In 1956, when the cold war was at its peak, America deployed a "secret sonic weapon", as a newspaper headline put it at the time. That weapon was Dizzy Gillespie, a famed jazz musician, who was given the task of changing the world"s view of American culture through rhythm and beat Crowds poured into the street to dance. Cultural diplomacy died down after the cold war ended.But the attacks of September 11th 2001 convinced the State Department to send out America"s musicians once again to woo hearts and minds with melody. Rhythm Road, a program run by the State Department and a non-profit organization, Jazz at Lincoln Centre, has made informal diplomats out of both musicians and audiences. Since it began in 2005, musicians have travelled to 96 countries. One band went to Mauritania, a country in northwestern Africa, after last year"s coup; many depart for countries that have strained relationships with America The musicians travel to places where some people have never seen an American. Jazz, so participants in the program, is well-suited to diplomacy. It is collaborative, allowing individuals both to harmonize and play solo—much like a democracy, says Ari Roland, who plays bass for a band that left New York to tour the Middle East on March 31st. Jazz is also a reminder of music"s power. It helped break down racial barriers, as enthusiasts of all colors gathered to listen to jazz when segregation was still the law of the land. The State Department spent 10 million US dollars on cultural diplomacy programs in the year to September 30th 2008. But most expect funding for the initiative to increase under Barack Obama, who pledged his support for cultural diplomacy during his campaign. Rhythm Road now sends out hip-hop and bluegrass bands as well. There are some dissenters. Nick Cull, the director of the Public Diplomacy Program at the University of Southern California, thinks that these diplomatic projects would be more productive if they were not administered by the same agency that oversees the country"s foreign-policy agenda. And there is also clamor for Mr. Obama to appoint a secretary of culture in his cabinet. What good, they ask, is sending American culture abroad, when the country is not giving it proper attention at home?

What is less well understood by the general public is that-there have been a number of trends which have further contributed to the diminishment of excavation as an activity. As Bahn puts it "there have been two major trends over time: first, excavation has become far slower and more painstaking....The work is incredibly meticulous...Secondly, we can learn far more from what we have". The conclusions to be drawn from this would appear to be contradictory. As technology improves we are able to undertake a wide variety of analysis from microscopic, radio carbon dating or even DNA samples. The ability to determine more, from fewer samples again suggests that less excavation is required. Moreover, more often than not the balance of effort now rests with the specialist analysis such as pollen experts and dating analysis rather than the excavators. So, again some of the requirements for extensive excavation have diminished through the advancement of other analytical techniques and not just surface survey techniques. Furthermore, Archaeology itself has changed in a number of ways. No longer is the emphasis simply upon the acquisition of material culture or artifacts. In many cases, we have a reasonable understanding of the surviving material culture, Indeed, in Egypt and Italy, items are rebuffed in the ground simply because the museums are too full, theft may be ripe, preservation difficult and documentation slow. The emergence d processual archaeology under Binford and others again moved archaeology towards broader concepts of explanation, process, deduction, hypothesis testing, question setting and response. Answering questions about the organization of societies, the environment and their life have a much greater importance today. And answering these how and why questions implies a much broader scope of work. Excavation alone cannot answer all these questions. Archaeology needs a structured research" process. This procedure is described by Renfrew and Bahn as research design. Research design has four components, namely: formulation, the collection and recording, processing and analysis and publication. For example, more detailed work in the formulation part can focus lines of enquiry into a specific area and thereby again reduce the amount of excavation required. As the questions currently posed by Archaeologists tend to be more "strategic" the focus of the field work is also of a strategic nature. Overall landscapes, context, trading patterns and systems are more important than individual sites. As such this requires different techniques. AS Greene states "field work today is rarely directed at a single site. It usually forms part of a comprehensive study of an area". He continues "studies are designed to elucidate the broad agricultural, economic, and social developments".

