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nto Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET 2. (15 points) The supermarket is designed to lure customers into spending as much time as possible within its doors. The reason for this is simple: The longer you stay in the store, the more stuff you’ll see, and the more stuff you see, the more you’ll buy. And supermarkets contain a lot of stuff. The average supermarket, according to the Food Market Institute, carries some 44,000 different items, and many carry tens of thousands more. The sheer volume of available choice is enough to send shoppers into a state of information overload. According to brainscan experiments, the demands of so much decisionmaking quickly bee too much for us. After about 40 minutes of shopping, most people stop struggling to be rationally selective, and instead began shopping emotionally—which is the point at which we accumulate the 50 percent of stuff in our cart that we never intended buying.Section Ⅲ WritingPart A47. Directions: Suppose you won a translation contest and your friend, Jack, wrote an to congratulate you and ask for advice on translation. Write him a reply to 1) thank him, and 2) give you advice You should write about 100 on the ANSWER SHEET. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use Li Ming instead. Do not write the address. (10 points)Part B:48. Directions: Write an essay based on the chart below. In your writing, you should 1) interpret the chart, and 2) give your ments. You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)。re enjoyable, and not likely to have negative side effects, such as drinking too much alcohol or going on a wild spending spree if you39。t stop talking about it. Too often we believe that a new job, bigger house or better car will be the magic silver bullet that will allow us to finally be content, but the reality is these things have very little lasting impact on our happiness levels. Instead, being grateful for small things every day is a much better way to improve wellbeing.Have you ever noticed how much children laugh? If we adults could indulge in a bit of silliness and giggling, we would reduce the stress hormones in our bodies increase good hormones like endorphins, improve blood flow to our hearts and even have a greater chance of fighting off infections. All of which, of course, have a positive effect on happiness levels.The problem with being a grown up is that there39。s time to learn a few lessons from them.What does a child do when he39。t think people are capable of that anymore. 36. One crossgeneration mark of a successful life is . [A] trying out different lifestyles [B] having a family with children [C] working beyond retirement age [D] setting up a profitable business 37. It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that young people tend to . [A] favor a slower life pace [B] hold an occupation longer [C] attach importance to premarital finance [D] give priority to childcare outside the home 38. The priorities and expectations defined by the young will . [A] bee increasingly clear [B] focus on materialistic issues [C] depend largely on political preferences [D] reach almost all aspects of American life 39. Both young and old agree that . [A] goodpaying jobs are less available [B] the old made more life achievements [C] housing loans today are easy to obtain [D] getting established is harder for the young 40. Which of the following is true about Schneider? [A] He found a dream job after graduating from college [B] His parents believe working steadily is a must for success [C] His parents39。re making time to read, but just reading, and making time for everything else. 31. The usual timemanagement techniques don39。t be obtained merely by being more efficient. In fact, being more efficient is part of the problem. Thinking of time as a resource to be maximised means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal. Immersive reading, by contrast, depends on being willing to risk inefficiency, goallessness, even timewasting. Try to slot it as a todo list item and you39。t work. Sit down to read and the flywheel of workrelated thoughts keeps spinningor else you39。. But one specific plaint is made especially mournfully: There39。s habitat. Under the plan, for example, the agency said it would not prosecute landowner or businesses that unintentionally kill, harm, or disturb the bird, as long as they had signed a rangewide management plan to restore prairie chicken habitat. Negotiated by USFWS and the states,