SECTION ACHINESE TO ENGLISHDirections: Translate the following text into English.终身教育

Beauty Is Meaningless

A young man sees a sunset and, unable to understand or

to express the emotion that it raises in hint, he concludes that it 【M1】______

must be the gateway to a world that lies beyond. It is difficult

for any of us in moments of tense aesthetic experience to resist 【M2】______

the suggestion that we are catching a glimpse of a light that

shines down to us from a different realm of existence. And, though

the gleams blind and dazzle, but do they convey a hint of beauty 【M3】______

and serenity greater than we have known or imagined? Greater too

than we can describe; for language, which was discovered to 【M4】______

convey the meanings of this world, cannot readily be fitted to the uses of another.

That all great art has this strength of suggesting a world 【M5】______

beyond is undeniable. In some moods Nature shares with it. There 【M6】______

is no sky in June so blue that it does not point forward a bluer sky, 【M7】______

no sunset so beautiful that it does not waken the vision of a

greater beauty. Is this world merely a bad joke, like a vulgar flare

among the cool radiance of the stars, and existence an empty 【M8】______

laugh braying across the mysteries? Are these intimations of a

something behind and beyond evil humor born of indigestion, or

whimsies sent by the devil to mock and madden us? If, in a word,

beauty means something, we must not seek to interpret the

meaning. If we glimpse the unutterable, it is unwise to try to utter

it, or should we seek to invest with significance that which we 【M9】______

cannot grasp. Beauty in term of our human meanings is 【M10】______

meaningless.

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at people have to face. What do you think is the pressure that working people have? Write an essay of about 400 words on the topic given below.

1. THE PRESSURE THAT WORKING PEOPLE HAVE TO FACE IN CHINA

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 or 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.

SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese.

It is simple enough to say that since books have classes-fiction, biography, poetry-we should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellow-worker and accomplice. If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read. But if you open your mind as widely as possible, then signs and hints of almost imperceptible fineness, from the twist and turn of the first sentences, will bring you into the presence of a human being unlike any other. Steep yourself in this, acquaint yourself with this, and soon you will find that your author is giving you, or attempting to give you, something far more definite.

Dawna Walter is one of the authors leading the way

in Britain with her book that attempts to how even a tidy 【M1】 _______.

sock drawer can improve the quality of her life. Walter is 【M2】 _______.

the owner of the Holding Company, a shop on London's Kings.

Road which sells hundred of storage ideas for the home. 【M3】 _______.

It has been a hit that Walter is planning to open four 【M4】 _______.

new outlets in near future. Born in America, Dawna 【M5】 _______.

Walter is a fast talker, a self-confessed perfectionist, and

a tidiness fundamentalist. "If it takes 10 minutes for you

to find a matching pair of socks in the morning, then you are

not in the control and your outlook just isn't any good. Being 【M6】 _______.

organised saves you a couple of hours every week and giving 【M7】 _______.

you more time to do the things you enjoy." she explains.

Walter thinks that Britsh people are particularly bad

at getting to grips with their homes and lives: “There's still

this war mentality where you just won' t throw anything away

and soon your house is not working for you and is full of

things that don't give you any pleasant idea. "She, by contrast. 【M8】 _______.

enjoys getting rid of things: “I love giving things off to 【M9】 _______.

friends. If someone admires something I have, I'll just give it

to them."

She admits that some of her customers turn into storage

addicts and reveal that even children are getting the bug:

"We have 13-year-olds dragging their parents to the store because they want to get

their lives be oganised." And what does this alphabetised life 【M10】 _______.

do for here Looking at her new red kitchen, with everything

in place, she says:" It' s so beautiful I could cry."

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SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH

Directions: Translate the following text into English.

在民俗村除了可饱览各民族的建筑风格外，还可欣赏中国名山大川中的二十个著名景观。这些景观有四个达到“世界之最”的水平：世界最大的人造石林、最大的人造榕树、最大的人造瀑布、最大的人造溶洞。

面积达两万五千平方米的人造石林，精心选择了云南石林的“梁祝相会”、“龙腾虎跃”、“阿诗玛”等著名景观，使各种造型有机组合，集中反映了石林地貌的奇妙和佳妙。

体现现代声、光科技之神奇的音乐喷泉，位于翠湖南端水面。主水柱高达四十米，水珠覆盖面积为一千二百平方米，整个喷泉犹如一朵巨大的出水芙蓉，配上五颜六色的灯光，绚丽多彩，尤其是瞬间出现的四百平方米的大型水幕，映着“欢迎您来中国民俗文化村”的激光显字，十分引人注目。

Steve and Yaser first met in their chemistry class of an American

university. Yaser was an international student from Jordan. He was excited

to get to know an American. He wanted to learn more about American

culture. Yaser hoped that he and Steve would become good

friends.

At first, Steve seemed very friendly. He always Yaser 【M1】______

warmly before class. Sometime9 he offered to study with Yaser. He ever【M2】______

invited Yaser to eat lunch with him. But after the semester was over,

Steve seemed more near. The two former classmates didn’t see each 【M3】______

other very much at school. One day Yaser decided to call Steve. Steve

didn't seem very uninterested in talking to him. Yaser was very hurt 【M4】______

by Steve's change attitude, "Steve said we were friends," Yaser【M5】______

complained of. "And I thought friends were friends forever." 【M6】______

Yaser is a little confused. He is an outside to American culture. 【M7】______

He doesn't understand the way Americans view friendship. Americans

use the word "friend" in a very general way. They may call both casual

acquaintances and close companions "friends". Americans have

school friends, work friends, sports friends and neighborhood friends.

These friendships based on common interests. When the shared activity【M8】______

ends, the friendship fade. Now Steve and Yaser are no longer 【M9】______

classmates. Their "friendship" has changed. American friendships develop

quickly, and they may change just quickly. 【M10】______

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SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese.

Opera is expensive: that much is inevitable. But expensive things are not inevitably the province of the rich unless we abdicate society's power of choice. We can choose to make opera, and other expensive forms of culture, accessible to those who cannot individually pay for it. The question is: why should we? Nobody denies the imperatives of food, shelter, defence, health and education. But even in a prehistoric cave, mankind stretched out a hand not just to eat, drink or fight, but also to draw. The impulse towards culture, the desire to express and explore the world through imagination and representation, is fundamental. In Europe, this desire has found fulfilment in the masterpieces of our music, art, literature and theatre. These masterpieces are the touchstones for all our efforts; they are the touchstones for the possibilities to which human thought and imagination may aspire; they carry the most profound messages that can be sent from one human to another.

educational institutions no longer use formal examinations as a means of assessment as they believe formal examination recruits are an unfair indication of a student's ability. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Write an essay of about 400 words, commenting and expressing your views on the following topic;

FORMAL EXAMINATION OUTDATED

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 or a summary.

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

Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

great concern to this question. Some are stongly against it because it violates the traditional concepts of life, ethics, morality, etc. Some are for it beacuse mercy killing release patients prom being afflicted from incurable diseases. Write an essay about 400 words, approve of with one of the above mentioned two opposing ideas.

Requirements: 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.