Ⅰ.Multiple choiceDirections: Beneath each of the following sentences, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Part OneDirections: Translate the following into Chinese.1. inter-office computer linkups
3. delicate and delicious Chinese cuisine
4. short take-off and landing aircraft
5. entrepreneurial ingenuity
8. cross trait charter flights
9. at the various posts of call
Ⅵ.Passage translationDirections: Translate the following passages into Chinese.1. Buffets are a very popular way of entertaining, especially for large groups. They may be served as a luncheon or dinner. They may be formal or informal. Food may be served cold or warm. At a buffet many people can be served in a short time. Fewer waiters are necessary. The food is attractively arranged on a long table or side board. Guests take their plates and choose their food from a variety of dishes. Usually they sit at tables. But at informal buffets on the terrace or in a garden, people eat standing up. If they do this, they have to eat most foods with a fork or with their fingers.
自助餐是招待客人的一种非常流行的用餐方式,尤其是大批客人。自助餐可作为午餐或正餐,可能是正式的或随意的,也可以是冷餐或热餐。在自助餐上许多人在短时间内就用上了餐,需要的服务员也比一般的宴会要少。在长桌或餐桌上摆放着诱人的食物,客人拿着盘子从众多的食品中挑选自己的食品,通常他们坐着用餐。但在室外的露台或花园里举办的自助餐,人们是站着吃的。如果是这种自助餐,人们用餐时用叉子或手来取食物。
2. If American customs seem strange, remember that Americans feel the same way when they visit another country. People living in different cultures do many daily things differently from one another. What a dull world it would be if this were not true!
Some differences are small, and one soon becomes accustomed to them. For example, many people find it strange that Americans move from place to place so often. Born in one city, they may attend school in a second, enter business in a third, and perhaps move several more times during their lives. Today, most Americans fully expect and accept the fact they will move frequently.
如果美国的风俗令外人觉得奇特,别忘记美国人到他国访问,也一样觉得别人的风俗奇特。在不同文化中生活的各个民族,日常的行为有许多是彼此互异的。假若不是这样,这个世界将多么沉闷!
有些不同是微不足道的,不久就习以为常了。举例说,许多人都奇怪美国人为什么时常搬迁。美国人在甲地出生,到乙地上学,赴丙地经营事业,此后在其有生之年,也许还要搬迁好几次。今天,大多数的美国人都料到自己将时常迁移,也能接受这种事实。