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【F1】 Any discussion of the American educational system would be less than complete if it did not mention the emphasis that many colleges and universities place upon the nonacademic, social, "extracurricular" aspect of education, often defined as personal growth. Perhaps a useful way of viewing the notion of personal growth would be to picture the very large and general term "education"as being all-embracing, including as subsets within it academic and nonacademic components. This may be one of the most difficult concepts to convey to someone who is not intimately familiar with American higher education. Few educational systems in other countries place the same emphasis on this blend of academic and personal education. The majority of colleges and universities in the United States make some attempt to integrate personal and intellectual growth in the undergraduate years.【F2】 If the ultimate goal of undergraduate education in America were simply to convey a set body of knowledge, the term of studies could undoubtedly be reduced. Yet the terms of studies are extended in order to give students a chance to grow and develop in other ways. Numerous opportunities are made available to students to become involved in sports, student government, musical and dramatic organizations, and countless other organized and individual activities designed to enhance one"s personal growth and provide some recreation and enjoyment outside of the classroom.【F3】 Experience with campus organizations and off-campus community involvement can be highly valuable in preparing international students for future leadership in their professional field upon their return home. The typical American college"s support for extracurricular activity is perhaps unique in the world. This special educational dimension, beyond the classroom and laboratory experience, does not mean that extracurricular participation is required to gain an American degree.【F4】 It remains an entirely optional activity, but it is noted here because Americans have traditionally viewed success in one"s role as a citizen as closely linked to a "well-rounded" life that incorporates a variety of social, athletic, and cultural activities into a person"s experience. A great many American campuses and communities have organized special extracurricular activities for students from other countries.【F5】 On most campuses, one can find an international club, which includes Americans, where students can get to know and learn socially from students from other countries, as well as Americans. International students are almost always invited, through organized hospitality activities, into the homes of Americans living in or outside the academic community.

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It was a fixing sight: there, in the Capitol itself, a U.S. Senator often mocked for his halting, inarticulate speaking, reached deep into his Midwestern roots and spoke eloquently, even poetically, about who he was and what he believed, stunning politicians and journalists alike. I refer, of course, to Senator Jefferson Smith. In Frank Capra"s classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Jimmy Stewart plays this simple, idealistic small-town American, mocked and scorned by the big-moneyed, oh-so-sophisticated power elite—only to triumph over a corrupt Establishment with his rock-solid goodness. At root, it is this role that soon-to-be-ex-Senator Bob Dole most aspires to play: the self effacing, quietly powerful small-town man from Main Street who outwits the cosmopolitan, slick-talking snob from the fleshpots. And why not? There is, after all, no more enduring American icon. How enduring? Before Americans had a Constitution, Thomas Jefferson was arguing that the new nation"s future would depend on a base of agrarian yeomen free from the vices inherent in big cities. In 1840 one of the classic, image-driven presidential campaigns featured William Henry Harrison as the embodiment of rural virtues, the candidate of the log cabin and hard cider, defeating the incumbent Martin Van Buren, who was accused of dandified dress and manners. There is, of course, a huge disconnect between this professed love of the simple, unspoiled life and the way Americans actually live. As a people, Americans have spent the better part of the 20th century deserting the farms and the small towns for the cities and the suburbs; and are torn between vacationing in Disney World and Las Vegas. U.S. politicians too haven"t exactly shunned the temptations of the cosmopolitan life. The town of Russell, Kansas, often seems to be Dole"s running mate, but the candidate spends his leisure time in a luxury condominium in Bal Harbor, Florida. Bill Clinton still believes in a place called Hope, but the spiffy, celebrity-dense resorts of Martha"s Vineyard and Jackson Hole are where he kicks back. Ronald Reagan embodied the faith-and-family pieties of the front porch and Main Street, but he fled Iowa for a career and a life in Hollywood. Still, the hunger for the way Americans believe they are supposed to live is strong, and the distrust of the intellectual hustler with his airs and his high-flown language runs deep. It makes sense for the Dole campaign to make this a contest between Dole as the laconic, quiet man whose words can be trusted and Bill Clinton as the traveling salesman with a line of smooth patter but a suitcase full of damaged goods. It makes sense for Dole to make his campaign song Thank God I"m a Country Boy—even if he is humming it 9,200 m up in a corporate jet on his way to a Florida condo.

