Question

閱讀下面短文并回答問(wèn)題，然后將答案寫(xiě)到答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上(請(qǐng)注意問(wèn)題后的詞數(shù)要求)。

[1]Do you feel your life is dependent on fate or luck? Many people do and there are crazy superstitions(迷信)surrounding what you should and shouldn’t on New Year’s Day to get some luck for yourself．And we’re going to need it，because everyone has heard that 2012 may be the end of the World。

[2]Imagine being in a car．The driver decides where to go and how fast to get there．The passenger goes along for the ride．Do you want to      or the passenger in your own life? Do you want to hide and hope that 2012 really isn’t the end of the world，or do you want to design a new beginning?

[3] This isn’t the first prediction of the end of the world and it won’t be the last．The year 2000 was supposed to destroy computer technology, bringing the world to a stop．All this is futurology---the study of the end of the world or the “world to come”---which I think, personally, is a better translation.

[4] Translation is also the problem behind the idea that the Mayans(瑪雅人)said the world would end in 2012．The troub1e with translation from the ancient Mayans is that there are many words to choose from and negative words sell a lot more magazines, newspapers and TV shows．There’s a phrase in journalism in the West�！癐f it bleeds，it leads�！� In other words，bad news sells better．

[5]To me，endings mean beginnings and new chances。The reality we’re suffering through in the world fight now needs a change．Wars，the failing economy, global warming---the list goes on and on．People tend to change through insight(洞察力)or crisis and there are enough of both right now to lead in a completely new age filled with peace，economic well-being，health and joy both globally and personally．But，we can’t just wait for it to happen．So create goals this year that arc positive，future focused，specific and measurable．We’re all the drivers in the world to come.

76．How does the author introduce the topic of the text?(no more than 5 words)

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77．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words．(no more than 5 words)

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78．What point is supported by the example shown in the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3? (no more than 15 words)

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79．What does the author think of “the end of the world”?(no more than 15 words)

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80．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese．

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Answer 1

76．By asking／raising questions／a question．

77．be／become／act as the driver

78．Predictions on the end of the world don’t make sense．／There have been many world end predictions．There is more than one prediction on the end of the world．／It was only one of the world end predictions．

(This isn’t the first prediction of the end of the world and it won’t be the last。可得滿(mǎn)分)

79．The author thinks that endings of the world mean beginnings and new chances．(The author thinks it impossible／ridiculous／incorrect…可得兩分)

80．翻譯古瑪雅文獻(xiàn)的麻煩在于，措辭選擇很多，而負(fù)面語(yǔ)言卻能夠提高雜志、報(bào)紙和電視節(jié)目的銷(xiāo)量與收視率。