八十七年度語文測驗（請將下列英文陳述翻譯成中文）
１.	Military experts tell us that the People's Republic lacks advanced capabilities that would enable it to effectively attack the island. What they forget is that means short of an invasion would do the trick: a blockade or attack on a small offshore island would crash the sensitive Taiwan bourse or destabilize the NT dollar, destroying the savings of millions of residents. For the first time ever, surveys in July showed pro-independence sentiment surpassing that favoring an eventual union with the mainland. Unless the relationship across the strait is carefully managed, the stage for confrontation at some future date appears set. Taiwan's relationship with China will determine the island's economic future, but the R.O.C. government appears not to recognize this reality. Government restrictions on cross-strait trade and investment are inhibiting the growth of local companies and the interest of multinationals in setting up a presence in Taiwan. (30%)
２.	Taiwan continued its quest for more international recognition with new attempts to re-enter the U.N. and other international bodies like the World Health Organization. Non were successful, and all angered Beijing, which holds that the P.R.C. government is the sole representative of China, including Taiwan. Taipei's plans to ship nuclear waste to North Korea met with disapproval from the international community. In December 1996, the R.O.C. lost one of its last major diplomatic allies when South Africa announced that it would break ties with Taipei in a year's time. After the Cambodian coup in July 1997, Taiwan's semi-official presence in Phnom Penh was downgraded in China's favor. Domestic concerns about a deteriorating public order, coupled with these diplomatic setbacks, made many Taiwanese wonder if the considerable resources and attention which the government bestows on foreign relations are warranted. Taiwan continues to play a role in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and aspires, as noted elsewhere, to accede the World Trade Organization (WTO). (30%)
３.	The overarching framework of U.S. policy toward the Asia-Pacific region, as President Clinton Stated in his first term, is the building of a Pacific community, according to Stanley Roth, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. "I think one of my priorities in this job will be to keep moving forward in both of those organizations; to take the ASEAN Regional Forum into increasing activities on the confidence-building side; seeing if there are more activities where we can get the militaries of the region talking to each other directly; having joint exercises down the line; moving toward the second stage goal of preventive diplomacy, which we haven't reached yet. On the APEC side, I think we're going to have the challenge this year of how we want to respond to the financial situation in Southeast Asia." The United States, Roth said, would like to achieve a strategic partnership with China-a relationship that has a broader framework to it than bilateral problems such as trade, human rights, non-proliferation, or market access. "For example," he said, "we have been working together quite well on North Korea. China is the largest donor, at the moment, of food and oil to North Korea-more than the U.S., Japan, and South Korea combined. That's an interesting situation, but we are working toward a common objective. We've been working well on Cambodia, unlike a period of time in the past. We're starting to get interested in working on environmental issues, on counter-narcotics issues, alien smuggling, counter-terrorism, many of the global issues". (40%)