K)What might be a lotcheaper is putting more kids to work: not necessarily as burger flippers but aspart of an educational effort. Caplan notes that work also builds valuableskills—probably more valuable for kids who don’t naturallylove sitting in a classroom. Heckman agrees wholeheartedly: “People aredifferent, and those abilities can be shaped. That’s what we’ve learned,and public policy should recognize that.”

L) Heckman would liketo see more apprenticeship-style programs, where kids can learn in theworkplace—learn not just specific job skills, but the kind of “soft skills,” likegetting to work on time and getting along with a team, that are crucial forcareer success. “It’s about having mentors and having workplace-based education,” he says. “Time andagain I’ve seen examples of this kind of program working.”

M)Ah, but how do weget there from here? With better public policy, hopefully, but also by makingbetter individual decisions. “Historically markets have been able to handle these things,” saysVedder, “and I think eventually markets will handle this one. If it doesn’t improvesoon, people are going to wake up and ask, ‘Why am I going tocollege?’?”

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46.Caplan suggests that kids who don’t loveschool go to work.

47.An increasing number of families spendmore money on houses in a good school district.

49.More and more kids find they fare worsewith a college diploma.

50.For those who are not prepared forhigher education, going to college is not worth it .

51.Over the years the cost of a collegeeducation has increased almost by 100%.

52.A law passed recently allows manystudents to pay no more than one tenth of their income for their college loans.

53.Middle-class Americans have highlyvalued a good education.

54.More kids should be encouraged toparticipate in programs where they can learn not only job skills but alsosocial skills .

55.Over fifty percent of recent collegegraduates remain unemployed or unable to find a suitable job.

Passage Two

Question 61 to 65 are based on thefollowing passage.

When we talk about Americans barely intoadulthood who are saddled with unbearable levels of debt.the conversation isalmost always about student loan debt. But there’s a growing body of ?suggesting that today’s young adults are also drowning in credit card debt—and that many of them will take this debt to their graves.

More than 20% overspont their income by more than $100 every single month. Since they haven’t built up theircredit historios yet,it’s a safe bet that these young adults are paying relativelyhigh interest rates on the resulting credit card debt.

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61.What is the main ider of the first paragraph?

A) Many young Americans will never be ableto pay on their debts.

B) Credit cards play an increasinglyimportant role in college lift.

C) Credit cards are doing more ? than studentloans.

D) The American credit card system isunder cnticism.

62.Why do young people have to pay a higherinterest on their credit card debt?

A) They tend to forget about the deadlines.

B) They haven’t developed a ? history.

C) They are often nabte to pay sack intime.

D)They are ? in managing money.

63.What is said to be the consequence ofyoung adults relying on credit cards to make ends meet ?

A) I will place an unnecessd on society.

B) It will give their to work hard.

C) It will exert psy pressure on them.

D) It will affect their future spendingpower.

64 What will happen to young adults iftheir credit card debt keeps accurnufating a lucia dunn?

A.They will have to pay anincreasthgly higher interest tate.

B.They may experience a crisis intheir old age.

C.Their quality of lift will toaffected.

D.Their credit way be cancelled.

65 what does Lucia Dunn think might be diskfor the credit card issuing banks?

A.They go bankrupt as aover-lending

B.They lose la

C.Their client

D.Their interest ratcs have to bereduced now and then.

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Part IV Translation

Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2

许多人喜欢中餐。在中国，烹饪不仅被视为一种技能，而且也被视为一种艺术。精心准备的中餐既可口又好看。烹饪技艺和配料在中国各地差别很大。但好的烹饪都有一个共同点，总是要考虑到颜色、味道、口感和营养(nutrition)。由于食物对健康至关重要，好的厨师总是努力在谷物、肉类和蔬菜之间取得平衡，所以中餐既味美又健康。

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翻译二

Part IV Translation

Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2

"你要茶还是咖啡?"是用餐人常被问到的问题，许多西方人会选咖啡，而中国人则会选茶，相传，中国的一位帝王于五千年前发现了茶，并用来治病，在明清(the qing dynasties)期间，茶馆遍布全国，饮茶在六世纪传到日本，但直到18世纪才传到欧美，如今，茶是世界上最流行的饮料(beverage)之一，茶是中国的瑰宝。也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分。

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Part IV Translation

Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2

信息技术(Information Technology)，正在飞速的发展，中国公民也越来越重视信息技术，有些学校甚至将信息技术作为必修课程，对这一现象大家持不同观点。一部分人认为这是没有必要的，学生就应该学习传统的课程。另一部分人认为这是应该的，中国就应该与时俱进。不管怎样，信息技术引起广大人民的重视是一件好事。

翻译四

Part IV Translation

Directions : For this part,you are allowed30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English.You should writeyour answer on Answer Sheet 2

中国结最初是由手工艺人发明的，经过数百年不断的改进，已经成为一种优雅多彩的艺 术和工艺。在古代，人们用它来记录事件，但现在主要是用于装饰的目的。“结”在中文里意味这爱情丶婚姻和团聚，中国结常常作为礼物交换或作用饰品祈求好运和辟邪。这种形式的手工艺代代相传，现在已经在中国和世界各地越来越受欢迎。

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