Part A

Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. Each passage consists of four sentences. After you have heard each sentence, interpret it into Chinese. You will start at the signal… and then stop at the signal… You may take notes while listening. Now let us begin Part A with the first passage.

Passage 1

Approximately 50 percent of all marriages in the US end in divorce. In many cases, single-parent families are created, where one parent, usually the mother, takes responsibility for raising the children.

Many people believe that it’s better for children to live in peace with a single parent than to live with both parents when the marriage is unhappy.

However, others feel that the presence of both parents is very important for raising children at least financially, and point out that single-parent families are often poorer than two-parent families.

It is difficult and challenging to be a parent today, and it is even more difficult to raise children alone. Parents are often overwhelmed and lacking the parenting skills necessary to do a good job.

参考答案：

美国大约有50%的婚姻以离婚而告终。在很多情况下，单亲家庭由此产生。在单亲家庭中，由父母单方，通常是母亲负责抚养孩子。

很多人认为，对孩子来说，生活在一个平静的单亲家庭，要比生活在婚姻不和的双亲家庭中更好。

然而，也有一些人认为双亲家庭对于抚养孩子是很重要的，至少在经济上来说是这样的。他们指出，单亲家庭往往要比双亲家庭贫穷。

为人父母如今既困难又富有挑战性，而一个人抚养孩子就更困难了。父母往往感到茫然，缺少必要的育儿技巧以尽父母之责。

Passage 2

The environmental protection industry is developing energetically worldwide as the international community pays more attention to environmental problems.

The industry of environmental protection is growing by 6 percent a year in developed countries, while in the developing countries in East Asia and Latin America the figure exceeds 10 percent.

China’s industry of environmental protection has also been developing vigorously.

For over ten years in the past, the Chinese government has been energetically advocating environmental protection.

参考答案：

随着国际社会对环境问题日益关注，环保产业在世界范围内蓬勃发展。

发达国家环保产业每年增长6%，而在东亚和拉美的一些发展中国家，这一数字则超过了10%。

中国的环保产业也在蓬勃发展。

最近十几年以来，中国政府大力提倡保护环境。

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