原文：The importance of this conference cannot be overestimated.

B、 Directions: Translate the following passage into English. (Please write your translation on the answer sheet.) (15 points)

原文：中国是世界上最大的国家之一，她的领土和整个欧洲的面积差不多相等。在我们这片广大的领土上，广阔的肥田沃地，是我们的衣食之源;纵横全国的大小山脉，生长着茂密的森林，贮藏着丰富的矿产;众多的江河湖泽，给我们以舟楫和灌溉之利;而漫长的海岸线，为我们与海外各民族交往提供方便。自古以来，我们的祖先就劳动、生息、繁殖在这块广大的土地之上。

原文：农村发展的问题就是在这样的基础上提出来的。

原文：Adelaide contains many fine examples of early Australian architecture, including the town hall on King William Street—the wide main N-S thoroughfare. Built from designs by E.W. Wright, a former mayor of the city, the town hall’s foundation stone was laid in 1863.The city contains many statues and seven fountains. The most spectacular fountain, completed in 1968, is in Victoria Square, the centre of the city’s business section. Its three-sided design, with 34 jets of water and aluminium sculptures, represents the three rivers from which Adelaide draws its water—the Murray (墨累河), the Torrens (托伦斯河) and the Onkaparinga (昂卡帕令加河). Parklands, which separate the city and the suburbs, are preserved in perpetuity for the use of the people.From 1960, when the first Adelaide Festival of Arts was held, Adelaide gained a reputation as Australia’s cultural centre. As an artistic event, a stimulus to the creative and performing arts in Australia, the Festival has introduced many world-famous artists to millions of Australians.

原文：我已经提前完成了交给我的工作，他也提前完成了交给他的工作。

原文：发动机并不是因为燃料耗尽而停止运转。

B、 Directions: Correct or improve the translation of the following sentences. (Please write your revised translation on the answer sheet.)

Example:

原文：能为他的这本散文集子作序，我觉得很荣幸。

译文：To write a preface to the collection of his essays gives me a great honor.

改译：I find it a great honor to write a preface to the collection of his essays.

原文：上海人容易听懂苏州话，因为上海话和苏州话有许多共同之处。

原文：我们的目标是把中国建设成为一个社会主义现代化强国。

原文：In the evening, after the banquet, the concert and the exhibition, the premier would work on the drafting of documents.

原文： The annual total of telephone calls between UK and Canada has increased seven times.

原文：While digging in the hills, some settlers perceived the region’s farming and stock-raising possibilities.