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There are two men in important positions in my office—Mr. Thompson and Mr. White. Everyone enjoys working with Mr. Thompson, but no one likes Mr. White.

Mr. Thompson is always thoughtful and considerate. When he wants something done, he’ll ask,” Would you mind getting this information for me, please?” Mr. White is just the opposite. He usually shouts across the room, “Get me this memorandum, and hurry up.”

Mr. White surprised us this morning. Though. At first we thought he must be sick. He was kind and agre eable. “Miss Erickson.” He asked, “if it isn’t too much trouble for you, could you please make these telephone calls for me?” June Erickson was astonished. Right after that, Mr.White said, “Miss Reed, would you be so kind as to open the window? It’s quit warm in here.” Then he talked to me. “I’d appreciate it very much if you’d mail these letters for me.” We couldn’t imagine why he was behaving so strangely. Should we offer him aspirins? Or had Mr.White changed his personality?

The situation was soon cleare d up. “Ladies,” Mr.Thompson said, “I’ve been told that the president of the company will be here soon. He’s very interested in the welfare of his employees and will have some questions to ask you about your working conditions here.”

54. What kind of positions do Mr. Thompson and Mr. White have?

A) One of them holds an unimportant position in an office.

B) One of them holds an important position in an office.

C) They both have unimportant positions in an office.

D) They both hold important positions in an office.

55. Why does everyone enjoy working with Mr.Thompson?

A) Because he usually shouts rudely.

B) Because he always behaves politely.

C) Because he often surprises the office employees.

D) Because he often asks people to do things for him.

56. In dealing with office work, Mr.White acts quite differently from Mr.Thompson in______.

A) addressing people impolitely B) bossing around thoughtlessly

C) considering his opposite position D) respecting his company president

57. What did pe ople think about Mr.White’s change one morning? They thought ______.

A) Mr.White should be so kind as to please everyone

B) Mr.White must have been either sick or changed

C) Mr.White must have been kind and agreeable

D) Mr.White should be given some aspirins

58. What did Mr.Thompson say to clear up the situation that caused Mr.White’s change?

A) The employees highly appreciated Mr.White’s changed behaviors.

B) The employees had written to the company’s president to complain about Mr.White’s behaviors.

C) The company’s president had been told about Mr.White’s bad behaviors in the office of his company.

D) The company’s president was coming to inquire about the employees’ welfare working conditions.

Passage Two

Questions 59~63 are based on the following passage.

Business people often spend time and money improving their ability to use foreign languages in order to be able to communicate with other business people from around the world. Language, of course, is very important, but it is only half the problem.

When we are doing business with people of other cultures, there are always rules that we cannot notice easily. And this often results in making mistakes which will make our foreign friends unhappy.

In the West, business cards are given a quick look and put into the pocket. In Japan, they are highly regarded, looked at carefully and left on the table during a business meeting.

In Britain, most business meetings would include a joke. In many other countries, this would be very rare.

Small talk and relationship building are considered very important in some parts of the world; people talk about the weather, the wine and other small things before they begin to talk about business. In other places, people get down to business immediately.

59. In order to communicate with other people from around the world, ______.

A) it is enough for one to know a foreign language

B) it is not enough for one to know a foreign language

C) one must know only half the problem

D) one must spend much time and money

60. If you are doing business with people of other cultures, you should ______.

A) not go into that culture by mistake

B) let your foreign friends notice you easily

C) not notice your foreign friends’ unhappiness

D) pay attention to certain rules

61. Which of the following is not true?

A) Business people from Britain are always joking at business meetings.

B) Business cards are treated as an important thing in Japan.

C) In many countries, jokes are not common at business meetings.

D) People in different countries may do business in different ways.

62.“Small talk”in the text refers to ______.

A) the relationship between people

B) talk about very important things

C) the weather, the wine and social parties

D) talk about things not related to business itself

63. Which of the following may be the best topic for this text?

A) How Japanese People Do Business B) Language and Culture

C) Culture and Business D) How Western People Do Business

Passage Three

Questions 64~68 are based on the following passage.

