【正文】 ess activities today add up to a colossal public nuisance. The hazards range from routine double parking that jams city streets to the drunk driving that kills some 25, 000 people and injures at least 650, 000 others yearly! Illegal speeding on open highways? New surveys show that on some interstate highways 83% of all drivers are currently ignoring the federal 55 m. p. h. speed limit. 此資料來自企業(yè) 44.〖〗 The most flagrant scofflaw of them all is the red light runner. The flouting of stop signals has got so bad in Boston that residents tell an anecdote about a cabby who insists that red lights are“just for decoration”. The power of the stoplight to control traffic seems to be waning everywhere. In Los Angeles, redlight running has become perhaps the city ight.”Meanwhile, his own police largely ignore the lawbreaking. 45.〖〗 individual the violation bees habitual, widespread and incessant, however, a great deal more than a traffic management problem is involved. The flouting of basic rules of the road leaves deep dents in the social mood. Innocent drivers and pedestrians pay a repetitious price in frustration, inconvenience and outrage, not to mention a justified sense of mortal peril. The signunning is magnified by its high visibility. If hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to r. r the social rules, and society cannot help being harmed by any repetitious and brazen display of contempt for the fundamentals of order. Part C Directions: 此資料來自企業(yè) Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points) 46） To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind is liable, no superhuman genius is required. A few simple rules will keep you, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. He did not do so because he thought he knew. Thinking that you k Many matters, however, are less easily brought to the test of experience. 47) If, like most of mankind, you have strong convictions on many such matters, there are ways in which you can make yourself aware of your own prejudice. If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you subconsciously are aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If someone maintains that two and two is five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction. The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. 48) So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard。 he would have liked to undo the whole of the industrial revolution. You may never have an opportunity of actually meeting anyone who holds this opinion, because in Western countries most people take the advantage of modern technology for granted. 50) But if you want to make sure that you are right in agreeing with the prevailing opinion, you will find it a good plan to test the arguments that occur to you by considering what Gandhi might have said in refutation of them. I have sometimes been led actually to change my mind as a result of this kind of imaginary dialogue. Furthermore, I have frequently found myself growing more agreeable through realizing the possible reasonableness of a hypothetical opponent.［ 449 Words］ Section Ⅲ Writing Part A You will go to a university to do cooperation research in the Department of Geography as a visiting scholar. Write to the Student Acmodation Office telling them: 1) what your situation is, 2) what acmodation you wish to have, and 3) ask for any suggestions You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead. You do not need to write the address. (10 points) Part B ： 此資料來自企業(yè) Study the following drawing carefully and write an essay entitled “Great Expectations”. In the essay you should 1) describe the drawing and interpret its meaning, and 2) give your ment on the phenomenon. You should write 160—200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points) 英語預(yù)測試卷（二）答案與解析 Section Ⅰ Use of English 【答案】［ A］ reason 【解析】 reason “說理，推理 ”，可與下文 to think in abstract terms, to reflect on the future呼應(yīng)。 meditate 表示在一段時間內(nèi)集中精力從容地進行思考，常與 on或 upon連用。如： He sometimes reflected on the changes that had taken place in the world since his youth. speculate 指思考、推理過程，但由于前提、證據(jù)等不確定或不全面，所以得出的結(jié)論往往帶有假設(shè)的、推理的意味，常與 about和 on連用。只有［ C］ unpredictable符合題意。 4 【答案】 ［ C］ motives 【解析】 motives 動機。即 “理解了意義動機，就理解了一個行為 ”。 conclusions “結(jié)論 ”， consequences “結(jié)果，后果，重要性 ”。謂語動詞 is 之前是名詞從句做主語。要點：名詞從句的連詞是各種特殊疑問詞（ 包括 whether和if）和 that。 even， as不引導名詞從句。聯(lián)系下文的 scientific manner 可知［ A］ an objective 為正確答案。 【答案】［ B］ why 【解析】承接上文，人們想要弄清楚行為的意義和動機。 【答案】［ D］ concerned 【解析】關(guān)鍵要識別 be concerned with sth.“