【正文】 world, surgery on the Net and cooperation in research and development made possible by the Internet (74). These are early examples of highlevel networking.The president of Intel, producer of the Pentium microprocessors, feels that the new synergy between puters and Net technology will have multiple implications for industry of the future. The sheer power of electronic merce (emerce) will change the face of trade dramatically. Sporting goods pany Puma was on the verge of bankruptcy back in 1992. From 1993, Puma began to diffuse its production, logistics and marketing divisions to 80 Net enterprises worldwide, and the results were spectacular. Puma was transformed from a sickly feline into a magnificent beast. The reason for this transformation is that intra and interbusiness electronic links greatly increase the efficiency of production, planning, the collecting of information and data exchange (75). As the business is rapidly being rationalized, production figures go up while costs e down.Part VI Writing (20 points) Directions: Write a position of about 250 words on the topic “Mistakes and Progress ”. Write down your position on the Answer Sheet. Mistakes and Progress (76)第 13 頁。s Law Project. There39。 believe globalization has dangers and an ugly dark sideC. believe globalization is a positive force in the world。s most recent shortterm study of 150 people showed that those with normal blood pressure experienced no change at all when placed on an extremely lowsalt diet, or later when salt was reintroduced. Of the hypertensive subjects, however, half of those on the lowsalt diet did experience a drop in blood pressure, which returned to its previous level when salt was reintroduced. An adequate to somewhat excessive salt intake has probably saved many more lives than it has cost in the general population, notes Dr. John H. Laragh. So a remendation that the whole population should avoid salt makes no sense. Medical experts agree that everyone should practice reasonable moderation in salt consumption. For the average person, a moderate amount might run from four to ten grams a day, or roughly 1/2 to 1/3 of a teaspoon. The equivalent of one to two grams of this salt allowance would e from the natural sodium in food. The rest would be added in processing, preparation or at the table. Those with kidney, liver or heart problems may have to limit dietary salt, if their doctor advises. But even the very vocal low salt exponent, Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr. admits that we do not know whether increased sodium consumption causes hypertension. In fact, there is growing scientific evidence that other factors may be involved: deficiencies in calcium, potassium, perhaps magnesium。t make much difference how much salt we eat. Dustan39。 stand in the middle to mold, shape and manage for the betterment of everyoneB. believe globalization can be shaped 。s enormous wealth, a growing number of its citizens are homeless a state of affairs that some international groups view as unacceptable and unjust.An investigator for the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in January cited the US for a range of violations in a dire reality of human rights denial in the area of housing.Homeless advocates have also cried foul. A January report from the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty says US promises made in 1948, 1949, and 1996 to progressively house all its citizens have been badly broken. The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, meanwhile, is preparing to argue that a projected net loss of 8,000 public housing units over the next five years would, for as many as 10,000 squatters, constitute unfair forced eviction under international human rights law.I think a lot of us are groping for ways to square local, state, and national law with human rights principles, says Rene Heybach, director of the Chicago Coalition39。s rocks and minerals, exposing (C) like layers of a cake along many of its (D) valley and crater walls.68. From June 17 to September 5, 1993, the East Turkistan terrorist (A) organization was responsible (B) for ten explosion (C) at department stores, markets, hotels and places for cultural activities in the southern (D) part of Xinjiang.69. Under mounting pressures both at home and aboard (A), the Bush administration is trying (B) to win support at the UN Security Council so (C) as to acquire more legitimacy for its future military action (D) against Iraq.70. We must tackle (A) with the root causes of terrorism, avoiding (B) the negative sides of globalization, and strive for solutions (C) to other (D) nontraditional issues..Part V Translation (15 points, 3 points each) Directions: Translate the five underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Write down your translation on the Answer Sheet.The ascendancy of the Net economyAs we cross the threshold into the next century, human society is beginning its move from the industrial economy into the knowledgebased economy. The general trend is that the 21st century will be a new era of the knowledgebased economy. The most notable characteristics of this new era of the knowledgebased economy is informationdriven economic growth and globalization (71). In more specific terms, the application of information to the economy is best exemplified in the networking of munication, or the socalled Net economy. This Net refers to the puter network of satellites, optic fibers, cables and telephone lines that connect the whole world. With the click of a mouse, information from the other end of the globe will be transported to your puter screen at the dizzying speed of sevenandahalf times around the earth per second (72).Singapore has an early start in networking. If we deposit a sum of money at a particular POSB (郵政儲蓄所) branch, we can withdraw our money from any other POSB branches in Singapore (73). This was an early step in networking. The networks of the future would h