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Lesson 15:The Beauty Industry美容用品业The one American industry unaffected by the general depression of trade is the beauty industry.美国工业中惟一未受贸易大萧条影响的是美容用品业。
American women continue to spend on their faces and bodies as much as they spent before the coming of the slump經濟蕭條前—about three million pounds a week.美国妇女仍不断在她们的脸上和身体上花费与经济萧条到来之前同样多的钱——每周约300万英镑。
These facts and figures are "official", and can he accepted as being substantially 充分true.这些事实与数字都是官方的，可大致属实。
Reading them. I was only surprised by the comparative 相對較小smallness of the sums expended.当读到这时，我只为花费的数目相对较小而感到惊奇。
From the prodigious巨大number of advertisements of aids to beauty contained in the American magazines,从美国杂志上铺天盖地的化妆品广告来看，I had imagined that the personal appearance business must standhigh up among the champions of American industry—the equal, or only just less than the equal, of bootlegging販賣私酒and racketeering,敲詐勒索movies and automobiles.从美国杂志上铺天盖地的化妆品广告来看，我原以为美容用品业一定居美国工业群雄之首，与贩卖私酒和敲诈勒索，电影和汽车业并驾齐驱或稍逊一筹。
2012年10月高等教育自学考试《高级英语》试题课程代码：00600I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to Y. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (25 points, 1 point for each)When I was graduating from college, my generation also found the world in a 1 . The economic machinery had broken 2 almost everywhere: In this country nearly a quarter of the 3 was out of work. A major war seemed all 4 likely. As a college newspaper editor at that time, I protested against this 5 as vehemently as student activists are protesting today.I wonder if this blandness of our diet doesn't explain 6 so many of us are overweight and even dangerously so. When things had flavor, we knew what we were eating all the 7 and it satisfied us.A 8 of my mother-in-law's wild strawberry jam will entirely satisfy your jam desire. But, of the9 tinned or glass-packed strawberry jam, you need half a cupful to get the 10 of what you're eating.Literacy may not be an inalienable human right, but it is 11 that the highly literate Founding Fathers might not have found unreasonable or even 12 We are not only not attaining it 13 a nation, statistically speaking, but we are falling further and further 14 of attaining it. And, while I would not be so simplistic as to suggest that television is the cause, I believe it 15 and is an influence.To share a bedroom with one of these fellows is to lose one's 16 in human nature, for, even after the 17 eventful day, there is no comparing notes with them, no midnight confidence, no casting 18 the balance of the day's pleasure and pain. They sink, 19 once, into stupid, heavy slumber, leaving you to your own 20 devices. And they all snore abominably!Downtown, she 21 her car in a garage. Everything was getting ready for this moment. She did not carry the flowers in her 22 but she carried them in her heart. Now she was going to find out 23 it was death or life. Either 24 could tolerate. It did not 25 to her that the newsreel might not1.M2.C3.Y4.P5.J6.A7.F8.L9.R 10.I 11.W12.B 13.T 14.U 15.N 16.E 17.D 18.V 19.G 20.X 21.Q 22.S23.K 24.O 25.HII. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. ( 15 points, 1 point for each)26. The presiding judge described the terrorist attack as an D crime.A. alluringB. abusiveC. abnormalD. abominable27. The billionaire D his only daughter his entire estate.A. deprivedB. entrustedC. presentedD. bequeathed28. Through B teeth she told her ex-supervisor to leave immediately.A. sneezingB. clenchedC. shiveringD. drenched29. Despite all the goodwill in the world, the Middle East peace process remains As A andfrustrating as ever.A. elusiveB. evasiveC. inclusiveD. conducive30. The two great tennis players together make a(n) D combination.A. sizeableB. affordableC. perishableD. formidable31. He lived quietly with a woman who was neither young nor old, neither C nor pretty.A. sociableB. irritableC. homelyD. snobbish32. These TV viewers show a(n) C lack of understanding.A. generousB. irresistibleC. lamentableD. good-natured33. He showed great C of character when he refused to accept the bribes.A. forceB. abilityC. strengthD. potential34. I will go back to my peaceful house although it is humble and D .A. cozyB. meanC. wornD. shabby35. When the authority of fathers begins to A , political power generally collapses, as well.A. falterB. filterC. rumbleD. ramble36. The glass remained A after being dropped.A. intactB. contentC. abstractD. compact37. I C this speech to the memory of these women and children.A. devoteB. promoteC. dedicateD. indicate38. Try to do some physical activity three times a week for B health.A. opiumB. optimumC. minimumD. maximum39. They need to be B at collaborating with colleagues outside their own department.A. adoptB. adeptC. adaptD. abrupt40. He determined who would go first with a coin A .A: toss B. flingC. twistD. throwRead the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items III, IV, V.To Kill or Not to Kill(1) Capital punishment has been in effect since the 1600's. However, in 1972 the U.S. Supreme Courtruled that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment, which was unconstitutional according to the Eighth Amendment. It was public opinion that the current methods of execution, hanging, electrocution, and facing a firing squad, were too slow and painful upon the person to be executed. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed this decision when a cleaner way to bring about death was found in 1976. This cleaner way is death by lethal injection, which is quick and painless if administered right.(2) Many people have argued for and against capital punishment since it was reinstituted. Some say thedeath penalty is what the criminal deserves while others object to it because death is irreversible. I feel the death penalty is a good form of justice because only about 250 people a year get the death penalty and they are guilty beyond a doubt and don't deserve living with the possibility of parole. (3) The sentencing judge or jury are ordered by the Supreme Court to look for specific aggravating andmitigating factors in deciding which convicted murderers should be sentenced to death. Some of these mitigating factors are the defendant's motivation, character, personal history, and most of all remorse. Every year approximately 250 new offenders are added to death row. In 1994 there were 2,850 persons awaiting execution. Yet no more than thirty-eight people have been executed a year since 1976. This is a ridiculously low number compared to 199 persons executed in 1935.(4) The reason for this slow execution rate is the process of appeals. From sentencing to execution thereis about a seven-to-eight-year wait. The convicts' cases are reviewed by the state courts and through the federal courts. With all this opportunity for the case to be turned over or the sentence to be changed it is almost impossible for an innocent person to be executed. Only two people have been proved innocent after their execution in the United States. These wrongful deaths occurred in 1918 and 1949. Since then the justice system has undergone a lot of fine tuning making this extremely unlikely today.