高级口译阅读真题及答案九月

Questions 1~5

British Aerospace is planning to set up its own university because

it cannot recruit the skilled graduates it needs from existing

institutions.

BAe has a team drafting a range of options for the university, which

would award its own degrees. Work on the scheme is expected to start in the next few months.

Sir Richard Evans, chief executive of British Aerospace, has

already launched a recruiting drive for engineers on the Continent because of a shortage of high-calibre domestic candidates. Advertising campaigns

in France, Germany and other European countries will seek to attract students expecting to graduate in the summer. Other engineering employers are expe3cted to follow suit. The move to take on overseas graduates comes after BAe left one in five of its graduate places unfilled last year, blaming shortcomings in the education system. If the scheme is approved, BAe will either build a full university or incorporate sites at its main research and manufacturing centres at Farnborough, Surrey, and Warton, Lancashire. The company would have to convince the education authorities that the university had sufficient teaching capacity and autonomy for it to be allowed to award degrees. Bae said it was setting up its own education system and recruiting staff abroad because "there is a shortage of engineering graduates, both in terms of quantity and quality".

The Engineering Employers' Federation said that skill shortages

were an urgent problem. Rolls-Royce, another large engineering employer, said there was a general skill shortage, although it had filled its

graduate quota. Rolls will soon recruit internationally to reflect its

expanding international operations.

Engineering's failure to attract students has been attributed to

poor pay and long-term prospects, given the decline in British manufacturing. BAe would not reveal how much it pays graduates, but Lucas Variety, a large engineering employer, paid a starting salary of ￡14,200

last year. That compares with an average graduate starting salary of

￡15,300, according to Income Data Services.

British universities have found it increasingly difficult to

recruit well-qualified undergraduates. Even Oxford and Cambridge fail to meet their quotas in many engineering subjects.

Alan Smithers, whose Centre for Education and Employment Research,

at Brunel University, produced a report on the supply of science and engineering graduates early this year, said that the discipline had been

over expanded. "There is now a lack of quality to withstand competition

in an increasingly international sphere. Companies go where they can find the best candidates."

Engineering does not enjoy the high status in Britain that it

occupies in other parts of the world. Courses in other parts of Europe

and the Far East command among the highest entry requirements of all degree subjects and take five years, rather than the norm of three in Britain.

1. British Aerospace is recruiting engineers on the Continent ______.

(A) as the pay for them can be much lower

(B) as there are not enough well-qualified candidates at home

(C) to compete with France, Germany and other European countries

(D) to set up a university of its own.

2. In the passage, the expression "to follow suit" in the sentence "Other engineering employers are expected to follow suit" (para. 4) can best be paraphrased as _______.

(A) tojoin BAe in its recruiting scheme (B) to take the

unanimous action

(C) to recruit graduates overseas (D) to establish

universities

3. Which of the following is NOT the reason that engineering courses fail

to attract British students?

(A) The decline of British manufacturing industry.

(B) The recruitment of engineers abroad.

(C) The lower pay for engineering graduates.

(D) The long and slow process of success and promotion after graduation.

4. "Oxford" and "Cambridge" are mentioned in the passage to show that

_______.

(A) they are the world famous universities.

they are not cooperating with British Aerospace

(C) they are reforming the engineering education

(D) they can not fulfil their recruitment quotas in engineering

5. Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of the passage?

(A) There should be further cooperation between British Aerospace and Higher Institutions

(B) Shortage of engineers leads BAe to plan its own university

(C) British Higher Education has recently been reevaluated

(D) British Engineering education is severely criticized for its lack

of quality

Question 6~10 In an unprecedented trans-European strike, Renault workers yesterday staged simultaneous stoppages in France, Belgium and Spain to protest against the car maker's decision to close its factory at Vilvoorde

in Belgium and cut 6,000 jobs.

Despite union fury and a storm of criticism from French politicians

and the European Commission, Louis Schweitzer, the Renault chairman, insisted that the closure of the Belgian factory in July with the loss

of 3,100 jobs was traumatic but necessary. "It's a brutal, hard and painful decision," Mr.Schweitzer said. "If we do nothing, the company will be." Up to one third of workers downed tools for one hour during each shift

in Paris and other parts of France, while Belgian demonstrators from the threatened Vilvoorde plant massed outside the French Embassy in Brussels and threw a car chassis across police barricades. Belgian Renault dealers across the country joined the protest by shutting up shop.

