Critics maintain that children should be treated by their parents as ___.

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Directions: Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. How do films get nominated? Is there an initial ballot before the final one? (89) {{U}}The Academy sends out an empty ballot to all the 5,830 Academy members at the beginning of Jan. with a separate sheet of paper listing all the eligible films.{{/U}} This year, ballots were sent out on Dec. 26, 2006 and had to be returned on Jan. 13. (90) {{U}}To be eligible, feature films have until midnight, Dec. 31, to open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days.{{/U}} This year there were 307 films that were eligible. Is every member of the Academy sent screeners for all the films? There is no rule that studios must send out screeners of its films. (91) {{U}}Some studios choose to send out screeners for films that have been released late in the gear, giving voters an opportunity to watch those movies at home when there are so many films vying (竞争) for their attention.{{/U}} Studios begin sending out screeners in late Oct. and voters have until Jan. 20 when final ballots are due to watch them. How many screeners does the average member receive? Somewhere around 20. (92) {{U}}It's also important to note that if a nominated film came out much earlier in the year, screeners aren't necessary because the movie is already out on DVD.{{/U}} How likely is it that the voter will get to watch all the movies? Extremely unlikely. This past year, in December alone, there were dozens of movies released. (93) {{U}}Members of the Academ7 are working film professionals and have full-time jobs, meaning they don't have time to see three movies a day, maybe only a couple a week.{{/U}} Hence, having screeners at home makes viewing a lot more convenient.

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Finding an understanding bank can be the key. (81) {{U}}Almost all the big banks offer students interest-free loans, as well as a range of gifts designed to win them over.{{/U}} Most students will be best off with a bank that has a branch on campus or at least close to the university. (82) {{U}}These banks are more likely to have specialist advisors for students and will be easier to get to for students who need advice on their finances.{{/U}} In addition, students need to figure out how the state support system works. These days, nobody gets a grant—instead, a system of student loans applies. Hard-up students can apply for bigger loans, The system is run by the Student Loans Company. It charges interest at a rate pegged to inflation, which should make the debt cheaper than any commercial loan. (83) {{U}}Students do not have to start repayments until the April after they leave college and then only if they earn more than a certain amount.{{/U}} (84) {{U}}The largest loans are available to people flying away from home in London—the maximum they can borrow this academic year is ￡ 4, 815.{{/U}} But 25 per cent of this sum is need-based. Students whose family income is above a certain level can apply for only ￡ 3,610. Outside London the loans are lower—￡ 3,905 for students who qualify for the full loan, or ￡ 2, 930 for everyone else. (85) {{U}}The maximum loan falls to ￡ 4,175 in London and ￡ 3,390 elsewhere for final-year students as the Government assumes they will be able to get a job at the end of the year.{{/U}} Again, 25 per cent of this is need-based.

