英语阅读与写作 2.docx

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英语阅读与写作2

第二套试题

Part1Translation（30%）

SectionA

Directions:

TranslatethefollowingsentencesfromEnglishtoChinese.（10%）

1、Well-being,notjustwealth,shouldmarktheprogressofoursocieties.

2、Anytimewhenyouhavesomethingthatisdifficulttosay,e-mailcanmakeiteasier.

3、Tensofthousandsof18-year-oldswillgraduatethisyearandbehandedmeaninglessdiplomas.

4、Askpeoplehowtheyare,andtheywillanswerintermsoftheirfamilylife,communitylifeandworklife,ratherthanjustwhattheyarepaid.

5、Wecanusebrainimagingtogaininsightintothemechanismsbehindpeople'sdecisionsinawaythatisoftendifficulttogetatsimplybyaskingapersonorwatchingtheirbehavior.

SectionB

Directions:

TranslatethefollowingsentencesfromChinesetoEnglish.（10%））

1、比如说，人人都一致认为与家人共度更多时间是人们幸福的关键。

2、人们花在因特网上的时间越长，与真人交往的时间就越短。

3、电子邮件，我们不能靠它生活但离开它也不行。

4、在进步教育的影响下，让学生了解历史事实、数学、地理似乎都不如感觉重要。

5、利用大脑反应并将它们与行为关联起来的能力在过去四年中取得了令人惊叹的巨大进步，并且产生了令人难以置信的海量信息。

SectionC

Directions:

TranslatethefollowingpassagefromEnglishtoChinese.（5%）

Passingstudentswhohavenotmasteredtheworkcheatsthemandtheemployerswhoexpectgraduatestohavebasicskills.Weexcusethisdishonestbehaviorbysayingkidscan'tlearniftheycomefromterribleenvironments.Nooneseemstostoptothinkthat--nomatterwhatenvironmentstheycomefrom--mostkidsdon'tputschoolfirstontheirlistunlesstheyperceivesomethingisatstake.

SectionD

Directions:

TranslatethefollowingpassagefromChinesetoEnglish.（5%）

这意味着认可社会、文化、道德等赋予我们生活真实意义的因素。

尤其意味着我们将集中于环境的可持续发展，建立更强大的社会与体系。

这也意味着认可我们生活中与比金钱更重要的：

确实，生活的质量绝不仅仅取决于金钱的数量。

Part2ReadingComprehension（20%）

SectionA

FastReading（10%）

Directions:

Gooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestions.

InFebruary，IgotengagedtoaguywhoIbelievetobethemostamazingmanalive．Ifeelsolucky，andIamverymuchinlove．Icannotwaittobemarried·

SinceIhavebeenengaged，whileIhavegottenalotofcongratulatorywishesfromfriends，someolder，morecynicalpeoplejustwon’tletmebe.Ihaveheardthefollowingcomments,knockingmefrommyI’m-getting-married-to-the-love-of-my–lifepedestal:

"Itwillneverlast,""Youwon'tevenmakeittothealtar,""Marriageissodifficult,""It'ssohardtomakeitwork"andmyfavorite,accompaniedbyaneyerollandahorriblysarcastictone,"Goodlucktoyou!

"Igetlecturesonthestrugglesthatlieahead,looksofsympathy,andspeechesonhowterriblemylifewillbeinaboutl0yearswhenIwillapparentlyhatemyhusband.Can'tanyonejustletmebehappy?

PeoplelovemyfiancéandnoonehaseversaidthatIamnotready.Sowhyisthissuchamistake?

Whydosomeadultswhohavehadbadexperiencesdecidetokillmyhappinesswithnastyremarksinsteadofjustsayingcongratulations?

Don’tgetmewrong，Ihavenotallowedmyhappinesstooverpowermycommonsense.Iknowallaboutthestrugglesofmarriage．Iknowallabouttheheartache：

thatchildrencanstrainamarriage，thatmoneyissuescanblowup，thatacouplecanlosetheirconnection，thatjobstresscantakeatollandthatchangingandgrowingoldercanaidinthedissolutionofwhatoncewasreallove．Iknowit’snotalwayseasyorfun，andthatit'snotperfectforever.

Isawthisfirsthandwhenmyparentsweredivorcedlastyear.Iwatchedtheironce-perfectunionfallapartamidunhappiness,pain,desperation,frustration,sadnessandanger.Marriagecanbeabeautifuljourney，butitisn’tforeveryone．Mymomanddadaremuchhappierapart．IthoughtIwouldn’twanttobemarriedafterlivingthroughthatuntilImetthemanofmydreamsandhechangedmymind．

Myfiancéhasincredibleparents.Theyhavebeentogethersincetheywereinhighschool,morethan30years,andtheyhavefivechildren,crazyworkschedules,andthesameissuesaseveryoneelse.Buttheyareanexceptionbecausetheyarestillmadlyinlove.It'sabreathoffreshairtobewiththem.IseeinthemalovethatisdifferentandIthinkthatIhavethataswell.Youneverknowwherelifewilltakeyou,butIthinkitisadangerousassumptionthatamarriagecanneverworkout,orthatitisn'tworthatry.Itcanlast.Myfuturein-lawsareproofthatamarriagecanwithstandthemanypotentialcatastrophesandlastalifetime.

