2023年中级口译真题

2023年9月中级口译真题ParｔA:ＳｐotDictaｔionDirecｔionｓ：Inｔhispartｏftｈｅtest,yｏuｗｉllhearapassaｇeａｎｄreadthesamepassagewithbｌanｋsinｉt.Ｆiｌlineachofthｅbｌankswiｔhtｈｅｗｏｒdｏrwordsyouhavｅｈeardonthetape.ＷriteyourａnｓweｒｉｎｔheｃoｒrespondingsｐaceiｎyourANＳWＥRBOＯKLET.RｅｍｅmbeｒyouwillｈearｔheｐaｓsageＯＮLＹONCE.Britｉshpeoｐlｅarefarmoresoｐhiｓticaｔｅdaboutbｅveragestｈaｎtheywｅrｅ５0ｙｅarsago.ＷitnｅsｓｔheSｔarbucksrevolｕtｉonanｄyou'llｋｎowwhere___＿_＿____＿(1)ｇoes.However,ｓｐurredonbyrｅcenｔstudｉessuggestiｎgthaｔｉtcancuｔthｅｒiｓｋof____＿___＿_＿(2)andrｅtａrdtheaｇingｐrocｅｓs,ｔeaisenjｏyingａ＿＿_____＿_＿_(3)．Ａｌthougｈteａisavailａｂlｅinmoreplacesthanｅｖer,itremainstobe＿_＿_＿__＿＿__＿＿(４)oｆaｔypicalBritｉｓhfａmilｙ．IfyoｕaｒeｉｎｖｉtedtoanEｎｇlishhｏｍe,＿_____＿______(5)inｔhemoｒningyouｇetaｃupｏfteａ．Itｉseithｅrbｒoｕgｈｔｉnｂyahｅartily_________＿＿_＿（6）ｏraｎａｌmostmalevolentｌysilentｍaiｄ.Whenyoｕarｅ__＿＿_＿_＿＿＿___(7)inｙourswｅetｅstmｏrningsleeｐｙoumustnotｓａｙ:'Goawａｙ,you＿___＿___＿__＿_（8).'Ontｈecoｎtｒａｒy,youｈavｅtｏdeｃlarewithｙourbesｔfiｖeo'clocksmｉlｅ:'Thaｎkyｏuｖｅrymuｃh.Ｉ_______＿__＿__(９)aｃupoｆtea,espｅciaｌｌyintｈemorｎing.'Iftheｙleaveyoualｏnewiththeｌiquｉｄyoumａｙｐourｉｔ____＿_＿__＿＿__(1０）!Thｅnyｏuｈａve___＿_＿＿_＿__(11);thenyouｈaveｔｅaat１1o'cloｃkｉｎｔhemorｎinｇ;___＿______＿__(12）;thenｙouｈavｅtｅaｆortea；ｔhenaftersuｐｐeｒ；aｎｄagainateleｖｅｎｏ'ｃｌock＿__＿＿_＿＿＿____(13).Youmustnoｔrefusｅａnyadｄitionalcuｐsoftｅaｕnderthe＿__＿＿＿＿____＿_（1４）:ifｉtisｈoｔ;iｆiｔｉｓcold;iｆｙoｕarｅ＿＿___＿__＿＿___（１5);ifyｏuａreneｒｖoｕs;ｉfｙouarewatcｈingTV;_____＿____＿__(16）;ｉfyouｈａｖｅjustreturｎｅdhoｍe;ifｙoｕfｅellikeｉt;ifyouｄonotfeellikeit;ifyｏuhaveｈaｄnotea＿＿_______＿____(１７）；ifyouhavejustｈａdacup.Yoｕｄｅｆinitelymustｎoｔ__＿________＿__（18).Ｉslｅeｐatfiveo'clockintheｍoｒｎｉnｇ;Ihａｖecｏfｆeeforbrｅａkｆast；Idｒinkｉnnumerａble＿__＿＿________(１9)duｒinｇthｅｄａy;Ihaｖethe_____＿＿__＿__＿(2０)evｅnatteａ-timｅ!PartＢ:LｉｓｔｅnｉnｇＣomprehｅnｓiｏn1.ＳtatemenｔsDirecｔｉons:Intｈｉspartofthetｅsｔ,yｏｕwｉlｌhｅarｓeｖeralsｈoｒtsｔaｔeｍｅntｓ．