(5) One argument against the death penalty is that it costs less to imprison someone for life than toexecute them. This is a good point that has a lot of impact on a lot of people's views regardingcapital punishment since they are the ones footing the bill through taxes. I personally would not mind paying the little bit extra just so I know for sure that there's one less murderer on our planet. If the death-penalty was done away with, prisoners who should have been executed will be mixed in with other inmates. It would be possible and not too unlikely for them to kill another inmate or possibly a prison guard. If someone is lined up for execution then they more than likely deserve it.They have caused a great deal of grief to the family and friends of the victim or victims and it seems like the only way justice could be served is for the criminal to die.(6) For the person to simply go to jail seems unfair. There they will eat three meals a day, get to watchcable TV, and befriend other inmates. They live a pretty decent life in prison and they don't deserve it. Out of the fifty states in the United States 37 have and use capital punishment. Out of the same fifty states only 18 have life imprisonment without parole. In the other 32 states a person who should've been executed can be released after as little as 20 years in prison.(7) There are certain standards that are followed in giving out capital punishment. The defendant can notbe insane, and the real or criminal intent must be present. Also, minors very rarely receive the death penalty because they are not fully mature and might not know the consequences of their actions.Finally the mentally retarded are very seldom executed. The reason for not executing the retarded is that they often have difficulty defending themselves in court, have problems remembering details, locating witnesses, and testifying credibly on their own behalf.(8) If capital punishment were carded out more it would prove to be the crime deterrent it was partlyintended to be. Most criminals would think twice before committing murder if they knew their own lives are at, stake. As it tums out, as very few people are executed, so the death penalty is not a satisfactory deterrent. During highly publicized death penalty cases the homicide rate is found to go down but it goes back up when the case is over.(9) Thomas Edison, a famous scientist and American hero, helped develop and extensively promoted theelectric chair. The electric chair was a popular method of execution from the 1930s to the 1970s. The death penalty is a punishment that will remain active for a long time in the future, even with all the criticism. It is an ancient way of dealing with extremely serious offences that plague our country today. Hopefully the appeals process will be shortened, but remain effective, so more criminals can be executed, making prospective criminals think twice. III. In this section, there are ten incomplete statements or questions, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 points for each)41. The death sentence was instituted some C years ago.A. 200B. 300C. 400D. 50042. According to the first paragraph, people generally thought that D .A. lethal injection was painful but quickB. death penalty was cruel and therefore should be abolishedC. facing a firing squad was a cleaner way for capital punishmentD. the methods then used to bring about death were slow and painful43. A method of execution that is not mentioned in this article is C .A. hangingB. injectionC. decapitationD. electrocution44. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "remorse" in Paragraph 3？ AA. regretB. rebellionC. revulsionD. recklessness45. Two persons put to death, one in 1918 and the other in 1949, were found to have been B .A. insaneB. wrongly killedC. mentally retardedD. executed without trial46. The expression "footing the bill" in Paragraph 5 can be best replaced by A .A. paying the costB. asking for paymentC. causing the expensesD. refunding the expenses47. In the passage, the author implies that D .A. more than 15 states in the United States do not use capital punishmentB. life imprisonment without parole is a heavier sentence than capital punishmentC. in the United States those who should've been executed live a miserable life in prisonD. in the United States a person who should'ye been executed might. be set free after only 20 years'imprisonment48. The expression "at stake" in Paragraph 8 means A .A. at riskB. at issueC. in a messD. out of control49. The author does not mention that D .A. capital punishment faces a lot of criticismB. the death penalty will continue to be carded outC. extremely serious offences are troubling the United StatesD. the death penalty is a modem way of handling atrocious crimes50. It is obvious that the author of this article C .A. does not object to abolishing capital punishmentB. shows sympathy to those guilty of unpardonable evilC. is in favor of sentencing those committing grave crimes to deathD. believes that many of those condemned to death do not deserve their punishmentIV. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write the translation on your Answer Sheet.(10 points, 2 points for each)51. Some say the death penalty is what the criminal deserves while others object to it because death isirreversible.译：有些人称罪犯被判死刑是因为罪有应得，而有些人却表示死亡是不可逆转的，并因此对死刑持反对意见。
第⼀课 Rock Superstars 重点单词rebellion 反叛 n.sprinkle A on/onto/over B 洒 vt. [sprinkle B with A]swelter（使）汗流浃背 v.baptismal 洗礼的 a.adulation 奉承 n.reverence for sb./sth. 崇敬 n.reject sb. as adj. 认为谁...p9有例句draw 吸引 v.see...as...把...视为/当作...rather than 不是...⽽是...（突出前者）embody 体现 vt.frown on 皱眉，表不赞同applaud 赞同，⿎掌欢迎 v. disaffection 不满 n.combine A and B 把...与...结合起来in return 作为sth.的回报conceive of 设想，想象 v.重点语法以" sprinkling "引导的短语是动词的 " - ing " 形式做伴随状语。
同位语定语从句 p3a place 是a sort of debating forum的同位语，后⾯由 where引导的句⼦是定语从句，修饰 a place. " ideas clash and crash "意为“各种思想冲撞”。
强调句：it is …… who （ that ） 是强调句式。
rather than ： instead of ⽽不是（肯定前者，否定后者。
）这⾥介绍另⼀个短语or rather，意为 more exactly更为确切地说“。
while 连接词⽂中表⽰前后对⽐，反义词 p3重点段落第1节最后4⾏他描述道：“贾格尔抓起⼀个半加仑的⽔罐沿舞台前沿边跑边把⾥⾯的⽔洒向前⼏排汗流浃背的听众。
听众们蜂拥般跟随着他跑，急切地希望能沾上⼏滴洗礼的圣⽔。
“Jagger，” he said， “grabs a half-gallon jug of water and runs along the front platform， sprinkling its contents over the firstfew rows of sweltering listeners. They surge to follow him， eager to be touched by a few baptismal drops”。
第一课：Rock Superstars: What Do They Tell Us about Ourselves and Our Society1、章节知识点1) 背景知识( Background knowledge)Rock Music2) 课文要义( Main idea of the text)The author focuses on the social influences of the rock music in terms of sociology. By contrasting different attitudes toward the rock among the young and adult audience, the author points out that rock is served as an expression of social ideas, and also provides a debating stage for different ideas. Rock 'n' roll stars express the young generation's viewpoints on various political and social problems, and also help the society see its own beliefs and attitudes, and express the young men's feelings and hope.3) 词汇(Vocabulary)a. sprinkleb. adulationc. rejectd. embodye. editorializef. bewildermentg. urgeh. drivei. celebratej. mirror4) 短语(Expressions)a. dressed in sthb. act outc. rather thand. sing ofe. in returnf. conceive of5) 词语辨析(Word analysis)a. adulation, admirationb. argue, debatec. arrogant, proudd. conceive, imaginee. confuse, bewilderf. ideal, idealisticg. mix, blendh. ramble, rumble6) 难句理解( Sentence comprehensio)na. They think he ' s sick, sick, sick.b. Horowitz sees the rock music arena as a sort of debating forum, a placewhere ideas clash and crash.c. Newspapers editorialized against him.d. Most of the older viewers frowned, while most of the younger viewersapplauded.e. He spoke of change and of the bewilderment of an older generation.f. The Beatles urged peace and piety.2、考核知识点本课文章中作者着重从社会学的角度探讨摇滚乐的社会意义。
