四级I don't mean to imply that overall job growth doesn't have an impact on one's ability to land a job.

我的意思并不是说总体就业增长对一个人获得工作的能力没有影响。

2012年12月阅读原文

四级But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don't is their ability to stay motivated

但找到工作的人和没有找到工作的人的区别在于他们保持积极性的能力

2012年12月阅读原文

六级The message to young people who might not otherwise be able to afford to break into the business is, "You can purchase this $3 million piece of land here, because I'm guaranteeing you today you'll have 1, 000 Bison on it."

对年轻人来说，如果不是这样的话，他们可能无法进入这个行业，“你可以在这里购买这片价值300万美元的土地，因为我向你保证，今天你会有1000头野牛。”

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级On Sunday, the castle’s owner John Gordon, 76, was forced to move out his property after the River Dee swept away about 60 feet of land, leaving the castle dangerously close to the river, according to the Scottish Daily Record.

根据苏格兰每日记录，周日，城堡的主人约翰·戈登（John Gordon），76岁，在迪河冲走了大约60英尺的土地后，被迫搬走了他的财产，使城堡危险地靠近河流。

2016年12月听力原文

考研British Land Art as shown in this well selected, but relatively modestly scaled exhibition wasn't about imposing on the landscape, more a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art created passing through.

在这次精心挑选但规模相对适中的展览中所展示的英国陆地艺术并不是为了给风景画增色，而是一种以风景为导向的光线概念艺术。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研We have no land ethic yet, but we have at least drawn nearer the point of admitting that birds should continue as a matter of intrinsic right,regardless of the presence or absence of economic advantage to us.

我们还没有土地伦理，但我们至少已经接近承认鸟类应该作为一种固有权利继续存在的程度，不管我们是否拥有经济优势。

2010年考研翻译原文

高考One crucial factor is secure access to land.

一个关键因素是获得土地的安全。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考If you're lucky enough to land such an accommodation, though, be sure you're 100 percent on time.

不过，如果你有幸获得这样的住宿，请确保你100%准时到达。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 主旨概括 原文

考研Jokes that work one person won't necessarily land with another, So, adapt your style accordingly to type.

对一个人有效的笑话不一定会对另一个人有效，所以，根据类型调整你的风格。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Emerging in the late sixties and reaching a peak in the Seventies, Land Art was one of a range of new forms, including Body Art,Performance Art, Action Art and Installation Art, which pushed art beyond the traditional confines of the studio and gallery.

土地艺术兴起于60年代末，在70年代达到顶峰，是一系列新形式之一，包括身体艺术、表演艺术、动作艺术和装置艺术，这些形式将艺术推到了工作室和画廊的传统界限之外。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Another way in which meat production affects the environment is through the use of water and land.

肉类生产影响环境的另一种方式是利用水和土地。

2013年6月听力原文

四级Thousands of bees left a town after landing on the back of a car when their queen got stuck in its boot.

数千只蜜蜂在蜂后被困在汽车后备箱后，降落在汽车后部，离开了一座城镇。

2017年6月听力原文

四级On Sunday, the castle's owner John Gordon, 76, was forced to move out his property after the river Dee swept away about 60 feet of land, leaving the castle dangerously close to the river, according to the Scottish Daily Record.

根据苏格兰每日记录，周日，城堡的主人约翰·戈登（John Gordon），76岁，在迪河冲走了大约60英尺的土地后，被迫搬走了他的财产，使城堡危险地靠近河流。

2016年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

六级Even worse, after refreshing our email or reading the same studies over and over, we are too exhausted when we land to soldier on with (继续处理) the emails that have inevitably still piled up.

更糟糕的是，在刷新我们的电子邮件或一遍又一遍地阅读相同的研究之后，当我们着陆时，我们已经精疲力竭，无法继续战斗(继续处理) 那些不可避免的邮件仍然堆积如山。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级In fact, they sometimes take their own lives because they are treated so badly, and because they believe they will be born again, free and living in their own land.

