[简答题]Section B
Directions: In the following passage, a number of words are missing. Fill in each blank with a single suitable word.

The world is filled with many interesting sounds. Some are unpleasant to our ears while others are very (46) to hear, in a single day you probably hear hundreds of different (47) . All sounds are different. Some may be soft; others may be (48) . Some sounds are high; others are low. Some sounds are useful. Without sound we cannot talk or listen to (49) another. The ringing of the alarm clock (50) people up. The hooting of a car warns people (51) danger.
Some sounds are harmful when planes fly low over the land. The very loud sounds can cause (52) to houses. Very loud sound can even make people (53) .
We know sound travels about one kilometre in three seconds. In a (54) you see the lightning first and then hear the thunder. This is because

[简答题]Translate the following English passage into Chinese. Write your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. Most textiles and apparel, cheese, chocolate, and a few other products are subject to U.S. import quotas. They serve to protect domestic industry by limiting the supply and therefore raising the prices of foreign products to U.S. consumers, and by allocating production among supplying countries. For example, a quota on Swiss cheese and so permits other countries to take part of the market. Foreign governments need systems for deciding which of their companies will be able to use their quotas in the U. S. Market, and, of course, they want to get the highest possible value of exports from the allowable quantities. They use different systems to allocate quotas, including auctioning them in blocks. Holders of quotas are often allowed to sell them to other suppliers, who hope to get higher prices from their U. S. Buyers. Customs and Border Protection helps many countries entrance their quota arrangements by requiring that import shipments of quota goods be accompanied by visas issued by the designated authorities in the exporting countries. This means that if your shipment of canned tuna from Thailand reaches U. S. Customs and there is no visa among the documents, it probably cannot be entered. You can apply to the Thai consulate for a visa, but it will not be granted unless the responsible agency in Bangkok gives its approval. If you get tangled up in the Electronic Certification System(eCERT)and the Electronic Visa Information System(ELVIS), you will probably wish it were the Elvis from Graceland, not Customs. Classification specialists in district Customs offices should know the details of quotas on the items they handle, but even they cannot always tell you the annual quota on a specific item from a specific country or how much of the year"s quota is still unfilled. They can, however, translate the HS number of your product into a " Quota Category Number" and tell you where to look to find the quota level and its current status of fulfillment.

[简答题]Read the following English passage and then write a Chinese summary of approximately 300 words that expresses its main ideas and basic information.

[简答题]Read the following Chinese passage and then write an English summary of approximately 250 words that expresses its central ideas and main viewpoints.