高级英语课后答案上册Lesson One What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society?A1. 1) The author uses the two quotations to introduce the discussion and express his ideas aboutrock music and young culture heroes. 2) Yes, they are.2. The author uses the three examples to show that the young people worship the rock superstarsvery much, but the adults find these rock superstars are sick. These examples are used to show that young people and adults have totally different attitudes towards rock music.3. Irving Horowitz believes that rock music can express its time. He sees it as a debating forumwhere American society struggles to define and redefine its feelings and beliefs.4. When he appeared on the Ed. Sullivan Sunday night variety show in front of millions, a kind of“debate” took place. Most of the old people frowned while most of the young viewers applauded.5. Bob Dylan touched a nerve of disaffection. The Beatles urged peace and piety. The RollingStones demanded revolution.6. Apart from politics, the rock music dealt with a range of feelings and emotions.7. The rock superstars got applause, praise and money.8. No, he hasn’t. It is impossible for the author to give a complete answer in a short article. Heends his article with questions because he wants to leave the question to the readers and let them think.B1.他描述道：“贾格尔抓起半加仑水，沿着前台跑，边跑边把水洒向前几排酷热难耐的歌迷身上……”2. 你对这种赞美和英雄崇拜是怎样看的？3. 或者是由于他把你狂热的幻想表演出来了，你就不知不觉地被这个不可思议的小丑吸引？4. 一些社会学家认为，你对这些问题的回答，可以说明你在想什么，社会在想什么。
高等教育自学考试《高级英语》（课程代码：00600）课程全国统一命题考试说明为组织好高等教育自学考试《高级英语》课程的全国统一考试命题工作，根据全国统一命题课程的有关规定，特制定本说明。
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在题量上能够使中等水平的考生在规定的考试时间内完成全部试题的作答，并有适当的时间检查作答情况。
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I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed bya list of words or expressions marked A to Y. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. （25 points, 1 point for each）Many doctors working on the battlefield of terminal suffering think that only squeamishness demands a 1 difference between passive and active euthanasia on request. Their 2 for killing goes like this: one of a doctor’s 3 is to prevent suffering; sometimes that is all there is left for him to do, and killing is the only way to do it. There is nothing new in this view. When Hippocrates 4 his oath for doctors, which explicitly rules 5 active killing, most other Greek doctors and thinkers disagreed with his ban.…II. Each of the following sentences is given four choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. （15 points, 1 point for each）26. Justice to all, regardless of race, sect or class, is the rightand the inescapable obligation of all.A. inalienableB. unbelievableC. unavoidableD. unattainable…Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding three items III, IV, V.…III. In this section, there are ten incomplete statements or questions, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. (20 points,2 points for each)41. The word “underlay” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____.A. was the consequence ofB. was the cause ofC. was the key toD. was the basis of42. The best title for this passage is _____.A. The Disappearance ofB. The Development of FreedomFreedomC. Importance of FreedomD. Roots of Freedom…VI. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write the translation on your Answer Sheet. (10 points, 2 points for each) 51. Absolute obedience to the ruler was what the leaders of the empiresinsisted on.…VII. Answer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (10 points)56. What is your view on “freedom”?VIII. Translate the following sentences into English and write the translation on your Answer Sheet. (20 points, 2 points each for 57-60,4 points for 61, 8 points for 62)57. 我们的调查表明没有一家公司能够靠试图面面俱到、满足所有人的需求而成功。
第一课：The Company in Which I work1、章节知识点1) 背景知识（Background knowledge）Joseph Heller2) 词汇(Vocabulary)a.Joseph Hellerb.drainc.bypassd.straine.distributef.grudgeg.incurh.stimulatei.motivatej.budgetk.boost3) 短语(Expressions)e upon / onb.credit sb. / sth. with sth.c.in the long rund.on triale.brood on / over sth.f.look aheadg.thrive onh.convert… to / into …i.fall victim (to sth.)j.take advantage of sth. / sb.4) 词语辨析(Word analysis)a.occur, incurb.ingenuous ,ingeniousc.implicit, explicitpliment, complemente.stimulate, simulatef.wonder, broodg.grudge, maliceh.cunning, shrewd5) 难句理解（Sentence comprehension）a.All these twelve men are elderly now and drained by timeand success of energy and ambition.b.They seem friendly, slow, and content when I come uponthem in the halls and always courteous and mute when theyride with others in the public elevators.c....and I will bypass him on most of our assignments ratherthan take up his time and delay their delivery to people whohave an immediate need for them.d.They are always on trial, always on the verge of failure,collectively and individually.e.They strain, even the most secure and self-assured of them,to look good on paper; and there is much paper for them to look good on.f.The result of this photocopying and distributing is that thereis almost continuous public scrutiny and discussionthroughout the company of how well or poorly the salesmen in each sales office of each division of the company aredoing at any given tune.g.When they are doing poorly, they are doing terribly.h.The company, in fact, will pay for their country clubmembership and all charges they incur there, and rewards salesmen who make a good impression on the golf course.i.In fact, I am continuously astonished by people in thecompany who fall victim to their own propaganda.j.Virtually, I am constantly astonished by people in the company who were fooled by their own exaggeratedstatements.k.Every time we launch a new advertising campaign, for example, people inside the company are the first ones to betaken in by it.l.These exercises in malice never fail to boost my spirits ——but only for a white.2、考核知识点本课文章中作者通过描写公司里人人自危、相互惧怕的心态，讽刺了大公司对人性的摧残，讽刺了为争名夺利而牺牲了人的尊严的可悲。
Lesson 1: Rock Superstars: What Do They Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society?How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship? When Mick Jagger’s fans look at him as a high priest or a god, are you with them or against them? Do you share Chris Singer’s almost religious reverence for Bob Dylan? Do you think he – or Dylan – is misguided? Do you reject Alice Cooper as sick? Or are you drawn somehow to this strange clown, perhaps because he acts out your wildest fantasies?Lesson 2: Four Choices for Young PeopleThe trouble with this solution is that it no longer is practical on a large scale. Our planet, unfortunately, is running out of noble savages and unsullied landscaped; except for the polar regions, the frontiers are gone. A few gentleman farmers with plenty of money can still escape to the bucolic life – but in general the stream of migration is flowing the other way.Lesson 4: Die as You ChooseIn January the Journal of the American Medical Association published a bizarre letter, in which an anonymous doctor claimed to have killed a 20-year-old cancer patient at her own request. This started a debate that will rumble on into the autumn, when