Part Ⅰ Writing Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of the increasing use of the mobile phone in people's life and then explain the consequences of overusing it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
1.
Electronic Communication Cannot Replace Face-to-Face Contact
(1) The picture above is a vivid description of a phenomenon that communication between teenagers and their parents is usually through the Internet. Although the Internet has changed the ways of communication, (2) I do not think that electronic communicationcan replace face-to-face contact. (3) Firstly, face-to-face contact is much better than electronic communication in terms of enhancing parent-child relationship, for the former can better guarantee honesty of the communication. (4) Secondly, face-to-face contact can make people concentrate on what they are talking about. So people can think about the problems seriously. (5) Last but not least, face-to-face contact can eliminate distrust between parents and children because both sides will not be suspicious about other's intentions if they can talk with each other in such a direct way. (6) To sum up, the Internet has greatly influenced the ways of communication, but it can never replace face-to-face contact.
[解析] (1)开门见山,描述图片,阐明现象。 (2)表明作者的观点和立场。 (3)(4)(5)使用Firstly,Secondly,Last but not least列举出不同的原因,条理清晰,层次分明。 (6)总结陈述,表明立场。
Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension
Section A Directions:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
[听力原文] M: Christmas is around the corner and I'm looking for a gift for my girlfriend. Any suggestions? W: Well, you have to tell me something about your girlfriend first. Also, what's your budget? Q: What does the woman want the man to do?
[听力原文] M: What would you like for dessert? I think I'll have apple pie and ice cream. W: The chocolate cake looks great, but I have to watch my weight. You go ahead and get yours. Q: What would the woman most probably do?
[听力原文] W: Having visited so many countries, you must be able to speak several different languages! M: I wish I could. But Japanese and, of course English are the only languages I can speak. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
[解析] 推理判断题。男士用I wish I could否定了女士对自己会讲多国语言的推测。注意男士说的of course English,说明英语是他的母语,他理所当然会说。由此可知,除了英语,他只会一门外语,即日语。
4.
A.Go to the library.
B.Meet the woman.
C.See Prof. Smith.
D.Have a drink in the bar.
A B C D
C
[听力原文] M: Prof. Smith asked me to go to his office after class. So it is impossible for me to make it to the bar at 10:00. W: Then it seems we'll have to meet an hour later at the library. Q: What will the man do first after class?
[听力原文] M: It's "already 11:00 now. Do you mean I ought to wait until Prof. Bloom comes back from class? W: Not really. You can just leave a note. I'll give it to her later. Q: What does the woman mean?
[听力原文] M: How's John now? Is he feeling any better? W: Not yet. It still seems impossible to make him smile. Talking to him is really difficult, and he gets upset easily over little things. Q: What do we learn about John from the conversation?
[听力原文] M: Do we have to get the opera tickets in advance? W: Certainly! Tickets at the door are usually sold at a higher price. Q: What does the woman imply?
[解析] 弦外之音题。女士对男士所问的是否提前购票给予肯定答复。D中的beforehand“预先”是对对话中in advance的同义转述。tickets at the door意为“临近开演前所售的票”。
8.
A.He turned suddenly and ran into a tree.
B.He was hit by a fallen box from a truck.
C.He drove too fast and crashed into a truck.
D.He was trying to overtake the truck ahead of him.
A B C D
A
[听力原文] M: The taxi driver must have been speeding. W: Well, not really! He Crashed into the tree because he Was trying not to hit a box that had fallen off the truck ahead of him. Q: What do we learn about the taxi driver?
[听力原文] W: Hey, Bob, guess what? I'm going to visit Quebec next summer. I'm invited to go to a friend's wedding, but while I'm there, I'd also like to do some sightseeing. M: That's nice, Sherry. But do you mean the province of Quebec or Quebec City? W: I mean the province. My friend's wedding is in Montreal, so I'm going there first. I'll stay for five days. Is Montreal the capital city of the province? M: Well, many people think so because it's the biggest city, but it's not the capital. Quebec City is. But Montreal is great. The St. Lawrence River runs right through the middle of the city. It's beautiful in summer. W: Wow, and do you think I can get by in English? My French is OK, but not that good. I know most people there speak French, but can I also use English? M: Well, people speak both French and English there, but you'll hear French most of the time and all the street signs are in French. In fact, Montreal is the third largest French-speaking city in the world. So you'd better practice your French before you go. W: Good advice. What about Quebec City? I'll visit a friend from college who lives there now. What's it like? M: It's a beautiful city, very old. Many old buildings have been nicely restored. Some of them were built in the 17th and 18th centuries. You'll love it there. W: Fantastic. I can't wait to go. What's the woman's main purpose of visiting Quebec?
