4. 因为有多种娱乐形式可供选择，电影院没有以前那样受观众欢迎了。(popular)

3. 得知他心情不好，我建议他与朋友聊聊天，以去除烦恼。(suggest)

2. 你有没有发现很难让自己适应新的环境？(it)

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or phrases given in the brackets.

1. 我是在一家二手书店里买的这本英汉词典。(buy)

　(C)

Retirement is frightening. It is a new, uncertain journey - at a time when peace in life is treasured. Personal financial security is a powerful motivator to keep control of the business. The inability to “let go” is even more difficult for those who founded their businesses at a time of unemployment or family poverty.

For many who build successful enterprises, their business is their identity. It is said of one woman business owner, still in control in her 90s, that “work is her oxygen.” Some entrepreneurs (企业家) started their businesses at least in part to prove themselves to former bosses who had rejected or doubted them. We find that they cling to their creations more strongly than most.

For these reasons and others, too many business founders refuse to retire. They insist that only they are capable of running the business. Jealousy or insecurities relating to declining power generate interpersonal conflicts that spoil succession (接替；继位) planning or even the performance of potential successors.

If an executive has not quite achieved what he had hoped, he often wants the opportunity to stay in the game. Rather than a graceful transition, the succession process can become a war. The parties to such a combat, however, should remember Winston Churchill’s warning to the House of Commons: “If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.”

Fortunately, many business owners manage to face succession planning - courageously, openly, and early. And because entrepreneurial succession is perhaps the most critical issue for family-business continuity, we’re keenly interested in the makeup and background of those who do.

Our conclusion: It’s all a matter of outlook or attitude. Business owners who can plan succession and who can let go don’t come necessarily from larger or smaller businesses. They don’t come from businesses that are more or less fragile or that require more or less hands-on involvement. They don’t necessarily even have more or less qualified successors to whom they can turn over their creations. They just have a different outlook or attitude toward the subject. For them, the glass is half full, not half empty.

72. The underlined expression “let go” means ________. A. to dismiss the successor　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. to close the business C. to explore another field　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to pass the business to the successor

73. What makes some of the business owners willing to retire?　 A. Their family background.　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. The scale of their business. C. Their attitude towards retirement.　　　　　　 D. The ability of their successor.

74. According to the passage, people with the sound attitude to retirement think that ________.　 A. old people are certain to rest B. retirement means new opportunities and new life C. as business owners, they are most important to the business D. their business was bought as part of management

75. The author’s purpose of writing this passage is ________.　 A. to make clear the widespread beliefs held by those who cannot conclude succession planning B. to offer some practical tips to those who are not able to cope with fear of retirement C. to urge society and the individual to take retirement more seriously

D. to illustrate the different attitudes toward retirement in different situations

Section C

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

　 76.

By the 1950s many American families owned television sets. During television’s first 20 years, deaf people missed most of the fun. They could not hear what was being said and had to guess. Deaf people who watched television liked sports and action shows, but they were disappointed with other programs. If there was a lot of dialogue, deaf viewers couldn’t follow the plot. Even the most skilled lip-readers could only catch part of the talking. This frustrated many deaf people.

　 77.　

In the late 1960s, a man started experimenting. Malcom Norwood thought that deaf people could enjoy television programs, too. He wanted to develop captions for the programs. Norwood worked for the federal government’s Media Services and Captioned Films Division at the Bureau of Education of the Handicapped.

　 78.

Norwood surveyed many hearing Americans. He wanted to see how they felt about seeing captions on the television screen. Too many people were against the idea. Norwood realized he had to develop another way of captioning-one that would not bother hearing people.

　 79.

In October of 1971, Norwood’s office signed a contract with WGBH-TV, a public television station in Boston. WGBH was hired to experiment with captions. They agreed to make a captioned television program for Norwood. That program was made. It was shown on television and at a special convention. The type of captions made by WGBH could be seen on any television. No special equipment was needed. These were called “open captions”.

　 80.

Later, a new machine was invented. This device was made to send signals on a special part of the television picture. The signals could be captions. If a family had another kind of machine in their home or in their TV set, then the captions (or signals) would appear on their television screen. Without the machine, no captions would be seen. That special machine is called a decoder. It receives the signals transmitted from the television station. Captions that require a decoder are called “closed captions”.

Section D

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in fewest possible words.

In the house where I grew up, it was our custom to leave the front door on the latch at night. I don’t know if that was a local term or if it is universal; “on the latch” meant the door was closed but not locked. None of us carried keys; the last one in for the evening would close up, and that was it.

Those days are over. In rural areas as well as in cities, doors do not stay unlocked, even for part of an evening.

It is not uncommon, in most pleasant homes, to see on the windows small notices announcing that the building is closely monitored by this security force or that guard company.

The lock is the new symbol of America. Indeed, a recent public-service advertisement by a large insurance company featured not charts showing how much at risk we are, but a picture of a child’s bicycle with the now-usual padlock attached to it.

