【正文】 據(jù)說他的風(fēng)箏用木頭和竹子制作，飛了三天后才落地。傳說中國古代哲學(xué)家墨子用了三年時(shí)間在濰坊制作了世界上首個(gè)風(fēng)箏，但放一飛的第一天風(fēng)箏就墜落并摔壞了。s tradition. C) It was characteristic of the agrarian culture.B) It brought family members closers to each other. D) It enabled families to save a lot of money. 53. What does cultural metabolism(Line 1, Para. 3) refer to? A) Evolutionary adaptation. B) Changes in lifestyle. C) Social progress. D) Pace of life. 54. What does the author think of the food people eat today? A) Its quality is usually guaranteed. B) It is varied, abundant and nutritious. C) It is more costly than what our ancestors ate. D) Its production depends too much on technology. 55. What does the author say about Italians of the old days. A) They enjoyed cooking as well as eating. B) They ate a big dinner late in the evening. C) They ate three meals regularly every day. D) They were expert at cooking meals. Part Ⅳ Translation (30minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2. 在山東省濰坊市，風(fēng)箏不僅僅是玩具，而且還是這座城市文化的標(biāo)志。 closing for lunch, and worsening traffic in cities means workers can39。 says Carole Couniban. a professor at Millersville University in Peensylvania, so there was a very important interconnection between eating together and strengtheating family ties. Since industrialization, maintaining such a slow cultural metabolism has been much harder. With the long midday meal shrinking to whatever could be stuffed into a lunch bucket or bought at a food stand. Certainly, there were benefits. Modern techniques for producing and shipping food led to greater variety and quantity, including a tremendous, increase in the amount of animal protein and dairy products available, making us more vigorous than our ancestors. Yet plenty has been lost too, even in cultures that still live to eat. Take Italy. It39。d go back to work, says Ken Albala, a professor of history at the University of the Pacific, Later, at 5 or 6, you39。s attitude toward the driverless car? A) The location of their residence. B) The amount of their special interest C) The amount of training they received. D) The length of their driving experience. 50. Who are likely to be the first to buy the driverless car? A) The senior. B) The educated. C) The wealthy. D) The tech fans. Passage Two Question 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. In agrarian(農(nóng)業(yè)的),preindustrial Europe, you39。s reason to believe that interest in selfdriving cars is going up across the board, a person39。d like to use a driverless car. In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did not. The face that attitudes toward selfdriving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how transformative the shift to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car nowand no one can get one yetbut among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly engaged. Actually, this isn39。s great religions, in the JudeoChristian tradition and in Islam an othersthat in some sense, when you hurt another human being, you hurt yourself. That damaging other people in your munity and in your life, trashing relationships, results in a kind of selfinflicted(自己招致的)spiritual wound. [K] Instead, Soupios says,ancient wisdom urges us to do good. Golden Rule for a good life is that kindness toward others tends to be rewarded. [L] This is Aesop, the fabulist(寓言家), the man of these charming little tales, often told in terms of animals and animal relationships. He says. I think what Aesop was suggesting is that when you offer a good turn to another human being. One can hope that that good deed will e back and sort of pay a profit to you, the doer of the good deed. Even if there is no concrete benefit paid in response to you good deed. At the very least, the doer of the good deed has the opportunity to enjoy a kind of spiritually enlightened moment. [M] Soupios say following the 10 Golden Rules based on ancient wisdom can guide us to the path of the good life where we stop living as onlookers and bee engaged and happier human beings. And that, he notes, is a life worth living. 36. According to an ancient Greek philosopher, it is impossible for us to understand every aspect of our life. 37. Ancient Philosophers saw life in a different light from people of today. 38. Not all your business partners are your soul mates. 39. We can live a peaceful life despite the various challenges of the modern world. 40. The doer of a good deed can feel spiritually