5. At the weekly meeting, everyone must confine their remarks to the subject.

6. If only I hadn’t said those silly words! I was too young then to distinguish right from wrong.

XI.

1. 五年前我几乎不会想到今天我会与这么多来自世界各地的学生坐在一起学习英语。

2. 虽然这些职位给你带来荣耀和权力，但是它也赋予你巨大的责任。

3. 从长远来看，粮食生产和人口增长之间的竞争难以轻易解决。

4. 有时我们发现，自己爬上了成功的阶梯，却发现阶梯靠在错误的墙壁上。（即：我们爬上去了，却发现不是自己真正追求的东西。）

5. 新计划的目的是让年轻人快速走上管理岗位。

6. 这个年轻人志向高远，非常希望能有所成就，让父母为他骄傲。

Cloze

XII.

1. C 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. DC 6. B 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. A

11. C 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. D 16.B 17. A 18. D 19. C 20.A

Section B

Comprehension of the Text

II.

1. T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. F

Vocabulary

III.

1. eliminate 2. displayed 3. implicit 4. promotion 5. motivated 6. prospect 7. constructed

8. civil 9. preference 10. absence

IV.

1. Correct from: in particular; synonym: especially/particularly

2. Correct from: in short; synonym: in brief

3. Correct from: are committed to; definition: promise to do (sth.)

4. Correct from: based … on; definition: use… as a basis

5. Correct from: By/In comparison; synonym: compared to

6. Correct from: at large; synonym: as a whole; in general