I would_rather_travel by train than by plane.

　　3．我拿的是计件工资， 不是月工资。

　　I get_paid for piecework, not on a monthly wage.

　　4．这本书就是要说明为什么会这样，同时我们应该怎么做。

　　This book is_intended_to_explain why it is so and what can be done about it.

　　5．你可以毫无困难地用英语表达你自己的意思吗？

　　Can you make_yourself_understood in English without any difficulty?

　　6．他执意要辞掉这份高薪的工作。

　　He was_bent_on_quitting the well­paid job.

　　[话题语篇高考练]

　　Ⅳ.阅读理解

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　　(2018·广东佛山质检)After two years of careful consideration, Robert McCrum has reached a conclusion on his selection of the 100 greatest novels written in English. Take a look at a few in his list：

　　The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1678)

　　A story of a man in search of truth told with the simple clarity and beauty of Bunyan's prose makes this an English classic.

　　Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1719)

　　By the end of the 19th century, no book in English literary history had enjoyed more editions and translations. This world­famous novel is a complex literature that one cannot resist.

　　Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726)

　　A great work that's been repeatedly printed; Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels comes third in our list of the best novels written in English.

　　Clarissa by Samuel Richardson (1748)

　　Clarissa is a tragic heroine, pressured by her dishonorable family to marry a wealthy man she dislikes, in the book that Samuel Johnson described as "the first book in the world that shows the knowledge about the human heart"．

　　Tom Jones by Henry Fielding (1749)

　　Tom Jones is a classic English novel that gets the spirit of its age and whose characters are well­known since they have come to represent the society at that time.

　　Emma by Jane Austen (1816)

　　Jane Austen's Emma is her most outstanding work, mixing the best parts of her early books with a deep sense of feelings.

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by Edgar Allan Poe (1838)