Passage 2

　　A foreigner’s first impression of theU.S.is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pressure. City people appear always to be hurrying to get where they are going restlessly, seeking attention in a store, and elbowing others as they try to complete their errands (任務). Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of life in this country.

　　一個外國人對于美國的第一印象很有可能是每個人都在壓力下匆匆忙忙。城市里的人總是表現(xiàn)得匆匆忙忙不知疲倦的，為了盡快做完一件事情，他們會在店里拼命引起店員的注意或者用胳膊肘推搡別人。白天匆忙就餐也是這個國家生活節(jié)奏的一個部分。

　　Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating places are waiting for you to finish so that they too can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. Each person hurries to make room for the next person. If you don’t, waiters will hurry you.

　　工作時間被認為是很珍貴的。在一些公共飲食場所，其他人會等在你旁邊等你吃完，這樣大家都可以得到服務，并趕在規(guī)定的時間內(nèi)回去工作。每個人都會盡快給下一個人騰出地方。如果你不這樣，侍者會催促你的。

　　You also find drivers will be abrupt and that people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small courtesies with strangers. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain courtesy point.

　　你會發(fā)現(xiàn)司機也都很匆忙，人們從你身邊匆匆走過。你會錯過一些微笑，簡短的交談和一些與陌生人的小禮節(jié)。不要在意，這是因為他們非常珍惜時間，而且他們認為一旦太注重這些社交禮節(jié)就是浪費時間。

　　The view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values, patience is not a high priority. Many of us have what might be called “a short fuse.” We begin to move restlessly about if we feel time is slipping away without some returnbe this in terms of pleasure, work value, or rest. Those coming from lands where time is looked upon differently may find this matter of pace to be one of their most difficult adjustments in both business and daily life.

　　對時間的觀念還會影響到我們對耐心的理解。在美國價值體系中，耐心并不是首要考慮的。我們中的很多人被稱為“脾氣火爆”。如果我們覺得時間在毫無意義的溜走，既沒有娛樂價值，工作價值，也不在休息，那就會開始不停地徘徊。那些來自時間觀念不同的國家的人發(fā)現(xiàn)他們在商業(yè)和日常生活中最困難的就是對時間節(jié)奏的適應。

　　Many newcomers to the States will miss the opening courtesy of a business call, for example, they will miss the ritual socializing that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee they may be traditional in their own country. They may miss leisurely business chats in a café or coffeehouse. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talks. We seek out evidence of past performance rather than evaluate a business colleague through social courtesies. Since we generally assess and probe professionally rather than socially, we start talking business very quickly. (348 words)

　　許多剛到美國來的人都會想念他們在商業(yè)會談中一些開場禮節(jié)。舉個例子，他們會想念歡迎你到來而泡的一杯茶或咖啡這樣的社交禮儀，這在他們國家是常規(guī)禮儀。他們會想念在咖啡屋悠閑的會談。而通常，美國人不會與來訪者在這么悠閑的環(huán)境中進行一些冗長的小會談。對于同事，我們總是看他過去的表現(xiàn)而不是與他的社交禮儀。因為我們一般都是更注重專業(yè)性的，而不是社交性的，因此我們總是很快進入正題。

　　11. Which of the following statements is wrong? __________ 以下哪項陳述是錯誤的?

　　A. Americans seem to be always under pressure.

　　B. Americans attach less importance to patience.

　　C. Americans don’t care much about ritual socializing.

　　D. Americans are impolite to their business colleagues. 美國人對他們的同事不禮貌。

　　12. In the fourth paragraph, “a high priority” means __________.第四段中的“a high priority”是什么意思?

　　A. a less important thing B. a first concern 要首要考慮的。

　　C. a good business D. an attractive gift

　　13. Americans evaluate a business colleague __________.美國人評價他們的同事是根據(jù)__________。

　　A. through social courtesy B. through prolonged business talks

　　C. by establishing business relations D. by learning about their past performance他們過去的表現(xiàn)。

　　14. This passage mainly talks about __________. 本文主要講了___________。

　　A. how Americans treasure their time 美國人是怎樣珍惜時間的。

　　B. how busy Americans are every day

　　C. how Americans do business with foreigners

　　D. what American way of life is like

　　15. We can infer from the passage that the author’s tone in writing is ___________.

　　從本文我們可以看出作者寫作的口吻是___________。

　　A. critical B. ironical C. appreciative欣賞的。 D. objective

　　第三部分：詞匯與結構(共5小題;每小題3分，滿分15分)

　　此部分共有5個未完成的句子，針對每個句子中未完成的部分有4個選項，請從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出正確選項。

　　16-20 BAABC

　　16. Professor Smith promised to look ______ my paper, that is, to read it carefully before the defense.

　　史密斯教授已經(jīng)答應幫我看一下我的論文，這就是說要在答辯前在仔細看一下。

　　A. after B. over C. on D. into

　　17. Our house is about a mile from the railway station and there are not many houses ______.

　　我們家離火車站大概一英里左右，而且中間房子不多。

　　A. in between B. far apart C. among them D. from each other

　　18. As the bus came round the corner, it ran ______ a big tree by the roadside.

　　汽車開到轉角時撞到了路邊的一棵大樹。

　　A. into B. on C. over D. up

　　19. When Lily came home at 5 p.m. yesterday, her mother ______ dinner in the kitchen.

　　莉莉昨天五點鐘回家時，她媽媽正在廚房里做晚飯。

　　A. cooked B. was cooking C. cooks D. has cooked

　　20. Did you notice the guy ______ head looked like a big potato?

　　你注意到那個頭看上去像個大土豆得家伙嗎?

