She could not follow me when I spoke to her.英译汉

Last week when I was out shopping, I saw a middle-aged Western woman in a store downtown. In Chinese, she was trying to ask a storekeeper if he sold a certain kind of chair. However, she didn’t know much Chinese and her pronunciation was quite poor, so the storekeeper didn’t understand her. She seemed to be getting more and more frustrated, so I went over and asked in English if I could help, but she just ignored me and kept trying to explain things to the storekeeper herself. The storekeeper still didn’t understand her, so I asked again if I could translate for her. This time she looked at me and said she didn’t need my help. She also said that if I wanted to practice English I should go to an English corner. Then she turned around and left the store. She sounded annoyed and didn’t look very happy, so I didn’t follow her to try again. Why was she so rude and unfairly？ Did I do something wrong by asking if I could help her？ Don’t Westerners ever accept help from other people ？

using technical terminology you have never heard before. Which of the following expressions do you think is INAPPROPRIATE to help you in the situation？

A、Excuse me, could you explain the technical terms you’ve just used？

B、If I might interrupt for a moment, it’s just that I couldn’t understand the technical terms you’ve used.

C、I’ afraid that would be too late for me to understand you if I don’t know the technical terms.

D、What you are talking about is really difficult for me to understand.

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Helvetica} Tom begged her to pluck up hope again, and she said she could not. He fell to blaming and abusing himself for getting her into this miserable situation; this had a better effect. She said she would try to hope again, she would get up and follow wherever he might lead if only he would not talk like that any more. For he was no more to blame than she, she said. So they moved on again—aimlessly—simply at random—all they could do was to move, keep moving. … By-and-by, Tom took Becky’s candle and blew it out. This economy meant so much! Words were not needed. Becky understood, and her hope died again. She knew that Tom had a whole candle and three or four pieces in his pockets—yet he must economize. By-and-by, fatigue began to assert its claims; the children tried to pay attention, for it was dreadful to think of sitting down when time was grown to be so precious, moving, in some direction, in any direction, was at least progress and might bear fruit; but to sit down was to invite death and shorten its pursuit.

A、First person point of view

B、Second person point of view

C、Objective point of view

D、Omniscient point of view

E、Limited omniscient point of view

听力原文： Carole is a teenage girl. She thinks she is a bit too fat, or rather too strong. But she doesn't know how she became that way. Nowadays, people become interested in losing weight because being overweight can bring about many diseases. Carole has made up her mind to follow others' example and plans to lose weight as well. Sometimes she feels so unhappy without knowing why. At these times, she often goes out to restaurants bars and supermarkets for food. The things she likes to eat include bread, biscuits, and chocolates. Although she feels very full in her stomach, she can't stop eating because of the enjoyment she gets. She is a little worried about her behavior. and thinks that she might have an unknown disease or an unhealthy mind. With these questions, Carole went to see a doctor. The doctor doesn't think she has a disease, but suggests that she need self-discipline. People often say "eat less and exercise more," but one needs discipline to follow this advice. Since Carole says she enjoys eating although she feels very full, the doctor thinks this might be because Carole wants to forget about finishing work or doing a complicated homework assignment. Her feeling of unhappiness could start from something deeper, such as problems with family members or friends. The doctor says that Carole needs to find something that can bring fun to her life. Perhaps she should give up the habit of eating too much, and do something else instead, such as talking to someone over the phone, playing a video game or drinking extra tea. These methods could help Carole change the habit of eating too much and become healthy again.

(23)

A．She does her shopping.

B．She drinks extra tea.

C．She eats a lot of things.

D．She sleeps a great deal.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.

听力原文： Carole is a teenage girl. She thinks she is a bit too fat, or rather too strong. But she doesn't know how she became that way. Nowadays, people become interested in losing weight because being overweight can bring about many diseases. Carole has made up her mind to follow others' example and plans to lose weight as well. Sometimes she feels so unhappy without knowing why. At these times she often goes out to restaurant, bars and supermarkets for food.

The things she likes to eat include bread, biscuits, and chocolates. Although she feels very full in her stomach, she can't stop eating because of the enjoyment she gets. She is a little worried about her behavior. and thinks that she might have an unknown disease or an unhealthy mind. With these questions, Carole went to see a doctor. The doctor doesn't think she has a disease, but suggests that she need self-discipline. People often say "eat less and exercise more," but one needs discipline to follow this advice. Since Carole says she enjoys eating although she feels very full, the doctor thinks this might be because Carole wants to forget about finishing work or doing a complicated homework assignment. Her feeling of unhappiness could start from something deeper, such as problems with family members or friends. The doctor says that Carole needs to find something that can bring fun to her life. Perhaps she should give up the habit of eating too much, and do something else instead, such as talking to someone over the phone, playing a video game or drinking extra tea. These methods could help Carole change the habit of eating too much and become healthy again.

(27)

A．She does her shopping.

B．She drinks extra tea.

C．She eats a lot of things.