ThesesｔatｅmentｓｗillｂｅspokｅnOＮLＹOＮＣE,andyouwilｌnotfiｎｄthｅmwritｔｅｎonthｅpaper;ｓｏｙoumustlistencaｒefuｌly.Whenyouhearastatｅｍent,reａdtheanswerｃhoiｃesanddｅｃｉｄewhｉchoneiscloseｓtinmeaningtｏｔheｓtatemeｎtyoｕhavｅheard.ＴheｎｗｒｉｔethｅlｅtterofthｅanswerｙｏｕhavｅchoseninｔheｃｏrrespondinｇspaｃｅiｎyoｕｒAＮＳWEＲBOOＫＬEＴ.1.(A)TheprogramonChannelEｉghtreｍindsmｅofTＶcommerciａls.(B）TheprｏdｕｃtaｄvｅrtｉsediｎtｈeＴVcommercialｃaｎnotheｌpcuremｙillnesｓ.(Ｃ)Idon'ｔwaｔｃhTVthatmuｃh,ｂｅcaｕseｏftheomｎipresentadｖertisementｓ．(D)Ｉhavetositonｔheｓofａ,becauseIａmtoｏsiｃktosｔａndinfrontoftheteｌevision.2.（A)Thepｌａｎｅarrivedat7:３0．(B)Thｅpｌaneａrriveｄaｔ8:0０．（C)Ｔheｐlanearｒivｅdat9:00.(D)Theplanｅａｒｒiｖedat１0:00.3．(A)I'llasksomeoneｅlｓetoreａdandchecktｈisagreemeｎtfｏｒeｒrors.（Ｂ）I＇llthiｎkｍｏreabouttheaｇreeｍentbefｏreｍakｉｎgａdeｃisiｏn．(C)It＇sｏbviousｔhatI＇lldiｓｃusｓtheａgreemeｎtwitｈmyaｓsｉstantfiｒst．（Ｄ）It'ｓoｕtofquestｉonthatIshoｕｌｄgetintoａnｙａgreｅmentwｉｔｈyou.4.（Ａ)Tｈeｂeｔtermembｅrｓdecｉdedｔｏｃancｅlthｅmeetiｎg．（B)Lessthａnｈalfoftｈｅｃｏmmittｅewasaｗayｏnbuｓｉｎesstrips．(C)It'ｄbebetｔerifnooｎeｈadaｔtendeｄｔhisｍornｉng'scommittｅｅmeeｔinｇ……（Ｄ)Tｈemｅetｉｎgwaｓｃaｎcｅlledbｅｃaｕsｅoｆlowattendaｎｃe.5.(Ａ)Sｕpermarｋetsｉｎｔheinｎeｒcityandｔheｓubｕrbｓａreuｓuaｌlyｏwｎeｄbytheｓａｍeｃompａny．(B)Ｐｒoｄucｔsｉnｇroｃeｒyｓtorｅsaｒｅｍoreｅxｐensivethaｎtｈｏsｅinsuperｍarｋets．(C）Tｈｅreisａｐｒicｅdiｆferｅnｃeforthｅsameproｄuｃtevenｉnsｈopsruｎbythesamecｏmpａny.(D)Peｏplｅpreｆｅｒtoshopiｎｓupermaｒketｓ，whｉｃharｅmosｔlyloｃaｔｅdinthesubｕrｂｓ,wiｔhfｒｅｅparｋinｇｓpace.6．(Ａ)ManyAｍeｒicansｃannoｔａｆforｄhiｇｈeｒeducationbｅｃauseofｔｈeｓoaｒinｇcｏｌleｇeｔuitionｆeｅｓandｅxpenses．(B）SeｎｄingtｈeirchildrentｏcolｌegeisnoｌｏｎgｅraｂigｇｅrchallengefｏrmillionsoｆＡmｅｒicans.（Ｃ)TｈeAmericangｏvｅrnmｅnｔhassetｔｈｅgoaｌｔｈatｉｔｗｉｌleventuａllyｓtopｆundｉｎghighereｄucａtionｉnstiｔutiｏｎs.(D）Ｎoｗadays,Americanpａrentshavｅtopａymoretoseｎdtheirchildｒeｎtocｏllｅｇe．7.(Ａ)Fｏrｍanｙｕniversｉtｙgraduateｓ,tｈeｊｏbｓtheyｔaｋeｗillｎotbereｌatｅｄtotheiｒacaｄｅmicachｉeｖements.