安徽省六安市舒城中学2016届高二英语暑假作业14.doc

安徽省六安市舒城中学2016年高二英语暑假作业14 第二十四天 一．美文晨读 When I first read this line by England’s Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much, I had always assumed that the opposite was true. But his sober assurance was arresting. I could not forget it. Finally, I seemed to grasp his meaning and realized that here was a profound observation. The wisdom that happiness makes possible lies in clear perception, not fogged by anxiety nor dimmed by despair and boredom, and without the blind spots caused by fear. Active happiness-not more satisfaction or contentment-often comes suddenly, like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud. Then you discover what kind of wisdom has accompanied it. The grass is greener; bird songs are sweeter; the shortcomings of your friends are more understandable and more forgivable. Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision. Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you. Unhappy, with your thoughts turned in upon your emotional woes, your vision is cut short as though by a wall. Happy, the wall crumbles.? The long vista is there for the seeing. The ground at your feet, the world about you-people, thoughts, emotions, pressures-are now fitted into the larger scene. Everything assumes a fairer proportion. And here is the beginning of wisdom 二. 词汇训练 1．He had the ________ (安全感) of a good home and loving family. 2．At great ________ (花费) I was finally able to buy the painting. 3．He was ________ ( 任命) to a new post. 4．They wanted to rent a ________ (配备家具的)flat. 5．He did not want to ________ (显露)his fears and insecurity to anyone. 6．The president d________ the prizes to the winners. 7．I made his a________ at a party. 8．The boy wants to be a soldier. He i________ to join the army. 9．They s ________ the wall with metal supports. 10．Progress has been made towards a political c ________ between the two nations. 三．阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Red envelo