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22. We need to take steps to counter the _____ decline in our export market. ei{s* :SN M]Kxg;
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23. Her handwriting is so bad that it is barely _____. LS txM6 3_DwqZ 'O
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24. We’re going to _____ what we’ve learned so far by doing some revision exercises today. '$ p2(CXw u=6LPwiI
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29. The idea that a good night’s sleep will cure everything is a complete _____. Oe{gMKcA\ XLgp.w;
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30. Before a bill can become law it has to have the full _____ of both Houses of Parliament. X|] 24/Pp SG4)kQ
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31. The image is _____ by a series of lenses within the telescope. F!,fn; tLc qNuBK6E#4
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The law introduces strict __40__ on the sale and advertising of tobacco. Companies will have to __41__ the contents of cigarette smoke. __42__ giving tar and nicotine contents on cigarette packets, says the government, __43__ will be required to list other toxic constituents of smoke alongside their __44__. But with some 4000 such toxic components, the government plans to __45__ only a handful on each packet. brdmqA+ kA FL[,?RU?2
Health groups __46__ this move, but are disappointed that the law fails to demand that cigarettes be __47__ in generic white packets with the brand name given in standard black lettering. “We have a major __48__ here,” says LeGresley. rd+T b'j5v BC)1FxsGf
The new bill, which is __49__ by the Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers’ Council as “very extreme”, is now being rushed through parliament. It is designed to discourage cigarette sales to the young, __50__. Young people buying cigarettes will have to show proof of age, just __51__ they do for alcohol. The bill also __52__ cigarette ending machines and mail-order sales. Glgzv"OI p v=~+o[
Some advertising will be permitted. Tobacco companies are still forbidden to advertise on television or radio, but will be allowed to place advertisements in publications where __53__ is mostly __54__, such as daily newspapers. __55__ of sporting and cultural events, which may be shown on television, will also be allowed. Eu523K =m) ew&"n2r
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Section V Translation (25 marks) K X _,SG l)f 2T@bHl
76. 现在的年轻人心怀不切实际的抱负,追逐地位和财富,正在把自己弄得很痛苦。在最近的一个调查报告里,半数以上年轻人说:如果他们到30岁还没有一个长期的合作伙伴,银行里没有存款,没有一个高级的事业职位,没有一辆豪华车,没有家, 他们会感到好似失败了。显而易见,这是治疗痛苦的妙方。但是不可避免地,只有少数人会实现这些目标,而大多数人觉得自己失败了。更何况,即使表面上看似赢家的人也身处感到好像是失败者的大风险之中。