Californians may vote on a proposed law legalizing euthanasia. The letter was probably written for polemical impact. It is scarcely credible. It’s author claims that he met the cancer patient for the first time, heard five words from her – “Let’s get this over with” – then killer her. Even the most extreme proponents of euthanasia do not support such an action in those circumstances.Lesson 5: I’d Rather Be Black than FemaleIt is still women – about three million volunteers – who do most of this work in the American political world. The best any of them can hope for is the honor of being district or county vice-chairman, a kind of separate-but-equal position with which a woman is rewarded for years of faithful envelope stuffing and card-party organizing. I n such a job, she gets a number of free trips to state and sometimes national meetings and conventions, where her role is supposed to be to vote the way her male chairman votes.Lesson 6: A Good Chancethe back door which hung open, we saw people standing in the kitchen. I asked carefully, “What’s wrong?”Nobody spoke but Elgie came over, his bloodshot eyes filled with sorrow and misery. He stood in front of us for a moment and then gestured us to go into the living room. The room was filled with people sitting in silence, and finally Elgie said, quietly, “They shot him.”Lesson 7: Miss BrillAlthough it was so brilliantly fine – the blue sky powdered with gold and the great spots of light like white wine splashed over the Jardins Publiques – Miss Brill was glad that she had decided on her fur. The air was motionless, but when you opened your mouth there was just a faint chill, like a chill from a glass of iced water before you sip, and now and again a leaf came drifting – from nowhere, from they sky. Miss Brill put up her hand and touched her fur. Dear little thing! I t was nice to feel it again. She had taken it out of its box tat afternoon, shaken out the moth-powder, given it a good brush, and rubbed the life back into the dim little eyes. “What has been happening to me?” said the sad little eyes. Oh, how sweet it was to see them snap at her again from the red eiderdown! …But the nose, which was of some black composition, wasn’t at all firm. It must have had a knock, somehow. Never mind – a little dab of black sealing-wax when the time came – when it was absolutely necessary. … Little rogue! Yes, she really felt like that about it. Little rogue biting its tail just by her left ear. She could have taken it off and laid it on her lap and stroked it. She felt a tingling in her hands and arms. But that came from walking, she supposed. And when she breathed, something light and sad – no, not sad, exactly – something gentle seemed to move in her bosom.Lesson 8: A Lesson in Living"It was the best of times and the worst of times. . ." Her voice slid in and curved down through and over the words. She was nearly singing. I wanted to look at the pages. Were they the same that I had read? Or were there notes, music, lined on the pages, as in a hymn book? Her sounds began cascading gently. I knew from listening; to a thousand preachers that she was nearing the end of her reading, and I hadn't really heard, heard to understand, a single word.I have tried often to search behind the sophistication of years for the enchantment I so easilyI said aloud, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done…" tears of love filled my eyes at my selflessness.Lesson 9: The Trouble with TelevisionEverything about this nation—the structure of the society, its forms of family organization, its economy, its place in the world— has become more complex, not less. Yet its dominating communications instrument, its principal form of national linkage, is one that sells neat resolutions to human problems that usually have no neat resolutions. It is all symbolized in my mind by the hugely successful art form that television has made central to the culture, the 30-second commercial: the tiny drama of the earnest housewife who finds happiness in choosing the right toothpaste.When before in human history has so much humanity collectively surrendered so much of its leisure to one toy, one mass diversion? When before has virtually an entire nation surrendered itself wholesale to a medium for selling?Lesson 11: On Getting Off to SleepWhat a bundle of contradictions is a man! Surety, humour is the saving grace of us, for without it we should die of vexation. With me, nothing illustrates the contrariness of things better than the matter of sleep. If, for example, my intention is to write an essay, and 1 have before me ink and pens and several sheets of virgin paper, you may depend upon it that before I have gone very far I feel an overpowering desire for sleep, no matter what time of the day it is. I stare at the reproachfully blank paper until sights and sounds become dim and confused, and it is only by an effort of will that I can continue at all. Even then, I proceed half-heartedly, in a kind of dream. But let me be between the sheets at a late hour, and I can do anything but sleep. Between chime and chime of the clock I can write essays by the score. Fascinating subjects and noble ideas come pell-mell, each with its appropriate imagery and expression. Nothing stands between me and half-a-dozen imperishable masterpieces but pens, ink, and paper.Lesson 12: Why I Writeof good prose or the rhythm of a good story. Desire to share an experience whichvaluable and ought not to be missed…Lesson 14: I Would Like to Tell You SomethingThe investigation was not staged so that veterans could spill out their hearts or purge their souls; it was done to prove that the policy of the United States in Indochina is tantamount to genocide, and that not only the soldiers are responsible for what is happening, but that everyone here in America who has allowed the brutalization and de-personalization to go on is responsible. It was done also to show that you don't start making things right by prosecuting William Galley, no matter how guilty he may be; you also prosecute the men who encouraged the situation. It was done to show that there is not just one Mylai but countless Mylais and they are continuing every single day. There was an almost total press blackout on the testimony of those veterans.Lesson 15: The Beauty IndustryWomen, it is obvious, are freer than in the past. Freer not only to perform the generally unenviable social functions hitherto reserved to the male, but also freer to exercise the more pleasing, feminine privilege of being attractive. They have the right, if not to be less virtuous than their grandmothers, at any rate to look less virtuous. The British Matron, not long since a creature of austere and even terrifying aspect, now does her best to achieve and perennially preserve the appearance of what her predecessor would have described as a Lost Woman. She often succeeds. But we are not shocked—at any rate, not morally shocked. Aesthetically shocked—yes; we may sometimes be that. But morally, no. We concede that the Matron is morally justified in being preoccupied with her personal appearance. This concession depends on another of a more general nature—a concession to the Body, with a large B, to the Manichaean principle of evil. For we have now come to admit that the body has its rights. And not only rights—duties, actually duties. It has, for example, a duty to do the best it can for itself in the way of strength and beauty. Christian-ascetic ideas no longer trouble us. We demand justice for the body as well as for the soul. Hence, among other things, the fortunes made by face-cream manufacturers and beauty-specialists, by the vendors of rubber reducing belts and massage machines, by the patentees of hair-lotions and the authors of books on the culture of the abdomen.