TRANSLATION
The following excerpt is taken from the textbook. Read the paragraph carefully and translate into Chinese each of the numbered and underlined parts. 

     Mme. Loisel now knew the horrible experience of the impoverished. She carried her burden, however, with heroism. That dreadful debt had to be paid, and she would pay it. The Loisels fired their servant. They moved from their comfortable apartment to a small attic-like flat under the roof.
     She came to know what heavy housework meant and she came to know the hateful chores of the kitchen. She washed the dishes, breaking her beautiful nails on the greasy pots and pans. She washed the dirty linen, the shirts, and the dishcloths, which she dried on a line. She carried the garbage down to the street every morning and carried up the water, stopping at every landing to catch her breath. And, dressed like a poor woman of the streets, she went to the grocer, the butcher, and the fruit vender, carrying her basket on her arm, bargaining, shouting,and defending every sou which she had to spend on food.
     Each month they had to pay off some old debts, renew others and make some new ones.
     Her husband worked in the evening as a bookkeeper, and late at night he copied manuscripts for people at five sou a page.
     This life lasted for ten years.
     At the end of ten years they had paid everything, the principal on their many loans and the terrible high interest, too.

TRANSLATION

The following excerpt is taken from the textbook. Read it carefully and translate into Chinese each of the numbered and underlined parts. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. 
     Congress is the legislative branch of the Union, and it consists of two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each House serves as a check on the other. The main function of the Congress is to pass laws for the Union. The revenue bills--proposed laws to raise money for the government--must begin in the House. Only after the House has approved them can the Senate act on them. The House alone also has the power to choose a President under certain circumstances.
     Congress is not only the U.S. national legislature but also a political body. Most representatives and senators try to carry out the programs of the political parties to which they belong. Today, the Democrats and the Republicans are America's two largest political parties.  Whichever party wins the largest number of seats in the House is the majority party and the other party is the minority party of the House. The same is true in the Senate.

TRANSLATION
The following excerpt is taken from the textbook. Read the paragraph carefully and translate into Chinese each of the numbered and underlined parts. 

     The tendency to move down in social class is less obvious, for a claim to an aristocratic birth, especially in Europe, has always carried a certain distinction, and (1) people have made tremendous efforts to obtain for their children the kind of opportunities they had for themselves. (2) In the twentieth century the increased taxation of higher incomes, the growth of the social service development of educational opportunity have considerably altered the social outlook. (3) The upper classes no longer are the sole, or even the main possessors of wealth, power and education, though inherited social positions still carries considerable prestige.
     (4) Many people today are hostile towards class distinctions and privileges and hope to achieve a classless society. The trouble is that as one inequality is removed, another tends to take its place, and (5) the best that has so far been attempted is a society in which distinctions are elastic and in which every member has fair opportunities for making the best of his abilities.

TRANSLATION
The following excerpt is taken from the textbook. Read the paragraph carefully and translate into Chinese each of the numbered and underlined parts. 

     The prince had waited until she came, then immediately took her by the hand, and danced only with her. When others came and asked her to dance with them, he said, "She is my dance partner." 

     When evening came she wanted to leave, and the prince followed her, wanting to see into which house she went. But she ran away from him and into the garden behind the house. A beautiful tall tree stood there, on which hung the most magnificent pears. She climbed as nimbly as a squirrel into the branches, and the prince did not know where she had gone. He waited until her father came, then said to him, "The unknown girl has eluded me, and I believe she has climbed up the pear tree.”

     The father thought, "Could it be Cinderella?" He had an ax brought to him and cut down the tree, but no one was in it. When they came to the kitchen, Cinderella was lying there in the ashes as usual, for she had jumped down from the other side of the tree, had taken the beautiful dress back to the bird in the hazel tree, and had put on her gray smock.

（From Cinderella）

TRANSLATION 

The following excerpt is taken from the textbook. Read the paragraph carefully and translate into Chinese each of the underlined parts. 

     To those old allies whose cultural and spiritual origins we share, we pledge the loyalty of faithful friends. United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures. Divided, there is little we can do —for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.
     To those new States whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far greater iron tyranny. We shall not always expect to find them supporting our view. But we shall always hope to find them strongly supporting their own freedom—and to remember that,  in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.

