四级Russians, for example, began to wake up about a half-hour later each day after President Vladimir Putin shifted the country permanently to winter time starting on October 26.

例如，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京从10月26日起将该国永久性地改为冬季后，俄罗斯人开始每天大约半小时后醒来。

2015年12月阅读原文

考研The only American public-sector workers who earn well above $250,000 a year are university sports coaches and the president of the United States.

美国公共部门唯一年薪远高于25万美元的员工是大学体育教练和美国总统。

2012年考研阅读原文

考研The only American public-sector workers who earn well above $250, 000 a year are university sports coaches and the president of the United States.

美国公共部门唯一年薪超过25万美元的员工是大学体育教练和美国总统。

2012年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级For the next three months, Michelle Kremer and 11 other Obama supporters, ages 19 to 34, will blog about life across mainstream America, with one twist: by tying all of their ideas and experiences to the new president and his administration, the bloggers will try to start a conversation about what it means to be young and politically active in America today.

在接下来的三个月里，米歇尔·克雷默（Michelle Kremer）和其他11名年龄在19岁至34岁的奥巴马支持者将在博客上讲述美国主流社会的生活，其中有一个转折点：将他们所有的想法和经历与新总统及其政府联系起来，博主们将试图开始一场对话，讨论当今美国年轻人和政治活跃者的意义。

2010年6月阅读原文

考研Last year, Europe Commission vice President Viviane Reding issued a call to voluntary action.

去年，欧洲委员会副主席维维安·雷丁（Viviane Reding）发出了自愿行动呼吁。

2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Just one week after Obama was elected president, participants were less ready to support policies designed to address racial inequality than they had been two weeks before the election.

就在奥巴马当选总统一周后，与选举前两周相比，参与者对支持旨在解决种族不平等问题的政策的准备程度有所下降。

2010年6月阅读原文

六级We went through a dramatic shift," says Dawn Watkins, the vice president for student affairs.

我们经历了戏剧性的转变，”负责学生事务的副总裁道恩·沃特金斯说。

2011年6月阅读原文

四级Russians, for example, began to wake up about a half-hour later each day after President Vladimir Putin shifted the country permanently to" winter time" starting on October 26.

例如，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京从10月26日起将该国永久性地改为“冬季”后，俄罗斯人开始每天大约半小时后醒来。

2015年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级After becoming president of Purdue University in 2013, mitch Daniels asked the faculty to prove that their students have actually achieved one of higher education's most important goals: critical thinking skills.

2013年成为普渡大学校长后，米奇·丹尼尔斯（mitch Daniels）要求教员证明他们的学生确实实现了高等教育最重要的目标之一：批判性思维技能。

2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

六级In 1863, after 17 years of advocacy including letters to five presidents, Hale got it.

1863年，经过17年的宣传，包括给五位总统的信，黑尔得到了它。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

高考Even president obama's mother-in-law, marian Robinson, has agreed to leave Chicago and into the White House to help care for her granddaughters.

就连奥巴马总统的岳母玛丽安·罗宾逊也同意离开芝加哥进入白宫，帮助照顾她的孙女。

2016年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

考研Bush all had offices in this building before becoming president.

布什在成为总统之前都在这座大楼里有办公室。

2018年考研阅读原文

六级Although, over the years, Barbies had more than 180 different careers, including football coach, sign language teacher, ambassador, president and astronaut, her body shape hasn't changed much.

尽管这些年来，芭比娃娃有超过180种不同的职业，包括足球教练、手语老师、大使、总统和宇航员，但她的体型并没有太大变化。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

六级And what if Americans become so familiar with having Obama as their president that they stop considering his race altogether?

如果美国人对奥巴马作为总统如此熟悉，以至于不再考虑他的种族，那又会怎样呢？

2010年6月阅读原文

六级Island communities have been among the hardest hit by the threats facing the ocean, said President Tommy Remengesau Jr. in a statement.

小汤米·雷门格索总统在一份声明中说，岛屿社区受到海洋威胁的打击最为严重。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

考研Among the commission’s 51 members are top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives, as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, filmmaking, music and journalism.

该委员会的51名成员包括顶级大学校长、学者、律师、法官和企业高管，以及外交、电影制作、音乐和新闻界的知名人士。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研Among the commission's 51 members are top-tier-university presidents, scholars, lawyers, judges, and business executives, as well as prominent figures from diplomacy, film-making, music and journalism.

