Ⅰ.Reading Comprehension Directions: In this part of the test, there are five passages. Following each passage, there are five questions with four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and then write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.
Passage One Electronic computers are among the fastest and most useful instruments for sorting and comparing in use today. Computers provide means for greater speed and accuracy in working with ideas than had previously been possible. With the development of these new tools, it is as if man has suddenly become a millionaire of the mind. Although man has been growing mentally richer ever since he started to think, the electronic computer allows and will continue to allow him to perform tremendous mental tasks in a relatively short time. Great scientists of the past produced ideas which were the basis for great advances, but their ideas sometimes had to wait for years before they were understood sufficiently well to be of practical use. With the computer, the ideas of today's scientists can be studied, tested, distributed, and used more rapidly than ever before. Old lines and methods of communication do not work easily or efficiently with as much information as we have now. The repeated actions of preparing, sorting, filling, distributing, and keeping track of records and publications can be as troublesome as calculating. Errors occur because men grow tired and can be distracted. The basic job of computers is the processing of information. For this reason computers can be defined as devices which accept information, perform mathematical or logical operations with the information, and then supply the results of these operations as new information. Although a sharp dividing line between types of computers is not always easy to see, computers are usually divided into two broad groups: digital and analog. Digital computers work by using specific information which is usually in the form of numbers. Analog computers, on the other hand, usually process continuous information. To explain the differences, let us consider two devices which handle information in a manner similar to the two types of computers. A turnstile, which has a counter attached to it, can help to explain the way a digital computer works. Each time a person passes through the turnstile, the indicator quickly jumps from one number to another. Each number registered is separate and specific. The continuous change in the level of sand in an hourglass as time passes makes it an analog device. Perhaps the first analog computation was the use of graphs for the solution of surveying problems.
1. Which of the following statements best summarizes the first paragraph?______
A.Computers have extended the range of our senses.
B.Computers have extended the power of our mind.
C.Computers have extended the scope of our activities.
D.Computers have extended the speed of our reasoning,
2. With the help of computers, scientists today are able to ______.
A.have their ideas questioned or shared quickly
B.have their new ideas accepted far more widely
C.produce their ideas more rapidly
D.understand new information easily
A B C D
A
[解析] 细节理解题。快速作答本题的关键在于抓住题干中"help" and "scientists today"这两个信息,这样可快速定位在第二段,并可想到与“today”相对的一些(时间)词如“past”或“before”等。此段最后一句“With the computer, the ideas of today's...used more rapidly than ever before.”可知A项全面地表达了这一含义。B、C、D三项以偏概全,故错误。答案为A。
3. According to the passage, computers are mainly used to do the following EXCEPT ______.
Passage Two Q. There's a lot of talk about putting up manned orbital stations. What does this mean, concretely? A. It is very important to have scientific stations in space. A space telescope with a mirror slightly over six and a half feet in diameter will be placed in orbit, and there will be more and more of these. A few years ago, our group at Saclay, in collaboration with a number of other European Laboratories, orbited a telescope that revolutionized our knowledge of gamma ray emissions by celestial objects. Life aboard manned space stations won't be as exciting as we might suppose. It will probably be comparable to the life people lead aboard deep-sea oil rigs. Q. What scientific interest will these stations offer? A. Observation is much more precise beyond the atmosphere, because the sky is darker. You see many more stars and objects that are concealed by the earth's luminescence. Q. What objects? A. We know pretty well how stars are born because we can observe them. Two or three new stars appear in our galaxy every year. But nearly all the galaxies were born at the same time, when the universe was constituted 15 billion (light) years ago. No new ones are thought to exist. To observe the birth of a galaxy that happened so long ago, you have to see a very long way. At present we can go back 10 to 12 billion years. We have to go a bit farther back still, and maybe catch them in the act of birth. Distant objects are necessarily very dim, so ideal conditions are needed to observe them. Orbital stations provide such conditions. Q. Would orbital stations be choice places from which to try to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligences? A. Not particularly through radio communication, except on certain wave lengths that are absorbed by the atmosphere. But as points of departure for exploration they'll be very useful. Q. How far would such exploration go? A. In 1989 the satellite Voyager 1I will reach Neptune after a journey of three and a half years. In addition, five probes were sent to rendezvous with Halley's comet. So exploration of the solar system is more or less under way. We've put people on the moon, sent probes to Mars and Venus, lofted satellites near the sun (within a few tens of millions of miles), and one satellite even left the solar system a few years ago. But visiting the stars is something else again. Light takes four years to reach the nearest stars, so you can see that it would take a satellite hundreds of thousands of years. Of course, if the earth were to become overpopulated, we can imagine sending families in space vessels to colonize the nearest stars. But it's their great-great-great-grand-children who would finally reach those stars. And they wouldn't even know where to stop.
