Section A
Comprehension o f the text
I.
1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it is an overwhelming phenomenon in the
United States.
2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.
3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with others.
4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends' temporary leaving will be received as a
welcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absence of friends may leave them with a feeling of emptiness.
5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.
6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves, their pets, the television,
or even to strangers.
7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and find pleasure from the current life,. wait for
anything happy that may happen.
8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people's solitary life differs from that of great minds (like poet
and philosophers), they should cherish the thought that
and make the best of it
Vocabulary
III.
1. humble 2. slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept
6. apology 7. observation 8. dictate 9. inadequate 10. solitary Exercises on Web course only:
1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. commodity
IV
1. cast out 2. all by himself 3. stay up late 4. was fond of 5. at one
itting
6. filled up with 7. speaks highly of 8. set forth 9. at length 10. for the time being
V.
1.K 2.H 3.M 4.B 5.A 6.0 7.J 8.D 9.F 10.1
Collocatio
VI.
1. efficiency 2. status 3. performance 4. standard 5. coordinatio
6. sense 7. career 8. quality 9. supply 10. accuracy
Word Cjuifdin8
VIl.
1. underestimated 2. underpaid 3. overslept 4. Underdeveloped
5. overestimated 6. overcharged 7. underweight 8. overloaded VIll.
1. simplified 2. electrician 3. recovery 4. childlike
5. autobiography 6. underline 7. terrorist 8. overreact
entence structure
IX.
1. The distance between them is not so great as to be unbridgeable.
2. The unity of the masses with the party is never so strong as it is now.
3. The punishment was harsh because Maggie would lose her position, but it was not so bad as losing
her pay.
4. I've heard the terrible noise once or twice before, but never so loud as this one.
5. Men are never so peaceful, so graceful with each other as they are now. X.
1. You might as well go there to see whether there is the information you need.
2. We might as well call it freedom.
3.You might as well ring and tell them you're going to visit them.
4. We might as well walk home.
5. We might as well find an easier one to read.
Translatio
XI.
1. This little man is not so innocent as he appears.
2. There's nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.
3. Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that the
cooperation can be furthered.
4. On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted.
On the other hand, it will
up with constructive
uggestio
5. His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes would talk at length to himself and his pet
and the television.
6. After all, money is not everything. The richest people are not necessarily the happiest.
XII
1.新的機(jī)制并不像他們預(yù)期的那樣有效，因?yàn)閿?shù)月過(guò)去了，但管理效率并沒(méi)有明顯改進(jìn)。
2.我不想不必要地嚇唬你，可你還是面對(duì)事實(shí)，看看一些數(shù)字吧。
3.孤獨(dú)的特點(diǎn)是一種與世隔絕感，而獨(dú)居則是獨(dú)自一人卻不感到寂寞的狀態(tài)，它能引發(fā)自我
意識(shí)。
4.孤獨(dú)是一種消極的狀態(tài)，你會(huì)感到失去了某種東西。你可能與別人在一起仍然感到孤獨(dú)—
這也許是孤獨(dú)最痛苦的形式。
5.獨(dú)居是一種與自我相約的積極的狀態(tài)。獨(dú)居是值得向往的，是獨(dú)自一人、享受自我愉快而又
充實(shí)的陪伴的一種狀態(tài)。
6.梭羅說(shuō)，一個(gè)人即使身處同伴之中，如果不對(duì)他們敞開(kāi)心扉，仍會(huì)感到孤獨(dú)。 Cloze
XIII.
1 ．B 2.D 3.A 4.B 5．C 6.C 7．D 8．D 9. B 10. A
11 ．C 12. B 13．A 14.C 15.D 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.D 20.C
Structured Writing
XV. Some people prefer to live alone whereas some others have to live alone for one reason or another.
Those people believing in inspirational solitude argue that no companion is more companionable tha
olitude. Literary giants such as William Wordsworth, John Milton and Henry Thoreau enjoyed living
alone on purpose. Hunters or explorers enjoy themselves as they venture out to tame the great wild
areas. On the other hand, there are some other people who have to live alone due to various reasons:
eing divorced, widowed or never married. Many of them feel bitter to live in solitude. They have no
one to talk to and as a result they talk at length to themselves and to their pets and to the television.
Comprehension o f the text
I.
1. Because 22 million people live alone, which suggests that it is an overwhelming phenomenon in the
United States.
