The mother almost____when she learned that her son was shot dead.
A、felldownD
【參考譯文】那位母親得知她兒子被槍打死了，她幾乎完全垮了。
【試題分析】本題是一道詞義辨析題。
【詳細解答】“falldown”含義“跌倒，倒下”;“comedown”含義為“降下，跌落”;“fallapart”含義為“破裂，破碎”;“gotopieces”含義為“(身體或精神上)垮下來”。從四個選項來看，只有D適用于本句話。
翻譯：
如今，中國正步入老齡化社會，因此獨生子女一代面臨著巨大的工作和生活壓力。中國政府開始適當調整計劃生育政策，允許一些家庭在特殊情況下生育二胎。但調查顯示，很多夫妻迫于不斷加重的經濟壓力，放棄生育二胎。因此，要從根本上解決老齡化的問題不能依靠出生率的上升，最有效的辦法是建立有效的社會保障制度。
Part V Writing
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Keeping Fit. You should write at least 100—120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1、保持健康的重要性;
2、保持健康的有效途徑;
3、我的做法。
翻譯：
最近，一些地方大學開始將方言列為某些學生的必修課程，學生們要學習當地方言，然后被評分以作為畢業的依據之一。一方面，支持此種做法的人認為，將方言列為必修課可防止其消失，從而使當地傳統文化和文化多樣性得以弘揚，同時城市獨特的個性得以保留。另一方面，反對此種做法的人爭論說，當地學生與外地學生相比有很多絕對優勢，因此將方言列為必修課會引起教育不公平的問題。而且，將方言列為必修課程還會引起一些其他問題，如教材使用、師資問題和考試標準等。在我看來，方言作為傳統文化不可缺少的一部分和一種交流工具，可以讓學生自愿學習和使用，而不是強制完成。
翻譯：
鄧小平同志曾說：“社會主義財富屬于人民，社會主義的致富是全民共同致富?！睒嫿ê椭C社會，就是要把民生問題作為重中之重，讓廣大人民群眾有活干，有學上，有飯吃，有衣穿，有屋住，病有醫，老有養，生活幸福，都過上好日子。自此，在就業、教育、收入分配、醫療、養老、住房等領域，一大批關注民生的實事工程接連開工，一件件事關百姓冷暖的民生大事讓各族群眾喜笑顏開。
Passage 4
Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:
The new global satellite communications systems will offer three kinds service, which may overlap in many different kinds of receivers.
VOICE. Satellite telephones will be able to make calls from anywhere on the Earth to anywhere else. That could make them especially useful to remote, third world villages (some of which already use stationary satellite telephones), explorers and disaster-relief teams. Today’s mobile telephones depend on earth-bound transmitters, where technical standards vary from country to country. So business travelers cannot use their mobile phones on international trips. Satellite telephones would make that possible.
MESSAGING. Satellite massagers have the same global coverage as satellite telephones, but carry text alone, which could be useful for those with laptop computers. Equipped with a small screen like today’s papers, satellite massagers will also receive short messages.
TRACKING. Voice and messaging systems will also tell their users where they are to within a few hundred meters. Combined with the messaging service, the location service could help rescue teams to find stranded adventurers, the police to find stolen cars, exporters to follow the progress of cargoes, and haulage companies to check that drivers are not detouring the pub. America’s military Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite will provide better positioning information to anyone who has a receiver for their signals, but GPS does not carry messages, so such a receiver cannot be used on its own for tracking or rescue. By the mid-1990s, GPS receivers will be able to tell people where they are to within 70 meters anywhere in the world, and to within a meter or so in areas where the service is supplemented by ground-based transmitter.
16. Global satellite communications systems will be useful to .
A. laptop computer users
B. remote villages
C. disaster-relief teams
D. all above
17. Satellite telephone will make .
A. business travelers use mobile phones on international trips
B. possible calls from anywhere on earth to anywhere else
C. explorers happy
D. all above
18. Which of the following is true?
A. The positioning precision of the voice system is better than that of GPS.
B. The positioning precision of GPS is Better than that of the voice system.
C. The positioning precision of the messaging system is better than of GPS.
D. The positioning precision of voice system is better than that of the messaging system.
19. What can we say about the new global satellite communications systems?
A. They are widely used.
B. They are very helpful.
C. They are costly.
D. Both A and B.
20. Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?
A. Global Satellite Communications
B. New Voice and Messaging System
C. New Generation Satellite
D. Always in Touch