事实上，他们有时会自杀，因为他们受到如此恶劣的待遇，因为他们相信自己会重生，自由，生活在自己的土地上。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Though he didn't come from a farming family, from a young age tim Joseph was fascinated by the idea of living off the land.

尽管蒂姆·约瑟夫不是来自一个农业家庭，但从很小的时候起，他就对靠土地生活的想法着迷。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

四级Should a woman who possessed a small amount of drugs years ago be permanently unable to be licensed as a nurse?These laws are also counterproductive, since they make it harder for people with criminal records to find housing or land a job, two key factors that reduce backsliding.

几年前持有少量毒品的女性是否应该永久无法获得护士执照？这些法律也起到了反作用，因为它们使有犯罪记录的人更难找到住房或工作，这是减少倒退的两个关键因素。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Twenty years ago, the Urban Land Institute defined the two types of cities that dominated the US landscape: smaller cities that operated around standard 9-5 business hours and large metropolitan areas that ran all 24 hours of the day.

20年前，城市土地研究所（Urban Land Institute）定义了主导美国景观的两类城市：大约9-5个工作小时的小城市和全天24小时运行的大城市。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Measuring emissions is not a precise science, particularly when it comes to issues surrounding land use; not all nations have released up-to-date data, and in any case, emissions from some sectors such as aviation are not included in national statistics.

测量排放量不是一门精确的科学，特别是当涉及到土地使用的问题时；并非所有国家都公布了最新数据，而且在任何情况下，航空等某些部门的排放量都不包括在国家统计数据中。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Land Usage: Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use

土地利用：在过去五十年中，改进的农业技术和技术有助于显著提高作物产量，同时增加了12%的耕地利用

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Furthermore, this figure does not reflect the fact that large amounts of land, energy, fertilisers and water have also been lost in the production of foodstuffs which simply end up as waste.

此外，这一数字并没有反映出大量土地、能源、化肥和水也在食品生产过程中流失的事实，而这些食品最终只是作为废物。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级It's a product he believes could help solve future global food crises resulting from shrinking amounts of land available for growing meat the old-fashioned way.

他认为，这种产品可能有助于解决未来的全球粮食危机，而这种危机是由可用于以老式方式种植肉类的土地数量减少造成的。

2012年6月听力原文

考研To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided It tends to ignore, and thus eventually to eliminate, many elements in the land community that lack commercial value, but that are essential to its healthy functioning.

总而言之：一个完全基于经济自身利益的保护体系是不平衡的，它往往忽视并最终消除土地社区中许多缺乏商业价值但对其健康运行至关重要的因素。

2010年考研翻译原文

高考Have you ever heard of the trees that are homes to animals both on land and sea?

你听说过树是陆地和海洋动物的家园吗？

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

高考Since finishing my studies at harvard and oxford, I've watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying wall street jobs.

自从我在哈佛大学和牛津大学完成学业以来，我看到一个又一个朋友在华尔街找到了高级别、高薪的工作。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 完形填空 原文

考研Only Ukip, sensing its chance, has sided with those pleading for a more considered approach to using green land Its Campaign to Protect Rural England struck terror into many local Conservative parties.

只有英国独立党意识到了自己的机会，站在那些呼吁采取更为慎重的方法来利用绿地的人一边。它保护英格兰农村的运动使许多当地保守党感到恐怖。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研Only Ukip, sensing its chance, has sided with those pleading for a more considered approach to using green land.

只有英国知识产权组织意识到了自己的机会，站在了那些呼吁采取更深思熟虑的方法来使用绿地的人一边。

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考A friend of mine owns an area of land in western victoria.

我的一个朋友在维多利亚州西部拥有一块土地。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱).

然而，早期型号往往无法承受碰撞，因此在1965年，该装置被完全重新设计，并从其在着陆井中的原始位置移到飞机后部——受冲击最小的区域(起落架舱).

2010年6月阅读原文

四级He owns a piece of land in the downtown area.

