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填空题Translate the following passages into Chinese.(湖北大学2008研,考试科目:翻译与写作)I still keep in mind a certain wonderful sunset which I witnessed when steam-boating was new to me. A broad expanse of the river was turned to blood: in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating black and conspicuous: in one place a long, slanting mark lay sparkling upon the water: in another the surface was broken by boiling, tumbling waves, that were as many-tinted as an opal: where the ruddy flush was faintest, was a smooth spot that was covered with graceful circles and radiating lines, ever so delicately traced: the shore on our left was densely wooded, and the somber shadow that fell from this forest was broken in one place by a long, curvy trail that shone like silver: and high above the forest wall a clean-stemmed dead tree waved a single gold leafy bough that glowed like a flame in the unobstructed splendor that was flowing from the sun. There were graceful curves, reflected images, woody heights, soft distances: and over the whole scene, far and near, the dissolving lights drifted steadily, enriching it every passing moment with new marvels of coloring.
填空题Waiter: (56) ?Cheng Hong, Yes, we'd like some jiaozi with pork and vegetables inside, please.Waiter: (57) ?Peter: Half a jin for me.Cheng Hong, But three liang for me.Waiter, Half a jin for the gentleman and three liang for the lady. Thank you. (58) ?Peter: Do you have wine?Waiter: Yes, we do. (59) ?Peter: Uh... a glass of red wine, please.Cheng Hong: (60) Waiter: All right. Eight liang of jiaozi, a glass of red wine and a cup of green tea. Is that all?Peter: Yes. That's all.
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填空题The bedrooms in his new flat are ______ (taste) decorated and furnished.
填空题{{U}}这么多人不在{{/U}},we decided to put the meeting off.
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who live in glass houses should not throw stones
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填空题{{U}}据说{{/U}}, she is a world famous art critic.
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The following is a guarantee for a product. After reading it, you should fill in the blanks marked 1 to 5 in the table below.
This product is guaranteed for two years after the date of purchase against defects due to faulty workmanship or materials. The guarantee covers them both. Service under guarantee is provided only upon presentation of reasonable evidence (completed guarantee card or purchase receipt) that the date of the claim is within the guarantee period.
The guarantee is not valid if the defect is due to accidental damage, misuse, neglect or unauthorized persons carried it out in case of alterations or repair.
Service during and after guarantee is available in all countries where LG officially distributes the product. In countries where LG does not distribute the product, the local LG service organizations will also arrange service. Yet, there may be delay if the required spare parts are not readily available. In this case, please contact your LG dealer or the LG Service Organization.
For information and in the event of difficulty, please contact the Consumer Relation Desk (消费者联系处) in your country. For a list of Consumer Relation Desks, see the gray box in this leaflet. If there is no Consumer Relation Desks in your country, you can contact Service Department, LG Co. (address on cover).
Guarantee
The guarantee period: 1 .
The guarantee covers faulty: 2 .
Service under guarantee is provided: 3 showed by consumers.
Serice is available: all countries where LG officially 4 .
For the list of Consumer Relation Desks : by seeing 5 in the leaflet.
