Section A

Directions: Translate following English into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.

Accomplishment is often deceptive because we don’t see the pain and perseverance that produced it. So we may credit the achiever with brains, brawn or lucky break, and let ourselves off the hook because we fall short in all three. Not that we could all be concert pianists just by exercising enough discipline. Rather, each of us has the makings of success in some endeavor, but we will achieve this only if we apply our wills and work at it.

Section B

Directions: Translate the following passage into English. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.

现在，中国面临的两大挑战是保持持续的经济增长和靠世界上仅仅百分之七的可耕地养活仍在增长的12亿人口。尽管遇到的困难很大，中国人无疑会表现出不知疲倦的活力，在两方面都要取得巨大的成功。

Part II Writing (30 minutes, 15 points)

Directions: In this part, you are to write within 25 minutes a composition entitled "Work Pressure" of at least 150 words. You are given the outline of the composition in Chinese.

工作的压力是众所周知的，它影响人的身心健康，但同时我们也应看到它能促使人进步，你如何看待这个问题呢？