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SectionIVocabulary(10points)

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Directions:

Thereare20incompletesentencesinthis

section.Foreachsentencetherearefourchoices

markedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatbest

completesthesentenceandmarkyouranswers

onANSWERSHEET1.

l.Insomecountriesgirlsarestillof

agoodeducationo

AdeniedBdeclined

CdenvedDdeprived

2.Astheyearspassed,thememoriesof

herchildhoodaway。

AfadedBdisappeared

CflashedDfired

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3.Brierleysbookhastheof

beingbothinformativeandreadableo

AinspirationBrequirements

CmythDmerit

4.1fIhaveanycommentstomake,I'11

writethemintheofthebookI'm

reading

AedgeBpage

CmarginDside

5.Mywouldreallytroublemeif

Iworeafurcoato

AconsciousnessBconsequence

CconstitutionDconscience

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6.Whenthepostfell。Dennis

Basswasappointedtofillito

AemptyBvacant

ChollowDhare

7.Motherwhotakescareofeverybodyis

usuallythemostpersonineach

familyo

AconsiderateBconsiderable

CconsideringDconstant

8.FortenyearstheGreeksthe

cityofTroytoseparateitfromtheoutside。

AcapturedBoccupied

CdestroyedDsurrounded

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9.Otherguestsatyesterday,sopening,

whichwasbroadcastbytheradio

station)includedAnneMelntoshandMayoro

AliveBalive

ClivingDlively

10.ANewZealandmanwas

recentlytolifeimprisonmentforthe

murderofanEnglishtourist,Monica

Cantwello

ApunishedBaccused

CsentencedDput

11.Thepast22yearshavereallybeen

amazingyandeverypredictionwe'vemade

aboutimprovementshavealcome

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AtrulyBtrue

CTruthDtruthful

12.Theteacherstriedtothese

studentsthattheycouldsolvethecomplicated

problem,however,theyjustdidn,tseethe

pointo

AconvinceBencourage

CconsultDinclined

13.I'mtothinkthatmost

childrenwouldliketheirteacherstobetheir

friendsratherthantheircommanderso

AsubjectedBsupposed

CdeclinedDinclined

14.Sheisundertheimpressionthathe

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isn,tapersonforhewouldn,t

tellherwhereandwhenhewenttouniversityo

AgeniusBgenerous

CgenuineDgenetic

15.ThefirstglassesofCocaColawere

drunkin1886。Thedrinkwasfirstbya

USchemistcalledJohnPemberton

AformedBmade

CfoundDdone

16.Thesetwochemicalswith

eachotheratacertaintemperaturetoproducea

substancewhichcouldcauseanexplosiono

AinteractBattract

CreactDexpel

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17.theycangetpeopleinthe

organizationtodowhatmusthedone,theywill

notsucceedo

ASinceBUnless

CIfDWhether

18.Onceyouhavestartedajob,you

shoulddoit。

AinpracticeBintheory

CinearnestDinahurry

19.Althoughtheynewlibraryservicehas

beenverysuccessful，itsfutureis

certaino

AatanyrateBbynomeans

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CbyallmeansDatanycost

20.Tomysurprise,atyesterdays

meetingheagaintheplanthathad

beendisapprovedaweekbeforeo

AbroughtaboutBbroughtout

CbroughtupDbrought

down

SectionIICloze(10points)

Directions:Readthefollowingtext.

Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumbered

blankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWER

SHEET1.

WholesalepricesinJulyrosemore

sharplythanexpectedandatafasterratethan

consumerprices,21hatbusinesseswerestill

protectingconsumers22thefullbrunt(沖擊)

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ofhigherenergycosts.

TheProducerPriceIndex23measures

whatproducersreceiveforgoodsandservices,

241percentinJuly.TheLaborDepartment

reportedyesterday.Double25economists

hadbeenexpectingandasharpturnaround

fromflatpricesinJune.Excluding26and

energy,thecoreindexofproducerpricesrose

0.4percent,27thanthe0.1percentthat

economistshad28.Muchofthatincreasewas

aresultofan29increaseincarandtruck

prices.

OnTuesday,theLaborDepartment

saidthe30thatconsumerspaidforgoods

andservicesinJulywere310.5percentover

alLandup0.1percent,excludingfoodand

energy.

32theoverallriseinbothconsumer

andproducerprices33causedbyenergy

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costs,whichincreased4.4percentnthemonth.

（Wholesalefoodprices340.3percentinJuly.

35July2004,Wholesalepriceswereup4.6

percent,thecorerate362.8percent,its

fastestpacesince1995.

