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中山大学考研基础英语真题2014年

Ⅰ. Reading comprehension

Passage 1
My father was a justice of the peace, and I supposed he possessed the power of life and death over all men and could hang anybody that offended him. This was distinction enough for me as a general thing; but the desire to be a steamboatman kept intruding, nevertheless. I first wanted to be a cabin boy, so that I could come out with a white apron on and shake a tablecloth over the side, where all my old comrades could see me. Later I thought I would rather be the deck hand who stood on the end of the stage plank with a coil of rope in his hand, because he was particularly conspicuous.
But these were only daydreams—too heavenly to be contemplated as real possibilities. By and by one of the boys went away. He was not heard of for a long time. At last he turned up as an apprentice engineer or "striker" on a steamboat. This thing shook the bottom out of all my Sundayschool teachings. That boy had been notoriously worldly and I had been just the reverse—yet he was exalted to this eminence, and I was left in obscurity and misery. There was nothing generous about this fellow in his greatness. He would always manage to have a rusty bolt to scrub while his boat was docked at our town, and he would sit on the inside guard and scrub it, where we could all see him and envy him and loathe him.
He used all sorts of steamboat technicalities in his talk, as if he were so used to them that he forgot common people could not understand them. He would speak of the "labboard" side of a horse in an easy, natural way that would make you wish he was dead. And he was always talking about "St. Looy" like an old citizen. Two or three of the boys had long been persons of consideration among us because they had been to St. Louis once and had a vague general knowledge of its wonders, but the day of their glory was over now. They lapsed into a humble silence, and learned to disappear when the ruthless "cub" engineer approached. This fellow had money, too, and hair oil, and he wore a showy brass watch chain, a leather belt, and used no suspenders. No girl could withstand his charms. He "cut out" every boy in the village. When his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. But when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of Providence for an undeserving retile had reached a point where it was open to criticism.
This creature's career could produce but one result, and it speedily followed. Boy after boy managed to get on the river. Four sons of the chief merchant, and two sons of the country judge became pilots, the grandest position of all. But some of us could not get on the river—at least our parents would not let us.
So by and by I ran away. I said I would never come home again till I was a pilot and could return in glory. But somehow I could not manage it. I went meekly aboard a few of the boats that lay packed together like sardines at the long St. Louis wharf, and very humbly inquired for the pilots, but got only a cold shoulder and short words from mates and clerks. I had to make the best of this sort of treatment for the time being, but I had comforting daydreams of a future when I should be a great and honored pilot, with plenty of money, and could kill some of these mates and clerks and pay for them.

1. The author makes the statement that "I supposed he...offended him" (lines 1-2) primarily to suggest ______.

A.the power held by a justice of the peace in a frontier town
B.the naive view that he held of his father's importance
C.the respect in which the townspeople held his father
D.the possibility of miscarriages of justice on the American frontier

A B C D

[解析] 第一句指出我认为父亲掌握着所有人的生死大权，对于任何冒犯他的人他都可以将之处死。由此可见这只是作者个人的看法，是他本人对父亲的崇拜之情，并不是镇上治安法官真正具有这种权力，排除A项。此句未提及镇上其他人的看法，排除C项。

2. The author decides that he would rather become a deck hand than a cabin boy because ______.

A.he believes that the work is easier
B.he wants to avoid seeing his old friends
C.deck hands often go on to become pilots
D.the job is more visible to passersby

A B C D

[解析] 由第一段最后一句话“Later I thought I would rather be the deck hand who stood on the end of the plank with a coil of rope in his hand , because he is particular conspicious”可知他之所以更想做甲板上的人员是因为甲板上的人更引人注目。所以选D项。

3. The author most likely mentions his "Sundayschool teachings" (para.2) to emphasize ______.

A.the influence of his early education in later life
B.his sense of injustice at the engineer's success
C.his disillusionment with longstanding religious beliefs
D.determination to become an engineer at all costs