1. The writer compares the life on a space station to the one on a deep-sea oil rig in order to show ______.
A.excitement in the wild
B.dull environment
C.hard living conditions
D.the sameness in operation
A B C D
C
[解析] 题干问,作者对比空间站与深海石油钻井平台上的生活的目的是什么?文章第三段在对比这两种生活之前有一句话说,Life aboard manned space stations won't be exciting as we might suppose,可见,not exciting是两者生活的一个共同点,即两者生活条件都很艰苦。答案为C。
2. Orbital stations provide an ideal condition to observe a galaxy because ______.
A.we are close to it in space
B.we can go back 10 to 12 billion years
C.a galaxy appears dimmer in that environment than on earth
D.a galaxy appear brighter in that environment than on earth
A B C D
D
[解析] 题干问空间站提供理想的观察星系的条件的原因。文章第五段中说,observation is much more precise...because the sky is darker, you see more stars...that are concealed by the earth's luminescence,即,因天空相对来说较黑,所以观察会更准确,因为人们可以看到更多的被地球的光遮挡住的星星或其他物体。可见D项a galaxy appears brighter符合句意。答案为D。
3. In Para. 7, the sentence "No new ones are thought to exist" means ______.
A.nobody believes that there is any new galaxy to be found soon
B.nobody believes that any new galaxy exists now
C.people are wrong to believe that new galaxies will appear
D.people believe that the galaxies are very old now
A B C D
B
[解析] 题干问,第七段No new ones are thought to exist是什么意思?文章第七段中说,But nearly all...constituted 15 billion (light) years ago. No new ones are thought to exist,这句话之前说,We know pretty well how stars are born because we can observe them,可见星系里新的恒星的产生是我们科学已经观察到的,而人们认为几乎所有的(nearly all)星系都是在150亿光年前同时产生的,这样A项与D项都太肯定了,与文章nearly all这个模糊的说法不符。答案为B。
4. The word "exploration" in the question "How far would such exploration go" means ______.
A.finding new galaxies
B.finding other intelligent life
C.orbiting other telescope
D.setting up new orbital station
A B C D
B
[解析] 题干问,How far would such exploration go中exploration的含义。题干这句话可追溯到文章第九、十段,Would orbital stations be choice places from which to try to communication with extraterrestrial intelligence? intelligence指智力、智慧,常用来指智力高或低的有生命的事物或人,所以这里的科学探索指寻找其他有生命的东西。答案为B。
5. We may draw a conclusion from the last Paragraph that ______.
A.human habitation on other stars is a pure imagination
B.even later generation won't know which star to land on
C.reaching other stars by present technology is still unrealistic
D.colonizing other stars is a solution to overpopulation
Passage Three One day an ordinary dog appeared in the ticket office at Campiglia, a busy railroad station on Italy's main line. A ticket agent named Elvio greeted the strange dog in a friendly way, so the dog decided to stay. From that day on, the dog became Elyio's shadow and was named Lampo. Lampo kept Elvio company inside the ticket office. When the weather was warm, he would enjoy himself in the sun of the train platform. When it was time for Elvio to return home on the train at night, Lampo ran after the train for a long way and then sadly gave up and went back to the station. One night as Elvio was riding home on the train, he noticed that Lampo was lying at his feet. Afraid that the conductor would see the dog on the train and shout at him, Elvio pushed Lampo under a seat. Luckily, the conductor did not notice the dog. Lampo came home with Elvio and met his family. Then, after a short visit, Lampo boarded the last train and went back to the station. Lampo quickly learned all of the train schedules. He would ride home from work with Elvio every night and then ride back to the station alone. Every morning, Lampo arrived at Elvio's house in time to walk his young daughter, Mivna, to school. The faithful dog would then take another train to Campiglia to spend time with his master, then travel again to accompany Mivna home from school at 11:30. Soon, Lampo began to take the trains all over Italy. Lampo became famous among the men who worked on the railroad, as his journeys became more frequent, complicated and mysterious. No one could explain why he traveled or how he always found the right train back to Campiglia. People decided that Lampo was a unique dog. Some of the railroad officials were against Lampo's illegal travels. They were afraid he would bite a passenger or cause some other problems. Finally, the stationmaster threatened to call the dogcatcher if Elvio didn't get rid of the dog. Elvio decided to put Lampo on a train going as far away as possible. Months went by and Lampo did not come back. Mivna missed him very much and prayed for his return. Finally one day, a sad, very thin, tired Lampo returned to Elvio's office. Everyone, even the stationmaster, was sorry about what had happened. From then on, Lampo was allowed to ride the trains whenever he wanted. After seven years, Lampo grew old, and he began to need Elvio's help to board the train. One day Lampo was seen lying dead on the tracks. A year later, a life-sized statue (雕像) of Lampo was set up at Campiglia station.
