II. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the words given below. Change the forms where necessary.
converge, surge, eligible, emphasis, obsess, escalate, approve, plunge, retreat, resent
1. The article puts a lot of on the value of failure as a learning experience.
2. She was so with ice-skating that she never had time for normal childhood activities and experiences.
3. When you feel overwhelmed by the complications of life in the big city, it's good
to to the countryside for a few days.
4. The whole nation was into profound grief when Princess Diana died in a accident.
5. You made a good decision, and I thoroughly of it.
6. The managers disagreement rapidly into a fight, so the meeting became more exciting than anyone had expected.
7. Overseas students are to enroll in all the regular courses, provided they have the necessary qualifications.
8. It's not a simple question. Many different factors have to create the current crisis.
9. Mary having to go to work while her husband sits about the house all day.
10. Thousands of striking workers into the city square, demanding higher wages and better working conditions.
1. emphases 2. obsessed 3.retreat 4.plunged 5. approved 6. escalated 7. eligible 8. converged 9.resents 10. surged
阅读理解（20%）：
Passage I cacbd
The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health.Although science has made enormous steps in making food more fit to eat ,it has, at the same time,made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well,especially cancer of the colon. Different cultures are more likely to cause certain different illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures. That food is related to illness is nto a new discovery. In 1945, about 35 years ago, government researchers realized that nitrates, commonly used to preserve color in meats,and other food additivies,caused cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time
to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef and living animals, and because of this ,penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cow. Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals not for medical purposes,but for financial reasons. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.
1.What is the best possible title of the passage?
a.Drug and Food b.Cancer and Health
c.Food and Health d.Health and Drug
2.Which of the following statements is NOT ture?
a.Drugs are always given to animals for medical reasons
b.Some of the additives in our food are added to the food itself and some are given to the living animals
c.Researchers have known about the potential dangers of food additives for over thirty-five years.
d.Food may cause forty percent of cancer in world.
3.How has science done something harmful to mankind?
a.Because of science , diseases caused by polluted food haven been virtually eliminated.
b.It has caused a lack of information concerning the value of food.
c.Because of the application of science,some potentially harmful substances have been added to food.
d.The scientists have preserved the color of meats,but not of vegetables.
4.What are nitrates used for?
a.They preserve flavor in packaged foods.
b.They preserve the color of meats.
c.They are the objects of research.
d.They cause the animals to become fatter.
5.The word 'carcinogenic' most nearly means '_____'.
a.trouble-making b.color-retaining
c.money-making d.cancer-causing
Passage II cdabc
The economy of the United states after 1952 was the econnomy of a well-fed,almost fully employed people. Despit occasional alarms, the country escaped any postwar depression and lived in a state of boom. A n economic survey of the year 1955, a typical year of the 1950’s, may be typical as illustrating the rapid economic growth of the decade. The national output was value at 10 percent above that of 1954 (1955 output was estimated at 392 billion dollars). The production of manufacturers was about 40 percent more than it had averaged in the years immediately following World War 2. The country’s business spent about 30billion dollars for new factories and machinery. National income available for spending was almost a third greater than it had been it had been in 1950. Consumers spent about 256 billion dollars; that is about 700 million dollars a day ,or about twenty-five million dollars every hour , all round the clock. Sixty-five million people held jobs and only a little more than two million wanted jobs but could not find them . Only agriculture complained that it was not sharing in the room. To some observers this was an ominous echo of the mid-1920’s . As farmer’s shre of their products declined , marketing costs rose. But there were , among the observers of the national economy, a few who were not as confident as the majority . Those few seemed to fear that the boom could not last and would eventually lead to the oppsite-depression.
1.What is the best title of the passage?
a. The Agriculatural Trends of 1950’s
b. The Unemployment Rate of 1950’s
c. U.S. Economy in the 50’s
d. The Federal Budget of 1952
2. In Line 4 , the word “boom” could best be replaced by______.
a. nearby explosion
b. thunderous noise
c. general public support
d. rapid economic growth
3. It can be inferred the national from the passage that most people in the United States in 1955 viewed the national economy with an air of _________.
a. confidence
b. confusion
c. disappointment
d. suspicion
4. Which of the following were LEAST satisfied with the national economy in the 1950’s?
a. Economists
b. Frmaers
c. Politicians
d. Steelworkers
5. The passage states that incom available for spending in the U.S. was greater in 1955 than in 1950 . How much was it ?
a. 60%
b. 50%
c. 33%
d. 90%
Cloze: Choose the most appropriate words and expressions below to fill in the blanks in the following passage. Change the forms where necessary.
immigrant, obligation, motivate, widespread, horrify, guilty, discrimination, owe, repay, however, although, but, one day, than, who
William Liu, 1 came to the United States as a youngster in 1946, views the Asian-American experience somewhat differently. As a new 2 , he says, he felt a lot of pressure to excel, but for different 3 reasons Stevenson mentions. “Stevenson’s studies discuss the Confucian-style sense of 4 to one’s parents, whereas I was largely 5 by prejudice,” he says. “Anti-Asian feeling was quite 6 in America at that time. I couldn’t be just average; if I wasn’t obviously better than other people, I was considered worse.”
Liu’s point is a compelling one; 7 , it doesn’t explain everything. Liu is now learning that his children grew up with similar feelings of perssure, 8 the wartime 9 against Asians had become largely a thing of the past before they were born. “My son is studying medicine, 10 I knew he really wanted to be a banker,” Liu says. “11 I asked him why he chose medical school instead of banking. He told me, ‘All my life I heard you congratulating friends whose kids got into medical school. So I felt 12 . I didn’t have any choice.’” Liu was 13 . “I never meant to make my children feel they had to 14 me for anything. But this sense that you 15 your parents everything seems nearly irresistible.”
1
Translation.
A. Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.
Balancing work and school was difficult. “I was staying up late studying, and
going to work early every morning. I was having a hard time concentrating in class, and a hard time on the job because I was so tired,” she says. But she ended up with two A’s in her first semester anyway.
B. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. 任何人想在那家公司找到工作，即便没有博士学位，至少也得有个硕士学位，不然就不会被录用。
2. 两位业余画家上个月在伦敦举办了一次个人画展。许多人前去参观，其中包括一些著名的专业画家。
3. 这些问题连续不断地出现，这表明这台新仪器必须重新调试。
4. 我的日语口语还不足以很好地表达我的思想，所以如果我有时说了些愚蠢的话，请不要生气。
5. 事实上，失败并不是可怕的东西。一旦我们学会运用它，它就能对我们的成长和发展作出积极的贡献。
1. Anyone who wants to find employment in/with that company must have at least a master’s degree, if not a Ph.D. Otherwise he or she will not be accepted.
2. Two amateur painters held an exhibition of their pictures last month in London. Many people went to see it, including a few celebrated professionals.
3. The fact that these problems are continually showing up suggests that this new device must be readjusted.
4. My spoken Japanese is not good enough to express myself well. Please don’t get offended if I sometimes say stupid things.
5. In fact, failure is nothing to be afraid of. Once we learn how to use it, it can make a positive contribution to our growth and development.
因篇幅问题不能全部显示，请点此查看更多更全内容