问答题Directions:Writeanessayof160--200wordsbasedonthefollowingpictures.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethepicturesbriefly,2)givereasonsforgivingupsmoking,and3)suggestwaystoquitsmoking.
问答题{{B}}Directions.{{/B}}Therehasbeenadiscussionrecentlyontheissueofdiggingwells.Writeanessaytothenewspaperto1.showyourunderstandingofthesymbolicmeaningofthepicturebelow1)thecontentofthepicture2)themeaning/yourunderstanding2.giveaspecificexample/comment,and3.presentyoursuggestionsYoushouldneatlywrite160--200wordsonANSWERSHEET2.
问答题1. Show his thanks for the gift;2. The gift is very useful;3. Some wishes for James. You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at he end of the letter. Use "Paul" instead. You do not need to write the address. ( 10 points)
问答题Gandhi's pacifism can be separated to some extent from his other teachings. (1) Its motive was religious, but he claimed also for it that it was a definitive technique, a method, capable of producing desired political results. Gandhi's attitude was not that of most Western pacifists. Satyagraha, (2) the method Gandhi proposed and practiced, first evolved in South Africa, was a sort of non-violent warfare, a way of defeating the enemy without hurting him and without feeling or arousing hatred. It entailed such things as civil disobedience, strikes, lying down in front of Railway trains, enduring police charges without running away and without hitting back, and the like. Gandhi objected to "passive resistance" as a translation of Satyagraha: in Gujarati, it seems, the word means "firmness in the truth". (3) In his early days Gandhi served as a stretcher-bearer on the British side in the Boer War, and he was prepared to do the same again in the war of 1914-1918. Even after he had completely abjured violence he was honest enough to see that in war it is usually necessary to take sides. Since his whole political life centered round a struggle for national independence, he could not and, (4) indeed, he did not take the sterile and dishonest line of pretending that in every war both sides are exactly the same and it makes no difference who wins. Nor did he, like most Western pacifists, specialize in avoiding awkward questions. In relation to the late war, one question that every pacifist had a clear obligation to answer was: "What about the Jews? Are you prepared to see them exterminated? If not, how do you propose to save them without resorting to war?" (5) I must say that I have never heard, from any Western pacifist, an honest answer to this question, though I have heard plenty of evasions, usually of the "you're another" type. But it so happens that Gandhi was asked a somewhat similar question in 1938 and that his answer is on record in Mr. Louis Fischer's Gandhi and Stalin. According to Mr. Fischer, Gandhi's view was that the German Jews ought to commit collective suicide, which "would have aroused the world and the people of Germany to Hitler's violence./
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问答题Directions: You are a member of Photography Club and this club is going to hold a photo exhibition to celebrate the coming 50th anniversary of your university. Now you are expected to write a note to invite your schoolmates to contribute photos to this exhibition. Write your note in no less than 100 words. Write it neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address. (10 points)