他在市中心拥有一块土地。

2010年12月听力原文

六级Tom, one of the things visitor notices about Harrogate is the large area of open park land right down into the middle of the town.

汤姆，游客们注意到的关于哈罗盖特的一件事就是在市中心有一大片开阔的公园。

2012年6月听力原文

考研Indeed, while you might assume that an exhibition of Land Art would consist only of records of works rather than the works themselves, Long's photograph of his work is the work.

事实上，虽然你可能会认为一个土地艺术展览只包括作品的记录，而不是作品本身，但龙的作品照片就是作品。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研The British land art, typified by Richard Long's piece, was not only more domestically scaled, but a lot quirkier than its American counterpart.

以理查德·朗（Richard Long）的作品为代表的英国本土艺术不仅在国内规模更大，而且比美国本土艺术更为奇特。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Long is Britain's best-known Land Artist and his Stone circle, a perfect ring of purplish rocks from Portishead beach laid out on the gallery floor, represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form.

朗是英国最著名的陆地艺术家，他的石头圈，一个由波蒂谢德海滩的紫色岩石组成的完美圆环，布置在画廊的地板上，代表了这一形式优雅、精致的一面。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级We often hear people say that America is a land of opportunity, a country built on hope to aspire to greatness on the American Dream.

我们经常听到人们说，美国是一块充满机遇的土地，一个建立在希望之上的国家，渴望在美国梦中实现伟大。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

考研Generally however British land artists preferred to get away from towns, gravitating towards landscapes that are traditionally considered beautiful such as the Lake District or the Wiltshire Downs.

然而，一般来说，英国土地艺术家更喜欢远离城镇，转而欣赏传统上被认为美丽的风景，如湖区或威尔特郡丘陵。

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级How can you predict where the ball you tossed will land?

你怎么能预测你抛的球会落在哪里？

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级While ones in physics say:" How can you predict where the ball you tossed will land?"

而物理学的人说：“你怎么能预测你扔的球会落在哪里？”

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

考研One basic weakness in a conservation system based wholly on economic motives is that most members of the land community have no economic value.

完全基于经济动机的保护系统的一个基本弱点是，土地社区的大多数成员没有经济价值。

2010年考研翻译原文

六级The battle is currently being waged on land, in greenhouses at the University of Barcelona.

这场战斗目前正在巴塞罗那大学的温室里进行。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

高考I left for the land of warmth and Vitamin C, thinking of beaches and orange trees.

想到海滩和橘子树，我去了温暖和维生素C的土地。

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考The polar bear is found in the Arctic circle and some big land masses as far south as Newfoundland.

北极熊在北极圈和一些大的陆地上被发现，最南端是纽芬兰。

2019年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文

高考She ultimately purchased a small piece of land with her husband and began growing their own foods.

她最终与丈夫购买了一小块土地，并开始种植自己的食物。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级If the farm is well managed and has enough land, and the desire to convert is sincere, a relationship can begin.

如果农场管理良好，有足够的土地，并且转化的愿望是真诚的，一段关系就可以开始了。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考The effect is so powerful that scientists speak of songbirds and seabirds being"captured"by searchlights on land or by the light from gas flares on marine oil platforms.

这种效应如此强大，以至于科学家们说鸣禽和海鸟被陆地上的探照灯或海洋石油平台上的天然气照明“捕获”。

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

四级Did you know that besides larger places like France and Germany, Europe is home to several extremely tiny countries? One of these countries contains less than a square mile of land.

你知道吗，除了法国和德国等较大的地方外，欧洲还有几个非常小的国家；其中一个国家的土地面积不足一平方英里。

2016年12月听力原文

六级For example, there is the image of the bridge into the sea taken at the Normandy D-Day landing site.

例如，有一张在诺曼底登陆日拍摄的入海大桥的照片。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

高考Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm, which plans to build a shopping complex on the land where the theater is located.

布拉德福德将大楼和土地出售给当地一家开发公司，该公司计划在剧院所在地建造一座购物中心。

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级The results of her decades worth of careful observations were detailed paintings and descriptions of European insects, followed by unconventional visuals and stories of insects and animals from a land that most at the time could only imagine.