(B)Becauｓeofｅconomicｒeｃｅsｓiｏn,ｔｈenumbeｒofｕniｖersitysｔuｄeｎtsmａjoringinｌibeｒａlａrtｓｉsdｅｃliｎing．(C）Ｕｎiverｓityｓtudentswhoareinterｅstedinliｂeralaｒtswillhａvemorejoｂopportunｉtiesupongｒaｄuａtiｏn.（D)Wｉtｈhigｈuｎｅｍｐloｙｍｅnｔｒａｔｅ，manyuniｖｅrsitｙsｔudenｔswｉllhａvetooｐｔｆｏrｔransｆerrｉnｇtoｏthermajoｒs.8．(A)Ｇoodｂusinessnegotiatｏrswｉlｌneｖｅrｒepeａｔwｈatothｅrｐｅｏｐlｅｈaｖealrｅadyｒesｔａteｄ.(Ｂ)Restａtｉnｇbｙgooｄbusinessｎeｇotiatorsiｓnotaneffectiveｗａyｔochecktｈｅinｆorｍaｔion.(C)Gooｄbusｉｎessneｇotiａtoｒsaresometimesｃuriｏｕsａboutotherpeｏｐｌe'ｓrestaｔｅｍeｎts.(D)Ｒｅstａtingwｈatothershaveｓａidisaｇoodｓtrategｙｆｏrconfｉｒmingunｄｅrsｔaｎding．9.(Ａ)Ｗecannｏtreachanagreemenｔ,letaloｎeasｐokenｐroｍｉse．(B）We'dｂetterdraｆｔandｔhｅｎｓigｎａwrittenagrｅemｅnt.(C）Ｗegenerallykeｅｐourｐrｏmｉｓesinｂuｓinesstrａnｓａctionｓ.(D)Wｅhopeyouｕndeｒstandｗhyｗeareuｎabｌetokeｅpoｕrpromisｅs.10．(A)Idｏn'tthinkyouhａvｅｍｏretosａｙonthattopic.（B)Ｉｔhinkwe'dbｅttertalkaboｕtthatｉndeｔailsometiｍelａteｒ．(C)Iamtruｌyａｐpｒeciatｉvｅifyouｃａneｌaｂｏratｅoｎthattopicaｆtｅrｌunch.(D)Iａｍｂuｓyrightnow,sowemightasweｌldiscussitｏverｌｕnchtｏday.2.ＴalkｓandＣonversationｓＤirectiｏns：Intｈiｓpartofthｅtest，yoｕwilｌheaｒsｅveralshｏrｔtalｋｓaｎdｃoｎversationｓAftｅreachｏfthese,youｗilｌhearafeｗｑuestions.ListencａｒefｕｌｌybecauｓeyoｕwilｌheaｒthetaｌkorｃonvｅｒsatｉonａndquestioｎsONＬYＯNCE.Whenyouheａｒａｑuestｉon,readtheｆourchoiｃesaｎdchoｏｓｅｔhｅｂesｔanswerｔotｈａtｑｕｅstion.Ｔheｎwｒｉｔｅｔhｅletｔeroｆｔｈeａnsweｒyouhaｖechoseninthｅcorrespondingsｐac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evｅmｅntｏftheirvastｌygrｅaｔerspeｅdoｆoperaｔiｏnｂyｃomparisonwitｈunaideｄhｕmａneｆfort；ataskwｈichotｈerwiseｍigｈtｔaｋeyeaｒs,ifattemptedａｔalｌ,nｏwtaｋesdaysｏrｈours.Oneofthemosｔｕrgeｎｔproblemsofindustｒialｓocｉetiesrapidｌyiｎｔroducingaｕtomaｔionisｈowtoｆiｌltheｔimetｈatwillbemaｄefreebｙthemａｃhiｎｅswhiｃhwiｌltａkｅoｖｅrtheｔａｓksｏfｔheworkerｓ.Theｑuｅsｔionisnotsimplyｏffｉllｉｎgeｍpｔytimeｂｕｔalsoofutilｉｚinｇthesｕrpluｓhuｍaneｎergythａtｗillbereleａsed．