A B C D

[解析] 清教在周日做礼拜，因此这里的my Sundayschool teachings应指的是宗教信仰。文中提到的这个人失踪好长时间，突然出现时却成了学徒，他未经过努力而成功的经历与清教教义(勤俭，内省，努力，禁欲)相悖，因此作者对宗教信仰的幻想破灭。

4. The author most likely concludes that the engineer is not "generous" (para.2) because he ______.

A.has no respect for religious beliefs
B.refuses to share his wages with friends
C.flaunts his new position in public
D.takes a pride in material possessions

A B C D

[解析] 由本段第八句“He would always manage to have a rusty bolt to scrub while his boat...where we could all see him and envy him and loathe him.”可知当他的船停到我们镇上时，他总是坐到我们能看到他的地方scrub the inside guard。由此可见这人是想炫耀一下他的工作。

5. The author mentions the use of "steamboat technicalities" (para.3) in order to emphasize the engineer's ______.

A.expertise after a few months on the job
B.fascination for trival information
C.inability to communicate effectively
D.desire to appear sophisticated

A B C D

[解析] 本段第一句提到“He used all sorts of steamboat technicalities in his talk, as if he were so used to them that he forgot common people could not understand them”他在谈话中总是用各种关于汽船的专业术语，就好像他对这些术语已经了如指掌了，以至于忘了普通人对此并不了解的事实。通过“as if he were so used to them”可见此人对这些术语也并不是很熟悉，由此推出他用这些术语是为了显示他的老练。

6. According to the passage, the glory of having visited St. Louis was over because ______.

A.the boys' knowledge of St. Louis was much less detailed than the engineer's
B.St. Louis had changed so much that the boys，stories were no longer accurate
C.the boys realized that traveling to St. Louis was not a mark of sophistication
D.the engineer's account revealed that the boys stories were lies

A B C D

[解析] 第三段第四句指出“Two or three of the boys had long been persons of consideration among us because they had been to St. Louis once and had a vague general knowledge of its wonders”那些曾经去过圣路易斯的孩子以前因为这个地方有大致了解，在我们当中比较引人注意。但是现在，由第三句“And he was always talking about 'St. Looy' like an old citizen.”可知这个机械师对圣路易斯了如指掌。所以相比之下，他们的了解不如这个机械师具体，所以“day of their glory was over now”。

7. The author s response to the engineer's survival (para.3) is one of ______.

A.thankfulness for what he believes is God's providence
B.astonishment at the engineer's miraculous escape
C.outrage at his rival's undeserved good fortune
D.sympathy for the extent of the engineer's wounds

A B C D

[解析] 第三段最后一句指出“it seemed to us that the partiality of Providence for an undeserving retile had reached a point where it was open to criticism.”当知道他活着回来时，我们觉得上帝对他的太偏袒引起了公愤，因为他这样的人不值得活着回来。由此可见作者对这个机械师这样好运活着回来很是愤慨。

8. The major purpose of the passage is to ______.

A.sketch the peaceful life of a frontier town
B.relate the events that led to a boy's first success in life
C.portray the unsophisticated ambitions of a boy
D.describe the characteristics of a small-town boaster

A B C D

[解析] 本文第一段指出作者开始想成为机舱男孩，后来又想成为水手，主要目的是为了引人注意。而后大量的篇幅都在描写the engineer如何炫耀自己工作，如何被人羡慕，这些行为激起了作者也想成为a pilot的愿望。因此本文主要描述了这个男孩一个个单纯的梦想。A项文中未提及。文中并未提到小男孩成功，排除B项。D项只是对其中一部分的总结。

