SECTION BENGLISH TO CHINESEDirections: Translate the following text into Chinese.That rela

qualities in character inherited at birth or conditioned by circumstances? Write an essay stating your view on this question.

Requirement:

In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis or view. In the middle part you should support your view with examples or details, and then your writing should have a good conclusion. Marks will be awarded for content, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions' may result in a loss of marks.

Length: Approximately 400 words.

Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH

Directions: Translate the following text into English.

20世纪，人类取得了巨大的成就，其中科学技术的进步也许是最大的成就。展望21世纪，科学技术的迅速发展和高科技产业的兴起，将推动世界经济继续由农业经济向工业经济、进而向知识经济嬗变。世界正在发生深刻的变化：经济与科学技术的结合与日俱增；世界经济的重组加快步伐；经济繁荣不仅仅取决于资源和资本的总量，而且直接依赖于技术知识和信息的积累和应用。

为了实现现代化目标，中国下决心对科学和教育进行投资。1999年8月，中国政府决定加大技术创新的力度，发展高科技，完成工业化。这对面向新世纪的中国有着重要意义，是振兴中华民族的必由之路。在新千年到来之际，中国将鼓励创新，加快商业化、工业化和国际化的进程。

SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese.

Wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other. A solemn consideration, when enter a great city by night, that every one of those darkly clustered houses encloses its own secret; that every room in every one of them encloses its own secret; that every beating heart in the hundreds of thousands of breasts there, is, if some of its imaginings, a secret to the heart nearest it! Something of the awfulness, even of Death itself, is referable to this. No more can I turn the leaves of this dear book that loved, and vainly hope in time to read it all. No more can I look into the depths of this unfathomable water, wherein as momentary lights glanced into it, I have had glimpses of buried treasure and other things submerged.

SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH

Directions: Translate the following text into English.

人生是由“渐”维持的。这在女人恐怕尤为必要：歌剧中，舞台上如花的少女，就是将来火炉旁边的老婆子，这句话骤听使人不能相信，少女也不肯承认，实则现在的老婆予都是由如花的少女“渐渐”变成的。

人之能堪受境遇的变衰，也伞靠这“渐”的助力。巨富的纨绔子弟固屡次破产而“渐渐”荡尽其家产，变为贫者；贫者只得做雇工，雇工往往变成奴隶，奴隶容易变为无赖，无赖与乞丐相去甚近，乞丐不妨做偷儿……这样的例子，在小说中，在实际上，均多得很。因为其实变衰是延长为十年二十年而一步一步地“渐渐”地达到的，在本人不感到甚么强烈的刺激。

d's are spreading to almost every city in China. Some people like fast food, but some don't. You are asked to write a composition to explain the popularity of fast food. At the same time, analyses the unsatisfactory factors of it. You should supply a title for your article.

In the first part of your writing you Should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you shouM bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Write your essay on the ANSWER SHEET

One of the most successful commercial

products ever launched is said to have come about

as the result of a mistake. In 1896, by accidental 【M1】______

adding fizzy water instead of still water to the

recipe, a pharmacist called John S. Pemberton

invented that has today become the most popular 【M2】______

soft drink in the world: Coca-Cola. Coke has

enjoyed huge success worldwide, particularly in

the past fifty years. Indeed, old Coke bottles and

"limiting edition" cans can often fetch considerable 【M3】______

sums from collectors, and there are even stores

which deal exclusively Coke products and 【M4】______

collectables.

What could possibly account for the amazing

success of Coca-Cola? How has this combination

of carbonated water, sugar, acid and flavourings

come to symbolize the American way of a life for 【M5】______

most of the world? After all, even the

manufacturers could hardly describe Coke as a

healthy product yet it contains relatively high 【M6】______

amounts of sugar and phosphoric acid, both of

that are known to damage teeth. 【M7】______

One explanation may be found in the name.

