综合英语第七单元.docVIP

Unit Seven III. Vocabulary A 1. deemed 2. To begin with 3. multitalented 4. fair and square 5. adversary 6. fork over 7 spurred 8 en route to 9. portrayed 10. conjecture about B 1. eulogize 2. perpetuate 3. susceptible 4. besmirched 5. stimulants 6. sustains 7. ferocious 8. fortified 9. bleak 10. frailty C 1.C 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. D 6.D 7. D 8.B 9. A 10. C IV. Cloze 1. which 2. broadcasting 3. up 4. keep 5. through 6. Eventually 7. exception 8. of 9. turn 10. advent 11. itself 12. income 13. into 14. amounts 15. rings 16. relation 17. low 18. nutritional 19. as 20. spectacularly V. Translation: A． 读完我写下的这些文字，我感到自己把这项历史性的辉煌盛事描述的过于晦暗。尽管文中所述的这些可悲的舞弊行为是真实存在的，但我从内心深处仍不赞同那位因一部名著而对“1984”这个数字几乎享有特权的作家所持的悲观态度。乔治·奥维尔认为，奥运会“交织着仇恨、妒忌、夸耀、对规则的藐视，以及从观看暴力行为中获得的变态的快感。换句话说，这是一场没有硝烟的战争。” 他的话过于偏激了。奥运会反映的只是人性中一切美好和丑陋的方面。对古希腊体育运动中的欺诈行为的记载证明了奥运会总是不断地受到所谓的“人性的弱点”的影响。 也许有人会提出，现代人在道德水准上要略高于古希腊人。我想，很少有人会赞同一位欧洲教练近来发表的观点，“只要你还活着为胜利而庆贺，就应该得到报酬。体育比赛中没有伦理道德的位置。” B. Spectator sports provide an outlet for viewing the vitality of youth, speed, and strength. The levels of skill displayed fascinate people. Men identify more directly than most women with spectator sports because of their childhood experience and the macho nature of most games. For men there is an additional attraction in their minds that because they are male they could be called on to be there on field, asked to contribute their playing or coaching skills. Viewing sport thus provides the raw material for dreams. Nevertheless, women too feel vicarious satisfaction of a desire to win, and more women are becoming active in competitive sports. By the early 1970s, growing fan interest in the games, heightened by network television, had transformed professional sports into lucrative business enterprises. As a result, entirely new leagues sprang up to compete with established organizations and lure away players wit