Passage 2
Several weeks ago, when the weather was still fine, I decided to eat my lunch on the upper quad, an expanse of lawn stretching across the north end of campus and hedged in by ancient pine trees on one side and university buildings on the other. Depositing my brown paper lunch bag on the grass beside me, I munched in silence, watching the trees ripple in the wind and musing over the latest in a series of "controversial" symposiums I had attended that morning. The speaker, an antiquated professor in suspenders and a mismatched cardigan, had delivered an earnest speech against modern tools of convenience like electronic mail and instant messaging programs. I thought his speech was interesting, but altogether too romantic.
My solitude was broken by two girls, deep in conversation, who approached from behind and sat down on the grass about ten feet to my left. I stared hard at my peanut butter sandwich, trying to not eavesdrop, but their stream of chatter intrigued me. They interrupted each other frequently, paused at the same awkward moments, and responded to each other's statements as if neither one heard what the other said. Confused, I stole a glance at them out of the corner of my eye. I could tell that they were college students by their style of dress and the heavy backpacks sinking into the grass beside them. Their body language and proximity also indicated that they were friends. Instead of talking to each other, however, each one was having a separate dialogue on her cell phone.
As I considered this peculiar scene, this morning's lecturer again intruded into my thoughts. His point in the symposium was that, aside from the disastrous effects of emails and chatting on the spelling, grammar, and punctuation of the English language, these modern conveniences also considerably affect our personal life. Before the advent of electronic mail, people wrote letters. Although writing out words by hand posed an inconvenience, it also conferred certain important advantages. The writer had time to think about his message, about how he could best phrase it in order to help his reader understand him, about how he could convey his emotions without the use of dancing and flashing smiley-face icons. When he finished his letter, he had created a permanent work of art to which a hurriedly typed email or abbreviated chat room conversation could never compare. The temporary, impersonal nature of computers, Professor Spectacles concluded, is gradually rendering our lives equally temporary and impersonal.
And what about cell phones? I thought. I have attended classes where students, instead of turning off their cell phones for the duration of the lecture, leave the classroom to take calls without the slightest hint of embarrassment, I have sat in movie theaters and ground my teeth in frustration at the person behind me who can't wait until the movie is over to give his colleague a scene-by-scene replay. And then I watched each girl next to me spend her lunch hour talking to someone else instead of her friend. Like the rest of the world, these two pay a significant price for the benefits of convenience and the added safety of being in constant contact with the world. When they have a cell phone, they are never alone, but then again, they are never alone.
They may not recognize it, but those girls, like most of us, could use a moment of solitude. Cell phones make it so easy to reach out and touch someone that they have us confused into thinking that being alone is the same thing as being lonely. It's all right to disconnect from the world every once in a while, in fact, I feel certain that our sanity and identity as humans necessitates it. And I'm starting to think that maybe the Whimsical Professor ranting about his "technological opiates" is not so romantic after all.

1. The narrator mentions "suspenders and mismatched cardigan" (line 6, para.1) primarily in order to ______.

A.criticize the speaker's lack of fashion sense
B.portray the speaker as somewhat eccentric
C.praise the speaker for his refusal to conform to society
D.point out that college professors are often underpaid

A B C D

[解析] 根据第一段最后两句，老教授的讲座是有关反对现代通讯工具如Email，即时短信，这首先就是有争议的。作者认为老教授的讲座有意思但是太浪漫了，与社会现实不符。所以作者描述老教授的穿着只是为了读者对老教授的形象有所了解。其他选项与文章内容无关。

2. The narrator viewed the conversation between the two girls as ______.

A.disjointed
B.hostile
C.tedious
D.refined

A B C D

[解析] 定位到文中第二段第三句，“they interrupted each other frequently, pauses at same awkward moments, and respond to each other's comments as if neither one of them heard what the other said.”她们总是经常打断对方说话，同时在尴尬的时候停顿，两个人的回答像是她们都没听到对方的话一样。所以她们的对话在作者听来应该是脱节的、杂乱的。

3. The passage as a whole suggests that the narrator regards the conversation between the two girls as ______.

A.a typical conversation between two college students
B.the reasons that modern modes of communication are necessary
C.a situation that causes the narrator to reflect on an opinion expressed in the previous paragraph
D.an incident that resulted in a confrontation between two students

A B C D

[解析] 由第二段可知，两个女孩坐在一起却各自在跟不用的人打电话，这个场景让作者想到了之前老教授的讲座内容。A、B和D项的内容文章中并没提到。

4. "Smiley-face icons" (line 8, para.3) were mentioned to suggest the narrator's ______.

