A reassuring sign that there is a new sheriff（治安官）on Wall Street came in the aftermath of the recently announced landmark settlement with 10 brokerage（经纪人业务）firms over their tainted stock research. The S.E.C. chairman sternly rebuked Philip Purcell, the chief executive of Morgan Stanley, for trying to minimize the extent of his firm's involvement in the scandals. Mr. Donaldson, a former Wall Street banker himself, wrote a letter to Mr. Purcell describing concern over his \problems if it denied the settled charges.
Besides being unusual, Mr. Donaldson's move was a powerful use of his office's bully pulpit（讲坛）. With all the talk about whether the S.E.C. has enough material resources to pursue corporate malfeasance--the agency's budget is being increased significantly--it was easy in the Harvey Pitt era to forget that a strong SEC chairman can wield a great deal of moral authority. This is especially true given financial institutions' absolute need to retain public trust
Mr. Donaldson should be ready to use his bully pulpit often. Wall Street is awash in a \
51. From the first sentence of paragraph one we can see that ______.
A. Mr. William Donaldson is a very capable chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
B. the Commission is on a boat
C. Mr. William Donaldson is a steward of a sailing boat D. Mr. William Donadson was once a sailing champion
52. From the first paragraph we can infer that Mr. William Donaldson is ______. A. inexperienced as a steward B. capable, alert and reliable C. not much better than Harry Pitt
D. following the steps of Mr. Harry Pitt
53. From paragraph two we can see that ______.
. A. Mr. William Donaldson asked Mr. William McDonough to take the exam instead of himself B. Mr. William McDonough was asked to do what the Congress wanted him to C. what Mr. William Donaldson has done might violate shareholder democracy D. Mr. William Donaldson has somewhat exceeded his authority
54. Which of the following statements agrees with the facts appear in the passage? A. As a former banker Mr. William Donaldson sought to do others down. B. Being the S. E. C. chairman, Mr. William Donaldson is somewhat warlike. C. Mr. William Donaldson goes to the church regularly.
D. Mr. William Donaldson has done all he can to rebuild the credibility of the S. E. C. 55. Which of the following will you choose as the title of the passage? A. New Sheriff of Wall Street B. A Careerist
C. A Former Banker Gets on in Life D. A Man Who Knows No Fear
Passage Four
There is no question that raising teenagers is a challenge no matter how many parents are living in the home. Particularly challenging are the ages between 12 and 16, which are marked by mood swings, defiant attitudes, and attempts to push the limits set by their parents. During this time, teens are trying their hardest to gain adult independence, which is a normal part of the natural growing process.
So, we accept this as a time to help them learn lessons and find their way to adulthood, despite the fact that it sometimes makes us feel like we are raising aliens from another planet! Two parents in the household can be a definite plus during these years, especially if both are healthy and loving. In single parent homes, a healthy and loving atmosphere is also a key ingredient to raising responsible teens. Also, teens are often masters at pitting (使人相斗) their parents against one another, so when they have divorced parents living in different households, it can be extra difficult to co-parent with effectiveness.
What can single parents do to make the teens in their homes more pleasant? The suggestion is to create realistic and enforceable boundaries. Let your kids know that you will negotiate
boundaries every six months, for instance. Let them come up with ideas so that they will be more apt to comply. The topics to discuss may be such as how they spend their time after school, how they spend time with their friends and how should be their dress code and their hairstyles, and so on.
However, when it comes to alcohol, drugs, smoking and other obvious health risks, there should be no negotiation at all. I never give them permission to drink – and that was final. Let them know they are responsible for their own behavior and should take themselves out of situations that could lead to trouble.
A week before your six-month meeting with your teen, call the other parent and talk about how things have been going in each household. Most of the time, there is a wide range of healthy variations in parenting styles. Explain to your teens that when they enter the workforce, they will work with different supervisors, so operating under different household guidelines should be respected and will be good training for their future. 56. The first paragraph tells us that ______.
A. it is necessary for the parents to bring the teenagers to a doctor if they have au unsteady mood
B. raising children from 12 to 16 is an especially difficult task for parents as a whole C. It is not normal for teenagers to try to gain adult independence D. In raising children, the more adults there are in a family, the better 57. In the second paragraph, the author implies that ______.
A. on their way to adulthood, some children just behave like foreigners
B. only in single parent homes, a healthy and loving air is a very important factor in arising teens
C. raising teenagers is a difficult task especially in a single parent family D. many parents divorced as a result of their children?s pitting 58. What is the best way to make the teens more pleasant?
A. It is to distinguish the responsibilities of the parents from those of the children. B. It is to be more tolerant to them.
C. It is to establish the highest mark children can get.
D. It is to discuss with them the rules of behavior they have to comply 59. By using the sentence “ that is final”, the author ______. A. shows his firm standpoint on these matters B. implies that there was to be a sports meet
C. shows that it is the last time for them to discuss this matter D. shows that he likes to use sports terms 60. What is the main idea of the passage ?
A. It is to teach the single parent how to raise teens successfully.. B. It is to show how difficult it is to raise teens..
C. It is to show to the children that following different rules in different homes is helpful for their future work
D. It is to show the single parent that he or she should make friends with the other parent.
Passage Five
She was slim and he liked her that way. So he called a lawyer. The result was a contract.
According to the document, the fresh-faced bride agreed to pay a fine for each pound she gained in weight, the money refundable upon its loss. The paper signed, and the wedding went on. This is a prenuptial (婚前的) agreement – one more indication of the strange pass of marriage in this most transactional decade. You are welcome to marriage, contractual style, where increasingly detailed legal documents spell out everything from who?s going to do the dishes to who?s going to get the house when you split.
