问答题You are to write an essay according to the following situation: It seems that in the information age we are spending less and less time in outdoor activities such as biking, camping, fishing, hiking and walking than we are watching TV, playing video games, blogging and hanging out online. This new human tendency to focus on sedentary activities involving electronic media, particularly television, the Internet, and video games is now termed "videophilia. " Experts worry that videophilia may affect our society in significant ways. What do you think of videophilia?Requirements: Write an essay of about 350 words to expound clearly your viewpoint on this topic. You need to supply a title for your essay. In the first part of your writing you should present your viewpoint in a well-formulated thesis statement; in the second part, you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details; in the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a comment. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, syntactic variety, proper length, and appropriate word choice. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in the loss of marks. Remember to produce a clean fair copy.

问答题The Book of Changes

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Study the following table carefully and write an essay. Your essay must meet the following requirements: 1) Describe the table; 2) Explain the possible causes; 3) Your suggestions. You should write about 160 - 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)　　　　　　　　　　 {{B}}Economical and Social Indicators for Country A and Country B in 1995{{/B}} indicators A B Annual income per capita (in $ US) 15,800 500 Annual social security per capita (in $ US) 2,000 300 Life expectancy (years old) 70 54 Adult literacy rate (%) 99 60

问答题Directions: Study the following information carefully and write letter in at least 100 words. Your name is Li Ming, a student of the Department of Applied Physics, Tsinghua University. You hope to further your study in Boston University( Massachusetts, USA)upon your graduation next year. Now you are writing to the office of graduate admissions to ask for the Application Form and other relative materials. The following points should also be covered in your letter: 1) your personal information; 2) the reason why you choose Boston university; 3) a brief study plan. You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.

问答题3. Getting rid of bad habits like smoking and drinking alcohol is also an important way to keep healthy.

问答题History is never a closed book or a final verdict. It is forever in the interests of an ideology, a religion, a race, and a nation. The great strength of history is its capacity for self-correction. This is the endless excitement of historical writing: the search to reconstruct what went before.

问答题Granny Weatherall(in The Jilting of Granny Weatherall)

问答题Developments in 19th-eentury Europe are bounded by two great events. The French Revolution broke out in 1789, and its effects reverberated throughout much of Europe for many decades: World War I began in 1914. Its inception resulted from many trends in European society, culture, and diplomacy during the late 19thcentury. In between these boundaries--the one opening a new set of trends, the other bringing long-standing tensions to a head--much of modern Europe was defined. Europe during this 125-year span was both united and deeply divided. A number of basic cultural trends, including new literary styles and the spread of science, ran through the entire continent. European states were increasingly locked in diplomatic interaction, culminating in continent wide alliance system after 1871. At the same time, this was the century of growing nationalism, in which individual states jealously protected their identities and indeed established more rigorous border controls than ever before. Finally, The European continent was to an extent divided between two zones of differential development. Changes such as the Industrial Revolution _and political liberalization spread first and fastest in western Europe-Britain, France, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, and, to an extent, Germany and Italy. Eastern and southern Europe, more rural at the outset of the period, changed more slowly and in somewhat different ways. Europe witnessed important common patterns and increasing interconnections, but these developments must be assessed in terms of nation-state divisions and, even more, of larger regional differences. Some trends, including the ongoing impact of the French Revolution, ran through virtually the entire 19thcentury. Other characteristics, however, had a shorter life span. Some historians prefer to divide 19th-century history into relatively small chunks. Thus 1789 - 1815 is defined by the French Revolution and Napoleon; 1815 - 1848 forms a period of reaction and adjustment; 1848 -1871 is dominated by a new round of revolution and the unifications of the Ger- man and Italian nations; and 1871 -1914, an age of imperialism, is shaped by new kinds of political debate and the pressures that culminated in war. Overriding these important markers, however, a simpler division can also be useful. Between 1789 and 1849 Europe dealt with the forces of political revolution and the first impact of the Industrial Revolution. Between 1849 and 1914 a fuller industrial society emerged, including new forms of states and of diplomatic and military alignments. The mid-19th century, in either formulation, looms as a particularly important point of transition within the extended 19th century.

问答题Writeanessaybasedonthefollowingchart,inwhichyoushould1)interpretthechart,and2)giveyourcomments.Youshouldwriteabout150wordsontheANSWERSHEET.

问答题They found it impossible to finish the job before 6 p.m.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Therehasrecentlybeenadiscussioninthenewspaperontheissueofchoiceofwork.Writeanessaytothenewspaperto1.showyourunderstandingofthesymbolicmeaningofthepicturebelow1)thecontentofthepicture2)themeaning/yourunderstanding2.giveaspecificexample/commentYoushouldneatlywrite160—200wordsonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题Difficulties in intercultural communication arise when there is little or no awareness of divergent cultural values and beliefs.(46)In cross-cultural interaction, speakers sometimes assume that what they believe is right, because they have grown up thinking their way is the best. This ethnocentric assumption can result in negative judgments about other cultures. Another manifestation of ethnocentric attitudes is that people become critical of individuals from different cultures. (47)Sometimes negative reactions do not result from actual interaction but rather from the fixed, preconceived beliefs we have about other people. These over generalized beliefs or" stereotypes frequently shape people's perceptions of each other. Stereotypes originate and develop from numerous sources such as jokes, textbooks, movies, and television. Movies about cowboys and Indians portray cowboys as "civilized" and Indians as wild and "primitive". A child who knows about the American Indian only through watching these movies will have a distorted and false image of this group of people. (48) Stereotypes perpetuate inaccuracies about religions, racial, and cultural groups. (49)Stereotyped beliefs prevent us from seeing people as individuals with unique characteristics. Negative stereotypes lead to prejudice: suspicion, intolerance, or hatred of other cultural groups. Cultural conflicts occur as a result of misinterpretations, ethnocentrism, stereotypes, and prejudice. Preventing these conflicts is possible with increased awareness of our own attitudes as well as sensitivity to cross-cultural differences. (50)Developing intercultural sensitivity does not mean that we need to lose our cultural identities-- but rather that we recognize cultural influences within ourselves and within others.

问答题Describe the belief of the transcendentalists in American history. Who are the main representatives of transcendentalism?

问答题Define the following concepts. (1)Phoneme (2)Deep Structure and Surface Structure (3)Speech Act Theory (4)The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

问答题Slaughterhouse Five

问答题Linguistic determinism

问答题千瓦