In the evenings,they go to the mall,once a week or more.Sometimes,theyeven leave the dinner dishes in the sink SO they will have enough time to finish allthe errands.The father never comes he hates shopping,especially with his wife.Instead,he stays at home to read the paper and put around his study.To do thingsthat the other dads must be doing in the evenings.To summon the sand to comerushing in and plug up his ears with its roaring silence.
Meanwhile,the mother arms herself with returns from the last trip.Her twoyoung daughters forget games of flashlight tag or favorite TV shows and strap ontennis shoes and seatbelts:and they’re off.On summer nights,when it’S light un-til after the fireflies arrive,the air is heavy and moist.The daughters unroll theirwindows and stick the whole of their heads out into the slate blue sky,feeling fullforce the sweaty,honey suckle air.In the cold mall,their rubber soles squeak onshin Y linoleum squares.The younger daughter tries not to step on any cracks.Theolder daughter keeps a straight-ahead gaze;her sullen eyes count down each errandas it’S done.
It is not until the third or,on a good night,the fourth errand that the troublebegins.The girls have wandered over to examine rainbow beach towels,perhaps,or some kind of pink ruffled bedspread.The mother’S voice finds them from a fewaisles away.Dinner squirms in the daughters’stomachs.Now comes that what-if-I-threw-up-right--this·second?or where-is-a-rabbit-hole-for-me-to-fall-into?feeling thatthey get around this time of evening,at the mall.The older one shakes her pony-tails at the younger one.Her blue eyes hiss the careful-don’t-cry warning,but theyounger one’S cheeks only get redder.Toe by toe,the daughters edge towardshousewares where they finger lace placemats or trace patterns in the store carpetwith sneakered soles.
The mother’S voice still finds them,shaking with rage.Finally,heels slappingin her sandals
…… 为了帮助广大考生在新大纲出台之后,能够轻松取得英语专业八级考试的高分,我们组织专业人员编写了此书。
一、题目:
根据新版教学大纲编写,按专业英语八级考试的形式,将100篇阅读理解汇编成25个Test(分为“技能实战篇”、“强化提高篇”、“考前冲刺篇”等3章),每个Test均为20道题(4篇文章)。
二、文章难易程度编排:由易到难、循序渐进,以便考生有效突破阅读难关。
三、解释为该书*显著的特点:
1.为便于考生理解原文、提高翻译水平以及实际运用英语的能力,我们为每篇短文提供了中文内容大意。
2.选择项均给出答题依据,帮助考生构建良好的解题思维。
通过每天1个Test(4篇阅读)的做题练习,举一反三,25天(100篇)有效突破英语八级阅读难关,轻轻松松提高英语阅读水平。
本书所选的例题、译句和解释都已经过反复推敲、实践,但不当之处在所难免,敬请广大读者,同行专家不吝指正,以便改进。