TRANSLATION
The following excerpt is taken from the textbook. Read the paragraph carefully and translate into Chinese each of the numbered and underlined parts. 

     The American is quite ready to admit certain weaknesses, such as “I never was good at mathematics,” “I’m a rotten tennis player,” or “I’m the world’s worst bridge, player.” However, the stranger must not be too quick to agree with him.  Americans think it is all right, even sporting, to admit a defect in themselves, but they feel that it is almost an insult to have someone else agree.  A part of American idea of good sportsmanship is the point of being generous to a loser.  This attitude is carried over into matters that have nothing to do with competition.  If a man talks about his weak points, the listener says something in the way of encouragement, or points to other qualities in which the speaker excels. An American student reports that when he was in a foreign country he was completely stunned when he said to a native, “I don’t speak your language very well,” and the native replied, “I should say you don’t.” In a similar situation an American would have commented, “Well, you have only been here two months,” or “But you’re making progress.”  Although Americans are quite informal, it is best for a foreigner, in case of doubt, to be too formal rather than not formal enough. Consideration for others is the basis of all courtesy.

 (From American Social Relations)

Translation

The following is taken from the textbook. Read carefully and translate underlined sentence into Chinese.

     Unlike most of the other non-foolish holidays, the history of April Fool's Day, sometimes called All Fool's Day, is not totally dear. There really wasn't a "First April Fool's Day" that can be pinpointed on the calendar.  Some believe it sort of evolved simultaneously in several cultures at the same time, from celebrations involving the first day of spring.  The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France.  Prior to that year, the new year was celebrated for eight days, beginning on March 25. The celebration culminated on April 1. With the reform of the calendar under Charles IX, the Gregorian calendar was introduced, and New Year's Day was moved to January 1.  

     However, communications being what they were in the days when news traveled by foot, many people did not receive the news for several years. Others, the more obstinate crowd, refused to accept the new calendar and continued to celebrate the new year on April 1. These backward folk were labeled as "fools" by the general populace. They were subject to some ridicule, and were often sent on "fools errands" or were made the butt (笑柄) of other practical jokes.  (From April Fool's Day)

TRANSLATION
The following excerpt is taken from the textbook. Read the paragraph carefully and translate into Chinese each of the numbered and underlined parts. 

     In your quest for success, enthusiasm means that you believe deeply in what the company is doing. You also believe that your job is important and contributes to the cause. It means that you’re willing to work your butt off (努力做事) to achieve the company’s goals. Real enthusiasm is when you leap out of bed in the morning and attack your day full of energy.  You have zeal for the work you do and the people you work with. This pushes you to improve and become a better person. Enthusiasm means that you are stimulated by your work，and are able to find new challenges and keep growing professionally. Furthermore, most jobs have some elements that are less fun and more difficult to carry out. This is where passion really comes into play. When you love what you do, it isn’t too difficult to get mentally prepared and get the job done. The hard part is performing equally well in those less interesting tasks.

Translation. 
Directions: The following excerpt is taken from the textbook. Read the paragraphs carefully and translate into Chinese each of the numbered and underlined parts.

     The fortunate people in the world — the only really fortunate people in the world, in my mind — are those whose work is also their pleasure. The class is not a large one, not nearly so large as it is often represented to be; and authors are perhaps one of the most important elements in its composition. They enjoy in this respect at least a real harmony of life. To my mind, to be able to make your work your pleasure is the one class distinction in the world worth striving for. And I do not wonder that others are inclined to envy those happy human beings who find their livelihood in the gay effusions of their fancy, to whom every hour of labour is an hour of enjoyment, to whom repose — however necessary — is a tiresome interlude, and even a holiday is most deprivation. Whether a man writes well or ill, has much to say or little, if he cares about writing at all, he will appreciate the pleasures of composition. To sit at one’s table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a Squeezer pen — that is true happiness. The complete absorption of the mind upon an agreeable occupation — what more is there than to desire? What does it matter what happens outside? The House of Commons may do what it likes, and so may the House of Lords. The heathen may rage furiously in every part of the globe.

