VI. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and write the translation on your Answer Sheet. (10 points, 2 points for each)

70. One is being punished not for an offense of one’s own but often for the inefficiencies of those who impose the wait.

71. Aside from boredom and physical discomfort, the subtler misery of waiting is the knowledge that one’s precious resource, time, a fraction of one’s life, is being stolen away, irrecoverably lost.

72. Americans have enough miseries of waiting, of course—waits sometimes connected with affluence and leisure.

73. One of the more depressing things about being poor in America is the endless waiting in welfare or unemployment lines.

74. The rich do not wait in long lines to buy groceries or airplane tickets. The help sees to it.

VII. Answer the following essay question in English within 80-100 words.Write your answers on the Answer Sheet. (10 points)

75. What is the author’s purpose in writing the article?

VIII. Translate the following sentences into English and write the translation on your Answer Sheet. (18 points, 2 points each for 76-80, 8 points for 81)

76.我們的城市將繼續(xù)變得更加擁擠喧囂，景色將變得更加混亂，空氣和水變得更臟。

77.當(dāng)我們從敞開(kāi)的后門走進(jìn)去的時(shí)候，看到廚房里站著一些人。

78.他們每個(gè)人都能說(shuō)出至少一位上級(jí)，感到他對(duì)自己懷有敵意，而且存心想毀了自己的前途。

79.她做夢(mèng)也沒(méi)想到會(huì)和這些熟悉的東西分開(kāi)，今后可能再也見(jiàn)不到它們了。

80.他站在大門口，尖頂帽推到腦后，頭發(fā)向前散亂地垂在曬得黝黑的臉上。

81.老年生活既不是本來(lái)就痛苦，也不是本來(lái)就美滿的。它和生命的每個(gè)階段一樣，有困難、歡樂(lè)、恐懼和無(wú)限的潛力。變老的過(guò)程以及最后的死亡必須從根本上就被看作是生命周期的自然進(jìn)程，老年人結(jié)束了生命，為年輕人讓路。老年的獨(dú)特之處實(shí)際上主要在于變老的事實(shí)和死亡的逼近。