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fneed rather than profit.5. During weekends the businessmen may spend time establishingfriendship and mutual trust ratherthan discussing any particular item of business.X.1. Petrol now is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago.2. Theirs is about three times as big as ours.3. Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on thephone as people in North America.4. the fee for cell phones is typically twice as much as for callsmade over fixed lines5. can transmit 250,000 times as much data as a standard telephonewireTranslationXI.1. Rather than invest in my education, my parents spent their money ona new house.2. Today, people are spending twice as much on entertainment andrelaxation as they did in the past.3. In order to be successful, a business must keep pace withdevelopments in the marketplace.4. Her fluency in English gave her an advantage over other girls forthe job.5. For students, nowhere is better than the library, where all thebooks are at their disposal.6. We should make full use of the platform to strengthenmunication, expand cooperation in more areas and seek further development through joint efforts.XII.,但一些國家在估算成本與選擇技術(shù)方面缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)?!獑栴}只是你是否在合適的時(shí)間和地點(diǎn)。,這些社區(qū)的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)們表明他決心不在技術(shù)上落后。,他想他將能在市場上與那些頂級公司并駕齊驅(qū),可是他現(xiàn)在失望了,因?yàn)樗麤]有成功。,它既能抵御咫風(fēng),又與周圍環(huán)境十分協(xié)調(diào)。ClozeXIII.1 .C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. D11.A Structured WritingXV.Compare the new welfare system with the old one and you would find aworld of difference betweenthe two. Under the new welfare system, the law encourages welfareclients to work on their own for agradual shift away from welfare, and this is not the case in the past.Welfare clients now can developtheir talents to make money. In the past, they often cheated to bleedthe system for a few extra caseworkers will gladly help their clients find appropriate jobsrather than act like detectives totry to seek out any unreported properties. Today many welfare clientshave made a choice to live a lifeof plete honesty and they tell the truth to caseworkers and declareany extra ine they cases like this, caseworkers will feel greatly relieved becausethey don39。t need to search for anycheating as in the past.Section BReadinq SkillsI.1. Your home puter or TV can provide whatever you need whenever youlike.2. You can learn language easily via puter over distance.3. Poor people must also have access to high technology as it isessential for their education, work anddaily lives.4. Some panies provide the technology of information highway to therich first as that is business.5. Advocates of universal access have already launched a number ofprojects of their own for the poor.Comprehension o f the textII. VocabularyIII.1. transmit 2. insure 3. crucial 4. feedback 5. correspondence6. specialized 7. tutor 8. hence 9. portion 10. filesExercises on Web course only:11. format/file 12. dose 13. terminal 14. correspondentIV.1. differ on 2. refer to 3. Compared to 4. specialize in5. make routine 6. e up with 7. has access to 8. Some steps shouldbe taken9. signed up for 10. in the hands ofUNIT4 further reading 1 、1Y 2N 3Y 4NG 5Y 6N 7N8equality 9formal and polite 10direct or demanding further reading 2 、1A 2C 3D 4C 5D 6A 7B8refined starch and sugar 9Quality of diet 10most fruits