SECTION B: ENGLISH TO CHINESE (30 MIN.)
Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.

American is presently going through the beginning of a national debate over various components of its international role, for example the proposition that the United States is the only remaining superpower. That may be true in the military sense. On the other hand, the issues susceptible to solution by military action are in decline. In many other areas, the world is becoming much more evenly balanced. Indeed, we are now living in a world composed of six or seven major global players with comparable capacities to shape events outside the field of nuclear arms.

In such an international order, there are only two roads to stability: one is hegemony based on one country's dominance; the other is equilibrium, which is another way of describing the notorious balance of power. Unfortunately, too many Americans tend to reject both approaches. The American public seems determined to reject the role of global policeman which hegemony implies, and which runs counter to the moral convictions of the American people. But balance of power or equilibrium has also been historically rejected as a source of endless tensions. At crucial periods such as in deciding to enter the two world wars to preserve the global balance of power, Americans have been prepared to overcome their prejudice. In other words, American is in the process of learning -- and it is not quite there yet -- that the emerging world order will have to be based on some concept of equilibrium.

PART V:    WRITING (60 MIN)
What are the qualifications for a good youth of today?
Directions: For this part you are allowed 60 minutes to write an essay on this topic. Give your view on this by writing an essay of about 300 words.

In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate reason.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization as well as for syntactic variety and appropriate word choice. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.