TRANSLATION
The following excerpt is taken from the textbook. Read the paragraph carefully and translate into Chinese each of the numbered and underlined parts. 

     Be very wary of opinions that flatter your self-esteem. Both men and women, nine times out of ten, are firmly convinced of the superior excellence of their own sex. There is abundant evidence on both sides.  If you are a man, you can point out that most poets and men of science are male; if you are a women, you can retort that so are most criminals. The question is inherently insoluble, but self-esteem conceals this from most people. We are all, whatever part of world we come from, persuaded that our own nation is superior to all others. Seeing that each nation has its characteristic merits and demerits, we adjust our standard of values so as to make out that the merits possessed by our nation are the really important ones, while its demerits are comparatively trivial.  Here, again, the rational man will admit that the question is one to which there is no demonstrably right answer.  It is more difficult to deal with the self-esteem of man as man, because we cannot argue out the matter with some nonhuman mind. The only way I know of dealing with this general human conceit is to remind ourselves that man is a brief episode in the life of a small planet in a little corner of the universe, and that for aught we know, other parts of the cosmos may contain beings as superior to ourselves as we are to jellyfish.

Word Formations

Complete the following sentence with the proper form of the word in the bracket.

(exist) In her speech, the Minister came out against any change to the  law. 

WORD FORMATION
Complete the following sentence with the proper form of the word in the bracket.

(possible) Unless there is some change in the economy, there is a  that the plant may close.

CAREFUL READING
Read the following passages carefully. Decide on the best answer and choose the corresponding letter.

     Although no one is certain why migration occurs, there are several theories. One theory is based upon the premise that prehistoric birds of the Northern Hemisphere were forced south during the Ice Age, when glaciers covered large parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. As the glaciers melted, the birds came back to their homelands, spent the summer, and then went south again as the ice advanced in winter. In time, the migration became a habit, and now, although the glaciers have disappeared, the habit continues.
     Another theory proposes that the ancestral home of all modern birds was the tropics. When the region became overpopulated, many species were crowded north. During the summer, there was plenty of food, but during the winter, scarcity forced them to return to the tropics.
     A more recent theory, known as photoperiodism, suggests a relationship between increasing daylight and the stimulation, of certain glands in the birds’ bodies that may prepare them for migration. One scientist has been able to cause midwinter migrations by exposing birds to artificial periods of daylight. He has concluded that changes occur in the bodies of birds due to seasonal changes in the length of daylight.

CAREFUL READING
Read the following passages carefully. Decide on the best answer and choose the corresponding letter.

     Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all begin to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero?
     Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people.
     A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and a community who will listen. But a hero goes beyond mere fame. Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves. Like high-voltage transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down so that it can be used by ordinary people.
     The hero lives a life worthy of imitation. Those who imitate a genuine hero experience life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they willing to live and die for? If the answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes. Madonna and Michael Jackson are famous, but who would claim that their fans find life more abundant?
     Heroes are catalysts（催化剂）for change. They have a vision from the mountaintop. They have the skill and the charm to move the masses. They create new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of the British Empire. Without Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., we might still have segregated （实行种族隔离的）buses, restaurants, and parks. It may be possible for large-scale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities, but the pace of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.

Word Formations

Complete the following sentence with the proper form of the word in the bracket.

(bankruptcy) Our business is at the crossing. If this deal does not succeed, we shall be  . 

Word Formations

Complete the following sentence with the proper form of the word in the bracket.

(valid) This ticket has passed its expiration date, and so it is now . 

 (care) He said that it was  that led him to make the silly mistake. 

Word Formations

Complete the following sentence with the proper form of the word in the bracket.

(mystery) There are many  stories about the Egyptian pyramids. 

Word Formations

Complete the following sentence with the proper form of the word in the bracket.

(vain) Before they fled the country, the enemy  attempted to destroy all the factories. 

Word Formations

Complete the following sentence with the proper form of the word in the bracket.

(deprivation) If you drive too fast, the police will  you of your license.