问答题 {{B}} Directions:{{/B}}{{I}} In this part of the test, you will hear 5 English sentences. You will hear the sentences ONLY ONCE. After you have heard each sentence, translate it into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.{{/I}}

【正确答案】报纸远非简单企业，更是一所机构，它反映并影响一个社会的生活；还可能在更大范围内起到举足轻重的作用。

【答案解析】[解析] A newspaper is much more than a business; it is an institution. It reflects and influences the life of a community; it may affect even wider destinies.

【正确答案】对多数国家来说，进出口是最重要的国际间活动。当一国的出口大于进口时，就称之为出现了贸易顺差；当进口大于出口时，则存在贸易逆差。

【答案解析】[解析] For most nations, exports and imports are the most important international activity. When nations export more than they import, they are said to have a favorable balance of trade. When they import more than they export, an unfavorable balance of trade exists.

【正确答案】几百年前的音乐几乎从来没有记录在案的。因此，我们无法了解最早的作曲家的姓名。早期的乐曲是以单一的曲调或旋律为基础的。

【答案解析】[解析] Until a few hundred years ago, music was hardly ever written down. For this reason, we do not know the names of the earliest composers. Early music was based on single tunes, or melodies.

【正确答案】人类的劳动既生产商品，也提供服务。农民和护士所做的事情差别很大，但都可用所得报酬来衡量。从这个意义来讲，劳动与社会的阶级差别无关，而只和所得工资报偿有关。

【答案解析】[解析] Human labor produces both goods and services. The activities of a farm worker and a nurse are very different, but both are measurable in terms of payment received. Labor in this sense is not concerned with distinctions of social class, but simply with the payment of wages in return for work.

【正确答案】在历史上，设计精确的历法和时钟已被证明是一项艰苦卓绝、旷日持久的智力探索。在观测了天体运行和季节变化后，人类发明了历法。

【答案解析】[解析] Devising accurate calendars and clocks to measure the flow of time has, through history, proved to be elusive, protracted intellectual pursuit. Drawn to the movements of the heavens and the changing seasons, man developed the calendar.