
1.The community, however, refused to budge in Brussels last month during the failed final session of GATT trade talks.
A.change
B.agree
C.move
D.back
2.The question then is whether society now deems a fairy-tale marriage essential to the monarchy’s survival.
A.irrelevant
B.vital
C.unimportant
D.interesting
3.Every night, prime-time television assails children with mindless sitcoms and soap operas.
A.attracts
B.interests
C.attacks
D.influences
4.The brass bands, speeches and ticker tape are a far cry from the shame and silence that Vietnam veterans met.
A.similar to
B.far away from
C.familiar with
D.different from
5.France’s intelligence service has been most brazen about economic espionage.
A.shameless
B.ashamed
C.brave
D.familiar
6.A bipartisan drive is underway to raise or repeal the earnings limit, offsetting the potential costs with new payroll taxes on state and local government workers.
A.agreement
B.party
C.talk
D.effort
7.People do not kill their wives in such a premeditated, ingenious and theatrical way.
A.cruel
B.illegal
C.shameful
D.clever
8.The nation’s thrift industry has been going bust for a decade.
A.broke
B.better
C.fast
D.forward
9.The plastics industry scrambled to support recycling mostly out of fear that its ubiquitous products will otherwise be banned.
A.was slow
B.was in a hurry
C.was sure
D.was sorry
10.In February the number of women aged 18-49 watching television during the day was a catastrophic 14%.
A.sad
B.terrible
C.disastrous
D.weak
11. The Vietnam experience has been on the minds of Americans from the day when George Bush dispatched troops to Saudi Arabia last August.
A. sent
B. performed
C. scattered
D. dismissed
12. The American social contract is fluid, rapidly changing, post-modernist, just as the American gene and culture pool is turbulently new every day.
A. violently and disorderly
B. hardly and lawlessly
C. roughly and bitterly
D. excitedly and noisily
13. Rather than merely providing a shelter, homeless advocates are weaving a web.
A. recipients
B. supporters
C. advisers
D. wanderers
14. We have today a whole young society that has not been called to conscience.
A. shame
B. duty
C. small voice
D. moral sense
15. In New York the papers had been filled with anguished concern about white racism and black poverty.
A. deep
B. anxious
C. painful
D. worried
16. The homicide rate among blacks in the United States is more than ten times that of whites.
A. crime
B. death
C. murder
D. violent
17. Jews too have found that in a climate that seems to tolerate intolerance, incidents of harassment are on the rise.
A. trouble
B. attack
C. haste
D. harsh
18. The compact embraces principles of justice, openness and discipline that are meant to form the foundation of a “community learning”.
A. includes
B. grips
C. welcomes
D. hugs
19. In the process, they are learning invaluable lessons about what works and what does not.
A. valueless
B. expensive
C. precious
D. costly
20. I am acutely aware of the burdens drug enforcement places upon us.
A. fully
B. sensitively
C. accurately
D. keenly
II.填空题
1.澳大利亚国名为澳大利亚联邦,行政区划分为__________个州和__________个区。
2.英国是一个__________政体的国家,__________是世袭的国家元首和武装总司令。
3.世界的三个宗教是佛教、__________和__________。
4.当代新闻周刊社会问题综合报道所常用的一种模式是:__________ --问题-- __________ -- 措施 – 评论。
5.美国的新闻杂志主要有《美国新闻与世界报道》、《__________》和《__________》。
6.美国历史上的__________是殖民者为__________而向西部不断推移的运动。
7.__________是美国发行量最大,世界影响最广的杂志。它最初刊登的是__________的文章。
8.__________在美国首都华盛顿创刊,该报注意报道美国和国会的消息,号称美国政界人士必读的报纸。__________创刊于18年,社址在美国金融中心纽约市华尔街附近,该报着重报道财政金融等经济信息。
9.美国国会是最好立法机构。它由__________和__________组成。
10.1756年,英法爆发__________,结果法国战败,与1763年签订__________。
III. 把以下标题改写为句子。
1. Anne, Baby Well
2. Propeller Hit Man
3. Cold And Rainy Day Expected
4. 600 Trapped by Fire for 4 hours
5. Woman kills Husband, Herself
6. China Appoints Government in World Bank
7. U.S. Tax Payers to pay more this year
8.Worst over But Snow Continues
9.U.S. and China to Sign Business Pact
10.Arafat to Reagan: We Are Still Here
11.China launches First Spacecraft into Outer Space
12.Seven Injured in Chemical Blast
13.China to Mark National Day
14.Carter Not To Debate With Anderson
15.Beijing To Be Cleaned, Beautified
16.U.S. Carmakers Ready To Cut Output
17.U.S. Weather Forecasters Caught Out By Storm
18.Government Web Sites Invaded
19.Germany To Lift Ban on Transport of N-waste
20.President: U.S. Relations Matter
21.Putin: Sino-Russian Ties to be Broadened
22.Study: Teflon-coated Cookware Safe to Use
23.Talks Ongoing to Free Kidnapped Chinese
24.Hu, Chirac Agree To Push For Closer Ties
25.Psychological Problems on The Rise
26.No Smoking Gun
27.World Growth is Strong, no Need for ECB Hike
28.96 SARS victims in Beijing died
29.Mission Impossible?
