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北京胡同不但是北京普通老百姓的生活场所，它更是北京独特的文化名片，代表着北京的草根(grassroots)文化。

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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on people's gradual acceptance of plastic surgery. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

It is a common belief that sharp frosts color the autumn leaves. As a matter of fact, such frosts are far more likely to turn leaves black or dull brown than to give them the gorgeous tints we admire. The coloring of the leaves in the fall is a chemical process that is favored by gradual cooling rather than sudden cold. It is not entirely confined to the autumn. Bright red and yellow leaves are often found on the swamp maple and other trees, even in summer. Through the season of growth the leaves serve as food factories for the trees. In their tiny cells the carbon of the air is combined with materials brought up by the tree fluid from the roots to form the starch, sugar, and other substances by which the whole tree is fed. The food-making process is performed by sunshine with the aid of a substance called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a mixture of several pigments, or coloring matters. One of these is green, and gives the leaves their ordinary color. Another is yellow and is the same substance that, on account of its abundance in growing grass, makes butter particularly yellow in the spring. When the cool weather sets in and the growth of vegetation slows down, the trees need less food and gradually suspend work in the leaf factories. Both the food and the chlorophyll in the leaves are drawn into the body of the tree and stored up for use in the spring. This transfer involves many chemical changes. One of them is the breaking up of the chlorophyll into the substances of which it is composed. The green pigment passes out of the leaves before the yellow. Thus yellow becomes one of the prevailing hues of the autumn foliage. The reds, which also prevail in the autumn, do not come from the chlorophyll, but from pigments contained in the sap. Their appearance indicates an excess of sugar in the leaves, after the withdrawal of other materials. It is supposed, also, that the reddening of the leaves protects the food materials from the harmful effects of strong light during their passage into the tree. The same red coloring is seen in the buds of many plants in the spring, where it probably also serves a protective purpose.

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Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaybasedonthepicturebelow.Youshouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandthengiveyourcomments.WriteyouressayonAnswerSheet1.Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words

汉字 (Chinese character)是世界上最古老的文字之一。它在古时由汉族人所创造，历史甚至可以追溯到五千年前。所以，汉字的起源也可以被认为是中国古文明的开端。汉字这个名字，得名于汉族和汉朝。汉字是迄今为止连续使用时间最长的书写系统，集发音、形象和词义三者于一体，这在世界文字中是独一无二的。汉字往往可以引起人们美妙而大胆的联想，给人以美感。汉字体现了中国历史和深远思想的精髓，是中国最宝贵的文化遗产。

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Directions：For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled How to Be Creative by commenting on this remark by a creativity expert，“If you're not prepared to be wrong，you'll never come up with anything original．”You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words．Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1．

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唐三彩 (the Tang tri-colored glazed pottery)是一种以黄、褐、绿为基本色的 陶器 (ceramics)，它盛行于唐代，距今已有1300多年的历史。它吸取了中国国画、雕塑等工艺美术的特点，以其鲜明的色彩、独特的制作工艺深得人们的喜爱。唐三彩富有生活 气息 (flavor)。涉及生活的方方面面，从逼真的动物造型、生动的人物形象到日常生活用品，展现了当时唐朝丰富多彩的社会生活和辉煌的文化。作为一种传统工艺品，唐三彩不仅在中国的陶器史占据特殊地位。而且对中外文化的交流也起到了相当重要的作用。

兵马俑(Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses)是世界上最大的地下军事博物馆，于1987年被列入世界文化遗产，并被誉为“世界第八大奇迹”。