A garage these days is a highly prized asset, likely to add as much as 10%～15% to the value of a house, especially if it"s in a crowded suburb where street parking is difficult. It is (1)_____ one of the most expensive additions you can make. A brick double (2)_____ with an internal floor (3)_____ of 350 square feet might cost ￡8-9,000, though you could (4)_____ that by between a quarter and a half (5)_____ you used direct labour or built it yourself. For the same (6)_____ you (7)_____ have 2 extra bedrooms and. a bathroom. (8)_____ the prewar days when suburban gardens were (9)_____ than a handkerchief, the garage was (10)_____ as the "motor house". It usually stood at the (11)_____ of the garden as far away from the (12)_____ as possible. Nowadays, and not just for (13)_____ of space, we (14)_____ the garage to be (15)_____ to the house or sometimes even inside (16)_____ Normally, it (17)_____ to be big (18)_____ for two cars parked side by (19)_____ though some builders still cheat and provide a nose-to-tail unit which saves on space but is a nuisance to (20)_____.

BPart ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D./B

He is three years senior to me.

行为科学的建立 ——2002年英译汉及详解 Almost all our major problems involve human behavior, and they cannot be solved by physical and biological technology alone. What is needed is a technology of behavior, but we have been slow to develop the science from which such a technology might be drawn.【F1】 One difficulty is that almost all of what is called behavioral science continues to trace behavior to states of mind, feelings, traits of character, human nature, and so on. Physics and biology once followed similar practices and advanced only when they discarded them.【F2】 The behavioral sciences have been slow to change partly because the explanatory items often seem to be directly observed and partly because other kinds of explanations have been hard to find. The environment is obviously important, but its role has remained obscure. It does not push or pull, it selects, and this function is difficult to discover and analyze.【F3】 The role of natural selection in evolution was formulated only a little more than a hundred years ago, and the selective role of the environment in shaping and maintaining the behavior of the individual is only beginning to be recognized and studied. As the interaction between organism and environment has come to be understood, however, effects once assigned to states of mind, feelings, and traits are beginning to be traced to accessible conditions, and a technology of behavior may therefore become available. It will not solve our problems, however, until it replaces traditional prescientific views, and these are strongly entrenched. Freedom and dignity illustrate the difficulty.【F4】 They are the possessions of the autonomous(self-governing)man of traditional theory, and they are essential to practices in which a person is held responsible for his conduct and given credit for his achievements. A scientific analysis shifts both the responsibility and the achievement to the environment. It also raises questions concerning "values". Who will use a technology and to what ends?【F5】 Until these issues are resolved, a technology of behavior will continue to be rejected, and with it possibly the only way to solve our problems.

BPart ADirections: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D./B

My Favorite Magazine A. Title: My Favorite Magazine B. Word limit: 160~200 words (not including the given opening sentence) C. Your composition should be based on the OUTLINE below and should start with the given opening sentence: "Magazine is the beneficial complement to our reading for the latest information and interesting topics." OUTLINE: 1. My favorite magazine 2. The detail of this magazine 3. The reasons I like it

Hippies were members of a youth movement of the 1960"s and 1970"s that started in the United States and spread to Canada, Great Britain, and many other countries. The hippies rejected the customs, traditions, and life styles of society and tried to develop those of their own. Most hippies came from white middle-class families and ranged in age from 15 to 25 years old. They thought too many adults cared about making money and little else. The term hippie may come from the word hip, which means "turned-in" or aware. Hippies wanted a world based on love of humanity and peace. Many believed that wonderful, magical changes were about to take place. They thought these changes would happen as soon as people learned to express their feelings honestly and to behave naturally at all times. Hippies strongly opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Many hippies lived together in small groups, working with one another and sharing possessions. Others refused to be tied down to a fixed job or home. They wandered from place to place seeking part-time work and temporary shelter. Some begged for spare change and lived in the streets or camped in parks or other public lands. Hippies were sometimes called "flower children" because they gave people flowers to communicate gentleness and love. They let their hair grow long and walked barefoot or in sandals. Hippies attracted public attention by wearing clothing that featured unusual combinations of colors and textures. A large number of hippies used marijuana, LSD, and other drugs. Drug experiences shaped many of their symbols and ideas. The Beatles, a popular English rock group, helped spread the hippie movement with their song. Hippie favorites included such other rock groups as the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane, singers Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, poet Allen Ginsberg, and novelist Ken Kesey. Many hippies admired Timothy Leary, a psychologist who preached salvation through the use of drugs. In time, most hippies realized it was not easy to reform society by "dropping"out" of it. Some joined more organized political movements to work for specific social causes. Others turned to spirituality or religion. The majority simply left the hippie stage of their lives behind while trying to hold on to at least a few of the ideals that once inspired them.

