Read the text below. Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use your own words. Dear Sally, It was amazing to see your dance performance last weekend. I felt so proud of you when your teacher and schoolmates congratulated you upon your completion of the performance. While you continue to enjoy the moment, I' d like to share with you a small quote from Abraham Lincoln, "This, too, shall pass away. " I want these words to be your guide at every turning point in your life. When you' re feeling very proud of yourself at an achievement, knowing no bounds at that moment, remember that "This, too, shall pass away. " When you' re at a difficult moment in your life and don' t know what to do, find comfort in the same words—"This, too, shall pass away. " I' m not saying that the ache of some losses and setbacks will completely go away from your life. In fact, often the memories of painful events will hit you unexpectedly like tons of bricks and take your breath away years after they happen. But, like all humans, you have an almost infinite capacity to adapt to life' s changes and a great ability to bounce back from trying times. This understanding should give you a spark of hope when you' re in a season of despair: it should also build up your confidence for taking risks in the future. Sally, our lives are made up of several peaks and several valleys. That' s the nature of life. Live each moment as it comes. And always remember "This, too, shall pass away. " Love, Papa

What will the woman do?

Jackson: Viewed from a scientist' s standpoint, all of the energy contained in fuel either now or in the future becomes heat. Some of the heat is used directly or produces useful work. The rest is lost or rejected. That is to say, it is radiated into the atmosphere from the engines, motors, furnaces, power lines, television sets, boilers and all the other energy-consuming machinery that makes our wheels go around. Browning: It is necessary to improve the efficiency with which we use energy in order to do more work. But improvement cannot come overnight, and there are limits beyond which not even science can help. According to the Center for Strategic and International studies, about three quarters of the energy we use to move things, including ourselves, accomplishes no useful work. Jeffrey: In terms of efficiency, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation may be using energy more efficiently than private automobiles. Unless private automobiles can operate at near capacity, their overall efficiency is poor. For example, an urban bus carrying 36 passengers may achieve an efficiency of around 120 passenger-miles per gallon of gasoline. But buses are not always fully loaded,and sometimes they carry no passengers at all. Vandenberg: It is true that buses can sometimes run without passengers. City trains seem to be very efficient, but they suffer the same shortcomings as buses and cost more. Except for rush hours, commuter trains seldom run at full capacity. This wastes even more energy and is more than the management can afford. As a result, commuter trains are truly practical only in places where there are a lot of people. Nathan: For some people, mass transportation may serve their needs. For others, a combination of mass transportation and private transportation may be preferable. Better design and wise use of both mass transportation systems and private vehicles will play an important part in helping us make fuller use of energy for transportation. Now match the name of each person(36-40)to the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements. Statements [A]Public transportation is usually more energy-efficient. [B]City trains and buses have different faults to overcome. [C]The efficiency of the city train depends on the size of population. [D]No fuel energy is fully used. [E]A combined means of transport can help to increase energy efficiency. [F]Problems of energy loss can never be completely solved. [G]Private cars usually run at full capacity.

To get a sense of how women have progressed in science, take a quick tour of the physics department at the University of California, Berkeley. This is a storied place, the【C1】______ of some of the most important discoveries in modern science-starting with Ernest Lawrence' s invention of the cyclotron(回旋加速器) in 1931: A generation ago, female faces were【C2】______ and, even today, visitors walking through the first floor of LeConte Hall will see a full corridor of exhibits【C3】______ the many distinguished physicists who made history here,【C4】______ all of them white males. But climb up to the third floor and you'll see a【C5】______ display. There, among the photosof current faculty members and students, are portraits of the【C6】______ head of the department,Marjorie Shapiro, and four other women whose research【C7】______ everything from the mechanics of the universe to the smallest particles of matter. A sixth woman was hired just two weeks ago. Although they're still only about 10 percent of the physics faculty, women are clearly a presence here. And the real【C8】______ may be in the smaller photos to the right; graduate and undergraduate students, about 20 percent of them female. Every year Berkeley sends its fresh female physics PhDs to the country' s top universities.. That makes Shapiro optimistic, but also【C9】______ " I believe things are getting better," she says, "but they' re not getting better as【C10】______ as I would like."[A] circumstance [B] confidence[C] covers [D] current[E] deals [F] different[G] exposing [H] fast[I] honoring [J] hope[K] presently [L] rare[M] realistic [N] site[O] virtually

