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Topic On Plastic Surgery For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief account of the fashion of plastic surgery and then explain why people seek plastic surgery. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

昆曲 (Kunqu)是中国最古老的戏曲剧种之一，起源于 元朝末年 (the late Yuan Dynasty)江苏昆山地区。昆曲的表演有它独特的体系和风格。它最大的特点就是感情丰富，歌唱和舞蹈巧妙结合。许多昆曲剧目都是歌颂浪漫的古代爱情故事。昆曲代表作 《牡丹亭》 (The Peony Pavilion)是中国戏曲文学中的不朽之作。如今人们对保护传统文化的呼吁将有助于昆曲重新走向繁荣。

当铺 (pawnshop)是中国最古老的金融行业之一。长期以来，它们为身处危急时刻的人们提供现金。然而在过去的几十年间，当铺渐渐消失了。如今它们正迎来一个繁荣发展的新时期。究其原因就是典当行能为顾客提供快速、便捷的金融服务。此外，黄金、 珠宝 (jewellery)、手表以及其他值钱的东西都可以典当。到前年底，全国已有5000多间典当行， 总交易额 (total transaction)超过2000亿人民币。

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Bill Gates was 20 years old. Steve Jobs was 21. Warren Buffett was 26. Ralph Lauren was 28. These now iconic(偶像的)names were all 20-somethings when they started their companies that would throw them, and their enterprises, into some of the biggest successes ever known. Consid er this: many of the truly remarkable innovations of the latest generation—a list that includes Google, Facebook and Twitter—were all founded by people under 30. So what is it about that youthful decade after those awkward teenage years that inspires such shoot-for-the-moon success? Does age really have something to do with it? It does. Young people bring fresh eyes to confronting problems and challenges that others have given up on. 20-something entrepreneurs see no boundaries and see no limits. And they can make change happen. Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, has another, colder theory that may explain it: Ultimately, it' s about money. In other words, it' s the young people who have nothing to lose, with no mortgage and, frankly, with nothing to do on a Friday night except work, who are the ones often willing to take the biggest risks. Sure, they are talented. But it's their persistence and zeal(激情), the desire to stay up until 6 a.m. chugging Red Bull, that is the difference between being a salaried employee and an entrepreneur. That's not to say that most 20-somethings are finding success. They're not. The latest crop of U ber-suc cessful young entrepreneurs, designers and authors are far, far from the norm In truth, unemployment for workers age 16 to 24 is double the national average. One of the biggest challenges facing this next generation—and one that may prevent more visionary entrepreneurs from succeeding—is the staggering rise in the level of debt college students have been left with. If Peter Thiel' s theory is right, it is going to be harder and harder for young people to take big risks because they will be crushed with obligations before they even begin. If you're over 29 years old and still haven't made your world-changing mark, don't despair. Some older people have had big breakthroughs, too. Thomas Edison didn't invent the phonograph(留声机)until he was 30.

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北京首都国际机场 (Beijing Capital International Airport)位于北京市中心东北方向32公里处。机场于1958年投入使用，至今已有50多年的历史。2012年，机场 旅客吞吐量 (passenger throughput)超过8千万人次，是世界排名第二繁忙的机场；航班 起降 (take-off and landing)次数达56万次，世界排名第六。然而，机场的容量仍然不能完全满足客流量的需求。因此，一个新机场将在大兴县修建，预计2018年能竣工并投入使用。

Living with Parents or Not? For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Living with Parents or Not? You should include in your essay for-and-against views on living with parents and your own choice. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

在中国，风筝具有独特的艺术价值。风筝首先出现在春秋时代(the Spring and Autumn Period)的战争中。随着时代的发展，现在风筝已成为一项世界性的体育和休闲活动。风筝的主要材料为竹子和纸，并加以各种绘画来装饰。风筝具有各种形状，如昆虫、金鱼(goldfish)和云彩等，大的可达数百平方米，最小的甚至可以放在信封里。这些富有魅力的风筝反映了手工艺人(craftsman)的高超技艺。

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丝绸之路(the Silk Road)是中国古代的一条商业贸易路线(trade route)。丝绸之路以古代中国的政治、经济、文化中心——古都长安为起点，一直延伸至中亚、北非和欧洲。它最初的作用是出口中国生产的丝绸。随着时间的推移，丝绸之路逐渐变成了一条连接东西方的主要道路，促进了东西方的经济文化交流。后来，有学者把所有沟通中西方的商路统称为丝绸之路。

Hospitals, hoping to curb medical error, have invested heavily to put computers, smartphones and other devices into the hands of medical staff for instant access to patient data, drug information and case studies. But like many cures, this solution has come with an unintended side effect: doctors and nurses can be focused on the screen and not the patient, even during moments of critical care. A poll showed that half of medical technicians had admitted texting during a procedure. This phenomenon has set off an intensifying discussion at hospitals and medical schools about a problem perhaps best described as "distracted doctoring." In response , some hospitals have begun limiting the use of electronic devices in critical settings, while schools have started reminding medical students to focus on patients instead of devices. "You justify carrying devices around the hospital to do medical records, but you can surf the Internet or do Faccbook, and sometimes Facebook is more tempting ," said Dr. Peter Papadakos at the University of Rochester Medical Center. "My gut feeling (本能的感觉) is lives are in danger," said Dr. Papadakos. "We're not educating people about the problem, and it's getting worse." A survey of 439 medical technicians found that 55 percent of technicians who monitor bypass machines acknowledged that they had talked on cellphones during heart surgery. Half said they had texted while in surgery. The study concluded, "Such distractions have the potential to be disastrous." Medical professionals have always faced interruptions from cellphones, and multitasking is simply a fact of life for many medical jobs. What has changed, say doctors, especially younger ones, is that they face increasing pressure to interact with their devices. The pressure stems from a mantra (信条) of modern medicine that patient care must be " data driven," and informed by the latest, instantly accessible information. By many accounts, the technology has helped reduce medical error by providing instant access to patient data or prescription details. Dr. Peter Carmel, president of the American Medical Association, said technology "offers great potential in health care," but he added that doctors' first priority should be with the patient.

眼下，“ 土豪 ”(tuhao)当属中国最 热门词汇 (buzzword)之一，用来指称那些受教育不多且品味差的富人们。这是中国网友运用聪明才智和创造力为老词注入新生命的又一个例子。“土豪”曾指那些有钱有势、剥削农民的地主们。几年前，当中国 魔兽 (World of Warcraft)玩家用它来指代那些为强大的虚拟武器一掷千金的有钱玩家时，它的意思就彻底变了。如今，“土豪”这个词已经被引入日常语言之中。