[听力原文] M: Hi, Ms. Rowling. How old were you when you started to write? And what was your first book? W: I wrote my first finished story when I was about six. It was about a small animal, a rabbit, I mean, and I've been writing ever since. M: Why did you choose to be an author? W: If someone asked me how to achieve happiness, step one would be finding out what you love doing most and step two would be finding someone to pay you to do it. I consider myself very lucky indeed to be able to support myself by writing. M: Do you have any plans to write books for adults? W: My first two novels were for adults. I suppose I might write another one, but I never really imagine a target audience when I'm writing. The ideas come first, so it really depends on the idea that grabs me next. M: Where did the ideas for the Harry Potter books come from? W: I've no idea where the ideas came from and I hope I'll never find out. It would spoil my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny little wrinkle on the surface of my brain which makes me think about invisible train platforms. M: How do you come up with the names of your characters? W: I invented some of them, but I also collected strange names. I've gotten them from ancient saints, maps, dictionaries, plants, war memorials, and people I've met. M: Oh, you are really resourceful. What do we learn from the conversation about Ms. Rowling's first book?
[听力原文] According to Ms. Rowling, where did she get the ideas for the Harry Potter books?
[解析] 事实细节题。对话中男士问《哈利·波特》的灵感是从哪里来的,Rowling女士回答不知道。
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] Reducing the amount of sleep students get at night has a direct impact on their performance at school during the day. According to classroom teachers, elementary and middle school students who stay up late exhibit more learning and attention problems. This has been shown by Brown Medical School and Bradley Hospital research. In the study, teachers were not told the amount of sleep students received when completing weekly performance reports. Yet they rated the students who had received eight hours or less as having the most trouble recalling old material, learning new lessons, and completing high-quality Work. Teachers also reported that these students had more difficulty paying attention. The experiment is the first to ask teachers to report on the effects of sleep deficiency in children. "Just staying up late Can cause increased academic difficulty and attention problems for otherwise healthy, well-functi0ning kids," said Gahan Fallone, the study's lead author. "So the results provide professionals and parents with a clear message: When a child is having learning and attention problems, the issue of sleep has to be taken into consideration." "If we don't ask about sleep and try to improve sleep patterns in kids' struggling academically, then we aren't doing our job," Fallone said. "For parents," he said, "the message is simple—getting kids to bed on time is as important as getting them to school on time." What were teachers told to do in the experiment?
[听力原文] Partricia Pania never wanted to be a national public figure. All she wanted to be was a mother and a homemaker. But her life was turned upside down when a motorist, distracted by his cell phone, ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of her car. The impact killed her 2-year-old daughter. Four months later, Pania reluctantly but courageously decided to try to educate the public and to fight for laws to ban drivers from using cell phones while a car is moving. She wanted to save other Children from what happened to her daughter. In her first speech, Pania got off to a shaky start. She was visibly trembling and her voice was soft and uncertain. But as she got into her speech, a dramatic transformation took place. She stopped shaking and spoke with a strong voice. For the rest of her talk, she was a forceful and compelling speaker. She wanted everyone in the audience to know what she knew without having to learn it from a personal tragedy. Many in the audience were moved to tears, and to action. In subsequent presentations, Pania gained reputation as a highly effective speaker. Her appearance on a talk show was broadcast three times, transmitting her message to over !4 million people. Her campaign increased public awareness of the problem and prompted over 300 cities and several states to consider restrictions on cell phone use. What was the significant change in Partricia Pania's life?
A.They haven't devoted as much energy to medicine as to space travel.
B.There are too many kinds of cold viruses for them to identify.
C.It is not economical to find a cure for each type of cold.
D.They believe people can recover without treatment.
