My Stay in New York

After graduation from university, I had been unable to secure a permanent job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York, ___25___ I might have a better chance to find a good job. ___26___ (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started work in a local café as a waiter. I believe that ___27___ ____ ___ I was offered a good position, I would resign at once. Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already ___28___(exhaust) shoulder. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success. As I had studied literature at university, I found it quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that ___29___ I want to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps ___30___ my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.

Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty ___31___ (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job to my delight. After nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned ___32___ I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me.

The giant vending machine (自动售货机) is a new village shop

Villagers have long been used to facing a drive when they run out of basic supplies. However, help is now nearer at hand in form of the country’s first automatic push-button shop. Now residents in the Derbyshire Village of Clifton can buy groceries around the clock after the huge vending was installed outside a pub in the village this week.

Peter Fox, who is ___33___ electrical engineer, spent two and a half years working on the project. The machine ___34___ (equip) with securing cameras and alarms and looks like a mini shop with a brick front, a grey roof and a display window.

Mr. Fox said he hoped his invention, ___35___ is set to be installed in other villages in the area over the coming months, will mark a return to convenience shopping for rural communities. He said:“ I had this idea a few years ago but I couldn’t find a manufacture who could deliver what I wanted, so I did it by ___36___. The result is what amounts to huge outdoor vending machine. Yet I think the term “automatic shop” is far ____37_____ (appropriate)

In recent years, the commercial pressure from supermarket chains ___38___ force village shops across the country to close. In 2010, it was estimated that about 400 village shops closed, ___39___ (urge) the local government to give financial support to struggling shops or set-up new communities stores.

Hundreds of communities have since stepped in and opened up their won volunteer-run shops, but Mr. Fox hopes his new invention will offer a solution ___40___ these villages without a local shop.

1. 我习惯睡前听轻音乐(accustomed)

2. 将来过怎样的生活取决于你自己。（be up to）

3. 没什么必获准参加太空旅行项目更令人兴奋的了。（than）

4. 家长嘱咐孩子别在河边嬉戏，以免遭遇不测。（for fear）

5. 虽然现代社会物资丰富，给予消费者更多的选择，但也使不少人变成购物狂。（turn）

学校英语报正在酝酿改版，拟从现有三个栏目（健康、娱乐、文化）中去除一个，并从三个

备选栏目（时尚、职业规划、读者反馈）中挑选一个纳入报纸，假设你是该校学生程飞，给校报编辑写一封电子邮件，表达你的观点，邮件须包括以下内容：

1. 你建议去除的栏目以及去除理由。

2. 你建议增加的栏目及增加的理由。

 

第二篇：20xx年上海高考英语语法翻译作文及答案

My Stay in New York

After graduation from university, I had been unable to secure a permanent job in my small town. So I decided to leave home for New York, ___25___ I might have a better chance to find a good job. ___26___ (earn) some money to pay the daily expenses, I started work in a local café as a waiter. I believe that ___27___ ____ ___ I was offered a good position, I would resign at once. Over time, the high cost of living became a little burden on my already ___28___(exhaust) shoulder. On the other hand, my search for a respectable job had not met with much success. As I had studied literature at university, I found it quite difficult to secure a suitable job in big companies. Mother had just said that ___29___ I want to have a better career advancement, I had to find work in the city. Perhaps ___30___ my mother had told me was deeply rooted in my mind. I just did as she had expected.

Soon I had lived in the city for over six months but I still did not like it. Apparently, I had difficulty ___31___ (adapt) myself to life in the city, let alone finding a job to my delight. After nine months of frustration, I eventually decided to go back to my small town. Not until I returned ___32___ I realize that a quiet town life was the best for me.

The giant vending machine (自动售货机) is a new village shop

Villagers have long been used to facing a drive when they run out of basic supplies. However, help is now nearer at hand in form of the country’s first automatic push-button shop. Now residents in the Derbyshire Village of Clifton can buy groceries around the clock after the huge vending was installed outside a pub in the village this week.

Peter Fox, who is ___33___ electrical engineer, spent two and a half years working on the project. The machine ___34___ (equip) with securing cameras and alarms and looks like a mini shop with a brick front, a grey roof and a display window.

Mr. Fox said he hoped his invention, ___35___ is set to be installed in other villages in the area over the coming months, will mark a return to convenience shopping for rural communities. He said:“ I had this idea a few years ago but I couldn’t find a manufacture who could deliver what I wanted, so I did it by ___36___. The result is what amounts to huge outdoor vending machine. Yet I think the term “automatic shop” is far ____37_____ (appropriate)

In recent years, the commercial pressure from supermarket chains ___38___ (force) village shops across the country to close. In 2010, it was estimated that about 400 village shops closed, ___39___ (urge) the local government to give financial support to struggling shops or set-up new communities stores.

Hundreds of communities have since stepped in and opened up their won volunteer-run shops, but Mr. Fox hopes his new invention will offer a solution ___40___ these villages without a local shop.

1. 我习惯睡前听轻音乐(accustomed)

2. 将来过怎样的生活取决于你自己。（be up to）

3. 没什么必获准参加太空旅行项目更令人兴奋的了。（than）

4. 家长嘱咐孩子别在河边嬉戏，以免遭遇不测。（for fear）

5. 虽然现代社会物资丰富，给予消费者更多的选择，但也使不少人变成购物狂。（turn）

学校英语报正在酝酿改版，拟从现有三个栏目（健康、娱乐、文化）中去除一个，并从三个备选栏目（时尚、职业规划、读者反馈）中挑选一个纳入报纸，假设你是该校学生程飞，给校报编辑写一封电子邮件，表达你的观点，邮件须包括以下内容：

1. 你建议去除的栏目以及去除理由。

2. 你建议增加的栏目及增加的理由。

答案: 25 where 26 To earn 2 7 as soon as 28 exhausted 29 if 30 what 31 adapting 32 did (部分倒) 33 an 34 equipped 35 which 36 myself 37 more appropriate 38 has forced 39 urging 40 to

翻译答案

1 I am accustomed to listening to light music before going to bed.

点评：be accustomed to doing = be used to doing

2 What kind of life that you will lead in the future is up to you.

点评：口语中常常说，It’s up to you 另外一个短语是lead a ……life过着什么样的生活 另外需要注意的是时态，主句用什么，从句用什么。

3 Nothing is more exciting than being admitted to the project of space traveling

4 The parents urged their children again and again not to play by the river for fear that something unexpected would happen.

5 Although modern society is rich in resources, which offers customers more choices, it has also turned many people into shopaholics.

点评：核心词组turn A into B ，另外这句话的结构要理清，还有时态也不能弄错。