PART IV TRANSLATION

　　Translate the following text into English. Write your translation on Answer Sheet Three.

　　奥林匹克运动会可以追溯到古代。古希腊人喜欢各种运动，因为运动能使身体强健。他们每四年举行一次运动会，成千上万的人聚集在辽阔的草原上，欣赏来自希腊各地的成人和儿童的竞技。运动项目有赛跑，摔交，跑马，战车比赛等等。有成人的比赛项目，也有儿童的比赛项目。　在大部分比赛中，成人和儿童都穿得很少或者不穿衣服，却在身上涂油。奖品是用野生橄榄树叶作成的花冠。谁只要能戴上一只花冠，那就是无上的光荣。

　　SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

　　Translate the following underlined part of the text into Chinese. Write your translation on Answer Sheet Three.

　　Three years ago, a group of plant scientists led by Ilya Raskin, at Du Ponts agricultural laboratory in Delaware, discovered a surge of salicylic and in the voodoo lily the day before flowering. Using a sensitive analytical technique, they discovered that the level of salicylic acid in the plant leapt almost 100 times and triggered the explosion of respiration. 　 This established salicylic acid as a powerful chemical signal, albeit in a rather quirky plant. But what role might salicylic acid have in less exotic plants? 　 Plants have a kind of "immune system" with which they fight diseases. When fungi, bacteria or viruses infect a plant, they often trigger a signal which travels to uninfected leaves where it stimulates the production of disease-fighting protein. This mechanism of disease resistance, and the signal which prepares the plants defenses, had been a mystery to biologists. 　 A promising clue came to light, however, in 1979. Raymond White at Britains Rothamsted research station was able to prevent tobacco mosaic viruses from multiplying by injecting the infected plants with aspirin. The aspirin appeared to trigger the production of a group of diseases-fighting proteins. 　 Building on this and his own discovery with the voodoo lily, Raskin continued the work with graduate student Jocelyn Malamy and her colleagues at Rutgers University, New Jersey. They measured the levels of salicylic acid in tobacco plants that were infected with mosaic virus. Before any signs of infection or resistance were detected, salicylic acid levels surged almost five-fold throughout the plants. This surge then set off the manufacture of the disease-fighting protein.

　　PART V WRITING

　　Direction: Small kindness is always neglected in our society. Some people prefer to do big kindness. What is your idea on this topic?

　　On small kindness Write an essay of about 300 words on the above topic within 60 minutes. In the first part you should present the definition of small kindness. In the following parts you should state your opinion and support it with appropriate examples. In the last part you draw a conclusion. 　 Mark will be awarded for content, organization, grammar, and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instruction may result in a loss of marks.