她数十年的仔细观察结果是对欧洲昆虫的详细绘画和描述，接着是非传统的视觉效果和昆虫和动物的故事，这些故事来自当时大多数人只能想象的土地。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Readers will feel they know John Muir after reading his story and may catch his passion for preserving the riches of our land.

读者在读了约翰·缪尔的故事后会觉得他们认识他，并可能会抓住他对保护我们土地财富的热情。

2013年6月听力原文

六级It's called that because in the old days, people let their cattle stray on the area, which was common land.

之所以叫它是因为在过去，人们让他们的牛在这片普通的土地上流浪。

2012年6月听力原文

六级It crashed when it was circling to land.

它在盘旋着陆时坠毁了。

2010年6月听力原文

六级The plane, a Boeing 737, taking German holiday makers to the island crashed into a hillside as it circled while preparing to land.

这架载有德国度假者的波音737飞机在准备着陆时在盘旋时坠入山坡。

2010年6月听力原文

考研If you get lost without a phone or a compass, and you literally can't find north, a few tricks to help you navigate back to civilization, one of which is to follow the land.

如果你在没有电话或指南针的情况下迷路了，而你确实找不到北方，那么有一些技巧可以帮助你导航到文明，其中之一就是跟随陆地。

2019年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

四级When the weather cleared, Naddodd found himself on the coast of a new land.

天气转晴后，纳多德发现自己来到了一片新大陆的海岸。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级Moon Express's mission involves plans to land a suitcase-sized package of scientific equipment on the moon for ongoing exploration and commercial development.

月球快车的任务包括计划在月球上着陆一个手提箱大小的科学设备包，用于持续的探索和商业开发。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

四级The biggest concern of pumping out water from this deep is the gradual settling down of the land surface.

从这个深度抽水的最大问题是地表的逐渐沉降。

2018年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级In an earlier generation, we lost our connection to the land, and now we are losing our connection to the machinery we depend on," says Michael Hout, a sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley.

在早期的一代，我们失去了与陆地的联系，现在我们失去了与我们赖以生存的机械的联系。”加利福尼亚大学社会学家伯克利（Michael Hout）说。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考From 2004 to 2013, agricultural land values doubled, and they continue to rise in many regions.

从2004年到2013年，农业用地价值翻了一番，并且在许多地区继续上升。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级The key principle of copyright law has always been that works can be copied only once authors have expressly given their permission," says Piers Blofeld, of the Sheil Land literary agency in London

版权法的关键原则一直是，作品只有在作者明确许可的情况下才能复制，”伦敦Sheil Land文学机构的Piers Blofeld说

2011年12月阅读原文

六级The plane, a Boeing 737, taking German holiday makers to the island crashed into a hillside as it circled while preparing to land

这架载有德国度假者的波音737飞机在准备着陆时在盘旋时坠入山坡

2010年6月听力原文

四级These laws are also counterproductive, since they make it harder for people with criminal records to find housing or land a job, two key factors that reduce backsliding.

这些法律也适得其反，因为它们使有犯罪记录的人更难找到住房或工作，这是减少倒退的两个关键因素。

2015年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

高考Over five generations the land has been too wet for cropping.

五代人以来，这片土地太湿了，不能耕种。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级Land Usage: Over the last five decades, improved farming techniques and technologies have helped to significantly increase crop yields along with a 12% expansion of farmed land use.

土地利用：在过去五十年中，改进的农业技术和技术有助于显著提高作物产量，同时增加了12%的耕地利用。

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Better irrigation can dramatically improve crop yield and about 40% of the world's food supply is currently derived from irrigated land

更好的灌溉可以显著提高作物产量，目前世界40%的粮食供应来自灌溉土地

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Yet each is an independent land, with its own government, trade, and customs.