问答题Directions: Read the following Chinese text and write an abstract of it in 80~100 English words 请把“公车”还给大众 你知道北京有多少辆“公车”吗?2011年3月的最后一天,北京市财政局公布了一个数字:62026。这个碰巧在排列上有对称性的数字,也碰巧有了历史性的意义,因为公布此类信息,尚属全国首次。 诚如此次信息公开的申请人北京某律师所助理叶晓静所说,这件事情虽然让人感到高兴,看到政府信息透明的希望,但这一信息过于简单,起不到监督的作用。她申请公开的是“公车”数量和型号,结果只有数字。而且,这个数字前面还添了若干限定语,除了“截至去年底”这个必要的时间点之外,还有“市党政机关、全额拨款事业单位公务用车”。也就是说,这只是街上跑的公车的一部分。据官方媒体估计,算上非直接预算购买,差额拨款事业单位、国有企业等单位购买的公车至少会增加到10万辆。民间的估计远远大于这个数字。 如果你对10万辆“公车”没有概念的话,那么可以查一查全市有多少“公交车”。我只找到一个粗略的统计说,有两万多辆,而且这还是多亏2008年北京奥运会前大幅增加的结果。当然,你可以说,两种车的体积和载人量都不同。不过,10万辆公车所追求的,不就是这些不同吗?你仍然可以算一下,这10万辆“公车”服务多少人,而两万辆“公交车”又服务多少人? 我为什么把“公车”和“公交车”加上引号呢?因为按照我自己生活中的语言习惯,“公车”就是大家都能用的车,也就是“公交车”一一看到广州媒体对“公车”新闻的报道,和北方的媒体并没有区别,我就不敢肯定是不是所有广州人都这样说话了——回想起来,多次在北京发生这样的事情:谈完工作之后,当地朋友问我,“怎么回去?”我答道,“坐公车啊。”我指的是坐公交车或者地铁,朋友们是不是以为我有“公务用车”,而且还不无炫耀地挂在嘴上呢? 这并非文字游戏,而是“名不正则言不顺,言不顺则事不成”。把“公务用车”简称为“公车”,看上去也没有什么问题,但是它以少数人的利益,占据了本应属于绝大多数人的“公”字。这不仅缩减了“公”的外延,而且还改变了它的内涵,使它变成了“特权”的代名词。我建议将“公车”还给大众,指称公共交通系统,而把“公务用车”称为“官车”或“政府用车”,这样就更能显示出其数量远远多于公交车的荒谬现实。 官员作为“公家的人”,坐“公(交)车”理所当然。只有在特殊的情况下,才可以用一下“官车”,否则就会沦为笑话。你实在不喜欢挤“公车”,可以自己买车代步。有人把这种情况称为“私车公用”,这个词本身也莫名其妙。你自己去上班或者办事,自己解决交通是再也正常不过的事。按照这种逻辑,一个公务员的身体和思想,是不是都应该由政府购买下来,然后才能工作,否则就是“私腿公用”、“私脑公用”了? 取消“官车”并没有公务员叫喊的那么麻烦。杭州市自2009年5月宣布“车改”,市厅局级以下干部一律取消“官车”,改为发放交通补贴。迄今为止,没有听说公务运转因此出了什么问题。根据媒体报道?不少拿到高级别“车补”的官员,自己买车用于上下班。不过,如果是鼓励官员坐“公(交)车”,对于缓解交通拥堵、密切官民关系更有好处。 对于取消“官车”,官员们最让人同情的抱怨是,那么多的“官务接待”,没有“官车”怎么办?其实并非所有的“官务接待”都天经地义。上级或者外地官员来访,不妨请他们坐“公(交)车”或地铁——这不正是了解一个城市的最佳途径吗?
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问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} You are required to write an essay on the topic Which Mode of Travel Do You Like? You should write no less than 200 words and base your essay on the outline and charts below: 1. There are two modes of travel. 2. Compare two modes of travel in terms of 1) the attraction of package travel. 2) the attraction of traveling on one's own. 3) the disadvantage of both 3. Your preference. 以下是某旅行社的宣传资料:
费用
千岛湖、黄山三日游
个人旅游单价(元)
团体价(加导游)(元)
折扣
来回车费
500
300
40%
公园标价价(15个景点)
400
300
25%
伙食(平均价)
300
150
50%
宾馆住宿
300
150
50%
总价
1500
900
40%
问答题Writeanessayof160-200wordsbasedonthefollowingdrawing.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethedrawingbriefly,2)explainitsintendedmeaning,andthen3)giveyourcomments.YoushouldwriteneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.
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You will have an English class next Friday, but you can't attend the class. Write an application for leave to your English teacher, Mr. Wang, telling him:
1) why you ask for leave,
2) what you will do to make up for it.
You should write about 100 words neatly on Answer Sheet 2. Do not sign your own name.
Use "Li Ming" instead.
问答题Directions:Writeanessayof160--200wordsbasedonthefollowingcartoon.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethecartoonbriefly,2)explainitsintendedmeaning,andthen3)supportyourviewwithanexample/examplesYoushouldwriteneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.
问答题Directions:
You are asked to write a letter of recommendation for Miss Liu Yang who wants to study for the Master"s Degree under the supervision of Professor Smith who was once your supervisor in your graduate study.
You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the letter; use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address.
问答题International investors seem incapable of ending their love affair with the dollar. America"s economy has slowed sharply this year, yet its currency has risen to a 15 year high in trade weighted terms. (46)
Against the euro the dollar touched $ 0.88 — 8% higher than in early January and close to the level at which the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve jointly intervened to prop up the European currency last September.
