Look! Two hundreds students are watching a football match on the playground.

Americans suffer from an overdose of work. Regardless 41 who they are or what they do, Americans spend 42 time at work than at any time since World War Ⅱ. In 1950, the US had fewer working hours 43 any industrialized country. Today, it exceeds every country 44 Japan, where industrial employees load 2,155 hours a year compared 45 1,951 in the US and 1,603 in the 46 West Germany. Between 1969 and 1989, employed Americans 47 an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. The workweek 48 above 40 hours, but people are working more weeks each year. 49 , paid time off holidays, vacations, sick leave shrank 50 15 percent in the 1990s. As corporations have 51 stiffer competition and slower growth in productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost-cutting lay-offs in the 1990s 52 the professional and managerial runs, 53 fewer people to get the job done. In lower-paid occupations, 54 wages have been reduced, workers have added hours 55 overtime or extra jobs to 56 their living standard. The government estimates that more than seven million people hold a second job. For the first time, large 57 of people say they want to cut 58 on working hours, even if it means earning less money. 59 most employers are unwilling to let them do so. The government, which has stepped back from its traditional 60 as a regulator of work time, should take steps to make shorter hours possible.

There is a people in the room. But nobody knows who it is.

Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a composition on the topic Is Frustration a Bad Thing? You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below. 1. 有些人认为挫折是坏事。 2. 更多的人并不认为挫折是坏事。 3. 我的看法。

The manager entered the office and was happy to learn that four-fifths of the tickets were booked.

Weather permit, the Johnsons will hold open-air garden party.

Neither he nor his two brothers was responsible for the fire which had caused great losses to the family.

Directions: For this part, you're required to write a composition on the topic 'Getting to Know the Society'. You should write at least 120 words, and your composition should be based on the outline given in Chinese below and write your composition on the Answer Sheet. Getting to Know the Society 1．大学生了解社会的必要性； 2．了解社会的途径(大众媒体、社会实践活动等)； 3．我在这方面是怎样做的。

In March when spring is already here, we usually plant many young trees on both side of the street.

Mary wants to buy that kind of cloth because she has been told that the cloth is washed very well.

China's birth rate has been falling since 2016—for example, 12 million new births were recorded in 2020, but the number is expected to drop below 10 million in 2021 despite a series of pronatalist policies taken by the government. And although the two-child policy introduced in 2016 caused an uptick in the number of newborns, it failed to reverse the falling birth rate trend. Can the three-child policy introduced last year succeed where earlier favorable family planning policies failed? The picture doesn't look good, though. China's birth rate in 2020 declined to 1.3 percent, far lower than the replacement rate of 2.1, according to the seventh national census results. Since the population of women of childbearing age in China has reached its peak, it will continue to decline. From the perspective of economics, having children is essentially an economic decision. The costs and benefits of having a child play a key role in such families' decision. As for benefits, children carry on the family name and can help strengthen the bond between a man and a woman. And having children gives an assurance to parents that they will have someone to take care of them when they get old. When it comes to costs, women have to endure physical and mental stress to give birth and bring up children. Childbirth is painful and, in extreme cases, could be fatal. Also, new mothers, in general, find it difficult to adjust family and work life. Plus, having children also means additional expenses and in some cases cutting costs to provide good education for the children, as well as dedicating huge amounts of time to bringing them up. Apparently, people tend to have more children if there are more benefits and fewer children if the costs outweigh the benefits. That most couples today prefer to have just one child means there are more costs than benefits of having more children. Besides, with the improvement of the pension system in China, elderly people today depend less on their offspring, and thanks to the continuous increase in the number of well-educated and financially independent women, quite a few young women consider marriage more of an option than a necessity. These factors have also played a role in the decline in the birth rate. Moreover, because of the shortage of quality education and good schools, parents have to spend large amounts of money and time to ensure their children get admitted to good schools and colleges so they can get quality education, leading to frequent arguments and conflicts in families, and prompting many couples not to have a second, let alone a third, child. The stress and tension of parents infect children. And stress and unhappiness could undermine the mental health of a child. To address these problems, especially to reduce the education burden of students, and by default their parents, the government introduced some policies, including the 'double reduction' policy, recently. High housing prices are also discouraging many young couples from having children. Cities and towns where housing prices are relatively low usually have higher fertility rates around the world. More importantly, in most cases, women still shoulder most of the responsibilities of bringing up a child, and experts and surveys say women usually find themselves at a disadvantage at the workplace after giving birth. In Denmark, an advanced economy, for example, working mothers get lower salaries compared with men even 20 years after giving birth despite having the same education level and years of experience. While a longer paid maternity leave may protect women from being dismissed or demoted, such women are still ignored when it comes to promotion and increments. In fact, studies show that a longer paid maternity leave has little effect on boosting the fertility rate if women are more concerned about their career prospects. But there is no need to be over-pessimistic. Children still play an indispensable role in a family, and despite the improving social services, many grown-up children still take care of their aged parents. Apart from improving education quality and reining in housing prices, however, the government should also take measures to meet the real needs of working mothers, in order to boost the birth rate. For instance, establishing more day childcare centers can free working mothers of the responsibility of taking care of children by neglecting their jobs. In East Asia, the low fertility rate is largely attributed to women's lower position in the family. Many women are tired of rushing back and forth between work and housework, while men are rarely extending a helping hand. So they have decided not to marry, and if they marry, not to have children. Thus men have to shoulder their part of the social and familial responsibilities to promote gender equality. It will not only promote domestic harmony but also help increase the fertility rate.

