punto研究生英语答案(湖大考试专用)

2021年1月20日发(作者：lpk)
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Unit 1.

When today’s high
-school seniors are asked what they plan
to
do
after
graduation,
most
say
that
they
intend
to
get
a
bachelor's
degree.
They
have
been
told
that
their
generation
has
only
“one
way
to
win”
——

by
getting
at
least
a
bachelor’s degree,
in the hope that it will eventually lead to a
professional job.



In a recent survey of high-school seniors conducted by the
National Center for Education Statistics,85 per cent of the
respondents said they planned to get a bachelor's degree. And,
although 20 years ago only 45 per cent of high-school
graduates went on to college, today 68 percent actually
matriculate, with the majority enrolling in four-year or two-year
programs designed to allow them transfer to four-year
institutions .

According to conventional wisdom, the rapid rise in the
number of students attending college is cause for national
celebration . But our research suggests that instead , it may be
cause for national concern. Why? Because for many young
people, the “one way to win paradigm”
(
例子
) is not realistic ,
given their academic talents and the labor-market projections.
Students ranking below the top third of their high-school
graduating class too often fail to earn as bachelor’s degree if
they enroll in college. The cost of such failure
——
in both
dollars and unmet expectations
——
is rising and beginning to
erode public confidence in our system of higher education.

Key to the translation from Chinese to English:


1.
Today's university students are struggling to establish
themselves, but they still have ambiguous feelings about their
future.

2.
A man cannot find himself without finding a center
beyond hi. So the idealism of the undergraduate experience
must help the student transcend himself.

3.
We eagerly hope that the lessons leaned in the university
will reveal themselves in our performance in the workplace and
further education.

4.
It cannot go unchallenged to say that the 4-year
undergraduate experience is the only path to success in life.

5.
We run the risk of making critical decisions, not on the
basis of what we know, the findings of investigations, and the
data of experiments, but on the basis of blind faith in professed
experts.

6.
Our task needs a large group of well-informed, caring
young people who can band together, learn from each other,
and actively participate in the four modernizations.

7.
If it is to endure, the new school should help the students
not only acquire a sold basic education and become
competent in a specific field, but also be ready to commit
themselves to others.

8.
It is not too much to say that if undergraduates
excessively devote themselves to examinations, the will push
competence and commitment to the fringes.

9.
I didn't even speak to him; much less discuss the
reconstruction of your school with him.

10.
Some people think examinations are second to none, but
some think examinations have a lot of disadvantages.
Examinations leave us an open essential question --- what
influence do examinations exert on education?

Unit 2
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A small family-owned company, Eisai, was one of the original
manufacturers of vitamin E, and it maintained a strong research
commitment to natural pharmaceuticals. Over the years, it
developed drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular,
respiratory, and neurological diseases. The company
experienced steady, modest growth, and in 1992 sales reached
197 billion yen and profits approached 13 billion yen. Although
it was the sixth-largest Japanese pharmaceutical company, Eisai
was a relatively small player in an industry in which global
competition was increasing while growth in the domestic
market was slowing down.



In 1993, Haruo Naito took over as president from his father.
Before that, he had chaired Eisai’s five
-year strategic planning
committee. During that time, he had become convinced that
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the company’ focus on the discovery and manufacture of
pharmaceuticals was not sustainable for long- term growth
against large, global competitors .Two years after becoming
president , Naito formulated a radical new vision for Eisai that
he ca
lled Human Health Care . It extended the company’
focus from manufacturing drug treatments for specific illness
to improving the overall quality of life . T
o accomplish that
mission, Eisai developed a wide array of new products. And
that, in turn, would require broad involvement and
commitment. He encouraged innovative activity and created
an environment in which employees’ efforts would be
accepted and rewarded .Soon there were proposals for 130
additional HHC projects and by the end of 1996, 73 projects
were under way . Now, the company has moved from sixth to
fifth place in the Japanese domestic pharmaceutical industry,
and Eisai’s customers and competitors view the company as a
leader in health care.

Key to the translation from Chinese to English:

1. He is an experienced banker and an acknowledged trade
expert, not to mention an excellent managing director.

2. Regardless of danger, volunteers from an Italian organization
for peace have gone to Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, to form a

bombing the place.

3. Nobody in the family is more dedicated to operating the real
estate business than Judy.

4. Because of the economic depression, real estate agents are
in the dilemma of whether to lower prices or let sales fall off.

5. More often than not, Mr. Smith earns great profits by careful
investment of his capital.

6. John did not make much of a mark in his studies at school,
but he excelled at sports.

transition of responsibilities is a condition for the
long-range prosperity of a family business.

8. You had better have a clear picture of prospects before
formulating a plan for investment.

9. Although sculpture is a time-consuming art, there are still
some people following it as a profession.

10. The software company is in the midst of being transformed
from an individual proprietorship to a joint venture.

Unit 3
.


Today it can be said that wheels run America. The four rubber
tires of the automobile move America through work and play.
Wheels spin, and people drive off to their jobs. Tires turn, and
people shop for the week’s food at the big supermarket
down the highway. Hubcaps whirl, and the whole family
spends a day at the lake. Each year more wheels crowd the
highways as 10 million new cars roll out of the factories. One
out of every six Americans works at assembling cars, driving
trucks, building roads, or pumping gas. America without cars ?
It’s unthinkable.

But even though the majority of Americans would find to
imagine what life would be like without a car; some have
begun to realize that the automobile is a mixed blessing. Traffic
accidents are increasing steadily, and large cities are plagued
by traffic congestion. Worst of all, perhaps, is the air pollution
caused by the internal- combustion engine. Every car engine
burns hundreds of gallons of fuel each year and pumps
hundreds of pounds of carbon monoxide and other gases into
the air. These gases are one source of the smog that hangs over
large cities. Some of these gases are poisonous and dangerous
to one’s health, especially for someone with a weak heart or a
respiratory disease.

One answer to the problem of air pollution is to build a car that
does not pollute. That’s what several major automobile
manufacturers are trying to do. But building a clean car is
easier said than done. So far progress has been slow. Another
solution is to eliminate car fume altogether by getting rid of
the internal-combustion engine. Inventors are now working on
turbine-powered cars, as well as on cars powered by steam and
electricity. But most of us won’t be driving cars run on
batteries or boiling water for a while yet. Many auto makers
believe that it will take years to develop practical models that