Typically,increasesintheProducer

PriceIndexindicatesimilarchangesinthe

consumerindex37businessesrecoup（補償）

highercostsfromcustomers.38formuchofthis

expansion9whichstarted39theendof2001,

thathasnotbeenthe40.Infact,many

businesseslikeautomakershavebeen

aggressivelydiscountingtheirproducts.

21.AindicateBtoindicateCindicating

Dindicated

22.AofBtoCby

Dfrom

23.AthatBwhichCit

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Dthis

24.AriseBrisesCrose

Draised

25.AthatBwhatC

whichDthis

26.AfoodBgrainCcrop

Ddiet

27.AlessBlowerC

higherDmore

28.AsaidBreportedC

calculatedDforecast

29.AexpectableB.unexpectedC

expectationDexpecting

30.ApricesBcostsC

chargesDvalues

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31.AdownBfromCto

Dup

32.AMuchBMostC

MostofDMuchof

33.AwasBwereCis

Dare

34.AfallBfellCfalls

Dhasfallen

35.AComparingwithBIncomparison

CComparedwithDCompareto

36.AdroppedBdeclinedC

liftedDclimbed

37.AasBsoC

whileDwhen

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38.AAndBButCYet

DStill

39.AatBbyCin

Dto

40.AconditionBsituationC

matterDcase41.

SectionIIIReadingcomprehension(40

points)

Directions:

Readthefollowingfourpassages.Answer

thequestionsbeloweachpassagebychoosingA,

B,CandD.MarkyouranswersonANSWER

SHEET1.

PassageOne

Officejobsareamongthepositions

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hardesthitbycompumation（計算機自動

化）.Wordprocessorsandtypistswillloseabout

93,000jobsoverthenextfewyears,while57,

000secretarialjobswillvanish.BlamethePC:

Today,manyexecutivestypetheirownmemos

andcarrythere“secretariesinthepalmsof

theirhands.Timeisalsohardforstockclerks,

whoseranksareexpectedtodecreaseby68,000.

Andemployeesinmanufacturingfirmsand

wholesalersarebeingreplacedwith

computerizedsystems.

Butnoteveryonewholosesajobwillend

upintheunemploymentline.Manywillshiftto

growingpositionswithintheirowncompanies.

Whennewtechnologiesshookupthetelecomm

business9telephoneoperatorJudyDougherty

pursuedretraining.Sheisnowa

communicationstechnician,earningabout

$64,000peryear.Ofcourse,ifyou'vebeena

tollboothcollectorforthepast30years,and

youfindyourselfreplacedbyanEZPass

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machine）itmaybeoflittleconsolation（安慰）to

knowthatthetelecomfieldisbooming.

Andthat'sjustit:Theserviceeconomy

isfading:welcometotheexpertise（專門知識）

economy.Tosucceedinthenewjobmarket,

youmustbeabletohandlecomplexproblems.

Indeed,allbutoneofthe50highest-paying

occupations—air-trafficcontroller—demandat

leastabachelor'sdegree.

Forthosewithjustahighschool

diploma（畢業(yè)證書）.It'sgoingtogettougherto

findawell-payingjob.Sincefewerfactoryand

clericaljobswillbeavailable.what'sleftbethe

jobsthatcompumationscan,tkilLcomputers

cantcleanoffices,orforAlzheimer's

patients（老年癡呆病人）.But,sincemost

peoplehavetheskillstofillthosepositions,the

wagesstaypainfullylow，meaning

compumationcoulddriveanevendeeperwedge

（楔子）betweentheandpoor,Thebestadvice

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now，Neverstoplearning,andkeepupwith

newtechnology.

Forbusyadultsofcoursethatcanbe

tough,Thegoodnewsisthatverytechnology

that'sreducingsomanyjobsisamakingit

easiertogobacktoschoolwithouthavingtosit

inaclassroom.Socalledinternetdistance

learningishot,withmorethanthreemillion

studentscurrentlyenrolled,andit,sgaining

credibilitywithemployers.

Areyouatriskoflosingyourjobtoa

computer?CheckthefederalBureauof

Labor

Statistics'OccupationalOutlook

Handbook,whichisavailableonlineat.

41.Promthefirstparagraphwecaninfer

thatallofthefollowingpersonsareeasily

thrownintounemploymentEXCEPT.

