Ⅲ．難句釋義。從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出一個正確答案，并填在答題紙相應的位置上。(本大題共10小題，每小題1分，共10分)

　　31. This view of time affects the importance we attach to patience. In the American system of values, patience is not a high priority.

　　A. We become more patient as time passes by.
　　B. We have no time to consider the importance of patience.
　　C. As we emphasize efficiency, we become more impatient.
　　D. As we highly value time, we don’t think patience is a great virtue.

　　32. Once you turn over a new leaf, you can’t expect to change completely right away.

　　A. Once you have a new idea...
　　B. Once you think more carefully...
　　C. Once you take a new interest in plants...
　　D. Once you start to behave in a better way...

　　33. The home environment suddenly takes on a tremendous importance. To the foreigner everything becomes irrationally glorified.

　　A. …Things at home seem unreasonably good to the foreigner.
　　B. …Foreigners tend to have a wrong impression on things around them.
　　C. …One likes everything in a foreign country no matter how strange it looks.
　　D. …Everything in a foreign country seems better than that in one’s own country.

　　34. Yet another component of politeness is the capacity to treat all people alike, regardless of all status or importance.

　　A. …even though you barely know them.
　　B. …not necessarily only in important situations.
　　C. …taking into consideration their social differences.
　　D. …whether they are important people or just ordinary citizens.

　　35. What had been the finest house in the neighborhood came crashing down.

　　A. The once finest house in the neighborhood collapsed.
　　B. It finally became the finest house in the neighborhood.
　　C. Destroying test proved it the finest house in the neighborhood.
　　D. What had made the house the finest in the neighborhood was ignored.

　　36. I cannot even imagine a world where there is no reward for such effort.

　　A. I believe nothing is more valuable than such hard work.
　　B. I am definitely sure that such hard work will be repaid.
　　C. It is beyond my imagination that one makes such effort for nothing.
　　D. It is hard to expect that everyone will make such effort in this worl d.

　　37. If you offer him [the government official] a substantial bribe, you will find it much easier to get an import license for your goods. Now, the question is: do you pay up or stand by your principles?

　　A. …what is the bribery for, license or principle?
　　B. …which is worth the effort, bribery or principle?
　　C. …do you let go the license or give up your principles?
　　D. …should you give him the money or stick to your principles?

　　38. That ability [of John Bullyer’s] to master the nine-times table had proved no momentary success.

　　A. His ability in mathematics had required continual efforts.
　　B. It had been proved that mathematics had no permanent influence.
　　C. His ability in mathematics had brought about further achievements.
　　D. It had been proved that mathematics had little to do with short-term memory.

　　39. She was one of the founders of Girton College, and worked hard at opening the medical profession to women.

　　A. …and did her best to make women interested in a medical career.
　　B. …and did her best to make women accepted in the medical profession.
　　C. …and made efforts to make medical care for women more professional.
　　D. …and made efforts to provide better medical care for professional women.

　　40. the human spirit, which in all previous ages had regarded the conditions of life as essentially unchanging and beyond man’s control, ...

　　A. …which in the past had never failed to go beyond man’s ability to change the conditions ...
　　B. …which in the past had considered life under unchanging conditions as impossible ...
　　C. …which for a long time had never given way to the unpredictable living conditions ...
　　D. …which for a long time had believed that the conditions of life could never be changed ...