Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn’t easy getting hired. But once you were there, I found, you were in. Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there — mov

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• 1Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn’t easy gettin

   

  　46. From the passage we know that the Globe is a famous _______.

  　　[A] newspaper [B] magazine

  　　[C]temple [ D ] church

  　　47. If the writer stayed with the Globe _________.

  　　[ A] he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams.

  　　[ B] he would let his long-cherished dreams fade away.

  　　[ C ] he would never have to worry about his future life.

  　　[ D] he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions.

  　　48. The writer wanted to resign because _________.

  　　[A] he had serious trouble with his boss.

  　　[ B ] he got underpaid at his job for the Globe.

  　　[ C ] he wanted to be engaged in the new media industry.

  　　[ D ] he had found a better paid job in a publishing house.

  　　49. When the writer decided to resign the Globe was faced with _______.

  　　[ A ] a trouble with its staff members

  　　[ B ] a shortage of qualified reporters

  　　[ C ] an unfavorable business situation

  　　[ D ]an uncontrollable business situation

  　　50. By “:I wish I were in your shoes.” (in the last paragraph) Bill Taylor meant that _______.

  　　[ A ] the writer was to fail.

  　　[ B] the writer was stupid

  　　[ C ] he would do the same if possible

  　　[D] he would reject the writer’s request

  
  

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• 2　　Every one of us, except my poor hoodwinked grandmother, heard of the bad news.

  　A.我们每一个人，除了我那可怜的受蒙蔽的奶奶，都得知了这个不幸的消息。

  　　B.除了我那可怜的受蒙蔽的奶奶，我们大家都得知了这个不幸的消息。

  　　C.我们大家都得知了这一不幸的消息，只有我那可怜的奶奶，还蒙在鼓里。

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• 3张先生腋下夹着一本字典，手里端着茶杯，一边踱着步一边哼着一首流行歌曲。

  　A.Mr. Zhang carried a dictionary under his arm, held a cup in his hand, paced and hummed a tune.

  　　B.With a dictionary under his arm and a cup in his hand, Mr. Zhang was humming a popular tune as he paced.

  　　C.With a dictionary under his arm and a tea cup in his hand, Mr. Zhang was pacing while he hummed a popular tune.

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• 4　这次展出还是老一套。

  　A.The exhibit is the same old stuff.

  　　B.The exhibit is outmoded.

  　　C.The exhibit does not lend itself to much exciting variation.

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• 5　Failure to answer half the questions they asked made the police suspect him.

  　A.由于他未能回答他们所问问题的一半，使得警察对他产生了怀疑。

  　　B.他未能回答所问问题的一半，警察对他怀疑了。

  　　C.未能回答他们所问问题的一半，使得警察对他起了疑心。

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• 6　… but Lady Southdown dismissed poor Briggs as quickly as decency permitted.

  A.无奈莎吴唐老太太不喜欢布里格斯，勉强留她住了几天，糊过面子，就急急的打发她走了。

  　　B.无奈莎吴唐老太太像体面所允许的那样快地把可怜的布里格斯打发走了。

  　　C.但是莎吴唐老太太等到面子过得去的时候就很快的把可怜的布里格斯打发出门了。

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• 7他最终什么时候来，大家都吃不准。

  　A.When he’ll finally turn up is not sure.

  　　B.Everybody is not sure when he’ll finally come.

  　　C.When he’ll finally turn up is anybody’s guess!

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• 8His preoccupation with business left little time for his family.

  　A.他全神贯注于事业，为他的家庭留下了很少的时间。

  　　B.他对事业的全神贯注留给他家庭的时间很少。

  　　C.他全神贯注于事业，因而与家人在一起的时间很少。

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• 9　但他性情不同，既不求官爵，又不交朋友，终日闭门读书。

  A.But he was eccentric, did not look for an official post, did not even have any friends and studied behind closed doors all day.

  　　B.He was, however, eccentric. He neither looked for an official post, nor had any friends, studying behind closed doors al day.

  　　C.But he was eccentric, neither looked for an official post nor had any friends but studied behind closed doors all day.

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• 10　一切都考虑进去，她的建议似乎更切实可行。

  　　A.Everything is taken into consideration, her proposal seems more practicable.

  　　B.Everything taken into consideration, her proposal seems more practicable.

  　　C.Everything is taken into consideration; her proposal seems more practicable.

  　

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