I don' t think there is anything wrong with your blood. The key to your problem is that long nap after dinner. If you didn' t sleep for hours during the early part of the evening, you would be more ready to sleep at bedtime. If you didn't nap after dinner, you would not want to stay up so late, and you would not feel the need to take a sleeping pill. The pill is still working in your system when you get up in the morning. This helps account for the fact that you feel tired all day. You should get out of the habit of sleeping during the evening. Right after your evening meal, engage in some sort of physical activity—a sport such as bowling, perhaps. Or get together with friends for an evening of cards and conversation. Then go to bed at your usual time or a little earlier, and you should be able to get a good nights rest without taking a pill. If you can get into the habit of spending your evenings this way, I am sure you will feel less tired during the day. At first it may be hard for you to go to sleep without taking a pill. If so, get up and watch television or do some jobs around your house until you feel sleepy. If you fall asleep and then wake up a few hours later, get up but do not take a sleeping pill. Read a while or listen to the radio, and make yourself a few hours' sleep that night, you will feel better in the morning than you usually feel after taking a pill. The next night you will be ready to sleep at an earlier hour. The most important thing is to avoid taking that nap right after dinner and avoid taking pills.

What is the main purpose of the man's trip?

Where are the two speakers?

Read the text below. Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use you own words. Beijing has extended its ban on operating outdoor barbecues from the city center outward to selected suburbs, according to municipal authorities. A year ago, Beijing banned restaurants from operating outdoor barbecues within the fourth ring road area. And now, the ban has extended to several suburbs, including Mentougou, Fangsnan, Tongzhou, Shunyi, Daxing, Pinggu and Miyun. The barbecue ban was announced to reduce Beijing's air pollution, as barbecue has long been accused as one of the major contributors to haze. According to Wang Yuesi, a researcher from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Chinese Academy of Sciences, barbecuing can generate a lot of PM 2.5, harmful airborne particles measuring less than 2.5 microns in diameter. "Considering the seriousness of the air pollution in Beijing, we have to ban everything that may do harm to our environment!" Wang said. The issue has divided Chinese netizens, as half agreed with the policy while the other half called this grand plan nothing but "empty talk. " A sample of comments from Weibo:" Why don' t those petrochemical plants, power stations and other heavy industries be banned? What is the Ministry of Environmental Protection going to do next? We still need to eat, so please allow us to cook'" "Right decisions to resolve PM2.5 pollution problems, the option which made by governors is legalistic reserve for 'public profits' courses," some people said.

Suppose that you have been a regular of a hotel for many years. But during the last 2 days, the air-conditioner didn't work and nobody came to clean your room. Write a letter of complaint to the hotel manager. Your letter should include:1) a description of the situation2) complaint about the situation3) your request You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter, use "Wang Lin" instead. You don't need to write the address.

{{B}}Section IV Writing (40 minutes)Directions: You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section on ANSWER SHEET 2.{{/B}}

What are the man' s hobbies?

What is Helen' s major? What is Helen' s major?

{{B}}Section I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are TWO parts in this section, Part A and Part B.　　Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 3 minutes to transfer your answe{{/B}}

Flying over a desert area in an airplane, two scientists looked down with trained eyes at trees and bushes. After an hour's flight, one of the scientists wrote in his book, "Look here for probable metal." Scientists in another airplane, flying over a mountain area, sent a message to other scientists on the ground, "Gold possible." Walking across hilly ground, four scientists reported, "This ground should be searched for metal." From an airplane over a hilly wasteland a scientist sent back by radio one word: "Uranium." None of the scientists had X-ray eyes: they had no magic power of looking down below the earth's surface. They were merely putting to use one of the newest methods of locating minerals in the ground... trees and plants as signs that certain minerals may lie beneath the ground on which the trees and plants are growing. This newest method of searching for minerals is based on the fact that minerals deep in the earth may affect the kind of bushes and trees that grow in the surface. At Watson Bar Greek, a brook(小溪) six thousand feet high in the mountains of British Columbia, Canada, a mineral search group gathered bags of tree seeds. Boxes were filled with small branches from the trees. Roots were dug and put into boxes. Each bag and box was carefully marked. In a scientific laboratory, the parts of the forest trees were burned to ashes and tested. Each small part was examined to learn whether there were minerals in it. Study of the roots, branches, and seeds showed no silver. But there were small amounts of gold in the roots and a little less gold in the branches and seeds. The seeds growing nearest to the tree trunks had more gold than those growing on the ends of the branches.

