湖南自考本科英語(yǔ)(一)鞏固練習試題：第八章

　　Unit 8 The Great Minds

　　Life Without Limits

　?、?Imagine being born without arms. No arms to wrap around someone, no hands to experience touch, or to hold another hand with. Or what about being born without legs? Having no ability to dance, walk, run, or even stand on two feet. Now put both of those scenarios(設想) together: no arms and no legs. What would you do? How would that effect your everyday life?

　?、?Born in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia, without any medical explanation or warning, Nicholas Vujicic came into the world with neither arms nor legs. (1)Having had an uneventful pregnancy and no family history to expect this condition, imagine the shock his parents felt when they saw their first born, brand new baby boy, only to find he was what the world would consider imperfect and abnormal. How would their son live a normal happy life? What could he ever do or become when living with what the world would see as such a massive disability(嚴重殘疾)? (2)Little did they or anyone know that this beautiful limbless baby would one day be someone who would inspire and motivate people from all walks of life, touching lives all over the world.

　　本部分重點(diǎn)及難點(diǎn)：

　　1. Having had an uneventful(平凡的)pregnancy and no family history to expect this condition, imagine the shock his parents felt when they saw their first born, brand new baby boy, only to find he was what the world would consider imperfect and abnormal.

　　(1) 懸垂分詞。建議換成：Having had an uneventful pregnancy and no family history to expect this condition, his parents felt great shock when they saw …. Can you imagine the shock?

　　以下是可以接受的懸垂分詞形式：

　　Strictly speaking, nobody is allowed in here.

　　Judging from his accent, he must be from the South.

　　經(jīng)常這樣用的分詞(分詞詞組)有：frankly (broadly, generally, strictly…) speaking, judging from / by…,talking about…,speaking of…等。

　　某些句子中作狀語(yǔ)的分詞的邏輯主語(yǔ)雖然不是句子的主語(yǔ)，但可能是句中的另外某一成分，對這樣的句子也可以不認為是"懸垂分詞"。課文中的這個(gè)句子屬于這種情況。再如：

　　Seeing her health sinking rapidly, alarm clutched the father's heart. 她父親看到她健康迅速惡化，很是驚慌。

　　切記：該結構應慎用。

　　(2) only to find…不定式表示結果。不定式表結果時(shí)通常前面需要加only,表示出乎意料的不希望看到的結果。例如：

　　They rushed to the cinema, only to find the tickets left at home.

　　They hurried back home, only to find the door locked.

　　They went to the hospital without any delay, only to be told their beloved grandpa had already passed away.

　　(3) what the world would consider作插入語(yǔ)

　　(4) 譯文：在經(jīng)歷了一段平靜無(wú)事的孕期，而且沒(méi)有任何家族病史預示的情況下，我們可以想象得到當時(shí)他的父母看到這個(gè)剛出生的小男孩時(shí)會(huì )是多么地震驚，只知道他就是世人所說(shuō)的缺陷和不正常。

　　2. Little did they or anyone know that this beautiful limbless baby would one day be someone who would inspire and motivate people from all walks of life, touching lives all over the world.

　　(1) 否定詞放在句首句子倒裝，如rarely, seldom, in no case, by no means, little, hardly等。

　　(2) who would inspire and motivate people from all walks of life定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞是someone。

　　(3) touching lives all over the world 現在分詞作狀語(yǔ)，修飾inspire and motivate people。

　　(4) 譯文：當時(shí)他們不知道而且也沒(méi)有任何一個(gè)人知道，這個(gè)漂亮的無(wú)手足的小男孩有一天會(huì )啟發(fā)激勵社會(huì )各階層的人，并且感動(dòng)全世界的人們。

　　請認真答題，答題結果將記入知識點(diǎn)測評的成績(jì)!

　　【單選題】16. He returned to work after recovery from his illness, _______ another employee had taken his place.

　　· A. only to tell

　　· B. only to be told

　　· C. only to be telling

　　· D. to be told

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】本題考查不定式表示結果。不定式表結果時(shí)通常前面需要加only，表示出乎意料的不希望看到的結果。本句的意思是"他生病痊愈返回了工作崗位，結果卻被告知另一個(gè)雇員接替了他的崗位"，故選B。

　　【知識點(diǎn)】不定式表示結果

　?、?As Nick grew up he learned to deal with his disability and started to be able to do more and more things on his own. He adapted to his situation and found ways to accomplish tasks that most people could only do by using their limbs, such as cleaning teeth, brushing hair, typing on a computer, swimming, playing sports, and much more. As time went by, Nick began to embrace his situation and achieve greater things.(承上啟下句) In grade seven Nick was elected captain of his school and worked with the student council(學(xué)生會(huì ))on various fund-raising events for local charities and disability campaigns.

