Part IV Translation Directions：This part, numbered 56 to 66, is to test your ability to translate Chinese into English or English into Chinese.Each of ten sentences（No.56 to No.65）is followed by four choices of suggested translation marked A, B, C and D.Make the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Write your translation of the paragraph（No.66）in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet. 56. 虽然我们是多年的老朋友 , 但他也不会借钱给我。
66.The Duanwu Festival, also called the Dragon Boat Festival, is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan.Qu Yuan was a loyal and highly esteemed minister, who brought peace and prosperity to the state but ended up drowning himself in a river as a result of being vilified.People got to the spot by boat and cast glutinous rice dumplings into the water, hoping that the fishes ate the dumplings instead of Qu Yuan’s body. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by glutinous rice dumplings and dragon boat races,especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.
