Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into
English.
中国是四大文明古国之一，有着五千多年的灿烂文化。尊老爱幼是中华民族的传统美德。早在汉朝时期(the Han Dynasty), 政府就曾多次颁布法令，提倡并奖励孝敬老人的行为。中国人以爱、友善和严格的方式对待子孙后代，体现了强烈的道德责任感。尊老爱幼的传统在现代社会得到了发扬。现在，中国的老人和儿童都有法定节日——老人节和儿童节。除此之外，政府还颁布特定的法律保护妇女儿童，法律也明确规定中国公民有义务赡养父母、抚养子女。
参考译文：
As one of the four ancient civilizations, China has a splendid culture of more than 5,000 years. Respecting the old and caring for the young is a traditional Chinese virtue. As early as the Han Dynasty, the government issued laws many times to advocate and reward behavior relating to treating the old with filial respect. The Chinese people treat their offspring with love, kindness and strictness, embodying a strong sense of moral responsibility. The tradition of respecting the old and taking care of the young has been carried forward in modern times. At present, the old and the young in China have their own legal holidays—Elders’ Day and Children’s Day. Besides, the government has issued specific laws to protect women and children; and some laws also stipulate in explicit terms that Chinese citizens have obligations to support parents and rear children.
要点点拨：
1. 四大文明古国：four ancient civilizations
2. 尊老爱幼：respect the old and care for the young 3. 道德责任感：a sense of moral responsibility 4. 发扬：carry forward 5. 法定节日：legal holiday
6. 赡养父母、抚养子女：support parents and rear children
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
For investors who desire low risk and guaranteed income, U.S. government bonds are a secure investment because these bonds have the financial backing and full faith and credit of the federal government. Municipal bonds, also secure, are offered by local governments and often have 36 such as tax-free interest. Some may even be 37 . Corporate bonds are a bit more risky. 1
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Two questions often 38 first-time corporate bond investors. The first is \"If I purchase a corporate bond, do I have to hold it until the maturity date?\" The answer is no. Bonds are bought and sold daily on 39 securities exchanges. However, if you decide to sell your bond before its maturity date, you're not guaranteed to get the face value of the bond. For example, if your bond does not have 40 that make it attractive to other investors, you may be forced to sell your bond at a 41 ,i. e. , a price less than the bond's face value. But if your bond is highly valued by other investors, you may be able to sell it at a premium, i. e. , a price above its face value. Bond prices generally 42 inversely(相反地) with current market interest rates. As interest rates go up, bond prices fall, and vice versa (反之亦然). Thus, like all investments, bonds have a degree of risk. The second question is \"How can I 43 the investment risk of a particular bond issue?\"
Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service rate the level of risk of many corporate and
government bonds. And 44 , the higher the market risk of a bond, the higher the interest rate.
Investors will invest in a bond considered risky only if the 45 return is high enough. A) advantages I) fluctuate B) assess J) indefinite C) bother K) insured D) conserved L) major E) deduction M) naturally F) discount N) potential G) embarrass O) simultaneously H) features 解题步骤：
1．15个备选项后面标出词性（名词：advantages, deduction, discount, features；动词：assess, bother, embarrass, fluctuate, insured；形容词：conserved, indefinite, major, potential；副词：naturally, simultaneously）；
2. 通读文章，并判断空格处所需单词的词性及词义，确定好的选项要勾划掉； 3. 复读全文，复审，检查整篇文章是否通顺流畅。
题目解析：
36. A) advantages
这里应填入名词作句子的宾语，空格后的such as举例说明免税利息是政府债券的优势。此处答案应该表示“优势”，答案为advantages。
37. K) insured
空格位于系动词be之后，据此推断空格所填词应与be一起构成谓语。根据上文可知，该句也是阐述市政债券的优点，故答案为insured“给……上保险”。 2
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38. C) bother
空格前后的中心词都是名词，故应填入动词，充当句子谓语，由主语questions和上下文所用的一般现在时可知该词是原形。上一段末句提及公 司证券的风险大一点，故初次投资公司证券的人会有两个问题，bother“困扰，使担心”符合语义逻辑。而本句宾语为investors，他们已打算投 资，所以这两个问题并没有阻碍他们，故embarrass“使困窘；阻碍”不如bother合适。
39. L) major
空格位于介词on和名词词组securities exchanges之间，由此推断应填入形容词。根据句意，债券应该在主要的证券交易所买进和卖出，故答案为major“主要的”。
40. H) features
空格前的does not have表明have是实义动词，故此处应填入名词作have的宾语。空格后是修饰该名词的定语从句，谓语动词make使用了原形，因此填入的名词应是复数形式。选择features“特点，特征”，表示没有吸引其他投资者的特性。
41. F) discount
空格前的不定冠词a明显提示本空需要可数名词单数。备选可数名词单数只有deduction“扣除(额)、推论”和discount“折扣”。 空后的i.e。(即，换句话说)对此进行了解释，称之为“低于债券面额的价格”(a price less than the bond’s face value)，这即是进行了打折。
42. I) fluctuate
空格处是所在句的谓语，且主语是复数bond prices，generally提示本句需一般现在时，因此本空需要动词原形。备选动词原形还有assess“估算，评价”、embarrass“使尴 尬”和fluctuate“波动，摇摆不定”。能在这里构成合理意思的只有fluctuate。
43. B) assess
本句的can提示了此空格处需要动词原形。备选动词原形还有assess(估算、评价)和embarrass(使尴尬)。根据句意，第二个问题是“我怎么评定某支债券的投资风险呢？”故答案为assess。
44. M) naturally
此空格用于串联前后句，需要副词。备选副词只有naturally“自然地”和simultaneously“同时发生地”。这里，前句是作为论证后句观点的例子，前后并非同时发生的两现象。因此naturally更合理。
45. N) potential
此空格用于修饰名词成分return，需要形容词。备选形容词还有indefinite“模糊的，不定的”和potential“潜在的”。根据句意，此处是指“只有当风险债券的潜在回报足够高时，投资者们才会对其进行投资”，故答案为potential。 3
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