大学体验英语综合教程4 Lead in部分

In Britain, people tend to make jokes about some jobs or professions, or to S1. (？) stereotyped views of them. For example, sailors are S2. (？) to have a \"wife\" in every port, university professors are often seen as S3. (？) or forgetful. there are a lot of dirty jokes about sales representatives and they are generally regarded as not particularly S4.. (？)other jobs may be well-paid or very S5. (？), but the general public think they are funny or rather S6.. (？) For instance, in most other European countries S7.. (？) Funnily enough, in Britain engineers are thought of as gloomy rather than cheerful S8. (？) .

Key:1. hold; 2. supposed; 3. absent-minded; 4. dependable; 5. responsible; 6. boring;

7. to be an engineer is to be somebody; 8. as result of people's ignorance of the importance of engineers in society

The man and the woman in the play were 1. (？) Their names were 2. (？) Shakespeare wrote a lot of 3. (？) The woman thought that he wrote them on a 4. (？),The man said that Shakespeare used a tape-recorder, and imagined him with a 5. (？), in his hand. The man said that Shakespeare was too busy to watch television, because he went to the 6. (？) every night. They thought the other man was Shakespeare’s 7. (？) They told him he was lucky to live in a 8. (？) house.

Key:1. tourists; 2. Sidney and Ethel; 3. plays; 4. typewriter;

5.microphone 6. theatre; 7. grandchild; 8. famous ;

Copyright is the 1. legal right, given to the originator or their assignee for a 2. number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, musical, or artistic material, and to 3. others to do the same.

A federal judge’s ruling in New York Wednesday that Internet music 4. must pay up to $250 million to Universal Music Group for copyright infringements has 5. questions not just about the future of MP3.com, but also generally the future for 6. music, movies and other 7. from the Internet.

U.S. District Judge Jed said MP3.com \"willfully” violated copyrights and 8. per Universal CD. 9. .\"

MP3.com vowed to appeal.\"10. , even if it’s on the Internet.\" said MP3.com CEO Michael Robertson.

Key:1. exclusive; 2. fixed; 3. authorize; 4. distributor; 5. raised 6. downloading; 7. products;

8. ordered it to pay $25000

9. An exact number of CDs and total damages will be determined at a November hearing.

10.We believe that everyone should have the right to listen to the music they purchase

English is becoming the world's language of the 21st Century and this is no time to 1. U.S. residents or immigrants 2. learning English. English is now the second most widely spoken language in the world, with only Chinese 3. spoken by more people. English is 4. ,the second language of 5. , for non-English-speaking people. English is the official language of the European Central Bank and the working language of the Asian trade group ASEAN.

In multilingual continental Europe, a 6. battle over language popularity appears to be ending with English emerging as the 7. for the 21st century. The Germans have given up trying to persuade more British people to learn their language and, instead, 8. Germany's leading newspaper produces an eight-page English edition and declares that \"9. .\"

Switzerland has three official languages, German, French, and Italian, plus a fourth language spoken in one canton, Romansh. But Switzerland recently 10. rather than one of its official languages

Key:1. discourage; 2. from; 3. dialects; 4. overwhelmingly; 5. choice 6. fierce; 7. standard;

8. are now promoting English as the language of the 21st century

9. English is going to be the lingua franca of the new century

10. adopted English to be taught as the second language of choice ;

Japanese companies have started to refine their ethics programs and internal control structures. Some 55% of them have established a corporate code of conduct, ethics guidelines, compliance (S1) and other such documents, 37% have a department or division dedicated to ethics and compliance issues, and 43% (S2) hold ethics-related training programs targeting employees.

A growing number of Japanese businesses have taken steps to reinforce oversight functions, for example by engaging independent outside directors. In 1997, Sony Corporation took the (S3) of cutting its executive board from 38 to 10 directors while introducing the new post of executive officers. Other companies including Omron and Kobe Steel followed suit, and by 2000 about 240 businesses had reportedly made similar (S4) reforms.

Even so, the image of companies portrayed by the market and the general public (S5) far from ethical. For example, in a survey of students' views of the Japanese business community, conducted in autumn 2000, 68% of the respondents agreed that \"Honest companies are not (S6) while dishonest companies are making profits\"; 63% believed that \" There is hardly any information as to which companies are (S7), \"; 84% believed that \" (S8) \"; and 62% agreed that \"many companies believe it's worth engaging in unlawful practices.\" If this is the new generation's perception of reality, it means that (S9) . Certainly, companies whose business performance has deteriorated as a result of scandals (S10) . But such efforts are not long-lasting if a company fears they will reduce its competitiveness.

Key:S1 manuals S2 periodically S3 initiative S4 structural S5 remains S6 rewarded S7 honest S8 Penalties against scandals are too lenient S9 Japanese companies have little incentive to tackle ethical and compliance issues internally S10 have made greater efforts to deal with ethical and compliance issues

Are you feeling really sad, tired, and worried most of the time? Are these feelings lasting more than a few days? If yes, you may have depression. Depression is a (S1) medical illness that (S2) the brain.

You may want to know why you feel \"depressed.” There may be

(S3) causes. Depression may happen because of (S4) in your brain. Depression runs in some (S5) . This (S6) that someone in your family such as a grandparent, parent, aunt, uncle, cousin, sister or brother may have depression. Sometimes (S7) events or losses such as deaths can lead to depression. Sometimes the cause of depression is not clear.

Don’t wait. Talk to your doctor about how you're feeling (S8) . If you don’t have a doctor, check your local phone book. (S9) . Call one near you and ask for help. (S10) . Ask your doctor which type is best for you. Some people need both treatments to feel better.

Key:(S1) serious; (S2) involves; (S3) several; (S4) changes; (S5) families; (S6) means; (S7) painful; (S8) Get a medical checkup to rule out any other illnesses that might be causing signs of depression. (S9) Go to the government services pages and look for \"health clinics” or \"community health centers.” (S10) There are two

common types of treatment for depression: medicine and \"talk” therapy.