What was he going to do? He had never experienced these feelings. Then
(8), and from the deepest depths of his soul, he (9) his mother. Why now? What was his mother doing in his thoughts at a time like this? It was simple. His mother always used to tell him when you felt tense, anxious or even (10), take deep breaths. (1) Answer: startled (2) Answer: bale of hay (3) Answer: off
(4) Answer: intensity
(5) Answer: shaking the tension (6) Answer: tense
(7) Answer: description
(8) Answer: out of nowhere (9) Answer: pictured (10) Answer: scared Read aloud the following poem written by the respectable American deaf-blind writer and educationist Helen Keller (1880-1968). Facing Fate Helen Keller Security is mostly a superstition[1]. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright[2] exposure[3]. 直面命运 海伦·凯勒 安全感通常只是一种迷信。 自然界中它并不存在， 世世代代的人们也从未体验过它。 躲避危难最终并不比 直接面对更安全。 Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable. 人生要么是一场勇敢的历险，要么就是一场空。 我们要直面世事变迁， 在命运面前无羁无绊， 这才是无法战胜的力量 Read the following quotations. Learn them by heart if you can. Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. ─ Helen Keller
人世间固然充满了苦难，但征服苦难的例子也比比皆是。
——海伦·凯勒
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. ─ William Penn
不经艰难，哪有胜利；不经磨砺，怎得天下；不经劳苦，哪有荣耀；不经挫折，何谈桂冠。 ——威廉·潘恩
All rising to great place is by a winding stair.
─ Francis Bacon
所有擢升高位的人都曾爬过弯弯曲曲的梯阶。
——弗朗西斯·培根
If we face our tasks with the resolution to solve them, who shall say that anything is impossible.
─ Wilfred Grenfell
如果我们都怀着一定要完成的决心面对各项工作，谁还能说有干不了的事呢。 ——维尔弗雷德·哥伦费尔
Read the following humorous story for fun. You might need to look up new words in a dictionary.
A missionary unexpectedly met a lion in the jungle. Not seeing any way to escape, he fell to his knees in prayer. He was comforted by seeing the lion kneeling next to him.
\I feared for my life,\
\
Fill in the gaps with words or phrases given below. Change the form where necessary.
vain
stretch out
recur
sweat
motion
emotion
in one's mind's eye
coincide with 1. He was night.
Answer: startled
2. There is nothing serious about the damage; it is a the door of the car. Answer: mere
3. Mom was singing a lullaby to my baby sister while rocking the cradle with a gentle backwards and forwards Answer: motion
4. Tense and hot, we were really the results. Answer: sweating
as we waited for them to announce . scratch (划痕) on
tension
anxiety
on one occasion
by the sound of the back door opening in the dead of startle
grace
groan
ashamed of
5. He sat leaning against the back of the seat with his legs
straight in front of him.
Answer: stretched out
6. She's one of those habitually people who keep glancing at themselves in the mirror when they think no one's looking. Answer: vain
7. Mike is an extremely careless man. , it was not until he got to an ATM that it occurred to him he had left his card at home. Answer: On one occasion
8. Young children often feel a lot of Answer: anxiety
9. Stan tends to be driven by his consequences of his actions. Answer: emotions
10. She ought to be thoroughly such a rude way. Answer: ashamed of 11. grown woman now. Answer: In my mind's eye
12. He had tried to put the unpleasant scene out of his mind, but it kept on
to him, especially in dreams.
Answer: recurring
, she remains a little girl of six although she's actually a herself for talking to her guests in — he rarely considers the about their first day at school.
Rewrite each sentence with the word or phrase in brackets,
keeping the same meaning. Part of the sentence has been written for you.
1. Mrs. White and her husband were born on the same day. Mrs. White's birthday . (coincide)