问答题Writeanessayof160-200wordsbasedonthefollowingdrawing.Inyouressay,youshouldfirstdescribethedrawing,theninterpretitsmeaning,andgiveyourcommentonit.YoushouldwriteneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题Interlocutor:Now,I'dlikeyoutotalkaboutsomethingbetweenyourselvesandspeakloudlysothatwecanhearyou.Youshouldtakecaretosharetheopportunityofspeaking.(PutthePictureforCandidatesinfrontofbothcandidatesandgiveinstructionswithreferencetothepicture.)Youareaskedtotalkaboutthepictures.Thesepicturesareforyourreference.Youhavethreeminutesforthis.Wouldyouliketobeginnow,please?图片说明：主要反映过度包装问题：(一个层层包装的巨大月饼盒子里仅放着一块小的月饼，售价10000元。)

问答题Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}While there are almost as many definitions of history as there are historians, modem practice most closely conforms to one that sees history as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past.{{/U}} Caught in the web of its own time and place, each generation of historians determines anew what is significant for it in the past. In this search the evidence found is always incomplete and scattered; it is also frequently partial or partisan. The irony of the historians craft is that its practitioners always know that their efforts are but contributions to an unending process. Interest in historical methods has arisen less through external challenge to the validity of history as an intellectual discipline and more from internal quarrels among historians themselves. While history once revered its affinity to literature and philosophy, the emerging social sciences seemed to afford greater opportunities for asking new questions and providing rewarding approaches to an understanding of the past. Social science methodologies had to be adapted to a discipline governed by the primacy of historical sources rather than the imperatives of the contemporary world. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}During this transfer, traditional historical methods were augmented by additional methodologies designed to interpret the new forms of evidence in the historical study.{{/U}} Methodology is a term that remains inherently ambiguous in the historical profession. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}There is no agreement whether methodology refers to the concepts peculiar to historical workin general or to the research techniques appropriate to the various branches of historical inquiry.{{/U}} Historians, especially those so blinded by their research interests that they have been accused of "tunnel method", frequently fall victim to the" technicist fallacy". {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Also common in the natural sciences,the technicist fallacy mistakenly identifies the discipline as a whole with certain parts of its technicalimplementation.{{/U}} {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}It applies equally to traditional historians who view history as only the external and internal criticism of sources. And to social science historians who equate their activity with specific techniques.{{/U}}

问答题Interlocutor:I"mgoingtogiveyouapictureandI"dlikeyoutofirstdescribeitbrieflyandthengiveyourcommentonwhatyouseeinthepicture.(PutPictureforCandidatesinfrontofbothcandidates.)CandidateA,thisisyourpicture.Youhavethreeminutestotalkaboutit.CandidateB,listencarefullywhileCandidateAisspeaking.Whenhe/shehasfinished,I"dlikeyoutoaskhim/heraquestionaboutwhathe/shehassaid.CandidateA,wouldyouliketobeginnow,please?Interlocutor:Thankyou.Now,CandidateB,couldyoupleaseaskyourpartneraquestion?

问答题Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.In his autobiography, Darwin himself speaks of his intellectual powers with extraordinary modesty. He points out that he always experiences much difficulty in expressing himself clearly and concisely, but {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}he believes that this very difficulty may have had the compensating advantage of forcing him to think long and intently about every sentence, and thus enabling him to detect errors in reasoning and in his own observations.{{/U}} He disclaimed the possession of any great quickness of apprehension or wit, such as distinguished Huxley. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}He asserted, also, that his power to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought was very limited, for which reason he felt certain that he never could have succeeded with mathematics.{{/U}} His memory, too, he described as extensive, but hazy. So poor in one sense was it that be never could remember for more than a few days a single date or a line of poetry. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}On the other hand, he did not accept the charge made by some of his critics that, while he was a good observer, he had no power of reasoning.{{/U}} This, he thought, could not be true, because the "Origin of Species" is one long argument from the beginning to the end, and has convinced many able men. No one, he submits, could have written it without possessing some power of reasoning. He was willing to assert that "I have a fair share of invention, and of common sense or judgment, such as every fairly successful lawyer or doctor must have, but not, I believe, in any higher degree." {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}He adds humbly that perhaps he was "superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully."{{/U}} Writing in the last year of his life, he expressed the opinion that in two or three respects his mind had changed during the preceding twenty or thirty years. Up to the age of thirty or beyond it poetry of many kinds gave him great pleasure. Formerly, too, pictures had given him considerable, and music very great, delight. In 1881, however, he said: "Now for many years I cannot endure to read a line of poetry. I have also almost lost my tastes for pictures and music." {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Darwin was convinced that the loss of these tastes was not only a loss of happiness, but might possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character.{{/U}}