Formanyadults,atypicalworkdaymightbeasfollows:Thealarmgoesoffat6:00am.Youdressyourselfinexpensiveworkclothes,gobbledownbreakfast,andstartoffonyourlongandstressfulcommutetotheoffice.Thenyouspendyourdayatyourdesk,attemptingtocompleteyourtasksamidco-workerchitchatandofficepolitics.Afterthat,youmakeyourwayhomethroughthecommutercrowds.Youhavejustenoughtimeforafewhoursofrelaxationbeforeyouhavetogetupandrepeattheprocessalloveragainthenextday.Forthesepeople,telecommutingwillprobablybeseenasananswertothedailystressandfrustrationofofficejobs.Telecommuting,alsoknownasteleworkingorworkingfromhome,isatermthatreferstousingtelecommunicationstoworkinaplaceremovedfromthecompany'soffice,mostofteninahomeoffice.Fewpeopletelecommutefulltime,butagrowingnumberofcompaniesareallowingtheiremployeestoworkfromhomeatleastpartofthetime.TheWallStreetJoumalreportsthatthenumberofpeopleworldwidewhotelecommuteatleastonedaypermonthhadrisenfromabout22millionin1998toabout82.5millionin2007,andthisnumberisexpectedtosurpass100millionbythebeginningofthenextdecade.Employershavemetthisgrowingdemandtoworkfromhomewithbothacceptanceandresistance.Ontheonehand,employersunderstandthatofferingtelecommutingopportunitiesisawaytocutcosts.Despitetheinitialcostincurredinsettingatelecommuterupwiththeappropriatetechnology,therearelong-term＄10,000peryearforeachworker,accordingtotheIndustrialandTechnologyAssistanceCorporation(ITAC).Inaddition,offeringtelecommutingopportunitiesreducesabsenteeism,increasesproductivity,anddecreasesemployeeturnover.Workersarehappierandlessstressed.Therefore,theyworkharderandaremoreloyaltotheiremployers.Employersalsoseetelecommutingasapowerfulrecruitmenttooltoattracttoptalent.InasurveyoftopcompanyCFOs,RobertHalfTechnologycitedtelecommutingassecondonlytosalarywhendecidingwhethertotakeajob.Ontheotherhand,employersarealsoawareofthefactthattelecommutingposessomerisks.Firstofall,allowingconfidentialcompanyinformationtoleavetheofficecanposeprivacyandsecurityconcerns.AstudydonebytheCentreforDemocracyandTechnologyshowedthatcompaniesoftendonotfullyimplementtelecommutingsecurity.Inaddition,telecommutersarenotproperlytrainedinprotectingcompanydata.Anotherriskhastodowiththeworkingstyleofthetelecommuter.Asuccessfultelecommuterhastobeindependent,self-motivated,anddisciplined.Atelecommuterwhoneedsconstantsupervisionandfeedbackwillnotbesuccessful,andthiswillcostthecompanyinthelongrun.Finally,itismoredifficulttomanageatelecommuterthananon-siteworker.Amanageroftelecommuterscannot,forinstance,bea"micro-manager",andmustbewillingtodelegateresponsibility.Infact,companiesarefindingitnecessarytotraintheirmanagersinmanagingtelecommuters.Expertspredictthattelecommutingwillbecomeastandardinthecorporateworld,asworkerscontinuetodemandit.Thetechnologically-savvygenerationthatisenteringtheworkforcenowhasadifferentideaofhowworkgetsdone.Thisgenerationreadilyaccepts,andevenexpects,telecommutingopportunities.Inaddition,thepopulationinmanycountriesisincreasing,butthecapacityofroadsandpublictransportationisoftennotkeepingup.Thiswillmakecommutingtoworkevermoredifficultandfrustrating.Lastly,thegrowingnumberoftwo-incomefamiliesincreasestheneedforjobflexibilityinordertobalancefamilyandworklife.Thetrendtowardtelecommutingisclear,butthelong-termeffectsoncorporatecultureandtheindividualworkerarestillunknown.

What dose the writer conclude about e-mail in the last paragraph?

In this section, you will hear five short news items. Each item will be read only once. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

Manyculturesfollowspecialcustomswhenachild"sbabyteethfallout.Manyofthesecustomsincludestoriesandbeliefsrelatedtocreatures,realormagical,takingtheteeth.InAsia,forexample,birdsandotheranimalsarethoughttoplayaroleintakingthesebabyteeth.IntheWest,though,afairyisthoughttovisit.Inallcases,itisconsideredluckyfortheanimalorfairytotaketheofferedtooth.Koreanshaveacustomofthrowinglostteethupontheroofofahouse.Accordingtotradition,amagpiewillcomeandtakethetooth.Later,themagpiewillreturnandbringanewtoothforthechild.ThiscustomisalsofollowedinotherAsiancountries.InbothJapanandVietnam,childrenfollowasimilartraditionofthrowinglostteethontotherootsofhouses.Othercountrieshaveteethtraditionswhichincludeotheranimals.InMexicoandSpain,forinstance,traditionsaysamousetakesthetoothandleavessomemoney.ButinMongolia,dogsareresponsiblefortakingchildren"steethaway.DogsarehighlyrespectedinMongoliancultureandareconsideredtobepeople"sguardianangels.Traditionsaysthatthenewtoothwillgrowingoodandstrongifthebabytoothisfedtoaguardianangel.Accordingly,parentsinMongoliawillputtheirchild"slosttoothinthefatofapieceofmeatandfeedittoadog.TheideaofgivinglostteethtoanangelorfairyisalsoacommontraditionintheWest.ManychildreninWesterncountriescountontheToothFairytoleavemoneyorpresentsinexchangeforatooth.TheexactoriginsoftheToothFairyareunknown,althoughthestoryprobablybeganinEnglandorIrelandcenturiesago.Accordingtothistradition,achildputsalosttoothunderhisorherpillowbeforegoingtobed.Inthesmallhourswhilethechildissleeping,theToothFairytakesthetoothandleavessomethingelseunderthepillow.Whatshedoeswiththeteethisamystery.InFrance,theToothFairyleavesasmallgiftorcandy.IntheUnitedStates,however,theToothFairyusuallyleavesmoney.Thesedays,therateis$1to$5pertooth.ThatcanadduptoalotofmoneyfromtheToothFairy!

