第八單元一、選擇填空，從A、B、C三個選項中選出一個能填入空白處的最佳選項。（每題10分）題目1 How are you feeling now? _.正確答案是：Much better題目2 How long will you be away from Italy? _.正確答案是：About a month題目3The old houses are being pulled down to _ a new office block.譯文：老房子推倒了是為新的辦公區(qū)騰地。正確答案是：make room for題目4It is no use _to remember only grammar rules.譯文：只是記住語法規(guī)則是沒用的。正確答案是：trying題目5By the year 2020, Chinas population probably _1.4 billion.譯文：到2020年，中國的人口可能會達到14億。正確答案是：will have reached題目1 Whats the weather like in this area? _.正確答案是：Its rainy題目2 What time does the train leave? _.正確答案是：At half past five題目3This overcoat cost _. Whats more, they are _small for me.譯文：這件外套太貴了。并且，對我來說太小了。正確答案是：too much; much too題目4All students are required to translate this poem _English into Chinese.譯文：所有學生都必須把這首詩從英文翻譯成中文。正確答案是：from題目5He studied hard at school when he was young, _contributed a lot to his success.譯文：他年輕時候上學很刻苦，這對他后來的成功幫助很大。正確答案是：which題目1 Have you ever been to Tokyo? _.正確答案是：No, but I hope to go there next year題目2 How long will you be away from Italy? _.正確答案是：About a month題目3In _, the northerners have a particular liking for dumplings while the southerners are fond of rice.譯文：一般說來，北方人特別喜歡餃子，南方人喜歡吃米飯。正確答案是：general題目4He would be studying at the university now if he _the entrance examination.譯文：如果他通過了入學考試，現(xiàn)在他就在大學學習了。正確答案是：had passed題目5All students are required to translate this poem _English into Chinese.譯文：所有學生都必須把這首詩從英文翻譯成中文。正確答案是：from二、閱讀理解：選擇題（每題10分）選擇題Alternative Legal Billing Win StrategiesHourly billing is the best way to be charged for legal services. About 95 percent of lawyers still perform their legal work on an hourly basis. If you want something better than the old “bill by the hour” deal, try presenting one of these billing structures.Project billing for routine issuesIf your legal needs include large but repetitive tasks, consider a flat-fee approach. Once you get a project billing estimate, dont hesitate to shop around to compare prices and services with other law firms. A firm may provide a better deal if it expects future work from your company.Results-oriented options“Pay-according-to-success” is one choice. It considers fees based on the outcome of the case and the performance of your counsel. Contingency fees turn the matter into a shared risk or shared encouragement, making the law firm your business partner, not just representation.Multi-layered tasksIf youre shopping for a firm for actual legal work involving a number of legal specialties, consider using blended hourly fees. The firm calculates in advance an “average” rate based on the anticipated time each lawyer spends on the matter.This arrangement helps the client to avoid paying a senior partners hourly rate for research that should be conducted by a junior associate.Legal “Insurance”The contract fee allows the client to pick up the phone and talk to the lawyer without needing to eye the clock. This approach works like a legal insurance policy. It encourages companies to contact their counsel on non-litigation, non-crisis matters, and to save money in the long run by engaging in more preventive legal action.1. 回答is the best way to be charged for legal services.A. Results-oriented billingB. Hourly billingC. Flat-fee billing2. A flat-fee approach 回答A. is suitable for repetitive tasksB. is uselessC. is the best choice.3. 回答make the law firm share your risk and encouragement.A. Contract feesB. Blended hourly feesC. Contingency fees4. Legal work involving a number of legal specialties should consider using 回答A. blended hourly feesB. insurance feesC. hourly fees5. You have to eye the clock when you talk to the lawyer when you choose 回答A. legal “Insurance”B. the old “bill by the hour” dealC. a flat-fee approach答案：1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B二、閱讀理解：選擇題（每題10分）選擇題Is that 6 a.m. wokeout getting in the way of good sleep? Dont think your fat cells wont notice. A new study published in The Annals of Internal Medicine (a medical journal) finds that inadequate shut-eye has a harmful effect on fat cells, reducing their ability to respond to insulin (胰島素) by about 30 percent. Over the long-term, this decreased response could set the stage for type-2 diabetes (a medical condition in which someone has too much sugar in his or her blood), fatty liver disease and weight gain.The study adds to a growing body of evidence that there “an intimate relationship between the amount of sleep we get and our ability to