填空题A."Itisalwaysbettertobuyahouse;payingrentislikepouringmoneydownthedrain."Foryears,suchadvicehasencouragedpeopletoborrowheavilytogetonthepropertyladderassoonaspossible.Butisitstillsoundadvice?Housepricesarecurrentlyatrecordlevelsinrelationtorentsinmanypartsoftheworldanditnowoftenmakesmorefinancialsense—especiallyforfirst-timebuyers—torentinstead.B."IfIdon'tbuynow,I'llnevergetonthepropertyladder"isacommoncryfromfirst-timebuyers.Ifhousepricescontinuetooutpacewages,thatistrue.Butitnowlooksunlikely.Whenpricesgetoutoflinewithwhatfirst-timerscanafford,astheyaretoday,theyalwayseventuallyfallinrealterms.Themyththatbuyingisalwaysbetterthanrentinggrewoutofthehighinflationeraofthe1970sand1950s.First-timebuyersthenalwaysendedupbetteroffthanrenters,becauseinflationerodedtherealvalueofmortgagesevenwhileitpusheduprents.Mortgage-interesttaxreliefwasalsoworthmorewheninflation,andhencenominalinterestrates,washigh.Withinflationnowtamed,homeownershipisfarlessattractive.C.Homebuyerstendtounderestimatetheircosts.Oncemaintenancecosts,insuranceandpropertytaxesareaddedtomortgagepayments,totalannualoutgoingsnoweasilyexceedthecostofrentinganequivalentproperty,evenaftertakingaccountoftaxbreaks.Ah,butcapitalgainswillmorethanmakeupforthat,itispopularlyargued.Overthepastsevenyears,averagehousepricesinAmericahaverisenby65%,thoseinBritain,Spain,AustraliaandIrelandhavemorethandoubled.Butitisunrealistictoexpectsuchgainstocontinue.Makingthe(optimistic)assumptionthathousepricesinsteadriseinlinewithinflation,andincludingbuyingandsellingcosts,thenoveraperiodofsevenyears,—theaveragetimeAmericanownersstayinonehouse—ourcalculationsshowthatyouwouldgenerallybebetteroffrenting.D.Bewarned,ifyoumakesuchaboldclaimatadinnerparty,youwillimmediatelybesetupon.Payingrentisthrowingmoneyaway,itwillbeargued.Muchbettertospendthemoneyonamortgage,andbysodoingbuildupequity.Thesnagisthatthetypicalfirst-timebuyerkeepsahouseforlessthanfiveyears,andduringthattimemostmortgagepaymentsgooninterest,notonrepayingtheloan.Andifpricesfall,itcouldwipeoutyourequity.E.Inanycase,arentercanaccumulatewealthbyputtingthemoneysavedeachyearfromthelowercostofrentingintoshares.Thesehave,historically,yieldedahigherreturnthanhousing.Puttingallyourmoneyintoahousealsobreaksthebasicruleofprudentinvesting:diversify.Andyes,itistruethatamortgageleveragesthegainsonyourinitialdepositonahouse,butitalsoamplifiesyourlossesifhousepricesfall.F.Thedivergencebetweenrentsandhousepricesis,ofcourse,evidenceofahousingbubble.Somedaypriceswillfallrelativetorentsandwages.Aftertheydo,itwillmakesensetobuyahome.Untiltheydo,thesmartmoneyisonrenting.G."Iwanttohaveaplacetocallhome"isapopularretort.Rentingprovideslesslong-termsecurityandyoucannotpaintallthewallsorangeifyouwantto.Homeownershipisanexcellentpersonalgoal,butitmaynotalwaysmakefinancialsense.Theprideof"owning"yourownhomemayquicklyfadeifyouaresaddledwithamortgagethatcostsmuchmorethanrenting.Also,rentingdoeshavesomeadvantages.Rentersfinditeasiertomoveforjoborfamilyreasons.{{B}}Order:{{/B}}
填空题C______ linguistics aims to deal with computer processing of human language.
填空题Choose the correct headings for each of the following paragraphs marked with B to F. Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET(15 points, 3 points each). List of Headings i. Read all about it ii. It"s easier than ever to buy culture. iii. culture wars iv. Fueling the explosion v. Cultural abundance unlike a building boom vi. We"ve reached a tipping point, or at least turned a corner. vii. Informal relations viii. Anyone can be a maker of culture. ix. Whatever happened to the television test pattern? Example Answer Paragraph A ix A No more than 20 years ago, most TV stations routinely signed off the air for at least a few hours a day. At the end of their broadcast period, stations would slap a test pattern up on the screen until the next morning"s programming began. The test pattern—occasionally an absurd drawing of a Native American but more often a simple geometric shape adorned with call letters—was a great symbol of cultural dead space, of a moment when nothing was happening, when nothing was being transmitted, save perhaps for a monotonous electronic hum. While some stations still do sign off, they are increasingly rare in a hyperkinetic, always-open America that has shifted fully into 24-7 mode. If the test pattern symbolized a moment of silence in the cultural process, then it"s only fitting that its long run has effectively been canceled. B Similar developments range far beyond the small screen. During the past few decades, we have been experiencing what can aptly be called a "culture boom" : a massive and prolonged increase in art, music, literature, video, and other forms of creative expression. Everywhere we look, the cultural marketplace is open and ready for business: The number of places where you can