该委员会的51名成员包括顶级大学校长、学者、律师、法官和企业高管，以及外交、电影制作、音乐和新闻界的知名人士。

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级In an email sent Monday to college presidents in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, outgoing Chancellor John Morgan said an internal analysis showed that each campus' spending on facilities management fell well below the industry standards identified by the state.

即将离任的校长约翰·摩根（John Morgan）在周一发给田纳西州摄政系统董事会大学校长的一封电子邮件中表示，一项内部分析显示，每个校区在设施管理方面的支出远远低于该州确定的行业标准。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级In an email sent Monday to college presidents in the Tennessee Board of Regents system, outgoing Chancellor John Morgan said an internal analysis showed that each campus' spending on facilities management fell well below the industry standards identified

即将离任的校长约翰·摩根（John Morgan）在周一发给田纳西州摄政委员会系统大学校长的一封电子邮件中表示，一项内部分析显示，每个校区在设施管理方面的支出远远低于所确定的行业标准

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级We can't announce other people's news," said Greg Joswiak, vice president of iPod and iPhone marketing at Apple.

我们不能宣布其他人的消息，”苹果公司iPod和iPhone营销副总裁Greg Joswiak说。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级While these numbers are still being validated by the state, we feel any adjustments they might suggest will be immaterial, Morgan wrote to the presidents.

摩根在给总统们的信中写道：“虽然这些数字仍在得到州政府的确认，但我们认为他们可能提出的任何调整都无关紧要。”。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级There is not any one-hit wonder, and there will not be one for years to come, said Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive of the Consumer Technology Association ( ' , CTA).

消费者技术协会（CTA）主席兼首席执行官加里·夏皮罗（Gary Shapiro）说，现在还没有一个热门奇迹，未来几年也不会有。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级"There is not any one-hit wonder, and there will not be one for years to come," said Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive of the Consumer Technology Association CT.

消费者技术协会CT主席兼首席执行官加里·夏皮罗（Gary Shapiro）表示：“现在还没有一个热门奇迹，未来几年也不会有。”。

2016年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级"While these numbers are still being validated by the state, we feel any adjustments they might suggest will be immaterial," Morgan wrote to the presidents.

摩根在给总统们的信中写道：“虽然这些数字仍在得到州政府的确认，但我们认为他们可能提出的任何调整都无关紧要。”。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考Owain James, the president of the National Union of Students NUS, argued that the increase is evidence of student hardship – young people are being forced into earning money before finishing their education.

全国学生联合会主席奥文·詹姆斯（Owain James）认为，学生人数的增加证明了学生生活困难——年轻人被迫在完成学业之前挣钱。

2015年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级Jeff Burnstein, president of the Robotics Industry Association, argues that robots actually save US jobs.

机器人工业协会主席杰夫·伯恩斯坦（Jeff Burnstein）认为，机器人实际上拯救了我们的就业机会。

2012年12月阅读原文

六级As U.S.banks recovered with the help of the American government and the American taxpayer, president Obama held meetings with top bank executives, telling them it’s time to return the favor.

随着美国银行业在美国政府和美国纳税人的帮助下复苏，奥巴马总统与银行高管举行了会议，告诉他们是时候报答了。

2016年6月听力原文

考研When Liam McGee departed as president of Bank of America in August, his explanation was surprisingly straight up.

当利亚姆·麦基（Liam McGee）于8月卸任美国银行行长时，他的解释出人意料地直截了当。

2011年考研阅读原文

考研The 8-0 objection to President Obama trues on what Justice Samuel Alito describes in his objection as “a shocking assertion assertion of federal executive power”.

对奥巴马总统的8票对0票的反对符合塞缪尔·阿利托大法官在反对中所描述的“令人震惊的联邦行政权力主张”。

2013年考研阅读原文

六级President Abraham Lincoln, during the Civil War, issued a proclamation setting aside the last Thursday in November for the holiday.

美国内战期间，亚伯拉罕·林肯总统发布公告，将11月的最后一个星期四定为假日。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

高考Whaley got the idea of this second-grade presidential campaign project when he asked the children one day to raise their hands if they thought they could never be a president.

当惠利有一天要求孩子们举起手来，如果他们认为自己永远都不可能成为总统，他就想到了这个二年级总统竞选项目。

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级While the team can't be sure their results are due solely to Obama, they also showed that those with the lowest bias were likely to subconsciously associate black skin colour with political words such as "government" or "president".

