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考研英语（翻译）模拟试卷71 (总分, 做题时间90分钟) 2. Reading Comprehension

Section II Reading Comprehension

Part CDirections: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. 1.

How well the predictions will be validated by later performance depends upon the amount, reliability , and appropriateness of the information used and on the skill and wisdom with which it is interpreted. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI2. You have all heard it repeated that men of science work by means of induction and deduction, that by the help of these operations, they, in a sort of sense, manage to extract from Nature certain natural

laws, and that out of these, by some special skill of their own, they build up their theories. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 3. It seems to me that the time is ripe for the Department of Employment and the Department of Education to get together with the universities and produce a revised educational system which will make a more economic use of the wealth of talent, application and industry

currently being wasted on certificates, diplomas and degrees that no one wants to know about. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 4. Science moves forward, they say, not so much through the insights of great men of genius as because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tools. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 5. Arguing from the view that humans are different from animals in every relevant respect, extremists of this kind think that animals lie outside the area of moral choice.

SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 6. There is no agreement whether methodology refers to the concepts peculiar to historical work in general or to the research techniques appropriate to the various branches of historical inquiry. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 7. In large part as a consequence of the feminist movement, historians have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on determining more accurately the status of women in various periods. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 8. Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion or problems arising from mass migration movements—themselves made relatively easy nowadays by modern means of transport. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI9. Researchers have established that when people are mentally engaged, biochemical changes occur in the brain that allow it to act more effectively in cognitive areas such as attention and memory. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 10. It seems simple enough to distinguish between the organism and the surrounding environment and to separate forces acting on an organism into those that are internal and biological and those that are external and environmental. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 11. We thus easily get into great difficulties from the necessity of viewing culture, at one moment, as a part of the man and, at another moment, as a part of the environment. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI

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Since this concern about the decline and fall of the English language is not perceived as a generational phenomenon but rather as something new and peculiar to today' s young people, it naturally follows that today' s English teachers cannot be doing their jobs. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 13. Should you break the rule against staring at a stranger on an

elevator, you will make the other person exceedingly uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 14. The quick adoption of the scheme may have indicated less about the state lawmakers' respect for working people than about a fear of risking their anger. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 15. We were most impressed by the fact that even those patients who were not told of their serious illness were quite aware of its potential outcome. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 16. Consequently, most of the world' s fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the wealthy

countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 17. As the intelligence of robots increases to match that of humans and as their cost declines through economies of scale we may use them to expand our frontiers, first on earth through their ability to withstand environments harmful to ourselves. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI18.

In addition, changes made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city' s buildings and highways, making them more resistant to quakes. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 19. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and selfawareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 20. But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support

themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 21. Americans are proud of their variety and individuality, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform, whether it is the uniform of an elevator operator or the uniform of a five- star general. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI22. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support—financial aid, material resources, and needed services—that reduces stress by helping us resolve and cope with our problems. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 23. The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don't mix as easily as I assumed in high school. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 24. Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and trims the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products by giving them a more refined raw material.

SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 25. Though unemployed longer when seeking work, older women job hunt harder, hold a job longer with less absenteeism, perform as well or better, are more reliable, and are more willing to learn than men or younger women. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 26. The key fact is that all three dictionaries can be seen to have a distinctly \"cultural\" as well as language learning content. That being said, the way in which they approach the cultural element is not i-dentical, making **parisons between the three difficult. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 27. It is the capacity of **puter for solving problems and making

decisions that represents its greatest potential and that poses the greatest difficulties in predicting the impact on society. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 28. Unlike other lawbreakers, who must leave the country, commit suicide, or go to jail, computer criminals sometimes escape punishment, demanding not only that they not be charged but that they be given good recommendations and perhaps other benefits. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 29. It is important that they be looking at the speaker at the precise moment when the speaker reestablishes eye contact: if they are not looking, the speaker assumes that they are disinterested and either will pause until eye contact is resumed or will terminate the conversation. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI 30. This eye on the consumer approach is known as the marketing concept, which simply means that instead of trying to sell whatever is easiest to produce or buy for resale, the makers and dealers first endeavor

to find out what the consumer wants to buy and then go about making it available for purchase. SSS_TEXT_QUSTI

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