maintain a good, healthy body weight,” says sleep expert Helene Emsellem, director of the Center for Sleep and Wake Disorders in Chevy Chase, Maryland. But Americans dont seem to be getting the message that we need seven to nine hours par night. More than 1 in 5 of us, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is getting six or fewer hours of sleep per night, on average.So how did researchers study fat cells in the Annals paper? Matthew Brady of the University of Chicago and a group of colleagues selected and persuaded seven volunteers to take part in the research project. They were all young, thin and healthy and agreed to sleep for eight nights in a sleep lab. “For four nights they were allowed to stay in bed for 8.5 hours a night,” says Brady. Then, a month later, they came back for four additional nightsbut this time they were allowed just 4.5 hours of sleep per night. And after each visit, researchers got a sample of their fat. Brady explains that the fat cells responded significantly to the loss of sleep. “I was very surprised to be honest,” he says.Bad things can happen when fat cells become less responsive to insulin. “Fat cells are actually your friend,” he says. “Theyre there to store lipids (血脂).” When lipids stay inside the cells, your body can utilize the fat when youre exercising or sleeping or going about your day. “However, when fat cells stare to become insulin resistant, the lipids star to leach out of the fat cells and rise in the bloodstream,” Brady says.1. According to the passage, lack of sleep for a long while can probably lead to all of the following EXCEPT 回答A. heart diseaseB. weight gainC. diabetes2. The main idea of the third paragraph is回答A. how to write a medical research paperB. how to avoid sleep lossC. how the research was conducted3. What does the “l(fā)each” in the last paragraph probably mean?回答A. Leap.B. Lead.C. Leak.4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?回答A. We will be in trouble if our fat cells become less responsive to insulin.B. More and more studies are done to study the link between sleep and weight.C. More than 20% of Americans are not getting enough sleep.5. Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?回答A. Poor Sleep May Lead to Too Much Stored Fat and DiseaseB. Sleep Experts Had Exciting Findings in a Fat StudyC. Americans Should Have More Than Six Hours of Sleep反饋參考答案： ACCBB二、閱讀理解：選擇題（每題10分）正誤判斷題NEW YORK The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty. They would state their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks but “would explain what happened and why they did it.”Ali and four other men are accused of killing nearly 3,000 people in the nations deadliest terrorist attack. The U.S. Justice Department announced earlier this month that they will face a civilian federal trial just blocks from the World Trade Center site.Ali is also known as Ammar al-Baluchi. He is a nephew of claimed 9/11 planner, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.Mohammed, Ali and the others will explain “their assessment of American foreign policy,” Fenstermaker said.“Their assessment is negative,” he said.Fenstermaker met with Ali last week at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He has not spoken with the others. But he said the men have discussed the trial among themselves.Fenstermaker was first quoted in The New York Times in Sundays editions.Critics of Attorney General Eric Holder decided to try the men in a New York City civilian courthouse. It has warned that the trial would provide the defendants with a propaganda platform.Dean Boyd, a spokesman for the Department of Justice, said Sunday that while the men may attempt to use the trial to express their views, “we believe the courts and the federal judge may govern the trial. The course of justice will be led appropriately and with minimal break, as federal courts have done in the past.”1. The five men thought that the U.S. foreign policy should be blamed for the 911 attack.回答2. Scott Fenstermaker is the lawyer for Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali and four other men.回答3. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 911 attack.回答4. The press didnt care about this civilian federal trial.回答5. We can infer from the article that the prisoners also have their freedom to express their own views in the U.S.A.回答答案：1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T