Directions - Read the following statements and mark Y(for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the text; N( for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the text; NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the text.
1.[解析]从文章中的 I get assurances that...,I feel more warmth... ,1 see people behaving genuinely pleasant…等等语句可知作者乘坐公共交通工具的时候一般是愉悦的。答案为Y.
2.[解析]从教材 307 页文章的第九行 People generally behave as politely and respectively as they can whenever they take public transportation 可知本句的陈述是错误的。答案为 N.
4.[解析]从教材 308 页第六行 If an accident happens while you are in your car, you will be doubly aggravated可知本题的叙述与文章意思相悖。答案为N。
5.[解析]教材308页第十行讲到作者会很自信地说自己对维持良好环境做了更多的贡献。答案为Y。
6.[解析]文章倒数第二段 I get the chance to do my exercise... I actually feel a much healthier…等等可知本句是正确的。答案为Y。
Section B
Directions: Complete the following sentences with the information given in the text.
1.[解析]从文章第一段首句原文 When I take public transport, I always end up seeing a balanced view of regular folks 可知答案为 end up seeing. 答案为 ends up seeing。
2[解析]文章第一个小黑标题下首句 People generally behave as politely and respectfully as they can whenever they take public transportation讲到了人们在乘坐公共交通工具时的表现。答案为 behave as politely and respectfully as they can.
3[解析]文章第一个小黑标题下第三句话 We always need to conduct our best selves when in public讲到了我们在公共场所应该做到的。答案为conduct our best selves.
4.[解析]文章第一个小黑标题下最后一句话…and I realize it takes a lot of guts to do this especially during these difficult times. 答案为 takes a lot of guts.
5.[解析]文章第二个小黑标题Save cash for other purposes讲到了省钱的事情。答案为for other purposes .
6.[解析]文章第四个小黑标题下首句I am confident that…讲到了作者自己对保持良好环境做的贡献的自信。又由于本空位于to后面,要用动词原形。答案为efforts in sustaining and keeping .
Building Your Vocabulary
Section A
Directions - Complete each of the following sentences with the correct choice of the words given in the brackets.
3.[解析]译文:他在公交车上给一位孕妇让座。give up意为放弃,give up sth. to sb.意为 “把……让给……答案为to。
4.[解析]译文:他想自己创业,但是他需要动力走出第一步。此处push用作名词,意为“推动力”,a push on sth.意为“在某事上加把劲”。答案为on.
5.[解析]译文:乘坐公共交通工具不仅能节省车费,还有助于保持更加洁净的环境。save on 意为“节省,节约”,save on fare指的是在车费方面节盾。答案为on。
6.[解析]译文:去年,这家贸易公司在出口方面的收益急剧攀升。make profit in sth.意为 “在……盈利”,是习惯用法。答案为in。
Translation
Section A
Directions : Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases in the brackets.
1.[解析]conduct oneself 意为某人的举止、表现。答案为 how they conduct themselves at work。
2.[解析]译文:尽管政府做了扩大就业的保证,失业率似乎一直在上升。答案为despite of the governments assurance of expanding employment.
3.[解析]consider sth./doing sth.意为“考虑(做)……”。行动可以用take actions.答案为 consider others before you take actions .
4.[解析]译文:由于害怕影响公众形象,他们从不当众争吵。in public意为当众,大庭广众下从句中的从不这个频率副词可看出这是习惯性的动作,用现在完成时更佳。答案为 they have never quarreled in public.
5.[解析]be confident in sth.意为“在……自信”,be confident that 意为确信,其后接句子,显然本题用that表达较好。按计划可以用短语as planned。答案为quite confident that everything would go as planned.
Section B
Directions : Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.
Directions : The following sentences are not concise. Try to improve them.
1.[解析]译文:现如今,我们国家的犯罪率似乎每天都在升高。本句考查中英文表达习惯的差异。中文习惯将时间地点一起用单独做状语,英文表达习惯则是将时间状语放在前面,地点状语放在句尾。本题中的at this point与in time重复使用了,可以去掉后面的in time。答案为 At this point in our country, the amount of violence seems to be increasing every day.
2.[解析]译文:我反复叫孩子们以引起他们的注意,但是他们对我一点反应都没。本句过于啰嗦,根据前后句意知我叫孩子们他们却没反应。答案为I called to the children repeatedly to get their attention, but failed.
3.[解析]表示从某月开始可以直接用介词from加月份。答案为From June, I will be working at the store on a full-time basis.(本题可以用将来进行时,表示对未来某个特定时间的假设或计划)
4.[解析]“take+交通工具”与“by+交通工具”都表示“乘坐交通工具”,本题属于相同意思的短语重复使用了。同时,可用because取代Due to the fact that,表原因。答案为Because Chens car refused to start up, he had to take public transportation to his place of work.
5.[解析]本题语句重复过多,不符合英语的表达习惯。know和in my mind语意赘述,in the future 和 of my life 表达太啰嗦。答案为 As a little boy, I already knew that my goal was to be a stockbroker in the future.
Section B
Directions : Choose from the following transitional expressions and put them in the blanks in the paragraphs.
Directions : Write a short essay with a clear central idea and effective development in about 150 words. You should base your writing on the following situation and give consideration to the unity, coherence and variety o f each paragraph.