问答题Researchers investigating brain size and mental ability say their work offers evidence that education protects the mind from the brain's physical deterioration. (61) It is known that the brain shrinks as the body ages, but the effects on mental ability are different from person to person. Interestingly, in a study of elderly men and women, those who had more education actually had more brain shrinkage. "That may seem like bad news," said study author Dr. Edward Coffey, a professor of psychiatry and of neurology at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. (62) However, he explained, the finding suggests that education allows people to withstand more brain tissue loss before their mental functioning begins to break down. The study, published in the July issue of Neurology, is the first to provide biological evidence to support a concept called the "reserve" hypothesis, according to the researchers. In recent years, investigators have developed the idea that people who are more educated have greater cognitive reserves to draw upon as the brain ages; in essence, they have more brain tissue to spare. (63) Examining brain scans(脑部扫描的X光片) of 320 healthy men and women aged 66 to 90, researchers found that for each year of education the subjects had, there was greater shrink age of the outer layer of the brain known as the cortex(脑皮层). Yet on tests of cognition and memory, all participants scored in the range indicating normal. "Everyone has some degree of brain shrinkage," Coffey said. "People lose (on average) 2.5 percent per decade starting in adulthood. " There is, however, a "remarkable range" of shrinkage among people who show no signs of mental decline, Coffey noted. Overall health, he said, accounts for some differences in brain size. Alcohol or drug use, as well as medical conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure, contribute to brain tissue loss throughout adulthood. In the absence of such medical conditions, Coffey said, education level helps explain the range of brain shrinkage exhibited among the mentally-fit elderly. The more-educated can withstand greater loss. (64) Coffey and colleagues gauged shrinkage of the cortex by measuring the cerebrospinal fluid(脑脊液) surrounding the brain. The greater the amount of fluid , the greater the cortical (脑皮层的) shrinkage. Controlling for the health factors that contribute to brain injury, the researchers found that education was related to the severity of brain shrinkage. For each year of education from first grade on, subjects had an average of 1.77 milliliters 11 more cerebrospinal fluid around the brain. Just how education might affect brain ceils is unknown. (65) In their report, the researchers speculated that in people with more education, certain brain structures deeper than the cortex may stay intact to compensate for cortical shrinkage.

问答题some people prefer to plan activities for their free time very carefully. Others choose not to make any plan at all for their free time. There is a discussion in the local newspaper on this issue: Which do you prefer — planning or not planning for your leisure time? Write an essay for the same newspaper to (1)compare the benefits of planning free time activities with the benefits of not making plans, (2)state your own choice, and (3)give reasons. for your choice. In your essay, you should use specific reasons and examples to support your choice.

问答题Outline：Your essay should be based on the information given below． ①乘飞机旅行有许多长处(方便、快捷、省时、舒适等)。 ②空中旅行也有许多不足之处(机票价格贵，有的旅客不适应空中旅行，常常感到身体不适，甚至有人还担心发生空难)。请你简单阐述上述两个方面。 ③最后请你说明你的看法。

问答题Title: Challenge Your composition should be based on the outlines below. Outlines: (1) Everyone meets with challenges now and then. (2) Different men treat challenges differently. (3) How I think we should treat challenges. You should write 160 - 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.

问答题You and your family had dinner in a restaurant a few nights ago. The service at the restaurant was terrible and the food was bad. You and two of your family members had severe stomach-aches the following day. The food was also overpriced. Write to the manager of the restaurant and explain these problems. Give any details that you think are relevant. Ask the manager to do something about the situation. You should write at least 150 words. You do NOT need to write your own address. Begin your letter as follows: Dear Sir/Madam,

问答题Write a composition on the following topic: A company has announced that it wishes to build a large factory near your community. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this new influence on your community. Do you support or oppose the factory? Explain your position.

问答题Title: On Overseas Study 1) In recent years, an increasing number of Chinese people have chosen to study abroad. 2) Some think studying abroad is the best choice for personal development while others believe they have better prospects at home. 3) In my opinion, it is a good choice that Chinese people do an over-seas study.

问答题 The cost of staging the year 2000 Olympics in Sydney is estimated to be a staggering ＄ 960 million, but {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}the city is preparing to reap the financial benefits that come from holding such an international event by equaling the commercial success of Los Angeles, the only city yet to have made a demonstrable profit from the Games in 1984.{{/U}} At precisely 4:20 a.m. on Friday the 24th of September 1993, it was announced that Sydney had beaten five other competing cities around the world, and Australians everywhere, not only Sydneysiders, were justifiably proud of the result. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}But, if Sydney had lost the bid, would the taxpayers of New South Wales and of Australia have approved of governments spending millions of dollars in a failed and costly exercise?{{/U}} There may have been some consolation in the fact that the bid came in ＄ 1 million below the revised budget and ＄ 5 million below the original budget of ＄ 29 million formulated in mid-1991. However, the final cost was the considerable sum of ＄ 24 million, the bulk of which was paid for by corporate and community contributions, merchandising, licensing, and the proceeds of lotteries, with the NSW Government, which had originally been willing to spend up to ＄ 10 million, contributing some ＄ 2 million. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}The Federal Government's grant of ＄ 5 million meant, in effect, that the Sydney bid was financed by every Australian taxpayer.{{/U}} Prior to the announcement of the winning city, there was considerable debate about the wisdom of taking financial risks of this kind at a time of economic recession. {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Others argued that 70% of the facilities were already in place, and all were on government-owned land, removing some potential areas of conflict which troubled previous Olympic bidders.{{/U}} The former NSW Premier, Mr. Nick Greiner, went on record as saying that the advantage of having the Games... "is not that you are going to have ＄ 7.4 billion in extra gross domestic product over the next 14 years." {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}I think the real point is the psychological change, the gaining of confidence, apart from the other more obvious reasons, such as the building of sporting facilities, tourism, and things of that nature.{{/U}}

问答题Galileo's greatest glory was that in 1609 he was the first person to man the newly invented telescope on the heavens to prove that the planets revolve around the sun rather than around the earth.

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