You have to pay a(n) premium for express delivery.

You are to write in no less than 150 words about the title “Can Internet Take the Place of Paper Media?” You should base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below． 现在上网阅读的人越来越多，人们可以更快地从网上读到新闻，找到他们所需要的信息或下载文学作品。 1．你认为网络是否能最终代替书刊报纸? 2．举例说明你的理由 3．结论

亚裔美国人对美国作出了杰出的贡献。这些贡献包括诸如自然科学、医学、法律、文化、艺术等各个领域。由于亚裔移民的祖籍国家具有丰富多样的传统，他们大大促进了美国文化的发展，提高了全美国人民的生活水平。

A. they are cruel and frighteningB. There is nothing I like less than dogsC. They're dirty and lazyA: How would you like a dog as a pet, Mary?B: A dog? My God!【D4】______ .A: Why? I think dogs are one of the best pets. It's a good guard. And it can entertain you.B: Oh, no! I've been afraid of dogs since I was a child. I think【D5】______ .A: You must be wrong, Mary. Dogs are the best friends of human beings. They are very obedient. B: Maybe. But I prefer to have a cat. A: The last thing I would like is a cat.【D6】______ . You can never expect a pet cat to catch a mouse, Betty. B: But they are gentle and pretty. And they can be good partners to their masters. A: Well, we can't persuade each other. Then you can have a cat as a pet. I'll have a dog. B: That's a good idea. It's unnecessary for both of us have dogs as our pets.

When I was still an architecture student, a teacher told me, "We learn more from buildings that fall down than from buildings that stand up. " What he meant was that construction is as much the result of experience as of theory. Although structural design follows established formulas, the actual performance of a building is complicated by the passage of time, the behavior of users, the natural elements—and unnatural events. All are difficult to simulate. Buildings, unlike cars, can't be crash-tested. The first important lesson of the World Trade Center collapse is that tall buildings can withstand the impact of a large jetliner. The twin towers were supported by 59 perimeter columns on each side. Although about 30 of these columns, extending from four to six floors, were destroyed in each building by the impact, initially both towers remained standing. Even so, the death toll (代价) was appalling—2,235 people lost their lives. I was once asked, how tall buildings should be designed given what we'd learned from the World Trade Center collapse. My answer was, "Lower." The question of when a tall building becomes unsafe is easy to answer. Common aerial fire-fighting ladders in use today are 100 feet high and can reach to about the 10th floor, so fires in buildings up to 10 stories high can be fought from the exterior (外部). Fighting fires and evacuating occupants above that height depend on fire stairs. The taller the building, the longer it will take for firefighters to climb to the scene of the fire. So the simple answer to the safety question is "Lower than 10 stories." Then why don't cities impose lower height limits? A 60-story office building does not have six times as much rentable space as a 10-story building. However, all things being equal, such a building will produce four times more revenue and four times more in property taxes. So cutting building heights would mean cutting city budgets. The most important lesson of the World Trade Center collapse is not that we should stop building tall buildings but that we have misjudged their cost. We did the same thing when we underestimated the cost of hurtling along a highway in a steel box at 70 miles per hour. It took many years before seat belts, air bags, radial tires, and antilock brakes became commonplace. At first, cars simply were too slow to warrant concern. Later, manufacturers resisted these expensive devices, arguing that consumers would not pay for safety. Now we do—willingly.

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Although business slumped after the holidays, shop owners began to prepare for the next one.

Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids (小行星) now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists. Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids (流星) that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us. But there are also thousands whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth. Buy $ 40 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $ 10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one, the scientists say, we'll have a way to change its course. Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldn't be cheap. Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: 1) How likely the event is; and 2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 400, 000 years. Sounds pretty rare—but if one did fall, it would be the end of the world. "If we don't take care of these big asteroids, they'll take care of us," says one scientist. "It's that simple." The cure, though, might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? "The world has less to fear from doomsday (毁灭性的) rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them," said a New York Times article.

