Ⅲ.难句释义。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母

　　填在答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

　　Choose the closest paraphrased version for each of the sentences or italicized parts. (10 points)

　　31. We want every minute to count.

　　A. We want to count every minute.

　　B. We want others to count every minute.

　　C. We want to make use of every minute.

　　D. We want to spend every minute to do useful things.

　　32. A child is a believing creature.

　　A. Children want others to believe them.

　　B. Children should be believe d.

　　C. Children will believe what adults say.

　　D. Children accept what adults say about them.

　　33. It is a whim of a millionaire.

　　A. It is an interesting idea of a millionaire.

　　B. It is a wonderful idea of a millionaire.

　　C. It is a mysterious idea of a millionaire.

　　D. It is a sudden and unreasonable idea of a millionaire.

　　34. It would give me prestige in his eyes, or at least make me less suspect, foreigner though I was.

　　A. He would treat me differently because I was a well-known American correspondent and I know how to handle the situation.

　　B. He would treat me differently because I came from a foreign country.

　　C. He would treat me less suspicious because I volunteered to let them check my suitcases.

　　D. He would treat me less suspicious because I had had my scripts approved by German censors.

　　35. “We have got to believe it,”he said, looking at her steadily in the eye,“we can't afford not to.”

　　A. We have to believe it is true since we don't have enough time to consider it thoroughly.

　　B. We have to believe it is true since we don't have enough money.

　　C. We have to accept the fact since it has already happened.

　　D. We have to believe it is true since its results will be too serious for us to take.

　　36. I attended the funeral with them and sat through it with a lump of cold lead in my chest and a big resolution growing through me.

　　A. Throughout the funeral, I was filled with sadness.

　　B. The sad atmosphere of the funeral almost choked me.

　　C. At the funeral I felt as cold as lead from beginning to end.

　　D. All the time I sat at the funeral with a heart as heavy as lead.

　　37. So far as he could see, he had only to will the thing.

　　A. He could see objects far away from him by will.

　　B. He could use power to see things by imagination.

　　C. He could achieve things as far as he uses his will.

　　D. As far as he knows, he has the power to see things even beyond his reach.

　　38. In time the visible wounds healed.

　　A. Sooner or later people could see the wounds clearly.

　　B. Sooner or later the wounds would disappear.

　　C. Sooner or later people will see the trace of wounds.

　　D. There were no wounds at all.

　　39. Besides they do not have access to the knowledge.

　　A. Besides the first problem, they don't have the key to knowledge.

　　B. In addition, they can't get the needed information.

　　C. In addition, they don't need to know the information.

　　D. Besides, they don't have confidence to get the needed information.

　　40. Americans view friendship more tentatively, subject to changes in intensity as people move, change their jobs, marry, or discover new interests.

　　A. Americans don't think that friendship can and should remain unchanged.

　　B. Americans think that in this changing world no friendship can stay stable.

　　C. Americans prefer anything new and they are constantly looking for new things including friends.

　　D. Americans look upon friendship as temporary; they don't believe there can be true friends.