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AsecretariesBstockclerks

CmanagersDwholesalers

42、Inthesecondparagraphtheanther

mentionsthetollboothcollectorto

Ameanhewillgetbenefitsfromthe

telecommfled

Bshowheistoooldtoshifttoanew

position

Cconsolehimonhavingbeenreplaced

byamachine

DblamethePCforhisunemployment

43.Bysaying”…compumationcould

driveanevendeeperwedgebetweentherich

andpoor”(line5.Para4)theauthormeans

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Apeoplearegettingricherandricher

Btherewillbeasmallgapbetweenrich

andpoor

Cthegapbetweenrichandpooris

gettinglargeranlarger

Dit'stimetocloseupbegapbetween

therichandpoor

44.Whatistheauthor'sattitudetowards

computers?

ApositiveBnegativeC

neutralDprejudiced

45.Whichofthefollowingmightserveas

thebesttitleofpassage?

ABlamingthePC

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BTheboomingtelecommfield

CInternetdistanceleaning

DKeepingupwithcompumation

PassageTwo

Tensofthousandsof18yearoldswill

graduatethisyearandbehandedmeaningless

diplomas.Thesediplomaswon'tlookany

differentfromawardedtheirluckierclassmates

Theirvaliditywillbequestionedonlywhentheir

employersdiscoverthethesegraduatesare

semiliterate（半文盲）

Eventuallyafortunatefewwillfindtheir

wayintoeducational-repair-adult-

literacy

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Programs,suchastheonewhereIteach

grammarandwriting.There，highschool

graduatesandhighschooldropoutspursuing

graduateequivalencycertificateswilllearnthe

skillstheyshouldhavelearnedinschool，They

willdiscovertheyhavebeencheatedbyour

educationalsystem.

Iwillneverforgetateacherseniorwhen

behadherforEnglish."Hesiteinthebackof

theroomtalkingtohisfriendsa.shetoldme,”

Whydon'tyoumovehimtothefrontrow?

Iurgedbelievingtheembarrassment

wouldgethimtosettledown,Mrs.Stifter

said,nIdon'tmoveseniors.Ithink（使—不

及格）them."Ourson'sacademiclifeflashed

beforemyeyes.Noteacherhadeverthreatened

him.BythetimeIgothomeIwasfeelingpretty

goodthis.Itwasaradicalapproachforthese

times，butwell.Whynot?She'sgoingto

flunkyou"Itoldmyson.

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Ididnotdiscussitanyfurther.Suddenly

Englishbecameapriorty（頭等重要）inhis

life.HefinishedoutthesemesterwithanA.

Iknowoneexampledoesn'tmakea

case,butatnightIseeaparadeofstudentswho

areangryforhavingbeenpassedalonguntil

theycouldnolongerevenpretendtokeepup.Of

averageintelligenceorbetter,theyeventually

quitschool,concludingtheyweretoodumbto

finish."Ishouldhavebeenheldback,"isa

commentIhearfrequently.Evensadderare

thosestudentswhoarehigh-schoolgraduates

whosaytomeafterafewweeksofclass.Idon'

tknowhowIevergotahigh-schooldiploma.”

Passingstudentswhohavenotmastered

theworkcheatsthemandtheemployerswho

expectgraduatestohavebasicskills.Weexcuse

thisdishonestbehaviorbysayingkidscan't

learniftheycomefromterrible

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environments.Nooneseemstostoptothinkthat

mostkidsdon'tputschoolfirstontheirlist

unlesstheyperceivesomethingisatrisk.They9d

ratherbesailing.

ManystudentsIseeatnighthave

decidedtomakeeducationapriority.Theyare

motivatedbythedesireforabetterjoborthe

needtohangontotheonethey'vegot.They

haveahealthyfearoffailure.

Peopleofallagescanriseabovetheir

problems,buttheyneedtohaveareasontodo

so.Yongpeoplegenerallydon'thavethe

maturitytovalueeducationinthesamewaymy

adultstudentsvalueit.Butfearoffailurecan

motivateboth.

46.Whatisthesubjectofthisessay?

Aviewpointonlearning

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Baqualifiedteacher

Ctheimportanceofexamination

Dthegenerationgap

47.HowdidMrs.Siftergettheattention

ofoneoftheauthor?schildren?

Aflunkinghim

Bmovinghisseat

Cblaminghim

Dplayingcardwithhim

48.Theauthorbelievesthatmosteffective

wayforateacheristo

Apurifytheteachingenvironments.

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Bsetupcooperationbetweenteachers

andparents.

Choldbackstudent.

Dmotivatestudent.