In the early 1990s, an Australian friend and I travelled to Lijiang for a summer vacation. We hired a local 21 Wang who was a gentleman with 22 manners. It was so hot that we took delight in drinking cool 23 . We politely offered Wang but he 24 . We said nothing and drank our beer, while poor Wang watched. One day Wang must have been desperate because he 25 the first offer. Only 26 I saw that Wang in fact liked beer very much, did it then occur to me to ask him 27 maybe in China it was not polite to accept the 28 offer. Several months ago, a friend of mine invited a young Chinese lady home for dinner. The young lady had just 29 in America for a work-study year. 30 her hosts knew that Chinese have a 31 sense of politeness in social situations, they expected to have to 32 the young lady repeatedly to help herself 33 the dinner dishes. They had been told that, in China, 34 of proffered food is considered polite and further refusal is even more polite. Some intercultural trainers advised western hosts to 35 three times so that Chinese guests can politely refuse twice and that be persuaded to accept the 36 time. 37 , the young lady's first words as she came through the door were, 'Oh, I'm starving. I hope you don't mind 38 I eat a lot!' Contrary to the American hosts' 39 , she didn't hesitate at all 40 herself to the food and didn't need to be urged.

We got up early this morning and 71 a long walk after breakfast. We walked 72 the business section of the city. I told you yesterday that the city 73 larger than I thought it would be. Well, the business section is smaller than I thought it would be. I suppose that's 74 Washington is a special kind of city. 75 of the people in Washington work for the government. About 9∶30 we went to the White House. It's 76 the public from 10 77 12, and there was a long line of people 78 to get in. We didn't have to wait very long, because the line moved pretty quickly. The White House is really white. It 79 every year. And it seems very white, because it's got beautiful lawns 80 around it, with many trees and shrubs. The grounds 81 about four square blocks. I mean, they're about two blocks long 82 each side. Of course, we didn't see the whole building. The part 83 the President lives and works is not open to the publiC．But the part we saw was beautiful. We went through five of the main rooms. One of 84 was the library, on the ground floor. On the next floor, there are three rooms named 85 the colors that are used in them: the Red Room, the Blue Room, and the Green Room. The walls are covered with silk 86 . There are 87 old furniture, from the time 88 the White House was 89 built. And everywhere there are paintings and statues of former presidents and 90 famous people from history.

People's attitudes 41 gift-giving may 42 from country to country, 43 the desire to convey a feeling of friendship is universal. Here is an example to 44 the differences. Japan is a 45 country. It is not 46 in Japan to offer a gift to a person who is 47 or has been helpful. When people do that, the gifts 48 be substantial and expensive. 49 , at least in the typical Japanese style, it is not 50 to attach a thank-you note or card to the gift. Japanese people may express their 51 and friendship directly through the gift they have 52 and given to the person they love and respect. In 53 , you are likely to get more cards 54 gifts in the United States. A card may come with a small gift or no gift at all. In general, American people don't 55 very much whether the gift is expensive or not. As a matter of 56 , your gift to them would be 57 all the more if you made it yourself 58 buying it from a store. And the words on the card seem to be the most important thing. 59 someone does not have a card on hand, he or she would write you a thank-you note on a piece of paper, give it to you 60 or put it in your pigeon hole.

无论问题看起来怎么复杂，他总能找到解决办法。

Directions: In this part, you're required to write a composition with at least 120 words on the topic of The Attitude Toward Crisis. Please write it on the Answer Sheet.

College is a new and different experience for me. I'm away from home, so I have many things to adjust to, such as being on my own and meeting many different types of people. There are a lot of things that I like about college that I would like to describe for you. First of all, living at college gives me a sense of responsibility and of being on my own. My parents aren't around to say, 'No, you're not going out tonight.' or 'Did you finish your homework?' Everything I do has to be my decision, and that makes me responsible for my own life. During the second week I was at college, I had to go out and look for a bank where I could open an account. And when I got to the bank, I had to decide whether to have a checking or savings account and whether or not to get a credit card. Decisions! Decisions! Friendly people is another thing I like about college. On the first day I came to Mary mount University here in Virginia from New York, I was a bit confused about where I was going. My mother and I drove in. We did not know the building we were supposed to go to, but the guard was very nice. With a smile, he told us what building we were looking for and where we could park our car. My room was on the first floor of New Gerard, and I knew I had to go through some glass doors, but my mother and I didn't know which ones. Some students saw me and asked, 'Are you a new student?' When they found out I was looking for New Gerard, one said, 'Oh, just follow us; that's where we're going.' Even now I feel comfortable in the dorm(学生宿舍) because there are friendly people around to talk with. I do like a lot of things about college, but that doesn't mean I don't think about things at home. Although I like college, I can still get homesick. New York is a very good place, too! And sometimes I miss it!

It was in the classroom which we had class meeting yesterday.

Mother asked me if the Blacks were going to move here long before.

In the girls' 100-metre race, Lily from Class 1 ran very fast.