer should be in one paragraph.
Composition作文
Write a composition of about 600 words on one of the following subjects:
1 Worry.
2 Your favourite hobby.
3 ‘Human beings are divided into two classes: first, those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and secondly, those whose work and pleasure are one.’(11.26-28) Which class, in your view, would it be preferable to belong to?
Key structures关键句型
A Complete the following sentences in any way you wish, then compare what you have written with the sentences in the passage:
1 It is useless to____(1.2)
2 It is no use____(1.13)
B Rewrite the sentences given below using the opening phrases provided.Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:
1 It is of the first importance to a public man to cultivate a hobby and new forms of interest.
The cultivation____(11.7-8)
2 If one wishes to be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.
To be____(11.12-13)
3 Not only do the long hours in the office or the factory bring with them the means of sustenance as their reward, but a keen appetite for pleasure even in its simplest and most modest forms.
The long hours____(11.28-30)
Special difficulties难点
A Study the following pairs of words and then write sentences of your own to bring out the difference.
1 late(1.13)----lately
The train arrived late.
We haven't seen you lately.
2 hardly(1.15)----hard(1.18)
He's so old now, he hardly works at all.
I'll pass the exam if I work hard.
3 alternative(1.33)----alternating
That's what we must do then, unless you have an alternative suggestion.
I visit my parents on alternating weekends.
B Use each of the following words figuratively in sentences of your own. Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:
seeds(1.9);fruits(1.10);sweat(1.18).
C Use the following expressions in sentences of your own. Do not refer to the passage until you have completed the exercise: broadly speaking(1.16); as for(1.22); the former(1.28).
Multiple choice questions多项选择题
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension理解
1 The only way to stop worrying is ____.
a．through an effort of the will
b．to become absorbed in some other activity
c．to let go whatever it is that's worrying you
d．relax until you recuperate
2 The cultivation of a hobby ____.
a．prevents you from being bored to death
b．can only occur over a long period of time
c．is particularly suitable for the professional or business man
d．is always a benefit
3 People who can spend as much money as they like ____.
a．are Fortune's favoured children
b．never feel bored
c．enjoy a life that is full of excitement
d．are truly unlucky
4 The people the writer admires most are those who ____,
a．can spend their entire lives on holiday
b．don't distinguish between work and pleasure
c．are rational, industrious and useful
d．work hard and can therefore enjoy their leisure
Structure句型
5 It's no use____ with the mind in this condition.(1.2)
a．in arguing
b．argue
c．to argue
d．arguing
6 The seeds____ carefully chosen.(1.9)
a．have to be
b．should be
c．were probably
d．are probably
7 Human beings may be divided into three classes: ____who are…(1.16)
a．that
b．the ones
c．the which
d．them
8 The long hours in the office bring with them____ the means of sustenance ____a keen appetite for pleasure.(11.28-29)
a．not only… and
b．either… or
c．both… and
d．and…and
Vocabulary 词汇
9 The stronger the will the more____ the task.(1.3)
a．elaborate
b．desirable
c．fertile
d．pointless
10 The seeds must be sedulously____(11.9-10)
a．cared for
b．grown
c．watered
d．followed
11 A manual labourer works with____(1.17)
a．his firm
b．his hands
c．machines
d．his mind
12 It may be said that rational, _____, useful human beings…(1.26)
a．professional
b．employed
c．industrial
d．hard-working