【試題1】
雨後，院裏來了個麻雀，剛長全了羽毛。它在院裏跳，有時飛一下，不過是由地上飛到花盆沿上，或由花盆上飛下來。看它這麼飛了兩三次，我看出來：它並不會飛得再高一些。，它的左翅的幾根長翎擰在一處，有一根特別的長，似乎要脫落下來。我試着往前湊，它跳一跳，可是又停住，看着我，小黑豆眼帶出點要親近我又不完全信任的神氣。我想到了：這是個熟鳥，也許是自幼便養在籠中的。所以它不十分怕人。可是它的左翅也許是被養着它的或別個孩子給扯壞，所以它愛人，又不完全信任。想到這個，我忽然的很難過。一個飛禽失去翅膀是多麼可憐。這個小鳥離了人恐怕不會活，可是人又那麼狠心，傷了它的翎羽。它被人毀壞了，而還想依靠人，多麼可憐!它的眼帶出進退爲難的神情，雖然只是那麼個小而不美的小鳥，它的舉動與表情可露出極大的委屈與爲難。它是要保全它那點生命，而不曉得如何是好。對它自己與人都沒有信心，而又願找到些倚靠。它跳一跳，停一停，看着我，又不敢過來。我想拿幾個飯粒誘它前來，又不敢離開，我怕小貓來撲它。可是小貓並沒在院裏，我很快地跑進廚房，抓來了幾個飯粒。及至我回來，小鳥已不見了。我向外院跑去，小貓在影壁前的`花盆旁蹲着呢。我忙去驅逐它，它只一撲，把小鳥擒住!被人養慣的小麻雀，連掙扎都不會，尾與爪在貓嘴旁搭拉着，和死去差不多。
【參考翻譯】
As soon as the rain stopped, a little sparrow, almost full-fledged, flew into the courtyard. It hopped, fluttered, darting up to the edge of flower pots and back to the ground again. Watching it move up and down a couple of times, I realized drat it could not fly any higher as the plumes on its left wing had got twisted with one sticking out as if about to come off. When I made an attempt to move closer, it jumped off a hit and stopped again, staring back at me with its small, black and bean-like eyes that had a mixed look of wanting to be friends with me and not being certain that I was trustworthy. It occurred to me that this must be a tame bird, having been caged since it was hatched perhaps. No wonder it was not much scared of my presence. Its left wing might have been impaired by some kid and that was why there was distrust in its look though it showed some intimacy with man. Suddenly I was seized with sadness. How miserable it was for a bird to lose its wings! Without someone taking care of it this small thing could not survive. But man had injured its wing. How cruel he was! Injured as it was, it still wanted to rely on man. How pitiable! The look in its eyes showed that She little creature was of two minds. It was small and by no means pretty, yet its gestures and expressions revealed that it had been wronged and landed in a difficult situation. It was anxious to keep its delicate life out of danger, but it did not know what to do. It had little confidence in itself and less trust in man, but it needed someone to rely on. It hopped and stopped, looking at me but too shy to come over. I thought of fetching some cooked rice to attract it, but I dared not leave it alone test it should be attacked by the kitten. As the kitten was not around at the moment, I hurried to the kitchen and cause back with a few grains only to find the bind missing. I ran to the outer yard and saw the kitten crouching by a flower pot in front of the screen wall. I hastened to drive her away but, with a quick jump, she caught hold of the bird. The tame sparrow, with its tail and claws dangling from the kitten’s mouth, did not even know how to struggle. It looked more dead than alive.
【試題2】
沒有一個人將小草叫做“大力士，但是它的力量之大，的確是世界無比。這種力，是一般人看不見的生命力，只要生命存在，這種力就要顯現，上面的石塊，絲毫不足以阻擋，因爲它是一種“長期坑戰的力，有彈性，能屈能伸的力，有韌性，不達目的不止的力。
種子不落在肥土而落在瓦礫中，有生命力的種子決不會悲觀和嘆氣，因爲有了阻力纔有磨鍊。生命開始的一瞬間就帶了鬥爭來的草，纔是堅韌的草，也只有這種草，纔可以傲然地對那些玻璃棚中養育着的盆花鬨笑。
【參考譯文】
Though the little grass has never been said to be herculean, the power it shows is matchless in the world. It is an invisible force of life. So long as there is life, the force will show itself. The rock above it is not heavy enough to prevent it from growing because it is a force that keeps growing over a period of time, because it is an elastic force that can shrink and expand, because it is a tenacious force that will not stop growing until it is grown.
The seed does not choose to fall on fertile land but among debris. If it is filled with life, it is never pessimistic or sad, for it is tempered by resistance and pressure. The grass that fights its way out since the moment it is hom can be called "strong' and “temacious"; only the grass that fights its way up since its birth has the right to laugh with justified pride at the potted plants in glassed green houses.
