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两千三百年前中国大哲孟子谓：“充实之谓美，充实而光辉之谓大，大而化之之谓圣，圣而不可知之之谓神。”此可总揽普天下所有大艺术之警世通言也，中、西莫不皆然。八大山人、伦勃朗、莎士比亚、陶潜，于美、大、圣、神皆有之矣，然其趋舍异途，绝无可融合处。比较艺术的目的，所望于后来者，为加大其距离，非缩小而趋同也。
The great Chinese philosopher Mencius, _______ lived two thousand and three hundred years ago, said, “Substantiality is called beauty; when substantiality is brightly displayed, it is called greatness; ________ greatness exercises a transforming influence, it is called sacredness; when sacredness is beyond our understanding, it is called divinity.” This extraordinary proposition is applicable to all the great arts of the world, _________(include) both Chinese and Western ones. The great Chinese artist of the seventeenth century Bada Shanren (1626—1705), the great artist of the Netherlands Rembrandt (1606—1669), the great British ________ (drama) William Shakespeare (1564—1616), and the great Chinese poet Tao Qian (c.365—427), who lived between the fourth and fifth centuries, all possessed the qualities of _________, greatness, sacredness, and divinity. __________, the objectives they aimed at, the things they chose to cast __________(side) and their approaches varied greatly from one another. There is ____________ (absolute) nothing that can be synthesized. Comparing the objectives of art, I hope that future artists will __________ the distance between Eastern art and Western art, instead of reducing it or gradually converging one into the _______________.

Alice: Mr. Black, This is Alice speaking. I’m calling to ask you __ I can take the afternoon off today.
Black: Well, of course. _ can you tell me what the problem is, Alice？
Alice: OK, Mr. Black. My son is going to take part in a singing contest ____(hold) in Washington tomorrow. He’s got so many things to take ____ he can’t go there alone.
Black: So you want to take __ there in your minibus？
Alice: Yes. And as soon as I put him up in the hotel, I__ (drive) back.
Black: Well, that would be __ too tiring journey. It’s nearly 300 kilometers away and it will take you at least six hours __ (travel) to and from Washington. Why don’t you stay there until you have seen your son perform？
Alice: But I have two _(class) tomorrow morning.
Black: Don’t worry. I’ll tell Mary to take your classes _ . She’s always willing to help.
Alice: That’ll be nice. Thank you and give my thanks to Mary.
Black: You’re welcome.

It was ____ (freeze) cold as I was waiting at a bus stop in my hunt for a job. The bus had just pulled ___ when a young woman walked up to the stop. She had on a T-shirt and slippers. When we talked she told me she lost her job and had no family in the area. I ___ (dig) into my purse and took out $ 5 so she could get something to eat. I then took off my jacket and gave it to her. After I got on the bus, that was ___the miracle（奇迹）of spreading kindness happened. I stepped up to pay ___ fare and the bus driver told me in a big smile that it was on him. A lady called me ____ to her seat and said, “What can I do for you to give back _ I just saw?” I said__ (joke) a job would be nice. The lady said she had an assistant position vacant (空着) in her company and wanted me to meet the manager. ___ turned out that the lady was ___ (heading) of HR at this company. I went in for the interview and started working there. I never expected to get so much back in return!

Dear Gill,
Do you remember me telling you about a health farm I've seen advertised? Well, I've looked at the ad again and I must say that _______ looks fantastic. Now I'm hoping to persuade you ______ (join) me there for a weekend!
The rooms you stay in sound really luxurious and apparently they all have an access ______ the gardens. All the meals _______ (offer) at a reasonable price and you can also get room service ________ you want. The brochure says that what you do is _______ (entire) up to you. You can have programs specially _______ (design) to suit you, or you can just ask staff to make a few suggestions about activities to do. You can use any of the sports and leisure facilities _____ much as you like, and the brochure also mentions lots of other activities every day. But don't worry, as nobody will watch you do anything, you could just spend the whole time relaxing in the sauna if you want! There's a terrific offer on at the moment with weekends costing only half the normal price although that only _____ certain dates. Anyway, let me know ______ you think.
Best wishes.
Sue

It was a dreadfully cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children, aged four and two, heading home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean a wet walk home the bus stop.
my house was merely two blocks away, it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy asleep in the pram (手推婴儿车), the other one in a raincoat and no umbrella for myself. A pick-up truck passed us on the road. I tried to thumb a ride but failed. My little boy woke up with a start and began to cry. I(convince) that things might become worse and nobody would bother to help on such a terrible day.
A few minutes later, truck drove by, but to my surprise, I saw it (pull) back and the driver looking directly at us.
A young man put the window down. “Hey, here’s an umbrella for you, please take .” He called out.
I stood there (astonish), barely believing that the man existence was unknown to me only moments ago, could be so (consider). “Come on, give this to your mummy,” he said to my older son. I accepted the offer and expressed my gratitude to him.
This man might have needed the umbrella for himself later during the day but preferred to give it to me. It was a lesson to me it’s possible to give without expecting anything in return.