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Lee Kuan Yew(李光耀)embodies a uniquely Asian approach to governance that has often been at odds with the Western democratic principles.【F1】 For decades, he has spoken in favor of "Asian values", a political philosophy that might be loosely summed up as respect for authority and order, while putting the good of society above that of the individual. His criticisms have focused on the excesses of democracy, particularly freedom of speech, and the impact they have on the search for economic growth. 【F2】 In the past, Lee has not been shy about singling out those nations in which an excess of democracy"s messiness has tempered steady economic progress and the betterment of the life chances of ordinary folk. But the strength of his argument does not rest only on other nations" failures. For as any visitor can attest, the scale of what Lee and his colleagues have achieved by applying his principles is simply astonishing. It is an almost miraculous achievement, and one in which Lee and his colleagues take justifiable pride. It is, moreover, something that has been much admired, to the point of imitation, around the region.【F3】 Asian leaders like Malaysia"s Prime Minister Mahathir and Indonesia"s President Suharto may rarely have chosen to admit it, but their "economy first" strategy owes much to the intelligence of this Cambridge-educated lawyer. Above all China"s leaders have for three decades come to Singapore to listen, to learn, and to admire. Yet for all Singapore"s success, there remains a feeling that it has come at a price. Lee"s methods have found plenty of critics at home and abroad.【F4】 Ordinary Singaporeans when questioned about politics of Lee and his family, without quite knowing it, they often instinctively lower their voices and glance over their shoulders. "People are still too frightened to talk about the taboo subjects," wrote Catherine Lim. There are few voices prepared to speak out in favor of wider democratic debate. 【F5】 For his part, Lee Kuan Yew acknowledges that there is a need to make Singaporeans less dependent on the government and to encourage more open debate. He insists that the ruling Party can absorb and benefit from dissenting voices. But he is determined that Singaporeans are not yet ready for the vociferous free market of ideas that typifies, for example, politics in the U.S. "I see the marketplace of ideas, as in the Philippines, and I see chaos," he says, while adding: "Gradually, we will loosen up."

One country that is certain of the effect of films on tourism is Australia. The Tourist Office of Queensland say that Crocodile Dundee,【C1】______Paul Hogan, made Australia the popular【C2】______it is today. In the three years after Crocodile Dundee was【C3】______, visitor numbers doubled. 【C4】______what makes people want to visit the place where a movie was filmed? In many cases the reason is【C5】______the film makes audiences【C6】______of the existence of a place. 【C7】______the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun was filmed in Phuket, Thailand, most Westerners had never heard of it. Today it is a major destination. Leonardo di Caprio"s film The Beach has【C8】______tourism in another part of Thailand. The film is about the discovery of the most idyllic beach in the world. As a result the Thai authorities are【C9】______a tourist boom in the film"s【C10】______, Koh Phi Phi. Some people are influenced by a movie"s【C11】______as much as its location, especially if it is a romance. Four Weddings and a Funeral has【C12】______that "The Crown" hotel in Amersham has been busy ever【C13】______the movie was first shown. In fact the bedroom where the【C14】______played by Hugh Giant and Andie McDowell spend their first night together is【C15】______for years ahead. "We" ve【C16】______the number of marriage proposals that have been made there, " says the hotel【C17】______. It is not just the tourist boards who are happy【C18】______the influence of films on a destination. Residents of a rather run-down area of London have seen house prices almost double 【C19】______Julia Robert"s romance with Hugh Grant in Notting Hill . Film stars, such as Madonna, who had previously thought of Notting Hill as a good place for a party, have now bought【C20】______there. Perhaps they hope to revive their romances.

