Ⅰ.SPEED READING Football is, I believe, the most popular game in England: one has only to go to one of the important matches to see this. Rich and poor, young and old, one can see them all there, shouting for one side or the other. To a stranger one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams; he has pictures of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches. He will tell you who he expects will win such a match, and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three or four times his age. Most schools in England take football seriously—much more seriously than nearly all European schools, where lessons are all that are important, and games are left for the children themselves. In England it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy's mind with facts in the classroom, education also means the training of character; and one of the best ways of training character is by means of games, especially team games, instead of working for himself alone. The school therefore plans games and matches for its pupils. Football is a good team game, it is good both for the body and the mind. That is why it is every school's game in England.
1. A football matches, people often ______ one team or the other by shouting.
Ⅱ.DISCOURSE CLOZE The fortunate people in the world—the only really fortunate people in the world, in my mind, — 1 . The class is not a large one, not nearly so large as it is often represented to be; and authors are perhaps one of the most important elements in its composition. They enjoy in this respect 2 . To my mind, to be able to make your work your pleasure is the one class distinction in the world worth striving for; and I do not wonder that others are inclined to envy those happy human beings who find their livelihood in the gay effusions of their fancy, to whom every hour of labour is an hour of enjoyment to whom repose—however necessary—is a tiresome interlude, 3 . Whether a man writes well or ill, has much to say or little, 4 , he wilt appreciate the pleasures of composition. To sit at one's table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a Squeezer pen that is true happiness. The complete absorption of the mind upon an agreeable occupation what more is there than to desire? What does it matter what happens outside? The House of Commons may do what it like, 5 . The heathen may rage furiously in every part of the globe. The bottom may be knocked clean out of the American market. Consols may fall and suffragettes may rise. Never mind, for four hours, at any rate, 6 , ill-governed, and disorderly world, and with the key of fancy unlock that cupboard where all the good things of the infinite are put away. A. and even a holiday is almost deprivation B. if he cares about writing at all C. that to my mind D. are those whose work is also their pleasure E. at least a real harmony of life F. and so may the House of Lords G. we will withdraw ourselves from a common
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Ⅲ.WORD FORMATIONS
1. (idle) Rip van Winkles's wife kept continually reminding him about his ______, his carelessness, and the ruin he was bringing on his family.
6. (reason) The Industrial Revolution brought some relief to the city poor in the form of ______ well-built rows of small houses for laborers, especially in England.
reasonably
[解析] 根据题干可知,空白处修饰形容词well-built,所以应使用reason的副词形式。
7. (four) The study found that ______ graders at charter schools were about half a year behind public school students in both reading and mathematics.
Ⅳ.GAP FILLING of course straightforward imitate without mastery acquaintance compendious squirm construct with persistency preceded cherished posterity at least unequalled predominant And even of those who, 1 being great scholars, attain a certain general 2 with the ancient writers, can it really be said that they have also obtained the 3 of English? How many young gentlemen there are from the universities and public schools who can turn a Latin verse 4 a facility which would make the old Romans 5 in their tombs. How few there are who can 6 a few good sentences, or still less a few good paragraphs of plain, correct, and 7 English. Now, I am a great admirer of the Greeks, although, 8 , I have to depend upon what others tell me about them and I would like to see our educationists 9 in one respect, at least, the Greek example. How is it that the Greeks made their language the most graceful and 10 mode of expression ever known among men? Did they spend all their time studying the languages which had 11 theirs? Did they explore with tireless 12 the ancient root dialects of the vanished world? Not at all. they studied Greek. They studied their own language. They loved it, they 13 it, they adorned it, they expanded it, and that is why it survives a model and delight to all 14 . Surely we, whose mother-tongue has already won for itself such an 15 empire over the modern world, can learn this lesson 16 from the ancient Greeks and bestow a little care and some proportion of the years of education to the study of a language which is perhaps to play a 17 part in the future progress of mankind.
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Ⅴ.TRANSLATION 1 The fortunate people in the world—the only really fortunate people in the world, in my mind—are those whose work is also their pleasure. The class is not a large one, not nearly so large as it is often represented to be; and authors are perhaps one of the most important elements in its composition. They enjoy in this respect at least a real harmony of life. 2 To my mind, to be able to make your work your pleasure is the one class distinction in the world worth striving for; and I do not wonder that others are inclined to envy those happy human beings who find their livelihood in the gay effusions of their fancy, to whom every hour of labour is an hour of enjoyment to whom repose—however necessary is a tiresome interlude, and even a holiday is almost deprivation. 3 Whether a man writes well or ill, has much to say or little, if he cares about writing at all, he will appreciate the pleasures of composition. To sit at one's table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a Squeezer pen that is true happiness. 4 The complete absorption of the mind upon an agreeable occupation, what more is there than to desire? What does it matter what happens outside? The House of Commons may do what it like, and so may the House of Lords. The heathen may rage furiously in every part of the globe. The bottom may be knocked clean out of the American market. Consols may fall and suffragettes may rise. 5 Never mind, for four hours, at any rate, we will withdraw ourselves from a common, ill-governed, and disorderly world, and with the key of fancy unlock that cupboard where all the good things of the infinite are put away.