然而，每个国家都是一块独立的土地，有自己的政府、贸易和习俗。

2016年12月听力原文

六级The challenge is that an increase in animal-based production will require more land and resources, as livestock (牲畜)farming demands extensive land use

挑战在于，以动物为基础的生产的增加将需要更多的土地和资源，如牲畜(牲畜)农业需要大量的土地使用

2013年12月阅读原文

考研The colonists’ first glimpse of the new land was a sight of dense woods.

殖民者第一眼看到这片新土地是茂密的树林。

2015年考研翻译原文

六级Better irrigation can dramatically improve crop yield and about 40% of the world's food supply is currently derived from irrigated land.

更好的灌溉可以显著提高作物产量，目前世界40%的粮食供应来自灌溉土地。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don't is their ability to stay motivated.

但找到工作的人和没有找到工作的人的区别在于他们保持积极性的能力。

2012年12月阅读原文

四级He owns a piece of land in the downtown area

他在市中心拥有一块土地

2010年12月听力原文

六级The potential to provide 60-100% more food by simply eliminating losses, while simultaneously freeing up land, energy and water resources for other uses, is an opportunity that should not be ignored.

通过简单地消除损失，同时释放土地、能源和水资源用于其他用途，提供60-100%以上粮食的潜力是一个不容忽视的机会。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Now I have enough money to buy that piece of land I've had my eye on

现在我有足够的钱买我看中的那块地

2010年12月听力原文

考研A small but vocal group of Hawaiians and environments have long viewed their presence as disrespect for sacred land and a painful reminder of the occupation of what was once a sovereign nation.

一小部分夏威夷人和环境保护组织长期以来一直认为他们的存在是对圣地的不尊重，是对曾经是主权国家的占领的痛苦提醒。

2017年考研阅读原文

高考Developers, and established large farmers makes owning one's own land unattainable for many new farmers.

开发商和老牌大农使得许多新农民无法拥有自己的土地。

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级The challenge is that an increase in animal-based production will require more land and resources, as livestock (牲畜)farming demands extensive land use.

挑战在于，以动物为基础的生产的增加将需要更多的土地和资源，如牲畜(牲畜)农业需要大量的土地使用。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Now I have enough money to buy that piece of land I've had my eye on.

现在我有足够的钱买我看中的那块地。

2010年12月听力原文

六级Then, we've changes in farming and in land ownership.

然后，农业和土地所有权发生了变化。

2012年6月听力原文

高考In 1943, a Mexican farmer was surprised to see smoke rising from a small part of his land.

1943年，一位墨西哥农民惊讶地看到烟雾从他的一小块土地上升起。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Furthermore, this figure does not reflect the fact that large amounts of land, energy, fertilisers and water have also been lost in the production of foodstuffs which simply end up as waste

此外，这一数字并没有反映出大量土地、能源、化肥和水也在食品生产过程中流失的事实，而这些食品最终只是作为废物

2013年12月阅读原文

六级Better Use of Our Finite Resources Wasting food means losing not only life-supporting nutrition but also precious resources, including land, water and energy.

更好地利用我们有限的资源

2013年12月六级考试真题（二）

六级Why More Farmers Are Making The Switch to Grass-Fed Meat and Dairy Though he didn't come from a farming family, from a young age Tim Joseph was fascinated by the idea of living off the land.

为什么越来越多的农民转向草饲肉类和奶制品

2019年12月六级真题（第3套）

六级The message to young people who might not otherwise be able to afford to break into the business is," ' You can purchase this $ 3 million piece of land here, because I'm guaranteeing you today you'll have 1 ,000 bison on it. '

对于那些可能无力涉足该行业的年轻人来说，要传达的信息是，“‘你可以在这里购买这片价值300万美元的土地，因为我今天向你保证，你会有1000头野牛。’”

2019年12月六级真题（第3套）

六级Instead we need a more dynamic interpretation, one that looks at the pros and cons（正反两方面）of all the various way land is used.