The Renault board has approved a plan to shed an additional 2,764

jobs in France, where stoppages began overnight at the Renault factory

in Le Mans, and continued yesterday at plants in Cleon, Sandouville and Douai.

About 90 per cent of workers at four Renault plants in Spain downed

tools for one hour and employees at factories operated in Belgium by General Motors, Volkswagen, Ford, Opel and Volvo also staged one-hour strikes in solidarity with their Renault counterparts.

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Workers at Renault plants in Portugal, however, did not respond to

the strike call.

Up to one third of workers downed tools for one hour during each shift

in Paris and other parts of France, while Belgian demonstrators from the threatened Vilvoorde plant massed outside the French Embassy in Brussels and threw a car chassis across police barricades. Belgian Renault dealers across the country joined the protest by shutting up shop.

The Renault board has approved a plan to shed an additional 2,764

jobs in France, where stoppages began overnight at the Renault factory

in Le Mans, and continued yesterday at plants in Cleon, Sandouville and Douai. https://www.360docs.net/doc/6d2400280.html,/

About 90 per cent of workers at four Renault plants in Spain downed

tools for one hour and employees at factories operated in Belgium by General Motors, Volkswagen, Ford, Opel and Volvo also staged one-hour strikes in solidarity with their Renault counterparts.

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Workers at Renault plants in Portugal, however, did not respond to

the strike call.

Union leaders last night hailed the so-called "Eurostrike" as proof

of cross-border workers' unity in the face of glaring gaps in European

social legislation. https://www.360docs.net/doc/6d2400280.html,/

Mr. Schweitzer suggested that a new use might be found for the

Vilvoorde factory and that some workers may be transferred to other plants, but he showed no sign of backing off from the radical restructuring plan. Critics claim that he is callously taking advantage of different

labour costs across Europe, and on Thursday Karl Van Miert, the European Commissioner, announced he was blocking Spanish investment subsides for Renault on the grounds that it was "absurd" to close the profitable Belgian plant.

The Spanish Government yesterday decided to suspend its request for approval of an 8 million subsidy it had planned to provide for a Renault

investment in Valladolid.

The management of the newly-privatised French automaker claims that

the Vilvoorde plant was singled out because it has the highest production costs.

While President Chirac of France has expressed "shock" at the abrupt

way the closure was announced, as Mr. Schweitzer pointed out "the French Government has not said that the decision should be altered, corrected

or that it was not good for the company".

6. The Belgians demonstrated outside the French Embassy in Brussels

______.

(A) to protest against French President Chirac's speech

(B) to support French workers' strike at Renault plants

(C) to protest against the closure of the Vilvoorde factory by the

French car maker

(D) to voice their solidarity with all Renault workers

7. It can be concluded from the passage that ______.

(A) about 6,000 jobs will be cut from the Renault factory at Vilvoorde

in Belgium

(B) one third of workersin the Vilvoorde factory will lose their jobs

(C) about 6,000 workers will be laid off from Renault factories in

Belgium and France

(D) the strikes at Renault plants in Belgium and France will lead to

a dismissal of about 6,000 workers

8. According to the passage, the workers at factories operated in Belgium

by General Motors, Volkswagen, Ford, Opel and Volvo staged strikes _____.

(A) to protest against the closure of their plants

(B) to demand higher wages

(C) to demand more subsidies from their governments

(D) to support workers in Renault plants

9. The expression "was singled out" (para. 11) can be replaced by which

of the following?

(A) was closed down (B) was

chosen

(C) was reconstructed (D) was

separated

10.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

(A) Renault workers in several European countries staged strike

against the closure of the Vilvoorde factory.

(B) The French Government planned to take action to change the decision

of the Renault board.

(C) The decision to close the Renault factory in Vilvoorde met strongcriticism from different circles.

(D) The labour costs of automobile industry vary greatly from country

to country, even in Europe.

Question 11~15

The Australian art world swooned when they saw the work of "Aboriginal" painter Eddie Burrup, whose haunting canvases depicted Aboriginal "Dreamtime" legends.

The only trouble is, Eddie Burrup does not exist. He is a figment

of the imagination of an 82-year-old white woman whose hoax has embarrassed the cognoscenti and infuriated the nation's indigenous artists. Not since Brisbane literary award winner, Helen Demidenko, admitted she fooled the publishing world in 1995 by assuming a false identity, have Australia's artistic elite been so humbled.

