【正文】 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 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。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。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。90s equivalent of dropping out. For the women of my generation who were urged to keep juggling through the 39。 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。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。t multinationals shift production from one place to another when a nation gets too strict about infringements to fair petition? And should one country take upon itself the role of “defending petition on issues that affect many other nations, as in the . vs. 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。 demands. All these are beneficial, not detrimental, to consumers. As productivity grows, the world39。s no question that the big are getting bigger and more powerful. Multinational corporations accounted for less than 20% of international trade in 1982. Today the figure is more than 25% and growing rapidly. International affiliates account for afast growing segment of production in economies that open up and wele foreign investment. In Argentina, for instance, after the reforms of the early 1990s, multinationals went from 43% to almost 70% of the industrial production of the 200 largest firms. This phenomenon has created serious concerns over the role of smaller economic firms, of national businessmen and over the ultimate stability of the world economy. I believe that the most important forces behind the massive Mamp。t rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorials skills but in the daily clash of world views between reporters and their readers. This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly a declining one. Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers. Then it sponsors lots of symposiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers. But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are plaining about. If it did, it would open up itsdiversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, educa tion, and class. 59 What is the passage mainly about? ［ A］ needs of the readers all over the world ［ B］ causes of the public disappointment about newspapers ［ C］ origins of the declining newspaper industry ［ D］ aims of a journalism credibility project results of the journalism credibility project turned out to be _______ . ［ A］ quite trustworthy ［ B］ somewhat contradictory ［ C］ very illuminating ［ D］ rather superficial basic problem of journalists as pointed out by the writer lies in their _______ . ［ A］ working attitude ［ B］ conventional lifestyle ［ C］ world outlook ［ D］ educational background its efforts, the newspaper industry still cannot satisfy the readers owing to its _______ . ［ A］ failure to realize its real problem ［ B］ tendency to hire annoying reporters ［ C］ likeliness to do inaccurate reporting ［ D］ prejudice in matters of race and gender Passage 4 The world is going through the biggest wave of mergers and acquisitions ever witnessed. The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might. Many in these countries are looking at this process and worrying:“Won39。s events. In other words, there is a conventional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and a ready made narrative structure for otherwise confusing news. There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers, which helps explain why the “ standard templates of the newsroom seem alien to ma