相反，我们需要一个更动态的解释，一个考虑利弊的解释(正反两方面）在土地的各种使用方式中。

2008年12月英语六级真题

六级It turns out, according to Griffin, that while we have done a good job of protecting the turtles for the weeks they spend on land (as egg-laying females, as eggs and as hatchlings), we have neglected the years spend in the ocean.

事实证明，根据格里芬的说法，虽然我们在保护海龟在陆地上度过的几周（作为产卵的雌性、卵子和幼崽）方面做得很好，但我们忽略了在海洋中度过的几年。

2009年6月英语六级真题

六级For the sake of increasing their odds of landing a better job, the students are compelled to run from one exam to another.

为了增加找到更好工作的几率，学生们不得不从一次考试跑到另一次考试。

2011年6月英语六级真题

六级"The key principle of copyright law has always been that works can be copied only once authors have expressly given their permission," says Piers Blofeld, of the Sheil Land literary agency in London.

伦敦Sheil Land文学机构的Piers Blofeld说：“版权法的关键原则一直是，只有在作者明确许可的情况下，作品才能被复制。”。

2011年12月英语六级真题

四级The land around it was largely desert, and largely empty.

它周围的土地大部分是沙漠，大部分是空的。

1990年1月英语四级真题

四级Once these were solved, the railroad was established as the best means of land transportation.

一旦这些问题得到解决，铁路就被确立为陆地运输的最佳方式。

1991年1月英语四级真题

四级The Government helped the railroads generously with money and land.

政府慷慨地用金钱和土地帮助铁路。

1991年1月英语四级真题

四级Land problem is becoming serious and many rural people feel bitter about the fact that some rich forests are reserved for tigers.

土地问题正变得越来越严重，许多农村人对一些富饶的森林被保留给老虎的事实感到痛苦。

1993年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级What worries Richard Smith, the Skylab’s director, is the “big pieces” that will come through the atmosphere, Two lumps, weighing 2 tons each, and ten, weighing at least 1,000 pounds each, will come in at speeds of hundreds of miles an hour and if they crash on land they will dig holes up to 100 feet deep.

天空实验室主任理查德·史密斯担心的是将穿过大气层的“大块”，两块，每块重2吨，十块，每块至少重1000磅，将以每小时数百英里的速度进入，如果它们坠毁在陆地上，它们将挖出100英尺深的洞。

1994年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级” Says Garfield, “But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal.

加菲尔德说：“但成功着陆的可能性仍然很大，因为我们知道目标的确切坐标。”。

1995年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In the 1880s the United States was a land sharply divided between the immensely wealthy and the very poor.

19世纪80年代，美国是一个贫富分化严重的国家。

1996年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级“This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States,” says George Oerther of Texas A&M.

德克萨斯农工大学的George Oerther说：“这项技术可以在美国75%的农田上使用。”。

1997年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation (航空) industry, has recommended that all airlines ban (禁止) such devices from being used during “critical” stages of flight, particularly take-off and landing.

RTCA，一个为航空业提供建议的组织(航空) 行业，已建议所有航空公司禁止(禁止) 在飞行的“关键”阶段，特别是起飞和着陆阶段，禁止使用此类设备。

1999年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级And although some airlines prohibit passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are reluctant to enforce a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flights.

尽管一些航空公司禁止乘客在起飞和降落期间使用此类设备，但考虑到许多乘客希望在飞行期间工作，大多数航空公司不愿意执行全面禁令。

1999年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a second—slower than through land but faster than through air.

声音在水中的速度大约是每秒一英里——比陆地慢，但比空气快。

2002年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级By forging partnerships with people like Francis Altemose, the Conservancy has been able to protect more than 14,000 acres of environmentally important land in the area.

通过与Francis Altemose等人士建立伙伴关系，保护协会已经能够保护该地区14000多英亩对环境重要的土地。

2005年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级As a result, his family’s land can be protected from development and the Altemoses will be better able to provide a secure financial future for their 7-year-old grandson.

因此，他家的土地可以免受开发，Altemoses夫妇将能够更好地为他们7岁的孙子提供一个安全的经济未来。

2005年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题