A B C D
B
[听力原文] Many people catch a cold in the springtime or fall. It makes us wonder if scientists can send a man to the moon, why can't they find a cure for the common cold? The answer is easy. There're actually hundreds ofkinds of cold viruses out there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn't a cure for each one. When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it. Blood rushes to your nose and causes a blockage in it. You feel terrible because you can't breathe well, but your body is actually eating the virus. Your temperature rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have arunning nose to stop the virus from getting to your cells. You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold. Different people have different remedies for colds. In the United States and some other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel better. Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids. Other people take medicines to relieve various symptoms of colds. There's one interesting thing to note. Some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold isactually bad for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn't develop a way to fight it and kill it, According to the passage, why haven't scientists found a cure for the common cold?
C.It works better when combined with other remedies.
D.It helps us to recover much sooner.
A B C D
A
[听力原文] What do some scientists say about taking medicines for the common cold, according to the passage?
[解析] 事实细节题。短文最后提到一专家认为感冒时服用物实际上对身体有害。
Section C Directions:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time. you should check what you have written. You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways, depending on the situation they are in. This is very 1 . All languages have two general levels of usage: a formal level and an informal level. English is no 2 . The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a 3 level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, 4 , and in business letters. You would also use formal English in compositions and 5 that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversation with colleagues, family members and friends, and when we write 6 notes or letters to close friends. Formal language is different from informal language 7 . First, formal language tends to be more polite. What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite. For example, I might say to a friend or a family member, "Close the door, please." but to a 8 , I probably would say, "Would you mind closing the door?" Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the 9 . There are bound to be some words and phrases that 10 formal language and others that are informal. Let's say that I really like soccer. If I'm talking to my friend, I might say "I'm just crazy about soccer!" But if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say "I really enjoy soccer."
[听力原文] You probably have noticed that people express similar ideas in different ways, depending on the situation they are in. This is very natural. All languages have two general levels of usage: a formal level and an informal level. English is no exception. The difference in these two levels is the situation in which you use a particular level. Formal language is the kind of language you find in textbooks, reference books, and in business letters. You would also use formal English in compositions and essays that you write in school. Informal language is used in conversation with colleagues, family members and friends, and when we write peraonal notes or letters to close friends. Formal language is different from informal language in several ways. First, formal language tends to be more polite. What we may find interesting is that it usually takes more words to be polite. For example, I might say to a friend or a family member, "Close the door, please." but to a atranger, I probably would say, "Would you mind closing the door?" Another difference between formal and informal language is some of the vocabulary. There are bound to be some words and phrases that belong in formal language and others that are informal. Let's say that I really like soccer. If I'm talking to my friend, I might say "I'm just crazy about soccer!" But if I were talking to my boss, I would probably say "I really enjoy soccer."
Section A Directions:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. The mobile phone is a magic device widely used these days. Although it has been nearly 30 years since the first commercial mobile-phone network was launched, advertisers have yet to figure out how to get their 1 out to mobile-phone users in a big way. There are 2.2 billion cell-phone users worldwide, a 2 that is growing by about 25% each year. Yet spending on ads carried over cell-phone networks last year 3 to just $1.5 billion worldwide, a fraction of the $424 billion global ad market. But as the number of eyeballs glued to 4 screens multiplies, so too does the mobile phone's value as a pocket billboard (广告牌). Consumers are 5 using their phones for things other than voice calls, such as text messaging, downloading songs and games, and 6 the Internet. By 2010, 70 million Asians are expected to be watching videos and TV programs on mobile phones. All of these activities give advertisers 7 options for reaching audiences. During soccer's World Cup last summer, for example, Adidas used real-time scores and games to 8 thousands of fans to a website set up for mobile-phone access. "Our target audience was males aged 17 to 25," says Marcus Spurrell, Adidas regional manager for Asia. "Their mobiles are always on, always in their pocket—you just can't 9 cell phones as an advertising tool." Mobile-phone marketing has become as 10 a platform as TV, online or print. A.accessing B.amounted C.approaching D.attract E.casual F.characters G.fresh H.ignore I.increasingly J.messages K.patiently L.tiny M.total N.violated O.vital
Section B Directions:In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.