【F1】 GE, a large American conglomerate, is now proposing to make ultrasound transducers by "additive"manufacturing—or three-dimensional printing, as it is also known. A new laboratory at the firm" s research centre in Niskayuna, New York, is taking a hard-headed look at the technique, which some see as a fad and others as the future, and working out which products might be made more efficiently by addition rather than subtraction. 【F2】 The GE process for making a transducer begins by spreading onto the print table a thin layer of ceramic slurry containing a light-sensitive polymer. This layer is exposed to ultraviolet light through a mask that represents the required pattern. Wherever the light falls on the polymer it causes it to solidify, binding the particles in the slurry together. The print table is then lowered by a fraction of a millimetre and the process repeated, with a different mask if required. And so on. Once finished, the solidified shape is cleaned of residual slurry and heated in a furnace to sinter the ceramic particles together. More work will be needed to turn the process into a production-ready system. But Prabhjot Singh, who leads the project, hopes that it will be possible to use it to make not just cheaper ultrasound probes, but also more sensitive ones that can show greater detail.【F3】 Although researchers have had new transducer designs in mind for years, it has been impractical to construct them subtractively. Additive manufacturing could change that. The new laboratory will look at other forms of additive manufacturing, too.【F4】 Some 3D printers spread metal powders on the print table and sinter the pattern with lasers or electron beams, rather than using masks. Others deposit thin filaments of polymer in order to build structures up. GE is interested in how the technology could be used right across the firm"s businesses, from aerospace to power generation and consumer products, according to Luana Iorio, head of manufacturing technologies at GE Global Research. The gains include less waste and the ability to make bespoke parts more easily. But one of the most compelling advantages is freeing designers from the constraints of traditional production. Those constraints include having to design things not in their optimal shape but to be machined, often as a series of pieces. Additive manufacturing can combine parts into a single item, so less assembly is needed. That can also save weight—a particular advantage in aerospace.【F5】 These new production opportunities mean manufacturers, big and small, are about to become a lot more inventive.

It is the capacity of the computer for solving problems and making decisions that represents its greatest potential and that poses the greatest difficulties in predicting the impact on society.

Sending a Gift Write a letter of about 100 words based on the following situation: You want to send your friend Murphy a gift to thank him for helping you with your study. Now write him a letter about your gift. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address.