This is family planning taken to extreme. Once employed solely by the rich, second-timers and the old industrialist carrying off the latest young cookie, the prenuptial agreement – a written pact between a couple outlining the financial obligations in the event of divorce – is becoming commonplace in a litigious (爱打官司的), disillusioned and materialistic age in which one in every two marriages is projected to end in divorce.
The only question is: What about love? When asked whether anyone believes in Cupid (爱神) anymore, Dr. Michael Vincent Miller says, “Given a century that is full of sexual liberation, computer-dating services and so on, one feels tempted to reply, ?only in a mood of desperate nostalgia (怀旧)?.” “Pre-nups”(pre-nuptial agreements) do assume negativity. Founded on disillusionment, they cannot be separated from the high divorce rate in the United States. The
result, argues Miller, is a kind of defending mentality. “We?ve gotten good at managing finiteness, failure and trouble with a sort of ?What?s yours is yours and what?s mine is mine?s realism. We?ve seen it isn?t all about love. We?ve seen there?s power politics in there -- a fight for control, and when you?ve got those things, you?re halfway to lawyers and money.”
In other ways, however, the compacts embody positive, even idealistic thinking about marriage, love and relations, a law scholar Isabel Marcus believes. Marcus says, “contracts could spell the end of romantic love as salvation. They say love exists, but that it?s best accompanied by good, hard thinking about equitability（公平）.”
By writing a contract, the couple gains control of its marriage. “What?s good is it contributes to honesty; what?s unfortunate is the idea that any contract can govern your emotions,” says the author of the book “The Nature of Love.”
61. What is your impression about the first paragraph? A. It is a part of a comedy film. B. It is something rare.
C. It is something real and becoming common daily. D. It is ridiculous.
62. According to the passage, the Americans ______. A. know more about how to protect their interests B. are enjoying more equality in their marriages C. believe the law undoubtedly D. have a high divorce rate
63. The phenomenon of pre-nups ______. A. shows the improvement of people?s life
B. shows that people nowadays are more realistic than romantic C. is the product of women liberation
D. shows that people don?t believe each other
64. Some people argue that pre-nups are positive because they ______. A. guarantee the equality of everyone
B. make love accompanied by a balanced relation between the two C. guarantee the freedom and equal rights of women D. make marriages suit the modern times better 65. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Cupid is cast aside as prenuptial agreements become common. B. Prenuptial agreements will provide you dignity when you divorce C. Prenuptial agreements and marriages are mutually inclusive D. Yours is yours and mine is mine
Passage Six
Last week was the 70th anniversary of an event in American history. On April 6, 1933, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that would have made the standard 30-hour workweek. The bill passed by the Senate was an effort to reduce a national unemployment rate of 25 percent. It had strong support from labor and religious leaders who argued that working people needed time for family, education, recreation and spirituality as much as they needed higher wages. But the bill failed in the House. The Fair Labor Standards Act, passed five years later, gave Americans a statutory 40-hour workweek.
Yet today, in an era when American productivity is several times what it was then, most
Americans find it hard to get all their work done in 40 hours. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are without work. According to the International Labor Organization, Americans now work 1,978 hours annually, 350 hours more than Western Europeans.
In effect, the United States as a society took all of its increases in labor productivity in the form of money and stuff instead of time. Of course, we didn't all get the money; and the largest share of the increase went to the richest Americans.
The harmful effects of working more hours are being felt in many areas of society. Stress is a leading cause of heart disease and weakened immune systems. Consumption of fast foods and lack
of time for exercise has led to an epidemic of obesity( 肥胖) and diabetes( 糖尿病). Many parents complain that they do not have enough time to spend with their children and much less become involved with their community.
By contrast, over the past 30 years, Europeans have made a different choice -- to live simpler, more balanced lives and work fewer hours. The average Norwegian, for instance, works 29 percent less than the average American，yet his average income is only 16 percent less.
Work and consumption are not necessarily bad. But producing and consuming can become the focus of a person's life at the expense of other values. Americans should reflect on those values. . 66. In 1933, the Senate passed the bill of the standard 30-hour workweek because ______. A. there was an unemployment rate of 25 percent
B. workers needed more time to take care of their families C. workers needed more time for education
D. workers needed more time going to the church 67. From the passage we can see that ______.
A. the American workers turn their high productivity into more money. B. workers should work less time with the increase of their productivity.
C. the higher the productivity, the less time the Americans work and the more money they get. D. the higher the productivity, the longer vacation the Americans get. 68. According to the passage, the Europeans ______.
A. not only work better but also enjoy life better than the Americans B. earn much less money than the American workers
C. work less hours because they are not so strong as the Americans. D. live a more balanced life than the Americans do. 69. What can you infer from the passage?
A. It?s not a bad thing to earn more money.
B. Work and consumption are not so good as we think.
C. Working and consuming can be harmful if they surpass a certain level. D. Life is work.
70. The author intends to show us ______. A. that the Americans enjoy a balanced life
B. that to enjoy one?s life you have to earn a lot of money C. how to keep fit
D. that the Americans are suffering from workweek woes
Part IV Translation (20 points)
71. English- Chinese Translation (10 points)
Directions: Translate the following English into Chinese and write your translation on your Answer Sheet II.
Of all human creations, language may be the most remarkable. Through language we share experiences, formulate values, exchange ideas, transmit knowledge, and sustain culture. Indeed, language is vital to thinking itself. Contrary to popular belief, language does not simply mirror reality, but helps create our sense of reality by giving meaning to events.
Words are the tools of a speaker's craft. They have special uses, just like the tools of any other profession. As a speaker, you should be aware of the meanings of words and know how to use language accurately, clearly, and vividly. Using language clearly allows listeners to grasp your