People are being lured (引诱) onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service without realizing they're paying for it by giving up loads of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages. Most Facebook users don't realize this is happening. Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what they're paying for Facebook, because people don't really know what their personal data is worth. The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules. Early on, you could keep everything private. That was the great thing about Facebook—you could create your own little private network. Last year, the company changed its privacy rules so that many things—your city, your photo, your friends' names—were set, by default (默认) ,to be shared with every one on the Internet. According to Facebook's vice-president Elliot Schrage, the company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people don't share information, they have a "less satisfying experience". Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. Its original business model, which involved selling ads and putting them at the side of the pages, totally failed. Who wants to look at ads when they're online connecting with their friends? The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April, Senator Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also urged the Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites. "I think the senator rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them," Schrage admits. I suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy, it's only the beginning. Which is why I'm considering deactivating (撤销)my account. Facebook is a handy site, but I'm upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don't trust. That's too high a price to pay.

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Topic On Depression on Campus 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 depression on campus and then explain the causes of this phenomenon and propose solutions to reduce it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

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Topic On Teacher-student Relationship For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On Teacher-student Relationship following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1．很多时候师生关系不那么尽如人意 2．糟糕的师生关系的表现包括…… 3．良好的师生关系应该是……

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据报道，国务院(State Council)将采取新的措施来促进我国健康服务业的发展。健康服务业涵盖医疗服务、健康管理、健康保险以及其他相关服务。这些措施包括简化审批程序，鼓励保险公司健康保险产品多样化，鼓励民间资本(private capital)进入医疗服务部门等。这对提高人民健康水平和扩大就业具有重要意义。业内人士(insider)认为，作为健康服务业核心的医疗服务将会加速发展。

筷子(chopsticks)是一种中国传统餐具(eating utensil)，由两根同等长度的小细棒组成，用于夹起食物。筷子一般由竹、木、金属或塑料制成。它轻巧灵活，使用方便。早在三千多年前的商代(the Shang Dynasty)，中国人就开始使用筷子了。筷子是反映中国饮食文化的重要组成部分，可谓是中国文化的代表。作为一种独特的餐具，筷子被西方人誉为“东方的文明”。

The predictability of our mortality rates is something that has long puzzled social scientists. After all, there is no natural reason why 2,500 people should accidentally shoot themselves each year or why 7,000 should drown or 55,000 die in their cars. No one establishes a quota for each type of death. It just happens that they follow a consistent pattern year after year. A few years ago a Canadian psychologist named Gerald Wilde became interested in this phenomenon. He noticed that mortality rates for violent and accidental deaths throughout the western world have remained oddly static throughout the whole of the century, despite all the technological advances and increases in safety standards that have happened in that time. Wilde developed an intriguing theory called "risk homeostasis". According to this theory, people instinctively live with a certain level of risk. When something is made safer, people will get around the measure in some way to reassert the original level of danger. If, for instance, they are required to wear seat belts, they will feel safer and thus will drive a little faster and a little more recklessly, thereby statistically canceling out the benefits that the seat belt confers. Other studies have shown that where an intersection is made safer, the accident rate invariably falls there but rises to a compensating level elsewhere along the same stretch of road. It appears, then, that we have an innate need for danger. In all events, it is becoming clearer and clearer to scientists that the factors influencing our lifespan are far more subtle and complex than had been previously thought. It now appears that if you wish to live a long life, it isn't simply a matter of adhering to certain precautions ..., eating the right foods, not smoking, driving with care. You must also have the right attitude. Scientists at the Duke University Medical Center made a 15-year study of 500 persons personalities and found, somewhat to their surprise, that people with a suspicious or mistrustful nature die prematurely far more often than people with a sunny disposition. Looking on the bright side, it seems, can add years to your life span.

道教(Taoism)是中国土生土长的宗教，已经影响了中国人两千多年。道教有三个起源，最古老的是“黄帝”(Yellow Emperor)传说。第二个来源是庄子的作品。但最著名的是老子的《道德经》。道家强调自由、自然、修身养性(self-cultivation)，甚至追求永生(immortality)。道教对中国文化的许多领域都产生了深刻而持久的影响，包括艺术、哲学、医学和美食，并在东亚地区广泛流传。

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For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic Fireworks. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words following the outline given below:1．有些人认为应当保留放鞭炮的传统。2．另一些人则认为应当禁止放鞭炮。3．你的看法。

中国正与17个国家协商，要把 高铁网络 (high-speed railway network)延伸到这些国家。这些国家大多数矿产和能源资源都很丰富。这些线路将会按照中国高铁建设标准来铺设，最高时速可达到350公里。中国承诺为他们提供技术、设备和高速列车，甚至为那些愿意向中国提供自然资源的国家承担建设费用。目前，中俄两国已经就修建跨越 西伯利亚 (Siberia)的高铁路线达成了一致意见。

二十四 节气 (solar terms)的划分起源于 黄河流域一带 (Yellow River area)，是中国古代 历法 (calendar)特有的重要组成部分和独特创造。在古代中国，人们常用二十四节气来表示季节更替和气候变化状况。节气的制定是我们祖先在长期的农业生产实践中，逐步认识气象变化规律的结果。长期以来，甚至直到今天，二十四节气在中国的 农牧业生产 (agricultural and animal husbandry production)中一直起着重要的作用。

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the following topic. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Some people claim that there are more disadvantages of the car than its advantages. Do you agree or disagree?

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他们的民歌优美动听，被广泛传唱。