swung, sometimes taking a few more 15 steps on the grass when the rope began to swing 16 slowly for him.
17 the professor stopped, straightened his tie, combed his hair carefully, put on his hat, 18 his umbrella, newspaper and bag, and continued 19 his way to the university, looking as 20 and correct and respectable as one would expect a professor to be. 1. A. because B. as C. so
D. for 2. A. surprised
B. glad
C. worried D. excited 3. A. studied B. worked C. stayed D. lived 4. A. passing B. doing C. carrying
D. sending 5. A. left
B. gone
C. taken
D. arrived
6. A. because of B. instead of C. by D. with
7. A. rope B. line
C. stick
D. ruler 8. A. run B. walk
C. jump
D. stop
9. A. nothing B. nobody
C. no room D. no house
10.A. carried B. grasped C. took
D. threw 11. A. hard B. high C. heavily D. greatly 12. A. garden B. tree
C. land
D. air
13. A. hands
B. his shoulders C. his face
D. his neck
14. A. Backwards and forwards
B. Up and down
C. Left and right
D. Around and around 15. A. running B. stopping
C. rising
D. falling 16. A. enough B. more
C. too
D. less 17. A. At first B. At last
C. At once
D. At least
18. A. set up B. gave up
C. send up D. picked up
19. A. on B. for C. by
D. with
20. A. clean
B. slow
C. funny
D. quiet
IV. Translation
1. 如今，越来越多的人可以利用互联网查找他们需要的信息。
Nowadays, more and more people could find the information they need using the internet. 2. 小时候，我总告诉妹妹说狼来了，把她吓得直哭。
When my younger sister was a child, I always told her “The wolf is coming” and made her cry. 3. 她力劝我接受那个新职位，虽然那职位报酬并不优厚。
She persuaded me to accept that new position, although the salary was not very attractive. 4. 他是个有经验的商人，做国际贸易已有好几年了。
He is a experienced business man with several years experience of international commerce. 5. 不管他们是谁，他们都得对这次事故负责。
Whoever they are, they should be responsible for this accident. 6. 她如此专心地读那本书，以至于有人进来她也没意识到。
She was so devoted to that book that she did not mention when somebody came. 7. 前几天当我沿着大街走的时候，钱包被人偷了。
My wallet was stolen when I was walking across the street a couple days ago. 8. 我们珍惜自己行动的自由、劳动的果实和我们的生命。
We cherish the freedom of action, the harvest of hard-working and our lives. 9. 我希望我们的努力对预防艾滋病有所帮助。 I hope our hard work could be helpful to prevent Aids. 10. 该政策对推动当地经济发展起着越来越重要的作用。
This policy plays a more and more important role in improving the local economic development. 11. 即使你不同意她的观点，她的话也是值得一听的。
Although you disagree her opinion, what she said is still worthy of listening.
12. 如果你想给人留下好印象，其诀窍在于始终如一地保持自我，你最佳的自我。 If you want to give others a good impression, the key is to keep being yourself at your best consistently.
13. 有能力的成功商人善于利用各种资源来赚钱。
The skilled and successful business men are good at making use of variety of resources to earn
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money.
14. 我喜欢乘公共汽车上班，而不是自己驾车。那天上午也不例外。
I like going to work by bus rather than driving by myself. That morning is also no exception. 15. 我们学会了怎样面对现实，而不是回避现实。 We learned to how to face the reality not to avoid it.
16. 做科学研究不容易，不仅需要时间、精力和经费，还需要有自制力和奉献精神。 Scientific research is not easy to do. It not only needs time, energy and funding, but also self-control and the spirit of devotion.
17. 学习外语使我认识了不同文化，让我以一种全新的思维去看待事物。
Learning another language teach me know another different culture and also gave me new insights to see things.
18. 在市长的帮助下，我们最终获准接触这起交通事故的受害者。
Under the favor of the mayor, we finally got a chance to interview the victim of this transportation accident.
19. 这是一次重要的会议，请务必不要迟到。 This is an important meeting, please don’t be late.
20. 演说家常常传递着含混不清的信息，但听众总是相信亲眼所见胜于耳闻。
The speaker usually delivers vague information, but the audience always believes what they saw rather than what they heard.
21. 请把电视机关掉，因为噪音会使她分心，以致无法专心做家庭作业。
Please turn off the television, because the noise will distract her so that she could not focus on her homework.
22. 由于缺乏资金和必要设备，这家公司过了很长时间才实施提高产品质量的计划。 Because of shortage of funding and necessary equipment, this company spent a long time finishing the plan to improve the quality of products.
23. 不管花多少钱，我们都要尽最大努力延长这位感染艾滋病的姑娘的生命。
No matter how much money we spend, we must try our best to prolong the lives of HIV-infected girl.