A.annoyance at the insensitivity of modem writers
B.nostalgia for an easier way of life
C.skepticism about certain modes of communication
D.confusion over the complexities of modem conveniences

A B C D

[解析] 第二段第五句指出，写信的人有时间考虑他的信息，有时间想怎样写才能让读者更好地理解他，怎样才能不用花哨的笑脸符号就可以表达自己的感情。由此可知作者对于即时聊天的通讯方式是有一定的怀疑的。因为人们因此不再费心考虑如何才能更好地用文字表达自己。

5. Which of the following examples, if true, would best illustrate the speaker's reasoning as described in the third paragraph?

A.A publisher utilizes an editing program to proofread texts before they are printed.
B.A hostess uses her computer to design and print nameplates for all her party guests.
C.A former high school class president uses the Internet to locate and invite members of the class to a reunion.
D.A newlywed couple sends copies of a thank-you card from an Internet site to wedding guests.

A B C D

[解析] 第三段最后两句，当一个人写完信的时候，他就创造了一项永久的艺术品，这是匆忙完成的电子邮件和聊天室里简短的对话所不能比拟的。Spectacles教授总结道，电脑短时、客观的本质也使我们的生活变得短暂、没有人情味。D选项是新婚夫妇用电子邮件向婚礼上的客人送感谢信。与第三段内容照应。其余三项与人与人的交流无关。

6. The author italicizes the words "they are never alone" (last line, para.4) primarily to ______.

A.indicate that the phrase is an exaggeration
B.imply an alternate meaning of the phrase
C.draw attention to a social problem
D.suggest that the phrase is an exaggeration

A B C D

[解析] 第四段最后一句“When they have a cell phone, they are never alone, but then again, they are never alone.”当他们带着手机的时候他们从不孤单，但是，他们从来没有孤单过。作者重复they are never alone是为了让大家再次考虑一下这句话的含义。因此选B项。

7. Which piece of technology would the narrator disapprove of most?

A.A device allowing the user to chat with other people at any time.
B.A portable gaming device featuring realistic graphics.
C.An earpiece that automatically translates languages to English.
D.A digital book reader with a large, bulky screen.

A B C D

[解析] A项是一种可以让人们在任何时间聊天的设备。B项是一种具有真实画面感的便携式游戏设备。C项是一种可以把任何语言翻译成英语的耳机。D项是有大屏幕的电子阅读器。因为文章内容是现在通讯工具对人类生活的影响所以是A项。B、C、D项与交流无关。

8. The main purpose of the passage is to ______.

A.relate an anecdote
B.criticize an expert
C.evaluate an argument
D.defend a technology

