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Directions: Many people try to buy the newest products to satisfy their desires. However, some of them never consider their financial background, which results in getting them into troubles. Please write a short essay entitled Should People Be Satisfied. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

Halloween A) On October 31st, dozens of children dressed in costumes knock on their neighbors' doors and yell "Trick or Treat" when the door opens. Pirates and princesses, ghosts and popular heroes of the day all hold bags open to catch the candy or other goodies that the neighbors drop in. As they give each child a treat, the neighbors exclaim over the costumes and try to guess who is under the masks. Since the 800's November 1st is a religious holiday known as All Saints' Day. The Mass that was said on this day was called Allhallowmas. The evening before became known as All Hakki-we'en, or Halloween. Like some other American celebrations, its origins lie in both pre-Christian and Christian customs. B) October 31st was the eve of the Celtic new year. The Celts were the ancestors of the present-day Irish, Welsh and Scottish people. On this day ghosts walked and mingled with the living, or so the Celts thought. The townspeople baked food all that day and when night fell they dressed up and tried to resemble the souls of the dead. Hoping that the ghosts would leave peacefully before midnight of the new year. Much later, when Christianity spread throughout Ireland and October 31st was no longer the last day of the year, Halloween became a celebration mostly for children. "Ghosts" went from door to door asking for treats, or else a trick would be playrd on the owners of the house. When millions of Irish people immigrated to the United States in the 1840s the tradition came with them. C) Today school dances and neighborhood parties called "block parties" are popular among young and old alike. More and more adults celebrate Halloween. They dress up like historical or political figures and go to masquerade parties (化装舞会). In larger cities, costumed children and their parents gather at shopping malls early in the evening. Stores and businesses give parties with games and treats for the children. Teenagers enjoy costume dances at their schools and the more outrageous the costume the better! Certain pranks (恶作剧) such as soaping car windows and tipping over garbage cans are expected. But partying and pranks are not the only things that Halloweeners enjoy doing. Some collect money to buy food and medicine for needy children around the world. D) Halloween originated as a celebration connected with evil spirits. Witches flying on broomsticks with black cats, ghosts, goblins (小精灵) and skeletons have all evolved as symbols of Halloween. They are popular trick-or-treat costumes and decorations for greeting cards and windows. Black is one of the traditional Halloween colors, probably because Halloween festivals and traditions took place at night. In the weeks before October 31st, Americans decorate windows of houses and schools with silhouettes (轮廓) of witches and black cats. E) Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. The pumpkin is an orange-colored squash, and orange has become the other traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns is a Halloween custom also dating back to Ireland. A legend grew up about a man named Jack who was so mean that he was not allowed into heaven when he died, because he was a miser (吝啬鬼). He couldn't enter hell either because he had played jokes on the devil. As a result, Jack had to walk the earth with his lantern until Judgement Day. The Irish people carved scary faces out of turnips (芜菁根), beets (甜菜根) or potatoes representing "Jack of the Lantern," or Jack-o'-lantern. When the Irish brought their customs to the United States, they carved faces on pumpkins because in the autumn they were more plentiful than turnips. Today jack-o'-lanterns in the windows of a house on Halloween night let costumed children know that there are goodie (糖果) waiting if they knock and say "Trick or Treat! " Dried Pumpkin Seeds F) After carving your pumpkin, separate the pulp from the seeds. Rinse the seeds and spread them out to dry. The next day, add enough melted butter or margarine (人造黄油) to coat each seed. Spread the seeds onto a cookie sheet (甜酥饼干) and bake for 20 minutes in a 300 degree oven or until they are slightly brown. Caramel (饴糖) Apples G) Take the paper wrapping off about 100 caramels and put them in a saucepan (炖锅). Put the saucepan over a pan of boiling water. Boil the water until the caramels melt. Put a wooden stick into the top of each apple, dip the apple into the caramel. Let them cool on wax paper and enjoy! Scary stories H) No Halloween party is complete without at least one scary story. Usually one person talks in a low voice while everyone else crowds together on the floor or around a fire. The following is a retelling of a tale told in Britain and in North Carolina and Virginia. I) There was an old woman who lived all by herself, and she was very lonely. Sitting in the kitchen one night, she said, "Oh, I wish I had some company." No sooner had she spoken than down the chimney tumbled two feet from which the flesh had rotted. The old woman's eyes bulged with terror. Then two legs dropped to the hearth (壁炉地面) and attached themselves to the feet. Then a body tumbled down, then two arms, and a man's head. As the old woman watched, the parts came together into a great, tall man. The man danced around and around the room. Faster and faster he went. Then he stopped, and he looked into her eyes. "What do you come for?" She asked in a small voice that shivered and shook. "What do I come for?" he said. "I come for YOU! " The narrator shouts and jumps at the person near him!