You are going to read a text about China"s trade achievements, followed by a list of examples. Choose the best example from the list for each numbered subheading. There is one extra example which you do not need to use. Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world. Until recently, the world happily ignored Napoleon"s warning. But China is now shaking the world. The U.S. was the first continental capitalist economy. The European Union is trying to become a second. Potentially, China dwarfs them both. Already, it is a big and controversial presence in the global economy. Its impact is certain to increase still further. Fear is an inevitable response to this growing upheaval. But how far is it justified? And what is the best response? (41) The amazing achievements of China"s trade, China"s trade performance has, indeed, been astonishing. Between 1980 and 2002, China"s share in global exports and imports rose from 1.2 percent and 1.1 percent, to 5.2 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively. From 1993 to 2002, the volume of China"s exports of goods rose at an annual rate of 17.3 percent. (42) How to evaluate the impact of China"s trade? To assess the impact of China"s trade, one must start with its comparative advantage and trade policies. (43) China has reduced her tariffs: In 1992, average statutory tariffs on manufactures were 46.5 percent. After accession to the World Trade Organization, this will be down to 6.9 percent. For primary products, the decline is from 22.3 to 3.6 percent. (44) Good or bad news? Between 1979 and 2001, China"s terms of trade—the ratio of the prices of its exports to those of its imports—fell by 30 percent. As China"s growth drives down the relative price of her exports, countries that compete in third markets suffer declining profitability and market shares. But net importers of China"s exports and net exporters of her imports benefit. (45) The effect of direct Chinese competition: Gains are even available to countries that would seem vulnerable to direct Chinese competition. The reason is the vertical integration of Chinese production. In 1998, just under a quarter of the value of Chinese exports contained direct and indirect imports. Not surprisingly, such production is particularly relevant to China"s neighbors. How should other countries respond to the Chinese shock? "Calmly" is the best advice. The biggest reason for calm comes from history. If China is permitted to thrive as a dynamic exporter of cheap manufactures, its people will obtain the prosperity they want. If China is thwarted by protectionist barriers, its people will be correspondingly frustrated and dangerous. The challenges of accommodating a wide-awake China will be huge. But they can and must be risen to.A. China also reduced the coverage of non-tariff barriers from 32.5 percent of imports to 21.6 percent between 1996 and 2001. This liberalization further increase the competitiveness of China"s exports, because a tax on imports is also a tax on exports.B. Another World Bank study notes, for example, that between 1985 and 2001, exports from other East Asian emerging market economies to China grew from 59 billion to 835 billion. In 2001, 15 percent of East Asia"s exports to China consisted of parts of office machines and telecommunications equipment and electronic microcircuits, all of which were for assembly and re-export.C. If current trends were sustained (which is unlikely), China"s exports would surpass those of the U.S. by about 2010. Over the 12 months to May 2003, Chinese exports of 3,660 billion were the world"s fourth largest, after those of the U.S., Germany and Japan. Its imports, at 3,230 billion, were the sixth largest, but will soon be bigger than those of Japan, the UK and France.D. In general, commodity exporters and exporters of sophisticated goods and services gain, while other labor abundant countries lose.E. China now enjoys significant foreign investment inflows. The volume of capital flows to developing countries is determined primarily by global conditions, not by local economic performance. Countries can increase their share of this capital by managing their economies well, hut conditions in the rich countries will always matter more, and these are hard to predict.F. The former rests on almost limitless supplies of cheap labor. The latter have become remarkably liberal.

"Before the operation, I would look at someone and all I could see for their face was jelly," says Jonathan Wyatt "Now, I can see people"s faces." The 66-year-old is one of six people in the world to receive gene therapy for a【C1】______ type of inherited eye disease【C2】______ choroideremia (an eye disease). The first published【C3】______ of the trial, released today, suggest that【C4】______ people"s genes can stop the disease from causing blindness—and【C5】______ sight in those whose vision has become【C6】______. Choroideremia is caused by【C7】______ in the CHM gene In those who have the disease, a 【C8】______ of REP-1 means that cells in the eyes stop working and slowly begin to【C9】______ causing blindness. Enter gene therapy, which uses a virus to insert a【C10】______ copy of a gene into cells with a gene defect and could【C11】______ be used to treat many genetic conditions. Robert MacLaren of the University of Oxford and his colleagues decided to see if it could【C12】______ choroideremia. Starting two years ago with Wyatt, they【C13】______ a virus carrying a corrective copy of the CHM gene into the eyes of people with choroideremia Today the team【C14】______ that of the six people who received the treatment six months【C15】______ or longer, all have described【C16】______ in their vision. Still, the long-lasting effects of the treatment remain【C17】______. Wyatt had the treatment first, so can【C18】______ that the benefits seem to last two years, 【C19】______ he"s just one case. The treatment also can"t replace cells that have been【C20】______ destroyed.