A B C D

[解析] 这篇文章的主要目的是对一位教授的观点进行评论。A项是介绍相关轶事；B项是批评一位教授；D项是为技术辩护。A、B、D项不合题意故排除。

Passage 3
Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of its own which can never be repeated. Efforts to revive the art-principles of the past will at best produce an art that is still-born. It is impossible for us to live and feel as did the ancient Greeks. In the same way those who strive to follow the Greek methods in sculpture achieve only a similarity of form，the work remaining soulless for all time. Such imitation is mere aping. Externally the monkey completely resembles the human being; he will sit holding a book in front of his nose, and turn over the pages with a thoughtful aspect, but his actions have for him no real meaning.
There is, however, in art another kind of external similarity which is founded on a fundamental truth. When there is a similarity of inner tendency in the whole moral and spiritual atmosphere, a similarity of ideals, at first closely pursued but later lost to sight, a similarity in the inner feeling of any one period to that of another, the logical result will be a revival of the external forms which served to express those inner feelings in an earlier age. An example of this today is our sympathy, our spiritual relationship, with the Primitives. Like ourselves, these artists sought to express in their work only internal truths, renouncing in consequence all considerations of external form.
This all-important spark of inner life today is at present only a spark. Our minds, which are even now only just awakening after years of materialism, are infected with the despair of unbelief, of lack of purpose and ideal. The nightmare of materialism, which has turned the life of the universe into an evil, useless game, is not yet past; it holds the awakening soul still in its grip. Only a feeble light glimmers like a tiny star in a vast gulf of darkness. This feeble light is but a presentiment, and the soul, when it sees it, trembles in doubt whether the light is not a dream, and the gulf of darkness reality. This doubt and the still-harsh tyranny of the materialistic philosophy divide our soul sharply from that of the Primitives. Our soul rings cracked when we seem to play upon it, as does a costly vase, long buried in the earth, which is found to have a flaw when it is dug up once more. For this reason, the Primitive phase, through which we are now passing, with its temporary similarity of form, can only be of short duration.
*Primitive: an artist who paints simple pictures

1. The best title for this passage is ______.

A.The Similarities in Artistic Movements
B.The Dangers of Materialism
C.Obstacles to the Revival of Primitive Art
D.The Lack of Purpose in Art

A B C D

[解析] 文章内容艺术品是一段时期社会历史的产物，不同时期有不同的特点。即使复兴过去的艺术也不能触及那个时期的本质，创造不出好的作品。而且现代人受物质主义影响，没有和古人一样的思想。所以主要内容是复兴原始艺术的困难。因此选C项。

2. The word "aspect" (line 7, para.1) most probably means ______.

A.meaningful perspective
B.facial expression
C.contemplation
D.minor part

A B C D

[解析] 第一段第七句“Externally the monkey completely resembles the human being; he will sit holding a book in front of his nose, and turn over the pages with a thoughtful aspect, but his actions have for him no real meaning.”从外表看起来猴子和人类很像，它拿着本书在面前若有所思的翻着，但是他的行为对他来说并没有实际的意义。所以aspect在此处的意思是表情，选B项。

3. In saying that the soul "trembles in doubt" (line 6, para.3) when it sees the "feeble light" (line 4, para. 3), the author suggests that ______.

A.artists have doubt about whether the era of materialism is truly past
B.artists do not know from where their next inspiration will come
C.the Primitives found mysterious lights more frightening than modem people do
D.the public is unsure that its hunger for art will be met

A B C D

[解析] “This feeble light is but a presentiment, and the soul, when it sees it, trembles in doubt whether the light is not a dream, and the gulf of darkness reality,”这微弱的光只是一种预兆，当灵魂看到它，不禁颤抖怀疑，不知道这光亮是不是梦，这黑暗的海湾是不是现实。光代表的是新的时代，黑暗代表的是旧的时代即唯物主义时代。所以选A项。

4. How would the author characterize the effect of materialism on the artist's soul?

A.supportive
B.confusing
C.inspirational
D.oppressive

A B C D

[解析] 第三段第二句“Our minds, which are even now only just awakening after years of materialism, are infected with the despair of unbelief, of lack of purpose and ideal.”我们的思想刚从唯物主义中苏醒，仍然受其影响，带着不信任的绝望，缺乏目标和理想。由此可知唯物主义给艺术家灵魂的影响是压抑的，因此选D项。

Ⅱ.
Each of the following sentences contains either a single error or no error at all. Correct the mistakes in them: underline the wrong parts and put the correct ones in the brackets. If there is no error, use a √ or write "No error" on the ANSWER SHEET.

