3. Cloze
Choose an appropriate word or phrase from the following list to fill in each of the following blanks. Each one can be used only ONCE. Change the form where necessary. (1) but(2) discomfort(3) new(4) what(5) For example (6) because(7) how(8) unfamiliar(9) degree(10) although (11) Usually(12) identify(13) better(14) First(15) common (16) In addition(17) When(18) who(19) also(20) that 4. Translation
a. Chinese to English
1) Translate the following sentences into English.
Confucianism has a long history and a profound impact on China ?s politics, ideology, science, culture, art; it is an important part of traditional Chinese culture.
In fact, what we have done with the products over the past for years and will do in the future coincide with the requirement of WTO.
Religious and cultural diversity in a globalizing world needs to be used as the promotion of social justice, tolerance and understanding, as well as international peace and security, and not as a rationale for a new ideological and political confrontation.
The initial period of marriage involves more than accommodating to the presence and habits of another person.
Whether you?ve used the software before or not, you may already be familiar with some of its features, but the new version represents a major milestone in the progression of its development. By default, when you delete files on most Windows systems the files are not really deleted, they are instead moved into the Recycle Bin, so they still take up disk space.
The effect of the painkiller will naturally wear off within a few hours, but its advantage is that it has few side effects.
Ecological civilization is the only way to global sustainable development, the best approach to saving the earth?s ecosystem, and the inevitable choice of human development. 2) Translate the following paragraph into English.
It?s my pleasure to write this column about international students at an American business school, from the perspective of an American. Though Yale, and all other top schools, focus on granting a ?global? MBA experience, the style of instruction, the classroom environment, and the nuances of school culture are very much American. In speaking to my classmates who come from other countries, particularly China, it seems that three key pillars of the U.S. education experience actually come as a major culture shock: loud and often boisterous inclass discussion; the reliance on teamwork to complete tasks; and the unofficial importance of socializing to build a network within the class. For someone who has grown up in the Americanschool system, conforming to these three attributes happens almost subconsciously, and thinking that others may find them surprising or difficult to tackle reveals the unintended limits of my own world view. b. English to Chinese
1) Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.
尽管每个学生的经历是不同的,但大多数参加一年期项目的交换生经历着几乎相同的适应文化冲击的过程。必须指出的是,虽然文化冲击会令人感到不舒服,但这并不代表着它本身有什么错,也不代表着经受其中的人有什么错。相当普遍的情况是: 学生们在适应文化冲击的过程中,新的问题层出不穷,但这对他们而言也是一种有价值的经历。许多人会说,只有当经历了深
层次的文化冲击,才是最有价值的交换。
2) Read the following passage carefully and translate the underlined sentences into Chinese. (1) 从问候到饮食,稍不留神就会出差错,不仅让自己难堪,还有可能冒犯东道主。
(2) 在地中海国家,如果你和别人交谈时没有碰对方的手臂,或见面问候时没和对方亲吻拥抱,别人会认为你不热情。在韩国,如果你从后面拍不是家庭成员或者好朋友的人,你会让对方感到不舒服。
(3) 到伦敦人家里参加宴会时脱掉鞋子,女主人会认为你不文明,但去亚洲、夏威夷或太平洋群岛的居民家中不脱鞋却被认为失礼。
(4) 许多文化依然推崇传统的进食方式——用手吃。在这种情况下,食物往往是众人一起分享的,因此饭前洗手很重要,而且要遵守用右手吃东西的习俗,左手往往有其他用途。
(5) 你是左撇子吗？还是努力让自己的双手都灵巧吧——在这些文化里,即使是左撇子的孩子也被教会用右手吃饭——或者至少吃饭前向同伴解释一下。
Text B Understanding Interpersonal Relationships in the Chinese Context Key to the Exercises
a. Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases given below. Change the form where necessary. (1) transgression(2) wicket(3) disconcerting(4) infringement(5) avid (6) episode(7) ubiquitous(8) substantiate(9) intelligible(10) prerequisite b. Complete the sentences with the information given in the text. (1) will differ; as universal as (2) sprouting a few whiskers (3) than it does for Canadians (4) was accustomed to (5) a transgressor
(6) of birth; periods of time
(7) economic freedom; in perception; connotes (8) be matters; compose a list
(9) desertification; rising ocean levels; put great strain on (10) less challenging; opting for; deprive ourselves of
c. Decide whether the statement is TRUE or FALSE according to the text. (1) T(2) F(3) T(4) T(5) F(6) F(7) F(8) T(9) T(10) T Unit 4 Artificial Intelligence
Text A The Future of Artificial Intelligence →III. Keys to the Exercises 1. Reading Comprehension
a. Choose the sentence that best expresses the meaning of the statement from the text. (1) B(2) C(3) A(4) C(5) A
b. Fill in the blanks with the information you?ve learned in the text.