下册Lesson One The Company in Which I workOn days when I ‘m especially melancholy , I began constructing tables of organization….classifying people in the company on the basis of envy , hope , fear , ambition , frustration, rivalry , hatred , or disappointment . I call these charts my Happiness Charts . These exercises in malice never fail to boost my spirits ----but only for a while . I rank pretty high when the company is analyzed this way , because I ‘m not envious or disappointed , and I have no expectations . At the very top , of course , are those people , mostly young and without dependents , to whom the company is not yet an institution of any sacred merit but still only a place to work , and who regard their present association with it as something temporary . I put these people at the top because if you asked any one of them if he would choose to spend the rest of his life working for the company , he would give you a resounding No ! , regardless of what inducements were offered . I was that high once . if you asked me that same question today, I would also give you a resounding No ! and add:Lesson Two EvelineBut in her new home , in a distant unknown country , it would not be like that . Then she would be married ---she , Eveline . People would treat her with respect then . She would not be treated as her mother had been . Even now , though she was over nineteen , she sometimes felt herself in danger of her father’s violence . She knew it was that that had given her the palpitations . When they were growing up he had never gone for her , like he used to go for Harry and Ernest , because she was a girl ; but latterly he had begun to threaten her and say what he would do to her only for her dead mother’s sake . And now she had nobody to protect her , Ernest was dead and Harry ,who was in the church decorating business , was nearly always down somewhere in the country . Besides , the invariable squabble for money on Saturday nights had begun to weary her unspeakably . She always gave her entire wages ----seven shillings ----and Harry always sent up what he could , but the trouble was to get any money from her father . He said she used to squander the money , that she had no head , that he wasn’t going to give her his hard-earned money to throw about the streets ,elbowed her way through the crowds and returning home late under her load of provisions . She had hard work to keep the house together and to see that the two young children who had been left to her charge went to school regularly and got their meals regularly . It was hard work ----a hard life ----but now that she was about to leave it she did not find it a wholly undesirable life .She stood among the swaying crowd in the station at the North Wall .He held her hand and she knew that he was speaking to her , saying something about the passage over and over again . The station was full of soldiers with brown baggages . Through the wide doors of the sheds she caught a glimpse of the black mass of the boat , lying in beside the quay wall , with illumined portholes . She answered nothing . She felt her cheek pale and cold and , out of a maze of distress , she prayed to God to direct her , to show her what was her duty . The boat blew a long mournful whistle into the mist . If she went , tomorrow she would be on the sea with Frank , steaming towards Buenos Ayres . Their passage had been booked . Could she still draw back after all he had done for her ? Her distress awoke a nausea in her body and she kept moving her lips in silent fervent prayer .Lesson Three What’s Wrong With Our Press ?The fact is that although network television still allots too little time to the vital service of informing the public , it does a better job in that little time than the nation’s press as a whole . And when I speak of the nation’s press as a whole , I am not speaking of the five or six splendid newspapers ----and the one great newspaper -----which serve the world as models of responsible public information . I am speaking of the local press which in hundreds of American communities is the only news available , aside from those recitals of ticker tape that pass for radio news .Fortunately for the American public , television does not tolerate the kind of distortion of fact , the kind of partisan virulence and personal peeve , that many newspapers not only welcome but encourage . In its entertainment , television caters far too much to the lowest instincts of man , particularly the lust for violence . But there is one appetite it does not feed and which the partisan newspapers of the nation do : the appetite for hate ---hate of whatever is different . I do not find on televison the kind of editorials chronic in the New York tabloids as well as in many local papers across the country .that elevates news above dogfood . it is easier to write editorial copy that appeal to emotion rather than reason .Lesson Four The Tragedy of Old Age in AmericaWhat can we possibly conclude from these discrepant points of view ? Our popular attitudes could be summed up as a combination of wishful thinking and stark terror . We base our feelings on primitive fears , prejudice and stereotypes rather than on knowledge and insight . In reality , the way one experiences old age is contingent upon physical health , personality , earlier-life experiences , the actual circumstances of late –life events ( in what order they occur , how they occur , when they occur ) and the social supports one receives : adequate finances , shelter, medical care , social roles , religious support , recreation . All of these are crucial and interconnected elements which together determine the quality of late life .Lesson Seven Ace in the HoleNo sooner did his car touch the boulevard heading home than Ace flicked on the radio . He needed the radio , especially today . In the seconds before the tubes warmed up , he said aloud , doing it just to hear a human voice , “ Jesus . She ‘ll pop her lid . “ His voice , though familiar , irked him ; it sounded thin and scratchy . In a deeper register Ace added , “ She’ll murder me . “ Then the radio came on , warm and strong , so he stopped worrying . The five Kings were doing “ Blueberry Hill “ ; to hear them made Ace feel so sure inside that from the pack pinched between the car roof and the sun shield he plucked a cigarette , hung it on his lower lip , snapped a match across the rusty place on the dash . He rolled down the window and snapped the match so it spun end-over-end into the gutter . “ Two points , “ he said , and cocked the cigarette toward the roof of the car , sucked powerfully , and exhaled two plumes through his nostrils . He was beginning to feel like himself , Ace Anderson , for the first time that whole day , a bad day . He beat time on the accelerator . The car jerked crazily .The run must have tuned Bonnie up . When they got back home , as soon as he lowered her into the crib , she began to shout and wave her arms . He didn’t want to play