[A]Physical changes [B]Low self-esteem [C]Emerging independence and search for identity [D]Emotional turbulence [E]Interest in the opposite sex [F]Peer pressure and conformity The transition to adulthood is difficult. Rapid physical growth begins in early adolescence—typically between the ages of 9 and 13—and thought processes start to take on adult characteristics. Many youngsters find these changes distressing because they do not fully understand what is happening to them. Fears and anxieties can be put to rest by simply keeping an open line of communication and preparing for change before it occurs. The main issues that arise during adolescence are: 【R1】______ A child's self worth is particularly fragile during adolescence. Teenagers often struggle with an overwhelming sense that nobody likes them, that they're not as good as other people, that they are failures, losers, ugly or unintelligent. 【R2】______ Some form of bodily dissatisfaction is common among pre-teens. If dissatisfaction is great, it may cause them to become shy or very easily embarrassed. In other cases, teens may act the opposite—loud and angry—in an effort to compensate for feelings of self-consciousness and inferiority. As alarming as these bodily changes can be, adolescents may find it equally distressing to not experience the changes at the same time as their peers. Late maturation can cause feelings of inferiority and awkwardness. 【R3】______ Young people feel more strongly about everything during adolescence. Fears become more frightening, pleasures become more exciting, irritations become more distressing and frustrations become more intolerable. Every experience appears king-sized during adolescence. Youngsters having a difficult adolescence may become seriously depressed and / or engage in self-destructive behavior. Often, the first clue that a teenager needs professional help is a deep-rooted shift in attitude and behavior. Parents should be alert to the warning signs of personality change indicating that a teenager needs help. They include repeated school absences, slumping grades, use of alcohol or illegal substances, hostile or dangerous behavior and extreme withdrawal and reclusiveness. 【R4】______ There is tremendous pressure on adolescents to conform to the standards of their peers. This pressure toward conformity can be dangerous in that it applies not only to clothing and hairstyles: it may lead them to do things that they know are wrong. 【R5】______ Adolescence marks a period of increasing independence that often leads to conflict between teenagers and parents. This tension is a normal part of growing up—and for parents, a normal part of the letting-go process. Another normal part of adolescence is confusion over values and beliefs. This time of questioning is important as young people examine the values they have been taught and begin to embrace their own beliefs. Though they may adopt the same beliefs as their parents, discovering them on their own enables the young person to develop a sense of integrity. Although adolescence will present challenges for young people and their parents, awareness and communication can help pave the way for a smooth transition into this exciting phase of life.

Many young people go to university without clear idea of what they are going to do afterwards. If a student goes to a university to 【B1】_______ a broader perspective, to enlarge his ideas and to learn to think 【B2】_______ himself, he will undoubtedly【B3】______. Schools often have too restricting an atmosphere, with its timetables and【B4】______, to allow a student much time for independent assessment of his work. Students should have longer time to decide the subjects they want to 【B5】_______ for their degrees, so 【B6】_______ in later life they do not look back and say "I should like to have been an architect. If I had not taken a 【B7】_______ in Modern Languages, I should not have ended up 【B8】_______ the job as an interpreter, 【B9】_______ it's so late." Another question is how to make the best【B10】______of one's time at university. This is the case of the student who excels【B11】______a particular branch of learning. He is immediately【B12】______to the university of his choice, and spends his four years becoming specialized in this field, finally emerging with a first-class Honor Degree, but very【B13】______knowledge of what the【B14】______of the world is all about. It【B15】______becomes more and more important that if students are not to waste their opportunities, there will have to be【B16】______detailed information about courses and more advice. Only in this way can we be sure that we are not to have, on the one hand, a【B17】______of specialists【B18】______of anything【B19】______their own subject, or on the other hand ever-increasing number of graduates qualified in subject for which there is little or no【B20】______in the working world.