(1) clean our floors, mow our lawns and, in general, eliminate drudgery from our lives
(2) the computerbased artificial brain is still well below the level of sophistication needed to build a humanlike robot
(3) the same kind of perception, cognition and thought as humans
(4) generate positive and negative reinforcement signals in predefined circumstances
(5) become quite formidable and will outperform human beings in any conceivable area of endeavor, intellectual or physical
2. Vocabulary
a. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words or phrases you have learned in the text. (1) attest(2) disoriented(3) elusive(4) negate(5) progeny
(6) outstrip(7) versatile(8) meld(9) contingency(10) mainstay
b. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. (1) A(2) D(3) B(4) A(5) D(6) C(7) D(8) D(9) B(10) B 3. Cloze
Choose an appropriate word or phrase from the following list to fill in each of the following blanks. Each one can be used only ONCE. Change the form where necessary. (1) cover(2) battlefield(3) deployed(4) initiating(5) aerial (6) problematic(7) arise(8) mindful(9) vital(10) goes
(11) robotics(12) provided(13) collection(14) ethical(15) endowed (16) traits(17) expression(18) dumb(19) guidelines(20) stupid 4. Translation
a. Chinese to English
1) Translate the following sentences into English.
(1) It often happens, however, that thinking lags behind reality; this is because man?s cognition is limited by numerous social conditions.
(2) Something big was in the offing, so big that the workers at the Simonson plant had been virtually placed under arrest to prevent any information from leaking out.
(3) Only by understanding the nature of thinking mode, can man bring forth new ideas in philosophy, and the crux of philosophical innovation lies in the change of man?s thinking mode. (4) From then on, he struggled in his attempts to overcome his humble origins and insinuate himself into upperclass society.
(5) It?s a far cry from the days when I was just a clerk in a supermarket and nobody paid me any attention.
(6) The invention of microprocessors set the stage for the arrival of the microcomputer, or personal computer—an affordable machine for the masses.
(7) So there?s no such thing as an enemy in absolute terms. The enemies we fight are only in relative terms, constantly changing with the times.
(8) Taiwan , viewed from the historical facts and the international law, is beyond dispute one part of Chinese sacred territory and it is an inviolable mission of the entire Chinese people to reunify the motherland.
2) Translate the following paragraph into English.
Sales of professional and personal service robots worldwide were estimated to have reached about 5.5 million this year—and are expected to more than double to 11.5 million by 2011—yet there is little or no control over how these machines are used. Some help busy professionals entertain children; other machines feed and bathe the elderly and incapacitated. “We need to look at guidelines for a cutoff so we have a limit to the contact with robots” one expert said. “Some robots designed to look after children with them for hours, or even days. At the other end of the age spectrum to child care, the relative increase in many countries in the population of the elderly relative to available younger caregivers has spurred the development of eldercare robots.” b. English to Chinese
1) Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.
计算的能力当然与生存无关,然而随着语言改变了人类的文化,至少是我们大脑的一小部分已进化成了一种勉强可以称为通用机器的东西。这个机器的一个特点就是它能服从一系列随意的指令,而这些指令可以通过语言进行传递并得以执行。但是由于我们把数字看成是复杂的东西,将它们写下来并用以完成其它类似的功能,所以我们处理数字的方式显得非常笨拙,并且效率不高。我们用上百亿个神经细胞花好几分钟进行的运算通过上百个计算机,尤其是那些经过重新设置用于计算的计算机,可以在几毫秒就完成。
2) Read the following passage carefully and translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.
