人们从工作、读书的地方回到家里，在除夕夜与家人一起吃团圆饭。

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Water scooters are water vehicles that look very much like motorcycles. Nowadays speedy colorful water scooters are【B1】______popularity. They can travel anywhere a small boat can and are typically popular with young people. The rising popularity of the craft has raised a question of water scooter regulation. In this case, the argument for strict regulation is【B2】______. Water scooters are a particularly deadly form of water recreation. For example, two women were vacationing in Longboat Key. While they were floating on a rubber boat along the shore, a water scooter【B3】______them and killed them. Also, water scooter operators have been killed and seriously injured in【B4】______with other watercraft. Others have been stranded at sea when their scooters either failed or sank far from shore. Many water scooter operators are inexperienced and【B5】______navigational rules, which increases the potential for accidents. The increasing popularity of the scooter has aggravated the problem, 【B6】______more water vehicles to compete for the same space. Crowded water ways are simply an open invitation to disaster. In addition to the【B7】______operational hazards of water scooters, they are proven to be an environmental【B8】______. Beach residents complain of the noise of the scooters. The Pacific Whale Foundation on the west coast expressed the concern that the scooters are frightening away an endangered species of whale that migrates to Hawaii for【B9】______. Regulations, such as rninimum operating age, restricted operating areas, and compulsory classes in water safety are essential. Without such regulations,【B10】______involving water scooters are sure to multiply, which makes many beaches unsafe for recreation.

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BPart II Listening Comprehension/B

BSection B/B

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the topic free speech on the Internet. You must give sound arguments to support your point of view. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows. Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "trash talk(废话)". The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of society's moral catastrophes(灾难), yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments(困境)of other people's lives. Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual's quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors. Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable. Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main target audience are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and stability to deal with life's tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18 to 21-year-olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the show's exploitation. While the two shows are as different as night and day, both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in the talk show world.

BPart III Reading Comprehension/B

BSection A/B

BSection B/B

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should Parents Send Their Kids to Art Classes? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below: 1．近年来在学生中出现了忽视中文学习的现象 2．出现这种现象的原因和后果 3．我认为……

Economists say confidence in the U.S. economy has improved since the financial crisis began, but it is still at a very low level. This week, the New York-based Conference board said its consumer confidence is about half of what it was this time last year. As people struggle to deal with job losses and dwindling retirement funds, their outlook of the country's economic situation remains pessimistic during the biggest consumer spending time of the year. Claire Rusk, a shopper in Alexandria, Virginia, says she is changing her holiday spending habits this year because of the economic crisis, even though her nine-year-old son expects Christmas as usual. "His list is longer than ever, so I was listening to how you tell him that his list better be shorter this year," she said. Rusk says the crisis is forcing her to think hard about her purchases. "I'm just going to be more careful. I'm going to make a list. I'm not going to randomly shop," she noted. "I usually just go out and shop, but I'm going to have a plan before I go out this year." And Rusk is not alone. Kilmer Caban, a shopper at the Pentagon City Mall outside Washington, D.C., says he is going to try to spend the same amount for gifts as last year, but he knows some of his family members are cutting back. "My sister and her husband say they will not be spending as much, due to the cost of gas and the economy and everything," he explained. Some retail store owners, who normally make the bulk of their profits this time of year, are hopeful that the holiday shopping season will still be able to pull them out of the recent slump. Victoria Birkett, the owner of Embellishments, a gift store in Alexandria, Virginia, says she's a little worried, but she is looking forward to the holiday rush. "In this retail business I have cut my order down a little bit from prior years, but I can see people are being a little more cautious in their spending," she said. "I'm a little concerned, but it is just before Thanksgiving, so I'm hopeful that things will pick up just after Thanksgiving." Birkett says her gift shop has not felt the effects of the economic crisis as much as other store owners she knows because it is close to Washington D.C. and benefits from tourism. Alexander McCall, a manager at Game Stop, in the Pentagon City Mall remains optimistic as well. "People are a little bit more careful with their money now, the spending has gone down a little, but I think all in all it's going to be a good business holiday for everybody," he said. Despite the slump in consumer confidence McCall still expects demand for some items to rise next month.

大学教育是人类文明的体现，大学教育水平则反映社会的文明程度。

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on Mark Twain's remark "I can live for two months on a good compliment. " You can cite examples to illustrate your point of view. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

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George Herbert Mead said that humans are talked into humanity. He meant that we gain personal identity as we communicate with others. In the earliest years of our lives, our parents tell us who we are. "You're【B1】______." "You're so strong." We first see ourselves through the eyes of others, so their messages form important【B2】______of our self-concepts. Later we interact with teachers, friends,【B3】______partners, and co-workers who communicate their views of us. Thus, how we see ourselves reflects the views of us that others communicate. The【B4】______connection between identity and communication is dramatically evident in children who【B5】______human contact. Case studies of children who were isolated from others reveal that they lack a firm self-concept, and their mental and psychological development is severely hindered by lack of language. Communication with others not only affects our sense of identity but also directly influences our physical and emotional【B6】______. Consistently, research shows that communicating with others promotes health, whereas social isolation【B7】______stress, disease, and early death. People who lack close friends have greater levels of anxiety and depression than people who are close to others. A group of researchers reviewed【B8】______studies that traced the relationship between health and interaction with others. The conclusion was that social isolation is【B9】______as dangerous as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity. Many doctors and researchers believe that loneliness harms the immune system, making us more【B10】______to a range of minor and major illnesses.

京杭大运河 (the Beijing一Hangzhou Grand Canal)开凿于 春秋时期 (the Spring and Autumn Period)，在隋朝和元朝得到大规模修建。它南起杭州，北到北京，全长约1794公里。大运河是世界上最长的人工河道，与长城并称为中国古代的两项伟大工程。2004年，运河博物馆建成，展示了运河的古老历史。大运河为中国的经济发展、国家统一、社会进步和文化繁荣做出了重要贡献。现在，到运河周边区域旅游已成为一种新的时尚。保护好京杭大运河，对于传承人类文明、促进社会和谐发展具有极其重大的意义。

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