30.China Military Officials to Visit N. Korea
IV. 翻译题。
1.By American standards – and those of many English-speaking Canadians – bilingual, multi-cultural, tolerant Canada has bent over backward to accommodate its minorities.
2.The problems of an aging citizenry, of labor shortages, of immigration pressures will give the world’s politicians a sufficient agenda of worries.
3.Polls show that Americans today are less willing than earlier generations to commit to marriage or stick out a bad marriage for their children’s sake.
4.Twin malformations are cropping up in the American character: a nasty intolerance and a desire to blame everyone else for everything.
5.The greatest lift the nation could give its police is the promise that when they do their jobs well, it will amount to something.
6.Prices for red meat have edged down a bit from last year’s record highs, but are still at levels which guarantee producers big profits at a time when feed prices are low.
7.A technique called backward planning consists of setting an objective and then retracing the steps need to achieve it.
8.They want to reduce their attachments to status symbol.
9.The victory demonstrated not just that America is powerful but it is credibly so.
10.Martin Luther’s protest against abuses in the church in 1517 touched off the Protestant Reformation.
Keys:
I. C, B, C, D, A, D, D, A, B, C, A, A, B, D, C, C, A, A, C, D
II. 1. 6, 2
2. 君主立宪,国王(女王)
3. 教,教
4. 事例,根源
5. 《时代》,《新闻周刊》
6. 西进运动,寻求更多的土地
7. 《读者文摘》,摘要缩写/摘抄
8. 《华盛顿邮报》,《华尔街日报》
9. 参议院,众议院
10. 七年战争,《巴黎条约》
III.
1.Anne and her baby are well.
2.A propeller hit a man.
3.A cold and rainy day is expected.
4.600 were trapped by the fire for 4 hours.
5.A woman killed her husband and herself.
6.China appointed its government in the World Bank.
7.The U.S. tax payers are going to / will pay more this year.
8.The worst was over but the snow continued.
9.The U.S. and China are going to / will sign a business pact.
10.Arafat said to Reagan: “We are still here.”
11.China launched its first spacecraft into the outer space.
12.Seven were injured in a chemical blast.
13.China is going to / will mark the National Day.
14.Carter is not going to / will not debate with Anderson.
15.Beijing is going to / will be cleaned and beautified.
16.The U.S. carmakers are ready to cut their output.
17.The U.S. weather forecasters were caught out by a storm.
18.The government web sites were invaded.
19.Germany is going to / will lift the ban on the transport of the N-waste.
20.The president said, “The U.S. relations matter.”
21.Putin said, “The Sino-Russian ties are going to / will be broadened.”
22.Study showed that the teflon-coated cookware were safe to use.
23.Talks are ongoing to free the kidnapped Chinese.
24.Hu and Chirac agreed to push for closer ties.
25.Psychological problems are on the rise.
26.There is no smoking gun.
27.The world growth is strong and there is no need for an ECB hike.
28.96 SARS victims in Beijing died.
29.Is the mission impossible?
30.Military officials of China are going to / will visit North Korea.
IV. 翻译
1. 用美国人的标准和讲英语的加拿大人的标准来看,使用两种语言、具有多种文化、现实宽容态度的加拿大人已经尽了最大努力来适应少数民族的需要。
2. 公民老化、劳力减少、移民压力这些问题给世界政治家带来够多的麻烦。
3. 测验表明,现在的美国人不像前几代人那样愿意缔结婚姻或为了他们的孩子忍受糟糕的婚姻。
4. 在美国人的性格中出现两种变态:一种是严重的不容忍性;另一种是动辄训斥人的欲望。
5. 国家能够给的最大精深支持便是保证当工作干得好的时候,承认这项工作是有成绩的。
6. 虽然红肉的价格自从去年创了历史高价后慢慢回落了一点,但是价格水平维持,保证能让生产商在饲料低价时获得丰厚的利润。
7. 有种被称之为“逆向计划”的方法,这就是,先确定一个目标,然后回过头来考虑完成这个目标所要采取的步骤。
8. 他们要减少对地位象征的追求。
9. 胜利不仅现实美国是强大的,而且现实这种强大是可信的。
10. 1517年,马丁·路德对教会滥用职权的出发了新教改革。
