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The world-famous Belgian has arrived in Britain with his equally famous dog for a five-month stay—nearly 70 years after his first visit. Tintin, the eternally youthful reporter who only was ever known to file one story in all his adventures, is celebrating his 75th birthday this year with a new exhibition at London's National Maritime Museum. Tintin at Sea is a collection of original drawings by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi—more commonly known as Herge which was the French-speaking pronunciation of his reversed initial RG— and some of the artifacts and models that inspired him. "Herge had a lifelong fascination with the sea and was above all a person who insisted on detail," the museum's director Roy Clare told reporters at a preview of the exhibition which opens to the public on Wednesday and runs to September 5. Tintin, with his trademark quiff and plus-four trousers, traveled all over the world on adventures that took him and his white terrier known as Snowy in English and Milou in French from Tibet to America and Iceland to Africa. Books of his adventures have been translated into 60 languages and have sold 200 million copies since the comic strip character first saw the light of day in 1929. Although the stories took Tintin and his irascible companion Captain Haddock as far as the moon, the sea is a recurring theme, in stories such as The Crab with the Golden Claws, Red Rackham's Treasure and The Secrets of the Unicorn. Herge, who only traveled widely after the success of his creation, was a self-taught artist. He stayed in Belgium through World War Two and was accused and cleared of collaboration immediately afterwards, although he suffered a period of being an exile as a result. He was also accused of racism in some of Tintin's earlier adventures. The reporter only once travelled to Britain, in the story The Black Isle, published in 1938. "Here you have four famous Belgians," Joren Vandeweyer, the country's cultural attache(大使随员)to Britain, told reporters. "Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock and of course Herge himself, back after 66 years."

Some marriages seem to collapse so suddenly that you'd need a crystal ball to predict their demise(灭亡). In other cases, though, the seeds of marital【C1】______are not only easier to see but they may be planted even before the honeymoon bills come【C2】______According to UCLA psychologist Thomas Bradbury, Ph. D., the way a newlywed【C3】______when his or her spouse is facing a personal problem is a surprisingly good window into their marital future. Bradbury and Lauri Pasch, Ph. D., invited 57 couples, all married less than six months, to discuss a difficulty that each partner was having. While some couples proved to be superstars at providing emotional support, others were【C4】______inept(笨拙的). Two years later, nine of the couples had already【C5】______and five other marriages were intact but hanging by a thread. These 14 couples, it turned out, had been far less likely to provide support to one another as newlyweds than the other 43 couples whose marriages were【C6】______Bradbury thinks a couple's【C7】______to help each other through tough times is what often blossoms into full-fledged marital discord—and【C8】______divorce. All of which suggests an obvious antidote to the sky-high divorce rate: if couples can learn how to provide emotional support before they marry, they【C9】______a better chance of staying together. The trouble, Bradbury says, is that couples who go for premarital【C10】______—where they can learn such skills—tend to be the ones with a lesser risk for marital problems in the first place. A)thriving B)comments C)inability D)regretfully E)committing F)dissolution G)stand H)intends I)due J)reacts K)ultimately L)durable M)split N)regularly O)counseling

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黄金周 (the Golden Week)是指连续7天的全国性假期。1999年，中国开始推行黄金周政策。从那以后，黄金周通过鼓励人们旅游和消费，丰富了人们的日常生活，促进了社会经济的发展。然而不可否认，黄金周带来的问题也日益明显：交通拥堵、旅游景点人满为患以及物价上涨。2012年，中国政府宣布重大节假日期间全国高速公路免收通行费，其中就包括春节和国庆两个7天假期，这一政策从某种程度上又导致了出行车辆和人数的增加。

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快递服务呈现多元化(diversification)趋势，国有、民营和外资快递公司共存，相互竞争。

避暑山庄原为清代皇帝避暑和从事各种政治活动的场所，见证了清朝二百多年的繁荣与衰败。

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《史记》(Recoeds of the Grand Historian)不以时间为顺序，而是以人物为中心来记录历史事实。开创了新的史书写作手法。

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled Students' Use of Computers. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words, and base your composition on the outline given below. 1．下图所示为某校大学生平均每周使用计算机的时间：1990年(2 hours)、1995年(4 hours)、2002年(20 hours)，请描述其变化。 2．请说明发生这些变化的原因(可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明)。 3．你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题。

泰山 (Mount Tai)位于山东省的中部，海拔1545米。山上有不计其数的 奇石 (grotesque rock formations)、清瀑、古松、石桥、庙宇、塔类、 殿堂 (hall)，以及历代名人和 书法家 (calligrapher)所留下的古老的石刻 碑文 (inscription)。泰山将自然景观与文化遗产完美地融为一体，吸引着来自世界各地的游客。泰山之所以被称为“天下第一山”，是因为历代帝王认为它是 圣地 (holy place)，并来此祈祷国家繁荣祥和。1987年泰山因其文化价值和旅游价值而被列为世界文化遗产和自然遗产。

1．大学破格录取人才的现象越来越普遍 2．人们对其意见不一 3．我认为……

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark "No pains, no gains." You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

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然而，由于位置偏远、交通落后、与其他地区交流不足，中国西部地区在经济、文化、人民生活水平等方面不够发达。