The elderly painter who so successfully pulled the wool over

everyone's eyes, is in fact Elizabeth Durack, a pastoralist, author and amateur anthropologist who lives in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. Under Burrup's fictitious name, she produced a range of critically acclaimed work, including paintings, photographs and

even an autobiography. Everyone assumed Burrup was recluse living a hermit's existence in the Outback.

"His" creations were so impressive that they even featured in a

touring Aboriginal art show. This month some of the works were due to be entered for the highly respected Sulman Prize, to be announced on March 21. But after yesterday's revelation "Burrup's" work will almost

certainly be withdrawn.

Durack, of Irish descent, is a member of one of the country's most

famous pioneering families. She is a well-know painter in her own right and confessed to her deception in an arts magazine, but refused to explain her motivation. "It's my last creative phase," was all she would say. However, art historian Robert Smith, a close family friend, defended

her actions. "she has created a character,just a playwright or a poet or

a novelist will create a character," he said. "She hasn't appropriated

any motifs or themes, or forms of Aboriginal art at all," he insisted. Members of the Aboriginal art community were less forgiving,

claiming she had stolen indigenous culture. "It's the last thing left that

you could possibly take away other than our lives or shoot us all." John Mundine, an Aboriginal art curator, said. Doreen Mellor, senior curator

at Flinders Art Museum in Adelaide, said: "As an Aboriginal person I feel really offended."

Ironically, the Durack family probably has a deeper knowledge of Aboriginal affairs than many other white settlers, having lived among Australia's indigenous people in Kimberley for nearly 180 years. In the

last century the Duracks had a reputation as the only family of pastoralists who did not shoot Aborigines.

11.According to the passage. Eddie Burrup _______.

(A) is an 82-year-old female painter

(B) has long fascinated the Australian art world

(C) has lived in Western Australia for many years

(D) is an imaginary male Aboriginal painter

12.According to the passage, the Australian artistic circles ______.

(A) highly appreciate the work of Eddie Burrup

(B) do not cosider Durack to be an artist

(C) felt cheated by the trick of Elizabeth Durack

(D) acknowledged Durack's contribution to the Aboriginal art

13. It can be concluded from the passage that ______.

(A) Durack imitated paintings from other Aboriginal artists(B) Durack lacked confidence in her own painting skills

(C) Durack knew much about Aboriginal culture

(D) Durack devoted all her life to the creation of Eddie Burrup

14. The word "appropriated" in the sentence "She hasn't appropriated any motifs or themes, or forms of Aboriginal art at all," (para. 6) can be

replaced by which of the following?

(A) made proper useof (B) used as

her own invention

(C) imitated and copied (D) studied

and designed

15.Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage?

(A) Many white men killed or injured the native people in Australia

in the last century.

(B) The Durack family have been hostile to Australia's natives.

(C) The Aboriginal artists criticised Durack's deceptive behaviour.

(D) Some people felt sympathetic with Durack after the revelation of

her deception.

Question 16~20

The medical world was thrown into confusion yesterday when a judgeruled that food and hydration could be withdrawn from a 29-year-old woman,

even though doing so would not strictly follow rules laid down by the Royal College of Physicians.

The woman, known as Miss D, was suffering a "living death" and the time

had come for "merciful relief," said Sir Stephen Brown, President of the

High Court Family Division.

The case breaks new ground because in previous cases where doctors

have applied to turn off life-support machines of seriously brain-damaged patients, the victims have been in a "persistent vegetative state"(PVS).

Miss D was not considered by experts to be in a PVS because she could track movement with her eyes and responded to cold water being poured into her ears.

James Munby QC, who was appointed to represent the woman's interests, told Sir Stephen that the reason the Royal College had been anxious to identify what he had called a "bright line" over which the boundaries

should not be pushed was because there was always a danger of going down

a "slippery slope". But the judge, in his ruling said that all the

consultants, doctors, medical team and family were agreed that Miss D had no awareness of her surroundings or herself, and all the evidence was that there was "no possibility of any meaningful life whatsoever". Sir

Stephen said that he did not feel he was altering the boundaries of who

could be allowed to die. "I am driven to the conclusion... that it is in

this patient's best interest to withdraw the artificial feeding and

hydration which is keeping her body alive."

But the judgement was condemned by the anti-euthanasia group. Alert, which said the "barbaric practice" of cutting off life support systemsbto braindamaged patients should be banned. Dr.Peggy Norris, chairwoman

of Alert, said: "Withholding food and fluids from a person capable of experiencing thirst had been used as a form of torture."

