考試快到了，而且和期末考試碰在一起，會感覺有好多單詞還沒有背，好多真題還沒有做，聽力又不好，閱讀錯誤率太高，所以極易一下亂了陣腳，有緊迫感，越到后面壓力越大，其實大可不必，因為廣大考生只是要求通過或考個中上的考分，并不要求自己考滿分。所以在最后一個月左右的時間把該背的單詞爭取背到七八層熟，把好的真題文章或老師講解過的文章大概回憶一下就可以了。千萬不要盲目做題，盲目亂背單詞，那樣反而時間不夠，反而沒有抓住精髓，反而考砸了。所以請同學們不要好高騖遠，擺好心態，那樣就一定可以考出好成績。

　　1. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is the American antelope, or pronghorn.

　　美洲羚羊，或稱叉角羚，是該大陸典型的草原動物。

　　2. Of the millions who saw Haley’s comet in 1986, how many people will live long enough to see it return in the twenty-first century.

　　1986年看見哈雷慧星的千百萬人當中，有多少人能夠長壽到足以目睹它在二十一世紀的回歸呢?

　　3. Anthropologists have discovered that fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise are universally reflected in facial expressions.

　　人類學家們已經發現，恐懼，快樂，悲傷和驚奇都會行之于色，這在全人類是共通的。

　　4. Because of its irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a general antiseptic has been largely discontinued.

　　由于苯酚對人體帶有刺激性作用，它基本上已不再被當作常用的防腐劑了。

　　5. In group to remain in existence, a profit-making organization must, in the long run, produce something consumers consider useful or desirable.

　　任何盈利組織若要生存，最終都必須生產出消費者可用或需要的產品。

　　6. The greater the population there is in a locality, the greater the need there is for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse.

　　一個地方的人口越多，其對水，交通和垃圾處理的需求就會越大。

　　7. It is more difficult to write simply, directly, and effectively than to employ flowery but vague expressions that only obscure one’s meaning.

　　簡明，直接，有力的寫作難于花哨，含混而意義模糊的表達。

　　8 . With modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are attempting to personalize them with warmer, less severe interiors.

　　隨著現代辦公室的日益自動化，設計師們正試圖利用較為溫暖而不太嚴肅的內部裝飾來使其具有親切感。

　　9. The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while slander is spoken.

　　誹謗和流言的區別在于前者是書面的，而后者是口頭的。

　　10. The knee is the joints where the thigh bone meets the large bone of the lower leg.

　　膝蓋是大腿骨和小腿脛的連接處。