虽然研究小组不能确定他们的结果是否完全是奥巴马的功劳，但他们也表明，那些偏见最低的人可能会下意识地将黑色皮肤与“政府”或“总统”等政治词汇联系起来。

2010年6月阅读原文

高考At college, Barack Obama didn't know that he was to become the first black president of the united states of America.

在大学里，巴拉克·奥巴马并不知道他将成为美国第一位黑人总统。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 单项填空 原文

四级According to Arne Sorenson, the president of Marriott hotels, the current recession hit his business as hard as the 9/11 terrorist attack.

根据万豪酒店总裁阿恩·索伦森（Arne Sorenson）的说法，当前的经济衰退对他的业务的打击与911恐怖袭击一样严重。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Is the experience of having a charismatic (有魅力的) black president modifying lingering racist attitudes?

有魅力的经历是什么(有魅力的) 黑人总统改变挥之不去的种族主义态度？

2010年6月阅读原文

六级As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away?

随着国家进入奥巴马总统任期，从事政治活动的年轻人会继续支持总统及其议程，还是会逐渐远离？

2010年6月阅读原文

高考It was not until I became involved in student government that I gained the confidence to handle projects that I created with the help of asucr office of the president.

直到我参与到学生政府中，我才有信心处理在asucr校长办公室帮助下创建的项目。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 七选五 原文

四级It's certainly new territory, especially as home security cameras become easier to install, says lizzie Post, president of the Emily Post Institute, America's foremost manners advisors.

美国最重要的礼仪顾问艾米丽·波斯特研究所（Emily Post Institute）的主席莉齐·波斯特（lizzie Post）说，这无疑是一个新领域，尤其是当家庭安全摄像头变得更容易安装时。

2018年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级While the team can't be sure their results are due solely to Obama, they also showed that those with the lowest bias were likely to subconsciously associate black skin colour with political words such as "government" or "president"

虽然研究小组无法确定他们的结果是否完全是奥巴马的功劳，但他们也表明，那些偏见最低的人可能会下意识地将黑色皮肤与政治词汇（如“政府”或“总统”）联系起来

2010年6月阅读原文

六级Comparing 1929 with 2007-09, Christina Romer, the head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, finds the initial blow to confidence far greater now than then.

将1929年与2007-09年进行比较，奥巴马总统经济顾问委员会主席克里斯蒂娜·罗默（Christina Romer）发现，最初对信心的打击现在远远大于当时。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研Ruth simmons joined Goldman Sachs's board as an outside director in January 2000: a year later she became president of Brown University.

露丝·西蒙斯于2000年1月以外部董事身份加入高盛董事会：一年后她成为布朗大学校长。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级For example, only one boy said he would like to be president when he grows up.

例如，只有一个男孩说他长大后想当总统。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级But the president may be giving the financial sector too much credit.

但总统可能给了金融业太多的信任。

2016年6月听力原文

六级Former George Washington University president Stephen Trachtenberg estimates that a typical college uses its facilities for academic purposes a little more than half the calendar year.

乔治华盛顿大学前校长斯蒂芬·特雷斯登伯格（Stephen Trachtenberg）估计，一所典型的学院在一个日历年的一半多一点的时间里将其设施用于学术目的。

2012年6月阅读原文

六级Strong campus presidents to manage these problems are becoming harder to find, and to keep.

管理这些问题的强有力的校园校长越来越难找到，也越来越难留住。

2012年6月阅读原文

六级In fact, students now stay on campus almost as long as their presidents

事实上，现在学生在校园的时间几乎和他们的校长一样长

2012年6月阅读原文

六级President Barack Obama declared in a speech last month to the Center for American Progress.

巴拉克·奥巴马总统上个月在美国进步中心的一次演讲中宣布。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Now, to tell us more about Harrogate, I have with me Tom Percival, President of the Chamber of Commerce.

现在，为了告诉我们更多关于哈罗盖特的情况，我有商会主席汤姆·珀西瓦尔。

2012年6月听力原文

六级The University of Maryland at College Park is proceeding cautiously, giving the iPhone or iPod Touch to 150 students, said Jeffrey Huskamp, vice president and chief information officer at the university.

