In the course of my travels in America I have been impressed by a kind of fundamental malaise which seems to me extremely common and which poses difficult problems for the social reformer. Most social reformers have held the opinion that, if poverty were abolished and there were no more economic insecurity, the millennium would have arrived. But when I look at the faces of people in opulent cars, whether in your country or in mine. I do not see that look of radiant happiness which the aforesaid social reformers had led me to expect. In nine cases out of ten. I see instead a look of boredom and discontent and an almost frantic longing for something that might tickle the jaded (腻烦的)palate.

　　But it is not only the very rich who suffer in this way. Professional men very frequently feel hopelessly thwarted. There is something that they long to do or some public object that they long to work for. But if they were to indulge their wishes in these respects, they fear that they would lose their livelihood. Their wives are equally unsatisfied, for their neighbor, Mrs. So-and-So, has gone ahead more quickly, has a better car , a larger apartment and grander friends.

　　Life for almost everybody is a long competitive struggle where very few can win the race and those who do not win are unhappy. On social occasions when it is de rigueur(按照礼节时尚所要求的)to seem cheerful the necessary demeanor is stimulated by alcohol. But the gaiety does not ring true and anybody who had just one drink too many is apt to lapse into lachrymose (泪流满面的) melancholy.

　　One finds this sort of thing only among English speaking people. A Frenchman while he is abusing Government is as gay as a lark. So is an Italian while he is telling how his neighbor has swindled him. Mexicans, when they are not actually starving or actually being murdered, sing and dance and enjoy sunshine and food and drink with a gusto which is very rare north of the Mexican frontier. When Andrew Jackson conquered Pensacola from the Spaniards, his wife looked out of the widow and saw the population enjoying itself although it was Sunday. She pointed out the scandal to her husband, who decreed that cheerfulness must cease forthwith and it did.

　　When I try to understand what it is that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes, of which one goes much deeper than the other. The one that goes least deep is the necessity for subservience (服从)in some large organization. If you are an energetic man with strong views as to the right way of doing the job with which you are concerned, you find yourself invariably under the orders of some man at the top who is elderly, weary and cynical. Whenever you have bright idea, the boss puts a stopper on it. The more energetic you are and the more vision you have, the more you will suffer from the impossibility of doing any of the things that you feel ought to be done. When you go home and moan to your wife, she tells you that you are a silly fellow and that if you became the proper sort of yes-man your income would soon be doubled. If you try divorce and remarriage it is very unlikely that there will be any change in this respect. And so you are condemned to gastric ulcers (胃溃疡) and premature old age.

　　VI. Writing (20 points)

　　Directions: Write an expository composition of no less than 200 words on the topic

　　“My View on a Balanced Personal Development”

　　I． Vocabulary and Structure(40points,1*40)

　　1.C 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.D 6.D 7.B 8.B 9.A 10.D

　　11.A 12.A 13.B 14.B 15.B 16.A 17.B 18.C 19.C 20.B

　　21.D 22.D 23.C 24.C 25.C 26.C 27.A 28.B 29.A 30.D

　　31.A 32.B 33.D 34.C 35.C 36.C 37.A 38.A 39.B 40.C

　　II. Error spotting

　　41.D 42.D 43.D 44.C 45.B 46.D 47.B 48.C 49.B 50.B

　　51.D 52.D 53.C 54.D 55.D 56.D 57.C 58.D 59.D 60.D

　　III. Cloze (10 points, 1*10

　　61. terms 62.any 63.what 64.but 65.such 66.from 67.face

　　68.therefore 69. account 70.

　　VI. Translation from Chinese into English (30 points)

　　In the process of finding a job, where there is an interview, there is

　　hope. Whether you succeed or not depends not only on how the interviewers

　　look at your qualifications and you personal qualities, mainly depend on

　　how they evaluate your performance in interviews, therefore, it’s

　　necessary to retreat it as an performance or a contest with the aim to

　　market yourself to the interviewers and make them feel that you are the

　　best to do the job.