24. 我原本打算昨天晚上去看电影，但却下雨了。
I was going to go to the movie theater last night, but it was raining. 25. 许多人投诉这家餐馆服务质量差。
Many people complain the service is poor in this restaurant.
26. Learning a foreign language has been a most trying experience for me, but one that I wouldn’t trade for anything.
学习一门外语是个最艰难的体验，但也是拿什么我都不愿意换的难得体验。
27. Not only did learning another language teach me the value of hard work, but it also gave me insights into another culture, and my mind was opened to new ways of seeing things. 学习另外一种语言不仅教会我辛勤工作的价值，也给了我进入另外一种文化的视角，我的内心被启开看待事物的新的方式。
28. They communicate with their whole being; the tones of their voices and their gestures match their words.
他们全方面的沟通，使用配合他们说话内容的声音音调和手势。
29. When there is this type of communication barrier between parents and children, the big issues teenagers face can become bigger.
当父母和孩子间存在这种交流障碍时，青少年面临的问题变得更加严峻。 30. When hearing the song, I couldn’t help crying and remembering those difficult days. 当听到这首歌时，我情不自禁哭了起来，想起了以前那些艰苦的日子。
31. Like no other plague before, the AIDS epidemic threatens to wipe out an entire generation and leave another without parents.
不像之前的其他瘟疫，艾滋病流行的威胁消灭了整整一代人而且留下失去父母的另一代。 32. We must not let cultural, racial, or social barriers distract us from the job that must be done. 我们不能够让文化、种族和社会的隔阂影响我们完成必须的工作。
33. Professor Smith’s lecture on body language was so important that all of the students took it seriously.
史密斯教授关于肢体语言的讲座很重要以至于所有的学生都很认真。
34. For years, the world stared at the spreading AIDS disaster and argued whether effective
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AIDS care could ever be practical in poor countries.
许多年来，全球都在关注散播的艾滋病灾难也在争论在贫穷国家是否可以得到有效的艾滋病治疗。
35. Protection of the environment used to be the concern of special groups. 环境保护曾是这个特殊群体很关心的问题。
36. Computers turn on the lights, heating and essential household services before people arrive home from work.
人们下班回家前，计算机已经开灯、供热还有开启其他家庭必须的服务设施了。 37. Computers enable homework assignments to be done with worldwide resources, using sites like museums and science facilities around the world.
计算机能够通过全世界的资源例如使用博物馆网址和科学机构的网页来完成作业。 38. Teenage crime was out of control in many parts of the country, and this city was no exception.
青少年犯罪在这个国家很多地方都失去控制，这个城市也不例外。 39. The less wit a man has, the less he knows that he wants it. 智慧越少，越觉得不需要。（越缺乏智慧，越觉得不需要）
40.Next time you have a problem, think about how you can improve the situation instead of worrying too much about all the negative aspects.
下次你有问题了，不要总是太担心消极的一面，要多考虑如何改善这个情况。
41. I’ll never forget the teacher who showed me that learning a foreign language could be fun and rewarding.
我永远都不会忘记那个教我学习一门外语也可以好玩和有意义的老师。
42. Instead of only writing compositions about the subjects that your teacher has given you, do something enjoyable, like writing emails to a friend.
与其写你老师给你的命题作文，还不如做些好玩的，比如给一个朋友写封电子邮件。 43. Distance learning courses are courses in which the instructor communicates with students using computer technology.
远程学习是讲师通过计算机科技与学生交流的课程。
44. English is not only the most useful language in the world, but it is also one of the easiest language to learn and to use.
英语不仅仅是世界上最为有用的语言，也是最容易学习和使用的语言之一。
45. He made up his mind to talk to the girl about his plan, even though he knew she might very well refuse to listen.
他绞尽脑汁去和这个女孩讨论他的计划，尽管他知道她可能很不情愿听。 46. Realizing it wasn’t her fault, the chairman smiled at her to lighten the atmosphere. 当主席意识到不是她的错的时候，他向她微笑以缓和气氛。
47. The patient’s immune system would reject the new heart as a foreign object. 这个病人的免疫系统拒绝接受这个新的心脏
48. Disease symptoms do not usually appear until six to ten years after a person is infected with HIV.
一个人感染HIV病毒后通常要六到十年才会有病征显现。
49. I asked quite a few waiters, who said nothing but smiled at me, before the message registered that my English was not good enough.
我问了服务员几个问题，他们什么都不说只是对着我笑，我才意识到我的英语不足够好。 50. If you want to graduate with a degree, you should stay away either from online games or from part-time work.
如果你想毕业获得学位，你应该远离网络游戏和兼职工作。
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