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Directions: Read each of the following sentences, try to understand its meaning, and then use a different but adequate structure to restate the same meaning. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
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A favorite definition of joking has long been theability to find similarity between dissimilar things, thatis, hidden similarities.
【正确答案】Joker can always discover hidden similarities between irrelated things.
【答案解析】句意： 开玩笑的定义为一种能够在不相似的事物之间 找到隐藏的共同点的能力。
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Nine out of ten doctors responding to a survey saidthat they recommend our product to their patients if theyrecommend anything.
【正确答案】If they recommend anything, most doctors responding to a survey recommend the product.
【答案解析】句意： 在一项调查中，百分之九十的医生表示，如果向病人推荐的话，他们会推荐我们的产品 。
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Heavy smokers and drinkers run a fifteen times greaterrisk of developing cancer of the mouth and throat thannonsmokers and nondrinkers.
【正确答案】Cancer of the mouth and throat is more likely to occur in heavy smokers and drinker than in nonsmokers and nondrinkers.
【答案解析】句意： 与不吸烟和不喝酒的人相比，重度吸烟者和饮酒者得咽喉癌的风险高出十五倍。
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This book contains a totally different outlook whichcombines the wisdom of the past with scientific knowledgeto solve the problems of the present.
【正确答案】In this book, current knowledge and past wisdom are combined to solve current problems.
【答案解析】句意： 这本书的观点十分与众不同，其将前人智慧与科学知识相结合，用以解决当前问题。
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This organization may succeed marvelously at what itwants to do, but what it wants to do may not be all thatimportant.
【正确答案】Although the organization reaches its goals, the goals might not be important.
【答案解析】句意： 这个组织可能会成功地完成它想要做的事情，但它想做的事情是什么可能并不那么重要。
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According to the definition of traditional Chinesemedicine, acupuncture is the treatment of disease—notjust the alleviation of pain—by inserting very fineneedles into the body at specific points.
【正确答案】In Chinese traditional medicine, acupuncture is known to treat disease and alleviate pain.
【答案解析】句意： 根据中医的定义，针灸是一种疾病治疗手段，不仅仅是缓解疼痛，其方法是将极细的针扎入人体特定的点。
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Taxes being so high, the descendants of the wealthyclass of the nineteenth century are being forced to rentout their estates to paying guests.
【正确答案】Because of high taxes, families that were rich one hundred years ago now rent out their estates.
【答案解析】句意： 由于征税很高，十九世纪富裕阶层的后代被迫将他们的房产出租给客人。
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Like other timeless symbols, flags have accompaniedmankind for thousands of years, gaining ever widermeaning, yet losing none of their inherent and originalforce.
【正确答案】Timeless symbols like flags typically gain wider meaning while not losing their inherent force.
【答案解析】句意： 就像其他象征永恒的标志，旗帜已经陪伴了人们数千年，虽然获得了更广泛的含义，但是并没有失去其固 有和原始的力量。
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Where there is an absence of reliable information aboutdrugs, the risks involved in using them are greatlyincreased.
【正确答案】Using drugs is more dangerous when we don' t know what effects and dangers are involved.
【答案解析】句意： 如果没有关于药物的可靠信息，用药的风险就会大大增加。
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The city’ s safety record with school buses isgenerally a good one, but of course this record is only asgood as the school bus drivers themselves.
【正确答案】If school bus drivers are not very good, the town‘ s school bus safety record will not be very good either.
【答案解析】句意： 这座城市的校车安全记录总体都很好，当然，校车的司机也一样好。