buy books has more than doubled during the past 20 years, while the number of libraries has increased by about 17 percent. More than 25, 000 video rental stores are scattered across the United States, effectively functioning as second-run theaters and art houses even in the most remote backwaters. More than 110 symphony orchestras have been founded since 1980, reports The Wall Street Journal, which also notes that the national 1997 -98 theatrical season "raked in a record $1.3 billion in ticket sales. " About 3 , 500 commercial radio stations and 670 commercial television stations have come on the air since 1970; during the same period, cable viewership has quadrupled. C The increasingly important World Wide Web has provided space for all sorts of commercial and noncommercial culture, ranging from authorized sites to a reader-compiled database of more than 180, 000 movies to translations of Dante"s sonnets to fan-generated art. In video and music production, where equipment costs were once prohibitive enough to seriously limit access, there is a flourishing, self-conscious "do-it-yourself" movement that has taken great advantage of cheaper technology and distribution methods. In a world of $ 100 VCRs, bargain-basement PCs, CD-rewritable drives, and other technologies that allow users to copy and manipulate images, words, and sound in ever-new and seamless ways, even the sharp distinction between producer and consumer seems increasingly blurred. D Gone for good are the days when serious cultural critics, whether on the right or the left, could nod toward Tocqueville and Mrs. Trollope and bemoan a scarcity of "culture" in America. Instead, the contemporary descendants of such folks are more likely to make the sort of claim Slate"s Jacob Weisberg did recently in a review of economist Tyler Cowen"s In Praise of Commercial Culture. After granting that the United States does in fact offer a dizzying array of cultural opportunities, Weisberg complains: "What we lack is a flourishing common, or national, culture. Contemporary classical music goes unperformed, foreign films have no audience, and hardly anyone reads contemporary poetry. Meanwhile, pap abounds. " There are, in fact, healthy, if small, markets for the fare Weisberg prefers. The problem isn"t a lack of choice in cultural matters: You want Mozart, Mingus, and Marilyn Manson ? No problem—they"re all available(and probably at a discount). Rather, the issue is precisely a profusion of choice in cultural matters; You want Mozart, Mingus—and Marilyn Manson? E By virtually any measure, cultural activity has been enjoying an expansion that stacks up to Wall Street"s long-running bull market. Interestingly, the culture boom has, for the most part, seen older art forms supplemented and preserved, rather than paved over. The past 30 years have seen a number of developments that have greatly increased the amount and variety of TV-related culture available. The average home now has 2. 3 sets, compared to 1. 4 sets in 1970. Cable is now in 65. 3 percent of all households with TVs(compared to 6.7 percent in 1970). The average subscriber receives 30 to 60 channels, typically including several devoted not merely to shopping but to new and old feature films, reruns of old shows, documentaries, and other sorts of specialized programming. Omnipresent video rental stores give virtually everyone access to a film library that a few decades ago even a millionaire wouldn"t have been able to afford. F The culture boom is similarly reshaping book publishing. While an enormous amount of ink has been spilled over the demise of print culture, the death of so-called mid-list authors, and the threat to diversity posed by mega-mergers among publishers, actual book sales and related figures suggest a very different picture. Between 1975 and 1996, the number of books sold increased by 817 million units annually. Fifty years ago, Tyler Cowen points out in In Praise of Commercial Culture, there were only 85, 000 titles in print in the United States. Today, that figure stands at about 1. 3 million. The increase in the number of books available has been matched by an increase in places to get books. Between 1985 and 1993, for instance, the number of "ultimate companies"—outlets selling books in some form or another—rose from 9, 200 to almost 20, 000. Such staggering numbers have, of course, been eclipsed by Web sellers such as Amazon, com and Barnes & Noble"s online outfit(barnesandnoble. com). Boasting sites that include several million titles, Amazon and Barnes & Noble have been joined in cyberspace by used-book sites that combine lists from hundreds of used-hook stores nationwide. The Web retailers are also leading the way in increasing access to foreign tides that have traditionally been very difficult to find in the States.