Weareａlreadｙseeiｎｇｓtrawｓｉnthｅｗiｎd：deｓtructｉveouｔburstsｏntheｐａｒtｏfyouthwhｏseworkｎolongeｒdemandｓｍｕscuｌaｒstｒeｎｇｔh．Whileaｕtomａtionｗillundoｕbtｅdlydoａwａｙｗithａlａrgｅnｕmberｏｆｔｅｄｉｏｕsjobs,areｗesureｔhatitwilｌnｏtputｏtｈerswｈichareｅｑuaｌlytediousinｔｈｅｉｒpｌaｃe?Foranenormouｓamｏuntofｓheeｒmonｉtｏrinｇwiｌｌｂereqｕiｒed．Amaninａｎａuｔomatedｐｌaｎtmａyhａvｅtoｓitｆoｒｈouｒsonaｎｄwatchinｇdiaｌsaｎdtakｉngｄeｃｉsiｖeactioｎwhenｓomｅsignalｉnｆｏｒmshimｔhatallisｎotwell.Wｈatmeaniｎｇｗillhisoｃcupａｔiｏｎbeａｒforｔheworkeｒ?Hｏwwｉllhedｅvotehisfreetｉmeaｆteraｆourｏrfiｖｅhoｕrｓｔiｎtoflabour?Ｍoreover,wｈａｔ，iｎdeed,willbｅthesignificａncefｏrhimofhisleisｕre?Iｆindｕstｒｙofｔhefutｕｒeｃouldｂepurgedofｉｔｓｍｏnotｏnyａｎdｍeaninglｅssnesｓ,ｍanwoｕlｄthｅｎbebetterｅｑuiｐpedtoｕsehislｅisｕｒetｉmeconsｔrucｔiｖely．１6.Thｅmaｉnpｕrｐoseofaｕｔomatioｎis____＿__＿_.(Ａ）todevisethemachｉnewhｉｃhcoｕldreplacethesemi－skｉlleｄ（B）toｐrocessinformａtionａsｆａｓtａspossibｌｅ（Ｃ)ｔoｄevelｏpaｎefficiｅnｔｌabｏｒ-sａvｉngmechanism（Ｄ）ｔomaｋeaniｎdｉvidualmanperｆｏｒｍmanydifferentactionｓ17.Thｅchieｆbeｎefitｏfcomputingmaｃhｉneｓis＿__＿_＿__.（A)theirgreaterspｅｅｄoｆoperatiｏn(B)ｔheircｏntｒoｌｏｆｔｈeproductqualitｙ(Ｃ)theirconｖeyorbeltsyｓｔemofcｏnｔiｎuouｓｐroｄucｔｉon（D）ｔheiｒsuperviｓionｏfｉndustriaｌinstａllａtionｓ18.Oneofthｅｐｒoblemsbrｏughｔaｂoutｂyautomａtionｉnindusｔrialｓｏcietieｓis___＿＿_＿＿_．(A)pｌｅnｔyofiｎformatｉoｎ(B)surpｌushｕｍaneneｒgy(C）deｓtrｕctiveｏutburｓｔｓ（D)lｅｓsleiｓuｒｅtｉｍe19.Whichofthefｏlloｗingbeｓｔexplaiｎsthｅusｅｏf'stint'(parａ．4)?（Ａ）Eｆfort.（B)Ｆｏrce.(C)Ｅxcess.(D)Peｒioｄ.20.Aｃcoｒdinｇtothepassage,wｈichofｔｈefoｌlｏｗiｎgstａtｅｍenｔsｉstｒue？(A)Ｔheｒｅｉsnｏａｕｔoｍａtioｎwｉthfeeｄbａcｋconｔrolofｔheqｕalityoftheprｏduｃt.(B)Comｐuterｓarereliａbｌeinaｎysupervisiｏｎoｆinｄustrｉalinstａｌｌａｔionｓ.(Ｃ)Tｈｅesｓｅｎｔiaｌfeatｕreｓｆorbanksarethereｃordiｎgandsortｉngofinforｍatiｏｎ.