英语阅读与写作8

模拟试题四

Part 1 Translation （30%）

Section A

Directions: Translate the following sentences from English to Chinese. (10%) 1．Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates to have basic skills.

2．Meanwhile, my two sisters and I, who lived in three different cities, were united once again in a hospital waiting room.

3．Each executive raised his right hand and solemnly swore to tell the whole truth about his business.

4．Perhaps each individual contribution is small, but the scale of the internet multiplies all efforts dramatically.

5．It seems that the Enlightenment brought forth unparalleled liberty in economic, social and political life, but we are now undergoing a midlife crisis.

Section B

Directions: Translate the following sentences from Chinese to English. (10%)

1.各个年龄的人都能克服他们的问题，可他们需要一个这样做的理由。

2.一个沉闷的秋天早晨，大雨无情地倾泻在西雅图市，妈妈被收进瑞典肿瘤研究所。

3.既然大家都知道香烟在一定程度上有危害，抽烟与否从根本上说是个人的选择和责任问

题，责任不在烟草公司。

4.这是因为成百上千的编程员通过电子邮件或网络就一项目全力协作相对来说要容易些。

5.人们身心的健康与快乐，并非财富，才是我们社会进步的标志。

Section C

Directions: Translate the following passage from English to Chinese. (5%) As I teach, I learn a lot about our schools. Early in each session I ask my students to write about an unpleasant experience they had in school. No writers' block here! "I wish someone would have had made me stop doing drugs and made me study." "I liked to party and no one seemed to care." "I was a good kid and didn't cause any trouble, so they just passed me along even though I didn't read and couldn't write." And so on.

Section D

Directions: Translate the following passage from Chinese to English. (5%)制定恰当的规章制度是指创设激励机制并排除障碍来重建整个社会体系，这样，社会的各个层面都能依此做出适当选择。以环境为例，人人都认为当地更洁净的环境会有助于改善人们的身心健康。通过订立为碳付出代价并鼓励环保创新改革这样的规章制度，政府就能帮助人们做出更好的选择。

Part 2 Reading Comprehension (20%)

Section A

Fast reading (10%)

Directions: Go over the passage quickly and answer the questions.

The essence of education is the teaching of facts and reasoning skills to our children, so that they learn to think.

Yet almost a century, our schools have been under assault by an approach to education that elevates feelings over facts. Under the influence of Progressive Education –It is now more important than getting him in touch with the facts of history, mathematics or geography.

―Creative spelling‖- in which students are encouraged to spell words in whatever way they feel is correct –is more important than the rules of language. Urging children to ―feel good‖ about themselves is more important than ensuring that they acquire the knowledge necessary for living