马里兰大学的副校长兼首席信息官Jeffrey Huskamp说，学院公园的马里兰大学正在谨慎地进行，将iPhone或iPod Touch交给150名学生。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研Professor Terence Stephenson, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said that the consumption of unhealthy food should be seen to be just as damaging as smoking or excessive drinking.

皇家儿科和儿童健康学院院长特伦斯·斯蒂芬森教授说，不健康食品的消费应该被视为与吸烟或酗酒一样有害。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研So when young people are critical of an over-tweeting president, they reveal a mental discipline in thinking skills - and in their choices on when to share on social media.

因此，当年轻人批评一位过度使用推特的总统时，他们会在思维技能和选择何时在社交媒体上分享时表现出一种心理纪律。

2018年考研阅读原文

四级And it's becoming a great place to work," says Scott Summers, the vice president of Gale International, the developer of the city.

它正在成为一个工作的好地方，”城市开发商Gale International的副总裁斯科特·萨默斯（Scott Summers）说。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级You can't deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings," says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust.

如果不处理现有建筑，就无法应对气候变化，”国家信托基金会主席理查德·莫（Richard Moe）说。

2010年6月阅读原文

考研President Trump has underlined fossil fuels – especially coal – as the path to economic growth.

特朗普总统强调化石燃料——特别是煤炭——是经济增长之路。

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研"They're harder to find and they have job offers," says Jay Dunwell, president of Wolverine Coil Spring, a family owned firm.

“他们更难找到，而且他们有工作机会，”家族企业狼獾螺旋弹簧公司总裁杰伊·邓威尔（Jay Dunwell）说。

2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级"We realize that as a company with people, trucks, warehouses, we needed to play a larger role," said Eduardo Martinez, the president of the UPS Foundation.

UPS基金会主席Eduardo Martinez说：“我们意识到，作为一个拥有人、卡车、仓库的公司，我们需要扮演更大的角色。”

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级The president's stimulus package is pumping money into research to compare how well various treatments work.

总统的刺激计划正在向研究注入资金，以比较各种治疗方法的效果。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Most high governmental officials seem to conceive of education in this light—as a way to ensure economic competitiveness and continued economic growth," Derek Bok, former president of Harvard, told The Washington Post.

哈佛大学前校长德里克·博克（Derek Bok）对《华盛顿邮报》（Washington Post）表示：“大多数高级政府官员似乎都认为教育是确保经济竞争力和持续经济增长的一种方式。”。

2012年6月阅读原文

四级The president condemns their greed.

总统谴责他们的贪婪。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Comparing 1929 with 2007-09, Christina Romer, the head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, finds the initial blow to confidence far greater now than then

奥巴马总统经济顾问委员会主席克里斯蒂娜·罗默（Christina Romer）将1929年与2007-09年进行了比较，她发现对信心的最初打击现在远大于当时

2013年6月阅读原文

高考Knowledgeable guides will entertain you with the most interesting stories about presidents, congress, memorials, and parks.

知识渊博的导游将为您讲述有关总统、国会、纪念馆和公园的最有趣的故事。

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to consume more; they need-believe it or not-to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.

毫无疑问，奥巴马总统抵达北京后将公开表明这一点：中国人需要更多消费；为了全球经济，他们需要信不信由你变得更像美国人。

2012年12月阅读原文

六级As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away

随着国家进入奥巴马总统任期，从事政治活动的年轻人会继续支持总统及其议程，还是会逐渐远离

2010年6月阅读原文

考研The digital services tax now awaits the signature of President Emmanuel Macron, who has expressed support for the measure, and it could go into effect within the next few weeks.

数字服务税目前正在等待总统伊曼纽尔·马克龙（Emmanuel Macron）的签字，他已表示支持这项措施，并可能在未来几周内生效。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级For example, Arne Sorenson, the president of Marriott hotels, likens the crisis to the downturn that hit his business after September 11th.

例如，万豪酒店总裁阿恩·索伦森（Arne Sorenson）将这场危机比作9月11日后打击其业务的经济衰退。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研So when young people are critical of an over-tweeting president, they reveal a mental discipline in thinking skills-and in their choices on when to share on social media.

因此，当年轻人批评一位过度使用推特的总统时，他们会在思考技巧和选择何时在社交媒体上分享时表现出一种心理纪律。

2018年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级We're asking the customers to specify what they want," said Craig Prusher, the chain's vice president of government relations.