1. The first time Lampo took the train, Elvio was ______.
Passage Four A film was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro advertisement. This was in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrle Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but when the time came to shoot, the man was too drunk to ride. Someone from the crews saw Winfield and asked him if he would ride the horse for $50. "Well," said Winfield, "for 50 bucks, I'll jump that damn horse over the moon!" To people in many countries, Winfield is just a familiar but nameless face, a simple cowboy with an advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is 55, a family man who's been married to the same woman for 37 years and has 5 children and 7 grandchildren. Most surprisingly, he's a real working cowboy who raises horses in his ranch in Wyoming. One of the more striking things about the Marlboro Man is that the success hasn't changed him much. He says that complete strangers sometimes come up to him and say, "I've met you. I know you from somewhere." Whenever it happens, he says that he gets embarrassed.
1. What does the word "prohibited" in the first paragraph mean? ______
A.broadcast
B.forbade
C.produced
D.provided
A B C D
B
[解析] 题干问第一段中prohibited的意义。本文说的是Marlboro Man Winfield的情况。prohibited所在的句子是文中第一、二句,A film was...to film a Marlboro advertisement. This was in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television。我们知道Marlboro为香烟品牌“万宝路”,四个备选答案中,只有forbade可以和文中from连用,它表示“禁止”,第二句话意为该“万宝路”香烟广告拍摄于1868年,之后香烟广告就禁止在电视上播放了。答案为B。
2. Which of the following statements is true?______
A.Cigarette ads were prohibited in America.
B.Cigarette ads are prohibited on television in America.
C.Marlboro advertisement was produced on television.
D.Marlboro advertisement was prohibited on television.
[解析] 题干问,当他们拍这个广告时发生了什么情况?文中第一段说,The scene included...the man was too drunk to ride,即A项“拍广告的男演员喝太多了”符合文意。答案为A。
4. From the passage, e know that Winfield was ______.
A.an ordinary man
B.a superstar
C.an actor
D.a rich man
A B C D
A
[解析] 文章第二段说,Few people know that...he's a real working cowboy who...,可见,他是一个真正的牛仔,一个普通人(an ordinary man)。答案为A。
5. When people recognized Winfield, he felt ______.
A.excited
B.happy
C.interested
D.uncomfortable
A B C D
D
[解析] 文章最后一段说,He says that...whenever it happens, he says that he gets embarrassed,当陌生人认出他时,他会很尴尬,即很不自在(uncomfortable)。答案为D。
Passage Five In a competitive economy, the consumer usually has the choice of several different brands of the same product. Yet underneath their labels, the products are often nearly identical. One manufacturer's toothpaste tends to differ from another's. Thus manufacturers are confronted with a problem—how to keep sales high enough to stay in business. Manufacturers solve this problem by advertising. They try to appeal to consumers in various ways. In fact, advertisements may be classified into three types according to the kind of appeals they use. One type of advertisement tries to appeal to the consumer's reasoning mind. It may offer a claim that seems scientific. For example, it may say the dentists recommend Flash toothpaste. In selling a product, the truth of the advertising may be less important than the appearance of truth. A scientific approach gives the appearance of truth. Another type of advertisement tries to amuse the potential buyer. Products that are essential boring, such as insecticide, are often advertised in an amusing way. One way of doing this is to make the products appear alive. For example, the advertisers may personify cans of insecticide, and show them attacking mean-faced bugs. Ads of this sort are silly, but they also tend to be amusing. Advertisers believe that consumers are likely to remember and buy products that the consumers associate with fun. Associating the product with something pleasant is the technique of the third type of appeal. In this class are ads that suggest that the product will satisfy some basic human desires. One such desire is the wish to be admired by other people. Many automobile advertisements are in this category. They imply that other people will admire you, may even be jealous, when they see you driving the hot, new Aardvark car. Another powerful desire to which advertisements appeal is the desire for love. Thus ads for bandages are unlikely to emphasize the way the bandages are made or their low cost; instead, the ads may show a mother tenderly binding up and then kissing her small boy's cut finger. In the picture there is an open package of Ouch Bandage. The advertiser hopes the consumer will mentally insert an equal sign to create the equation "Ouch Bandage=Love". One only needs to look through a magazine or watch an hour of TV in order to see examples of these three different advertising strategies.
