原文：One reason is that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the ideal of competition than other institutions in society. Since competition is seen as the major source of progress and prosperity by most Americans, competitive business institutions are naturally respected.

A.Translate the following passage into English. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet.

原文：无论上一年我们做得怎么样，我们都希望来年能有好运气，有更多的财富收获，与其等待命运的安排，倒不如在享受一顿大餐的同时增加自己的运气。据说有很多食物都会带来幸运，也会增强你的优势让你来年变得更好。在春节长达十五天的庆祝活动中，会有各式各样的幸运食物。幸运食物就算不能保证让你有一个快乐的新年，至少也能让你有快乐的食欲。

原文： The ancient Greeks were highly competitive and believed strongly in the concept of competition.The final Greek goal was to be the best. All aspects of life, especially athletics, were centered around this concept. It was therefore considered one of the greatest honors to win a victory at Olympia. The fact that the only prize given at Olympia was an olive wreath illustrates this point. The athletes competed for honour, not for material goods.In ancient Greece, games were closely connected to the worship of the gods and heroes. Games were held as part of religious ceremonies in honour of dead heroes. Games were held in the circumstances of may harvest festivals, Later, the Olympic Games began to be taken over by the prominent worship if Zeus(宙斯)， and eventually lost much of their religious character.

原文：如今这里成了著名的风景点，500年故樟冠盖青葱，古桥沧桑而又生机勃勃，小镇上民居保存完好，最难得的是，民风淳朴、天然，不贪婪，其乐融融。

原文： 在小学和中学时代容易结成真实的友谊，那时彼此不感到生活得压迫，朋友的结成全由于志趣相近或性情相合。

原文：要培养信念，而不要助长恐惧。信念是对值得相信的事物的理性信任，是培养信念还是要让恐惧主宰我们的生活，我们每天都要做出选择。

原文：看到外国报刊登载了久已不见的梵高名画《向日葵》在伦敦高价拍卖成交，心中泱泱若有所失。当然我永远不会有可以收藏这幅画的家财，但这也禁不住我对它的喜欢。

B. Translate the following underlined sentences into English. Write your translation on the Answer Sheet.原文：全世界很多人都有这样一个梦想，他们希望有朝一日能来中国并访问北京，我的同胞也有在中国举办一次出色奥运会的强烈渴望。

原文：Nowadays many American women tend to do better than men. They left the secretarial pool to become secretaries of state, supreme court justices or astronauts. They now earn not only more college degrees but more advanced degrees than men, and make up half of the US workforce.

原文：One reason is that Americans view business as being more firmly based on the ideal of competition than other institutions in society. Since competition is seen as the major source of progress and prosperity by most Americans, competitive business institutions are naturally respected.

原文：A virus presently located in a remote rain forest could, by means of air travel, be in a major city by this time tomorrow. We now live in such crowded cities that the scope for transmission of a virus which travels through air is greater than ever before.