原文：虎越来越少，猫却越来越多；虎濒于灭绝，猫却成了宠物。

译文：Tigers are becoming less and less, almost on the verge of extinction; on the other hand, cats are becoming more and more and they became pets.

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B. Translate the following passage into English. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet.

二十年来，我的生活费中至少十分之一二是消耗在书上的。我的房子里比较贵重的东西就是书。

我一向没有对任何问题作高深研究的野心，因此所买的书范围较广，宗教艺术、文学、社会、哲学、历史、生物，各方面差不多都有一点。最多的是各国文学名著的译本与本国自古以来的诗文集。别的门类只是一些概论之类的入门书而已。

A. Translate the following passage into Chinese Write your translation on the Answer Sheet.

We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road—the one “less traveled by”—offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of our earth.

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A truly extraordinary variety of alternatives to the chemical control of insects is available. Some are already in use and have achieved brilliant success. Others are in the stage of laboratory testing. Some of the most fascinating of the new methods are those that seek to turn the strength of a species against itself.

已经看得越来越清楚了，市场不是万能的，也有它的局限。因此，采取立法手段或者使用国家宏观调控手段，对涉及国计民生的某些领域进行调节，就是非常必要的了。

事实上，无论是在中国还是在欧洲，几乎所有的重要传统节日都面临着很大的危机。作为文化身份认同仪式的节日，都打上了太多全球化时代的烙印。

我们的传统节日大都与古代的农业生产紧密相连。当我们告别农耕社会奔赴工业社会之 后，传统节日在工业大生产时代功能开始式微。

近年来，中国出口厂商受到了亚洲金融危机的冲击。该地区许多国家的经济不景气引起消费市场萎缩，货币疲软使购买力下降。

B. Translate the following underlined sentences into English. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet.

据有关部门统计，我国的一个中等城市每年产生的塑料废弃物可满足20家小型塑料企业的原料需求。开发利用废旧塑料资源既可有效治理污染，又可创造巨大的经济效益，是一件利国利民的绿色环保事业。

I think that a successful old age is easiest for those who have strong impersonal interests involving appropriate activities.It is in this sphere that long experience is rally fruitful, and it is in this sphere that the wisdom born of experience can be exercised without being oppressive.

Children love to play, but for some children, the idea of simple joyful playtime can seem very far away.These boys and girls may look differently than others, and not be able to move around as others do.

Two factors weigh heavily against the effectiveness of scientific research in industry.One is the general atmosphere of secrecy in which it is carried out, the other the lack of freedom of the individual research worker.