1. We can infer from the passage, when there are different brands of toothpaste ______.
D.help the consumers see the true value of the product
A B C D
B
[解析] 细节判断题。第二段中的第二句“...a claim that seems scientific”和最后一句“A scientific approach gives the appearance of truth”,以及其中的例子都是为了说明广告是为了用看上去很科学的方法误导消费者,吸引消费者去买产品。答案为B。
3. "The potential buyer" (para. 3) in this context probably refers to ______.
Ⅱ.Vocabulary Directions: Scan the following passage and find the words which have roughly the same meanings as those given below. The number in the, brackets after each word definition refers to the number of paragraph in which the target word is. Write the word you choose on the Answer Sheet. This strategy has been highlighted by several tobacco journals which have carried articles on "targeting the female smokers" and suggesting that retailers should "look to the ladies". Among the 20 US magazines that received the most cigarette advertising revenue in 1985, eight were women's magazines. In the same year, a study on the cigarette advertising policies of 53 British women's magazines (read by more than half of all British women) showed that 64 per cent of the magazines accepted cigarette advertising, which represented an average of seven per cent of total advertising revenue. Research in industrialized countries has shown the subtle method used to encourage girls to smoke. The impact of such method is likely to be even greater in developing countries, where young people are generally less knowledgeable about smoking hazards and may be more attracted by glamorous, affluent, desirable images of the female smoker. This is why WHO, together with other national and international health agencies, has repeatedly called for national legislation banning all forms of tobacco promotion, and for an appropriate "high price" policy which would slow down the "enthusiasm" of young women for tobacco consumption. Young girls and women have a right to be informed about the damage that smoking can do to their health. They also need to acquire skills to resist pressure to start smoking or to give it up. Several countries have developed integrated school and preschool health education programs which have successfully reduced girls' smoking rates; but this education should not be restricted to what happens in school. There are many other examples of effective cessation programs in the workplace and primary health centers. Unfortunately, many women do not have the opportunity to be involved in such programs, and programs have generally been less successful with women than men. Smoking amongst women has already reached epidemic proportions and will continue to escalate unless action is taken now. Delays can only cause further suffering and deaths of women; this is why WHO's new program on tobacco or health is giving high priority to action to protect women and children.