BSection II Reading Comprehension/B

Read the following text and answer the questions by choosing the most suitable subtitle from the list A-G for each numbered paragraph (1-5). There are two extra subtitles which you do not need to use.[A] Breaking all constraints[B] Timeline to execution[C] The purpose of the decision[D] Known unknowns and unknown unknowns[E] Wrong is never permanent[F] Resource accessibility[G] Playing to self-interest Leadership in any capacity requires a laser-like focus, complete awareness of the problem set, and a willingness to "move the needle" when faced with uncertainty. Leaders must, at any point, be willing to make a split-second decision with potentially long-lasting and profound impacts.Here are five criteria to consider when making your next big decision: 【C1】______ In the military, there was (and still is) a pecking order of priority upon which decisions are based. The mission always came first, followed by what would serve the team, and finally, what would serve the individual. The individual always comes last because he or she was always the smallest link in the organization al chain. Playing to self-interest serves little purpose, and that"s not what a team or an organization is about. 【C2】______ Well, "never" is a strong word, but you get the idea. I"ve said before that failure is only determined by where you choose to stop, and it also depends on how that particular problem is perceived. The higher one ascends within an organization. For example, the same problem that appears tricky at one level may not necessarily be the right one to solve for at another. Seek as many viewpoints as you can to enhance your understanding of the situation. 【C3】______ There are internal and external influences that shape the feasibility of execution along a given timeline. Internal influences refer to the competency of you and your team to execute the decision in the given time, whereas external influences signify the driving forces that impact the deadline that you have no control over, such as weather, the economy or market demand. You want to ask yourself two questions. First, "Is now the right time to decide?" If the answer is yes, then your next question is, "Am I capable of executing the decision?" If the answer is no then ask "why?" 【C4】______ These are the constraints surrounding the execution of your decisions. A known unknown is when you realize a specific intangible exists but can"t quantify how much, such as traffic. For instance, you"re aware that rush hour in Los Angeles never really has an end point, so it could take you from 20 minutes to two hours to travel from A to B. The point is, you know that uncertainty exists but don"t know how much. Unknown unknowns are when Murphy likes to throw another wrench in the mix that you simply can"t plan for, such as a vehicle accident or engine breakdown. Try to identify all constraints as best you can so you know how to align them towards the purpose of your decision. 【C5】______ If at first you don"t succeed, try, try again. The result of any effort will depend in part on the resources used to execute it, so be sure to identify not only the primary resources available but also secondary ones, too. Every decision should have a contingency plan for when those unknown unknowns arise and deem your primary course of action obsolete. Decision-making can paralyze you if you"re not prepared. Tackle your next major dilemma using the aforementioned considerations and feel better about the decisions you come to.

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How did the company come to produce a record glorifying the murder of police, which is entitled Cop Killer by the rapper Ice-T on the album Boby Count? The album is released by Warner Bros. Records, part of the Time Warner media and entertainment conglomerate. In a Wall Street Journal oped piece laying out the company"s position, Time Warner co CEO Gerald Levin makes two defenses. First, Ice-T"s Cop Killer is misunderstood. "It doesn"t induce or glorify violence...It"s his fictionalized attempt to get inside a character"s head...Cop Killer is no more a call for gunning down the police than Frankie and Johnny is a summons for jilted lovers to shoot one another." Instead of "finding ways to silence the messenger", we should be "heeding the anguished cry contained in his message". This defense is self-contradictory. Frankie and Johnny does not pretend to have a political "message" that must be "heeded". If Cop Killer has a message, it is that the murder of policemen is a justified response to police brutality. And not in self-defense, but in premeditated acts of revenge against random cops. Killing policemen is a good thing—that is the plain meaning of the song, and no "larger understanding" of black culture, the rage of the streets or anything else can explain it away. As in much of today"s popular music, the line between performer and performance is purposely blurred. These are political sermonettes clearly intended to support the sentiments being expressed. Tracy Marrow (Ice-T) himself has said, "I scared the police, and they need to be scared". That seems clear. The company"s second defense of Cop Killer is the classic one of free expression: "We stand for creative freedom. We believe that the worth of what an artist or journalist has to say does not depend on preapproval from a government official or a corporate censor". Of course Ice-T has the right to say whatever he wants. But that doesn"t require any company to provide him an Outlet. And it doesn"t relieve a company of responsibility for the messages it chooses to promote. Judgment is not "censorship". Many an "anguished cry" goes unrecorded. This one was recorded, and promoted, because a successful artist under contract wanted to record it. Nothing wrong with making money, but a company cannot take the money and run from the responsibility. The founder of Time, Henry Luce, would have scorned the notion that his company provided a value-free forum for the exchange of ideas. In Luce"s system, editors were supposed to make value judgments and promote the truth as they saw it.