Why is the euro looking sickly?
There are plenty of theories. One is that the markets do not trust the ECB: (47)
the euro area economies are not immune to America"s downturn, yet the central bank still seems more concerned with fighting inflation than with supporting growth; another more plausible explanation is that, in an uncertain global economic climate, the dollar has resumed its traditional role as a safe-haven currency.
Most economists reckon that the euro is undervalued and expect a rebound over the next year. One of the most optimistic is Goldman Sachs, which is predicting a rate of $1.22 in 12 months.
But an analysis by David Owen, an economist at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, gives pause for thought. (48)
He has found that, over the past decade, movements in the real exchange rate of the euro against the dollar have closely reflected the difference between productivity growth in the euro area and in America.
When productivity growth in America has been faster than in Europe—as it was in most of the late 1990s—the euro falls, and vice versa. This is exactly what economic theory would predict: countries with faster productivity growth in the traded goods sector should see rising real exchange rates. Mr. Owen uses monthly data for productivity growth in manufacturing, a good proxy for the traded goods sector. Using annual productivity data for the whole economy (which are available over a longer period), the broad relationship between the exchange rate and relative productivity growth in America and Europe seems to have persisted for most of the past 30 years.
Mr. Owen reckons that, in the short term, America"s downturn will reduce the productivity gap between America and the euro area, and so boost the euro. (49)
But in the long term, he expects productivity growth to remain faster in America—in which case, a sustained rise in the euro is unlikely over the next few years. Only if the downturn completely kills the belief in America"s new paradigm, and its productivity growth plummets, will the euro be able to rebound more permanently
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The strength of the dollar this year does indeed seem to hinge on a belief among investors that America"s slowdown will be brief, and that in the longer run America remains the best place in which to invest. (50)
But they may be underestimating the potential for productivity gains in Europe, as the single currency boosts competition and encourages firms to exploit economies of scale through mergers and acquisitions.
The adoption of more flexible working practices in many countries should also help to improve productivity.
Studies in America suggest that the bulk of its productivity gains from information technology come from the use of it rather than from its production. So the euro area, too, should start to enjoy productivity gains over the next decade, as it makes fuller use of it. If you believe that Europe really is starting to change, buy Euros. If not, stick with the darling dollar.
问答题Directions: You've been working
for two years, and now you are planning to study in Sydney University for an MBA
degree. Write a letter to their International Students Admission Office
to 1) introduce yourself briefly, and 2)
enquire about enrollment requirements. You should write about
100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the
end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the
address.
问答题Directions:
You are planning to ask your friend Ni Xin to attend your wedding. Express your idea clearly as follows:
1) When and where the ceremony will be held;
2) Other details you think necessary.
You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use "Li Ming" in- stead. Do not write the address.
问答题Directions:Studythefollowingpicturescarefullyandwriteanessayto1)describethepicture,2)deducethepurposeofthepainterofthepicture,3)giveyourcommentonthisphenomenon.Youshouldwriteabout160—200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.
问答题I think that a successful old age is easiest for those who have strong impersonal interests involving appropriate activities.
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It is in this sphere that long experience is really fruitful, and it is in this sphere that the wisdom born of experience can be exercised without being oppressive.
It is no use telling grown-up children not to make mistakes, both because they will not believe you, and because mistakes are an essen tial part of education.
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But if you are one of those who are incapable of impersonal interests, you may find that your life will be empty unless you concern yourself with your children and grandchildren
. In that case you must realize that while you can still render them material services, such as making them an allowance or knitting them jumpers, you must not expect that they will enjoy your company.
Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death. In the young there is a justification for this feeling.
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Young men who have reason to fear that they will be killed in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they have been cheated of the best things that life has to offer
. But in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble.
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The best way to overcome it—so at least it seems to me--is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life
. An individual human existence should be like a river—small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being. The man who, in old age, can see his life in this way, will not suffer from the fear of death, since the things he cares for will continue. And if, with the decay of vitality, weariness increases, the thought of rest will not be unwelcome.
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I should wish to die while still at work, knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do and content in the thought that what was possible has been done.
问答题1. give warmest wishes;2. some hope for her;3. expecting to meet her.You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Jack" instead. You do not need to write the address. ( 10 points)
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