(1) 但它们并不是用高出一筹的逻辑和力量统治人类,而是有可能导致一个与他人完全隔绝的底层人群的产生。
(2) 机器人正被引入潜在的敏感情境中,这可能导致(被服务者)与世隔绝的状态,因为人们在给机器人设定指令后,往往很长时间不再问津。
(3) 许多机器人被设计成玩具,但它们也能扮演照看孩子的角色: 监督孩子的一举一动,通过无线电脑连接或移动电话与另一个房间甚至另一座建筑物内的家长联络。
(4) 但是由于机器人保姆能在身体上保护孩子的安全,可能会造成孩子一天数小时或者几天都不与人接触,同时不同程度的与社会隔绝对孩子成长可能造成的心理影响目前还不清楚。 (5) 护理老年人的机器人能帮助老年人在自己家中自理,但它们的存在可能会使老年人完全处于机器人照顾之下,从而面临缺乏足够的与人交流机会的危险。 Text B Revenge of the Nerds Key to the Exercises
a. Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases given below. Change the form where necessary. (1) in full swing(2) awestruck(3) imminent(4) daunting(5) affable (6) relish(7) omniscience(8) outlandish(9) alien(10) harness b. Complete the sentences with the information given in the text. (1) the Silicon Valley dollar (2) the transformative moment (3) “the world?s first cyborg” (4) current singularitarianinchief, inventor Ray Kurzweil (5) genetics, nanotechnology and robotics (6) The sense of imminence and immediacy (7) not just language but complex abstractions (8) anything being dangerous or sentient (9) people were scared of these machines (10) cryonic suspension
c. Decide whether the statement is TRUE or FALSE according to the text. (1) T(2) F(3) T(4) F(5) F(6) F(7) T(8) T(9) T(10) F Unit 5 Success and Happiness
Text A The Assessor of Success (adapted) →III. Keys to the Exercises 1. Reading Comprehension
a. Choose the sentence that best expresses the meaning of the statement from the text. (1) A(2) C(3) C(4) B(5) C
b. Fill in the blanks with the information you?ve learned in the text.
(1) arrange benches in all parks that are low enough for women to sit upon, and rest their feet upon the ground
(2) hung for ten minutes above a roulette wheel gambling and only 40 cents left in his pocket at last
(3) only gave 15 cents to the druggist, put the rest 85 cents in his own pocket and the child went home happily with the sticky candy in hand, never knowing being cheated (4) greenhorns, could be easily cheated
(5) one of his female schoolmates, was quite innocent and pure compared to the now Morley 2. Vocabulary
a. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words or phrases you have learned in the text. (1) swindle(2) stolid(3) errand(4) solitary(5) saunter
(6) pompous(7) cynical(8) purport(9) accrue(10) predatory
b. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. (1) A(2) B(3) C(4) B(5)A(6) A(7) D(8) C(9) B(10) D 3. Cloze
Choose an appropriate word or phrase from the following list to fill in each of the following blanks. Each one can be used only ONCE. Change the form where necessary. (1) unearth(2) observers(3) avoided(4) dodged(5) fascinated
(6) imprisonment(7) accomplished(8) convicted(9) headquarters(10) twist (11) optimistic(12) deal(13) narration(14) catching(15) roaming (16) turn(17) inimitable(18) resides(19) complex(20) painstakingly 4. Translation
a. Chinese to English
1) Translate the following sentences into English.
(1) People?s money must be spent to advance their priorities, not to line pockets of contractors or to maintain projects that don?t work.
(2) Zurich residents, more than anyone in the world, earn $22. 60 per hour in average net pay, according to the Prices and Earnings report recently released by UBS.
(3) Though she isn?t British by birth, she?s British citizen by virtue of her marriage to an Englishman.
(4) Despite the blood gushing out from the wound, the heroic soldier succeeded in getting the mother and the son out of the bus which might explode at that moment. (5) He sat in front of them, dressed in a plain, illfitting suit, never moving, his dusty face veiling his age.
(6) While most bars and restaurants have addresses, Beirut is a maze of twisting side streets, many of them unmarked.
(7) Behind the carriage came a motley string of figures—street Arabs, beggars, clowns turning somersaults and street vendors hawking their wares.
(8) But at my back I always hear time?s winged chariot hurrying near; and yonder, all before us lie deserts of vast eternity.
2) Translate the following paragraph into English.
Edison understood a great principle of living almost any situation—good or bad—is affected by the attitude we bring to it. Toughminded optimists approach problems with a cando philosophy and emerge stronger form tragedies. Indeed, recent studies suggest that upbeat people earn more money, do better in school, are healthier and perhaps even live longer than pessimists. In his book Man?s Search for Meaning, Dr. Viktor Franklrecalled even in that extreme situation