49.Fromthepassagewecandrawthe

conclusionthattheauthorsattitudetoward

flunkingis

Anegative

Bpositive

Cbiased

Dindifferent

50.Judgingfromthecontent,this

passageisprobablywrittenfor

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Aadministrators

Bstudents

Cteachers

Dparents

PassageThree

Nameshavegainedincreasing

importanceinthecompetitiveworldofhigher

education.Ascollegesstriveformarketshare,

theyarelookingfornamesthatprojectthe

imagetheywantorreflectthechangestheyhope

tomake.Trenton.StateCollege,forexample,

becametheCollegeofNewJerseynineyears

agowhenitbeganraisingadmissionsstandards

andappealingtostudentsfromthroughoutthe

state.

“AllIhearinhighereducationis，

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“Brand,brand,brand,“saidTim

Westerbeck,whospecializesinbrandingandis

managingdirectorofLipmanHearne,a

marketingfirmbasedinChicagothatworks

withuniversitiesandothernonprofit

organizations.aTherehasbeenaseachange

overthelast10years.Marketingusedtobe

almostadirtywordinhighereducation.”

Notalleffortsatnamechangesare

successful,ofcourse.In1997,theNew

SchoolforSocialResearchbecameNewSchool

Universitytoreflectitsgrowthintoacollection

ofeightcolleges,offeringalistofmajorsthat

includespsychology,music，urbanstudiesand

management.ButNewYorkerscontinuedtocall

ittheNewSchool.

Now,afterspendinganundisclosedsum

onanonlinesurveyandamarketing

consultantscreationofhamingstructures.

“brandarchitecture"and"identity

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systems,“theuniversityhascomeupwitha

newname:theNewSchooLBeginningMonday,

itwilladoptnewlogon（標識），banners,

businesscardsandevennewnamesforthe

individualcolleges,alltoincludethewords

“theNewSchool.w

Changesinnamesgenerallyreveal

significantshiftsinhowacollegewantstobe

perceived.InalteringitsnamefromCalState.

Hayward,toCalState,EastBay,the

universityhopedtoprojectitsexpandingrolein

twomostlysuburbancountrieseastofSan

Francisco.

TheUniversityofSouthernColorado,a

stateinstitution，becameColoradoState

UniversityatPueblotwoyearsago,hopingto

bighightmanyinternalchanges，including

offeringmoregraluateprogramsandsetting

higheradmissionsstandards.

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BeaverCollegeturneditselfintoArcadia

Universityin2001forseveralreasons:tobreak

theconnectionwithitspastasawomen's

college,topromoteitsgrowthintoa

fulLfledged（完全成熟的）universityand

officialsacknowledged,toeliminatesomejokes

aboutthecollege'soldnameonlate-night

televisionand“moringzoo”radioshows.

Manycollegeofficialssaidchanginga

nameandimagecouldproducesubstantial

results.AtArcadia,inadditiontotherisein

applications9theaveragestudentstestscore

hasincreasedby60points,JuliRoebeck,an

Arcadiaspokeswomansaid.

51.whichofthefollowingisNOTthe

reasonforcollegestochangetheirnames?

ATheypreferhighereducation

competition

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BTheytrytogainadvantageinmarket

share.

CTheywanttoprojecttheirimage.

DTheyhopetomakesomechanges.

52.Itisimpliedthatoneofthemost

significantchangesinhightereducationinthe

pastdecadeis

Athebrand.

Bthecollegenames

Ctheconceptofmarketing

Dlistofmajors.

53.Thethrase"comeupwithn(Line3

Para4)probablymeans

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Acatchupwith

Bdealwith

Cputforward

Dcometotherealizatoin

54ThecaseofnamechangingfromCal

StateHaywardtoCalStateindicatesthatthe

university

Aisperceivedbythesociety

Bhopestoexpanditsinfluence

Cpreferstoreformitsreaching

programs

Dexpectstoenlangeitscampus

55.Accordingtothespokeswomanthe

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namechangeofBeaverCollege

Aturnsoutverysuccessful

Bfailstoattainitsgoal

Chaseliminatedsomejokes

Dhastransformeditsstatus

PassageFour

itlookedjustlikeanotheraircraftfrom

theoutsideThepilottoldhisyoungpassengers

thatitwasbuiltin1964.Butapperanceswere

deceptiveandthe13studentsfromEuropeand

theUSAwhoboardedtheaiecraftwereinfor

thefligtoftheirlives.

Insidetheareathatnormallyhadseats

hadbecomealongwhitetunnel.Heavily

padded（填塞）fromfloortoceilingitlookedabit

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strange.Therewerealmostnowindows，but

ligtsalongthepaddedwallsilluminatedit.Most

oftheseatshadbeentakenoutapartfromafew

atthebackwheretheyoungscientistsquickly

tooktheirplaceswithalookoffear.

