III．難句釋義。從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出一個(gè)正確答案，并將所選答案的字母

填寫在答題紙相應(yīng)位置上。(本大題共l0小題，每小題1分，共10分)

Choose the closest paraphrased version for each of the sentences or italicized parts. (10 points)

31. Some people say that ours is an age where true heroes and heroines are hard to come by.

A. Some people say that true heroes and heroines have disappeared in our age.

B. Some people say that true heroes and heroines are hard to find in our age.

C. Some people say that true heroes and heroines all died in our age.

D. Some people say that we are hard to say whether there are true heroes and heroines or not in our age.

32. We are slaves to nothing but the clock.

A. We are not important at all, for even the clock can be our master.

B. We are the most important except the clock.

C. We are only under the control of the clock.

D. We work hard only to produce clocks.

33. I looked at the men, and I thought my eyes were going.

A. I thought my eyes were moving out of me.

B. I thought I would fall asleep in a minute.

C. I thought I was dying of thirst.

D. I thought I was losing my sight.

34. Once you turn over a new leaf, you can’t expect to change completely right away.

A. You read a book from the first page.                B. You change the ways for the better.

C. You pick a fresh leaf from a tree.                   D. You start doing something new.

35. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed.

A. A rich person who doesn’t have a job can still have the right to fall in love.

B. Only rich people have the right to fall in love, while those who are poor and out of workdon’t have that right.

C. Rich as a person is, if he loses his job, he doesn’t have the right to fall in love.

D. Poor as a person is, if he is not out of work, he still has the right to fall in love.