安徽省六安市舒城中学2016届高一英语暑假作业24.doc

安徽省六安市舒城中学2016年高一英语暑假作业24 第二十四天 美文晨读 Genius may not be necessary, though even genius of the highest sort does not disdain the use of these ordinary qualities. The very greatest men have been among the least believers in the power of genius, and as worldly wise and persevering as successful men of the commoner sort. Some have even defined genius to be only common sense intensified. A distinguished teacher and president of a college spoke of it as the power of making efforts. John Foster held it to be the power of lighting one’s own fire. Buffon said of genius it is patience.? Ⅰ. 短语翻译 1. natural balance _________________. 2. with ease ______________________. 3. special discount _________________. 4. go back to _____________________. 5. no bigger than __________________. __6__(create) the first woman. Hephaistos thought a great deal and eventually came up__7_ a solution using water and earth. The first womans arrival on the earth was the opportunity for a splendid party and the gods decided to celebrate by giving her some presents. So they each gave her one talent：for example beauty；Apollo；and Hermesd Pandora，which means“all-gifted”． So Pandora was sent to the earth to live with the rest of mankind. __8__ she went she was given a box which she was ordered never to open under__9__circumstances. However，being __10__ (nature)curious，Pandora，opened the box，and all the evils of the world such as war，disease，famine and floods__11__were contained within it escaped and spread over the earth. Pandora was horrified to see such things escaping but she found it impossible to close the lid. At last when almost the entire contents of the box__12_(escape)，and there was only one thing lying at the bottom of the box，Pandora managed to close the lid. Immediately there was a tiny voice__13__(call)“Let me out！Let me out！” Frightened as____ was，Pandora cautiously opened the box in time to see the small object within—Hope—wing its way out into the world. So that was__15__ the earth was fill