A Mess on the Ladder of Success
A.Throughout American history there has almost always been at least one central economic narrative that gave the ambitious or unsatisfied reason to pack up and seek their fortune elsewhere. For the first 300 or so years of European settlement, the story was about moving outward: getting immigrants to the continent and then to the frontier to clear the prairies (大草原), drain the wetlands and build new cities. B.By the end of the 19th century, as the frontier vanished, the US had a mild panic attack. What would this energetic, enterprising country be without new lands to conquer? Some people, such as Teddy Roosevelt, decided to keep on conquering (Cuba, the Philippines, etc.), but eventually, in industrialization, the US found a new narrative of economic mobility at home. From the 1890s to the 1960s, people moved from farm to city, first in the North and then in the South. In fact, by the 1950s, there was enough prosperity and white-collar work that many began to move to the suburbs. As the population aged, there was also a shift from the cold Rust Belt to the comforts of the Sun Belt. We think of this as an old person's migration, but it created many jobs for the young in construction and health care, not to mention tourism, retail and restaurants, C.For the last 20 years—from the end of the cold war through two burst bubbles in a single decade—the US has been casting about for its next economic narrative. And now it is experiencing another period of panic, which is bad news for much of the workforce but particularly for its youngest members. D.The US has always been a remarkably mobile country, but new data from the Census Bureau indicate that mobility has reached its lowest level in recorded history. Sure. some people are stuck in homes valued at less than their mortgages (抵押贷款). but many young people who don't own homes and don't yet have families—arc staying put, too. This suggests, among other things, that people aren't packing up for new economic opportunities the way they used to. Rather than dividing the country into the 1 percenters versus (与……相对) everyone else, the split in our economy is really between two other classes: the mobile and immobile. E.Part of the problem is that the country's largest industries are in decline. In the past, it was perfectly clear where young people should go for work (Chicago in the 1870s, Detroit in the 1910s, Houston in the 1970s) and, more or less, what they'd be doing when they got there (killing cattle, building cars, selling oil). And these industries were large enough to offer jobs to each class of worker, from unskilled laborer to manager or engineer. Today, the few bright spots in our economy are relatively small (though some promise future growth) and decentralized. There are great jobs in Silicon Valley, in the biotech research capitals of Boston and Raleigh-Durham and in advanced manufacturing plants along the southern z-85 corridor. These companies recruit all over the country and the globe for workers with specific abilities. (You don't need to be the next Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, to get a job in one of the microhubs (微中心), by the way. But you will almost certainly need at least a B.A. in computer science or a year or two at a technical school.) This newer, select job market is national, and it offers members of the mobile class competitive salaries and higher bargaining power. F.Many members of the immobile class, on the other hand, live in the America of the gloomy headlines. If you have no specialized skills, there's little reason to uproot to another state and be the last in line for a low-paying job at a new auto plant or a green-energy startup. The surprise in the census (普查) data, however, is that the immobile workforce is not limited to unskilled workers. In fact, many have a college degree. G.Until now, a B.A. in any subject was a near-guarantee of at least middle-class wages. But today, a quarter of college graduates make less than the typical worker without a bachelor's degree. David Autor, a prominent labor economist at M. I. T., recently told me that a college degree alone is no longer a guarantor of a good job. While graduates from top universities are still likely to get a good job no matter what their major is, he said, graduates from less-famous schools are going to be judged on what they know. To compete for jobs on a national level, they should be armed with the skills that emerging industries need, whether technical or not. H.Those without such specialized skills—like poetry, or even history, majors—are already competing with their neighbors for the same sorts of second-rate, poorer-paying local jobs like low-level management or big-box retail sales. And with the low-skilled labor market atomized into thousands of microeconomies, immobile workers are less able to demand better wages or conditions or to acquire valuable skills. I.So what, exactly, should the ambitious young worker of today be learning? Unfortunately, it's hard to say, since the US doesn't have one clear national project. There are plenty of emerging, smaller industries, but which ones are the most promising? (Nanotechnology's (纳米技术) moment of remarkable growth seems to have been 5 years into the future for something like 20 years now.) It's not clear exactly what skills are most needed or if they will even be valuable in a decade. J.What is clear is that all sorts of government issues—education, health-insurance portability, worker retraining—are no longer just bonuses to already prosperous lives but existential requirements. It's in all of our interests to make sure that as many people as possible are able to move toward opportunity, and America's ability to invest people and money in exciting new ideas is still greater than that of most other wealthy countries. (As recently as five years ago, US migration was twice the rate of European Union states.) That, at least, is some comfort at a time when our national economy seems to be searching for its next story line.
