2 . Unlike regular China-Europe freight trains, the new service features fixed carriages, routes, shifts, and set schedules for all sections of the routes, which ensures better control over operation times and improves efficiency. (英译汉)

3 . The best way ________ (set) yourself up for success is to make sure that your goals are SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely. (所给词的适当形式填空)

8 . Directions: 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. confusion   B. delivered     C. reflection        D. offer   E. context    F. set       G. signaled       H. fluent     I. torn       J. culture     K. genuine

This is a story about how a foreigner got confused about a Mexican word even though she could speak     1     Spanish. It happened when she     2     foot on Mexican soil for the first time. She asked an ice-cream seller for an ice-cream, and he said “ahorita.” She thought it would be     3     immediately because the word can be directly translated to “right now.” But she waited for half an hour and still no ice-cream came. When she asked the seller about it, he said “ahorita” again, with his face showing     4    . She felt     5     between waiting and walking away. Finally, she had to go home, so she     6     to the seller that she could not wait any longer. Years later back in Mexico, she came to realise that the meaning of “ahorita” changes according to its     7    . It could mean “tomorrow,” “within five years,” “never,” or even “no, thanks” when one wants to refuse an     8    . “Ahorita Time” is a     9     of different cultural understandings of time. That is, understanding “ahorita” takes not a fluency in the language, but a fluency in the    10    .

9 . Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. briefed             B. set             C. positive             D. expel             E. refusal               F. quoted G. documented        H. saw            I. judging               J. deal             K. episode

1. The supermarket has just signed a _____________with a group of dairy farmers to supply all their milk.
2. _____________in Madrid in the year 1840, the play dealt with the ups and downs of a royal family.
3. Brad Pitt made a guest appearance on last week’s _____________, which amazed his fans greatly.
4. A military spokesman was _____________as saying that the border area is now safe.
5. All teachers were personally _____________on this procedure, which was designed to minimize the underreporting of smoking behaviour.
6. He was suspended for two years after he tested _____________for drugs when finishing second in the 1988 New York City Marathon.
7. While Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday all _____________record spending online, in-store sales plunged over the holiday weekend.
8. _____________from Monday night’s game, the team still has a lot of work to do.
9. Britain was not entirely alone in its_____________ to become involved in the Schuman Plan.
10. The obstacles faced by companies experimenting with self-managed teams are well _____________.