(D)Auｔoｍatiｏnwiｌlunｄoubteｄｌyｅlimｉnaｔenｕmeｒoustｅdioｕsjｏbs.Qｕestiｏns21－2５ＴｈecitywａtｅrpｉpesｉｎRomewereusuaｌlyｏｆｂakｅdclａyorlｅａd;coppeｒwassｏmｅtiｍesｕseｄaｎdaｌｓｏｈolｌowedstone.FortheｌargeｓuｐplyｃonduitｓleadinｇtｏtｈｅcitytheRomanｓusedcovereｄchannｅlsｗitｈfrｅｅwatersuｒfaces,raｔｈerthanpｉｐｅs.Perhａpsthischoiceｗasamatterofeconomiｃs,forapparｅｎtｌytheyｃoulｄmaｋeｌｅadｐｉpeｓupto1５ｉnｃheｓｉndiａｍeteｒ.Whｉｌepiｐesｃanfollｏwｔheｐｒoｆiｌeｏfunｄｕlａtingｇrouｎd，withtheｐressureincreasiｎginｔhelowｅraｒｅas,cｈannelscａnnot.Theyｍustslｏｐecｏntｉnuｏｕslｙｄoｗｎwardｓ,ｂｅcauｓewateｒｉnchａnnelsｄｏesnotnormallｙfｌｏｗuphilｌ；aｎｄtｈegrａdｅmｕstbeｆlat,from１ｉｎ６０insmａｌｌｃhanｎｅlstoperhaｐs1ｉn3,0０0ｉｎlargeｏnes，ｔokeeptheｗaterｓpeｅddowntoａfewｆeeｔpｅrｓeｃoｎd.Ｔhusｔhemainsupplychannelsoraｑuedｕctshadloｎglengｔｈsofflatgrａdeandwｈeretheycroｓsｅｄdeprｅｓｓｉonsoｒvａlleｙstheｙwerecaｒｒｉedｏneleｖateｄstonebridgｅsｉntheformofｔiereｄａrches．AtｔｈeｂeginｎiｎgofthｅChristｉａnｅrathereweｒｅovｅr30ｍｉｌesofｔhｅseraｉseｄaｑueductsinthe250mｉlｅｓｏｆｃhanｎelsaｎdtunneｌｓbringingｗatertoRome.Ｔhecｈａｎnelsｗerｅupto６fｅetｗideａｎｄ5to８feetｈigh.Ｓｏmetｉmｅｓchannelswerelateraddｅｄoｎｔheｔopｓofexistiｎｇones.ＴｈeｒeｍainsofsomeoｆtｈesｅaｑuｅｄuｃｔsｓｔｉllgracｅtｈesｋylineoｎtｈeoutsｋirtｓofRｏｍｅandelsewhereinEurｏpｅｓiｍilarruiｎｓarefｏｕnd.BrｉcｋaｎdsｔonedraiｎｓwｅrｅｃonｓｔructedinｖaｒiｏuｓpartsofＲｏｍe.ＴｈeolｄeｓtｅxisｔｉngoｎeｉｓtheCloａcaMaximawｈｉchfoｌlowｓｔｈｅcourｓeofanｏlｄstｒeam.IｔdatesbacｋatlｅaｓtｔothethirdcenｔuryB.C.Laｔerｔheｄraｉnｓwｅｒeusedfoｒsewａgｅ，ｆlｕｓｈeｄbｙwatｅｒｆromｔhepubliｃｂａｔｈsandfounｔains,ａswellaｓstｒeｅtｓtorｍrun-oｆｆ.Ｔhｅtrｕlysuｒpｒisingasｐecｔoｆtheachievｅmｅntsofallthｅaｎcｉenthydraｕlｉcartisanｓiｓthelaｃkoｆthｅoreticalｋnowledｇebehindthｅｉrdeｓigｎs.ApaｒｔfｒoｍthｅhydｒｏｓtａｔicsofArｃｈimedes，theｒeｗasnoｓounｄｕnderｓtａnｄingofthemoｓtelｅｍeｎtarｙpｒincipｌｅsoffluidbehaviour.SextuｓＦronｔinus,Rｏme＇ｓwatercommissionerａrouｎdA．D.1０0，didnoｔfulｌyrealｉzethatinordertｏcalｃulatethevoluｍｅrateoｆfloｗinaｃｈａnnelitisneｃesｓarｙtoaｌlowfoｒｔhｅsｐeedoftｈeflowaｓwｅlｌasｔhｅａrｅaoｆｃross-sｅcｔｉｏn．ThｅRomans'flｏwstaｎdardwasｔheratｅaｔwhiｃhｗateｒwｏulｄfｌoｗthrｏughaｂronzepiｐeroｕghly４/3inchindｉameterand９incheslｏｎg．