Write a letter to invite a friend, Michelle, to travel abroad with you. In the letter, you should 1) tell her the reason(s) you intend to travel, 2) what' s your plan for the travel, and 3) explain the reason(s) you invite her. You should write about 100 words on the ANSWER SHEET. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address. (10 points)

When, in the age of automation, man searches for a worker to do the tedious, unpleasant jobs that are more or less impossible to mechanize, he may very profitably consider the ape. If we tackled the problem of breeding for brains with as much enthusiasm as we devote to breeding dogs of surrealistic shapes, we could eventually produce assorted models of useful primates, ranging in size from the gorilla down to the baboon, each adapted to a special kind of work. It is not putting too much strain on the imagination to assume that geneticists could produce a super-ape, which is able to understand some scores of words and capable of being trained for such jobs as picking fruit, cleaning up the litter in parks, shining shoes, collecting garbage, doing household chores and even baby-sitting, although I have known some babies I would not care to trust with a valuable ape. Apes could do many jobs, such as cleaning streets and the more repetitive types of agricultural work, without supervision, though they might need protection from those egregious specimens of Home sapiens who think it amusing to tease or bully anything they consider lower on the evolutionary ladder. For other tasks, such as delivering papers and laboring on the docks, our man-ape would have to work under human overseers; and, incidentally, I would love to see the finale of the twenty-first century version of On the Waterfront in which the honest but hairy hero will drum on his chest after—literally—taking the wicked labor leader apart. Once a supply of nonhuman workers becomes available, a whole range of low IQ jobs could be thankfully given up by mankind, to its great mental and physical advantage. What is more, one of the problems which has annoyed so many fictional Utopias would be avoided: There would be none of the degradingly subhuman Epsilons of Huxley"s Brave New World to act as a permanent reproach to society, for there is a profound moral difference between breeding sub-men and super-apes, though the end products are much the same. The first would introduce a form of slavery, but the second would be a biological triumph which could benefit both men and animals.Notes:surrealistic超现实的primate灵长类动物gorilla大猩猩baboon狒狒chore杂活care to do sth. (常用于否定句)(=willing to do or agree to do sth.)愿意做某事trust A with B把B托付给Aegregious (通常指坏人或坏事)异乎寻常的，突出的Home sapiens人类finale n.结局Epsilons 奴隶人名assorted各色各样的Utopia乌托邦，理想主义

In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list (A、B、C、D、E、F、G……) to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are several extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. (10 points) When a smitten great-grandson of Charles Darwin pronounced Ava Gardner "the highest specimen of the human species", he summed up the consensus about this voluptuous movie queen. With remarkable unanimity, those who met Gardner were apt in second that emotion. "She was a sexy gal", said George Sidney, who filmed her for an MGM screen test in 1941. "Man. she was a hot number", Miles Davis said many years later. (41)______. As for the much-vaunted party stamina of a woman who never met a drink or a bullfighter she didn"t like: "She could go all night, you know. She was a wild country girl and liked to let her hair down and fling off her shoes and have a good time". Her latest biographer, Lee Server, is no slouch when it comes to admiring Gardner. His book"s introduction calls her "a carnal, dangerous angel in the chiaroscuro dreamscape of film noir". (42)______. He is well suited 1o writing about iconic movie mavericks like these two. He"s not a bore. And as the author of a book about film noir, he understands cinematic idiom. Mr. Server refers to amnesia as "noir"s Version of the common cold". "Ava Gardner. "Love Is Nothing"" is a seductive book that avoids the pitfalls that come with its territory. First of all, there is the problem of the star"s memoir. Ms. Gardner"s autobiography was published posthumously and worked on by several writers, sometimes sounding that way. Mr. Server makes use of this account without particularly trusting it, and with a nod to the apocryphal nature of so many Gardner stories. (43)______. He also enlivens his book"s bibliography with a long string of newspaper and magazine headlines that capture the tenor of Gardner"s paper trail. (44)______. Gardner lived so much of her life in this kind of spotlight that the tabloid coverage became part of her story. "There is one extant press photo of the couple on their honeymoon that does not show them morning snarling, cringing, cowering", Mr. Server writes about Gardner"s gale-force stormy marriage (her third) to Frank Sinatra. "Of course, it was taken from a distance, and from the mar". (45)______. She called love "nothing but a pain" and specified where the pain was. Her story begins in Grabtown, the rural North Carolina burg that became famous as her birthplace. But it doesn"t take long for Mr. Server to take Gardner to Hollywood, into an MGM contract and a marriage to Mickey Rooney. Rooney, who called his honeymoon with Gardner "a sexual symphony", was one of many men whose memoirs bragged of bedroom exploits with tiffs gorgeous creature. She liked to kiss and tell, too. "We never fought in bed", she supposedly said about Sinatra. "The fight would start on the way to the bidet"A. And when the facts are unobtainable, he"s willing reprint the legend; or so it seems—stories like "Later on she took the entire band with her when the club closed".B. Others thought of her as "a goddess", "an enigma", "a very, very wild spirit" and "one of those people who broke the rules all the time".C. Among them: "Ava, "Nervous", Tossed Out of Brazil Hotel"; "Nothing Between Us, Says Ava": "Sinatra Departs, Ava Blows Kisses to Bullfighter".D. Speaking of the rear, this book"s subtitle, "Love Is Nothing", is only a partial, sanitized quotation from Gardner.E. For Gardner, love and pain became a swirling, kamikaze-like froth of high-speed existence before decades of overload finally broke her down.F. Server fondly brings Gardner to life as a warm-refreshingly unpretentious star whose appetites eventually overwhelmed her spirit.G. But Mr. Server. whose last book was a Robert Mitchum biography that lived up to its terrific title ("Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don"t Care""), can also keep his cool.

Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labour. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity for men or women to exchange their roles. But by the middle of this century, men"s and women"s roles were becoming less firmly fixed. In the 1950s, economic and social success was the goal of the typical American. But in the 1960s a new force developed called the counterculture. The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals. The counterculture presented men and women with new role choices. Taking more interest in child care, men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives. In fact, some young men and women moved to communal homes or farms where the economic and child care responsibilities were shared equally by both sexes. In addition, many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier. Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Vietnam. In terms of numbers, the counterculture was not a very large group of people. But its influence spread to many parts of American society. Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns. Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on "over-time" work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families. Some doctors, lawyers, and teachers turned away from high paying situations to practice their professions in poorer neighbourhoods. In the 1970s, the feminist movement, or women"s liberation, produced additional economic and social changes. Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater numbers. Most of them still took traditional women"s jobs such as public school teaching, nursing, and secretarial work. But some women began to enter traditionally, male occupations: police work, banking, dentistry, and construction work. Women were asking for equal work, and equal opportunities for promotion.

In the early 1800s, groups of English workers wrecked machines that they felt threatened their jobs. (46) They were called "Luddites" after one of their leaders, a term that is now used for anyone who puts up resistance to new technologies. (47) The odd thing about nanotechnology"s Luddites is that they have started resisting before the technology has really established itself. As people start to buy products involving nanotechnology, from odor-resistant shirts to window glass that repels dirt, they will realize that many of these new things are useful and harmless. And as awareness of nanotechnology grows, they will begin to understand that it covers a range of different ways of doing things, some of which carry some risk and others do not. As a result, the technology"s detractors will probably become more nuanced in their complaints. Nanotechnology has the potential to cause an industrial upheaval, just as electricity did in its time. (48) Like electricity, though, it has so many and such diverse applications that it is unlikely to arrive in one huge wave, as nanotechnology"s critics fear. Instead, there will be a series of smaller waves. (49) Many of the innovations the technology may bring are a long way off, leaving plenty of time to prepare. Nanotechnology, like any new discovery, offers both risks and rewards. There will undoubtedly be some need to control its exploitation to minimize the risks, but there are also strong arguments for allowing the unfettered pursuit of knowledge: without it, innovation cannot flourish. Twenty years ago, nobody could have foreseen that the invention of a new microscope would launch a remarkable new technology, perhaps a revolution. (50) Scientists should be allowed to work with as little hindrance as possible to gain a better understanding of the object of their study-however large or small.

