TEXT L

First read the questions.
33. The city that doesn't have a Lord Mayor is _____.
A. Melbourne
B. Brisbane
C. Adelaide
D. Devonport
正确答案是

34. In ____ council members are elected to serve a two year term.
A. South Australia
B. Tasmania
C. New South Wales
D. Victoria
正确答案是

Now, go through the text quickly and answer the questions.
STATE DETAILS IN AUSTRALIA

New South Wales (NSW)
NSW local government is divided into city, municipal and shire councils.    The three largest cities: Sydney, Parramatta, Newcastle and Wollongong are run by Lora Mayors; cities and municipalities are run by Mayors; and shires by Shire Presidents.    The members of the city and municipal councils are known as aldermen.    Members of shire councils are known as councillors.
Council members are elected for a term of four years and voting in council elections is compulsory.    The voting system used is proportional representation in wards with three of more seats and preference in the others.

Victoria (VIC)
VIC has the highest number of councils of any State and in some areas councils are being encouraged to amalgamate although there is often resistance to this.
The local government divisions in VIC are cities, towns, boroughs and shires.    
Melbourne has a Lord Mayor while the other cities, towns and boroughs are run by Mayors.    Shires are run by Shire Presidents.

Member of all councils are known as councilors.
Council members are elected for a three year term and voting in council elections is compulsory.    The voting system used is preferential.

Queensland (QLD)
Brisbane is the only capital city that is run by a single council.    This council controls the entire metropolitan area, known as Greater Brisbane which covers an area of 1,000 km.    (This compares with Sydney and Melbourne which have about 50 councils each).
The local government divisions in QLD are known as cities, towns and shires.    Brisbane the preferential system is used while everywhere else, electors have as many votes as there are positions.

South Australia (SA)
In SA the divisions are cities, corporate towns and district council areas.    Adelaide has a Lord Mayor and the cities and town are run by Mayors.    Council district areas are run by Shire Presidents.

In SA council members are known as councilors but the positions of aldermen are held by councilors with experiences elected for a whole area rather than within a ward.
Council members are elected for two year terms; half of the members retiring each year at an annual election.    Voting in council elections is voluntary and everyone, including those who are not Australians, is eligible to vote.

Tasmania (TAS)
TAS has four city councils: Hobart, Launceston, Glenorchy and Devonport.    Hobart has a Lord Mayor and the other three cities Mayors.    The rest of the State is divided into districts known as municipalities and run by Wardens.
Council members serve a three year term with a third of the members going to election each year.
Voting is voluntary and while it is restricted to Australian citizens and British subjects who own or occupy property, alien owners are allowed to get a qualified elector to vote on their behalf.

Northern Territory (NT)
Darwin has the only city council in NT. It is run by a Lord Mayor.    There are at present five town councils, one shire and one corporation.    As well as this there are 48 Community governments.    Council elections are held each four years on the last Saturday in May.

Community governments differ from traditional councils in a number of ways.    To adopt community government a petition with at least 10 signatures must be sent to the Northern Territory Minister for Local Government requesting that they consider the proposal.    The minister and his department then help the community devise a tailored system of government within the outlines of the scheme.
In this way no two Community government will be exactly the same.    There are five common policies behind the NT system of local government: community choice; community accountability; community management; community development; and self sufficiency.

Council members are elected by secret ballot in a first-past-the-post system.    Terms run for one year and there must be eight weeks notice given for elections.    The government is run by a President who is elected by the council members.

Community governments in general serve more functions than a traditional council, becoming more involved with local industry and management.
　

PAPER 2                TIME LIMIT: 120 MIN
PART 4 TRASLATION     [60 MIN]
SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH
Translate the following underlined part of the text into English. Write your translation on ANSER SHEET THREE.
1997年2月24日我们代表团下榻日月潭中信大饭店，送走了最后一批客人，已是次日凌晨3点了。我躺在床上久久不能入睡，披衣走到窗前，往外看去，只见四周峰峦叠翠，湖面波光粼粼。 望着台湾这仅有的景色如画的天然湖泊，我想了许多，许多......
这次到台湾访问交流，虽然行程匆匆，但是，看了不少地方，访了旧友，交了新知，大家走到一起，谈论的一个重要话题就是中华民族在21世纪的强盛。虽然祖国大陆、台湾的青年生活在不同的社会环境中，有着各自不同的生活经历，但大家的内心都深深铭刻着中华文化优秀传统的印记，都拥有着振兴中华民族的共同理想。在世纪之交的伟大时代，我们的祖国正在走向繁荣富强，海峡两岸人民也将加强交流，共同推进祖国统一大业的早日完成。世纪之交的宝贵机遇和巨大挑战将青年推到了历史前台。跨世纪青年一代应该用什么样的姿态迎接充满希望的新世纪，这是我们必须回答的问题。
日月潭水波不兴，仿佛与我们一同在思索......

SECTION B    ENGLISH TO CHINESE
Translate the following underlined part of the text into Chinese.    Write your translation on answer sheet two.
I agree to some extent with my imaginary English reader.    American literary historians are perhaps prone to view their own national scene too narrowly, mistaking prominence for uniqueness.    They do over-phrase their own literature, or certainly its minor figures.    And Americans do swing from aggressive overphrase of their literature to an equally unfortunate, imitative deference.    But then, in fields where they are not pre-eminent__e.g. in painting and music__ they too alternate between boasting of native products and copying those of the Continent.    How many English paintings try to look as though they were done in Paris; how many times have we read in articles that they really represent an "English tradition" after all.

To speak of American literature, then, is not to assert that it is completely unlike that of Europe.    Broadly speaking, America and Europe have kept step.    At any given moment the traveller could find examples in both of the same architecture, the same styles in dress, the same books on the shelves.    Ideas have crossed the Atlantic as freely as men and merchandise, though sometimes more slowly.    When I refer to American habit, thoughts, etc., I intend some sort of qualification to precede the word, for frequently the difference between America and Europe (especially England) will be one of degree, sometimes only of a small degree.    The amount of divergence is a subtle affair, liable to perplex the Englishman when he looks at America.    He is looking at a country which in important senses grew out of his own, which in several ways still resembles his own_and which is yet a foreign country.    There are odd overlappings and abrupt unfamiliarities; kinship yields to a sudden alienation, as when we hail a person across the street, only to discover from his blank response that we have mistaken a stranger for a friend.


PART 5 WRITING [60MIN]
Nowadays with the development of economy, existing cities are growing bigger and new cities are appearing.    What do you think is ONE of the major problems that may result from this process of urbanization?

Write an essay of about 300 words on the topic given below.
ONE MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE PROCESS OF URBANIZATION

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 details.    In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organizaiton, grammar and appropriacy.    Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

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