Whenthｉsｐiｐeｗasconnectedtｏthesｉdeoｆａwaｔeｒ－ｓｕｐplｙpｉpeorchａnnｅlaｓadｅlivｅryｏｕtlet,iｔwaｓassumｅｄthattheｏutｆlowwａｓatthｅsｔandaｒdratｅ.Ｉnfaｃt,theamｏｕｎtofwaterdｅlｉvereddｅｐeｎdｅdnotonlyonｔhecrｏsｓ-sｅctｉoｎalareaofthｅoｕtletpipebutａlsoontｈespｅedoｆwaterｆlｏwinｇthroｕghitanｄthiｓｓpeeddepｅndｅdonｔheｐresｓｕreinｔhesｕpplypｉpe.21．TheＲｏmansusedalloftｈefolloｗｉngｔomakｅｗaｔeｒpiｐesＥXＣEPT_____＿__＿.（A)eartｈ(B)wood(Ｃ)coppｅｒ(Ｄ)stone22.Ｃoｖｅrｅdcｈaｎneｌswereuseｄinsteadofｐｉpｅsｔoｓｕpｐlｙlａrgequaｎtitｉｅsｏfwaterprｏｂａblｙbeｃａuｓe＿____＿___.(A）ｔheRomａnsｃouldbuｉｌdｔhemmｏｒechｅaplｙ（B)theｓechａnneｌscouｌdfoｌｌoｗunｅvenｇrｏuｎｄmoｒeeaｓｉlｙ(C)tｈeRoｍanｓcoｕldnotｂuｉｌdｌaｒｇepiｐeｓ（D）ｔheｓechanneｌsavoideｄrａpｉdchaｎgeｓofpressｕre２3.Theusｅoｆ'gｒace＇iｎｌinｅ１5ｓuggestsｔhａttheaqueductstｏｄayａrｅ_______＿＿.(Ａ)hｉｄｅoｕs（B)dｉｖine(Ｃ）ｕseful(D)ａｔtractiｖe2４.Inｏrdｅrtｏcalｃulatetｈevｏｌuｍeｏfｗaｔerｆloｗｉnｇthｒoｕghapipe,ｉtiｓimportanttoｋｎowitsｓpeeｄａnd_______＿.(A)ｔｈｅaｒｅａacrossｔheendｏfthepiｐｅ（B)theｌｅngthｏfthepipe(C)thewａterpｒessureinthepipｅ(Ｄ）tｈeleｖeｌfromｗhｉchｔhewａterfａlｌs25．Themainsubｊectｏｆtｈepassageiscoｎcerneｄessentiａｌlyｗitｈ＿___＿_＿__＿.(A)ｔhｅcｌaｓｓicalsciｅｎtｉfｉｃａchｉevements（Ｂ)thetheoreｔicalＧreekhｙdｒｏｓtatｉcs(C)theａncｉｅntＲomanhｙdｒauliｃsystem(Ｄ)theearｌyEuroｐeａnarchitectuｒalｄｅsｉｇniｎｇＱｕestiｏns2６-30Ｅｖeｒydayofoｕrlivesweａｒeinｄangerofｉｎstａｎtdeathfｒｏｍsmａllhigh-speedmｉssilｅsfroｍspａｃe－thelumpsofｒockyoｒmｅtalｌicdｅｂrisｗhichcontiｎｕｏｕsｌｙbｏmbardｔheEａｒtｈ.Theｃhａnceｓｏfaｎyoneactuallybeinghｉt,ｈowever,areverylow,aｌｔｈoｕgｈtherearerｅｃordedinsｔancesof＇ｓtonesfromthesky'hurtｉｎｇｐeopｌｅ,aｎｄnumerousaｃcounｔｓofdamagｅtｏbuilｄｉｎgsａndothｅrobjeｃts.Atnightｔhiｓextratｅrrｅｓｔriａlmaｔeｒiａlcaｎｂeseenaｓ'ｆirｅｂalls'or'shootinｇsｔarｓ',ｂｕrninｇtheirwａythrｏｕgｈouratmoｓｐｈere.Most，ｏnreachｉｎgouratｍoｓｐｈｅrｅ，beｃomｅｃompletｅlyｖapｏrised.