Any person who can read words and understand what they mean is fortunate. More than half the people in the world cannot read or write. They can learn about things only by watching and listening. However, people who can read are able to learn about anything they wish.

People can read a language better if they have listened to it or learned to speak it. Reading, listening, and speaking are ways people come to understand the words of a language. Being able to write also makes reading easier.

A mother or father is often a child’s first reading teacher. By speaking to a baby, the parent helps the baby understand what language is and what it is for. Children feel love and joy in the sounds of words. They try to talk back. As babies listen and speak, they store up facts and ideas.

Certain things children do in the early years help them learn. Young children enjoy looking at picture books. Later, the parent reads books that the child can look at as well as listen to. At age five many children are beginning to read and write. Some can recognize their own names. Children continue to learn to read in school with their teacher’s help. Sometimes children read out loud. At other times they read silently. They learn to understand and remember. Reading teaches them new facts and helps them get along in everyday life.

64. The word “fortunate” in the first paragraph means ______.

A) lucky B) successful C) wealthy D) good

65. People who can read ______.

A) can learn by watching and listening only

B) are better learners than those who can not

C) can easily make their wish come true

D) are richer than half the world population

66. According to this passage a baby can learn things quickly mainly because ______.

A) he talking with other babies

B) he often speaks to himself while listening to his parents

C) he always asks his parents questions.

D) he has got plenty of meaningful input from his parents by listening

67. Parents often read books for their children mainly because ______.

A) children can gain some knowledge from the books

B) stories in the books can make children calm

C) stories in the books can make children fall asleep

D) parents need to talk with their children in this way

68. Speaking and reading are very important because ______.

A) they are two basic ways for children to learn a language

B) children should make friends easily through these ways

C) children learn the two skills since they are very young

D) children should learn to read and write their own names

Passage Four

Questions 69~73 are based on the following passage.

A map is a drawing that shows where places are. It may show roads, towns, hills, and seas. It shows things as you would see them from an airplane. Some maps are big. They may take up all of a table top. Others are little. You can hold them in your hands.

Most maps use colors. A yellow dot may tell where a city is. Blue places on a map may mean lakes or seas. Red lines may stand for roads. Green makes you think of trees and grass. So it may mean parks.

Another kind of map shows the night sky. It gives a picture of many stars. It may tell their names, too. With this map we can find these stars on any clear night.

Most people use maps to find their way to places. A street map helps you find your way around a city. Street maps may show houses and stores. They may show where schools and bus stops are. Most street maps show parks and lakes, too. They help people get around.

You can make a map of the street where you live. First, draw the two sides of your street. Next, draw your home on the street. Then draw the other things along your street. Draw any houses, stores, or parks. Think of what the stores and parks are called. Write down these names. Now you are a map maker!

69. Which of the following is not shown on a map according to the passage?

A) cities, houses, stores and schools

B) roads, towns, hills and seas

C) languages, cultures, traditions and songs

D) trees, grass, parks and stars

70. From the passage we can infer that______.

A) strangers can use street maps to find their way in a new place

B) on a map cities, roads, trees, grass are all of the same color

C) no one has ever seen the smallest map in the world

D) one who can’t draw pictures can become a map maker.

71. According to the passage we can draw a conclusion about a map that______.

A) anyone will get lost if he doesn’t have a street map with him

B) maps are always drawn from the airplane

C) different things are indicated in different colors on a map

D) a map can help a blind person to find his home

72. The author thinks that a map is______.

A) a useful tool B) a colorful picture

C) an interesting book D) a friendly painter

73. What’s the most probable color of rivers on a map?

A) Green. B) Blue. C) Read. D) Yellow.