1. Anyone thinking of buying a used car should consider not only the sale price of your purchase, but also the cost of repairing the vehicle.

your→his/her

[解析] 句子中主语是anyone，所以相对应的purchase前面的形容词性物主代词应该为his/her。

2. The creative schedules that were created by Jeannie has allowed Bertina and Elise more free time to spend watching foreign films.

spend后加 on

[解析] spend...on doing sth.“花费……做某事”，为固定用法。

3. The bikini, invented over sixty years ago, derived its name from the tiny Pacific island on which the United States conducted early nuclear tests.

No error

4. Because Kamm has decided that he needs to supplement his income this year, he raised wheat.

No error

5. The artist's fascination about the natural world around her has inspired her great passion for painting landscapes.

about→with

[解析] fascination with sth.固定搭配。

6. Because of the recent increase in property values, how one can find inexpensive housing within a week is a puzzle to me.

No error

7. After learning to knit, Karen made a long wool scarf and matching hat, and proudly wore it to school every day this past winter.

it→them

[解析] 因为此处scarf和hat都需要指代，it只能指代单数，所以要用them。

8. Tricia's chances of finding her lost dog depend as much on luck as they do on persistence.

No error

9. Number of scientists have begun to speculate whether life actually began as crystals of clay rather than of organic molecules.

Rather than→or

[解析] whether...or...意思为“是……还是……”，为固定用法。

10. Angela was curious about the unopened letter on the table and wondered for whom it was meant.

No error

Ⅲ. English composition

1. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy. People, however, cannot be motivated to change from the outside. All of our motivation comes from within.
Adapted from W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge, 1943
Assignment: What motivates people to change? Plan and write an essay of?about at least 400 words in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
Marks will be awarded for Content, Organization, Grammar, and Appropriateness. Failure to follow the instruction will result in a loss of marks.

[范文]

What Motivates People to Change?

In philosophy there is a saying that everything in the world is changing all the time. The changing never stops. Even after the creature died, it turned into another form and the changing still go on and on. People are just like any other creature in the world. We are changing all the time and the only thing differs us from other creature is our minds. We are the reason why we change.
We change because we want to, even if some people say that sometimes they are forced to change. But what can force free men to do things they do not want to? It is true that sometimes changes do not go as you wish. You may want to get a high-paid job but instead you only got a low-paid one. You may argue that this change is not up to you. But think again, what did you do for your ideal change? Did you get yourself prepared for a good job or a lousy one? You must reap what you have sown. So this kind of change indeed depends on you.
Of course not all changes are bad ones. We are lucky that we can motivate ourselves to change because we can choose to change better. Everyone has his or her own dreams. Maybe it is not a big or ambitious one, but there must be small simple ones. Some people want to get rid of poverty so they work very hard; some want to have a nice warming family so they pay more attention to their loved ones; there are others who want to achieve success in their career so they adjust their focus of life to their work. So it is our passion to pursue our dreams that motivate us to change. Every small change, every little step we make, we are closer to our dream. This motivation is the reason why we get up everyday, why we live and why human existed on earth. Without the motivation to change we are the same as animals and plants.
Sometimes the outside world may not be very favorable, and we need to realize that it is a part of our life. We might feel upset or frustrated once in a while but we can not be defeated by the outside. The only thing that can defeat us is ourselves.

Ⅳ. Translation

一、Translate the following passage into Chinese.

1. Defoe was one of the first to shape the novel and launch it on its way. He took pains to insist that he had not used invention at all but had depended upon facts. It is not merely that he knew the stress of poverty and had talked with the victims of it, but that the unsheltered life, exposed to circumstances and forced to shift for itself, appealed to him imaginatively as the right matter for his art. In the first pages of each of his great novels he reduces his hero or heroine to such a state of unfriendly misery that their existence must be a continued struggle, and their survival at all the result of luck and their own efforts.