David Cameron, 40, the leader of Britain"s Conservative Party, just looks handsome. His appeal has propelled the Tories to a consistent lead in opinion polls for the first time since Tony Blair"s 1997 victory. That has infused Britain"s Conservatives with a sensation so unfamiliar, they barely recognize it: optimism. Surprised at this turn of fortune, some are already mythologizing the man behind it.【C1】______Indeed, Cameron and his wife Samantha—the daughter of a baronet—are among London"s most sought-after party guests. Actually, Cameron has more in common with a certain British politician than he does with J.F.K. Whether nodding elegantly to recovering drug addicts at a health center north of Aberdeen or charming Scottish journalists on the train journey to Edinburgh, the person whom Cameron resembles more than any other is a young Blair. He has the same brow-furrowing desire not only to understand those with whom he is having conversation with, but to empathize with them; the same rootless accent that in Britain indicates an easy start in life.【C2】______ Yet the time might be ripe for Cameron. Every second week he makes a raid from what he calls "the Westminster bubble" to some farther-flung area of the kingdom, meeting as many people as possible. "Obviously," he says, "in politics, people want to have a look at you and understand who you are and what makes you tick." That"s where the trouble begins. It"s easy enough to locate Cameron"s heart; that"s with his family. He and Samantha have three children under 5 and he says he spends most of his home life "knee-deep in nappies and crying children."【C3】______ Unlike Blair and Brown, Cameron doesn"t show a strong love for the U.S. And in a departure from his predecessors, Cameron rarely invokes the name of the Conservative"s biggest icon: Margaret Thatcher. "To me, Mrs. Thatcher—it"s all a long time in the past," says Cameron. "People are voting at the next election who were born after Mrs. Thatcher left office." Many Conservatives of Cameron"s generation believe that their party needs to reclaim the middle ground so brilliantly colonized by Blair and distance itself from the fiercely ideological course it charted during the Thatcher era. "We"re seen as the nasty party," says Barker, a member of Cameron"s campaign team.【C4】______He"s also promoting a doctrine he calls "modern, compassionate Conservatism," which is "about helping those people who can get left behind." In a nod to a nation where opposing global warming has become a semi-religious duty, he claims to be more environmentally friendly than Labour. Cameron"s slogan in local elections last May was "Vote blue, go green." That sort of talk has worried some of the party faithful, but Cameron wants his big ideas to appeal across party lines. "You have to do what Bill Clinton did and build a big tent," says Dale. But even Dale would like Cameron to signal to traditional Tories that "the old issues will be treated as seriously as the new ones."【C5】______ So far, though, Cameron has avoided making many explicit policy statements, relying instead on warm and fuzzy ideas like a belief in "social responsibility" that he says will empower business, individuals and local government. A. Gordon Brown, is troubled by a more leaden style, a darker visage and a government that is losing popularity, largely because of the mess in Iraq. B. To change that image, Cameron has engaged in conspicuously un-Conservative-like behavior, traveling widely and posting a confessional blog at www.webcameron.org.uk. C. The wellsprings of his political conviction are harder to trace. D. But in Britain"s red-meat political and media landscape, such a warm and fuzzy style is rarely enough. Popular attitudes to politicians are still set by the tabloids. E. And like Blair a decade ago—when he was dumping his party"s traditions to appeal to a wider constituency—Cameron inspires suspicion as well as excitement. F. Iain Dale, who writes a Conservative blog, speaks of Cameron"s "Kennedyesque glamour." He thinks that Cameron has a lot in common with J. F. Kennedy. G. That might mean an open repetition of the Tories" traditional claim to be the party of low taxation. Or—always a favorite with the right wing—blaming the European Union for Britain"s ills.

Write a letter to Prof. Wang, Head of Foreign Languages. Department, introducing to him your student Miss Jin Hua. You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address.