京江学院2012级第四学期适应性考试卷
长篇阅读参考答案：
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46-55: JIBEH, ADCKF Passage 2
46-55: CHEBK, EIAFD Passage 3
46-55: DHFAC, IGJBE
On How to Face Failure
As can be clearly seen from the picture, a boy is weeping for his failure at school, with hands covering is face, while his friend is cheering him on and saying : An occasional failure cannot determine your whole life!”
The drawing is really thought-provoking. Failure is common in our daily life.(过渡句) Can an occasional failure determine a person’s whole life? Some people think it is true for the reason that an occasional failure nay change a person’s fate and his attitude towards life. While other people disagree with it, because failure happens to everyone and an occasional failure is just an unavoidable experience to success.
As far as I am concerned, we should have the proper attitude towards failure. It is your attitude that determines how big your failure is. The best way to face failure is to analyze the reason of failure calmly. Only by doing this can you be taught a lesson and avoid making the same mistake again.
On the Importance of Environmental
Protection
As is vividly described in the drawing above, all the trees on the mountains are cut down, only with stumps(树桩) left. A man is standing on the mountain with a birdcage in his hand and saying: “If only I could keep a real bird. ”
This drawing mirrors(反映) a common
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phenomenon: there are still many problems in environmental protection and one of the most serious problems is that vegetation had been greatly reduced with the rapid growth of modern cities. Therefore, environmental protection should be a top priority. First, with more and more trees cut down, many kinds of birds or animals will lose their homes and eventually become extinct. At that time, we will no longer be able to see so many lovely creatures which make our life interesting. Second, desertification, global warming and other environmental problems are more or less the results of deforestation.
As can be seen from the above, environment is closely related to people’s lives. Therefore, each one of us should have the awareness of environmental protection, and should make efforts to preserve vegetation.
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大学英语四级专项练习（一）段落翻译参考译文
1. The legend of the Chinese New Year began in a small village thousands of years ago. Each winter a monster named Nian would enter the village and attack the villagers. The villagers were scared. They didn’t know what to do. Afterwards a wise old man came up with an idea. The next time Nian appeared the people used fireworks and drums to make a lot of noises. Sure enough, these noises scared the monster away and it fled into the hills. The villagers celebrated the day when they freed themselves from the monster. Each year they would light the fireworks and celebrate their victory. This day became the start of the Chinese New year.
中国新年的传说源于数千年前的一个小村庄。每年冬天，一个叫“年”的怪兽都会进村子攻击村民。村民们十分害怕，不知该怎么办。后来，一位年长的智者想出了—-
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个办法。当“年”再一次出现时，人们就用鞭炮( firework)和鼓制造大量噪音。这些噪音果然把“年”给吓跑了，“年”躲进了山里。村民们在这天庆祝他们摆脱了怪兽。每年他们都会点燃鞭炮庆祝他们的胜利。这一天使成了中国新年的开始。
2. The lunar calendar has been used for thousands of years. Today the traditional Chinese festivals are still lunar calendar festivals. The lunar calendar originated in the Chinese ancient dynasties. The current calendar was created during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in 104 BC. This calendar, which was called the Taichu Calendar, is the same lunar calendar as the one used nowadays. Each year in the lunar calendar is named after an animal. For example, 2012 was the year of the dragon. There are 12 animals. Every 12 years the cycle repeats itself.
农历(lunar calendar)已使用了数千年。今天，我们依然用农历来表示中国的传统节。
农历由巾国古代的朝代衍生而来。现今使用的农历形成于公元前104年，汉朝汉武帝( Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty)统治时期。该农历被称为“太初历”，与今天使用的农历
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是一样的。农历中的每?年都以一种动物来命名，如2012年是“龙年”。共有12种动物，每12年循环一次。
3. The Great Wall was built to defend against the northern invaders from Mongolia. Smaller and shorter walls had been built over the years, while Qin Shi Huang decided to build a single giant wall to protect his northern borders. The construction of the Great Wall started in the Qin Dynasty and the following dynasties continued to work on it. Later., the Ming Dynasty rebuilt the wall. Most parts of the so-called Great Wall today was built in the Ming Dynasty. The wall was built by peasants, slaves,criminals, and other people that the emperor decided to punish.
建造长城是为了防御来自蒙古(Mongolia)的北方入侵者。多年来，人们已经建造了一
些较矮小的城墙，但是秦始皇( Qin Shi Huang)决定建造一座巨大的城墙来保卫他北边的疆土。长城始建于秦朝，后续的朝代进行继续建造。后来，明朝重建了长城。我们今天所说的长城绝大部分都是明朝建造的。长城由农民、奴隶、犯人以及皇帝决定惩罚的人建造。
4. Zheng He was a great Chinese explorer and fleet commander. His seven main expeditions explored the world for the Chinese emperors and established the trade links between China and new areas. The Emperor Yongle wanted to show off the glory and power of the Chinese Empire to the world. He also wanted to establish the business relations with other countries. So, he appointed Zheng He as the Chief Envoy and asked him to set up a fleet to explore the world. Zheng He commanded a large fleet, whose first voyage was estimated to have over 200 ships and nearly 28,000 men.
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