The original recipe included a flavouring from

the coca plant and probably included small amounts

of cocaine, but since the early part of the last

century all traces of cocaine have removed. 【M8】______

However, Coke also includes a flavouring from

the cola tree; cola extract contains caffeine,

which is a stimulant, and the Coca-Cola company

adds extra caffeine for good measure. While

caffeine is not thought to be an addictive

substance by itself, there is considerable evidence 【M9】______

that in a period of time the consumption of 【M10】______

caffeine has to be increased in order for its

stimulating effect to be maintained, and so sales

of Coke perhaps benefit as a result.

【M1】

The swinging single lifestyle. of the stereotype is most possible for urban,

educated professional and technical people. Only they can afford the high rents

and the lavish entertainment. Blue -collar and many white -collar people find 【M1】 ______.

few excitement in living singly in rundown apartments or crowding into a more

desirable spot with several people sharing expenses.

Several studies have shown that single people is not very different from mar- 【M2】 ______.

fled people in either social or personality characteristics. The same applies for 【M3】 ______.

personal happiness. Some single people, like some married people, are relative-

ly happy with themselves and their lives. Others range from merely satisfied to

quite unhappy.

Even in the best of circumstances, single living has its share of problems.

Most of singles for example, manage their finances quite well, but seldom make 【M4】 ______.

investments for future as married couples are more likely to do. Income tax 【M5】 ______.

laws, adoption and credit regulations, housing rules, or advertisements, con- 【M6】 ______.

stantly remind the single person whose marriage is the only socially acceptable 【M7】 ______.

state.

Most singles either devote an inordinate amount of time and energy 【M8】 ______.

cultivating heterosexual relationships, and experience loneliness. Most often it is both. The

passing years bring a need for deep emotional relationships in that there is lasting【M9】 ______.

security, even among prosperous young people. Most favor marriage in principal 【M10】 ______.

and gradually move toward it as a personal alternative. Ironically, their determination to

avoid early, hasty marriage may result in their experiencing more satisfying marital

relationships later in life, as old, more mature, independent, and realistic adults.

【M1】

SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese.

The days of his youth appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the entrance of the two roads--one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, covered with flowers, fruits and resounding wit soft, sweet songs; the other leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless, where poison flowed instead of water and where devils and poisonous snakes hissed and crawled.

He looked towards the sky and cried painfully, "O youth, return! O my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I'll choose the better way!" But both his father and the days of his youth had passed away.

f reform. and openness to the outside world. But the economical prosperity, at the same time, brings about the overwhelming appearance of fake commodities causing enormous economical loss. Requirement:

1. Write an essay about 400 words, expressing your view on fake commodities.

In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

I am more of a host than a guest. I like

people to stay with me but do not much care about 【M1】______

staying with them, and usually say I am too busy.

The only people I ask to stay with me are people I

like, and every Friday I work in pleasant mood 【M2】______

just because I know some nice people are coming

down by the last train. I am glad to see them.

Besides I think that I am still more delighted when 【M3】______

they go, and the house is mine again. It is not I 【M4】______

feel that I have been mistaken about these guests,

though this has happened of course sometimes.

After the weekend I may like them more than

ever, have discovered new virtues and unsuspected 【M5】______

charms. Nevertheless, I am glad to see them go.

They leave more rooms in which to live properly. 【M6】______

Meals are quicker and easier. There is no more

hanging on, no more sight-seeing, no further 【M7】______

necessity for bright talk. My mind, like my body,

puts on its old shoes again. I enjoy hard work and

foolish play, and these are difficult where you are 【M8】______

cluttered up with guests. I like to think about life

in this world, and it is not easy to do when 【M9】______

animated and talkative pieces of it are all over the

place. With guests about I am conscious myself as 【M10】______

a solid, but as soon as they have gone I turn into a

gas again. And a gas can have more delight than a

solid. So —Good-by! ... Good-by! ... Good —

【M1】