Paper Two
Part Ⅰ Error Detection and Correction (10minutes, 10 points)
Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts. These parts are labeled A, B, C, and D. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect and mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET. Then, without altering the meaning of the sentence, write down your correction on the line on the ANSWER SHEET.
86. I have no idea (A) of Mr. Williams (B) being promoted to the new post. You (C) should have told me about it (D) earlier.
87. Do you (A) regret paying U.S. $500 for the painting? No, I (B) would gladly pay (C) twice as much for (D) it.
88. (A) So little (B) were his belongings that he (C) carried them in a bundle (D) over his shoulder.
89. (A) Salesmen are so smart that the customers can’t help but (B) being persuaded to buy (C) something they do not really (D) want.
90. I don’t know (A) what illness he (B) suffered from, but I do remember he mentioned (C) being (D) in hospital last year.
91. In the Middle Age, in Rome, Venice and in (A) other Italian cities, there (B) developed an intellectual movement (C) called humanism, which (D) is the basis of the Renaissance.
92. In 1898, (A) the Curies obtained a new element (B) that radioactivity was (C) several million times stronger than (D) uranium’s.
93. One survey (A) indicated each Chinese family averaged (B) as many as 30 minutes of (C) daily television (D) usage in 1985.
94. Perhaps transportation and (A) the means of communication (B) have really made (C) it possible for there (D) being an end to the big cities.
95. As more and more cars are produced and used, (A) so the emission from their (B) exhaust-pipes (C) contain an (D) ever larger volume of poisonous gas. Part II Translation (15 minutes, 10 points)
Direction: Translate the following sentences into English.
96. 北京申奥成功、中国进入WTO,既给商业、企业界带来新的发展机遇,同时也带来一系列新的挑战。
97. 中国地大物博,近年来经济迅猛发展,这使得中国在现代国际经济中成为一支越来越重要的力量。
98. 在大公司里工作并不是一件轻松的事,因为除了要承受巨大的工作压力,你还要天天处于严格的监督之下。
99. 近50年来,癌症的发病率地直处于上升趋势,专家认为,这与生活方式和饮食有关。
100. 中国移动电话用户到2001年7月底达到1.206亿户,居世界第一。
Part III Guided Writing (30 minutes, 15 points)
Directions: In this part, you are to write within 30 minutes a composition of at least 100 words on the topic: Dangers from Air Pollution.
You should base your composition on the following points: 空气污染有很大危害;空气污染给人类和人们居住环境带来的坏处。
写作提示:
空气污染的危害
在具体分析空气污染危害前,应先概括地写一下人们对空气污染的认识,然后再分段具体论述。世界许多地区都有空气污染,许多人都意识到它对人类的危害。空气污染会使人生病,还会影响环境和我们的日常生活。它侵蚀建筑物,毁坏庄稼和树木,造成飞行和交通事故。此外空气中的粉尘还能随风移动,从一个地区飘向另一个地区,从一国飘向另一国。所以空气污染是值得引起重视的全球性问题,我们应下大力气控制空气污染。
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