1. Unlike in the past, a college degree alone does not guarantee a good job for its holder.
G
[解析] 由题干中的does not guarantee a good job定位到G段第三句。 细节辨认题。定位句提到,麻省理工学院的知名劳动力经济学家David Autor说,仅仅一个大学学历再也无法保证一份好工作了。文章接着指出,那些来自顶尖名校的学生不管他们学的是什么专业仍有可能获得一份好工作,但那些来自不知名学校的学生只能通过自己所学的东西来接受用人单位的评判。题干中的does not guarantee a good job对应原文中的no longer a guarantor of a good job,故答案为G。
2. The census data is surprising in that college graduates are also among the immobile workforce.
F
[解析] 由题干中的The census data is surprising和immobile workforce定位到F段最后两句。 细节归纳题。定位句指出,令人意想不到的是,普查数据表明,固定型劳动力不仅仅局限于没有技术的工人,事实上,他们中的很多人还有大学学历,故答案为F。
3. New figures released by the government show that Americans today are less mobile than ever before.
D
[解析] 由题干中的less mobile than ever before定位到D段第一句。 细节推断题。定位句提到,美国是一个人口流动较为显著的国家,但是美国人口普查局的最新数据表明,当前的人口流动性已经跌到了历史最低水平。题干中的less mobile than ever before对应原文中的its lowest level in recorded history,故答案为D。
4. The migration of old people from cold to warm places made many jobs available to the young.
B
[解析] 由题干中的old people from cold to warm places定位到B段最后两句。 细节辨认题。定位句提到,随着人口老龄化日益严重,人们也开始从寒冷的铁锈地带向舒适的阳光地带转移。这种迁移实际上为年轻人创造了很多建筑和卫生保健方面的工作岗位。题干中的old people from cold to warm places对应原文中的a shift from the cold Rust Belt to the comforts of the Sun Belt,故答案为B。
5. America is better at innovation than most other rich nations.
J
[解析] 由题干中的better at innovation定位到J段第二句后半句。 定位句提到,同其他富裕国家相比,美国在创新上投入人力和财力的能力要强很多。题干中的innovation,most other rich nations对应原文中的new ideas,most other wealthy countries,故答案为J。
6. Early American history is one of moving outward.
7. Young people don't know what to learn because it is hard to predict what skills are most needed or valued ten years from now.
I
[解析] 由题干中的what skills are most needed or valued定位到I段末句。 细节辨认题。定位句提到,我们不知道现在最需要哪些技术,或者是在未来十年里,这些技术是否还会有用。题干是对原文的同义转述,故答案为I。
8. Computer or other technical skills are needed to get a well-paying job in high-tech or advanced manufacturing.
E
[解析] 由题于中的computer,advanced manufacturing定位到E段第五至八句。 细节推断题。定位句提到了高薪工作分布的地区,如硅谷,波士顿和罗利一达勒姆的生物技术研究中心以及“Ⅰ-85走廊”沿线的先进制造工厂里。想要在这些地方谋得一份工作,至少得有计算机科学学士学位或在技术学校待过一两年。题干中的computer or other technical skills对应原文中的a B.A. in computer science or a year or two at a technical school,故答案为E。
9. When the frontier vanished about a century ago, America found new economic mobility in industrialization.
10. America today can be divided into two classes: those who move and those who don't.
D
[解析] 由题干中的two classes定位到D段末句。 细节推断题。定位句提到,我们的经济分歧实际有另外两类:流动型和固定型。题干中的those who move and those who don't对应原文中的the mobile and immobile,故答案为D。
Section C Directions:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D.
