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【正文】 . Microsoft case? is the typical trend of businesses today? ［ A］ to take in more foreign funds ［ B］ to invest more abroad ［ C］ to bine and bee bigger ［ D］ to trade with more countries to the author, one of the driving forces behind Mamp。A wave is _______ . ［ A］ the greater customer demands ［ B］ a surplus supply for the market ［ C］ a growing productivity ［ D］ the increase of the world39。s wealth paragraph 4 we can infer that _______ . ［ A］ the increasing concentration is certain to hurt consumers ［ B］ WorldCom serves as a good example of both benefits and costs ［ C］ the costs of the gobalization process are enormous ［ D］ the Standard Oil trust might have threatened petition the new business wave, the writer39。s attitude can be said to be _______ . ［ A］ optimistic ［ B］ objective ［ C］ pessimistic ［ D］ biased Passage 5 When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might bee a part of a new international trend. A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming “I wanted to spend more time with my family. Curiously, some two and a half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term “ downshifting has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality. I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of “ have it all, preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the pages of She magazine, into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything. I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of “ juggling your life, and making the alternative move into “ downshifting” brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status. Nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life Kelsey used to advocate and I once enjoyed: 12hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being a parent on “quality time”. In America, the move away from juggling to a simpler, less materialistic lifestyle is awellestablished trend. Downshifting — also known in America as “voluntary simplicity” — has, ironically, even bred a new area of what might betermed anticonsumerism. There are a number of bestselling downshifting self help books for people who want to simplify their lives。 there are newsletters, such as The Tightwad Gazette, that give hundreds of thousands of Americans usefultips on anything from recycling their cling film to making their own soap。 there are even support groups for those who want to achieve the mid 39。90s equivalent of dropping out. For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the 39。80s, downshifting in the mid 39。90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life — growing your own anic vegetables, and risking turning into one — as a personal recognition of your limitations. of the following is true according to paragraph 1? ［ A］ Full time employment is a new international trend. ［ B］ The writer was pelled by circumstances to leave her job. ［ C］“ A lateral move means stepping out of full time employment. ［ D］ The writer was only too eager to spend more time with her family. writer39。s experiment shows that downshifting _______ . ［ A］ enables her to realize her dream ［ B］ helps her mold a new philosophy of life ［ C］ prompts her to abandon her high social status ［ D］ leads her to accept the doctrine of She magazine 69.“Juggling one39。s life” probably means living a life characterized by _______ . ［ A］ non materialistic lifestyle ［ B］ a bit of everything ［ C］ extreme stree ［ D］ anti consumerism to the passage, downshifting emerged in the . as a result of _______ . ［ A］ the quick pace of modern life ［ B］ man39。s adventurous spirit ［ C］ man39。s search for mythical experiences ［ D］ the economic situation Part Ⅳ English Chinese Translation Directions: Read the following passage carefully and then translate the underlined sentences into Chinese. Your translation must be written neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(15points) In less than 30 years39。 time the Star Trek holodeck will be a reality. Directlinks between the brain39。s nervous system and a puter will also create full sensory virtual environments, allowing virtual vacations like those in the film Total Recall. 71)There wil be television chat shows hosted by robots, and cars with pollution monitors that will disable them when they offend. 72)Children will play with dolls equipped with personality chips, puters with inbuilt personalities will be regarded as workmates rather than tools, relaxation will be in front of smell television, and digital age will have arrived. According to BT39。s furturologist, Ian Pearson, these are among the developments scheduled for the first few decades of the new millennium (a period of 1,000 years), when superputers will dramatically accelerate progress in all areas of life. 73)Pearson has pieced together the work of hundreds of researchers around the world to produce a unique millennium technology calendar that gives the latest dates when we can expect hundreds of key breakthroughs and discoveries totake place. Some of the biggest developments will be in medicine, including an extended life expectancy and dozens of artificial ans ing into use between now and 2040. Pearson also predicts a breakthrough in puter human links. “ By linking directly to our nervous system, puters could pick up what we feel and, hopefully, simulate feeling too so that we can start to develop full sensory environments, rather like the holidays