Unit 1 Waking Up from the American Dream
Reading comprehension ★ 1. A 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. B
Vocabulary★ A. 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. C 8. C 9.D 10. A
★ B. 1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. C
Cloze ★ 1. A 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. C 9.B 10. D
Translation 壳牌公司努力构建的管理风格是让雇员直接参与影响其工作的决策。在最终确立所在部门的工作目标之前，公司鼓励员工参与讨论这些目标。通过员工汇报制度，公司还鼓励员工参与制定来年的工作目标，认同其培训需求，励炼其志向，以便公司在制定专业培训计划时把这些也考虑在内。这种做法是该公司雇佣关系哲学的核心。集团公司相信这种做法对公司大有裨益，同时对雇员的合理期望也给予承认。
★ 1. To our delight, that region has shaken off poverty and is ( well ) on the way to well-off society.
★ 2. Over the past ten years, with joint efforts the graduate education has fared well in our country.
★ 3. The growth rate of the economy in that country shot up to an unbelievable level.
★ 4. Activities such as summer camp is out of reach for the children in poverty-stricken regions.
★ 5. She was less the product of the environment than of her family.
Fast reading ★ 1. B 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. A
Unit 2 Move Over, Big Brother
Reading comprehension ★ 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. D 10. C
Vocabulary ★ A. 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. A 9.C 10. D
★ B. 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. C 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. D 10. B
Cloze★ 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. C 8. A 9.D 10. D
Translation 人们已经越来越意识到计算机的某些应用对我们所谓的“个人隐私”这种抽象的价值观可能带来的影响。过去，冗繁的活字印刷技术抑制了人们搜集并保存其同伴的信息的欲望，因而限制了关于个人情况记载的数量。但现在许多人已表示担忧, 由于计算机信息量大、准确率高、储存长久，它可能会成为监视系统的中心，使社会变成透明的世界，将家庭、财政收支、社交等暴露在各种各样漫不经心的观察者面前，这些人中有些是病态的好奇者，也有居心不良或刺探商业情报的人。
★ 1. There was also general concern about the health of the civilian population and the lack of access to medical treatment for special groups.
★ 2. Globalization has been a mixed blessing for human rights around the world, undermining the economic power of national governments but strengthening a sense of world community.
★ 3. The mayor sent me an invitation in response to my request for an interview.
★ 4. As for “Have you eaten?”, this sounds like an invitation to dine! How many na?ve Chinese have asked American friends “Have you eaten?” and ended up having to buy them a meal!
★ 5. There is the possibility that they would stick it to you when they see that you are foreigners.
Fast reading ★ 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C
Unit 3 The Rise of the Green Building
Reading comprehension ★ 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. A
Vocabulary
★ A. 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. D 8. C 9.A 10. B
★ B. 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. B
Cloze
★ 1. light 2. power 3. thanks 4. thicker 5. within 6. mass 7. glass 8. led 9.flexible 10. typically Translation
A. 长期以来，不破坏生态平衡的建筑设计被认为是无关紧要的。而最近，英国皇家建筑师学会提出的有利于生态环境的原则——规定一个建筑物的建设和使用都不应该消耗地球的资源——已开始影响主流建筑。由于矿物燃料的价格飞涨和对气候变化日益感到不安，越来越多的设计师开始考虑环境因素。这个议程正逐步地渗入重要的建筑师设计中，而大的建筑公司也正在注意到这个问题。
全球变暖对主流建筑的习惯做法造成巨大的威胁。如果现在的趋势持续下去，目前建造的适应于欧洲北部凉爽气候的建筑物到2080年将需要空调持续运行，从而增加能耗费用并产生温室气体。所以建筑学家正争先恐后地设计模型吸收多余的热量，再加上结合已被验证的来自地中海地区的冷却方法，更好地利用自然通风，利用更多的遮光设施、百叶窗和庭院，采用更小的窗子来阻挡阳光进入。
B. (1)The chairman of the committee is expected to be back next Thursday.
(2)In the case of James, the manager decided to promote him to the next grade.
(3)The candidate's speech represented the mainstream thinking on economic policy.
(4)For God’s sake, I didn't expect to see you here.
(5)What is at stake here is not whether the US goes alone or not, but whether the international community is prepared to take necessary action.
V. Fast Reading 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. F 8. T 9. F 10. F
