对所有中国的大一新生来说，9月是激动人心的日子。许多人都是第一次走出家门，在一个新环境中生活。但在数周后，激动的心情慢慢地被 乡愁 (homesickness)所取代。乡愁是因为离开家而产生的痛苦之情。他们想念家人、以前的朋友和同学、甚至是自己的旧床铺。有些学生只会觉得有一点孤独、悲伤或焦虑。其他人可能会表现出胃痛或头痛等身体不适的症状。

根据传统，门前摆放的石狮应为一对，雄狮在左而雌狮在右。

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1958年，一位日本人发明了方便面(instant noodle)。虽然它没什么营养(nutrition)却因为美味并能遏制饥饿，所以在诞生后迅猛发展。目前，中国已经成为世界上最大的方便面生产国和消费国。中国方便面的年产量大约为500亿包，占全球总产量的50％以上。对于中国这样一个人口大国来说，方便面行业的发展至关重要。它对于扩大消费和需求，特别是赈饥与救灾方面发挥着重要的作用。

春节是中国最重要的节日。观看 春节联欢晚会 (the Spring Festival Gala)是中国人庆祝春节的一个重要组成部分。这个一年一度的晚会由中央电视台(CCTV)直播，从除夕之夜晚上8点开始，持续约4个小时。晚会节目丰富多彩，以音乐、舞蹈、喜剧和戏剧表演为主。观众在观看节目的同时还可以通过电话、短信和互联网为自己喜爱的节目投票。评选结果会在15天之后的 元宵节晚会 (Lantern Festival Gala)上公布。

Animals on the MoveA)It looked like a scene from "Jaws" but without the dramatic music. A huge shark was lowly swimming through the water, its tail swinging back and forth like the pendulum of a clock.B)Suddenly sensitive nerve ending in the shark's skin picked up vibrations of a struggling fish. The shark was immediately transformed into a deadly, efficient machine of death. With muscles taut, the shark knifed through the water at a rapid speed. In a flash the shark caught its victim, a large fish, in its powerful jaws. Then, jerking its head back and forth, the shark tore huge chunks of flesh from its victim and swallowed them. Soon the action was over.Moving to SurviveC)In pursuing its prey, the shark demonstrated in a dramatic way the important role of movement, or locomotion, in animals.D)Like the shark, most animals use movement to find food. They also use locomotion to escape enemies, find a mate, and explore new territories. The methods of locomotion include crawling, hopping, slithering, flying, swimming, or walking.E)Humans have the added advantage of using their various inventions to move about in just about any kind of environment. Automobiles, rockets, and submarines transport humans from deep oceans to as far away as the moon. However, for other animals movement came about naturally through millions of years of evolution. One of the most successful examples of animal locomotion is that of the shark. Its ability to quickly zero in on its prey has always impressed scientists. But it took a detailed study by Duke University marine biologists S. A. Wainwright, F. Vosburgh, and J. H. Hebrank to find out how the sharks did it. In their study the scientists observed sharks swimming in a tank at Marine land in Saint Augustine, Fla. Movies were taken of the sharks' movements and analyzed. Studies were also made of shark skin and muscle.Skin Is the KeyF)The biologists discovered that the skin of the shark is the key to the animal's high efficiency in swimming through the water. The skin contains many fibers that crisscross like the inside of a belted radial tire. The fibers are called collagen fibers. These fibers can either store or release large amounts of energy depending on whether the fibers are relaxed or taut. When the fibers are stretched, energy is stored in them the way energy is stored in the string of a bow when pulled tight. When the energy is released, the fibers become relaxed.G)The Duke University biologists have found that the greatest stretching occurs where the shark bends its body while swimming. During the body's back and forth motion, fibers along the outside part of the bending body stretch greatly. Much potential energy is stored in the fibers. This energy is released when the shark' s body snaps back the other way.H)As energy is alternately stored and released on both sides of the animal's body, the tail whips strongly back and forth. This whip-like action propels the animal through the water like a living bullet. Source of EnergyI)What causes the fibers to store so much energy? In finding the answer the Duke University scientists learned that the shark's similarity to a belted radial tire doesn't stop with the skin. Just as a radial tire is inflated by pressure, so, too, is the area just under the shark's collagen "radials". Instead of air pressure, however, the pressure in the shark may be due to the force of the blood pressing on the collagen fibers.J)When the shark swims slowly, the pressure on the fibers is relatively low. The fibers are more relaxed, and the shark is able to bend its body at sharp angles. The animal swims this way when looking around for food or just swimming. However, when the shark detects an important food source, some fantastic involuntary changes take place.K)The pressure inside the animal may increase by 10 times. This pressure change greatly stretches the fibers, enabling much energy to be stored.L)This energy is then transferred to the tail, and the shark is off. The rest of the story is predictable. Dolphin Has Speed RecordM)Another fastmarine animal is the dolphin. This seagoing mammal has been clocked at speeds of 32 kilometers(20 miles)an hour. Biologists studying the dolphin have discovered that, like the shark, the animal' s efficient locomotion can be traced to its skin. A dolphin' s skin is made up in such a way that it offers very little resistance to the water flowing over it. Normally when a fish or other object moves slowly through the water, the water flows smoothly past the body. This smooth flow is known as laminar flow. However, at faster speeds the water becomes more turbulent along the moving fish. This turbulence muses friction and slows the fish down.N)In a dolphin the skin is so flexible that it bends and yields to the waviness of the water.O)The waves, in effect, become tucked into the skin's folds. This allows the rest of the water to move smoothly by in a laminar flow. Where other animals would be slowed by turbulent water at rapid speeds, the dolphin can race through the water at record breaking speeds. Other Animals Less EfficientP)Not all animals move as efficiently as sharks and dolphins. Perhaps the greatest loser in locomotion efficiency is the slug. The slug(鼻涕虫), which looks like a snail without a shell, lays down a slimy(黏滑的)trail over which it crawls. It uses so much energy producing the slimy mucus(黏液)and crawling over it that a mouse traveling the same distance uses only one twelfth as much energy.Q)Scientists say that because of the slug's inefficient use of energy, its lifestyle must be restricted. That is, the animals are forced to confine themselves to small areas for obtaining food and finding proper living conditions. Have humans ever been faced with this kind of problem?

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Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessay.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthenexpressyourviewsontheindependenceofyoungpeopleinmodernsociety.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.

长江，又名扬子江(the Yangtze River)，全长6300多千米，是中国第一大河，世界第三大河。

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高山族世代居住在中国的台湾省，人口约为40万。他们以农业生产为主，种植水稻、红薯和小米(millet)等。还有些族人以打猎和捕鱼为生。高山族没有本民族文字，但口头文学很丰富，有许多神话、传说和民歌。唱歌和跳舞是高山族人生活的一部分，每逢节日，他们都要聚集在一起唱歌、跳舞。高山族人还非常喜欢雕刻，刻得最多的是蛇身人首的图像。

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在城市里，越来越多受过良好教育的职业女性加入到剩女的行列。

BPart I Writing/B

河边有一所老房子。

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