with her . He tossed some blocks and rattle into the crib an walked into the bathroom , where he turned on the hot water andwent bald first . He remembered reading somewhere , though , that baldness shows virility .Lesson Eight Science Has Spoiled My SupperEconomics entered . It is possible to turn out in quantity a bland , impersonal , practically imperishable substance more or less resembling , say cheese ---at lower cost than cheese . Chain groceries shut out the independent stores and “ standardization “ became a principal means of cutting cost .Lesson Ten How Market Leaders Keep Their EdgeThe third value discipline we have named customer intimacy . Its adherents focus on delivering not what the market wants but what specific customers want . Customer-intimate companies do not pursue one-time transactions ; they cultivate relationships . They specialize in satisfying unique needs , which often only they recognize , through a close relationship with ---and intimate knowledge of ----the customer . Their proposition to the customer: We have the best solution for you , and we provide all the support you need to achieve optimum results , or value , or both , from whatever products you buy . Long distance telephone carrier Cable& Wireless , , for example , practices customer intimacy with a vengeance , achieving success in a highly competitive market by consistently going the extra mile for its selectively chosen , small-business customers .Lesson Eleven On Human Nature and PoliticsBut great as is the influence of the motives we have been considering , there is one which outweighs them all... Power, like vanity, is insatiable. Nothing short of omnipotence could satisfy it completely. And as it is especially the vice of energetic men, the casual efficacy of love of power is out of all proportion to its frequency. It is, indeed, by far the strongest motive in the lives of important men. Love of power is greatly increased by the experience of power, and this applies to petty power as well as to that of potentates. In the happy days before 1914,when well-to-do ladies could acquire a host of servants, their pleasure in exercising power over the domestics steadily increased with age. Similarly, in any autocratic regime, the holders of power become increasingly tyrannical with experience of the delights that power can afford. Since power over human beings is shown inconsent. If you require a building permit, the petty official concerned will obviously get more pleasure from saying "No" than from saying "Yes". It is this sort of thing which makes the love of power such a dangerous motive . But it has other sides which are more desirable . The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power. And so are all advances in scientific technique. In politics, also, a reformer may have just as strong a love of power as a despot . It would be a complete mistake to decry love of power altogether as a motive. Whether you will be led by this motive to actions which are useful, or to actions which are pernicious, depends upon the social system, and upon your capacities.Lesson Twelve The Everlasting WitnessThe three were eating breakfast on the terrace, a thousand and one felicitous birds in the garden trees. In unsullied damp brown circles of soft earth the roses bloomed serenely against the pink Mexican wall. Marian's brother-in-law read the English page, as dedicated as a nice little boy reading the funnies, and Theresa, Marian's sister, chatted softly and merrily about their next week-end holiday. Theresa's bright smile had always been her mark and now, childless and with a husband beyond war age, and a life both ordered and gay, it looked as if that smile had justified itself.Lesson Thirteen Selected SnobberiesAll men are snobs about something. One is almost tempted to add : There is nothing about which men cannot feel snobbish. But this would doubtless be an exaggeration. There are certain disfiguring and mortal diseases about which there has probably never been any snobbery. I cannot imagine, for exam4ple, that there are any leprosy-snobs. More picturesque diseases, even when they are dangerous, and less dangerous diseases, particularly when they are the diseases of the rich, can be and very frequently are a source of snobbish self-importance. I have met several adolescent consumption-snobs , who thought that it would be romantic to fade away in the flower of youth , like Keats or Marie Bashkirtseff. Alas, the final stages of the consumptive fading are generally a good deal less romantic than these ingenuous young tubercle-snobs seem to imagine . To anyone who has actually witnessed these final stages, the complacent poeticizings of these adolescents must seem as exasperating as they are profoundly pathetic. In the case ofexasperation is not tempered by very much sympathy. People who possesssufficient wealth, not to mention sufficient health, to go travelling from spa to spa. from doctor to fashionable doctor, in search of cures from problematical diseases (which, in so far as they exist at all. probably have their source in overeating) cannot expect us to be .very lavish in our solicitude and pity.lesson fourteen Saturday Night and Sunday MorningHe sat by the canal fishing on a Sunday morning in spring, at an elbow where alders dipped over the water like old men on their last legs, pushed by young sturdy oaks from behind. He straightened his back, his fingers freeing nylon line from a speedily revolving reel. Around him lay knapsack and jacket, an empty catch-net, his bicycle, and two tins of worms dug from the plot of garden at home before setting out. Sun was breaking through clouds, releasing a smell of earth to heaven. Birds sang. A soundless and minuscular explosion of water caught his eye. He moved nearer the edge, stood up, and with a vigorous sweep of his arm, cast out the line.Lesson Fifteen Is America Falling Apart?During my year's stay in New Jersey I let my appetite flower into full Americanism except for one thing. I did not possess an automobile. This self-elected deprivation was a way into the nastier side of the consumer society. Where private ownership prevails, public amenities decay or are prevented from coming into being. The rundown rail services of America are something I try, vainly, to forget. The nightmare of filth, outside and in, that enfolds the trip from Springfield, Mass., to Grand Central Station would not be accepted in backward Europe. But far worse is the nightmare of travel in and around Los Angeles, where public transport does not exist and people are literally choking to death in their exhaust fumes . This is part of the price of individual ownership.Lesson sixteen Through the TunnelAs for Jerry, once he saw that his mother had gained her beach , he began the steep descent to the bay . From where he was, high up among red-brown rocks, it was a scoop of moving bluish green fringed with white. As he went lower, he saw that it spread among small promontories and inlets of rough, sharp rock, and the crisping, lapping surface showed stains of purple and darkerblue.。
