问答题With the rise of the women's movement in the late 1960s, the political significance of dress became increasingly explicit. Rejecting orthodox sex roles, blue jeans were a woman's weapon against uncomfortable popular fashions and the view that women should be passive. This was the cloth of action; the cloth of labor became the badge of freedom. If blue jeans were for rebels in the 1960s and early 1970s, by the 1980s they had become a foundation of fashion—available in a variety of colors, textures, fabrics, and fit. On television, in magazine advertising, on the sides of buildings and buses, jeans call out to us. Their humble past is obscured; practical roots are incorporated into a new aesthetic. Jeans are now the universal symbol of the individual and Western democracy. They are the costume of liberated women, with a fit tight enough to restrict like the harness of old—but with the look of freedom and motion. In blue jeans, fashion reveals itself as a complex world of history and change.

问答题What is your understanding of linguistic competence and communicative competence? Do you agree with drawing a distinction between these two competences? Why or why not? Please justify your answer with one or two examples.

问答题Part B Directions: In this section you are asked to write an essay of no less than 150 words about your comments on "Which Is More Important: Competition Or Cooperation?" You should write according to the requirements given below. Requirements：Some people say that the best preparation for life is learning to be cooperative. Others take the opposite view and say that learning to be competitive is the best preparation. Tell which one you agree with and explain why.

问答题"BLOGGO PLC ", announces its press office at 7am, London time, "last night agreed to purchase Junko Inc, of Wichita."(46) A quote from Bloggo's proud chairman sets out how well the American purchase fits the British buyer's strategy. And the British shareholder, if he is wise, heads for his broker and the exit. (47) That, repeatedly, has been the lesson of British incursions into the United States: from attempts in the 1950s of firms like Austin and Morris to sell their utterly ill-suited and often ill-built small cars of the time, through European Ferries, which in the 1980s bought up several thousand acres near Denver, presumably without asking—until it went all-but belly up—whether a cross-Channel ferry firm really knew more about land in Colorado than local real-estate buffs did. Even in the later era of serious direct investment, British incursions have had a spotty, record. Two academics at Xfi, Exeter University's new finance and investment centre, have now put figures on it. Alan Gregory and Steve McCorriston studied 197 British takeovers in America, nearly all the significant ones, in manufacturing and services (banking excluded) in 1984-94. (48) Over a five-year period from the purchase, they found, the cumulative return to shareholders was 27% lower than "normal"—ie, for; similar companies that had stayed at home—and notably worse than the trivial difference over one year that stockmarkets (and academics) have tended to look at. (49) The figure was also in notable contrast to comparable ones from 97 takeovers in the European Union, and 39 elsewhere in the world. Returns in the EU looked better than normal, but the figures were not statistically significant; those in the rest of the world were both, 32% better. (50) You might expect the opposite, given that Britain's corporate culture is much like America's. but some way from those of most EU countries. So why the unexpected outcome? The Exeter academics do not know, but would love to find out—if they can get the research funding.

问答题Women in Love

问答题you should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Matin" instead. you do not need to write the address. (10 points)

问答题Noah"s Ark

问答题Our original quotation for product B was USD1200 per M/T CFRC3/% New York. Now the foreign buyer requests us to quote on CFR5/% New York basis. Please calculate how much the CFR5/% price is.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}A.Studythefollowingpicturecarefullyandwriteanessayofabout160-200words.B.YouressaymustbewrittenclearlyontheANSWERSHEET2.C.Youressayshouldmeettherequirementsbelow:1)Describethepicture,2)deducethepurposeofthepainterofthepicture,and3)suggestcounter-measures.

问答题Social forces that prevailed in the country after 1890 further influenced their development.

问答题1) your gratitude for being given the opportunity, 2) your basic background, 3) your wish for everybody to have a good time. You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2: (10 points)

问答题 Charm is the ultimate weapon, the supreme seduction, against which there are few defenses. If you've got it, you need almost nothing else, neither money, looks, nor pedigree. 41. {{U}}It is a gift, only given to give away, and the more used the more there is. It is also a climate of behavior set for perpetual summer and controlled by taste and tact{{/U}}. Real charm is dynamic, an enveloping spell which mysteriously enslaves the senses. It is an inner light, fed on reservoirs of benevolence which well up like a thermal spring. It is unconscious, often nothing but the wish to please, and cannot be turned on and off at will. 42. {{U}}You recognize charm by the feeling you get in its presence. You know who has it. But can you get it, too? Probably, you can't, because it's a quickness of spirit, an originality of touch you have to be born with{{/U}}. Or it's something that grows naturally out of another quality, like the simple desire to make people happy. Certainly, charm is not a question of learning tricks, like wrinkling your nose, or having a laugh in your voice, or gaily tossing your hair out of your dancing eyes. 43. {{U}}Such signs, to the nervous, are ominous warnings which may well send him streaking for cover. On the other hand, there is an antenna, a built-in awareness of others, which most people have, and which care can nourish{{/U}}. But in a study of charm, what else does one look for? Apart from the ability to listen-rarest of all human virtues and most difficult to sustain without vagueness--apart from warmth, sensitivity, and the power to please, what else is there visible? 44. {{U}}A generosity, I suppose, which makes no demands, a transaction which strikes no bargains which doesn't hold itself back till youv'e filled up a test-card making it clear that you're worth the trouble{{/U}}. Charm can't withhold, but spends itself willingly on young and old alike, on the poor, the ugly, the dim, the boring, on the last fat man in the corner. 45.{{U}} It reveals also in a sense of ease, in casual but perfect manners, and often in a physical grace which springs less from an accident of youth than from a confident serenity of mind. Any person with this is more than just a popular fellow, he is also a social healer{{/U}}.

问答题In what way are language and computer related, and how has their relationship affected language learning? (北外2010研)

问答题Directions: Write a letter to the manager of a hotel to complain about the service you received there and suggest the solutions. You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address.

问答题There are lexical ambiguity and structural ambiguity. How do you think ambiguity can be resolved? Please use examples.

问答题Title: Global Shortage of Fresh Water

问答题Directions: Write a composition of about 150 words on the following topic. Topic: The Values of Failure

问答题homesick