【正文】 although it sometimes takes the form of an exaggerated lust for scientists have suggested that Earth is a kind of, zoo or wildlifefor intelligent space beings, like the wilderness areas we have set up on earth to allow animals to develop naturally while we observe to the latest report, consumer confidence___ a breathtaking 15 month, to its lowest level in 9 is a puter___ that destroyed files in puters andfrustrated thousands of users around the emphasis:on examinations is iby far form ofpetition in boy seemed more _____ to their poverty, after seeing how hisgrandparents his twomonth stay, in China, Tom never____ a chance topractice his on up by out a person dies, his debts must be paid before his ____ can be Part B(5 points)Directions: In each of the following sentences there is one word or phrase the sentence are four choices marked A, B, C, and the one that is closest in meaning to the underiined the corresponding letter with a single bar across the squarebracket on ANSWER SHEET : The secretary is Very petent。criticize 12,.They achieved more than they had eyer dreamed, lending a magic tO their family story that no tale or ordinary life could possibly D exaggerate most urgent thing is to find a those toxic____ industrial Prime Minister Tony Blair promised the electorate that guns would nor be fired without an attempt to win a further analysis suggests that the tradeoff between our :children39。s puter network returned to ___ 39___ , and both parties , Yahoo___ 40 ___ organized information on tens of thousands of puters linked to the ?.contact D invaluable B, away Comprehension(20 points)Directions: Read the following passages, decideon the best one of the choices marked A, B, C, and D for each question or unfinished statement and then mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracket on the ANSWER 1Guthrie39。to find interesting books and read them while in the that the studentS find the books enjoyable, the media center will, over time, bee a cue for selecting and reading books rather than for talking with other a social studies class some students regularly fall teacher realized that using the board and overhead projector while lecturing was very the teacher began to incorporate other elements into each lesson, such as experiments, videotapes, and debates, in an attempt to involvs students and raise their interest in the purpose of this passage is to___ identified three methods for__ students bad habits undesired action good hobbies of the following is not the example of applying the threshold method? introduce spinach in small bites or mixed with a food than thechild enjoys over time so that the child will not refuse to eat introduce academic content in short blocks of time for youngchildren and gradually increase session length but not to where studentsbee frustrated or with wider lines is first used and then paper with narrow lines isintroduced step by step to help children learn printing and child might be made to throw toys until it is no longer fan by hisparents in order to change his behavior of repeatedly throwing stop snacking while watching television, people should keep their hands busy by sewing, painting, working crossword puzzles, and so TV bees a cue for engaging in an activity other than snac 39。s popular slogan, “Come Alive with Pepsi” came out implying “Come Alive from the Grave”.No wonder customers in Germany didn39。s job to worry about the wellbeing of his subordinates although the man with many enemies wi！be swept out more quickly in hard times。st line in second last paragraph)is a kind Of____ exercise exercise exercise the last paragraph we can gather that ____ are too many aggressive executives talent is not essential for a pany job of an “executive search rum” is corporate headhunting is not mon for panies to undermine each other39。s office and there, before the general39。s most powerful life and fiction bee act of seppuku was for Mishima a fulfdlment, “the ultimate dream of my life.” Bom of an ancient samurai family, he longed to die a hero39。is hard m define all agree that Mishima is an aesthetic writer aim of the rebel led by Mishima was capture the manding genera! urge the government to declare a war against America incite the soldiers to rebel against the Constitutional govemment force the Emperor to give up the throne the 1970 rebel, the speech made by Mishima____ web received by the soldiers B, was laughed at by the soldiers the manding general D, left a deep impression tO the soldiers IS true according to article? general knew that Mishima had longed to die a hero39。s aides was killed by the became a wellknown writer after he had ___ A, written “Patriotism”, one of his most powerful stories eighty short stories “A Forest in Flower” “Confession of a Mask” 主觀題部分請用鋼筆或圓珠筆將此部分試題的答案做在答題紙二上，否則無效！(20 points)Fart A.(10 points)Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese on your ANSWER might ask why speculation is permitted when there is so real a danger of basic reason is that speculation can perform useful functions in the a modity or stock in the belief that prices will rise speeds market equilibrium and encourages faster entry of more the price change lagged until after an actual modity shortage had occurred, the fluctuation would probably be sharper and more supply action could not be further , if speculators foresee a surplus in some modity, their selling of futures will help drive the price down to some extent before the SurpluS actually speculators foresee a shortage and bid up the price, they are also helphng to conserve the present the price goes up,less of the modity is purchased。在中國的投資活動一 定能成為溝通世界各國和地區(qū)的企業(yè)家與中國市場的一座橋梁，促進(jìn)中國 和