2 . 汉译英
1. ________ vt. 激励；鼓舞；启示；使产生→________ adj. 鼓舞人心的，启发灵感的→inspired adj. 卓越的；激动人心的
2. teenage adj. 十几岁的(13到19岁之间的)；青少年的→________ n. 青少年，十几岁的孩子(13到19岁之间的孩子)
3. ________ n. 安慰，慰藉，安慰；抚慰；宽慰→________adj. 舒适的，舒服的→uncomfortable   adj. 不舒服的；不自在的→discomfort n. 不适；不安 vt. 使不舒服；使不安
4. ________ adj. 有耐心的，能容忍的n. 病人，患者→________ n. 耐心→________ adv耐心地；有毅力地
5. ________ n. 强烈的情感，激情→passionate adj. 热情的；热烈的；热爱的；酷爱的
6. ________ adj. 慷慨的，大方的→________ n. 慷慨，大方
7. ________ n. 幽默感(=humor)→________ adj. 诙谐的，幽默的；滑稽的，可笑的→humorously adv. 幽默地；滑稽地
8. ________ adj. 焦虑的，不安的→anxiously adv. 不安地，忧虑地→________ n. 焦虑；渴望；挂念；令人焦虑的事
9. ________ v. 使(事件、行动等)延期，推迟→postponement n. 延期；延缓

3 . 这个女孩的个性是，她喜欢冒险而不喜欢安逸。（personality, prefer... to... , adventure, comfort） （汉译英）

8 . 每当她心烦意乱时， 就会去向她的妈妈寻求安慰和建议。
Whenever she was upset, she would________.

9 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word that you do not need.

A. stress     B. feature     C. suggesting     D. industries     E. abilities     F. likely G. easy     H. respond     I. preferences     J. point     K. comforting

What kind of brain do you have? A theory claims that the female brain is mainly built for empathy (E)—the ability to understand other people, and that the male brain is mainly built for understanding and building systems (S). According to this theory, there are three brain types: the brains of type E, the brain of type S, and the “balanced brain” which has both    1     —empathizing and systematic thinking.

It’s important to    2     that not all men have brains of type S, and not all women have brains of type E. But there are differences. For example, men and women may tend to choose different things to read on the railway platform: men prefer to choose magazines that    3     computers, cars, photography, etc; females are more     4     to go for magazines on fashion, romance, beauties, etc.

You may think that those     5     are in some way influenced by people’s upbringing. Culture and socializtion indeed play a role. However, there is scientific evidence    6     that biology also plays a part.

A new study shows that newborm girls look longer at a face, and newborn boys look longer at a mechanical mobile, which indicates that certain differences between male and female brains are biological. It has also been observed that baby girls as young as 12 months old     7     more strongly to other people’s emotional problems. Teenage girls and women spend more time    8     friends who have a problem.

Boys, from an early age on, seem to love putting things together and playing with toys which have buttons to press. You see the same sort of pattern in the adult workplace. People whose jobs are in metal working or the construction    9     are almost entirely male.

The theory says that, on the whole, males and females differ in the kinds of things that they are interested in and that they may find    10     , but both genders have their strengths and their weaknesses.