我们要求客户具体说明他们想要什么，”该连锁店负责政府关系的副总裁克雷格·普鲁舍（Craig Prusher）说。

2012年12月听力原文

高考The children were fond of the US president's daughters.

孩子们喜欢美国总统的女儿们。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

四级Dean Granholm, the vice president for delivery and post office operations, said the first waves of closings would begin this fall.

负责递送和邮局运营的副总裁迪安·格兰霍姆（Dean Granholm）表示，第一批关闭将于今年秋天开始。

2016年12月听力原文

六级And though Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership aren't inclined to lecture visiting Presidents, he might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar-which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that America's debt load is becoming unmanageable.

尽管胡锦涛和其他中国领导人不想教训到访的总统，但他可能会温和地暗示，自3月份以来，北京对美元贬值15%感到有点紧张，这在很大程度上是因为人们越来越担心美国的债务负担变得难以管理。

2012年12月阅读原文

考研But we are taught instead to "decide", just as our president calls himself "the Decider"?

但我们被教导“决定”，就像我们的总统称自己为“决策者”？

2009年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级In 1961, when President Kennedy declared that America would send a man to the moon by the decade's end, those words, too, had a dreamlike quality.

1961年，当肯尼迪总统宣布美国将在本世纪末将一个人送上月球时，这些话也具有梦幻般的性质。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级If you think so, you're not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession.

如果你这么想，你并不孤单，因为能源独立是美国总统几十年来的梦想，而且从未像过去几年那样成为美国总统的梦想，因为最近的油价冲击是引发大衰退的部分原因。

2014年6月阅读原文

六级Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, was justifiably proud of Bowdoin's efforts to recruit minority students.

鲍登学院院长巴里·米尔斯（Barry Mills）有理由为鲍登招收少数民族学生的努力感到自豪。

2011年6月阅读原文

考研The 8-0 objection to President Obama turns on what Justice Samuel Alito describes in his objection as "a shocking assertion of federal executive power".

对奥巴马总统的8票对0票的反对将塞缪尔·阿利托大法官在他的反对意见中描述为“令人震惊的联邦行政权力主张”。

2013年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级You can't deal with climate change without dealing with existing buildings," says Richard Moe, the president of the National Trust

如果不处理现有建筑，就无法应对气候变化，”国家信托基金会主席理查德·莫（Richard Moe）说

2010年6月阅读原文

四级Americans are less doubtful when it comes to politics: 73% expect to see a female president in their lifetime.

美国人在政治上的疑虑较少：73%的人希望在有生之年见到一位女性总统。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研The implication is that Millennials prefer news from the White House to be filtered through other source, Not a president's social media platform.

这意味着千禧一代更喜欢白宫的新闻通过其他渠道过滤，而不是总统的社交媒体平台。

2018年考研阅读原文

六级Forbes magazine identified Nike’s president, Philip Knight, as the 53rd-richestman in the world in 2004.

2004年，《福布斯》杂志将耐克总裁菲利浦·奈特列为全球第53位富豪。

2008年12月英语六级真题

六级“There’s no way around the uncertainty,” says Kimberly Thompson, president of Kid Risk, a nonprofit group that studies children’s health.

研究儿童健康的非营利组织Kid Risk的总裁Kimberly Thompson说：“这种不确定性是无法避免的。”。

2009年12月英语六级真题

六级"We went through a dramatic shift," says Dawn Watkins, the vice president for student affairs.

“我们经历了一个戏剧性的转变，”负责学生事务的副校长道恩·沃特金斯说。

2011年6月英语六级真题

六级Jeff Burnstein, president of the Robotics Industry Association, argues that robots actually save U. S. jobs.

机器人工业协会主席Jeff Burnstein认为，机器人实际上拯救了美国的就业机会。

2012年12月英语六级真题

六级President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to consume more; they need—believe it or not—to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy.

毫无疑问，奥巴马总统将在抵达北京时公开表明这一点：中国人需要更多消费；信不信由你，为了全球经济，他们需要变得更像美国人。

2012年12月英语六级真题

六级And though Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership aren’t inclined to lecture visiting Presidents, he might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar—which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that America’s debt load is becoming unmanageable.

尽管胡锦涛和其他中国领导人不倾向于对来访的总统说教，但他可能会温和地暗示，北京对美元的价值有点紧张——自3月份以来，美元已经下跌了15%，这在很大程度上是因为人们越来越担心美国的债务负担变得难以控制。

2012年12月英语六级真题

四级Beth Israel’s nurse-in-chief ranks as an equal with other vice presidents of the hospital.