The British Medical Association took the vies, however, that the

judgement did not extend the categories of patients from whom nutrition

and hydration can be withdrawn. "It is an acknowledgment that it would

be ethically acceptable to consider withdrawal of nutrition and hydration

from and individual who has permanently lost his or her sentience and awareness," a spokesman said.

Miss D was at university when she was seriously injured in a road

accident in 1989. She recovered enough to walk round in familiar surroundings, but in 1995 was found unconscious in her bed, probably having had an epileptic fit. She has never subsequently recovered consciousness.

This week her feeding tube had become dislodged, and a small

operation would have been needed to replace it. Consequently the hospital trust caring for her had applied to the court for a declaration that it

was lawful to "discontinue all life sustaining treatment." Its request

was upheld.

A spokesman for the Royal College of Physicians said the decisionhad caused confusion. "We set up a working group to produce guidelines,

in order to help doctors in a difficult situation. But they are only

guidelines and thejudge is not obliged to follow them. Thejudgement does

not change them, but it seems to be leading to some uncertainty among doctors."

16. The case which concerns Miss D is mainly about ______.

(A) whether she was in a "persistent vegetative state"

(B) if she should be given further medical treatment

(C) which method to be used to recover her consciousness

(D) whether the withdrawal of food and fluids from her isjustifiable

17. In the passage, the expression "breaks new ground" (para. 3) can be paraphrased as which of the following?

(A) makes new discoveries (B) provides

further opportunities

(C) brings new problems (D) makes

breakthroughs

18.What is the major issue of the argument according to the passage?

(A) The redefinition of "persistent vegetative state."

(B) The stoppage of life sustaining treatment to non PVS patients.

(C) The ethical issues in treating PVS patients.

(D) The distinctions between PVS and non PVS patients.

19. It can be concluded that the author of the passage ______.

(A) gives his personal opinion about the issue in question

(B) reaches a comprehensive conclusion in the end

(C) provides a detailed introduction on the issue of euthanasia

(D) offers an objective report on different views towards the issue

20. According to the spokesman for the Royal College of Physicians, thejudgement has ______.

(A) set a precedent for future cases

(B) strictly followed the guidelines set up by the Royal College of Physicians

(C) brought about certain confusion in the medical profession

(D) led to strong opposition in the medical world

翻译：A commonplace criticism of American culture is its excessive preoccupation with material goods and corresponding neglect of the human spirit. Americans, it is alleged, worship only "the almighty dollar." We scramble to "keep up with the Joneses." The love affair between Americans and their automobiles has been a continuing subject of derisive commentary by both foreign and domestic critics. Americans are said to live by a quantitative ethic. Bigger is better, whether in bombs or sedans. The classical virtues of grace, harmony, and economy of both means and ends are lost on most Americans. As a result, we are said to be swallowing up the world's supply of natural resources, which are irreplaceable. Americans constitute 6 percent of the world's population but consume over a third of the world's energy. These are now familiar complaints. Indeed,

in some respects Americans may believe the "pursuit of happiness" to mean the pursuit of material things.

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A judge condemned European Union laws against corporal punishment

and the rise in single-parent families as he sent two young arsonists to

a secure unit yesterday.

Sentencing the boys, aged ten and 13, to two and a half years, Judge Rodwell QC said in Luton Crown Court that the abolition of corporal punishment in schools had left teachers unable to discipline unruly youngsters, leading to an increase in delinquency.

The boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, set fire to a

neighbour's house as they roamed the streets of a council estate after

being expelled from school.

Judge Rodwell said: "With the best intention in the world corporal punishment has been abolished and indeed that is a requirement of the EU".

"But this has resulted in an extremely unsatisfactory situation.

Nobody wants children to be flogged but it is no longer possible for a teacher to deal with even a minor incident by a cuff round the ear or a smack on the hand, which is swift and something the child entirely understands and stops minor incidents escalating.

"If the child does not respond to being told not to bring gin into

school or beat his mates up the teacher has to go through discipline procedures. If the correct procedures are followed a great deal of verbiage comes out which may satisfy the intelligent niceties of educationists but has no impact on a great number of children. Suspension is hardly a sanction."

The judge expressed concern over single-parent families, and said

that children needed two parents. The boys had both come from broken homes.

He said:"Both children come from homes where a father for a lot of the time was not present. It is often said that in single-parent homes children can be given as much love as they need but that is not the entire answer." During their trial last month the court was told that the two boys

were among a gang of children who harassed the Smith family on the Downside

estate, Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

One day, the boys put paper through the letter box and tried to set

light to it, but failed. Then a woman neighbour, described by the judge

as "the neighbour from hell". lent them a lighter so they kicked the door

in and started a fire a on a hall table.

