第二版新视野大学英语读写教程3_完形填空与课后翻译考试必备休息休息呀.docx

键入文字KEKE键入文字第二版新视野大学英语读写教程3_完形填空Although they may not be the worlds fastest or strongest athletes, the 1830 competitions in the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games held in Nagano, Japan competed （能力）with all their hearts. At the closing ceremony （典礼）Princess Takamado of Japan made a speech .She said, The past week was all about smiles, gentleness and peace. I truly hope within my heart that the entire world can learn something here. We can all learn from the example（例子）s these special athletes have shown us. The aim of the Special Olympics is clear. It is to encourage individuals with intellectual disabilities （无力）to become physically fit. They are also encouraged to be productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. If an athlete wins in competition, it is a bonus. However , in a way （在某种程度上）everyone wins. Lily Kuhn ,12, a skier with Team USA , could hardly restrain her enthusiasm as the wrote home. She told her parents: I was proud of myself. I am happy not simply for winning, but for winning honestly, loving to compete and working the hardestThe festival ending the games is something to remember. It isnt complete （完整的）without the hugs. One event volunteer while hugging and handing out sweatshirts to some of the athletes held up his thumbs and said, ”All of these athletes are super! I cant go anywhere around here without getting a hug. I pray（祈祷） for more of this sort of thing. I hope that the spirit with which（与之） they have competed might touch the whole world. Watching these young people blossom over the past week has truly touched my life. ”At the end of the festival, the vice mayor for the city of Shanghai, which will host the 2007 summer games, accepted the flag for the Special Olympics pledging （保证）that “the city of Shanghai would open its arms to the world and to the Special Olympics”. 三 Hyde was founded in 1966 to provide education based on character development rather than （不是而是）academic achievement. It is a place where well-to-do families can send their children who have difficulty in other educational environments. Many students are there because their parents believe in the educational theory of character before performance. Although Hyde is typically（典型的） categorized as a college preparatory school, the school regards its primary（主要的） purpose as preparation for life. Hyde helps students learn, embrace, and adopt a character compass that will guide them for the rest of their lives. Emphasis is placed on（名列） performing arts and sports. Hyde believes that one needs to expose（揭露） themselves to group and community interactions as part of the growth process. Competitive sports are played year round and have led to many championships. There are typical high school classes and academics. Many Advanced Placement courses are available（可利用的） and encouraged. Most students are accepted to four-year colleges and universities. There are “Group Discovery” sessions several times per week. Students are encouraged to counsel（律师忠告） each other when they think another students actions or thoughts do not correspond to the schools philosophy. These sessions focus on（集中于） the individual students and their current issues and problems faced at the school. Students are encouraged to share intimate secrets, doubts and regrets about themselves and their families. These sessions are extended （伸长的）to parents. The purpose of these sessions is to involve （包含）the whole family into the Hyde community social structure. Truth is emphasized over harmony. Students who have difficulty with following the school rules are assigned （分配）to perform maintenance jobs and lawn care for the school. The practice is not solely punitive but also（并且） serves to illustrate that the transgressor has separated him/herself from the community by their actions. The idea behind it is to earn acceptance by the group, and work back into the trust of the community. 四 When Henry Ford announced he was going to produce an automobile that would be affordable（付得起） to the general population, he probably did not realize what a great impact （作用）his achievement would have on life in the United States and, eventually,（最后） the world. Fords use of mass production strategies （战略）to manufacture the Model T started a new era in personal transportation. As a result,（因此） roads were built for the sake of cars and the greater mobility（流动性） of people. With cars and the roads, having a business of ones own became a lot more feasible（可行性）. Every type of business sprung up. Customers could easily get to the stores no matter where （无论怎样）they were in town, provided （假如）there was a road, so businesses no longer had to be located at a towns center. And what about the family vacation？ Families packed（拥挤的）into their cars and drove across the country to explore（探究） the new frontier, stopping at every possible roadside attraction (吸引）on the way. There was no limit to where you could go and what you could see. The car offered a sense of independence and, as Americans particularly hated to be restricted,(限制) they fell in love with the automobile instantly.（立即） On average（平均的）, each American household owns two or more cars. As the world gets more complicated, driving cars around helps people cope with （与相适应）the demands of modern life. If you ask people what qualities define（规定） Americans, they will probably say that the two dominating （支配）characteristics of an American are inventiveness and independence. America is truly the land of cars and car culture. 五 Aging is natural process.althoughmedical advancements have come up with ways to cover signs of aging ,there is no stopping the process.during the closing period in the lifespan of human beings,peopil tempt to move away from more ddesirable previous periods,often called for usefulness.Age sixty is usually considered the dividing line between middle and old age. It is the time where you are considered an elderly,mening somewhat old or advanced beyond middle age.period of decline comes partly from physical and partly psychological factors.the physical cause of decline is a change in the body cells due to the effects o the aging process .the psychological cause of decline has something to do with unfavorable attitudes toward oneself ,other people,work and life in general.senility,a more or less complete physical breakdown,willtake place when where is mental disorganization.the individual becomes careless,absent-minded.sociallywithdrawn,and poorly adjust.Due to the unfavorable socia