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer.

According to the passage, in what part of the world do surfers usually need wetsuits?

If the pasteurization plant is strictly cleaned every week, the benefit of the process will not be wasted.

In this section, you will hear two interviews. Each interview will be read only once. At the end of each interview, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. {{B}}Interview One{{/B}}

In this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Humans have lost the evolutionary race. We are born without wings. It's a crucial omission and we are making the environment pay for it. We like to think we're the bee's knees of the natural world but we're nothing more than bumbling flatfoots. That's why kookaburras laugh and midges torment us. We are grounded for life and, in our frustration, we're wrecking the planet. Wings might seem just fun and frippery, but they would also save the environment, If we could fly, we would not be trampling ecosystems underfoot. Natural habitats that now get bulldozed would flourish because we wouldn't need roads. There would be no demand for cars, so there wouldn't be emissions problems. The common housefly travels 300 times its body length in one second. (91) {{U}}If in a few generations we could match that, we would reach 2,000 kilometres per hour, which would make ozone-destroying aircraft and land-grabbing airports unnecessary:{{/U}} Society would benefit enormously if we could fly. Our philosophy about the private ownership of land would have to change because fences would become useless. (92) {{U}}Nets wouldn't stop people flying into your garden--as anyone knows who has tried in vain to keep birds out of fruit crops.{{/U}} And domestic rooftops would become public resting places. The justice system would not need to guard expensive prisons because felons would simply have their wings clipped. Sports stadia would consist of only the pitch, with spectators hovering over the action. Stairs escalators and lifts would be as superfluous as bridges and tunnels. Buildings would have smaller ground plans and, instead, rise upwards, with entrance porches on every level. (93) {{U}}If we had wings, not only would we not need to plunder so much of the Earth's resources, but we'd also be better guardians of the environment.{{/U}} Woodland would not be cut down because trees would be vital resting places as we flitted through the troposphere. We'd be more aware of the changes to Earth as we survived it daily from on high. And we'd soon appreciate any changes to air quality at all heights. There would be some drawbacks. (94) {{U}}Clothing would have to be tight and aerodynamic--but our perception of human beauty would soon change so that we'd delight at a glimpse of wings with colorful feathers.{{/U}} Demand for the best addresses would push the prices of mountain eyries sky-high. Electricity pylons and overhead cables would have to go. There would, inevitably, be the occasional crash landing in rush hour as soaring commuters got spun by the wing-tip vortices of others. But it would be worth these minor hassles. The dinosaurs clearly recognised . the merits of wings, and went so far as to evolve into birds. That left us to inherit the Earth--an inheritance we seem determined to fritter away. Humans clearly have an intuitive inkling of the need to fly. It comes up again and again, in nursery tales and sophisticated mythology from all over the world. If we had evolved wings, the world would have been blessed. (95) {{U}}For the sake of the planet, biologists should stop growing ears on the backs of mice and start putting feathers between our shoulders, before it's too late.{{/U}} Time's running out. Must fly.

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. It is astonishing how little is known about the working of the mind. But however little or much is known, it is fairly clear that the model of the logic-machine is not only wrong but mischievous. There are people who profess to believe that man can live by logic alone. If only they say, men developed their reason, looked at all situations and dilemmas logically, and proceeded to devise rational solutions, all human problems would be solved. Be reasonable. Think logically. Act rationally. This line of thought is very persuasive, not to say seductive. (81) {{U}}It is astonishing, however, how frequently the people most fanatically devoted to logic and reason, to a cold review of the "facts" and a calculated construction of the truth, turn out not only to be terribly emotional in argumentation, but obstinate any " truth" is " proved"{{/U}}--deeply committed to emotional positions that prove rock--resistible to the most massive accumulation of unsympathetic facts and proofs. (82) {{U}}If man's mind cannot be turned into a logic-machine, neither can it function properly as a great emotional sponge, to be squeezed at will.{{/U}} All of us have known people who gush as a general response to life--who gush in seeing a sunset, who gush in reading a book, who gush in meeting a friend. They may seem to live by emotion alone, but their constant gushing is a disguise for absence of genuine feeling, a torrent rushing to fill a vacuum. It is not uncommon to find beneath the gush a cold, analytic mind that is astonishing in its meticulousness and ruthless in its calculation. Somewhere between machine and sponge lies the reality of the mind--a blend of reason and emotion, of actuality and imagination, of fact and feeling. (83) {{U}}The entanglement is so complete, the mixture so thoroughly mixed, that it is probably impossible to achieve pure reason or pure emotion, at least for any sustained period of time.{{/U}} (84) {{U}}It is probably best to assume that all our reasoning is fused with our emotional commitments and beliefs, all our thoughts colored by feelings that lie deep within our psyches.{{/U}} Moreover, it is probably best to assume that this stream of emotion is not a poison, not even a taint, but is a positive life-source, a stream of psychic energy that animates and vitalizes our entire thought process. (85) {{U}}The roots of reason are embedded in feelings--feelings that have formed and accumulated and developed over a lifetime of personality-shaping.{{/U}} These feelings are not for occasional using but are inescapable. To know what we think, we must know how we feel. It is feeling that shapes belief and forms opinion. It is feeling that directs the strategy of argument. It is our feelings, then, with which we must come to honorable terms.