1. to emphasize or make prominent (Para. 1)
highlight
[解析] to emphasize or make prominent意为强调,使突出。文章第一句说,好几本烟草杂志在它们的刊物中刊登“把目标指向妇女”的文章强调这一策略。highlight符合题意。答案为highlight。
3. tradesman who sells goods to the general public (Para. 1)
retailers
[解析] tradesman who sells goods to the general public卖商品给大众的人,即零售商。文中articles on suggesting the retailers should "look to the ladies"文章建议零售商把目标转向女士。答案为retailers。
4. income (Para. 1)
revenue
[解析] income指收入,收益。文中Among the 20...received...advertising revenue...从烟草广告中取得收益的杂志。revenue符合题意。the cigarette advertising policies指烟草广告政策。答案为revenue。
[解析] danger指危险。文章中烟草商利用发展中国家人们对烟草知识包括危害的无知去做事情。less knowledgeable about smoking hazards,hazards符合题意。答案为hazard。
7. having plenty of money or other possessions (Para. 2)
affluent
[解析] 题干中的现在分词结构一般是形容词的解释,本题指有很多钱的、有很多财产的,即富有的。第二段中类似意思的词只能出现在may be attracted by glamorous, affluent, desirable image of female smoker中,发展中国家的年轻人可能是被吸烟女性充满魅力、富有而高雅的形象所吸引。affluent符合题意。答案为affluent。
8. making parts into a whole (Para. 3)
integrated
[解析] 根据上题解释,此题应为形容词。making parts into a whole指合部分为整体的,即,综合的。为了宣传吸烟的危害性从而降低吸烟率,许多国家develop integrated school,在这类学校中进行宣传,即,integrated为综合的。答案为integrated。
9. a short pause or a stop (Para. 3)
cessation
[解析] a short pause or a stop为,名词,是停止的意思。除了学校,还有许多场所也开始进行有效的禁烟运动。禁烟运动cessation program。答案为cessation。
10. rise one after the other (Para. 4)
escalate
[解析] rise one after the other指动词,逐步扩大,逐步上升。文章第四段中escalate符合文意。它的名词形式escalator自动扶梯,滚梯在超市里很常见。答案为escalate。
Ⅲ.Summarization Directions: In this section of the test, there are ten paragraphs. Each of the paragraphs is followed by an incomplete phrase or sentence which summarizes the main idea of the paragraph. Spell out the missing letters of the word on your Answer Sheet.
1. Those who support the "nurture theory", that is, they advocate education, are often called behaviorists. They claim that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. The behaviorists maintain that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli as the basis of their behavior. S______ are more important than instincts.
Surroundings
[解析] surroundings are more important than instincts.本段讲了行为主义者认为在决定我们的行为时,我们所处的环境比我们的本能更重要。答案为Surroundings。
2. Animals in their natural state are part of the wonder of creation and beauty of our world. One of the effective measures to avoid the extinction of wild animals is for all countries to create nature reserves where all the native species of animals can wander free and be protected from man. The p______ of wild life.
preservation
[解析] The preservation of wild life. 此段讲到防止野生动物灭绝的有效措施之一,就是在全世界建立自然保护区。故此段主要讲野生动物的保护。答案为preservation。
3. Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also public activity. It can be seen and observed. Teaching and learning differ in kind and f______.
function
[解析] Teaching and learning differ in kind and function.首句讲了教与学是两种完全不同的过程,是本段的主题句。接着讲它们在“kind”与“function”方面的不同。答案为function。
4. After months of teasing, pop superstar Madonna announced that she will tour in Europe and North America this summer—her first singing tour since 1993. The Drowned World Tour launches June 5 in Cologne, Germany. The Cologne engagement will be the first of six European shows. Madonna's c______ tour begins in June.
concert
[解析] Madonna's concert tour begins in June. 本段主要讲Madonna的巡回演唱会于六月开始。答案为concert。
5. A young lady who was fond of Shakespeare visited Stratford-on-Avon and liked everything she saw there. When she reached the railway station, she looked round and cried, "Ho, I think I like this most of all! Here the great master must have come to take the train to London, just as I am doing." The passage is nothing but a j______.
joke
[解析] The passage is nothing but a joke. 本段讲一位年轻的喜欢莎士比亚的女士去莎士比亚故乡旅行时闹的笑话。答案为joke。
6. What can we do to keep error to a minimum? First of all, don't let your emotions interfere with your vision. Don't see something because you want to see it. secondly, try to stay relaxed. If you are tense, you are likely to see red when the color is blue. And finally, it helps to make notes of what you see. Don't rely on your memory alone. Take pictures, make recordings, and use any other aid to reduce distortion (歪曲). How to a______ making errors.
avoid
[解析] How to avoid making errors. 此段用问句的形式开头:我们如何把错误降到最小?接着用“首先……”,“其次……”,“最后……”来加以阐述。可知其主题为“如何避免犯错误”。答案为avoid。
7. His audience is surprised to hear that only 22 per cent of eighth graders read for fun daily, while 65 per cent watch three hours or more of television each day. Research also indicates that average reading proficiency drops when TV viewing reaches about three hours a day. Their parent' habits are no better: a recent survey shows a decline in newspaper readership among U. S. adults. I______ of television to reading.