Passage One A new study shows a large gender gap on economic policy among the nation's professional economists, a divide similar to the gender divide found in the general public. "As a group, we are pro-market," says Ann Marl May, co-author of the study and a University of Nebraska economist. "But women are more likely to accept government regulation and involvement in economic activity than our male colleagues." "It's very puzzling," says free market economist Veronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. "Not a day goes by that I don't ask myself why there are so few women economists on the free market side." A native of France, de Rugy supported government intervention (干预) early in her life but changed her mind after studying economics. "We want many of the same things as liberals—less poverty, more health care—but have radically different ideas on how to achieve it." Liberal economist Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic Policy and Research, says male economists have been on the inside of the profession, confirming each other's anti-regulation views. Women, as outsiders, "are more likely to think independently or at least see people outside of the economics profession as forming their peer group," he says. The gender balance in economics is changing. One-third of economics doctorates (博士学位) now go to women. "More diversity is needed at the table when public policy is discussed," May says. Economists do agree on some things. Female economists agree with men that Europe has too much regulation and that Wal-mart is good for society. Male economists agree with their female colleagues that military spending is too high. The genders are most divorced from each other on the question of equality for women. Male economists overwhelmingly think the wage gap between men and women is largely the result of individuals' skills, experience and voluntary choices. Female economists overwhelmingly disagree by a margin of 4-to-1. The biggest disagreement: 76% of women say faculty opportunities in economics favor men. Male economists point the opposite way: 80% say women are favored or the process is neutral.
1. What is the finding of the new study?
A.The gender divide is a big concern of the general public.
B.Men and women understand economics quite differently.
C.The gap between male and female economists needs to be closed.
D.Male and female economists disagree widely on economic policy.
Passage Two The number of postgraduate students travelling from non-EU countries to study at UK universities has fallen for the first time in 16 years, fuelling fears that the government's immigration crackdown is discouraging thousands of the brightest students from continuing their studies in Britain. Jo Beall, British Council director of education and society, said the fall would cause alarm among UK vice-chancellors (大学行政主管). "The sector was expecting a decline in growth, but the actual reduction in postgraduate numbers is of real concern as international students make up the majority of numbers in many postgraduate courses and research teams in science, technology, engineering and mathematics." "Attracting the brightest and most ambitious postgraduate and research students is critical if the UK is to maintain its quality reputation for research," Beall said. Universities get a third of their tuition (学费) fee revenue from non-EU students. There is growing fear among vice-chancellors that this revenue—as well as the cultural, academic and economic benefit international students bring—is being put at risk. Tim Westlake, director for the student experience at Manchester University, said students whose families relied on them working in the UK after their studies to gain experience and repay the fees were starting to look elsewhere. Last month the home secretary, Theresa May, announced that embassy staff would interview more than 100 000 applicants in an attempt to prevent bogus (假冒的) ones entering the country. She also said immigrants were responsible for pushing up UK house prices. The comments followed the introduction of new limitations on students' right to work during and after their studies. Beall said: "Government statistics for the first time provide real evidence that the changes to UK visa regulations may have discouraged many students from applying to the UK, and in particular postgraduate students who are so important to the UK's research output. The UK enjoys an excellent reputation around the world for the high quality of our education system, so the government needs to ensure that institutions have all the support they need to attract international students who make a tremendous academic, cultural and economic contribution to the UK."
1. What has caused the decline of the number of non-EU postgraduates in the UK?
Part Ⅳ Translation Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.
1. “你要茶还是要咖啡?”是用餐人常被问到的问题。许多西方人会选咖啡,而中国人则会选茶。相传,中国的一位帝王于五千多年前发现了茶,并用来治病。在明清(the Ming and Qing Dynasties)期间,茶馆遍布全国。饮茶在6世纪传到日本,但直到17、18世纪才传到欧美。如今,茶是世界上最流行的饮料(beverage)之一。茶是中国的民族饮品,也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分。
This is what diners often have been asked, "Would you like tea or coffee?" Many Westerners favour coffee while the Chinese tend to choose tea. Tradition has it that an ancient Chinese emperor discovered the tea five thousand years ago and used it to treat illnesses. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, teahouses spread all over China. Tea drinking was introduced to Japan in the 6th century while it was not introduced into Europe or America until the 17th and 18th centuries. Nowadays, tea is one of the most popular beverages in the world. It is not only a kind of Chinese national drink, but also an important part of Chinese tradition and culture.
[解析] 1.第一句中,“你要茶还是要咖啡?”是餐厅常用语,大部分考生都可以进行正确翻译,即“Would you like tea or coffee?”,也可以译为“Which do you prefer, tea or coffee?” 2.第二句可用while连接两个分句,具有转折的意思。 3.第三句中,“相传”可译为Tradition has it that...或者是It is said that...,“治病”可译为treat/cure illnesses。 4.在翻译第五句时,需要使用not...until...句型来表达“直到……才……”的含义。 5.最后一句中,“民族饮品”也可以译为national beverage或者是traditional drink。