【正确答案】正确答案：Cramped is one's workplace, narrow is one's residence and small is the social circle one moves about—such limitedness in space entails lack of variety which is the source of some people's complaint. But others are always contended and happy for he can adapt himself to different circumstances. Compared with the vastness of the universe it is only a tiny spot one occupies on earth. However, though larger than the ocean is the sky, even larger is the human mind, for in it imagination can come and go on the wing without limitation. To drink at a gulp is a quick way to quench thirst, but it gives no taste of the high grade tea. One may eventually win what he has set his mind to, only to find that he has lost quite a lot. Perhaps what he loses is ever better than what he gains.

【答案解析】解析： 本文节选自散文《飘逸人生》，本文讲述了不同人对待人生的态度，有人追逐名利，有人回归自然。本文语言极富特色，用了多个排比对仗的句式，此外还出现多个四字词语，如“良辰美景”“怡然自得”“随遇而安”等，这都为翻译增添不少的难度。本文为议论文性质，总体时态宜选用一般现在时。