How can we prevent juvenile crime?

With the world' s population estimated to grow from six to nine billion by 2050, researchers, businesses and governments are already dealing with the impact, this increase will have on everything from food and water to infrastructure and jobs. Underling all this【C6】______will be the demand for energy, which is expected to double over the next 40 years. Finding the resources to meet this demand in a【C7】______, sustainable way is the cornerstone of our nation' s energy security, and will be one of the major【C8】______of the 21st century. Alternative forms of energy-bio-fuels, wind and solar, to name a few are【C9】______being funded and developed, and will play a growing【C10】______in the world' s energy supply. But experts say that even when【C11】______, alternative energy sources will likely meet only about 30% of the world' s energy needs by 2050. For example, even with【C12】______investments, such as the $ 93 million for wind energy development【C13】______in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, important alternative energy sources such as wind and bio-fuels【C14】______only about 1 % of the market today. Energy and sustainability experts say the answer to our future energy needs will likely come from a lot of【C15】______both traditional and alternative. [A]consist[B]solutions[C]certainly [D]stable[E]comprise[F]competitions [G]exactly[H]growth[I]included [J]role[K]progress[L]marvelous [M]challenges[N]combined[O]significant

Where is George now?

Steveland Morris is a household name in America. Ask Steveland Morris and he’ll tell you that blindness is not necessarily disabling. Steveland was born prematurely(过早地，不到期地)and totally without sight in 1950s. He became Stevie Wonder—composer, singer, and pianist. The winner of ten Grammy awards, Stevie is widely acclaimed(喝采)for his outstanding contributions to the music world. As a child, Stevie learned not to think about the things he could not do, but to concentrate on the things that he could do. His parents encouraged him to join in his sighted brothers as many activities as possible. They also helped him to sharpen his sense of hearing, the sense upon which the usually disabled are so dependent. Because sound was so important to him, Stevie began at an early age to experiment with different kinds of sound. He would bang things together and then imitate the sound with his voice. Often relying on sound for entertainment, he sang, beat on toy drums, played a toy harmonica(口琴), and listened to the radio. Stevie soon graduated from toy instruments to real instruments. He first learned to play the drums. He then mastered the harmonica and the piano. He became a member of the junior church choir(唱诗班)and a lead singer. In the evenings and on weekends, Stevie would play different instruments and sing popular rhythm and blues tunes on the front porches(走廊)of neighbors' homes. One of Stevie' s sessions was overheard by Ronnie White , a member of a popular singing group called The Miracles. Ronnie immediately recognized Stevie' s talent and took him to audition(试听)for Berry Gordy, the president of Hitsville USA, a large recording company now known as Motown. Stevie recorded his first smash hit "Fingertips" in 1962 at age twelve, and the rest of Stevie' s story is music history.

One in six. Believe it or not, that' s the number of Americans who struggle with hunger. To make tomorrow a little better, Feeding America, the nation' s largest【C6】______hunger relief organization, has chosen September as Hunger Action Month. As part of its 30 days in 30 days program, it' s asking【C7】______across the country to help the more than 200 food banks and 61 ,000 agenda in its network provide low income individuals and families with the fuel they need to【C8】______ It' s the kind of work that' s done every day at St. Andrew' s Episcopal Church in San Antonio. People who【C9】______at its front door on the first and third Thursdays of each month aren' t looking for God—they' re there for something to eat. St. Andrew' s runs a food pantry that【C10】______the City and several of the【C11】______towns. Janet Drane is its manager. In the wake of the【C12】______, the number of families in need of food assistance began to grow, It is【C13】______that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal. What's the most surprising is that 36% of them live in【C14】______where at least one adult is working. " It used to be that one job was all you needed," says St. Andrew' s Drane. "The people we see now have three or four part-time jobs and they' re still right on the edge【C15】______" [A]accumulate[B]recession[C]domestic [D]competition[E]communities[F]households [G]formally[H]gather[I]financially [J]circling[K]reported[L]serves [M]reviewed[N]surrounding[O]survive

What is the woman' s major? What is the woman' s major?