Beth Israel的护士长与医院的其他副院长不相上下。

1993年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级A carpenter by trade, McGuire had worked since the age of eleven, and in 1882 was president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (UBCJ).

作为一名木匠，麦奎尔从11岁起就开始工作，并于1882年担任木匠和细木工联合兄弟会（UBCJ）主席。

1996年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级According to recent reports, president Clinton is trying to take a half-hour snooze (打瞌睡) every afternoon.

根据最近的报道，克林顿总统正试图小睡半小时(打瞌睡) 每天下午。

1998年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级President Coolidge’s statement, “The business of America is business,” still points to an important truth today-that business institutions have more prestige (威望) in American society than any other kind of organization, including the government.

柯立芝总统的声明“美国的商业就是商业”，今天仍然指出了一个重要的事实，即商业机构更有声望(威望) 在美国社会中，比包括政府在内的任何其他类型的组织都要多。

1999年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级To help rebuild the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson.

为了帮助重建图书馆，国会购买了托马斯·杰斐逊总统的书籍。

2004年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级“Exercise by itself is a very tough way to lose weight,” says York Onnen, program director of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

“锻炼本身就是一种非常艰难的减肥方式，”总统体质和运动委员会项目主任York Onnen说。

2005年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级President Bush certainly thinks so.

布什总统当然这么认为。

2005年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Store managers are often the last to hear complaints, and often find out only when their regular customers decide t frequent their competitors, according to a study jointly conducted by Verde group and Wharton school “Storytelling hurts retailers and entertains consumers,” said Paula Courtney, President of the Verde group.

根据Verde集团和沃顿商学院联合进行的一项研究，商店经理往往是最后一个听到投诉的人，只有当他们的老顾客决定不经常光顾他们的竞争对手时，他们才会发现

2008年12月英语四级考试真题

四级David Laird, president of the Minnesota Private College Council, says many of his schools would like to reduce their merit aid but fear that in doing so, they would lose top students to their competitors.

明尼苏达州私立学院理事会主席David Laird表示，他的许多学校都希望减少他们的助学金，但担心这样做会让顶尖学生输给竞争对手。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级“We still believe in rewarding superior achievements and know that these top students truly value the scholarship,” says Scott Friedhoff, Allegheny’s vice president for enrollment.

阿勒格尼负责招生的副总裁Scott Friedhoff表示：“我们仍然相信奖励优秀的成绩，并知道这些顶尖学生真正重视奖学金。”。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级When next year’s crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009, they’ll be joined by a new face; Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost (教务长) of Yale, who’ll become Oxford’s vice-chancellor—a position equivalent to university president in America.

当明年的一批高中毕业生在2009年秋天来到牛津大学时，他们将有一张新面孔加入；55岁的教务长安德鲁·汉密尔顿(教务长) 他将成为牛津大学的副校长，这个职位相当于美国的大学校长。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级For example, when the board of the University of Colorado searched for a new president, it wanted a leader familiar with the state government, a major source of the university’s budget.

例如，科罗拉多大学董事会在寻找新校长时，希望有一位熟悉州政府的领导人，而州政府是该大学预算的主要来源。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级The board ultimately picked Bruce Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist (活动家) who is likely to do well in the main task of modern university presidents: fund-raising.

董事会最终选择了69岁的科罗拉多州商人和政治活动家布鲁斯·本森(活动家) 谁有可能做好现代大学校长的主要任务：筹款。

2009年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Linda Matzigkeit, a senior vice president at Children’s Healthcare, said “We have to do something about this or our country is in danger.

儿童保健高级副总裁Linda Matzigkeit说：“我们必须对此采取措施，否则我们的国家将处于危险之中。

2012年12月大学英语四级真题试卷（1）

四级For example, Arne Sorenson, the president of Marriott hotels, likens the crisis to the downturn that hit his business after September 11th, 2001.

例如，万豪酒店总裁Arne Sorenson将这场危机比作2001年9月11日之后他的业务下滑。

2013年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第1套)

四级If you think so, you’re not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American presidents for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession.

如果你这么认为，你并不孤单，因为几十年来，能源独立一直是美国总统的梦想，在过去几年中更是如此，当时最近的油价冲击是引发大衰退的部分原因。

2014年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套）