Directions: This part, numbered 61 to 65, is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese. Each of the four sentences (No. 61 to No. 64) is followed by four choices of suggested translation marked A),B) , C)and D)。 Make the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Write your translation of the paragraph (No. 65) in the corresponding space on the Translation/Composition Sheet.
61.We are confident to overcome difficulties since the government has agreed to give us some help.
A)既然政府答应给予帮助,我们就有信心克服困难。
B)自从政府答应给予帮助以来,我们就有信心克服困难。
C)我们都在等政府给予帮助以度过危机。
D)因为政府答应给我们一些帮助,我们就有信心克服困难。
62.Computers are thought of a great technological improvement that saves people much time and energy.
A)我们考虑到计算机是一个伟大的技术改进,它既节省了人们的时间又让人们充满活力。
B)计算机节省了人们大量的时间和精力,所以被认为是一项伟大的技术进步。
C)人们认为计算机是一项伟大的技术进步,它既节省了时间又让人们充满活力。
D)计算机既使人们节省了时间同时又减轻了负担,因此被认为是一项伟大的技术进步。
63.The number of the young people in the United States who can‘t read is incredible about one in four.
A)美国约有四分之一是年轻人,他们既不读书,也不相信别人。
B)美国没有阅读能力的年轻人的数量令人难以置信地占了年轻人总数的四分之一。
C)大约有四分之一的美国年轻人没有阅读能力,这简直令人难以置信。
D)大约有四分之一的美国年轻人没有读过什么书,这简直令人难以置信。
64.Usually a manufacturer doesn’t deal directly with the people who use his products.
A)一个制造商通常不直接对付那些使用他的产品的人。
B)工人和消费者是完全不相干的。
C)制造商通常不直接跟他们的产品用户打交道。
D)生产者通常和那些使用他们产品的人没有交往。
65.Buying insurance(保险)is a way in which people can protect themselves against large losses.Protection against fire is one kind of insurance.Large number of people pay small sums of money to an insurance company.Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance,only a few will lose their homes by fire.The insurance company will pay for these homes out of the small sums of money it had collected.