The ad pointed out that, yes, it is the insurance companies that pay for stolen goods, but who is going to pay for what the new atmosphere of distrust and fear is doing to our way of life? Who is going to make the payment for the transformation of America from the Land of the Free to the Land of the Lock?

For some reason we are satisfied when we think we are well-protected; it does not occur to us to ask ourselves: Why has this happened? Why are we having to defend ourselves against our neighbors and fellow citizens, and when, exactly, did this start to take over our lives?

With all this “security”, we are perhaps the most insecure nation in the history of civilized man. What better word to describe the way in which we have been forced to live? What sadder reflection on all that we have become in this new and puzzling time?

We trust no one. Suburban housewives wear rape whistles on their station wagon key chains. We have become so smart about self-protection that, in the end, we have all outsmarted ourselves. We may have locked the evils out, but we have also locked ourselves in.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)

81. In the author’s childhood, people were used to ________.

82. What can be commonly seen on the windows of most pleasant homes?

83. According to the author, what is the new environment of American life now?

84. In the author’s mind, they feel that they are seemingly ________, but actually ________.

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　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　(B) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

(Note: You may read the questions first.)

Tsunami warning system is tested

If he, the founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, were alive, Thomas Jaggar would be proud of the U.S. tsunami warning system after Friday’s devastating earthquake in Japan sent a surge (大浪，汹涌) of ocean water dashing toward the West Coast.

● WASHINGTON - So many people surged to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center website that it slowed to a crawl early Friday, unable to provide critical information to the public about the coastal impact in the U.S. of a massive earthquake in Japan.

McClatchy Washington Bureau - Mar 11 06:09 p.m.

● CHICAGO - A tsunami warning has been issued for the central and northern California coast and Oregon, the National Weather Service announced early Friday.

Chicago Tribune(论坛报)- Mar 11 06:07 a.m.

● HONOLULU - A tsunami warning was issued late on Thursday for Hawaii after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, prompting state civil defense officials to order all coastal areas evacuated (疏散) by 2 a.m. local time. Tsunami sirens (汽笛) began sounding at　9:59 p.m. on Thursday. They have sounded every hour since 11:15 p.m.

Alaska Tsunami Warning Center also issued a warning for much of the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.

Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 01:22 a.m.

● LOMPOC - Tsunami warning ‘a wake-up call’

A tsunami warning that led to evacuations for coastal communities and campgrounds in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties Friday served as a successful trial for a more serious emergency, officials said after the danger passed.

The Lompoc Record - Mar 11 11:29 p.m.

● WELLINGTON - The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, and it said the sea level readings confirm that a tsunami has been generated and was in effect for some Pacific islands - Hawaii, China’s Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia etc.

New Straits Times - Mar 11 07:48 a.m.

- Reproduced by Yahoo Greenwich Meantime

69. A tsunami warning was issued for all the following states in the U.S. except for ________.

　 　　 A. Ohio　　　　　 　　 B. California　　　　　　　　 C. Oregon　　　　　　 　　　 D. Alaska

70. According to the passage, the Pacific Tsunami warning was first reported by ________.

A. New Straits Times　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Reuters via Yahoo! News

　 　　 C. McClatchy Washington Bureau　　　　　　　 D. Chicago Tribune

71. In which city did the news agency issue a tsunami affecting for some other places apart from Japan and Hawaii?

A. LOMPOC.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　 　B. WELLINGTON.

C. HONOLULU.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 　D. WASHINGTON.

Section A

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

I teach economics at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I 　50　 　asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. He had his wisdom teeth 　51　 . The young man then proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.

　　 His question 　52　 　me of something I’d read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to 　53　 　life that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.”

“Let me give you an example,” I continued, 　54　 　all sixty students in the class. “In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson. I 　55　 　the freeway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn’t 　56　 . So I put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and 　57　 　down the road to the college.”

“As soon as I got there I called AAA(汽车协会)and asked them to 　58　 　for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class. The secretary in the office asked me what has happened. ‘This is my lucky day,’ I replied, 　59　 .”

“‘But your car breaks down’, she was 　60　 . ‘What do you mean?’”

“‘I live 17 miles from here.’ I replied. ‘My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn’t. Instead, it broke down in the 　61　 　place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I’m still able to teach my class, and I’ve been able to apply for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was 　62　 　to break down today, it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.’”

“The secretary’s eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. I smiled back and headed for class.” So ended my story.

I scanned the sixty faces in my 　63　 　class at UNLV. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. Or maybe it wasn’t the story at all. In fact, it had all started with a student’s 　64　 　that I was cheerful.

