14．What is the author’s attitude towards the tendency in the media about elitism? A．Unconcerned. C．Negative. 答案 C

解析 观点态度题。根据文章最后两段可推知作者对媒体鼓励“精英主义”这一趋势持否定态度，故答案为C项。

15．What may be the best title for the text? A．Run After Stars’ Shadows B．Elitism and the Upper Class C．Trump and His Daughter Ivanka D．Follow Your Own Course in Life 答案 D

解析 标题归纳题。作者在文章最后一句点出了本文的主题(选择你自己的路并走下去)，故答案为D项。

B．Doubtful. D．Approving.

Ⅰ.单词梳理

1．Freezing winter is harmful(harm) to orange trees.

2．Their efforts to improve the production have been very effective(effect)． 3．He had just attended his daughter’s graduation(graduate)． 4．He desperately(desperate) saw her disappear into the crowd. 5．Recently(recent) they have discovered a comet(彗星)．

6．He stated positively(positive) that he had never seen the man. 7．Although my uncle is old，he looks very strong and healthy(health)． 8．He had no choice(choose) but to accept it.

9．The old man was lost in thought(think) and did not hear us come in. 10．He lives mainly(main) on his monthly income. Ⅱ.短语提炼 A．英汉互译

1．have an influence on/upon 2．on vacation 3．have...in common 4．long for 5．对??感兴趣

对??有影响/起作用 在度假中

有共同之处，有相似之处 渴望得到?? be interested in

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6．与??交谈 7．立刻，很快 8．一杯

B．运用上述短语完成下列句子

talk with in no time a glass of

1．If you could go anywhere on vacation this year，where would it be? 2．What do all these pictures and events have in common? 3．The boy figured out the problem in no time. 4．I am interested in listening to music.

5．His works have had an influence on/upon many modern writers.

6．People can use their phones to talk with others almost anywhere on the earth. 7．I want to have a glass of water now.

8．Most of all，they long for an emotional connection. Ⅲ.翻译与仿写

1．If you have trouble falling asleep，avoid watching TV or surfing the Internet right before bed.

句式分析 have trouble (in) doing sth.做某事有困难。 翻译 如果你入睡有困难，在睡觉之前要避免看电视或上网。 仿写 他跟他父母沟通很困难。

He has trouble in communicating with his parents.

2．As long as you lead a happy and comfortable life，why bother to chase after other people’s shadows?

句式分析 此处为as long as引导的条件状语从句，意为“只要??”。 翻译 只要你过着幸福舒适的生活，为什么要费心去追逐别人的影子呢？ 仿写 只要不必早起，任何工作我都可以接受。

I’ll accept any job as long as I don’t have to get up early.

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