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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education Advanced Level
9715/05
CHINESE
Paper 5 Prose
October/November 2010
45 minutes
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Translate the passage overleaf into Chinese.
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Translate into Chinese.
That evening, I went across the square on my way home. There were several small
kiosks1 in the square. A woman wanted to sell me a pair of gloves. “Why not buy a
pair for your young wife?” she asked. I replied that I did not have a young wife, but I
still bought the gloves.
At the southwest corner was the subway entrance. Sitting on a bench was a girl
selling flowers. In the basket next to her there was only one rose left. She sat there
quietly with a sweet smile on her face. I bought the last rose.
On the platform I saw a man selling newspapers. I bought an evening newspaper
from him. I got on the train and took a seat. Opposite me there was an elderly man,
dozing off. When I was about to get off, he woke up. He smiled at me and murmured
something in a quiet voice.
I walked out of the station and looked up at the night sky. In the sky there was only
one star. The star was very bright, and like a lamp it guided my way home.
I didn’t have much that evening – a pair of gloves, a rose, a newspaper, a smile and
a little bit of starlight. But what more could one want from life?
[40 marks]
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kiosk: 售货亭
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