TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2012)-GRADE EIGHT-

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According to the passage, the Water Footprint Network

Which of the following reasons can best explain the authors feeling of self-satisfaction?

According to the context, "...how mv own actions factored in" means

According to the passage, the author was more alarmed by the fact that

"My entire closet is borderline Olympic" is an example of

What is the tone of the author in the last paragraph?

According to the passage, Sparacinos study

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a distinct feature of U.S. class reunions?

What mainly attracts many people to return to campus for reunion?

The rhetorical function of the first paragraph is to

What is the passage mainly about?

In the excerpt, Mr. Cattanzara was described as a man who

It can be inferred from the passage that

After the street conversation with Mr. Cattanzara, George

We can tell from the excerpt that George

The author thinks that this years celebration is inadequate and even halfhearted because

According to the passage, what really makes the 1909 celebrations different from this years?

In the authors opinion, the counter-conference

According to the author, the image of Lincoln conceived by contemporary people

Which of the following best explains the implication of the last paragraph?

The Maori people are natives of

The British monarch is the Head of

Americans celebrate Independence Day on

Canada is bounded on the north by

Who is the author of The Waste Lana?

Which of the following novelists wrote The Sound and the Fury?

"The lettuce was lonely without tomatoes and cucumbers for company" is an example of

In English ifa word begins with a [l] or a [r], then the next sound must be a vowel. This is a (n)

Which of the following is an example of clipping?

The type of language which is selected as appropriate to a particular type of" situation is called

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Translate the underlined part of the following text into English. Write your translation on
ANSWER SHEET THREE.
泊珍到偏远小镇的育幼院把生在那里养到1岁的孩子接回来。但泊珍看他第一眼，仿似一声雷劈头而来。令她晕头胀脑，这l岁的孩子脸型长得如此熟悉，她心里的第一道声音是，不能带回去!
痛苦纠聚心中，眉心发烫发热，胸口郁闷难展，胃里一股气冲喉而上。院长说这孩子发育迟缓时，她更是心头无绪。她在孩子所待的房里来回踱步，这房里还有其他小孩。整个房间只有一扇窗，窗外树影婆娑。就让孩子留下来吧，这里有善心的神父和修女，这里将来会扩充为有医疗作用的看护中心，这是留住孩子最好的地方。这孩子是她的秘密，她将秘密留在这树林掩映的建筑罩。
她将秘密留在心头。

Translate the underlined part of the following text into Chinese Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.
In some cases, intelligent people implementing intelligent policies are responsible for producing a "boomerang effect"; they actually create more of whatever it is they seek to reduce in the first place.
The boomerang effect has been achieved many times in recent years by men and women of goodwill. State legislatures around the nation have recently raised the drinking age back to 21 in an effort to reduce the prevalence of violent deaths among our young people. But such policies seem instead to have created the conditions for even more campus violence. Some college students who previously drank in bars and lounges under the watchful supervision of bouncers (夜总会,酒吧等保安人员) (not to mention owners ea~er to keep their liquor licenses) now retreat to the sanctuary of their fraternity houses and apartments, where they no longer control their behaviour - or their drinking.
The boomerang effect has also played a role in attempts to reduce the availability of illicit drugs. During recent years, the federal government has been quite successful in reducing the supply of street drugs. As fields are burned and contraband (违禁品）confiscated, the price of street drugs has skyrocketed to a point where cheap altematives have begun to compete in the marketplace. Unfortunately, the cheap alternatives are even more harmful than the illicit drugs they replace.
boomerang: a curved flat piece of wood that can be thrown so as to retum to the thrower 回飞镖

A recent survey of 2,000 college students asked about their attitudes towards phone calls and text-messaging (also known as Short Message Service) and found the students main goal was to pass along information in as little time, with as little small talk, as possible. "What they like most about their mobile devices is that they can reach other people," says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics at American University in Washington, D.C., who conducted the survey. "What they like least is that other people can reach them." How far do you agree with Professor Baron?
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, language and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.