1 . 熟词生义
1. Each year, the high standard of entries has shown that the Awards are the perfect platform to showcase the very best photography of the British landscape. ________．
2. As well as looking at exhibits, visitors can play with computer simulations (模拟) and imagine themselves living at a different time in history. ________．
3. Her notice included what kind of training she wanted to do, how many days a week and how many hours she wanted to spend on each session, and her age. ________．

4 . 英汉互译
1. ________________ n. 倡议，新方案；主动性
2. ________________ n. 重要阶段，里程碑
3. ________________n. 赤道
4. showcase   ________________
5. elsewhere ________________
6. entry   ________________
7. fee   ________________
8. ban ________________

8 . Direction: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. abolished             B. determining             C. entry                 D. eventually            E. exported F. facilitating            G. ideally                      H. inherited            I. relocation             J. shifting K. substantial

European Transport Systems

It is difficult to conceive of vigorous economic growth without an efficient transport system. Although modern information technologies can reduce the demand for physical transport by    1    teleworking and teleservices, the requirement for transport continues to increase. For passenger transport, the    2    factor is the spectacular growth in car use. The number of cars on European Union(EU)roads saw an increase of three million cars each year from 1990 to 2010, and in the next years the EU will see a further    3    increase in its fleet.

As far as goods transport is concerned, growth is due to a large extent to changes in the European economy and its system of production. In the last 20 years, as internal frontiers have been    4    , the EU has moved from a “stock” economy to a “flow“ economy.   This phenomenon has been emphasised by the    5    of some industries, particularly those which are labour intensive, to reduce production costs, even though the production site is hundreds or even thousands of kilometres away from the final assembly plant or away from users.

The strong economic growth expected in countries which are candidates for    6    to the EU will also increase transport flows, in particular road haulage traffic. In 1998, some of these countries already    7    more than twice their 1990 volumes and imported more than five times their 1990 volumes. And although many candidate countries    8    a transport system which encourages rail, the distribution between modes has tipped sharply in favour of road transport since the 1990s.

However, a new imperative—sustainable development—offers an opportunity for adapting the EU’s common transport policy. This objective, agreed by the Gothenburg European Council, has to be achieved by integrating environmental considerations into Community policies, and    9    the balance between modes of transport lies at the heart of its strategy. The ambitious objective can only be fully achieved by 2020, but proposed measures are nonetheless a first essential step towards a sustainable transport system which will    10    be in place in 30 years’ time.

9 . 选词填空

affect                 perceive          entry               flexible        annual entirely             confirm            release            crash            innovation

1. The issues will be voted on at the company’s ________meeting on April 21 in Wilmington.
这些问题将在该公司4月21日在威尔明顿的年会上投票表决。
2. Their price depended almost ________ on their scarcity.
他们的价格几乎完全靠他们的供不应求。
3. If Jim had been more independent, the divorce would not have ________ him as deeply.
如果吉姆曾经更独立一些，离婚就不会对他有这么深的影响了。
4. You make the reservation, and I’ll   ________it in writing.
你先预定，我再以书面形式确认。
5. The talks can succeed if both sides are ________ and serious.
如果双方都灵活并且认真，这些会谈就能成功。
6. Students must   ________for themselves the relationship between success and effort.
学生们必须自己去认识到成功与努力之间的关系。
7. She felt the sudden sweet________of her own tears.
她感到自己的眼泪突然而甜蜜地流出来。
8. Capitalism stresses   ________, competition and individualism.
资本主义强调的是创新、竞争和个人至上。
9. Our competition has attracted a huge ________ .
我们的比赛已吸引了大量参赛者。
10. Her car ________into the rear of a van.
她的汽车撞毁了一辆面包车的尾部。