In this section, you will hear five short news items. Each item will be read only once. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the four questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer.

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Directions: Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. (89) {{U}}For many women choosing whether to work or not to work outside their home is a luxury: they must work to survive.{{/U}} Others face a hard decision. Perhaps the easiest choice has to do with economics. One husband said, "Marge and I decided after careful consideration that for her to go back to work at this moment was an extravagance (奢侈) we couldn't afford". (90) {{U}}With two preschool children, it soon became clear in their figuring that with babysitters, transportation, and increased taxes, rather than having more money, they might actually end up with less.{{/U}} Economic factors are usually the first to be considered, but they are not the most important. The most important aspects of the decision have to do with the emotional needs of each member of the family. (91) {{U}}It is in this area that husbands and wives find themselves having to face many confusing and conflicting feelings.{{/U}} (92) {{U}}There are many women who find that homemaking is boring or who feel imprisoned (被囚禁) if they have to stay home with a young child or several children.{{/U}} On the other hand, there are women who think that homemaking gives them the deepest satisfaction. From my own experience, I would like to suggest that sometimes the decision to go back to is made in too much haste. There are few decisions that I now regret more. I wasn't mature enough to see how much I could have gained at home. (93) {{U}}I regret my impatience to get on with my career; I wish I had allowed myself the luxury of watching the world through my little girl's eyes.{{/U}}

{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Directions: Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. To walk among the stars has been a dream of mankind since the beginning of time, and wandering among the heavens has inspired legends and fantasies across the ages. Today, that dream has become a reality, when we remember some of the greatest human achievements in history: walking on the moon, sending probes to distant planets and discovering the secrets behind the mysteries of the cosmos. (91) {{U}}In the middle of the twentieth century, however, humans were at the halfway point between viewing space travel as a dream and as a reality.{{/U}} To them it was a goal rather than a fantasy, and the two main forces working toward that goal were the world's two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States. (92) {{U}}Both of the great nations, on the advent of incredibly efficient rocket thrusters capable of propelling man-made objects into space, strove to achieve the victory of finding a place among the stars and securing the considerable international prestige associated with that monumental achievement.{{/U}} The Soviet Union gained the initial upper hand in the "Space Race", as it is commonly called, sending the first animal into space with its Sputnik program. Its success and momentum carried it forward, achieving the second remarkable goal of putting a human cosmonaut into orbit around the earth and, more importantly, bringing him safely back to earth. (93) {{U}}The United States, sensing it was losing its position in the Space Race, set out to achieve the most ambitious goat yet: to put a man on the moon.{{/U}} The resources of the entire nation were mobilized to work toward that goal under the orders of President John F. Kennedy, in the U. S. attempt to assert itself as a contender in the Space Race, despite the Soviet Union's early victories. (94) {{U}}After several years, all the efforts bore fruit, when Nell Armstrong, an American, became the first man to walk on the moon.{{/U}} With the utterance of his famous words, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," Armstrong stated what everyone was thinking. The impossible had been achieved, for such a feat was considered impossible a scant hundred years prior. With the space program continuing forward, the future does indeed seem to hold unlimited possibilities for human kind. (95) {{U}}An international space station is now orbiting the earth and there are even plans for colonizing planets, bringing the dreams and fantasies of yesterday in line with the reality of today.{{/U}}