Section C

　　Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C andD . You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on AnswerSheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　Passage One

　　Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

　　Like fine food，good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last.And good writers，like good cooks，do not suddenly appear full-blown.Quite the opposite，just as the cook has to undergo a particular training，mastering the skills of his trade，the writer must sit at hisdesk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing，whatever its purpose is—schoolwork，matters of business，or purely social communication.

　　You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort，the more effective the writing，and the more rewarding.

　　There are still some faraway places in the world where you might find a public scribe to do your business or social writing for you，for money. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service ofthat rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from.But for most of us，if there is any writing to be done，we have to do it ourselves.

　　We have to write school papers，business papers or home papers.We are constantly called on to put words to papers.It would be difficult to count the number of such words，messages，letters，and reports put intomails or delivered by hand，but the daily figures must be extremely large.What is more，everyone who writes expects，or at least hopes whatever he writes will be read，from first word to last，not just thrown into some “letters-to-be-read” files or into a wastepaper basket.This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting，effective writing.

　　Choose correct answers to the question：

　　46.In this passage，good writing is compared to fine food in that _______.

　　A.both writers and cooks have to work a long time every day

　　B.both are essential to life

　　C.both are writers and cooks can earn a good living

　　D.both are enjoyable

　　47.A public “scribe” (Para 2，Line 1) is _____.

　　A.a secretary who does your business or social writing

　　B.a machine that does writing for you

　　C.a public school where writing is taught

　　D.a person who ears a living by writing for others

　　48.According to the passage，some managers don‘t have to do any letter writing because _____.

　　A.they rely on quick notes C.they have a computer to do it

　　B.they have excellent secretaries D.they prefer making phone calls

　　49.According to the author，if your letter is thrown into some “letter-to-be-read” file，______.

　　A.it will receive immediate attention

　　B.it will be dealt with by the secretary

　　C.it is likely to be neglected

　　D.it is meant to be delivered soon

　　50.The purpose of the author in writing this passage is _____.

　　A.to explain and persuade

　　B.to comment and criticize

　　C.to interest and entertain

　　D.to argue and demonstrate

　　Passage Two

　　Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.

　　On average，American kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school，eight hours more that they did in 1981.They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet (芭蕾舞)。Involvement in sports，in particular，rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997：boys now spendan average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log hall that time. All in all，however，children‘sleisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%

　　“Children are affected by the same time crunch (危机) that affects their parents” says Sandra Hofferth，who headed the recent study of children‘s timetable.A chief reason，she says，is that more mothers are working outside the home.Nevertheless，children in both double-income and “male breadwinner” householdsspent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents 19 hours and 22 hours respectively.In contrast，children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.)

　　All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids.“Play is the most powerful way a child explores the world and learns about himself，” says T. Berry Brazelton，professor at Harvard Medical School Unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships withtheir peers，but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged in it.

　　The children sampled spent a quarter of their rapidly decreasing “free time” watching television.But that，believe it or not，was one of the findings parents might regard as good news.If they‘re spending less time in front of the TV set，however，kids aren’t replacing it with reading.Despite efforts to get kids more interested in books，the children spent just over an hour a week reading.Let‘s face it，who’s got the time?

　　Choose correct answers to the question：

　　51. By mentioning “the same time crunch” (Line 1，Para.2) Sandra Hofferth means ________.

　　A.children have little time to play with their parents

　　B.children are not taken good care of by their working parents

　　C.both parents and children suffer from lack of leisure time

　　D.both parents and children have trouble managing their time

　　52.According to the author，the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunch is ________.

　　A.quite convincing

　　B.partially true

　　C.totally groundless

　　D.rather confusing

　　53.According to the author a child develops better if ________.

　　A.he has plenty of time reading and studying

　　B.he is left to play with his peers in his own way

　　C.he has more time participating in school activities

　　D.he is free to interact with his working parents

　　54.The author is concerned about the fact that American kids ________.

　　A.are engaged in more and more structured activities

　　B.are increasingly neglected by their working mothers

　　C.are spending more and more time watching TV

　　D.are involved less and less in household work

　　55.We can infer from the passage that ________.

　　A.extracurricular activities promote children‘s intelligence

　　B.most children will turn to reading with TV sets switched off

　　C.efforts to get kids interested in reading have been fruitful

　　D.most parents believe reading to be beneficial to children

　　Part IV Translation ( 答题时间30分钟 )

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese intoEnglish. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

　　气功(Qigong)是中国文化的杰出遗产(legacy)，也是传统中医的一个重要组成部分。它是以调心、调息、调身为手段的身心锻炼方法。气功能解乏并改善睡眠质量，从而提高工作效率。因此，在当代中国气功仍然很流行。气功分为医疗气功(healing Qigong)和健身气功(fitness Qigong两类：医疗气功用于治疗身体疾病;健身气功主要用于强健体魄，延缓衰老。越来越多的外国人加入练气功的行列。

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