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Tips of English Final Examination Cloze Book5 Unit5 The American Civil War P182 The early life of Ulysses S. Grant showed little indication that the world would ever heard of him. An Ohio tanner’s son,Ulysses was small,sensitive,and quiet. The other children mistook his shyness for stupidity,nicknaming him “Useless”. An outstanding horseman,Grant had an otherwise undistinguished career at West Point.After graduating,he was put in command of infantry（步兵）divisions, but was forced to resign for insubordination（不服从）to his superiors.After leaving the Army in disgrace,he failed at half a dozen jobs in as many years. His opportunity came when the country was pitched into Civil War.Suddenly,experienced officers like Grant were in short supply.Grant was given a job that no one else would take;he was to make a disciplined fighting unit out of rebellious Illinois volunteer regiment（团）that no one had been able to tame（驯服）.Grant drilled the men nearly to death,led them in several successful attacks against Confederate bands,and was promoted to brigadier general（准将）.Grant was praised and also criticized for his willingness to fight,because it cost a large number of his soldiers’ lives.In April 1865,Grant trapped the main Confederate Army south of Richmond and forced a surrender in April 1865, ending the bloody Civil War.At the point,he was the most respected man in the Union. Book5 Unit8 Gambling Addiction P297 What differentiates（区分）an occasional gambler from a problem gambler?Any significant increase in gambling or a preoccupation（如痴如迷）with gambling that takes time away from work and family life may indicate/suggest a serious problem. Eric Geffner, a certified California gambling counselor in Los Angeles,emphasizes that compulsive gambling is a medical disorder;the brains of pathological（病态的）gamblers actually look different under a microscope from those of non-gamblers.But unlike other addictions such as alcoholism,an addiction to gambling can be difficult to spot.”