The blaze left the house uninhabitable, causing ￡4,000 damage to

the building and destroying virtually everything the family owned. The boys denied arson.

1. Why were the two boys sent to a secure unit?

2. What is corporal punishment referred to in this passage? Cite examples of corporal punishment from the passage.

3. What are the advantages of corporal punishment, according to Judge Rodwell?

4. Explain in your own words the statement "suspension is hardly asanction" (para. 6)?

Question 5~7

Five train companies will have to ask for more cash from the next government to run services, according to a report out yesterday.

The study, conducted by a former transport analyst with City

accountants Coopers and Lybrand for Save Our Railways, the pressure group, claimed that many private operators bid so aggressively for train services they will be unable to meet the ambitious targets they have set themselves. Another four franchises are likely to run into financial

difficulties, making losses even if they manage to increase revenues by

16 per cent over seven years.

The loss-making franchises--Cardiff Railways, West Anglia and Great Northern and South Wales and West, Thameslink and Thames Trains--are likely to require more than ￡500m in extra subsidy in order to keep trains running. https://www.360docs.net/doc/6d2400280.html,/

"There has been concern in the rail industry for some time about

the way that some of the later franchises were let to bidders who were

taking a gamble," said Keith Bill, national secretary of Save Our

Railways.

The City's initial concerns about rail privatisation have meant that many early bids were "given away". South West Trains, which introduced

an emergency timetable after cutting driver numbers, is predicted to make nearly ￡480m if it grows at 3 per cent a year.

Also likely to make bumper profits are Great Western, which runs

express InterCity services from London to the west country and could make ￡462m, and French-based company CGEA, in line for more than ￡600m from

its two commuter services. Campaigners point out that Opraf, the government body which let out franchises, realised that some would make money and others would run into difficulties.

Train companies said that the growth forecasts were too low. "In two

years we have increased our takings by 50 per cent," said a spokesman for Thames Trains. "So we expect to grow for faster than this report estimates."

The analysis should jolt Labour's rail policy into life. The speed

sell-off of British Rail has caught the party off-guard and forced its

transport team into a series of embarrassing U-turns--which has

culminated in a decision not to take any bankrupt train service into

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"We will consider all the options and as a last resort we will offer

a bankrupt train srvice to private bidders in order to secure the best

deal for the taxpayer," said a sopkeswoman for Andrew Smith, the shadow Secretary of State of Transport.

Senior railway managers point out that this would mean that the

Labour party would be forced into paying more

subsidy.

5. Why are some train companies likely to make losses even if they manage to increase revenue?

6. What does the sentence "many early bids were `given away'" (para. 6) mean?

7. According to the passage, what are the impacts of the speed privatisation of British Rail on the Labour Party?

Question 8~10

The message in London's singles flat market is clear if you can find

anything you like then buy now, Dixie Nichols writes.

London is seeing "a vibrant and wealthy singles flat market"

according to David Salvi of the Clerkenwell agents Hurford, Salvi and Carr. The middle market flat agents Douglas & Gordon and Chestertons both say prices in the sector are up 20 per cent on a year ago, both say this sector has improved by 20 per cent in the past 12 months, and both have a backlog of buyers. https://www.360docs.net/doc/6d2400280.html,/

Melissa Carter, of Douglas & Gordon's Battersea office, says: "What

was a good offer two months ago looks about right now. the deals are holding and valuers (who had been acting as a brake) are now prepared to follow." Buyers in the singles market come wielding big deposits (up to a third

of the price is not unusual), and frequently leapfrog the studio and

one-bed flats starting in at two beds. Often the second bed is let to a

friend to take the sting out of the mortgage. https://www.360docs.net/doc/6d2400280.html,/

Although agents complain of there not being enough stock, there is

a steady influx from the commercial block conversions. The new wave of developments is hitting the market now.

The market is hungry and snaps up anything well priced. The Ziggurat Building in Clerkenwell, north London, sold all 34 units in its first phase within an hour of opening its doors, but the price was exceptional-- ￡140

a sq ft when most schemes hover at ￡200 to ￡250.

The developers' headline price may not have shot up in the past year

but the amount of space you get for your money has been shaved, When Sapcote's Beauchamp Building in Hatton Garden, central London, was introduced last September the shell sizes of 1,200 to 1,400 sq ft were

said to be far too small. When launched in January the market was impressed by their size.

