way of life.
6. The young people found greater pleasure in their drinking because Prohibition, by making
drinking unlawful added a sense of adventure.
7. It is easier in Europe for people of different social groups and occupations to intermingle
and have social intercourse.
8. A person who wins in New York is constantly disturbed by fear and anxiety; a person who
loses has to live among the defeated, who are in the majority in New York.
9. As John watched the water inch its way up the steps, he felt a strong sense of guilt because
he blamed himself for endangering the whole family by deciding not to flee inland. 10. However, a white-skinned European is always quite noticeable.
11. These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feeding in the fields; but when we sit
down at the table to eat, we call their meat beef.
12. I have given Westmoreland the highest award for ugliness after having done a lot of hard
work and research and after continuous praying.
13. Most industrial psychologists are mainly trying to manage and control the mind of the
worker.
14. These young people could no longer adapt themselves to lives in their home towns and their
families. They suddenly felt very confused and weary of the world. They and their relatives could not understand why this happened.
15. This reconsidering of the significance and importance of many things that one had taken for
granted in the past can be very painful, though very valuable.
16. In both these roles of banking and communications headquarters, New York starts or
originates very few things but gives its stamp of approval to many things created by people in other parts of the country.
17. Oh God, please help us to get through this storm safely.
18. She took it for granted that as an old woman she was the lowest in the community, that she
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was only fit for doing heavy work like an animal.
19. The English language received proper recognition and was used by the king once more. 20. They show such fantastic and bizarre ugliness that, in looking back, they become almost
fiendish and wicked.
21. Better relations with the public will yield larger profits to management.
22. Something in the youth of America, who were already very tense, had to break down. 23. The life of a writer really depends on his accepting the fact that no matter where he goes or
what he does he will always carry the marks of his origins
24. The television generation was constantly and strongly influenced by extravagant promotional
advertising. These people find pleasure in much of this kind of advertising and has no scruples using it to further their own ends. 25. The donkeys went in and out among the people…
26. … I was again overcome by a guilty conscience as I had been when I first arrived at the
station…
27. … to ensure the making public of data which were originally classified as top secret… 28. … an enlarged living room by a new addition to the original space… 29. … and seemed to be advancing rapidly…
30. From what I hear, you won a hundred dollars in gambling and then spent the money drinking…
31. The computer revolution is moving humanity to a higher quality of life.
32. … to produce some artificial devices which can solve problems, direct conduct by reasoning
and which can function properly…
IV. Reading Comprehension.
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V. Translation.
1. 另一方面，卖主故意一再声称他现在的要价是无利可图的；只是出于他个人对买主的敬慕，才肯这样不惜血本。
2. 当前人类文明对全球环境威胁的战略实质以及全球环境变化对 人类文明威胁
的战略实质向我们提出了一系列相同的挑战和不正确的期望。
3. 神奇的硅片肯定会既有益又有效地影响美国生产，计算机革命正在推动智力发展，解
放四肢，把人类的生活提高到一个新的水平。
4. 有人举出一个人所共知的例子，这现象仍然值得三思。我们谈到饭桌上的肉食时，用法
国词：谈到提供此类肉食的牲畜时，用盎格鲁——撒克逊词。
5. 现代美学的玩耍性说到底是其最突出，也是最严肃，而必然也是其最令人不安的特征。 6. 几年前的一个冬日，我坐宾夕法尼亚铁路的快车离开匹兹堡。车向东开了一个小时，通
过威斯摩兰县的煤城、钢都。
7. 他们讲的是幸福，指的是完全机械的重复活动，这种活动使人完全失去了独立的思考和
任何的主动性。
8. 从东自由镇到格林斯堡，在这全长25英里的路上，从火车上看 去，没有一幢房子
不让人看了感到眼睛不舒服和难受。
9. 今天，现代文化包括了国际风格的几何图形，传统门面与新型建筑相结合的奇特图案
以及主题公园和博物馆村庄的游戏绝招。
10. 在这一片宁静的大海上，就连另外一只船我们也难得看见。欢乐的海豚和那些喳喳地
鸣叫、“与飞鸟有一点相似之处”的小飞鱼便是这一广阔天地的主人。当它们再也看不到载着我们出入它们视野的怪物时，它们肯定是多么高兴啊！
11. 从大学参军的这一批人更是如此。理想主义使他们很早就参了军，因此一般来说他们
经历的战斗比较多。
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12. 多样化使这个城市色彩无穷。漫步此城可以不断受到情景与风味方面的教育。有众多
的各有特色的地方可以去吃饭或购买物品。虽然其中最成功的是为了招引游客而把各种民族特色混在一起的地方，而且他们也都有真正的根基。
VI. Writing.（略）
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