填空题Although he has sought to find a peaceful solution, he is facing strong mil______ pressure to use force.
填空题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} You are going to read a list of headings
and a text about what parents are supposed to do to guide their children into
adulthood. Choose a heading from the list A—G that best fits the meaning of each
numbered part of the text (41—45). The first and last paragraphs of the text are
not numbered. There are two extra headings that you do net need to use. Mark
your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
Glass, in one form or another, has long been in noble service
to humans. As one of the most widely used of manufactured materials, and
certainly the most versatile, it can be as imposing as a telescope mirror the
width of a tennis court or as small and simple as a marble rolling across
dirt. 41. ______ The uses of this adaptable
material have been broadened dramatically by new technologies: glass fiber
optics—more than eight million miles—carrying telephone and television signals
across nations; glass ceramics serving as the nose cones of missiles and as
crowns for teeth; tiny glass beads taking radiation doses inside the body to
specific organs; even a new type of glass fashioned of nuclear waste in order to
dispose of that unwanted material. 42. ______ On
the horizon are optical computers. These could store programs and process
information by means of light—pulses from tiny lasers—rather than electrons. And
the pulses would travel over glass fibers, not copper wire. These machines could
function hundreds of times faster than today's electronic computers and hold
vastly more information. Today fiber optics are used to obtain a clearer image
of smaller and smaller objects than ever before—even bacterial viruses. Anew
generation of optical instruments is emerging that can provide detailed imaging
of the inner workings of cells. It is the surge in fiber optic use and in liquid
crystal displays that has set the U. S. glass industry (a 16 billion dollar
business employing some 150, 000 workers) to building new plants to meet
demand. 43. ______ But not all the glass
technology that touches our lives is ultra-modem. Consider the simple light
bulb; at the turn of the century most light bulbs were hand blown, and the cost
of one was equivalent to half a day's pay for the average worker. In effect, the
invention of the ribbon machine by Coming in the 1920s lighted a nation. The
price of a bulb plunged. Small wonder that the machine has been called one of
the great mechanical achievements of all time. Yet it is very simple: a narrow
ribbon of molten glass travels over a moving belt of steel in which there are
holes. The glass sags through the holes and into waiting moulds. Puffs of
compressed air then shape the glass. In this way, the envelope of a light bulb
is made by a single machine at the rate of 66,000 an hour, as compared with
1,200 a day produced by a team of four glassblowers. 44.
______ The secret of the versatility of glass lies in its
interior structure. Although it is rigid, and thus like a solid, the atoms are
arranged in a random disordered fashion, characteristic of a liquid. In the
melting process, the atoms in the raw materials are disturbed from their normal
position in the molecular structure; before they can find their way back to
crystalline arrangements the glass cools. This looseness in molecular structure
gives the material what engineers call tremendous "formability" which allows
technicians to tailor glass to whatever they need. 45.
______ Today, scientists continue to experiment with new glass
mixtures and building designers test their imaginations with applications of
special types of glass. A London architect, Mike Davies, sees even more dramatic
buildings using molecular chemistry. "Glass is the great building material of
the future, the 'dynamic skin'," he said." Think of glass that has been treated
to react to electric currents going through it, glass that will change from
clear to opaque at the push of a button, that gives you instant
curtains." Think of how the tall buildings in New York could
perform a symphony of colours as the glass in them is made to change colours
instantly. Glass as instant curtains is available now, but the cost is
exorbitant. As for the glass changing colours instantly, that may come true.
Mike Davies's vision may indeed be on the way to fulfillment.
[A] What makes glass so adaptable [B] Architectural
experiments with glass [C] Glass art galleries
flourish [D] Exciting innovations in fiber optics
[E] A former glass technology [F] New uses of glass
填空题In recognition of donations ______ the National Museum, we will allow a tax deduction of up to twice the value of the donation.
填空题In the 21st century we may very well revert ______ a pre-Renaissance model which only an elite class—the clergy in that era, the technical specialist in ours—will know how to read and write.
填空题She would have done anything to make amends.
