“绿色奥运、人文奥运、科技奥运”是北京申办2008年奥运会的三大主题。北京积极响应国际奥委会的号召，把奥运会办成在环境保护方面发挥突出作用的奥林匹克盛会。北京市政府将与全市人民一道，通过申办和举办奥运会，加快实施北京市的环境保护规划，进一步改善环境质量，完善城市基础设施建设，提高市民的生活水平，促进城市可持续发展。

So far most American and other foreign attempts have bogged down in the Greek government’s red tape and shrewdness about small points．

(A) The number of (B) students are (C) playing football (D) on the playground．

Aside from their greater purchasing power，women are valuable customers for three reasons．First，they are loyal，says Marti Barletta，author of Marketing to Women，and more likely to continue to buy a brand if they like it．Second，women are more likely than men to spread information about products they like through word of mouth and social-networking sites．Third，most of the lay-offs SO far in America have been in male dominated fields，like manufacturing and construction．This means women may bring home a greater share of household income in the months ahead and have even more buying power．

专家预测，在不久的将来，水将成为我国许多地区社会经济发展的制约因素。水体污染的加剧，用水量的递增，都将无情地导致水荒的临近。为此，向污染开战，保护水源，乃是全人类的共同责任。

[2010年典型真题】将下面文章中画线的句子翻译成中文。 The chief US negotiator，Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky，described the deal as“profoundly important”，“absolutely comprehensive”and an excellent one for American business． (1) At a meeting with Ms．Barshefsky yesterday afternoon, president Jiang Zemin called the deal as “good，historic and realistic”，and a win-win for both sides，which showed that both countries saw the issue from a strategic viewpoint．(2)China’a entry into the WTO will have profound ramifications(分支、分派)for the country．Binding her to international trading rules and encouraging foreign firms to invest by providing a system less based on rule by the idiosyncrasies(特性) of an official and more on transparent laws and regulations．(3)It will accelerate a process of closing money—losing and over—manned state companies and moving labor and capital into market-driven businesses．In the short term，it will drive up unemployment as inefficient，capital—intensive state industries shed labor and shut down． It also marks a vital political victory for Prime Minister Zhu Rongji，the main proponent。along with Mr．Jiang，of China’s membership，who offered a similar deal in Washington in April． The NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade，froze negotiations from May until September．(4) For Mr．Zhu，WTO membership will serve as a motor for reform of state companies，banking，insurance，securities and other industries． At a news conference just before she left China，Ms．Barshefsky said the support of the two presidents had been crucial．Presidents Bill Clinton and Jiang Zemin met in Auckland and agreed to put the talks back on track，with a deadline of the next round of WTO talks that will begin in Seattle on November 30．Ms．Barshefsky，full of energy despite the six-day marathon，presented the agreement’s main details．Overall tariffs will fall to an average of about 17 per cent and on farm goods to 14．5 per cent or 15 per cent，while China will make significant liberalization on importing such goods，especially wheat，corn，cotton and other (5) China will eliminate non-tariff quotas within five years，some in two to three years．It will cut tariffs on imported cars from the current 80-100 percent to 25 percent by 2006 and allow foreign financial institutions to finance the purchase of cars．

My (A) most favorite sport (B) is basketball，and I’m (C) a (D) member of our basketball team．

And the advent of jets has made Athens as accessible as Paris and Rome—without the sky-high prices of traffic chocked streets of either．

(A) Most people were (B) deep moved (C) by this (D) film ．

The smuggler in many ways is just another international businessman and his turnover would do credit to many international corporations．

虽然有些经济学家进行了悲观的预测，但事实上中国加入世界贸易组织不会给国有企业带来剧烈的冲击。《国际金融新闻报》的一篇评论认为，中国加入世贸组织的消极影响会是有限的，而其为国营企业带来的实质性好处则是显而易见的，比如说它能够更多地引进外国技术。

Greece，economically is in the black．

市场经济下的公平竞争是促进经济繁荣的重要因素。但竞争过度，就会造成不容忽视的负面影响。恶性竞争会造成大量资源和人才浪费。在剧烈竞争下，市场需要往往会让位于竞争需要。各高科技公司不得不投下巨额资金发展新项目，结果技术和产品成堆。如果抢不到市场败下阵来，则损失惨重。

(A) Anyone may borrow books，and it (B) cost nothing (C) to borrow (D) them .

Many recruiters say the old disgrace is fading for top performers．The financial crisis has made it more acceptable to be between jobs or to leave a bad one．“The traditional rule was it’S safer to stay where you are，but that’S been fundamentally inverted，”says one headhunter．“The people who’ve been hurt the worst are those who’ve stayed too long．”

过去50年其实并不是发明创新的黄金时期。从1900年到1950年，改变人类生活的发明有汽车、飞机、电话、收音机、电视机——当然还有核武器和计算机。而近50年来，只有为数不多的发明。难道发明的源泉已经枯竭了吗?答案并非如此。事实上，发明的新时代刚刚开始。

阅读理解From: Camille Stone To: All employees Subject: Next weeks faculty meeting Date: Tuesday, January 6 Hello, Because next weeks holiday falls on a Thursday, we will have to reschedule our weekly faculty meeting to Friday

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