　?、?After school Nick went on with further study and obtained a double bachelor degree majoring in accounting and financial planning. By the age of 19, Nick started to fulfill his dream of encouraging others by sharing his story through motivational speaking(勵志演講). He found the purpose of his existence, and also the purpose of his circumstance. Nick wholeheartedly believes that there is a purpose in each of the struggles we encounter in our lives and that our attitude towards those struggles can be the single most effective factor in overcoming them.

　?、?Now at 27 years old, this limbless young man has accomplished more than most people even twice his age. Nick recently made the massive move from Brisbane, Australia to California, USA, where he is the president of an international non-profit organization(非盈利組織), and also has his own motivational speaking company, Attitude Is Altitude. Since his first motivational speaking engagement(演講)back when he was 19, Nick has traveled around the world, sharing his story with millions of people, speaking to a range of different groups such as students, teachers, youth, business men and women, entrepreneurs, and church congregations of all sizes. People ask Nick, "How can you smile?" (3)Then they realize there's got to be something more to life than meets the eye if a guy without arms and legs is living a fuller life.

　　本部分重點(diǎn)及難點(diǎn)：

　　3. Then they realize there's got to be something more to life than meets the eye if a guy without arms and legs is living a fuller life.

　　(1) There is something to / in sth. ……有意義，有道理

　　(2) live a full life 生活充實(shí)

　　(3) 譯文：接著(zhù)他們意識到，如果一個(gè)沒(méi)有四肢的人過(guò)得比普通人更充實(shí)，那么人生的含義必定超出了我們目光所及的范疇。

　?、?Nick shares with his audiences the importance of vision and dreaming big. Using his own experiences in worldwide outreach as examples, he challenges others to examine their perspective and look beyond their circumstances. (4)He shares his view of ceasing to see obstacles as problems, but instead begin to see them as opportunities to grow and reach out to others. (5)He stresses the importance of our attitude being the most powerful tool we have at our disposal and illustrates how the choices we make can have a profound effect on our lives and the lives of those around us. (6)Nick shows through his own life that the major keys in fulfilling our biggest dreams are persistence and choosing to embrace failure as a learning experience, rather than allowing the guilt and fear of failure to paralyze us.

　　本部分重點(diǎn)及難點(diǎn)：

　　4. He shares his view of ceasing to see obstacles as problems, but instead begin to see them as opportunities to grow and reach out to others.

　　(1) cease to do sth. 停止做某事，不再做某事

　　(2) see…as…: look on / upon …as, view…as, regard…as

　　(3) reach out to 伸手以抓到、觸到或拿到某物

　　We must reach out to those in need. 我們應該伸出援手，去幫助有困難的人。

　　本句reach out to others意為"求助于某人"

　　(4) 譯文：他與大家一起分享停止把阻礙看作是麻煩、困難，相反，應該把它們看作是自身成長(cháng)并接觸他人向他人學(xué)習的機會(huì )。

　　5. He stresses the importance of our attitude being the most powerful tool we have at our disposal and illustrates how the choices we make can have a profound effect on our lives and the lives of those around us.

　　(1) at our disposal任某人處理;供某人任意使用

　　disposal是dispose的名詞形式，意為"支配，處理"。

　　聯(lián)想：al為名詞后綴，再如：arrive-arrival, survive-survival, approve-approval, disapprove-disapproval, dismiss-dismissal, deny-denial, refuse-refusal等。

　　(2) have a profound effect on sth. 對……產(chǎn)生深遠的影響

　　(3) 譯文：他強調態(tài)度是我們可以支配的最強大的工具，闡明了我們作出的選擇如何對我們自身乃至周?chē)说纳町a(chǎn)生深遠的影響。

　　6. Nick shows through his own life that the major keys in fulfilling our biggest dreams are persistence and choosing to embrace failure as a learning experience, rather than allowing the guilt and fear of failure to paralyze us.

