Part A
Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear 2 passages in English. After you have heard each sentence or paragraph, interpret it into Chinese. Start interpreting at the signal…and stop it at the signal…You may take notes while you are listening. Remember you will hear the passages only once. Now let us begin Part A with the first passage.
Passage 1:
It is clear that we all need to sleep. There are two purposes: physical rest and emotional, or psychological, rest. We need to rest our bodies and our minds. Both are important for us in order to be healthy.//
Each night we alternate between two kinds of sleep: active sleep and passive sleep; passive sleep gives our body the rest that is needed, and prepares us for active sleep, in which dreaming occurs.//
Throughout the night, the brain rests, then it becomes active, then dreaming occurs. This cycle is repeated several times, and we dream for a total of one and a half hours, on the average.//
We all experience these dream cycles; no one is an exception. Everyone needs to dream in order to stay healthy. We need active sleep in order to dream and dreaming helps us to rest our minds.
(参考答案)
显然我们都需要睡眠。睡眠有两个目的：体力休息和精神休息(或心理休息)。我们需要让自己身体和大脑都得到休息。这两方面对保持健康很重要。//
每天晚上我们有两种交替出现的睡眠的方式，即积极睡眠和消极睡眠。消极睡眠给我们的身体以所需要的休息，并让我们向发生做梦的积极睡眠过渡。
整个晚上，大脑首先保持休息状态，然后积极活动起来，然后我们开始做梦。这个过程会循环出现好几次，我们做梦的总时间平均为一个半小时。
人人都会经历这些做梦过程，无一例外。人人都需要通过做梦来保持健康。我们需要积极睡眠以进入梦乡，做梦有助于我们休息大脑。
Passage 2 is about whether more money can make people feel happier.
Passage 2:
In our American society of market economy, everybody talks about making-money. Does money mean everything? Can money buy happiness? Oh, No! //
But would a little more money make us a little happier? Many of us would smile and nod. There is, we believe, some connection between financial fitness and feeling fantastic.//
Most of us would say that, yes, we would like to be rich. Two thirds of American college students now consider it “very important” that they become “very well off.”//
Well, are rich people happier? Researchers have found that in poor countries, being relatively well off does make people feel happier. But in rich countries where nearly everyone can afford life’s necessities, increasing wealth matters surprisingly little.//
(参考答案)
在市场经济的美国社会里，人人都在谈论赚钱。金钱是万能的吗?金钱能买幸福吗?哦，不!//
但是多一点儿钱会使我们多一点幸福吗?对此，我们中很多人会微微一笑并点头肯定。我们认为，经济实力与精神愉悦间存在某种关联。//
大多数人会说，是的，我们希望富有。当今2/3的美国大学生认为“经济上很富足”是“十分重要的”。//
那么富人就更幸福吗?研究人员发现在贫穷国家，相对富有确实能够带来较大的安康。但发达国家，几乎人人都丰衣足食，越来越多的财富甚是微不足道。
