【正文】 unit 7Section At want to take on more responsibilities.4. They want armed officers to ensure social security instead of protecting themselves by carrying guns.5. The policeman has been so much occupied with some extra duties that they wouldn39。ClozeXIII.1 ．A 2. D 3．C 5．B 6. D 7．A 11 ．B 15．C XVTypically there are two kinds of people who choose to live alone on purpose. The first group of peopleis artists. They believe in the inspiration in solitude. One of my friends is a writer. He enjoys the timewhen he is alone because he can stay up late to read and, above all, concentrate on his writing withoutfear of being interrupted by others. On his wall he posts a quotation from Thoreau: I never foundthe panion that was so panionable as solitude. The second group consists of people whoare disappointed with their marriage or family life. A woman I know has been living alone since herhusband left her five years ago. She is not waiting for his return but she is just disappointed with life.SECTION B，可后來卻開始抨擊這場改革運(yùn)動了。t able to do before.5. The ability to visually distinguish between red and green is essential to being a driver.6. The team consisted of seven people who met on a regular basis to share their information with eachother.XII.，要換取一種承諾，你會怎么做？是接受呢，還是堅持自己的原則？，可是在那些日子里卻只能接受那樣的現(xiàn)實。ve given up on him because he is so stubborn. It is pointless to argue with him.3. He hit upon a good method to speed up the progress of the experiment, but opinions differed amongmembers of the group on it.4. Today I39。t understand why you didn39。s pointless to go there next Mondaythere39。t need to give up on the puter, that theycan actually be the master of it.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.Section BReading skills Comprehension o f the text VocabularyIII.1. abstract 2. holy 3. Nevertheless 4. odds 5. plicate6. tolerate 7. depression 8. resorting 9. exclaimed 10. disorderExercises on Web course only:11. chew 12. vibrate 13. stale 14. juryIV1. When he received the admission notice from the university, he knew it was time he struck out on his own.2. I had to keep the video camera readily accessible in case I saw something that needed to be filmed.3. Every time she tried to argue with her identical twin Katie, she would end up crying her eyes out.4. Serious violence has sprung from the conflict over insignificant, irritating differences.5. There are many people who believe sincerely that you can train children for life without resortingto punishment.6. Alan signed a dorm contract with his roommate to head off possible conflicts.7. He was required to fill in a form before the job interview.8. Her major concern is how she will make sure the people on the teams get along with one another.9. Against all the odds, it has worked, and this is a measure of just how strong they both were asindividuals when they came to the marriage ten years ago.10. What I39。獨(dú)居是值得向往的，是獨(dú)自一人、享受自我愉快而又充實的陪伴的一種狀態(tài)。你可能與別人在一起仍然感到孤獨(dú)—這也許是孤獨(dú)最痛苦的形式。，而獨(dú)居則是獨(dú)自一人卻不感到寂寞的狀態(tài)，它能引發(fā)自我意識。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.XII，因為數(shù)月過去了，但管理效率并沒有明顯改進(jìn)。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。 temporary leaving will be received as awele change. However, if they live alone, the temporary absence of friends may leave themwith a feeling 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。t need to search for anycheating as in the past.Section BReadinq SkillsI.1. Your home puter or TV can provide whatever you need whenever you like.2. You can learn language easily via puter over distance.3. Poor people must also have access to high technology as it is essential for their education, work anddaily lives.4. Some panies provide the technology of information highway to the rich first as that is business.5. Advocates of universal access have already launched a number of projects of their own for the poor.Comprehension o f the textII.