报刊阅读练习2

I.Answer the following questions in English: (40%)II. 1. give a brief introduction of the newspaper- The Financial Times: (3%)III. 2. name some famous fastfood restaurants in American (at least 4): (4%)IV. a.b.c.d.3. write down the whole words or phrases of the following abbreviations:(4%)CHO stands for:TG stands for:HDL stands for:LDL stands for:4. (5%)低卡in English is:低钠in English is:高纤维in English is:脱脂牛奶in English is:人造色素in English is:5．（5%）公益服务广告in English is:社会责任广告in English is:纠错广告in English is:警示广告in English is:形象广告in English is:6. Advertisements can also be classified into the following 6 groups based on the use of different medium: (6%)a.b.c.d.e.f.According to the rating of American films, (4%)G refers to:PG refers to:R refers to:X refers to:7. give the compounding expressions of the following words in English: (5%)协作教学（n.）：温和路线（n.）：极热的（adj）：绿刷洗（v.）：网址（n.）：8. give the metaphorical meanings of the following words in English: (4%) war:sexy:to flirt:to court:II. paraphrases: (10%)1.The first of the rural, multi-victim student shootings, here in MosesLake, looks in many respects like a road map of what was to come.2.Such problems can be tackled, if at all, only by achieving a nationalmoral regeneration.3.What, one wonders, would this sensitive soul have made of prime-timeUS television, of its unchanging diet of gratuitous violence and sexual infidelity?4.But the Ornish regimen is no sacrifice, Sharon says, when measuredagainst the bone-chilling glimpse she recently had of premature widowhood. It beats sitting in the emergency room, she says.5.The 14 Oscar nominations it received last week- including bids for22-year-old Kate Winslet and 87-year-old Gloria Stuart—tries the record set 47 years ago by ―All About Eve‖, a movie it couldn’t resemble less. It’s the odds-on favorite to win best picture.III. Translate the following sentences in Chinese: (10%)1.The paradox is explained by the fact that, as audiences shrink,advertisers are having to buy ever-increasing amounts of airtime to reach the required number of viewers.2.Every company has put resources and energy into improvingmanufacturing efficiency, into reducing overheads, into optimizing the supply chain and generally re-engineering their businesses, he told Market leader, the journal of the Marketing Society.3.Acknowledging these bleak statistics and realizing the need for morethan cursory medical advice to ―eat fat and get more exercise‖–a handful of medical centers across the country are developing heart disease prevention programs that may be easier to live with than Ornish’s draconian regimen.4.You can read all this according to your taste: as a welcome rejection ofthe cynical and tawdry, a salutary return to romanticism and hope or, as some believe, as an esthetic regression , a retreat to the simplicities and lies of old Hollywood.5.Here we are in the midst of a deeply cynical, pre-millennium age,where the smirk of every hip TV host is dripping with irony and Madison Avenue sells its products with edge and attitude, and the country is losing its hear to a movie that’s 100 percent cynicism-free.Reading comprehension:To Win at Marriage, Learn to lose1.Having been married for more than 40 years, I can attest to the truth ofthe following statement: To excel in the art domestic argument, one must master the art of losing.2.Modern psychologists are taken with the ―win-win‖solution. But inmarriage, success resides more in ―lose-lost‖ solutions. Out of these, both parties can win. For in the love configuration, losing gives a gift that always returns.3.The issues that people arguer over most in marriage, such as how tospend money, often aren’t the real ones. The key issue is: who is going to be in control? When I was younger, my need to control arose out of fear, a lack of trust, insecurity. The day I finally realized I didn’t need to control my wife—that , indeed, I ought not to control her, that I couldn’t control her, and that if I tried to, I would destroy our marriage—was the day our marriage began.4.Giving up control is often confused with weakness. But the winner ina domestic argument is never really the winner. When you win a battleand your partner submits, you have, paradoxically, lost.5.What is it we want most from a marriage? To love and to be loved. Tobe happy and secure. To grow to discover. A love relationship is the garden in which we plant, cultivate and harvest the most precious of crops, our own self, and in which our spouse is provided the same rich soil in which to bloom.6.We cannot obtain what we want unless our partner also gets what orshe wants. A woman may, for instance, want to go to the symphony.Her husband might hate symphonies. But by spending a few hours listening to music he doesn’t care for, he can bring joy to his partner.That’s a pretty cheap price to pay for joy, isn’t it?7.But what if a husband wants to go on a fishing trip with friends? Hiswife either agrees or not. He might try impowering his partner: ―Honey, I’d like to go on fishing trip with boys. What do you think?‖―Good idea. I’ll go see my mother while you’re fishing.‖Such a dialogue, as idealistic as it sounds, is born of a marriage of mature adults.8.But what if she says, ―you always make promises you never keep. Thisfall there will be some excuse. I think you owe me a trip first.‖? Nowhe must decide. Is she right? She could be, you know. When thecouple arrives at this juncture. It’s time for him to listen.9.So remember: If you want to feel loved and respected, give up control. V.W IV. Write out a very brief outline in phrases according to each paragraph of the article: (20%)VI. 1.VII. 2.VIII. 3.IX. 4.X. 5.XI. 6.XII.7.XIII.8.XIV.9.XV.V. Translate the following sentences into Chinese: (10%)XVI. 1. To Win at Marriage, Learn to lose.XVII. 2. Out of these, both parties can win. For in the love configuration, losing gives a gift that always returns.3. The day I finally realized I didn’t need to control my wife—that , indeed, I ought not to control her, that I couldn’t control her, and that if I tried to, I would destroy our marriage—was the day our marriage began.4. A love relationship is the garden in which we plant, cultivate andharvest the most precious of crops, our own self, and in which our spouseis provided the same rich soil in which to bloom.5. Such a dialogue, as idealistic as it sounds, is born of a marriage ofmature adults.XVIII. XIX.。