e useful and which can be thrown away.
4. 随着年龄越来越大，你应该考虑未来的计划。(reflect on) As you get older you should reflect on future plans. 5. 他在演出中的亮相简直是个轰动。(nothing less than) His appearance in the show was nothing less than a sensation. 6. 他们每个月都从工资中留出一笔钱，用于孩子将来的教育。(set aside)
Every month they set aside a particular amount of money fro m their salary for the sake of their kid's education in the futur e. XII
1. No matter how promising your situation, or how creative yo u can be, hard work is always essential to your success.
无论你的情况多么充满希望，无论你有多大的创造力，努力工作对你 的成功总是必需的。
2. So strong are his first impressions that sometimes they defy revision even when many other people think differently.
他留下的最初印象如此之强烈，有时甚至当许多其他人不这么认为 时，这些印象也无法改变。
3. Our aim is nothing less than to make China the best traine d and educated nation in Asia.
我们的目的就是要使中国成为亚洲接受培训程度和教育程度最高的
一个国家。
4. On international relations China would continue to develop r elations with foreign countries in seeking a favorable internatio nal environment for its reform and to make contributions to w orld peace and development.
在国际关系方面，中国将继续发展与外国的关系，寻求一个对自己改 革有利的国际环境，继续对世界和平和发展作出贡献。 5. I'll keep at it—whatever the challenges might be—and never give up until I achieve success.
不管会面临什么挑战，我都会坚持，永不放弃，直到取得成功。 6. The latest research seems to imply that without the softwar e of emotional maturity and self-knowledge, the hardware of a cademic training alone is worth less and less.
最新的研究似乎表明，缺乏情感成熟和自我了解这一软件，纯学术培 训这一硬件越来越没有价值。 XIII.
1 ．B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5．D 6.C 7．B 8．A 9. D 10. C 11，A 12.D 13.C 14.B 15．C 16.D 17.D 18.C 19.A 20.B