2008年11月北京地区成人本科学士学位英语统考(A卷)题(七)

   Part V Translation (20%)

　　Section A

　　Directions: In this part there are five sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the 3 passages you have just read in the part of Reading Comprehension. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify meanings in the context.

　　76. Indian energy officials have been seeking ways to use less imported oil to provide energy.

　　77. Clocks operate with gears. So do cars and so does the device invented by the Indian scientists to produce electricity

　　78. When the issue of smoking at the workplace is discussed, perhaps the most important problem is the health risk that smoking causes to both smokers and never-smokers.

　　79. Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories.

　　80. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.

　　Section B

　　Directions: In this part there are five sentences in Chinese. You should translate them into English. Be sure to write clearly.

　　81. 我想说的是，在奥运会上做志愿者(volunteer)对于年轻人是有意义的事。

　　82. 简而言之，每个人都应该为自己的行为负责。

　　83. 我下决心一个月内在功课上要赶上同学们。

　　84. 在我看来，他们很难掩盖事实真相。

　　85. 直到会议结束那位经理一直保持沉默不语。