笛福是最先塑造并使小说走上正轨的人之一。他不遗余力的强调，他从未作出任何发明，只不过是依据事实。这不仅仅是他了解贫穷的压力、跟穷人谈过心，更是那种居无定所、被暴露在各种情形下不得不作出改变的现实吸引着他的想象，他把这些当做他的写作中正确的事情。笛福所有出色的小说中，每一本的开始他都会把男主角或女主角限制在一个冷漠的悲惨的环境中，他们必须不断奋斗才能生存，而他们能够幸存下来都是因为幸运与他们的努力。

二、Translate the following passage into English.

1. 凤凰(phoenix)是神话中的一种鸟。在西方神话中，凤凰每500年将自己焚毁于大火中，然后灰烬中会飞出另一只凤凰，因此凤凰代表不朽。在中国传统神话中，凤凰没有重生的轮回。中国的凤凰是美丽、和谐、幸运、女性力量和皇后的象征；与之对应，龙象征皇帝。皇帝卧龙床，坐龙椅，皇后则乘凤舆出行，用凤盖遮荫。
在古典文学和艺术作品中，凤凰与龙一起，用来比喻才华、美丽、美德以及婚姻的和谐美满。龙凤舞是中国很多节日里一个受欢迎的节目。从古至今，龙凤装饰在中国服装、陶器和无数其他日用品中随处可见。

Phoenix is a bird of legend. In western myth, phoenix burns itself in fire every 500 years and another phoenix will be born out of ash. So phoenix is the symbol of eternity. Phoenix does not have the round of rebirth in Chinese traditional legend. The phoenix in China is the symbol of beauty, harmony, luck, women power as well as the queen. Correspondingly, dragon means the king. The bed and chair of the king are all decorated with dragon pattern. And the chariot and sunshade of the queen are all decorated with phoenix pattern.
In classic literature and art work, dragon and phoenix were used together to symbolize talent, beauty, virtues and happy marriage. Dance of Dragon and Phoenix is a popular show in many Chinese festivals. In all ages, the dragon and phoenix decoration can be easily found in Chinese clothes, china and many other commodities.

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Give short answers to the following questions. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

1. What role does the Sovereign of the United Kingdom play in international affairs?

The Sovereign of the United Kingdom serves as the ceremonial head of the Commonwealth of Nations and is the ceremonial head of state for 16 Commonwealth countries.

2. What did the Transcendentalist movement in the U.S. advocate in the 1830s and 1840s?

Among the transcendentalists' core beliefs was the inherent goodness of both people and nature. They believe that society and its institutions—particularly organized religion and political parties—ultimately corrupt the purity of the individual. They have faith that people are at their best when truly "self-reliant" and independent. It is only from such real individuals that true community could be formed.

3. Why were large numbers of part-Aboriginal children in Australia taken away from their home in the late 1930s?

The large numbers of part-Aboriginal children in Australia taken away from their home in the late 1930s is because of the policy of assimilation. "Assimilation" was founded on the belief that the white culture was the progressive and superior whereas the Dreamtime was only a form of superstition. The children were taken away and raised by church-run institutions so they can receive Christianity education.

4. Which part of Canada has been known as the heartland of Canada?

The region that includes southern part of Quebec and Ontario is the most highly developed part and is know as the heartland of Canada.

5. Answer the following question. Write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
What did Fanklin D. Roosevelt do to get America out of the depression in the 1930s?

What Fanklin D. Roosevelt did in th 1930s in order to get America out of the depression are as follows:
(1)Establishment and strengthening of government regulation and control of banking, credit and currency systems; overcoming the financial crisis and restriction of certain extreme practices of financial capital;
(2)Federal government management of relief and establishment of social security systems such as the formation of the Civilian Conservation Corps and the setting-up of the Tennessee Valley Authority;
(3)Stimulation of the recovery of industry and agriculture;
(4)Formulation and implementation of federal labor laws to raise the role of labor in the relations of production;
(5)Improvement of the situation of minorities and members of certain religious groups.

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Ⅲ. English composition

Ⅳ. Translation

一、Translate the following passage into Chinese.

二、Translate the following passage into English.

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