Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture i

It seems that many people pretend to choose to live a rural life characterized by ______.

A．leisure and slow tempo.

B．tension and malice.

C．waste and sophistication.

D．virtue and simplicity.

A、understood

B、are understanding

C、understand

D、understands

It seems that many people pretend to choose to live a rural life characterized by

A．leisure and slow tempo.

B．tension and malice.

C．waste and sophistication.

D．virtue and simplicity.

A.他们总是告诉你幅画的“意思”是什么

B.我是个学艺术的学生，画了很多画

C.它们就是些好看的图室

D.有很多人装成很懂现代艺术的样子

SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese.

Fame brings celebrity and high regard from adoring and loyal fans in each field of endeavor and it is heady stuff. A performer can easily come to believe that he or she is as good as his or her press. But most people, most artists do not gain fame and fortune. What about those performers who fail, or anyone who fails？ Curiously enough, failure often serves as its own reward for many people! It brings sympathy from others who are delighted not to be you, and it allows family and friends to lower their expectations of you so that you need not compete with those who have more talent and who succeed. And they find excuses and explanations of your inability to succeed and become famous: you are too sensitive, you are not interested in money, you are not interested in power that fame brings and you are not interested in the loss of privacy it demands, etc all excuses, but comforting to those who fail and those who pretend not to notice the failure.

ably be more than enough but gifts are the ornaments of mutual love and respect. Choosing the right gift for the right person may either be a pleasure or a pain in the chest. Failure would result from misery on your part even if the recipient【M1】______ doesnt tell you the truth and pretend to be unhappy about the item,【M2】______ which might actually be a complete disappointment on his/her part. However, many people believe that a guide on choosing【M3】______ the right Christmas gift might be great help.【M4】______ The primary factor when choosing a Christinas gift is of course the degree of your relationship with the receiver. It mainly determines the value and type of the gift. Age is proved to be【M5】______ another important factor in buying not only Christmas gifts but gifts for any type of occasion. Particularly men tend to be less careful and caring when bought gifts for the same sex. Women, on【M6】______ the other hand, are less careful though they may act with a sense of【M7】______ revenge if the receiver has been disappointed her in the previous【M8】______ exchange. Buying gifts for colleagues or for other people at the workplace is a difficult story. Rank and status can sometimes be【M9】______ more important than the degree of friendship. Just as a form. of social contract people holding more or less familiar ranks are【M10】______ expected to buy gifts roughly the same value for each other.

【M1】

SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese.

The word "winner" and "loser" have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an individual and as a member of a society.

Winners do not dedicate their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence, and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask.

Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge. They can separate facts from opinions and don't pretend to have all the answers. They listen to others, evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions. Although winners can admire and respect other people, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them.

Winners do not play "helpless", nor do they play the blaming game. Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives.

听力原文： Christmas is a day for family members to get together. People who live away try to get back home. The roads and railways are full of people traveling long distances in order to spend Christmas at home. Everyone wants to spend this day with their family. And above all, it's the children's holiday. They like to be happy at this day.

The children count the weeks, then the days to Christmas. They're wondering what presents they are going to have; they are very happy about this. They keep trying to find something out from their mother, but the only thing the mother will tell them is stories about Father Christmas, who brings presents to good children.

Christmas Eve comes at last. When the children go to bed they hang up their socks and on Christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents. Of course it's really their parents who fill the socks, but even the older children often pretend not to know this.

Everybody likes to be happy at Christmas time. The theatre puts on special shows for children. The circle is another thing that parents may take their children to see. Here, the audiences sit in a circle and the performance takes place in the center. The main attraction is the performing animals. Elephants, lions and tigers are trained to do astonishing tricks. Every circle has many funny persons who make people laugh.

Where do people want to spend Christmas？

A．In the park.

B．At home.

C．In a store.

A．Some people pretend to know what they really don't.

B．What the woman said is true.

C．What the woman said is wrong.

D．He knows more than the woman does.

A.attend

B. pretend

C. intend