Ｔｈeｈｅighｔabovｅgrouｎdatwhichｔheｓeoｂjectsbecｏmesufｆｉcientｌyheatedｔobevｉsibｌeｉｓｅｓtimatedｔobｅabouｔ6０-100milｅs.Meteoritｅｓｔｈathavefallenonbuildingｓhavｅsomeｔimesｅndｅdtheirｌoｎｇloneｌysｐaｃevoyageincｏngruouｓlyunderbeds,insidｅfloｗeｒpoｔsorevｅn,ｉｎthecａｓeofoｎetｈaｔｌａndeｄoｎahｏteliｎNorｔhＷales,wiｔｈｉnachamberpoｔ.ＢefoｒeｔheerａofspaceexｐlorａtｉonitwasｃonfideｎtｌyｐrediｃtｅｄthatｎeitheｒmｅｎnｏrｓpaｃｅveｈicｌeswｏuldｓｕrviveforlonｇｏutsｉdetheｐrｏtｅctiｖeblaｎketｏftheＥａｒth'saｔmospｈerｅ.Itｗasｔhoughtthatonｃeiｎspacｅtheywoｕldbeserｉousｌydamagｅdａsaｒｅsｕｌtofthｅiｎceｓｓａntdowｎpourｏfmeteorｉtｅsｆａllingtowardsｏurｐｌaｎetatthｅｒatｅoｆmanymillioｎseverｙdａy．Ｅvｅnｔhｅfirsｔsａtellｉtesshoｗeｄthatｔｈｅｄａｎgerｆｒoｍｍetｅoｒｉteｓhadbｅenｇreatｌyｏverｅｓtimatedbｙthepｅsｓimistｓ,bｕｔａｌthouｇｈｉｔｈaｓnｏtｈappenedyet,iｔiscertaintｈatoｎedayaｓpacecrafｔｗilｌbｅbadlyｄamａgｅdbyameteorite.TｈｅgreａｔestsingｌｅｐoｔｅntｉaldangeｒtolifeoｎEarｔhｕnｄoubtedlycｏmesｆromoutｓideｏuｒplａnｅt.Collｉｓionｗｉｔhaｎothｅｒasｔronomicaｌｂoｄｙofａnysizeｏrｗithａ'blackhｏlｅ'cｏuｌｄｃompletelydestrｏytheＥaｒtｈalmostinsｔaｎtly.Neａｒmｉsｓeｓｏfbodiesｌａrgｅｒｔhａｎorcompａraｂleinｓizeｔoｏuroｗnplａneｔcｏuldbeｅqｕallydiｓasｔｒousｔomanｋiｎdasｔheｙmiｇhtstillrｅｓuｌｔiｎtotalｏrｐaｒｔialdｉsruption．Ｉfｔｈevｅlｏｃiｔｙｏfiｍpａｃｔwｅrehigh，colｌisiｏnwitheｖeｎquitesmalｌextrａterrestｒiaｌbodｉｅsmightｃausecatastrophicdamagｅtothｅＥartｈ'sａtmosｐｈeｒe，oceａnsaｎdouｔercruｓｔanｄthｕsprｏducerｅsultsinimiｃaltoｌifeaswｅknowit.TｈepｒobabilityofcolliｓｉonwitｈalａｒgｅastｒｏnomｉcａｌbｏdyfromoutsidｅoｕrＳoｌaｒSyｓtｅmisextreｍｅlylow，ｐossibｌylｅssthaｎｏｎcｅintｈeｌifｅtiｍeoｆanaverａgｅstａr.Weknow，ｈoweveｒ,ｔhatourgalaxycontaｉnｓgreatiｎteｒstelｌａrｄustclouｄsandｓoｍｅastronｏmerｓｈaveｓｕggesｔedthatthｅｒeｍiｇhtalｓoｂｅｉmmensestreaｍsofｍeteorｉteｍatteriｎspａceｔhatｔheSolaｒsysｔemｍayoccａsionalｌyｅｎcouｎｔer.Ｅveniｆwedisreｇardｔhｉsｐoｓｓibiｌity,oｕｒｏwnSｏlarｓysteｍitsｅlｆcｏnｔａinsagrｅaｔｎumbｅrofsmaｌlastronoｍicａｌboｄies,sucｈａsｔheminorpｌａｎetsorasｔeｒｏidsａｎｄtheｃoｍetｓ，somｅwiｔｈeccentｒｉcorbitsｔhatoｃcasioｎａllｙbringｔhemｃlosetｏtｈeEartｈ'spath.２6.Ａｃcordiｎgｔｏthｅｗrｉｔer,thｅEarｔhｉsbeingｃonｔinuousｌybombaｒdedbｙ_＿_＿＿____.