学好英语必备
five years.
5. Some people refer to translation as science while others take it as art.
6. Instead of imposing personal views upon others, we should promote democracy.
XII.
1.当然新演员绝对不能停步不前，而应该尽可能地创造机会。
2.他得寸进尺。
3.我想我们的关系很好，我们是朋友。但是外面现在正在竞争，将来也会。无论我们做什么，无论我们在什么地方，我们将还会相互竞争。
4.退休后，他远离政治，开始打网球。他发现打网球是一种很好的放松方式。
5.过了一会，显然带着不情愿，他在电话里承认了自己的身份，并请求我原谅他。
6.在我看来，当老师的唯一缺陷，是它不太会引起公众的注意。
Cloze
XIII.
l.B 2.C 3. A 4.B 5.D 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. B 11. B 12. A 13. B 14. D 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. D 19.
A 20. B
Text Structure Analysis
John Bullyer was doing mathematical work that supported big, scientific projects. Occasional paragraphs in newspapers charted his steady success. On the occasion when he retired, a report said that his last job was the harnessing of solar power for a satellite put into orbit.
I was, by that time, successful in my own line, having written a streak of 30 bestsellers without a single failure.
Structured Writing
XV.
Shopping has changed in recent years. Going shopping took time and strength in the past. If you were to buy food, household items and clothing, you had to visit different shops. Sometimes they were not within walking distance. You had to take a bus to go from one place to another. It was not unusual that shopping would take you a whole day and at the time you returned home, you'd he completely exhausted.
In contrast, shopping nowadays has become something enjoyable. A lot of supermarkets, in which prices are usually lower and a wider variety of items are offered-mainly food, household items, clothing, bedding and furniture or even anything that is out of your imagination. So you cast hay everything you need in a single supermarket. Most of the supermarkets operate on the "serve yourself' method: You go in. pick up a basket, walk round it and choose what you want. At the exit there is a checkout lane where you pay for everything at one time.
SECTION B
Reading Skills
I
1. Denotation: the curved or circular shape
Connotation(s): the act of going around somewhere. The implied meaning is that the policeman was going around the area, trying doors and consequently seeing now and then the lights of an emergency dental office or something of the sort.
2. Denotation: make a deep hollow sound
Connotation(s): loudly spread to the streets. The implied meaning is that the streets were quiet,
