II.Correct errors in the following sentences: underline the wrong parts and put tbc correct ones in the brackets. (10%)

1.The first national park in world, Yellowstone National Park, was established in 1872.

2.Minoru Yamasaki is an American architect who works departed from the austerity frequent associated with architecture in the United States after the Second World War.

3.The 1983 Noble Prize in Medicine was awarded to Barbara McClintock for her experiment with maize and her discoveries regardless the nature of DNA.

4.Potential dehydration is the often greatest hazard that a land animal faces.

5.The culinary expert Fannie Farmer taught dietetics, kitchen management, and to cook at her famous Boston school.

III. English composition (40%)

As the saying goes, not the ignorance but the ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge. On fin basis of this idea you are required to write an essay of about 400 words about the relationship between ignorance and knowledge. 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 final part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instruction will result in a loss of marks.

IV. Translation

A.Translate the following passage into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET. (20%)

If Darwinian theory works so well, why challenge it? There are several reasons to do so. Although Darwinian theory explains many of the facts of evolution better than any other theory, it does not necessarily explain the whole process. Also, some of the results of evolution do not match what Darwinian theory would predict. For example, if evolution leads to a perfect adaptation through natural selection acting on random hereditary changes, the process ought to slow down as it gets closer to the optimum for each species because fewer favorable changes can be made. We should also see a decrease in the number of species as they compete with one another and unsuccessful species are eliminated. But we see no such slowing down, and the number of species appears to be at least as great now as in the geologic past and perhaps even greater.

B.Translate the following passage into English. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET. (20%)

幸福可以被描述為一種積極的情緒和愉快的心態。根據最近的民意測驗。百分之六十到七十的美國人認為自己是基本上幸福的，而每二十個人中就有一個人認為自己不幸福。心理學家一直在研究構成幸福的因素。他們發現，幸福是不可預知的，一個看起來處于理想環境的人并不一定會感到幸福，理想的環境和他的實際感覺之間可能沒有什么關系。例如，富人不一定比中等收入或低收入的人幸福。受過高等教育的人比高中都沒有畢業的人可能略感幸福一些，這主要是因為他們有更多的機會掌握自己的命運，但是，受過高等教育并有高收入的人也許不如同等收入但沒有受過高等教育的人幸福。

V.Answer the following questions about British and American Cultures. (30%)

1.How does the National Health Service function in Britain?

2.In America, why is there not a decline in religious observance along with scientific and economic advance?

3.What is the general situation of the aged in the U.S.? What factors have contributed to this situation?

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