Influence
[解析] Influence of television to reading. 此段开头讲了八年级学生中22%的人为了乐趣而阅读,65%或更多的人每天看三小时以上的电视。有研究表明,每天看大约三个小时的电视会导致阅读熟练程度的下降。且这些八年级的学生的父母的习惯也不好。由此可看出本段主要讲“看电视对阅读的影响”。答案为Influence。
8. By Westerners who have already been working in Asian nations, they are told to remember as priorities the five "Fs": family, face, fate, favors and friends. Although they do have some subtle differences in meanings and connotations in different parts of Asia, nevertheless, Western businessmen need to be sensitive to these issues if they wish to be successful. Doing b______ in Asia should remember the five "Fs'.
business
[解析] Doing business in Asia should remember the five "Fs". 本段主要讲:西方人在亚洲做生意要记住五个“F”。即家庭、脸面、命运、善行和朋友。答案为business。
9. The sport of baseball has migrated to other nations like Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Japan, and Korea. The popularity has dwindled in the United States due to other social distractions, but the game has been absorbed by other cultures, demonstrating the attractiveness of the sport and the importance of the fans. P______ of baseball outside the United States.
Popularity
[解析] Popularity of baseball outside the United States. 此段主要讲棒球运动除了在美国流行之外,在墨西哥、多米尼加共和国、古巴、日本和韩国也受欢迎。答案为Popularity。
10. Several research studies have shown that poor children in high-quality infant and preschool care show better school achievement and social behavior in later years than similar children who were not in child care or who were in low-quality child care. The b______ of caring about poor children.
benefits
[解析] The benefits of caring about poor children. 此段讲了研究结果表明,小孩在小时候和学前得到很好的关照,他们在后来会比那些没有得到很好关照的人在学习和社会上表现得更好。答案为benefits。
Ⅳ.Translation Directions: In the following passage, there are five groups of underlined sentences. Read the passage carefully and translate these sentences into Chinese. Write the Chinese version on your Answer Sheet. I am quite often asked: How do you feel about having ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)? The answer is not a lot. 1 I try to lead as normal a life as possible, and not think about my condition, or regret the things it prevents me from doing, which are not that many. It was a great shock to me to discover that I had motor neuron disease. I had never been very well co-coordinated physically as a child. I was not good at ball games, and my handwriting was the despair of my teachers. Maybe for this reason, I didn't care much for sport or physical activities. But things seemed to change when I went to Oxford, at the age of 17. I took up coxing and rowing. 2 I was not boat race standard, but I got by at the level of inter-college competition. In my third year at Oxford, however, I noticed that I seemed to be getting clumsier, and I fell over once or twice for no apparent reason. But it was not until I was at Cambridge, in the following year, that my father noticed, and took me to the family doctor. He referred me to a specialist, and shortly after my 21st birthday; I went into hospital for tests. I was in for two weeks, during which I had a wide variety of tests. They took a muscle sample from my arm, stuck electrodes into me, and injected some radio opaque fluid into my spine, and watched it going up and down with x-rays, as they tilted the bed. 3 After all that, they didn't tell me what I had, except that it was not multiple sclerosis, and that I was an atypical case. I gathered, however, that they expected it to continue to get worse, and that there was nothing they could do, except give me vitamins. I could see that they didn't expect them to have much effect. I didn't feel like asking for more details, because they were obviously bad. 4 The realization that I had an incurable disease, that was likely to kill me in a few years, was a bit of a shock. How could something like that happen to me? Why should I be cut off like this? However, while I had been in hospital, I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukemia, in the bed opposite me. It had not been a pretty sight. Clearly there were people who were worse off than me. At least my condition didn't make me feel sick. Whenever I feel inclined to be sorry for myself I remember that boy. 5 Not knowing what was going to happen to me, or how rapidly the disease would progress, I was at a loose end. The doctors told me to go back to Cambridge and carry on with the research I had just started in general relativity and—cosmology. But I was not making much progress, because I didn't have much mathematical background. And, anyway, I might not live long enough to finish my PhD. I felt somewhat of a tragic character. I took to listening to Wagner.
[解析] lead as normal a life as possible尽量过一种正常人的生活。prevent...from...因……不能做某事。该句中and与or及其后面的部分为to lead...的并列宾语。think...or regret...这句话是后面which引导的非限制性定语从句修饰的内容。