2. Because they can find inspiration in solitude.
3. The more positive one is toward oneself, the less the need for staying with others.
4. It depends. If they live with their friends, the friends' temporary leaving will be received as a
welcome change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absence of friends may leave them with a feeling of emptiness.
5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.
6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves, their pets, the television,
or even to strangers.
7. To stay rational, settle down in a comfortable way and find pleasure from the current life,. wait for
anything happy that may happen.
8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people's solitary life differs from that of great minds (like poet
and philosophers), they should cherish the thought that
and make the best of it
Vocabulary
III.
1. humble 2. slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept
6. apology 7. observation 8. dictate 9. inadequate 10. solitary Exercises on Web course only:
1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. commodity
IV
1. cast out 2. all by himself 3. stay up late 4. was fond of 5. at one
itting
6. filled up with 7. speaks highly of 8. set forth 9. at length 10. for the time being
V.
1.K 2.H 3.M 4.B 5.A 6.0 7.J 8.D 9.F 10.1
Collocatio
VI.
1. efficiency 2. status 3. performance 4. standard 5. coordinatio
6. sense 7. career 8. quality 9. supply 10. accuracy
Word Cjuifdin8
VIl.
1. underestimated 2. underpaid 3. overslept 4. Underdeveloped
5. overestimated 6. overcharged 7. underweight 8. overloaded VIll.
1. simplified 2. electrician 3. recovery 4. childlike
5. autobiography 6. underline 7. terrorist 8. overreact
entence structure
IX.
1. The distance between them is not so great as to be unbridgeable.
2. The unity of the masses with the party is never so strong as it is now.
3. The punishment was harsh because Maggie would lose her position, but it was not so bad as losing
her pay.
4. I've heard the terrible noise once or twice before, but never so loud as this one.
5. Men are never so peaceful, so graceful with each other as they are now. X.
1. You might as well go there to see whether there is the information you need.
2. We might as well call it freedom.
3.You might as well ring and tell them you're going to visit them.
4. We might as well walk home.
5. We might as well find an easier one to read.
Translatio
XI.
1. This little man is not so innocent as he appears.
2. There's nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.
3. Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that the
cooperation can be furthered.
4. On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted.
On the other hand, it will
up with constructive
uggestio
5. His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes would talk at length to himself and his pet
and the television.
6. After all, money is not everything. The richest people are not necessarily the happiest.
XII
1.新的機(jī)制并不像他們預(yù)期的那樣有效，因?yàn)閿?shù)月過(guò)去了，但管理效率并沒(méi)有明顯改進(jìn)。
2.我不想不必要地嚇唬你，可你還是面對(duì)事實(shí)，看看一些數(shù)字吧。
3.孤獨(dú)的特點(diǎn)是一種與世隔絕感，而獨(dú)居則是獨(dú)自一人卻不感到寂寞的狀態(tài)，它能引發(fā)自我
意識(shí)。
4.孤獨(dú)是一種消極的狀態(tài)，你會(huì)感到失去了某種東西。你可能與別人在一起仍然感到孤獨(dú)—
這也許是孤獨(dú)最痛苦的形式。
5.獨(dú)居是一種與自我相約的積極的狀態(tài)。獨(dú)居是值得向往的，是獨(dú)自一人、享受自我愉快而又
充實(shí)的陪伴的一種狀態(tài)。
6.梭羅說(shuō)，一個(gè)人即使身處同伴之中，如果不對(duì)他們敞開(kāi)心扉，仍會(huì)感到孤獨(dú)。 Cloze
XIII.
1 ．B 2.D 3.A 4.B 5．C 6.C 7．D 8．D 9. B 10. A
11 ．C 12. B 13．A 14.C 15.D 16.B 17.C 18.A 19.D 20.C
Structured Writing
XV. Some people prefer to live alone whereas some others have to live alone for one reason or another.
Those people believing in inspirational solitude argue that no companion is more companionable tha
olitude. Literary giants such as William Wordsworth, John Milton and Henry Thoreau enjoyed living
alone on purpose. Hunters or explorers enjoy themselves as they venture out to tame the great wild
areas. On the other hand, there are some other people who have to live alone due to various reasons:
eing divorced, widowed or never married. Many of them feel bitter to live in solitude. They have no
one to talk to and as a result they talk at length to themselves and to their pets and to the television.