填空题"Mary gave a book to Jack" is synonymous with "Jack______a book from Mary. "(北二外2005研)
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填空题A.Recentarchaeologicalresearchhasfocusedonaphenomenonbarelynoticedbefore:extensivepatchesofrichblacksoilfoundalongthebanksandonterracesaboveallmajorriversintheAmazon.Somecoveranareaofmanyacresandareupto6feetdeep.Theyarethoughttohaveformedovermanycenturiesastheaccumulatedproductoforganicremainsleftbynativesettlements.ThesesoilsareusuallyfilledwithfragmentsofbustedceramicsandarenowbeingstudiedforcluestotheriseoftropicalforestcivilizationsintheAmazonBasin.Localfarmersregardtheblacksoilsasa"giftfromthepast"becausetheyarenaturallyfertileandhavetheabilitytosupportawiderangeofcrops.B.Secondly,thereisatrulyimpressivediversityoflanguages,withseveralhundreddistincttonguesanddialects.ThisverbaldiversitymusthaveevolvedoverthousandsofyearsandimpliesanoccupationoftheAmazonbasinforatleast14,000years,afiguresupportedbyarchaeologicalevidence.TherockartintheAmazonBasinmaybeasoldashumanoccupationitself.Imagesarecarvedandpaintedonexposedrocknearrapidsandwaterfallswherefishingismostproductive,andincavesandrocksheltersclosetoarchaeologicalsites.C.Twofactorshavebeeninstrumentalinliftingtheveilofmisunderstanding.Firstisasurprisinglydiverserangeofceramicstyles.Recentresearchseemstoconfirmthatacreativeexplosionofstylesoccurredabout2,000yearsago.ArchaeologicaldigsinthehighestreachesoftheUpperAmazonhavedemonstratedtheexistenceofawidespreadstyleofpaintinglargewatertightjarsinboldblack,redandcreamdesigns.ThissamestylehasbeenfoundonanisleatthemouthoftheAmazon,andappearstohaveitsoriginswheretheAmazonmeetstheocean,laterspreadingacrossmuchoftheUpperAmazon.Thestyletranscendslocalandregionalculturesandpointstoconsiderableintercoursebetweensocietiesalongthevastrivernetwork.D.ThenativepeoplesoftheAmazoncannolongerbeseenasisolatedcommunitiesinthedepthsoftheforestordispersedalongrivers.Westillhavemuchtolearnabouttheirsocieties,buttherainforestshouldnolongerbeseenasanuntouched"paradise".E.AmongthemostexcitingdiscoveriesarefuneraljarsdatingtoA.D.1400-1700foundincavesandrocksheltersnearthemouthoftheAmazon.Thebonesofmen,womenandchildrenwerepreservedinindividuallydedicatedvessels.Itseemsthatthesiteswerevisitedregularlyovertheyearsandnewjarsaddedasfamilymembersexpired.Theseburialsreflectthefamilytiesofancientsettlementsandtheirnurturingoflinksbetweenthelivingandthedead.F.PopulationcollapseandmovementalongtheprincipalriversoftheAmazonsystemhavecontributedtoaveilofmisunderstandingthathaslongcoveredtheculturalachievementsoftropicalforestsocieties.Diffusebandshuntingdeepintheforestinterioreventuallycametobeseenasthetypicaltropicalforestadaptation.SomuchsothatwhenarchaeologicalstudiesbeganinearnestatthemouthoftheAmazoninthe1950s,scientistsarguedthatthesophisticatedculturetheywerediscoveringcouldnothaveoriginatedintheAmazonBasinitself,butmusthavebeenderivedfrommoreadvancedcultureselsewhere.Theyimaginedthetropicalforesttobean"imitationparadise"unabletosupportmuchbeyondasimplehunting-and-gatheringwayoflife.Thismistakenideahasexertedapersistentinfluenceeversince.G.ThefutureoftheAmazonBasinisnowasubjectoffiercedebate.Knowledgeaboutthepasthasavitalroletoplayinplanninganddecisionmakingforthefuture.Archaeologypointstosuccessfulmethodsforadaptingtotheforest,groundedinpracticalexpertiseandempiricalknowledgeofthelimitationsandpossibilitiesofthisenvironment.Thesetechniquesforwisemanagementarebecomingamatterofglobalconcern.{{B}}Order:{{/B}}