　　Most interviewees are in the positive position and try their best to answer

　　all the questions in the interviews. One better way is to control the

　　situation and provide the information that you want to offer, but not the

　　information that they want to find from you: to make them have confidence

　　and absolutely believe that you are the best choice and to make them almost

　　have no reason to believe you can’t do it. Confidence not only comes from

　　your answers, also from your appearance and your enthusiasm, energy,

　　confidence, personal quality and ambition.

　　The main reason that most interviewees can’t get the job is that they can’

　　t make the interviewers become confident in them. They failed not because

　　they can’t do the job well, but because they didn’t show their confidence

　　during the interview. They didn’t do self-marketing well. Most people do

　　so because they are nervous, if they can’t get the job after each

　　interview, many people will feel that they are loser and become more

　　anxious. It is not practical. Most interviewers will be refused. Don’t

　　think whether you can get the job or not. You only need to concentrate on

　　interview and try your best, you naturally can get the job.

　　V . Translation from English into Chinese. (30 points)

　　过去人们常说，英国人伤心地玩耍。如果他们有事情要取悦，毫无疑问这仍是事实，但是，在我们 国家，烟酒的价格为忧郁提供了充足的外部理由。有时，我想忧郁的消遣习惯风靡大西洋， 而且我也想过什么使得说英语的人们看上去如此忧郁，尽管他们拥有健康的身体和满意的收入。

　　在美国旅行的过程中，一种基本的抑郁给我留下了深刻的印象，对我来说，它极其普通，但给社会改革家带来了难题。大多数社会改革家认为，如果消除贫困，就不会有更多的经济不安全性，会变成百万富翁。但是，不论在你们国家还是我的国家，当我看着乘坐豪华轿车人们的面容时，我从未看过前面提到的社会改革家让我期望的灿烂幸福的面容，相反，十之八九我所看到的无精打采、毫不满意的表情，以及对一些可能产生腻烦的事物的近乎痴迷的追求。　　但是，不仅仅富人遭受这种痛苦。专业人士经常感觉到无望的受挫。有一些他们渴望要做的事情，或一些他们渴望完成的公益目标。但是，如果他们把希望放在这些方面，他们害怕失去生活。他们的妻子也同样地令人不满意，对他们的邻居来说，某某先生和某某发展地很快，有更好的车，更大的房子和更重要的朋友。

　　对于几乎每个人来说，生活是一个长期的竞争性的斗争，在这过程中，很少有人能获胜，并且失败的'人是不幸福的。在一些社交场合，当按照礼节时尚所要求的似乎欢笑的时候，必要的风度是由酒精刺激的。但这种欢喜不是真实的，喝太多酒的人容易陷入泪流满面的忧郁中。人们仅在以英语为母语的人群中发现这种事情。一个法国人当他是一个公共汽车公司的一员，会像云雀一样的快乐。当印度人告诉他的邻居是如何欺诈他时，也是如此。当墨西哥人实际上没被饿死或谋杀时，他们会欢歌跳舞，沐浴阳光，品尝食物和美酒，使用一种墨西哥边疆北部罕见的酒器。当Andrew Jackson 从西班牙人那里抢夺Pensacola时，他妻子透过窗子看去，尽管是周末，看到人们在欢喜雀跃。他向丈夫指出了丑闻，他

　　丈夫立即下令停止欢呼。并且他成功了.当我试图弄清什么使得如此多的美国人不象期望的那样幸福时，对于我来说，似乎存在两种原因，其中一个更加深刻。浅层的原因是在一些大机构中服从的必要性。如果你是一个精力充沛且具有强烈目标的人，并且以正确的方法做你的工作，你会发现自己同样地受到高层像我一样年老、疲惫人的指使。不论何时你产生美好的想法，老板都会阻止他。你精力越充沛，你的视野会更远。你越会遭受到不可能做你感觉到应当完成的事情。当你回到家对妻子呻吟时，她告诉你你是一个愚蠢的人，如果你是一个真正的人，

　　你的收入很快会翻番。如果你离婚而后再婚，生活不可能会有任何变化。你会得胃溃疡并且会未老先衰.

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