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中国是世界上公认发明指南针的国家。早在2400多年前，中国人就创造出世界上最早的指南针。后来经过不断改进，到宋朝(the Song Dynasty)人们制造出铁针指南针并应用于航海。中国是第一个在海船上使用指南针的国家。指南针为明代(the Ming Dynasty)郑和下西洋提供了条件。后来指南针传入欧洲，推动了欧洲航海事业的发展，为哥伦布(Columbus)的航行提供了技术保证。

中国武侠连续剧 (Chinese Wuxia series)在西方日益受到大众的欢迎。这要归功于网络巨大的影响力。武侠剧是有关 功夫大师 (martial artist)的中国小说 题材 (genre).从电子游戏到电影，它出现于各种形式的媒介中。许多西方人一点儿汉语也不懂，但他们并不介意看屏幕上的英语译文。之前武侠剧在西方传播缓慢有很多原因，其中包括推广营销不到位以及缺乏与武侠相关的基础知识。

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For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On TV Talent Shows following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1．如今电视选秀节目非常流行，不少年轻人参加 2．选秀节目有利有弊 3．我的看法

When retailers want to entice customers to buy a particular product, they typically offer it at a discount. According to a new study to be published in The Journal of Marketing, they are missing a【C1】______. A team of researchers, led by Akshay Rao of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, looked at consumers' attitudes to discounting. Shoppers, they found, much prefer getting something extra free to getting something cheaper. The main reason is that most people are 【C2】______at fractions. Consumers often 【C3】______to realise, for example, that a 50% increase in quantity is the same as a 33% discount in price. They overwhelmingly assume the former is better value. In an experiment, the researchers sold 73% more hand lotion when it was【C4】______ in a bonus pack than when it carried an equivalent discount. This numerical blind spot remains even when the deal clearly favor the discounted product. In another experiment, this time on his undergraduates, Mr. Rao offered two deals on loose coffee beans: 33% extra free or 33% off the price. The discount is by far the better proposition, but the【C5】______clever students viewed them as equivalent. Studies have shown other ways in which retailers can exploit consumers' innumeracy. One is to confuse them with double discounting. People are more likely to see a【C6】______in a product that has been reduced by 20% , and then by an additional 25% , than one which has been bargain to an equivalent, one-off, 40%【C7】______. Marketing types can draw lessons beyond just pricing, says Mr. Rao. When advertising a new car's 【C8】______, for example, it is more【C9】______ to talk about the number of extra miles per gallon it does, rather than the equivalent percentage fall in fuel【C10】______ .A) bargain I) paidB) consumption J) persuadingC) convincing K) reductionD) deduction L) straggleE) doubtfully M) supposedlyF) efficiency N) trickG) hopeless O) uselessH) afforded

中国人一直以自己是龙的传人(descendent)为豪。这种情感在中国文化和社会的各个方面都有所体现。从远古时代起，龙就被看作是具有庇佑能力并能影响人们生活的动物。古代的皇帝被看作是“真龙天子”，象征着尊严和权力。在民间流传着许多关于龙的传说和故事。还有各种与龙相关的民俗活动，其中最受欢迎的就是赛龙舟(Dragon Boat Race)。

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Topic Saying No or Not? 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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Topic Is Lights-out Regulation Necessary? For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Is Lights-out Regulation Necessary? following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. 1．大学熄灯制度有所松动 2．人们对熄灯制度的看法不一 3．作为一名大学生，我认为……

扇子的用途很广泛，除了能使人凉快之外，还可用于舞蹈、装饰等。

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