Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.

    Yet the U.S . benefited greatly from the colonial strife next door . Broke after its Haitian defeat, France sold a large region to the U.S. for s15 million. The Louisiana Purchase would prove to be one of the most profitable real estate transactions ever made. Napoleon would not have sold his claims except for the courage and obstinate resistance of Haitian inhabitants.

    It would take six decades for the U.S. to acknowledge Haiti's independence. Meanwhile, Haiti, burdened by its post -independence isolation and the 100 million francs in payment it was forced to give France for official recognition, began its perilous slide toward turmoil and dependency, resulting in a 19year U.S . occupation and two subsequent in starvations in the past 100 years. Jefferson once presented dire warnings about what might happen to the U.S. political system in a worst-case scenario, but his words turned out to be a more accurate prophecy for America's plundered neighbor: ‘The spirit of the times..... will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt... The shackles ... which shall not be knocked off at the conclusion of war will remain on long , will be made heavier.' Given a fair chance, Haiti could have flourished and prospered. If that had been the case , this year Haiti would celebrating the bicentennial of its independence with fewer and lighter shackles.

SECTION 4: LISTENING TEST (30 minutes)

Part A: Note-taking And Gap-filling
Directions:In this part of the test you will hear a short talk. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. While Listening to the talk, you may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate ANSWER Booklet. You will not get your TEST BOOK and ANSWER BOOKLET until after you have listened to the talk.

　　Wearing clothes can always transmit signals about people's social____(1) and attitudes towards their culture. With the exception of the two extremes on the social____(2): the very rich socialites and poor____(3), Clothing Signals are the result of a single____(4) event for the____(5)of people.

　　The assumption of an increased____(6)trend in modern dressing behavior is misleading . There is no ____(7) of  formality today, merely the____(8)of old formalities for new.

　　One of the most mysterious fashion trends is the relationship between female skirt lengths and____(9)conditions. There has been a precise____(10)between the lengths of female skirts and the periods of boom and____(11): if the____12)market rises, so do the skirts. It's hard to explain exactly why , but hopefully ,future____(13) will give us a clearer explanation.

　　Many____(14)variations are at work in a hundred different ways, as fashion trends diffuse themselves rapidly around the globe. Each new minor trend____(15)or____(16) the fashion of the previous season, Unconsciously. We all plot graphs of shifting  Clothing Signals all the time and read off the many signals that our ______(17) clothes transmit to us in every social encounter . Clothing is as much a part of human ______(18) language as ____(19), facial expressions and _______(20).