春节是中国最重要的节日。观看 春节联欢晚会 (the Spring Festival Gala)是中国人庆祝春节的一个重要组成部分。这个一年一度的晚会由中央电视台(CCTV)直播，从除夕之夜晚上8点开始，持续约4个小时。晚会节目丰富多彩，以音乐、舞蹈、喜剧和戏剧表演为主。观众在观看节目的同时还可以通过电话、短信和互联网为自己喜爱的节目投票。评选结果会在15天之后的 元宵节晚会 (Lantern Festival Gala)上公布。

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Students of economics are in revolt(造反)again. This year, 65 groups of students from 30 countries established an International Student Initiative for Pluralism(多元化)in Economics. In no other subject do students express such organized dissatisfaction with their teaching. It seems, however, to little lasting effect. Temporality is inherent in student life: they don suits, collect their first salary and leave their complaints behind until the same complaints are rediscovered by a new group of 19-year-olds with similar naive hopes of changing the world. Still, recurrent dissatisfaction among both students and employers suggests they have a point. One cause of the problem is not specific to economics. Modern universities prize research above teaching, to a degree that would astonish people outside the system, who imagine its primary purpose is to educate the young. In reality, teaching ability plays a bit role in university hiring and promotion decisions. Many academic staff regard teaching as a trouble that gets in the way of their "own" work. If most students were not having such a good time outside the classroom, they would be angrier than they are. They should be. Students demand for more pluralism in the economics curriculum is well made. Yet much of the "heterodox economics" the Manchester students suggest including is flaky, the creation of people with their own political agenda. Their professors reject the introduction of these alternative schemes. Yet teachers are mistaken in their conformity, to a single methodological approach—concluded in the claim that has taken hold in the past four decades that approaches not based on rational choice foundations are unscientific or "not economics". The need is not so much to teach alternative paradigms of economics as to teach that pragmatism, not paradigm, is the key to economic understanding. This eclecticism is reflected in the curriculum setting. The subject of economics is not a method of analysis but a set of problems—the problems that drew students to the subject in the first place. The proper scope of economics is any and all ideas that bear usefully on these topics: just as the proper scope of medicine is any and all therapies that help the patient.

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太极拳(Taijiquan)是中华民族的宝贵财富，是东方文化的重要组成部分。作为中国古老的武术(martialarts)之一，其主要功能是武术攻防、锻炼身体和修身养性(self-cultivation).太极拳在演练时，动作柔缓，但能以突然爆发的力量将对手击退。经过几个世纪的发展，太极拳已发展为多个分支，每个分支都有自己的特点。如今，太极拳在中国乃至世界受到越来越多人欢迎。

For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Saying No or Not? following the outline given below．You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words． 1．有人从不拒绝别人的请求 2．有人认为应该敢于说不 3．我的看法……

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很难弄清楚这个习俗的起源。

在中国，玉(jade)的历史可以追溯到商朝(the Shang Dynasty).数千年来，人们都视玉为最珍贵的石头。在古代，玉是仅限于宗教仪式的物品。在封建社会(imperial society)，玉是财富和社会地位的象征。人们普遍相信玉能辟邪，能保护佩戴者免于灾祸。玉饰不仅能使佩戴者更美丽，还能促进其身体健康。中国的玉石种类有很多，其中最出名的是新疆的和田玉。

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to send your apologies to one of your teachers because you were late. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

铜鼓 (bronze drum)文化是中国南方地区典型的文化代表。在古代，铜鼓多用于祭拜、 出征仪式 (deploy-ing ritual)和庆祝活动。它是激动人心的 打击乐器 (percussion instrument)，给人们带来极大的精神鼓舞。在战场上，铜鼓还被用于传送信号、指挥作战。直至今日，许多少数民族依然保持着在传统节日、婚娶和丧葬等场合使用铜鼓的习俗。铜鼓文化极大地丰富了中华民族艺术的宝库。

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteanessaybasedonthepicturebelow.YoushouldstartyouressaywithabriefdescriptionofthepictureandcommentonOnlineMealOrdering.Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Epidemics. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words following the outline given below in Chinese:1．流行病在我们的生活中随处可见。2．流行病带来的危害。3．对此我们应采取的措施。

馆藏 (collections)丰富的 高校博物馆 (university museum)无疑是一座“宝藏”。但令人遗憾的是，这座宝藏一直很少受到关注。最近，北京的一些高校公开表示将向公众免费开放校内博物馆。这一举动为学术馆藏走近普通大众提供了一个良好的开端。但相对于许多世界一流学府的博物馆一直都是游客和学者前往的著名景点而言，国内的高校博物馆仍然有待发掘。

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甲骨文为研究汉字起源提供了重要的资料。

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