　　(1) through his own life作狀語(yǔ)，修飾show。show的賓語(yǔ)是由that引導的賓語(yǔ)從句，賓語(yǔ)從句的主干是the major keys are persistence and choosing to … , rather than allowing…。

　　(2) embrace failure as a learning experience 歡迎失敗，把它看成是學(xué)習的體驗

　　(3) rather than 相當于instead of "而不是"

　　(4) rather than allowing the guilt and fear of failure to paralyze us 而不是被失敗和恐懼所打倒

　　(5)譯文：尼克用他的人生來(lái)告訴我們實(shí)現遠大夢(mèng)想最關(guān)鍵的就是堅持不懈和選擇擁抱失敗，把它看作是一次學(xué)習的機會(huì )，而非容忍失敗帶來(lái)的內疚和恐懼使我們癱瘓、麻痹。

　?、?How does Nick Vujicic feel about his disability now? He accepts it, embraces it and oftentimes pokes fun at his own circumstance as he shows off his many tricks. He meets challenges with his special blend of humor, perseverance and faith, always encouraging those around him to examine their perspective as they develop and define their vision. (7)Using those new definitions he challenges each person he meets to make changes in their lives so that they can begin the path to fulfilling their biggest dreams. (8)Through his amazing ability to connect with people from all walks of life and his incredible sense of humor that captivates children, teens and adults alike, Nick is a truly inspirational motivational speaker.

　　本部分重點(diǎn)及難點(diǎn)：

　　7. Using those new definitions he challenges each person he meets to make changes in their lives so that they can begin the path to fulfilling their biggest dreams.

　　(1) using those new definitions 分詞作狀語(yǔ)

　　(2) challenge sb. to do sth. 刺激某人做某事

　　(3) begin the path to fulfilling their biggest dreams 開(kāi)始踏上實(shí)現人生夢(mèng)想的征程

　　(4) 譯文：采用這些新的定義，尼克鼓勵每個(gè)人勇于面對并改變生活，以便他們開(kāi)始完成人生夢(mèng)想的征程。

　　8. Through his amazing ability to connect with people from all walks of life and his incredible sense of humor that captivates children, teens and adults alike, Nick is a truly inspirational motivational speaker.

　　(1) 句子的主干是Nick is a truly inspirational motivational speaker.。through…作狀語(yǔ)

　　(2) alike: adv. in the same way 同樣地

　　例如：treat everybody exactly alike 一視同仁

　　The climate here is always hot, summer and winter alike.

　　his incredible sense of humor that captivates children, teens and adults alike 他驚人的幽默感令孩子、青少年和成年人都著(zhù)迷

　　(3) 譯文：通過(guò)與人們溝通的驚人能力和令人難以置信的幽默，尼克深受孩子、青少年和成年人的喜愛(ài)，尼克成了真正的使人倍受鼓舞的演說(shuō)家。

　　III. 部分練習講解

　　P256 Bridging the Gap

　　Directions: Fill in the blanks with a word or a phrase that best completes the passage. You may choose a suitable one from the list given.

　　解題方法：把詞分類(lèi)

　　動(dòng)詞 　　　名詞 　　　形容詞 　　　　　副詞 　　　　　介詞 　　　　　連詞

　　mark 　　　mark 　　　confused 　　intentionally 　as opposed to 　　even if

　　confused 　potential 　　likely

　　known 　　　　　　　 potential

　　called upon 　　　　　　natural

　　Gifts are those talents and abilities that flow almost effortlessly from us. Gifts are sometimes 1 confusedwith skills. While skills can be developed, gifts are something we are born with - they are what we discover as we try new things and find that some things are as 2 naturalto us as breathing.

　　When we 3 intentionallymake a decision to create our life and work based on our gifts, we're not only more 4 likelyto succeed, but can also more thoroughly enjoy the journey toward creating and realizing our full 5 potential .

　　Take inventory of(評估) your life to determine where you are utilizing learned and developed skills 6 as opposed toexpressing and honoring your innate(與生俱來(lái)的)gifts. Are you operating based on what you think you "ought" to be doing or are you living an authentic life that is rich and fulfilling?

　　7 Even ifyou are not in a place to pursue a new career based on your gifts, look for ways to make your gifts 8 known to others and demonstrate them in as many areas of your life as possible. The more your gifts are 9 called upon, the more naturally you will fully accept and promote those gifts. The more you express your life through your innate gifts, the more you will excel. It's a beautifully self-perpetuating(能使自身永久存在的)process once you make the decision to begin.

　　Your gifts are your signature, your unique paintbrushes - use them to express your greatness and make your greatness and make your 10 markon the world!

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