SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH

Directions: Translate the following text into English.

得病以前，我受父母宠爱，在家中横行霸道，一旦隔离，拘禁在花园山坡上一幢小房子里，我顿感打人冷宫，十分郁郁不得志。一个春天的傍晚，园中百花怒放，父母在园中设宴，一时宾客云集，笑语四溢。我在山坡的小屋里，悄悄掀起窗帘，窥见园中大干世界，一片繁华，自己的哥姐、堂表弟兄，也穿插其间，个个喜气洋洋。一霎时，一阵被人摈弃，为世所遗的悲愤兜上心头，禁不住痛哭起来。

"Nowadays people spend too much of their spare time indoors." How far do you agree with this statement？ Write a composition of about 400 words to state your view.

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 response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an application letter because the summer vacation is drawing near and you want to find a parttime job. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:

It was (luck) ___ indeed for Mr. Fox to have changed his flight and arrived safe.

Ifwecanmakegooduseoftime,__(我们就可以期望得到好的成效并获得丰厚利润).

The order from the commander was that the troops __ (立即开拔去前线).