1. 如果我昨天知道这件事, 我一定会告诉你的。If I know this yesterday, I'll tell you。2. 由于药品短缺，病人无法得到及时治疗。Due to the shortage of drugs, patients could
not get timely treatment
3. 形势要求政府立即做出反应，否则，重大损失将不可避免。The situation requires the government to respond immediately, otherwise, heavy losses will be inevitable
4. 尽管医生警告，他还是不停地抽烟。
5. 你可以开车，不过你得答应我开车时小心点儿。
6. 只要你继续努力, 你就一定会成功。As long as you continue to work hard, you will be successful
7. 尽管交通拥堵，他还是按时赶到办公室开会。
8. 我们不应该嘲笑犯错误的人。We should not laugh at those who make mistakes
Section Four Writing
Directions: For this part, you are required to write a composition on the topic Healthy
Relationships. You should write at least 150 words. You should base your essay on
the outline below:
1) 建立良好的家庭关系的必要性; 2) 建立良好的社会关系的必要性; 3) 建立良好的人际关系的几个要素。
Unit 3 Born to Win
Section One Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are 2 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions
or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A)，B)，C)
and D).
Passage One
Questions 1-5 are based on the following passage:
You don‘t even need to look back twenty years to appreciate the tremendous advances that have been made in science and technology, and how these developments are transforming the lives of millions of people all over the world. Who, for example twenty years ago, would have imagined that the development of microchip technology could! Have been such a deep effect on the way we live each day? Yes, television and radio, cassettes and video, were around in those days, but no one had heard of these wonderful remote-control units that turn equipment on and off when we want, helping us to select our entertainment with a minimum of physical effort. Yes, in the last twenty years, the changes to civilization, as we know it, have been both abundant and significant.
Just think of some of the other remarkable ways in which our daily life has been transformed by this technological revolution! If you feel like a hot meal, just get your favorite prepared food and pop it quickly into the microwave over. Set the timing dial and it‘s ready in minutes! If you need to send someone an urgent message, just write it down and send it through your fax machine. It arrives safely on the other side of the world in seconds. Passenger planes fly directly from England to Australia, and their pilots can even find time to relax as the computers on the aircraft do most of the hard work for them. I can write this news report on my personal computer and correct my work for them.. I can write this news report on my personal computer and correct my work with only a shift of the cursor as I go along. I can store it and rewrite it, if necessary, whenever I wish to. I can even link my computer up to the Internet and send my boss the reports direct from my own home. This all leaves me more time to enjoy myself, as my work and free time seem to blend together. This also explains the remarkable growth that the leisure industry is currently experiencing.
Leisure today is big business, and the choices available to us are almost infinite. Just pop into your nearest travel agent for some brochures, or read the advertisements in your newspaper. How you spend your free time can be easily planned from a comfortable chair in your living room! Look at all the holiday possibilities available—there‘s bound to be something for everyone! You‘ll find holidays to suit all pockets and tastes, whether you‘re thinking of that trip of a lifetime to some distant continent, a two-week walking tour, or and adventure holiday shooting rapids; whether you fancy drinking coffee in a European cafe, or living on a beautiful tropical island. As robots take over the work of people in industry, as communications across the globe become faster and more sophisticated, and while technology continues to create ways of persuading us to work less and enjoy ourselves more, so will leisure and the leisure industry play a far more central role in the life of us all.
1. According to the passage, what is the greatest advantage of remote-control units? A) With them, we can turn equipment on and off. B) With them, we can select entertainment.
C) With them, we can save physical effort.
D) With them, we can enjoy the TV programs better.
2. Which of the following technological inventions is NOT mentioned in the text? A) Microwave oven. B) Fax machine. C) Personal computer. D) Mobile phone. 3. According to the writer, why does he have more time to enjoy himself? A) Because he writes news reports on his personal computer. B) Because he sends his boss the reports through the Internet. C) Because his work and free time seem to blend together. D) Because the leisure industry is experiencing remarkable growth.
4. According to the writer, which of the following is NOT a reason why leisure and the leisure industry will play a far more central role in the lives of us all?
A) Robots take over the work of people in industry.
B) Communications across the globe become faster and more sophisticated.
C) New technological advances continue to be made.
D) We realize that we should take care of ourselves and should work less and enjoy ourselves more.
5. According to the author, .
A) with technological advances, people my be able to play all the time because machines do the
work
B) with technological advances, people can spend less time playing and more time working C) it is not right to play all the time without any work D) with more money, people can enjoy themselves a lot
Passage Two
Questions 6-10 are based on the following passage:
Since World War II, there has been a clearly discernible trend, especially among the growing group of college students, toward early marriage. Many youths begin dating in the first stages of adolescence, ―go steady‖ through high school, and marry before their formal education has been completed. However, emotional maturity is no respecter of birthdays; it does not arrive automatically at twenty-one or twenty-five. Some achieve it surprisingly early, while others never do, even in three score years and ten.
Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of isolation and loneliness. And it can almost be put down as a dictum that any marriage seldom solves one‘s problems, more often, it merely makes them worse. Furthermore, it is doubtful whether the home is an institution that is capable of carrying all that the young are seeking to put into it. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that ―success‖ is the ultimate good, but they erroneously of marriage are essentially have found the true center of life‘s meaning. Their expectations of marriage are essentially utopian and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and disappointments are often bound to follow.
Shall we, then, join the chorus of ―Miseries‖ over early marriage? One cannot generalize: all early marriages are not bad any more than all later ones are good. Satisfactory marriages are determined not by time, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must
be judged on its own merits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with relatively few illusions or false expectation, and if it is economically feasible, why not? Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty, and so are bad ones.
6. According to this article the trend toward early marriages . A) was the result of the Great Depression of the 1930‘s B) could not be easily determined C) is one that could be clearly seen
D) is a result of the emotional maturity of the young
7. The author suggests that many of today‘s early marriages are a result of . A) escapism
B) theological dictum
C) lack of formal education D) convenience 8. More often than not, early marriage will . A) not affect one‘s problems C) intensify one‘s problems
B) solve a person‘s problems D) ease one‘s problems
9. The author states that the home as an institution is . A) overrated
B) unworthy of worship
C) a god who can grant every thing that you wish for
D) probably not capable of being what any young people expect it to be 10. Many young people who marry early believe that . A) their parents have found the true meaning of life B) they have found the true center of life‘s meaning C) ―success‖ is the ultimate good D) to succeed is not at all important
Section Two Vocabulary & Structure
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.
1. Those children only wear sweaters; they are not ________ dressed for this cold weather. A) appropriately B) accurately C) satisfactorily D) reasonably
2. Each of my students has the ________ of being an excellent student. A) reliability C) capability
B) responsibility D) sociability
3. Once a person has the ________ to be a winner, his chances are greater for becoming even more so. A) talent
B) gift
C) wisdom D) capacity
4. An increase in the price of drugs has ________ to the rising cost of medical care. A) attributed C) distributed
B) contributed D) tributed
5. He refuses to let others speak and ________ every meeting. A) nominates B) dominates C) predominates D) contaminates