【正文】 ng of emptiness.5. Because the need to talk is the most basic need of a solitary person.6. They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to themselves, their pets, the television,or even to strangers.7. To stay rational, settle down in a fortable way and find pleasure from the current life,. wait foranything happy that may happen.8. The writer thinks that as ordinary people39。s solitary life differs from that of great minds (like poetsand philosophers), they should cherish the thought that since we are here, we may as well accept itand make the best of it.VocabularyIII.1. humble 2. slippery 3. tame 4. inspiration 5. crept6. apology 7. observation 8. dictate 9. inadequate 10. solitaryExercises on Web course only:1l. choked 12. waterproof 13. poetry 14. modityIV1. cast out 2. all by himself 3. stay up late 4. was fond of 5. at one sitting6. filled up with 7. speaks highly of 8. set forth 9. at length 10. for the time beingV. CollocationVI.1. efficiency 2. status 3. performance 4. standard 5. coordination6. sense 7. career 8. quality 9. supply 10. accuracyWord Cjuifdin8VIl.1. underestimated 2. underpaid 3. overslept 4. Underdeveloped5. overestimated 6. overcharged 7. underweight 8. overloadedVIll.1. simplified 2. electrician 3. recovery 4. childlike5. autobiography 6. underline 7. terrorist 8. overreactsentence structureIX.1. The distance between them is not so great as to be unbridgeable.2. The unity of the masses with the party is never so strong as it is now.3. The punishment was harsh because Maggie would lose her position, but it was not so bad as losingher pay.4. I39。ve heard the terrible noise once or twice before, but never so loud as this one.5. Men are never so peaceful, so graceful with each other as they are now.X.1. You might as well go there to see whether there is the information you need.2. We might as well call it freedom. might as well ring and tell them you39。re going to visit them.4. We might as well walk home.5. We might as well find an easier one to read.TranslationXI.1. This little man is not so innocent as he appears.2. There39。s nothing I can do about the problem, so you might as well turn to Professor Wang for help.3. Both sides speak highly of the fruits in their cooperation in different areas, and hope that thecooperation can be furthered.4. On the one hand, an image of being close to the people can get a new policy more easily accepted.On the other hand, it will encourage people to speak their minds and e up with constructivesuggestions.5. His sense of loneliness rose and fell and he sometimes would talk at length to himself and his petsand the television.6. After all, money is not everything. The richest people are not necessarily the happiest.ClozeXIII.1 ．B 5．C 7．D 8．D 9. B 10. A11 ．C 12. B 13．A Structured WritingXV. Some people prefer to live alone whereas some others have to live alone for one reason or another.Those people believing in inspirational solitude argue that no panion is more panionable thansolitude. Literary giants such as William Wordsworth, John Milton and Henry Thoreau enjoyed livingalone on purpose. Hunters or explorers enjoy themselves as they venture out to tame the great wildareas. On the other hand, there are some other people who have to live alone due to various reasons:being divorced, widowed or never married. Many of them feel bitter to live in solitude. They have noone to talk to and as a result they talk at length to themselves and to their pets and to the television.