Lesson Twelve
The Discovery of What It Means to Be an American
尽管但Ⅳ
.Choo the word or phra which best completes each ntence.
徒步装备清单
1. There was a great deal of ________ about the decision of that mi-barbaric king’s daughter.
A prediction
B aspiration
C contemplation
D hesitation
2. The twin brothers showed great ________ to their elder sister, who had acted as sole parent to them since their parents died during the American Civil War.
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A allegiance
B devotion
C compliance
D admiration
3. The town maintains very many Chine tradition which are among the highest achievements of tho who created the ________ we now enjoy.
A heritage
B inheritance
C genetics
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D estate
4. It’s impossible to _______ the two points of view becau they are too different.
A compromi
B unite
C reconcile
D combine
5. Many countries in the suburban areas have now succeeded in ________ malarial mosquitoes.
A effacing
B abolishing
C eradicating D. alternative
6. The surly insolence of the waiters drove him into a _____, and he flung her rviette to the floor and stalked out of the restaurant
A rage
B fury
C indignant
D anger
灰伯劳7. Night patrols were nt out to engage the enemy in a ries of small _______.
A battle
B fight
C skirmish
D clash
8. Robert Smith’s reputation was established with the publication of his first poem in 1938 and was ______ by his splendid short stories for children.
A reinforced
B revived
C obscured
D enhanced
9. By then the 4-2-1 ________, i.e., the type of family made up of four helpless grandparents, two demanding parents and one frustrated child, will have become commonplace.
A symptom
B synchronization
C syndrome
D symbiosis
10. During the Romantic period it was fashionable in literature to have a ______ outlook on the world and to turn one’s back on liveliness and joy
A depresd
B disconsolate
C lugubrious
D melancholy
11. The exiled lived for years in a ________ state of fear and never reveal their real identity to the public.
A lasting
B permanent
C perpetual
D durable
12. Arguing world only give further ________ to his allegations
A substance
B sustenance
C subsistence
D surveillance
13. The old building has an ________ air of sadness about it.
A insurmountable
B insuperable
C intangible
D insufferable
14. His lecture was readily ________ to all the students.
A intellectual
B intelligent
C integrated
D intelligible
15.Her husband is an ________ gambler and stay outside all day long.
A incorrigible
B inconceivable
C incompatible
夜明砂D incongruous
16. The old man’s _________ will contribute a lot to his final victory in fighting against the a.
克数换算A inescapable
B inexorable
C inevitable
D inextricable
17. Arriving early gave him the ________ of an unhurried dinner.
A right
B liberty
C privilege
D freedom
18. He is a teacher of high ________ but of little ________ among his colleagues.
A position, rank
B rank, status
C status, position
D rank, position
19. Louisa May Alcott bad the ______ characters of her book Little Women on her sisters and herlf.
A principal
B complex
C original
D many
20. Is a woman to be more highly ________ for her talent or for her beauty?
A estimated
B evaluated
C esteemed
D reckoned
. Put the following words and phras into the appropriate blanks in the following Ⅴ
ntences.
be isolated from ，at home ，cling to ，in flight ，in sharp relief ，flex one’s muscles ，borne in on ，at odds with ，in opposition to ，wed …with ，fury of ，cut across，
1. There was no shelter from the storm.fury of
2. Simon feels very at home on a hor.
3. After her mother’s death, Sara clung to her aunt more than ever.
4. The main character is a journalist from a failed marriage in fight.
5. The snow-capped mountain stood out in sharp relief against the blue sky.
6. He stood on the side of the pool, flexing his muscles.
婚礼仪式
7. Opinion on this issue cuts across traditional political boundaries.
8. The findings are at odds with what is going on in the rest of the country.
9. It was gradually borne on me that defeat was inevitable.
10. Protest marchers were held in opposition to the propod law
11. They have successfully wed the old with the new in this building.
12. He was immediately isolated from the other prisoners for he was prone to attack everyone.
1.Every society is really governed by hidden laws, by unspoken but profound assumptions on the pa
rt of the people, and ours is no exception. It is up to the American writer to find out what the laws and assumptions are. In a society much given to smashing taboos without thereby managing to be liberated from them, it will be no easy matter.
每个社会其实都是由一些潜在的规律，由一些人们没有说出来但却深深感觉到并看作是理所当
然的事物所支配的，我们的社会也不例外。要弄清这些规律和事物，就要由美国作家来努力。在一个非常喜爱冲破禁忌却又不能由此从中解脱出来的社会，要弄清这些，不会是一件容易的事。
2.It is no wonder, in the meantime, that the American writer keeps running off to Europe. He needs sus tenance for his journey and the best models he can find. Europe has what we do not have yet, a n o f the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a n, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they so rely need: a new n of life’s possibilities.
难怪在此期间美国作家不断跑到欧洲去。他的人生历程需要精神食粮，他也需要可能找到的最好的模式。欧洲有着我们还没有的东西，一种生活的神秘而又不可抗拒的极限感，一句话，一种悲剧感。而我们也有着他们十分需要的东西——一种认为生活大有可为的新认识。
3.In this endeavor to wed the vision of the Old World with that of the New, it is the writer, not the stat
e sman, who is our strongest arm. Though we do not wholly believe it yet, the interior life is a real life, a nd the intangible dreams of people have a tangible effect on the world.
在努力把旧世界的看法和新世界的看法结合起来的过程中，不是政治家，而是作家，是我们最强的一支力量。虽然我们迄今还未全信，可是内心的生活确是真正的生活，而人们那种海市蜃楼般的梦幻却对世界有着实实在在的影响。