In China, parents always try every means to help their children, and even make important decisions for them. They never care what the children really want because they believe that it is good for the children. If parents decide to sign up for their children to take an extra class to increase their chances of being admitted to a key school, they will stick to their decision, even if their children are not interested in it. In the United States, however, parents are likely to respect their children's opinions. It may be worthy of praise for the Chinese parents to attach great importance to education. However, they should learn how to balance the relationship between parents and the children from American parents when it comes to education.

Ultralight (超轻型的) airplanes are a recent development in aviation that provide what aviation enthusiasts have long been seeking: born of the marriage of the hang glider and the go-kart (超型单座赛车) engine around 1974, when John Moody mounted a 12-horsepower go-kart engine on his Icarus II hang glider. Today's ultralights are not just hang gliders with engines; they are "air recreation vehicles." Modern ultralight planes use snowmobile engines that let them cruise at about 40 miles per hour, climb at about 400 feet per minute, and carry combined payloads of pilot and fuel up to about 200 pounds, which is about equal to an ultralight plane's weight when empty. More than ten thousand ultralight planes were sold last year at prices ranging from $2,800 to $ 7,000. But the main reason for the increasing popularity of these aircraft is not that they are inexpensive, but that they are fun to fly. The modern ultralight plane would look very familiar to the earliest pioneers of aviation. Otto Lilienthal made more than 2,000 flights in Germany in the 1890's in what were actually hang gliders. Octave Chanute designed and built many early hang gliders. Augustus Herring, Chanute's assistant, used these gliders as models for a glider that he built for himself. On this glider, Herring installed a compressed-air motor and flew 267 feet in 1898. The Wright brothers' flyer was the grandfather of today's ultralight planes. The pilot sat right out in the open, just as in modern ultralights, and used controls that were much the same as those used in today's machines. Though most ultralight planes are used for pleasure flying, some are also used for crop dusting, aerial photography, and even military observation service. The likelihood is that further uses will be found for ultralight planes, but their greatest use will continue to be as air recreational vehicles.

On the grounds of Wimbledon, a year-round museum is devoted to the joys and history of the sport—and one of their current exhibits showcases Ted Tinling, the popular and controversial designer of tennis dresses.

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Write at least 150 words about the topic: Schools in China have been told to offer more classes in calligraphy(书法)because computer use and text-messaging are ruining children's writing style. You should write according to the outline given below:1．手机和计算机的使用使学生写字越来越生疏；2．写字和练书法会给学生带来益处；3．我对学生练书法的看法和建议。

In recent years, many Americans of both sexes and various ages have become interested in improving their bodies. They have become devoted to physical fitness. The need to exercise has almost become compulsive with many persons who have a strong desire to be more physically fit. By nature, Americans are enthusiastic and energetic about their hobbies and pastimes. They apply this enthusiasm, and energy to jogging/running. As a result, there are running clubs to join and many books and magazines to read about running. The desire to be physically fit is explained by a "passion" for good health. The high rate of heart attacks in the 1960s caused an increase on the part of the public in improving the human body. Middle-aged men especially suffer from heart attacks. Thus, they are one group strongly interested in more physical exercise. In fact, many doctors encourage their patients to become more physically active, especially those who have sedentary jobs. It is interesting to note that the rate of heart attacks began to decrease in the 1970s and it is still decreasing. Physical fitness currently enjoys a favored role in the United States. It is a new "love" that many Americans have cherished. Will it last long? Only time will tell—or until another "new passion" comes along.

She's always been kind to me — I can't just turn______on her now that she needs my help.

BReading ComprehensionDirections: There are 5 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET./B

Methods of studying vary; what works【C1】______for some students doesn't work at all for others. The only thing you can do is experiment【C2】______you find a system that does work for you. But two things are sure;【C3】______else can do your studying for you, and unless you do find a system that works, you won't get through college. Meantime, there are a few rules that【C4】______for everybody. The hint is "don't get 【C5】______". The problem of studying, 【C6】______enough to start with, becomes almost【C7】______when you are trying to do three【C8】______in one weekend. 【C9】______the fastest readers have trouble【C10】______that. And if you are behind in written work that must be turned in, the teacher who accepts it too late will probably not give you good credit. Perhaps he may not accept it at all. Getting behind in one class because you are spending so much time on another is really no excuse.

Although it seemed to take all her strength, the patient______up a smile to her mom.