三、翻译

　　1. The desire that men feel to increase their income is quite as much a desire for success as for the extra comforts that a higher income can obtain.

　　2. For the next four years, though, all eyes will more than likely be focused on Benjamin Netanyahu in an intensive quest to discover what he will really do now that he has achieved his burning ambition to be Prime Minister.

　　3. The hope is that the substantial support Sinn Fein’s peace platform received at the polls will convince the I. R. A. that the republicans who voted for Sinn Fein do not want a resumption of violence.

　　4. Not only do patients with chronic health problems fail to find relief in a doctor’s office, but the endless high-tech scans and tests of modern medicine also often leave them feeling alienated and uncared for.

　　5. Now, as long as a patient is in the final stages of a terminal disease, mentally competent and able to take a lethal dose of medicine on his?or?her own, the state can’t bar a doctor from prescribing that dose.

　　6. The past few years have seen a burst of entrepreneurial activity in what are called intelligent agents— IQ that are nonetheless smart enough to be released on the Internet to do small, useful chores like tracking stock prices?or?digging for nuggets of research data.

　　7. There was a huge library near the riverfront, but I knew that Negroes were not allowed to patronize its shelves any more than they were the parks and playgrounds of the city.

　　答案：

　　词汇

　　BDBCA BABBD

　　阅读

　　答案：CADBC

　　篇章剖析

　　本文介绍了一些公司如何借助国际互联网的形式来为公司节约时间、节省开支的。文章第一段指出电子商务形式B2E(“企业对职员”)仍然在发展;第二段指出福特和通用公司类似的做法，希望电脑能为他们节省时间;第三段、四段和五段指出互联网在福特公司的具体应用;最后一段指出互联网对公司行为模式的影响。

　　题目分析

　　1.答案为C，属事实细节题。本文通过阐述一种现象来引入话题。

　　2. 答案为A，属推理判断题。文章第一段指出网络公司(DOTCOMS)也许即将灭亡，但是在公司内部，因特网仍然是节省成本的新办法。第二段指出福特公司希望把一些服务性信息放到网上，能够节省公司及其员工的时间，通用汽车公司也效仿这一做法。由此我们可以看出节约时间、节约开支是这两个公司想要给其员工配备电脑的原因。

　　3. 答案为D，属事实细节题。文章中提到“the human-resources department does much less administration once the benefits system is more self-service,”，但这并不意味着人力资源部的工作会有所减轻，这只是工作形式有所改变，人力资源部将把更多的工作重心放在建议和咨询方面。