【正文】 trengthened D)increased Part Vl Translation (5 minutes) Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2 注意：此部分試題請在答題卡 2 上作答，只需寫出譯文部分。 the initial stage, the current economic crisis is likely to __________. A) tear many troubled families apart B) contribute to enduring family ties C) bring about a drop in the divorce rate D) cause a lot of conflicts in the family 58. In the Great Depression many unhappy couples close to stick together because A) starting a new family would be hard B) they expected things would turn better C) they wanted to better protect their kids D) living separately would be too costly 59 .In addition to job losses. What stands in the way of unhappy couples getting a divorce? A) Mounting family debts B) A sense of insecurity C) Difficulty in getting a loan D) Falling housing prices 60. What will the current economic crisis eventually do to some married couples? A) It will force them to pull their efforts together B) It will undermine their mutual understanding C) It will help strengthen their emotional bonds D) It will irreparably damage their relationship 61. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A) The economic recovery will see a higher divorce rate B) Few couples can stand the test of economic hardships C) A stable family is the best protection against poverty. D) Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage Passage Two Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage: People are being lured (引誘 )onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service without realizing they‘re paying for it by giving up toads of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages. Most Facebook users don‘t realize this is happening. Even if they know what the pany is up to, they still have no idea what they‘re paying for Face book because people don‘t really know what their personal data is worth. The biggest problem, however, is that the pany keeps changing the rules Early on you keep everything private. That was the great thing about facebook you could create own little private work. Last year. The pany changed its privacy rules so that many things you city. Your photo, your friends‘ nameswere set, by default (默認(rèn) )to be shared with every one on the Inter. According to Facebook‘s vicepresident Elliot Schrage, the pany is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people don‘t share information They have a ―less satisfying experience‖. Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. In original business model, which involved selling ads and putting then At the side of the pages totally Who wants to took at ads when they‘re online connecting with their friends? The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April. Senator Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also urged the Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for socialworking sites.―I think the senator rightly municated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them,‖ Schrage admits. I suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy, it‘s only the beginning. Which is why I‘m considering deactivating(撤銷 )my account. Facebook is a handy site, but I‘m upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don‘t That‘s too high a price to pay. 注意：此部分試題請在答題卡 2 上作答。today,on average,30% of students do not plete high school in four years, a figure that rises to 50% in poor urban neighborhoods. While the emphasis on teaching to higher, testdriven standards as set in No Child Left Behind resulted in significantly better performance in elementary(and some middle)schools, high schools for a variety of reasons seemed to have made little progress. Size isn‘t everything, but it does matter, and the past decade has seen a noticeable countertrend toward smaller schools. This has been due ,in part ,to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested $ billion in American high schools, helping to open about 1,000 small schoolsmost of them with about 400 kids each with an average enrollment of only 150 per grade, About 500 more are on the drawing board. Districts all over the country are taking notice, along with mayors in cities like New York, Chicago and San Diego. The movement includes independent public charter schools, such as BASIS in Tucson, with only 120 highschoolers and 18 graduates this year. It embraces districtsanctioned mag schools, such as the Talented and Gifted School, with 198 students, and the Science and Engineering Mag,with383,which share a building in Dallas, as well as the City Honors School in Buffalo, ., which grew out of volunteer evening seminars for students. And it includes alternative schools with students selected by lottery(抽簽 )， such as HB Woodlawn in Arlington, Va. And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that once boasted thousands of students all marching to the same band. Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, Calif, is one of those, ranking —among the top 2% in the country—on Newsweek‘s annual ranking of America‘s top high schools. The success of small schools is apparent in the listings. Ten years ago, when the first Newsweek list based on collegelevel test participation was published, only three of the top 100 schools had graduating Classes smaller than 100 students. This year there are 22. Nearly 250 schools o