We live in a society in there is a lot of talk about 67
science, but I would say that there are not 5 percent of
the people who are equipped with schooling, including
college, to understand scientific reasoning. We are
more ignorant of science as people with comparable 68
educations in Western Europe.
There are a lot of kids who know everything about
computers—how to build them, how to take them apart,
how to write programs for games. So if you ask them 69
to explain about the principles of physics that have gone 70
into creating the computer, you don’t have the faintest idea. 71
The failure to understand science leads to such
things like the neglect of the human creative power. 72
It also takes rise to a blurring(模糊) of the distinction 73
between science and technology. Lots of people don’t
differ between the two. Science is the production 74
of new knowledge that can be applied or not, since 75
technology is the application of knowledge to the
production of some products, machinery or the like.
The two are really very different, and people who have
the faculty for one very seldom have a faculty for the other.
Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as
soon as it can provide technology, it is not necessarily
harmful.No society has yet learned how to forecast the 76
consequences of new technology, which can be enormous.
Part ⅥTranslation (5 minutes)
Direction:Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
提示:在實(shí)考試卷中，該試題在答題卡2上。
77. The beauty of the West Lake in Hangzhou is (我無(wú)法用言語(yǔ)來(lái)描述).
78. Last week, Tom and his friends celebrated his twentieth birthday, (盡情地唱歌跳舞).
79. Why is she looking at me （像是她認(rèn)識(shí)我似的）? Ive never seen her before in my life.
80. Mr. Johnson made full preparation for the experiment (以便實(shí)驗(yàn)?zāi)茼樌M(jìn)行).
81. I avoided mentioning the sensitive subject lest (觸犯他).
答案與解析
Part ⅠWritingColleges Have Opened Their Doors Wider
Colleges have opened their doors wider in recent years because the student population has increased enormously from 4 million to more than 7 million in less than six years since 1997. Is this a good thing?
Some argue that the enrollment increase will benefit individuals and the society as well. It allows more students to pursue higher educations and state loans enable children from poor families to complete their education at universities and colleges. This may in turn contribute to helping them to eliminate poverty for the society.
Others express concerns over the rapid expansion. They are afraid that some problems may arise from it, for example, the problem of employment. A lot more graduates may have great trouble in finding a job after graduation, which will lead to a social problem.
In my opinion, the former view is more reasonable. Admittedly, a rapid increase of graduates seemingly places a heavy burden on the society. However, on second thoughts, we find that it is due to the rapid expansion that, to a great extent, we can delay the approach of the upcoming employment wave. Moreover, just as property and wealth once were keys to success, education has become the main provider of individual opportunity in our society and an element that most ensures success in life and eliminates poverty. In this sense, I am convinced that the admission expansion is very instrumental
science, but I would say that there are not 5 percent of
the people who are equipped with schooling, including
college, to understand scientific reasoning. We are
more ignorant of science as people with comparable 68
educations in Western Europe.
There are a lot of kids who know everything about
computers—how to build them, how to take them apart,
how to write programs for games. So if you ask them 69
to explain about the principles of physics that have gone 70
into creating the computer, you don’t have the faintest idea. 71
The failure to understand science leads to such
things like the neglect of the human creative power. 72
It also takes rise to a blurring(模糊) of the distinction 73
between science and technology. Lots of people don’t
differ between the two. Science is the production 74
of new knowledge that can be applied or not, since 75
technology is the application of knowledge to the
production of some products, machinery or the like.
The two are really very different, and people who have
the faculty for one very seldom have a faculty for the other.
Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as
soon as it can provide technology, it is not necessarily
harmful.No society has yet learned how to forecast the 76
consequences of new technology, which can be enormous.
Part ⅥTranslation (5 minutes)
Direction:Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
提示:在實(shí)考試卷中，該試題在答題卡2上。
77. The beauty of the West Lake in Hangzhou is (我無(wú)法用言語(yǔ)來(lái)描述).
78. Last week, Tom and his friends celebrated his twentieth birthday, (盡情地唱歌跳舞).
79. Why is she looking at me （像是她認(rèn)識(shí)我似的）? Ive never seen her before in my life.
80. Mr. Johnson made full preparation for the experiment (以便實(shí)驗(yàn)?zāi)茼樌M(jìn)行).
81. I avoided mentioning the sensitive subject lest (觸犯他).
答案與解析
Part ⅠWritingColleges Have Opened Their Doors Wider
Colleges have opened their doors wider in recent years because the student population has increased enormously from 4 million to more than 7 million in less than six years since 1997. Is this a good thing?
Some argue that the enrollment increase will benefit individuals and the society as well. It allows more students to pursue higher educations and state loans enable children from poor families to complete their education at universities and colleges. This may in turn contribute to helping them to eliminate poverty for the society.
Others express concerns over the rapid expansion. They are afraid that some problems may arise from it, for example, the problem of employment. A lot more graduates may have great trouble in finding a job after graduation, which will lead to a social problem.
In my opinion, the former view is more reasonable. Admittedly, a rapid increase of graduates seemingly places a heavy burden on the society. However, on second thoughts, we find that it is due to the rapid expansion that, to a great extent, we can delay the approach of the upcoming employment wave. Moreover, just as property and wealth once were keys to success, education has become the main provider of individual opportunity in our society and an element that most ensures success in life and eliminates poverty. In this sense, I am convinced that the admission expansion is very instrumental