At a party, it is quite normal of someone to have | 76. |
a short conversation with you and then, go on to talking | 77. |
to other people! Don't think they dislike you or they | 78. |
are impolite. It has the custom at many parties | 79. |
in | 80. |
than sitting down. Here are two ways of finishing conversation | 81. |
at a party." Excuse me. I think I'll go and get another drinking. | 82. |
See you later, perhaps?" "Oh. Excuse me. I've just seen | 83. |
Mary Jennings over here. I've got to discuss a meeting we | 84. |
are been having on Thursday. Would you excuse me for a moment?" | 85. |
I had an interesting experience playing ping-pong last year. I was playing against a 36 opponent(对手). The last score was 20 to 17 in her 37 . I won the next three points which made the score 20 to 20. I 38 my paddle on the table and thanked my opponent and began to walk away. She called me 39 and said we had to continue until one of us 40 .
"Look," I said, " if we 41 , one of two events will take place. Either you or I will win. If you win, I will begin to 42 my skill. If I win, you will be unhappy. Isn't it better to know that we both played 43 , that we enjoyed the competition, and that we played to an even (相等) score. This was a 44 ending for my opponent and for the persons watching this contest. It made 45 to me to leave with a tie (不分胜负) game, an impasse (僵局): no winner, no 46 !
So, my friends, here is the problem 47 me. Our present technology makes it possible for nations to 48 other nations with time for retaliatory (报复) strikes, in such a nuclear time there 49 be no winners, only losers. Under these conditions, the only choice to 50 global destruction is global impasse. This would be a 51 "tie game” where no nation wins and no nation loses. An impasse reached through compromise (妥协). This is because compromise becomes the only means of 52 . We cannot destroy this beautiful planet by holding on to 53 understanding of victory. The 54 victory is in achieving a desirable impasse. No one wins, 55 no one loses either.
36. A. tiring | B. poor | C. fine | D. brave |
37. A. favor | B. side | C. like | D. place |
38. A. threw | B. placed | C. stuck | D. dropped |
39. A. up | B. over | C. on | D. back |
40. A. lost | B. won | C. gave up | D.tired out |
41. A. perform | B. stop | C. continue | D. leave |
42. A. doubt | B. hate | C. practise | D. desert |
43. A. hard | B. fair | C. poorly | D. well |
44. A. close | B. surprising | C. satisfying | D. reasonable |
45. A. progress | B. room | C. sense | D. time |
46. A. loser | B. fighter | C. success | D. player |
47. A. encouraging | B. frightening | C. shocking | D. troubling |
48. A. destroy | B. attack | C. seize | D. rule |
49. A. shouldn’t | B. should | C. can | D. can’t |
50. A. escape | B. flee | C. accept | D. avoid |
51. A, different | B. small | C. huge | D. familiar |
52. A. surviving | B. living | C. staying | D. pleasing |
53. A. an old | B. an unusual | C. the same | D. a complete |
54. A. great | B. only | C. same | D. equal |
55. A. while | B. but | C. as | D. since |