London flat agents have no problem in forecasting a 10 per cent rise

over the next 12 months despite election wobbles. It may be better than that: Simon Agace of Winkworth, says: "The top of the flat market has

already followed the house market's summer spring and the middle range

will follow."

8. What is implied in the message "If you can find anything you like then

buy now."?

9. Why do buyers often choose the two-bed flats?

10. What does the example of "Sapcote's Beauchamp Building in Hatton Gardon, central London" tell us?

翻译：太湖明珠无锡，位于江苏省南部，地处美丽富饶的长江三角洲中心地带。这里气候宜人，物产丰富，风景优美，是中国重点风景旅游城市。与万里长城齐名的古京杭大运河纵贯市区，泛舟河上，能领略水乡的民俗风情。

距市区七公里的太湖梅梁景区是太湖风景之精华，碧波万顷，渔帆点点，湖

光山色令人陶醉。其中的鼋头渚巨石状如鼋头，远眺烟波浩渺的太湖，被诗人郭沫若誉为“太湖佳绝处”。

答案：1-5 B C B D B 6-10 C C D B B11-15 D C C B B 16-20 D C B D C

对美国文化常见的批评，是说美国人过分热衷于物质产品而忽视人的精神。

据称，美国人只崇拜“万能的美元”。我们美国人在生活上竞相攀比。美国人钟情于汽车，这一直是国内外批评家嘲笑美国人的话。他们说，美国人以数量作为人生的伦理。东西是越大越好，无论是炸弹还是轿车。大多数美国人已不在乎彬彬有礼、和睦相处、量入为出的古典美。其结果，我们美国人被说成吞噬着世界上不可再生的自然资源。美国人占世界人口的百分之六，却消大海屉上三分之一以上的能源。这些是我们现在常常听到的抱怨。的确，在某些方面，美国人可能信奉“追求幸福”就是追求物质享受。

1. Because they set fire to a neighbour's house, causing 4000 pound and damage destroying everything the family owned.

2. The corporal punishment mentioned in this passage refers to beating

of children/pupils youngsters as a form of punishment when they behave badly. The examples cited in the passage are flogging/whipping, cuffing round/slapping the ear and smacking on the hand.

3. According to Judge Rodwell, minor forms of corporal punisnment

are“swift”and direct, which can easily lead children to understand

their misdemeanour/bad behavior and stop“minor incidents escalating”.

4. Here,“suspension is hardly a sanction”means“ordering the pupil to leave school for a short period is not an effective punishment.”It can

not stop the minor incidents/ offence and is of no educational/

disciplinary significance to children. As a result, it has almost no

impact on many children.

5. Because these train companies put up very high bidding price and

profit target in order to win the bids. Therefore, even the 16 percent increase of revenue over seven years will not be enough to cover the bidding cost and profit target they promised.

6. In the earlier bidding of these franchises, the bidding conditions

were more favourable to the bidders. The train services were either“free

of charge”or sold at a very low price.

7. It has caught the party off-hand and forced its transport team into embarrassing U-turns./ They would/will make big changes in their rail

policy and would have to pay more subsidy to some train services.

8. As the price of singles flat is on the rise, it is time for

prospective buyers to make quick decisions when they find both the price and the flat are acceptable.

9. Buyers often choose two-bed flats so that the other bed can be let

to a friend. In this way, they can use the rent collected to pay the

mortgage and to lower their own burden.

10. This example shows the effects of rising price of singles flat. When

the price was still quite low, people felt the shell sizes of 1200 to 1400

sq ft were quite small. With the rising price, they felt such sizes were acceptable (otherwise they would have to pay much more for their

“ideal”sizes)

Like a bright pearl set on the Taihu Lake and situated in the center

of the beautiful and fertile Changjiang Delta in southern Jiangsu Province, Wuxi is one of China's major tourist cities, with its pleasant climate,

rich natural resources and picturesque scenery. Cutting through the city

is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, an ancient project equal in fame to the Great Wall. A trip along the river will enable the visitor to get to

know the customs and life styles of the local people.

Seven kilometers from downtown Wuxi is a popular scenic area known

as Meiliang. There, the Taihu Lake is at its best: the vast expanse of

blue waters is dotted by fishing boats against an enchanting background

of mist-shrouded hills. Of the scenic spots in the area, the huge rock named Yuantouzhu resembles a turtle's head. The rock commands a distant view of the boundless Taihu Lake. It is lauded by Guo Moruo, a renowned Chinese poet, as the“best spot of the Taihu Lake”.