恩波08年12月大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)全真模擬(二)2

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destroying it no one decides exactly how the materials are to lie when the ruin is completed. This applies to not a few revolutionaries and militarists and other apostles(信徒) of violence. They are actuated, usually without their own knowledge, by hatred: the destruction of what they hate is their real purpose, and they are comparatively indifferent to the question what is to come after it. Now I cannot deny that in the work of destruction as in the work of construction there may be joy. It is a fiercer joy, perhaps at moments more intense, but it is less profoundly satisfying, since the result is one in which little satisfaction is to be found. You kill your enemy, and when he is dead your occupation is gone, and the satisfaction that you derive from victory quickly fades. The work of construction, on the other hand, when completed, is delightful to recall, and moreover is never so fully completed that there is nothing further to do about it. The most satisfactory purposes are those that lead on indefinitely from one success to another without ever coming to a dead end; and in this respect it will be found that construction is a greater source of happiness than destruction.
     1. The majority of people would have no idea about what is well worth doing when they are free from work.
     2. Many people today have reached the level of civilization to fill their leisure intelligently.
     3. While most idle rich enjoy their freedom from heavy work they are often subjected to an indescribable boring life.
     4. If a man does not have to overwork to exhaust he may have more passion for his leisure time than an idle man could possibly have.
     5. The women who are confined to home with homemaking enjoy a greater source of happiness than men.
     6. Many people can get the same pleasure from a lot of work as from games of skill when they are young of skill.
     7. In the best work,the exercise of skill is the most important as a source of happiness.
     8. In construction the final state of affairs .
     9. In constructing a building, one carries out .
     10. The work of destruction is less profoundly satisfying because you can in the result