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Part II
Reading Comprehension
Passage1
What is your
favourite colour?
你最喜欢的颜色是什么
?
Do you like yellow, orange, or red'?
你喜欢黄色、橙色或红色的吗
?
If you do, you
must be an optimist
（乐观主义者）
.
如果你这样做
,
你必须是一个乐观主义者
(
乐观主义者
)
。
a leader.
一个领导者。
an active person who enjoys
life.
一个活跃的人
,
享受生
活。
people and excitement.
人们和兴奋。
Do you prefer greys and blues?
你偏爱灰、蓝系列色彩吗
?
Then you are
probably quiet.
那么
,
你很可能缄默。
shy.
害羞。
and you would rather follow than
lead.
你宁愿跟随比铅。
You tend to be a pessimist
(
悲观主义者
)
.
你往往是一个悲观主义者
(
悲观主义者
)
。
At
least.
至少。
this is what
psychologists tell us.
这是心理学家告诉我们。
and they should know.
他们应该知道。
because they
have been seriously studying the meaning of
colours preference, as well as the effect
that colours have on human beings.
因为他们一直认真研究颜色偏好的意义
,
以及效果
,
颜色对人类。
They
tell us.
他们告诉我们。
among other
facts.
在其他的事实。
that we do not
choose our favourite colour as we growup-we are
born with our preference.
我
们选择不了我们最喜欢的颜色是我们成长
,
我们生来就有我们的
偏好。
If you happen to love brown, you did so
as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as
soon as
you could see clearly.
假设你碰巧喜欢褐色
,
你是一旦你开了你的眼睛
,
或至少当你看清这个世界
的。
Colours do influence our moods------
there is no doubt about it.
色彩的确影响我们的情绪
——
这是毫无疑问的。
A yellow
room makes most people feel more cheerful and more
relaxed than a dark green one; and
a
red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest
winter day.
一个黄色
的房间使大多数人的房间更感到愉悦松弛比一个深绿色的
;
一件
红衣服给人带来温暖和振
奋
,
最悲惨的
冬日。
On the other
hand, black is depressing.
另一方面
,
黑色是令人沮丧的。
A
black bridge over the Thames River.
一个黑色大桥在泰晤士河。
Near London.
伦敦附近。
used to be the scene of
more suicides (
自杀
) than any
other bridge in the area-until it was
repainted green.
曾经是场景的更多自杀
(
自杀
)
比其他任何桥梁面积
,
直到它被重新粉刷绿
色。
The number of suicide attempts
immediately fell down sharply; perhaps it would
have fallen even
more if the bridge had
been done in pink or baby blue.
企图自杀的人数立刻下跌大幅下跌
;
也许会下跌得更如果桥已经做了漆成粉红色或浅蓝色。
Light and
bright colours make people not only happier but
more active.
浅色或艳丽的色彩不仅使人更加愉快也更积极向上。
It is an established fact
that factory workers work better.
这是一个既定事实
,
工厂工人的工作更好。
harder.
更努力。
and have fewer accidents when their
machines arc painted orange rather than black or
grey.
事故也会更少
,
当他们的机器弧油漆成橘黄色而不是黑色或灰色。
Passage2
Charlotte Hollins knows she
faces a battle.
夏洛特霍林斯知道她面临着一个战斗。
The 23-year-old
British farmer and her 21-year-old brother Ben are
fighting to save the farm from
the city
developers that their father worked on since he
was 14.
这位
23
岁的英国农民和她
21
岁的弟弟本正在努力拯救农场从城市开发人员
,
他们的父亲在他
14
岁以
来工作。
While she is confident
they will succeed.
虽然她相信他们会成功。
she lists farming's many
challenges:
pressure on farmers to keep
prices down.
她列出
了农业的许多挑战
:
“
你不经常得到一
天假。超市把很多压力
,
农民为了压低价格。
< br>
With fewer
people working on farms it can be
isolating.
用更少的人在农场工作可以隔离。
”
她说。
“
有一个高的自杀率和农业将永远不会让你富有。
”
Oliver Robinson. 25, grew up on a farm
in Yorkshire.
奥利
弗罗宾逊。
25
日
,
< br>在农场长大的在约克郡。
But he never considered staying on his
father and grandfather's land.
但他从未考虑过住在他父亲和祖父的土地。
“
我相信丹希望我留下来
,
”
他说。
“
我想这是一个不错的
,
< br>简单的生活
,
但是它不会上诉。
For young ambitious people,
farm life would be a hard world.
对于年轻的雄心勃勃的人
,
农场生活将是一个艰难
的世界。
“
罗宾逊。
farming doesn't offer much
in terms of money or lifestyle.
农业方面并没有多少钱或生活方式。
Hollins agrees
that economics stops people from pursuing farming
rewards:
human need .
霍林斯同意经济学阻挡了人们追求农业奖励
:
“<
/p>
提供一个重要的人类的需要。
while working outdoors with
nature.
在户外工作期间与自然。
”
Farming is a
big political issue in the UK.
农业是一个重大的政治问题在英国。
“
购买英国
“
活动鼓励消费者购买便宜的进口食品而不是一个。
The 2001
public consciousness of troubles in
British farming.
2001
年的
“
口蹄疫危机
”
关闭成千上万的农场
,
停止肉类出口
,
提高公众意识的麻烦在英国农业。
Jamie
Oliver's 2005 campaign to get children to eat
healthily also highlighted the issue.
杰米·奥利弗在
2005
年的竞选活动来让孩子们吃得健康也强调了这一问题。
This national concern
brings hope for farmers competing with powerful
supermarkets.
这个国家关注为农民带来希望与强大的超市竞争。
While most
people buy food from the big
supermarkets.
虽然大多数人买食物从大型超市。
hundreds of independent
Farmers' Markets are becoming popular.
数以百计的独立的农贸市场正变得流行。
Passage 3
No one knows
exactly how many disabled people
(
残疾人
) there arc
in the word.
没有人确切地知道有多少残疾人
(
残疾人
)
有
电弧在这个单词。
but estimates suggest the figure is
over 450 million.
但估计
,
这一数字超过
4.5
亿。
The number of disabled people in India
alone is probably more than double the total
population of
Canada.
残疾人的数量仅在印度可能超过两倍的人口总数加拿大。
In the United Kingdom.
在联合王国。
about one in ten people have some
disability.
大约有十分之一的人有残疾。
Disability is not just
something hat happens to other people: as we get
older.
残疾不仅仅是发生在
别人东西的帽子
:
当我们变老。
many of us will
become less mobile.
我们中的许多人将变得不那么移动。
hard of hearing or have
failing eyesight.
重听或有视力衰退。
Disablement can take many
forms and occur at any time of life.
残废可以采取多种形式和发生在任何时间的生活。
Some people are
born with
有些人天生的
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