Myrelationshipwithmyfiancéisnotperfect.Butitisfantastic．Beingwithhimbringsoutabetterandhappierversionofme．Hemakesmelaughharderthananyoneelse．Wehaveahealthyandwonderfulwayofcommunicating．

Butmostimportantly，Ilovehimwithoutcondition．AndhelovesmeforwhoIamwithoutjudgment,withoutcomplainingabouthowmessyIamorgettingannoyedathowcrazyandneuroticIcanbe．Wealwaysputeachotherfirstandalwaysmaketimeforeachothernomatterhowbusyourworldgets．HeisasexcitedasIamtogetmarried，andtogetherweareconfidentinourcompatibilityandourabilitytolastforever．Wehavetheexampleofhisparentsandmine，examplestolearnfrom，whatmistakesnottomake，andhowtocreateastablefoundationthatwilllastbeyondthepresenttime．

Oneday，Imaylookbackwithstale，wrinkledeyesandseeasillylittlegirlwhodidn’tknowwhatshewastalkingabout．Onedaymyrelationshipmaynotbeaswonderfulasitisnow．ButIamnotgoingtogointomarriagewaitingforeverythingtofallapart．I’mnotplanningaheadformydivorceorimaginingmyselfasawalkingstatistic。

WhenIsay“Ido，”IamsayingIpromisetoloveforever；not“untilthisisn’tperfectandlwantout．”Imeanforever．

WhenIwasyounger,Idreamedaboutgettingmarried．Idressedupinmymom’sweddingdressandveil，putonridiculousamountsofpoorly-placedpinkblush，carriedabouquetoffakeflowersfromthevaseonthekitchentableandthoughtabouthowwonderfulitwouldbetodothatforreal．IknownowthatthedreamIhadofmarriedlifewasalittletoooptimisticandhopefultosaytheleast.

NowIhaveagorgeousweddingdressofmyown．I’llwearitproudlyandsay“Ido!

”anddanceandeatcakethatcostswaytoomuchmoney．Iwillenjoythatoneamazingdaywithallofmybeing．ButIknowthatdaywillend,andonceit’sover，Ihavetomakeplansforthefuture，andmyhusbandandIwillhavetoworkhardtoreachourmutualgoals．AndI’lltrywitheverythingIamtoprovetoeveryonethatwecanmakeitwork，tomakethe6-year-oldversionofmeproud．

So,forallofyoudivorcedfolkoutthere，orthoseofyouunhappilymarried,orthosewhoarejustplaincynical,Iamsorrythatyouaren’tcrazyinloveanymore.I’msorryifyouneverfoundsomeonewhomakesyoucatchyourbreath.Butfornow,letmehavemyfun，letmebackinthegloryofridiculous，consuming，delicious,beautiful,wonderful，once-in-a-lifetimelove．Youdon'thavetotellmewhatIalreadyknow.Fornow,justletmebehappy.

Directions:

Inthispart,forquestions1-7,you’rerequiredtochoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,D.Forquestions8-10,you’rerequiredtocompletethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.

1.Theauthorgotengagedtoamanwhois_______.

A.themostamazingmanalive.

B.aguythatallbelieveheisthemostamazingmanalive.

C.themostamazingmaninhereyes.

D.amazedateverythingalive.

2.What'stheauthor'sattitudetothepeoplewhojustwon’tletherbe?

A.defensive

B.puzzling

C.neutral

D.Disgusted

3.Inpara3,what’sthemeaningof“Don'tgetmewrong”?

A.thehappinesshasoverpoweredtheauthor'scommonsense

B.theauthorwasblindlyoptimism.

C.theauthormakesitclearthatmanythingscanaidinthedissolution

ofwhatoncewasreallove．

D.theauthorwillbehappytomarryhermanthoughsheknowsallabouttheheadacheintheirmarriage.

4.Thefollowingfactorscanstrainamarriageexcept______inthetext.

A.geographicaldistance

B.children

C.jobstress

D.moneyissues

5.Whydoestheauthorthinkthatamarriagecanlast?

A.Becauseherfuturein-lawsareproofthatamarriagecanlastalifetime

B.Becausesheloveherhusbandverymuch

C.Becauseherbestfriend'smarriagecanlast

D.Becauseshethinkherparents'marriagecanlast

6.Theauthorwouldmostprobablyagreethat______.

A.Therelationshipbetweenwifeandhasbandmaybeperfectforever

B.Theelder’scommentsareveryimportantforourmarriage

C.Weshouldnotplanaheadforourdivorcebeforewemarried

D.Ourparentsshouldloveeachotherforever

7.Thephrase"walkingstatistic"inpara7means_____.

A.datawhicharechanging

B.dataofwalkingpeople

C.anexampleofdivorcedwomen

D.anexampleofwalkingpeople

8.Theauthorhastheexampleofherparentsinlaw，examplestolearnfrom，whatmistakesnottomake，andhowtocreateastablefoundationthat_________________.

9.Aftertheauthor'ssaying“Ido”,sheknowsthatshehasto________________

10.Theauthorhasfoundsomeonewho__________________sothatshecanhaveherfun.

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SectionB

Task-basedreading（10%）

Directions:

Readthearticleandfilloutthefollowingtable.（4wordsatmostforeachblank）.

EssenceofEducation

Theessenceofeducationistheteachingoffactsandreasoningskillstoourchildren,sothattheylearntothink.

Yetalmostacentury,ourschoolshavebeenunderassaultbyanapproachtoeducationthatelevatesfeelingsoverfacts.UndertheinfluenceofProgressiveEducation–Itisnowmoreimportantthangettinghimintouchwiththefactsofhistory,mathematicsorgeography.

“Creativespelling”-inwhichstudentsareencouragedtospellwordsinwhateverwaytheyfeeliscorrect–ismoreimportantthantherulesoflanguage.Urgingchildrento“feelgood”aboutthemselvesismoreimportantthanensuringthattheyacquiretheknowledgenecessaryforlivingsuccessf