For12months,sciencestudentsfrom

acrossthecontinentshadcompetedtowina

placeontheflightattheinvitationofthe

EuropeanSpaceAgency.thechallengehadbeen

tosuggestimaginativeexpermentstobe

conductedinweightlesscondtions.

Forthenexttwohourstheflight

resembledthatofanonormousbirdwhichhad

loseitsreson,shootingupwardstowardsthe

heavensbeforerushingtowardsEarth.The

inventionwastoAchieveweightlessnessfora

fewseconds.

Theaircrafttookoffsmoothlyenough.

ButanyfeelingsthatIandtheyoungscientists

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hadthatwewereonanythinglikeascheduled

passengerservicewerequicklydismissedwhen

thepilotputtheplaneintoa45degreeclimb

whichlastedaround20seconds.Thenthe

enginescutourandwebecameweightless.

Everythingbecomeconfusedandleftorright.

Upordownnolongerhadanymeaning,after

tensecondsoffreefalldescentthepilotpulled

theaircraftoutofitsnosedive.Thereturnof

gravitywaslessimmediatethanitsloss,butwas

stillsuddenenoughtoensurethatsomestudents

camedownwithabump.

Eachtimethepilotcuttheenginesand

webecameweightless.Anewteamconductit

experience.FirstitwastheDucthwhowantedto

discoverhowitisthatcatsalwayslandontheir

feet,thentheGermanteamwhoconducteda

successfulexperimentonatraditionalbuilding

methodtoseeifcouldbeusedforbuildinga

fatherspacestation.theAmericanshadanidea

tocreatesolarsailsthatcouldbeusedby

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satellites.

Aftertwohoursofgoingupanddownin

thelanedoingtheirexperiments，the

predominatefeelingwasoneofexcitement

ratherthansickness.Mostofthestudents

thoughtitwasanunforgettableexperienceand

onetheywouldbekeentorepeat.

56、whatdidthewritersayaboutthe

plane?.

AIthadnoseats.

BItwaspaintedwhite.

CIthadnowindows.

DTheoutsidewasmisleading.

57.accordingtothewriter,howdidthe

youngscientistsfeelbeforetheflight?

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Asick

Bkeen

Cnervous

Dimpatient

58.whatdidthepilotdowiththeplane

afterittookoff?

AHequicklyclimbedandthenstopped

theengines.

BHeclimbedandthemmadetheplane

fallslowly.

CHetookoffnormallyandthencutthe

enginesfor20seconds.

DHeclimbedandthenmadetheplane

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turnover.

59.Accordingtothepassage)thepurpose

ofbeingweightlesswasto

Aseewhatconditionsbarelikeinspace

Bpreparetheyoungscientistsforfuture

workinspace

Cshowthejudgesofthecompetition

whattheycoulddo

Dmaketheteamstryouttheirideas

6O.thispassagewaswrittento

Aencourageyoungpeopletotakeup

science

Bdescribetheprocessofascientific

competition

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Cshowscientistswhatyoungpeoplecan

do

Dreportonanewscientifictechnique

SectionIVTranslation(20points)

Directions:

Inthissectionthereisapassagein

English.Translatethefivesentencesunderlined

intoChineseandwriteyourtranslationon

ANSWERSHEET2.

Thesmoothlandingofshuttle(航天飛

機)Discoveryendedaflightthatwassuccessful

inalmosteveryrespectbutone：thedislodging

ofabigchunkoffoam,liketheonethatdoomed

theColumbia.Thisflightwassupposedtovault

theshuttlefleetbackintospaceaftera

prolongedgroundingforrepairs.Butgiventhe

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repeatoftheveryproblemthattwoyearsof

retoolingwassupposedtoresolve,theverdictis

necessarilymixed.(61)Onceagain,thespace

agencyhasbeenforcedtoputofftheflightuntil

itcanfindasolutiontotheproblem,andnoone

seemswillingtoguesshowthatmaytake.

TheDiscoveryastronautsperformed

superblyduringtheirtwo-weekmission9andthe

shuttlelookedbetterthaneverinsomerespects.

(62)spaceofficialswerejustifiablyhappythat

somuchhadgonewell,despitedailyworries

overpossiblerisks,theflightclearlyachievedits

primeobjectives.

Theastronautstransferredtonsofcargo

totheinternationalspacestation9whichhas

beenlimpingalongoverheadwithareduced

crewandlimiteds