III. 难句释义。从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个正确答案，并将所选答案的字母填在答题纸相应的位置上。错选、多选或未选均无分。(本大题共10小题，每小题1分,共10分)
Choose the closest paraphrased version for each of the sentences or italicized parts.
(10 points)
31. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they can’t be replaced.
A. The sands that a person has in his hourglass can never be replaced.
B. If a person’s watch goes wrong, it can never be repaired.
C. If a person has got no sense of time, he will never be successful.
D. Once a day in our life is gone, it will never come back again.
32. But overindulging children with material things does little to lessen parental guilt.
A. But overindulging children with material things can really help parents to lessen their guilt.
B. But overindulging children with material things can’t release parents from feeling guilty.
C. Parents really want to use the material things to content their children and get rid of their guilt.
D. If the parents overindulge children with few material things, parents can not lessen their guilt at all.
33. Our business is to show the world as we see it, not to make it better.
A. Our business is to paint the world and make it look better than the real world.
B. Our work is to reflect the real world, not to beautify it.
C. Our work is to show the world to others to make it better.
D. We should make the world a better place to live.
34. “A great army it was, and a great story for me. It will go down in history.”
A. The story will be included in the history book.
B. The story is so interesting that in history classes, the teacher will tell it to the students.
C. This army is worth being remembered.
D. This army is a glorious army. It is a story that can be put into history book.
35. It was in her mind to share their refuge.
A. She is really willing to share their shelter with neighbors.
B. She really wanted to allow her neighbors to share their shelter, and she has made up her mindto do so.
C. She didn’t want their neighbors to share their shelter.
D. She was thinking of sharing their shelter with their neighbors, but she didn’t make up hermind yet.
36. I attended the funeral with them and sat through it with a lump of cold lead in my chest.
A. Throughout the funeral, I was filled with sadness.
B. The sad atmosphere of the funeral almost choked me.
C. At the funeral I felt as cold as lead from beginning to end.
D. All the time I sat at the funeral with a heart as heavy as lead.
37. The subsequent conversation threw no light on the matter.
A. The following conversation didn’t make things clearer.
B. The following conversation made things clearer.
C. The following conversation made people understand this trick.
D. The following conversation was full of complain.
38. In time the visible wounds healed.
A. Sooner or later people could see the wounds clearly.
B. Sooner or later the wounds would disappear.
C. Sooner or later people wilt see the trace of wounds.
D. There were no wounds at all.
39. Besides they do not have access to the knowledge.
A. Besides the first problem, they don’t have the key to knowledge.
B. In addition, they can’t get the needed information.
C. In addition, they don’t need to know the information.
D. Besides, they don’t have confidence to get the needed information.
40. Americans view friendship more tentatively, subject to changes in intensity as people move, change their jobs, marry, or discover new interests.
A. Americans don’t think that friendship can and should remain unchanged.
B. Americans think that in this changing world no friendship can stay stable.
C. Americans prefer anything new and they are constantly looking for new things including friends.
D. Americans look upon friendship as temporary; they don’t believe there can be true friends.