(A)bigbrｉｇhｔsｔａrsfrｏmspａce（B）mａn-madesｐaceｖehｉcles(C)greatｉntersteｌｌaｒｄustｃloudｓ(D)sｍalｌhiｇh－spｅedpｉeｃesoｆrocｋfromspacｅ2７.Thewoｒｄ＂vａporｉsed"(parａ.1）mｅans＿_＿_____＿.(Ａ)tｕｒnｅdfromstonesinｔomｉssｉles（B)turneｄｆromａfｉｒebaｌlinｔｏblaｃk(C)tuｒnedfroｍasolidｉntoａｇas(D)turｎedfｒｏmmeteｏrｓinｔosｈoｏｔingstａｒs2８.Whｙｗasiｔonｃeｔｈoughｔthatnｏspacecraftwouldｓｕrviveforverylongiｎｓpace?(Ａ)Peopｌeｂelieｖedtｈatｓpacecraftｗｏuldｂｅdｅsｔroyｅｄiｎaｂlacｋｈｏle．(B)Peoｐlebｅlｉevｅｄthatspacecraftｗoulｄbemｉsguiｄｅdbymissilｅs.(C）Ｐeopｌeｂelieｖedthatspａcecrafｔｗouldｂecoｌｌidedwithａstａr.(D)Peoｐlebelievedｔhａtｓpacecｒaftwouｌdbeｄamageｄbyｍeｔeoｒitｅｓ.2９.ＷhatiｓthegｒeatｅstdａngｅrtｏlｉfeoｎEartｈ?(A)Colｌisｉｏnwiｔhsmaｌｌhigh－speedｍｉｓsilｅｓ.（B)Cｏllisｉｏnwithａｎasｔronoｍicalｂody．(C）Cｏllｉsｉｏｎwithｓtonesfromｔhesｋｙ.(D)Collisｉoｎwiｔhspaｃecrafts.30.Ａccordiｎgｔotheｐassage,whicｈofthefｏlloｗinｇstateｍeｎtsistrｕe?(A）Ouｒgａlaxycｏntaｉnsgrｅaｔintｅrsｔelｌardusｔclouｄｓ.（B)Nｅａrmiｓｓｅｓofboｄiessmaｌｌertｈａnourownｐlａneｔcoulｄｂｅｄisaｓｔrouｓ.(C）Tｈeproｂabiliｔｙofcｏllｉsioｎwiｔhalａｒgeaｓtrｏnomicalbodyiｓveryhigｈ.(D）Thechancesofanyｏnｅaｃtuａｌlｙbeiｎgｈitｂyｍｉｓsｉlｅsａrｅvｅrｙhｉgｈ．SECTＩON3:TＲANSLAＴＩＯNＴＥST(1)(３0minutes)Diｒeｃtｉons:TranslａtethefollowｉngｐassageinｔoＣｈiｎeｓｅａnｄwrｉtｅｙourｖersionintheｃorrｅspoｎdingsｐaceiｎｙｏuｒANＳＷＥＲBOOKＬET.ＴheeｃonomiｃsyｓtemoftｈeUnｉｔedSｔatesisprincipalｌyｏnｅｏfpｒiｖatｅｏwnership.Ｉnthiｓsｙｓtem，consuｍers，producersanｄｇｏveｒnｍenｔmaｋｅｅconoｍｉcdeｃisｉoｎsｏnadailyｂasiｓ,mainｌytｈroughthepriｃesystem.Tｈeｄyｎaｍiciｎtｅｒaｃｔiｏnofthesｅｔｈreegｒoupsmakestheeｃoｎomicｆunctｉon.Tｈeｍａｒket’spｒiｍarｙｆorcｅ,howeｖeｒ,istｈeｉnteｒaｃtｉoｎofproduceｒsandconsumｅｒs;hencｅthe“maｒｋｅtｅｃoｎomy”designatioｎ．Asarｕｌe,cｏｎｓｕmｅrｓlooｋfｏrthebｅｓtvａluｅｓforwhattheｙspenｄｗhileprｏducersseｅkｔｈeｂｅｓtｐｒｉceaｎdprｏfｉtｆorwhattｈｅyhavetoseｌｌ．Goｖｅｒnmｅｎｔ，ａttheｆedｅral，ｓｔaｔe，andlocａllevel，seekｓｔｏpｒomoｔepuｂlｉｃsecurity，assｕｒeｒeaｓｏnａblecompeｔiｔion,andprovidｅaｒａngeofsｅｒvｉ