50. A. seriously　　　 　 　　 　B. cheerfully　　 　　　 　C. curiously　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. coldly

51. A. destroyed　　 　　 　B. broken　　 　　 　　　 　C. decayed　 　　　 　　 　　　 D. removed

52. A. reminded　 　　　　 　B. warned　 　　　　　　 　C. informed　　 　　　 　　　　　 D. mentioned

53. A. change　　　　　　　　 　 B. insure　　　　　　　　　 　 C. start　　　 　　　　　　 　　　 　　　 D. sacrifice

54. A. addressing　　　 　　　 　B. talking　　 　　 　　　 　C. attracting　　 　　　　　　　 　　　 D. speaking

55. A. entered　　　　 　 　　 　B. followed　　　　　　　 　 C. exited　　 　　　　　　 　　　 D. took

56. A. make away　　 　 　B. turn over　　 　　　 　　　 　C. turn back　 　　　　　 　　　 D. run away

57. A. moved　　　　　　　　 　 B. marched　　 　　　　 　C. struggled　　　 　　　　　　　　　　 D. turned

58. A. require 　　 　　　 　B. apply　　　　　　　　　　 　 C. demand　　　　　　　　 　　　 D. arrange

59. A. inquiring　　 　　 　B. shouting　　 　　　 　C. smiling　　 　 　　　 　　　 D. disappointing

60. A. expected　　　　　　 　 B. shocked 　　　　　　　　　　 　C. frightened　　　　　　　　　　 D. puzzled.

61. A. perfect　 　 　　　　　 　B. terrible　　 　 　　　 　C. empty　 　　　　 　　　　　　　 D. business

62. A. determined　　　　　 　B. meant　　　　　　　　　 　 C. arranged　　　　　　　 　　　 D. wished

63. A. economics　　 　　 　B. drive　　 　　　　　　 　C. fashion　 　　　　　　　 　　　 D. community

64. A. recognition　　　　 　B. judgment　　　　　　　 　　　 　 C. observation　　　　　 　　　 D. absence

Section B

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

I made a pledge (发誓) to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.

The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical (圣经) passage about husbands being thoughtful of their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.

And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.”

“Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled.

After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.

So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love.

There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with saddest expression.

“What’s the matter?” I asked her.

“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “do you know something I don’t?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well… that checkup I had several weeks ago… our doctor… did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me… am I dying?”

It took a moment for it all to sink in. Then I burst out laughing.

“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”

65. In the first paragraph, “No ifs, ands or buts” probably mean ________. A. unnecessarily　　　 　 B. unconditionally　　 　　 C. impossibly　 　　　 D. unexpectedly

66. From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ________. A. alone　　　　　　　　　 　B. with his family　 　　　　 C. with Evelyn　　　 D. with his children

67. During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ________. A. she looked lovely in her new clothes　 　　　　　　　 B. she was seriously ill

C. he was determined to be a good husband　　　　　 D. he had made a lot of money in Wall Street

68. By saying “I’m just starting to live,” Tom means that ________. A. he is beginning to feel regret for what he did to his wife before

B. he lived an unhappy life before and is now starting to change

C. he is just beginning to understand the real meaning of life　　　

D. he is just beginning to enjoy life as a loving husband

40. In addition to his traditional medical treatment, he tried to put himself in situations ______ would bring about positive emotions.

　 　　 A. which　　 　　　　　　　 B. where　　 　　　　　　　 C. why　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. as

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. increasing　　　 B. threatened　　 　C. direction　　 　D. financial　　　 　E. alternative F. poisoning　 　　　G. published　　 　H. regularly　 　　I. originally　 　　　J. knowledge

Scientists and environmentalists have reached a growing agreement that time is running out for Planet Earth. The polar ice caps are melting. One in eight bird species are extinct. Air, water, and ground pollutants are 　41　 　major population centers…

But according to a recently 　42　 　book, there is “a secret plan to save the Earth.” This plan is being carried out by a group of “eco barons.”

Who are “eco barons” then? They are a band of visionaries (有远见的人) - some of the world’s wealthiest businessmen - who are using their wealth, their energy, their fame, and their　 43　 　of law and science to persuade the world to take a new 　44　 　to save the Earth. These people, both men and women, are the modern-day heroic counterparts (同等分量的人) to the evil 19th century robber masters who 　45　 　set the world on the path to environmental destruction.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are among the eco businessmen. These two wise investors, who regularly exchange places at the top of Forbes magazine’s annual list of world billionaires, have spent some of their 　46　 　power on different areas. Gates has long sponsored 　47　 　fuels such as oil from algae (藻类), while in Buffet’s case, it’s wind power and electric cars.

Douglas Tompkins, the founder of the North Face and Esprit clothing lines, has also embraced environmentalism. He was always an outdoor adventurer - he would 　48　 　disappear for months-long trips to the forests of South America - so when he burned out in the business world, Tompkins took his fortune, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and began steadily buying acre after acre of 　49　 　virgin forest in Chile. Tompkins and his wife have obtained more than two million acres for conservation in Chile.

39. Of the making of good books there is no end; neither ______ any end to their influence on man’s lives.

　 　　 A. there is　　 　　　　　　 B. is there　　 　　　　　　　 C. it is　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. is it

38. The traditional view is ______ where you stand in the alphabet can really affect your chances.

　 A. when　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. why　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. whether　　　　　　　　　　 D. that