D．She sleeps a great deal.

Australian Athlete Cathy Freeman

Cathy Freeman was born in an aboriginal (土著的) family in Australia. When she was still a girl, her talent in running was （31） . Her mother encouraged her to （32） her interest in sports. Her stepfather (继父), Bruce Barber, told her that she could win a gold medal at the Olympics if she trained （33） . At the age of 15, she （34） at the National School Championships. She achieved such good （35） that she was encouraged to （36） the 1990 Commonwealth Games team. She became a （37） of the 4x 100-meter relay (接力) team, which won gold at the Commonwealth Games. In 1990, she took part in the Australian National Championships, winning the 200 meters, and then ran in the 100, 200, and 4xl00 meters （38） at the World Junior Games. During this time,

She （39） an Australian track official. He later became her （40）, manager, and boyfriend.

A. obvious	E. met	I. races
B. coach	F. member	J. join
C. follow	G.results	K. hardly
D. strange	H. competed	L. properly

ore the end of the first act. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought as he【21】himself【22】the mirror. He even【23】if he should go out into the street to see what【24】he made on people out there. Just for a【25】, of course!

Then he was seized with a sudden attack of stage fright. How could he【26】all those people【27】the audience？ He put his head in his hands and tried to【28】his lines. He had only a very small part, but his mind was a complete【29】

A【30】on the door made him【31】. He felt really alarmed. He was due to go to stage in the second act. Had he missed his entrance and【32】the play for everybody？ But it was only the producer, who noticed what a state he was in. She【33】he should go and stand near the stage where he could watch the play and follow in his script. at the same time. It was a good way of getting【34】his nervousness, she said. She was right. It seemed to【35】. In fact, the more he watched the play, the more he became involved in it, so that he began to【36】himself part of it.

At last the moment came for him to go on stage. But suddenly the producer was by his【37】again. This time she looked worried as she placed a hand on his arm to restrain him【38】. "I'm afraid you're going【39】," She said. "They're jumped three pages of the script. and have【40】your part out completely."

(21)

A．admired

B．flattered

C．gazed

D．showed

lawyer and the other two were drivers. And her two daughters worked in the post office. The old woman stayed at home and could do all housework and wouldn't employ anybody.

One evening, the telephone rang while the old woman was preparing supper. She went to answer it. She was told that one of her sons died in a traffic accident. She heard this and fell in a faint(晕倒). When she came back to life, she was in hospital. And she needed to be helped after that.

Several months later she was told on the telephone her daughter died while she was being operated on. The old woman was so sad that she had to be in hospital again. From then on she was afraid to answer any telephones and sometimes she was afraid to hear the bell. Of course it brought them some trouble and some important business was held up(耽误). So her husband advised her to see a psychiatrist(精神病医生). The man examined her carefully and then asked her some questions.

"You'll soon be all right if you follow my advice, Mrs. Keller, "said the psychiatrist.

The old woman took the medicine the doctor gave on time and tried to forget her dead son and daughter. And two months later she went to see the psychiatrist again.

"You've saved me , Doctor , "the old woman said, as soon as she saw him.

"Are you afraid to answer the telephones now？"

"No," answered Mrs. Keller. "I dare(敢)answer it whether it rings or not!"

Mrs. Keller could do all housework because ______ .

A．she had no money to employ a helper

B．she was strong enough to do all at home

C．she didn't believe anybody

D．only she was free at home

ance practices in

developing countries. Professor James West from North America argued that one of the key needs for developing

countries was to implement rigorous systems of corporate governance to underpin investor confidence in businesses

in those countries. If they did not, he warned, there would be no lasting economic growth as potential foreign inward

investors would be discouraged from investing.

In reply, Professor Amy Leroi, herself from a developing country, reported that many developing countries are

discussing these issues at governmental level. One issue, she said, was about whether to adopt a rules-based or a

principles-based approach. She pointed to evidence highlighting a reduced number of small and medium sized initial

public offerings in New York compared to significant growth in London. She suggested that this change could be

attributed to the costs of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley in the United States and that over-regulation would be the

last thing that a developing country would need. She concluded that a principles-based approach, such as in the

United Kingdom, was preferable for developing countries.

Professor Leroi drew attention to an important section of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act to illustrate her point. The key

requirement of that section was to externally report on – and have attested (verified) – internal controls. This was, she

argued, far too ambitious for small and medium companies that tended to dominate the economies of developing

countries.

Professor West countered by saying that whilst Sarbanes-Oxley may have had some problems, it remained the case

that it regulated corporate governance in the ‘largest and most successful economy in the world’. He said that rules

will sometimes be hard to follow but that is no reason to abandon them in favour of what he referred to as ‘softer’

approaches.

(a) There are arguments for both rules and principles-based approaches to corporate governance.

Required:

(i) Describe the essential features of a rules-based approach to corporate governance; (3 marks)

He was speaking so fast______we could hardly follow him.

A．what

B．as

C．but

D．that