　　A. who B. which C. whose D. whom

　　第四部分：完形填空(共10小題;每小題1分，滿分10分)

　　以下短文中共包含10個未完成的句子，針對每給句子中空缺部分有4個選項，請從A、B、C、D 四個選項中選出正確選項。

　　21-25 BBCCD 26-30 BABDA

　　There were once three sons of a wealthy businessman. 21 they met, the two eldest, who were twins, 22 to quarrel about which of them should be his father’s heir(繼承人). The youngest, who was not 23 ambitious (野心勃勃的), took no part in their argument. As soon as they left home, the father arranged for an adequate income to be provided for 24 of them, but insisted that apart from this they were to be financially self-supporting. The 25 twin, who had the advantage of good looks and a striking personality, decided that he would take up the stage 26 a career. He 27 a small repertory company, acted in minor parts, was always unpunctual (不準時)at rehearsals and was accordingly 28 with his fellow-actors. He earned little and so had to live mainly on his allowance. He occasionally thought of 29 his profession, but always put off 30 a decision, and he became increasingly bored and disillusioned.

　　從前有個富商，他有三個兒子。無論他們合適遇到，兩個大的，也就是一對雙胞胎，都要為誰是他們父親的繼承人而爭吵。而最小的一個，沒有絲毫的野心，從不加入他們的爭吵中。就在他們要出去找工作時，他們的父親為他們每個人提供了一筆足夠的收入，但除此以外，必須經(jīng)濟獨立。雙胞胎中的老大，因為相貌出眾且個性鮮明，決定當演員。他加入了一個小型的戲劇公司，擔任了一些小角色，但他排練總時不準時，同事們因此都不喜歡他。他掙的錢很少，所以主要靠他父親給他的錢生活。他偶爾會想要換個工作，但總是下不了決心，因此變得越來越煩躁，越來越迷茫。

　　21. A. whatever B. whenever C. wherever D. however

　　22. A. are used B. used C. using D. are using

　　23. A. at least B. at most C. in the least D. in the most

　　24. A. every B. all C. each D. none

　　25. A. first B. older C. younger D. elder

　　26. A. is B. as C. be D. /

　　27. A. joined B. attended C. went D. joined in

　　28. A. popular B. unpopular C. welcome D. unwelcome

　　29. A. living B. turning C. ending D. changing

　　30. A. making B. make C. decide D. deciding

　　第五部分：英翻漢(滿分15分)

　　請把下列3句英文翻譯成中文。

　　31. Tom’s father has taught English here since he graduated fromPekingUniversity.

　　32. Please give this book to whoever comes first.

　　33. Though it was late, they kept on working.

　　31. 湯姆的父親從北京大學畢業(yè)后就一直在這里教英語。

　　32. 請把這本書給最先來的人。

　　33. 盡管已經(jīng)很晚了，他們還在繼續(xù)工作。

　　第六部分：寫作(滿分15分)

　　要求在30分鐘內(nèi)，根據(jù)下面所給的題目和中文提綱用英語寫出一篇不少于80詞的短文。

　　Sports

　　1.你喜歡什么運動。

　　2.你如何喜歡上這種運動。

　　3.運動對你有什么益處(工作、學習和生活)。

　　Sports

　　Just as lots of teenagers take to pop music, I love basketball. It’s part of my life. I began to play basketball in my childhood. I still remember the good old days when I played with my classmates after school. Later on, as I grew up, almost everything changed, but this sport-playing basketball remained and my love of it grew even stronger.

　　I love this sport because it brings joys and health to my life. When I got tired from office work, I went to the sports ground and felt refreshed. If there were worries and cares from daily life. I went to the sports ground. There everything went away except basketball. It is basketball that keeps me in good shape and mood.

　　就像很多年輕人喜歡流行音樂一樣，我喜歡籃球。這是我生活的一部分。我從孩提時代開始就打籃球了。我至今仍記得那些放學后和同學一起打球的舊日好時光。后來，當我慢慢長大，幾乎所有的事情都改變了，除了籃球這項運動，它仍然是我的所愛，而且我對它的愛與日俱增。

　　我喜歡這項運動是因為它給我的生活帶來歡樂和健康。當我厭倦了辦公室工作，我來到運動場并感到精力很快恢復了。如果日常生活給我?guī)�來了煩惱和顧慮，我來到運動場。在那里，除了籃球，所有的一切都離我遠去。是籃球讓我保持了好心情和好體型。