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PART ONE(62 POINTS)I. The following paragraphs are taken from the textbooks, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. One word or expression for each blank only. (12 points, 0.5 point each)●We parked the car, Elgie came over and 1 himself in the back seat of the car.A police car moved slowly to the corner where we were 2 and the patrolmen looked at the three of us 3 and we pretended not to 4 . The patrol car 5 down the empty street and I turned 6 toward Elgie.●She 7 to me because she was like people I had never met 8 . Like women in English novels who walked the moors with their 9 dogs racing at a 10 distance. Like the women who sat in front of roaring 11 , drinking tea 12 from silver trays.●Actually, I enjoy my work when the 13 are large and 14 and somewhat frightening and will 15 the attention of many people. I get scared, and am unable to 16 at night, but I usually 17 at my best under this stimulating kind of18 and enjoy my job the most.●And Americans ought to note that, 19 things may seem to be 20 apart, arts and the humane scholarship are 21 here. I‘m not suggesting that writers and artists have the task of finding a 22 to the American 23 , but they can at least clarify its 24 and show how it relates to the human condition in general.Ⅱ. There are 15 sentences from the textbooks, with a blank in each, followed by a list of words or expressions marked A to X. Choose the one that best completes each of the sentences and write the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. Oneword or expression for each blank only. (15 points, 1 point each)25.The senior partner studied the resume for the hundredth time and again found nothing he disliked about Mitchell Y.Mcdeere, at least not ______.26.For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely, and I soon developed disagreeable mannerisms which made me ______ throughout my schooldays.27.On three pieces he made a cross in pencil, and then ______ each piece.28.But the press isn‘t the only party in this country that‘s guilty of this ______ insensitivity.29.Most of the idle rich suffer unspeakable boredom as the price of their freedom from ______.30.The modern ______ of beauty is not exclusively a function (in the mathematical sense) of wealth.31.The Beatles showed there was a ______ of emotions between love and hate.32.Our generation views the adult world with great ______ … there is also an increased tendency to reject completely that world.33.She just nodded her head, not getting a bit ______, but rocking back and forth.34.I have met several adolescent consumption-snobs, who thought that it would be romantic to ______ in the flower of youth.35.For that matter she would drive herself and keep the whole event within her ______.36.Undoubtedly the desire for food has been, and still is, one of the main ______ of great political events.panies that pursue this are not primarily product or service innovators, ______ cultivate deep, one-to-one relationships with customers.38.Such as it is, the ______ is regarded as no place to make a career for those who havea future.39.I agree that our food is nutritious and that the ______ of most of us is well-balanced.Ⅲ. Each of the following sentences is given two choices of words or expressions. Choose the right one to complete the sentence and mark the corresponding letter on your answer sheet. (15 points, 1 point each)40.As a businessman, he would often stay away from the city for three or four weeks ata (an) (A. extent, B. stretch).41.He can only have (A. caught up, B. picked up) such excellent English by living in the English-speaking country for some years.42.To be a writer, you need among other things a (an) (A. vivid, B. acute) imagination.43.Although there were several witnesses who had seen him at the spot, he still (A. declined, B. denied) it.44.It is most (A. regretful, B. regrettable) that Mr. Smith has decided to resign.45.During this season, the weather often (A. alters, B. alternates) between heavy rains and bursts of sunshine.46.A newspaper (A. supplement, B. complement) will sometimes be distributed free with the newspaper.47.My father was (A. sensitive, B. allergic) to this kind of medicine, so we decided to try another kind.48.The painter was (A. inspired, B. initiated) to paint by the grandeur of the sunrise.49.The theater in this small town has a seating (A. capability, B. capacity) of 1000.50.We could all see clearly that this newcomer had (A. fake, B. false) teeth.51.Before going to the party, she had to iron out the (A. creases, B. creaks) in her dress.52.The patient (A. replied, B. responded) quickly to the medicine and was well in a few days.53.Although my father has (A. detective, B. defective) hearing, he still refuses to wear ahearing aid.54.During their teaching practice, the students had to visit some local schools for the (A. observation, B. operation) of lessons in progress.Read the following passage carefully and complete the succeeding four items:Ⅳ,Ⅴ,Ⅵand Ⅶ.Success1) A young man of humble origins came to New York from the Midwest to seek his fortune. He dreamed, in the American way, of becoming a millionaire. He tried his luck on Wall Street. He was diligent and shrewd and, when he had to be, devious. He put together the deal and he did some things with an electronics acquisition that wouldn‘t bear explaining. He succeeded even beyond his dream: he made twelve million dollars.2) At first the young man assumed that e verything was working out splendidly. ―Isn‘t it grand?‖ he said to his wife, once it was apparent that he had made twelve million dollars. His wife told him that it wasn‘t grand, and he was a nobody.3) ―But that‘s impossible,‖ the young man said. ―I‘m a r ich person. We live in an era that celebrates rich people. Rich people are shown in the newspapers in the company of movie stars and famous novelists and distinguished dress designers. The names of the richest corporate raiders are known to every schoolboy. There are rich real estate sharks whose faces appear on the covers of glossy magazines.‖ But his wife said that his face would not, because he was a nobody. When he stressed the fact that he had twelve million dollars, his wife retorted that a lot of people did, but they were still nobodies. 4) ―I could buy our way onto the committees of important charity balls,‖ the young man said, ―then we‘d be mentioned in the columns.‖ ―Don‘t kid yourself,‖ his wife said. ―The important committees are already filled u p with people who are really rich. People like us would end up working on something like a dinner-dance to benefit the American Psoriasis (牛皮癣) Foundation.‖ The young man mentioned that he owned a co-op apartment on Fifth Avenue that was worth two million dollars. His wife argued that, to a certain extent, two million-dollar co-ops were a dime a dozen. Then the young man boasted of owning a stretch limousine and said it was twenty-one and a half feet long.His wife brushed the idea aside, saying that nobody famous had ever ridden in something like that ,and neither Henry Kissinger nor Calvin Klein had ever heard of him, so he was still a nobody.5) The young man was silent for a while. ―Are you disappointed in me?‖ he finally said to his wife. ―Of course I‘m disappointed in you,‖ she said. ―When you asked me to marry you , you said you would surely amount to something. How was I to know that yo u‘d turn out to be a nobody?‖6) For a moment the young man looked defeated. Then he squared his shoulders and cleared his throat. ―I‘ll make them pay attention, ‖ he said. ―I‘ll buy a professional football team and argue a lot with the coach in public. Celebrities will join me to watch big games from the owner‘s box.