题目：1.the main features of a situation or activities正确答案:landscape题目：2.do something better than someone or something else正确答案:outperform题目：3.making something seem right or reasonable正确答案:legitimizing题目：4.reducing; becoming smaller in size正确答案:downsizing题目：5.form two very different groups, opinions that are completely opposite to each other正确答案:polarize题目：6.the basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society正确答案:infrastructure题目：7.a part of a country’s economic or business activity正确答案:sector题目：8.changing frequently正确答案:fluctuating题目：9.officially stop something for a short time正确答案:suspend题目：10.powerful; effective正确答案:potent2.Building your vocabulary: Part B: Choose the right word or expression from the following list to complete the sentences. Change the form if necessary.老师意见:正确答案:interconnected题目：2.The 1990s saw the economic ________ rapidly changed in South Asia.正确答案:landscape题目：3.The teachers there are trying to create an atmosphere that is _________ to the children’s learning.正确答案:conducive题目：4.High levels of debt are a major _________ to economic development in that region.正确答案:barrier题目：5.This approach will _______ an understanding of environmental issues.正确答案:foster题目：6.There is a serious ______ in the western provinces of China.正确答案:brain drain题目：7.Repeat purchases ______ 50% of the sales in the supermarket.正确答案:account for题目：8.Operations at the factory have been _______ because of safety concerns.正确答案:suspended题目：9.She is afraid that the election could ______ mass protests.正确答案:set off题目：10.The 19th century architectural style of the village remains intact and the distinctive way of people’s life preserved, fully showcasing China’s _______ cultural characteristics.正确答案:indigenous题目：11.The existing _________ and living environment there can no longer sustain the growing needs of a modern life.正确答案:infrastructure题目：12.Rebates for another 2,268 products, described as “easy to _________ trade frictions”, will be slashed from 8 percent to 5 percent.正确答案:trigger题目：13.They settled down in the century-old village, living peacefully together with the people of Yi ______ group.正确答案:ethnic题目：14.The country’s financial problems ________ throughout the global economy that year.正确答案:reverberated题目：15.Some people believe that many girls now _______ boys at every level of the education curriculum form tests taken at six to degree level.正确答案:outperform题目：16.Grief ________ her whole being.正确答案:permeatede of English: Fill in the blanks with the words or phrases in the following list. Change the form if necessary.题目：1.正确答案:which题目：2.正确答案:engage in题目：3.正确答案:concluded题目：4.正确答案:against题目：5.正确答案:reacted题目：6.正确答案:entered题目：7.正确答案:controlling题目：8.正确答案:it题目：9.正确答案:compromise题目：10.正确答案:decree题目：11.正确答案:as well as题目：12.正确答案:subsidiaries4.Translation: Translate the following into Chinese.题目：1.The world economic landscape is changing dramatically as a result of globalization, the international integration of markets for goods, services and capital. More and more of the world has been drawn into a network of economic and social relationships which transcend conventional political, economic and cultural barriers.正确答案:全球化与货物流通、服务行业及资本市场的国际一体化使世界经济格局发生着巨大的变化。

越来越多的事情被卷入经济与社会关系的网络之中，这种关系超越了传统的政治、经济及文化屏障。

题目：2.Globalization is also seen as a cultural homogeruzation force (most easily summed up in words such as “Coca-Colaization” or “Hollywoodization” or in the powerful image of McDonalds’ gol den arches striding purposefully across theworld) via consumerism, creating similarities in social forms across political boundaries, resulting in the emergence of cultural cosmopolitanism.正确答案:全球化被视为通过用户之上主义形成的一种文化的同化力量（常被人们使用“可口可乐化”或者“好莱坞化”等字样来描绘，或者由麦当劳横跨世界各地的金色拱门的强势形象表现出来），在跨越政治边界的种种社会形式中产生了类似性，形成了文化同化。

题目：3.For example, the United States, the biggest “skills-magnet,” absorbs large proportions of the most educated people, and Western governments (e.g., Germany, Britain) encourage the skilled to migrate by expanding the availability of work permits for skilled migrants.正确答案:例如，美国作为最大的“技术磁铁” 吸收了很大比例的受过高等教育的专业人士。

许多西方国家政府（比如德国、英国）通过放宽为技术人才提供工作许可证来鼓励技术移民。

题目：4.The almost 40 percent drop in the value of the United States dollar in the early 1990s in relation to Western European and Japanese currencies significantly increased the price of imported goods and brought in huge amounts of foreign investments in the mid-1990s.正确答案:20世纪90年代，美元相对于西欧和日本货币而言贬值几乎40%，这一现象大幅度地提高了进口产品的价格，并且在90年代中期使大量外来资本涌入美国。