1210 答案（一）

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It is precisely this collision of immoral power with powerless morality which constitutes the major crisis of our times. (Para. 9) 正是这种邪恶的权力和没有权势的道义的冲突构成了我们时代的主要危机。 T-VI6 Now early in this century this proposal would have been greeted with ridicule and denunciation, as destructive of initiative and responsibility. (Para.10) 在本世纪之初，这种建议会受到嘲笑和遣责，认为它对主动性和责任感起负面作用。 P-VI7 The fact is that the work which improves the condition of mankind, the work which extends knowledge and increases power and enriches literature and elevates thought, is not done to secure a living. (Para.12) 事实上，人们从事改善人类处境的工作，从事传播知识、增强实力、丰富文学财富以及升华思想的工作并不是为了谋生。 T-VI8... it can spend billions of dollars to put God's children on their own two feet right here on earth. (Para.15) ……它能够花费几十亿美元帮助上帝的孩子自立于这个世界。

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2010年专业四级英语真题（翻译） Passage 4（翻译） Cultural rules determine every aspect of food consumption. Who eats together defines social units. For example, in some societies, the nuclear family is the unit that regularly eats together. The anthropologist Mary Douglas has pointed out that, for the English, the kind of meal and the kind of food that is served relate to the kinds of social links between people who are eating together. She distinguishes between regular meals, Sunday meals when relatives may come, and cocktail parties for relatives and friends. The food served symbolizes the occasion and reflects who is present. For example, only snacks are served at a cocktail party. It would be inappropriate to serve a steak or hamburgers. The distinctions among cocktails, regular meals, and special dinners mark the social boundaries between those guests who are invited for drinks, those who are invited to dinner, and those who come to a family meal. In this example, the type of food symbolizes the category of guest and with whom it is eaten. In some New Guinea societies, the nuclear family is not the unit that eats together. The men take their meals in a men’s house, separately from their wives and children. W omen prepare and eat their food in their own houses and take the husband’s portion to the

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1 Merchant and passenger ships are generally required to have a life preserver for every person aboard and in many cases, a certain percentage of smaller sizes for children. According to United States requirements, life preservers must design, reversible capable of being quickly adjusted to fit the uninitiated individual, and must be so designed as to support the wearer in the water in an upright or slightly backward position. Sufficient buoyancy(浮力) to support the wearer should be retained by the life preserver after 48 hours in the water, and it should be reliable even after long period of storage. Thus it should be made of materials resistant to sunlight, gasoline, and oils, and it should be not easily set on fire.?The position in which the life preserver will support a person who jumps or falls into the water is most important, as is its tendency to turn the wearer in the water from a face-down position to an upright or slightly backward position, with his face clear of the water, even when the wearer is exhausted or unconscious. The method of adjustment to the body should be simple, and self-evident to uninitiated persons even in the dark under the confused conditions, which follow a disaster. Thus, the life be reversible that it is nearly impossible to get it on wrong. Catches, straps, and ties should be kept to a minimum. In addition, the life preserver must be adjustable to the wide variety of shapes and sizes of wearers, since this greatly affects the position of floating and the self-righting qualities. A suitable life also be comfortable to wear at all times, in and out of the water, not so heavy as to encourage to take it off on shipboard while the ship is in danger, nor so burdensome that it hinders a person in the water while trying to swim. 1. The passage is mainly about____. A) the uses of life preservers C) the materials for life preservers B) the design of life preservers D) the buoyancy of life preservers 2. According to the passage, a life be first of all ____. A) adjustable B) comfortable C) self-evident D) self-righting 3. United States Coast Guard does NOT require the life preserver to be made ____. A) with as few strings as possible C) according to each wearer's size B) capable of being worn on both sides D) comfortable and light to wear 4. By “the uninitiated individual” (Para. 1, Line. 4) the author refers to the person ____. A) who has not been instructed how to use a life preserver B) who has a little experience in using a life preserver C) who uses a life preserver without permission D) who becomes nervous before a disaster 5. What would happen if a person were supported by the life preserver in a wrong position? A) The waves would move him backwards. C) He would immediately sink to the bottom. B) The water would choke him. D) He would be exhausted or unconscious. 答案与解析：BDCAD