‖ The wife ridiculed him, saying that nobody could buy a professional football team for twelve million dollars, because professional football teams cost big bucks.7) ―Then I‘ll buy a magazine and appoint myself chief columnist,‖ the young man said. ―A tiny but exceedingly flattering picture of me will run next to my column every week. The owners of professional football teams will invite me to watch big games from the owner‘s box.‖ The wife bel ieved that he might be able to buy one of those weekly-shoppers throwaways for twelve million dollars, but not a real magazine. One couldn‘t buy a real magazine for chicken feed.8) The young man was very much hurt and asked his wife whether twelve million dollars were chicken feed. But his wife insisted, ―it‘s not big bucks.‖9) ―But that‘s not fair,‖ the young man said. ―I‘m a young man of humble origins who made twelve million dollars. I succeeded even beyond my dream. ‖ ―Some of those things you did wi th the electronics acquisition probably weren‘t fair either,‖ his wife said. ―Fair isn‘t being measured these days. What they measure is money.‖ Then the young man said, if that was the case, he would get more money by going back to Wall Street and making fifty million dollars.10) But before the young man could make fifty million dollars a man from the Securities and Exchange Commission came and arrested him for having committed insider-trading violations in the electronics acquisition.11) The young man was taken away from his office in handcuffs. A picture on the front page of the afternoon paper showed him leaving his arraignment trying to hide his face behind an $850 Italian overcoat. A long article in the morning paper used him as an example of a new breed of Wall Street traders who were the victims of their own greed, probably because of their humble origins. His friends and associates avoided him. 12) Only his wife stuck by him. She tried to see the bright side. ―For someone with only twelve million d ollars,‖ she said to the young man, ―you‘re getting to be pretty well known.‖Ⅳ. There are 10 statements, followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on your answer sheet.(10 points, 1 point each)55.He tried his luck on Wall Street.A. He became lucky in the financial world.B. He tried to get a job in Wall Street.C. He got a job in the financial world and tried to make a lot of money there.D. He went to Wall Street to see if he could get a job and to make a lot of money there.56….with an electronics acquisition that wo uldn‘t bear explaining.The underlined part means:A. that couldn‘t be explained as it was against the lawB. that was against the law to explain to the publicC. that he wouldn‘t explain to othersD. that he found difficult to explain57.I could buy our w ay onto the committees of important charity balls…A. I could buy tickets to get to the places where committees workB. I could use money to become committee membersC. I could buy tickets to get into important charity ballsD. Committees of important charity balls could be bought58….two million-dollar co-ops were a dime a dozen.A. two million-dollar co-ops were cheapB. you could buy a dozen two million-dollar co-opsC. it was easy to get two million-dollar co-opsD. there were a lot of two million-dollar co-ops59….and appoint myself chief columnist…A. make myself chief of the magazineB. give myself the job of writing chief columnsC. assign myself to the position of the magazine‘s main columnistD. order myself to do the job of writing a main column each week60.A tiny but exceedingly flattering picture of me…The underlined part means:A. a photo in which I look better than in real lifeB. a very good photo that I like very muchC. a very clear photoD. a photo in which I look nice61….one of those we ekly-shoppers throwawaysA. one of those weekly magazines of little value that shoppers buy, read and then throw awayB. one of those magazines shoppers buy once a week, but they don‘t like it, so they throw it awayC. one of those magazines shoppers who shop once a week would buy, after reading it, would throw it awayD. one of those magazines that appear once a week for special shoppers to buy, read and throw away62.One couldn‘t buy a real magazine for chicken feed.A. One could buy enough feed for chickens with that money, but not a good magazine.B. If one bought chicken feed with that money, then one could not buy a real magazine with what was left.C. If one wanted to raise chickens, one couldn‘t buy a real magazine.D. One couldn‘t buy a good magazin e for so little money.63.Fair isn‘t being measured these days. What they measure is money.A. Now people don‘t want to be fair to others, they only want to be rich themselves.B. Now people don‘t judge others by how fair they are, but by how much money they have.C. Now people don‘t treat others fairly, they only want money from others.D. Now people are not fair, but they are rich.64….who were the victims of their own greed…A. the more things they wanted, the more they sufferedB. they suffered because they were never satisfiedC. they came to a bad end as the result of their greedD. they only had themselves to blame as they were greedyⅤ. There is one underlined part in each of the following sentences, followed by four choices A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is the closest in meaning to the underlined part. (10 points, 2 points each)65.He was diligent and shrewd and, when he had to be, devious.A. secretB. determinedC. deceitfulD. devoted66.There are rich real estate sharks whose faces appear on the covers of glossy magazines.A. big shots in dealing with housing propertiesB. people who are really richC. people who own a lot of housing propertiesD. managers of real big enterprises67.People like us would end up working on something like a dinner-dance…A. finally find ourselvesB. finally stopC. be doing everything butD. realize our dreams by68…. for havin g committed insider-trading violations in the electronics acquisition.A. illegally making money by doing businessB. illegally doing business with insiders to make moneyC. illegally making money by exchanging informationD. illegally using information fr om one‘s job to make money69.Only his wife stuck by him.A. was still in love with himB. stayed with and supported himC. didn‘t leave him though it was against her wishD. sometimes went to visit himPART TWO (38 POINTS)Ⅵ. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write your translation on your answer sheet. (10 points, 2 points each)70.A young man of humble origins came to New York from the Midwest to seek his fortune.71.We live in an era that celebrates rich people.72.Rich people are shown in the newspapers in the company of movie stars and famous novelists and distinguished dress designers.73.When you asked me to marry you, you said you would surely amount to something. How was I to know that you‘d turn out to be a nobody?74.For a moment the young man looked defeated. Then he squared his shoulders and cleared his throat.Ⅶ. Answer the following essay question in English within 80 – 100 words. Write your answer on you answer sheet. (10 points)What brought about the downfall of the young man? Prove yours points.Ⅷ. Translate the following into English and write your translation on your answersheet. (18 points, 2points each from 75 to 79, 8 points for 80)75.毫无疑问，幽默是帮助我们摆脱矛盾的良药，因为要是没有它，我们就会死于烦恼。
