端详了一下键盘,发觉并没有传说中的那么好, 不仅破旧而且有点小,还不如自己家里的,唉,就凑合着用吧. 以下是我今天碰到的考试题目: 99"In any realm of life—whether academic, social, business, or political-the only way to succeed is to take a practical, rather than an idealistic, point of view. Pragmatic behavior guarantees survival, whereas idealistic views tend to be superceded by simpler, more immediate options." 在生活的各个领域，不管是学术、社会还是政治，要想成功，只能靠实际的观点而并非空想。程序化的行为保证了基本的生存，而空想只会被更简单、更急迫的选择取代
144."It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value." a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc. 是艺术家而不是批评家，给了社会一些永久的价 值。*批评家指经常评价艺术作品，例如小说、电影、音乐、绘画等的人
1. The following appeared in a memorandum written by the vice president of Nature’s Way, a chain of stores selling health food and other health- related products. "Previous experience has shown that our stores are most profitable in areas where residents are highly concerned with leading healthy lives. We should therefore build our next new store in Plainsville, which has many such residents. Plainsville merchants report that sales of running shoes and exercise clothing are at alltime highs. The local health club, which nearly closed five years ago due to lack of business, has more members than ever, and the weight training and aerobics classes are always full. We can even anticipate a new generation of customers: Plainsville’s schoolchildren are required to participate in a ’fitness for life’program, which emphasizes the benefits of regular exercise at an early age." 以前的经验显示，我们的商店在那些居民对健康生活高度关注的地区是盈利最多的。 因此我们应该把下一家连锁店开设在Plainsville，那里有很多这样的居民。 Plainsville的商家报告说运动鞋和运动衣的销售处于历史高点。当地一家五年前因缺 乏客源而濒临倒闭的康体俱乐部现在的会员比以往任何时候都多，减肥训练和体操班 总是满员。我们还可以预见到新生代的顾客群：Plainsville的在校学生被要求参加一 个叫做"终生健康"的项目，它强调从小开始经常锻炼的好处。