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《史记》(Recoeds of the Grand Historian)不以时间为顺序，而是以人物为中心来记录历史事实。开创了新的史书写作手法。

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled Students' Use of Computers. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words, and base your composition on the outline given below. 1．下图所示为某校大学生平均每周使用计算机的时间：1990年(2 hours)、1995年(4 hours)、2002年(20 hours)，请描述其变化。 2．请说明发生这些变化的原因(可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明)。 3．你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题。

泰山 (Mount Tai)位于山东省的中部，海拔1545米。山上有不计其数的 奇石 (grotesque rock formations)、清瀑、古松、石桥、庙宇、塔类、 殿堂 (hall)，以及历代名人和 书法家 (calligrapher)所留下的古老的石刻 碑文 (inscription)。泰山将自然景观与文化遗产完美地融为一体，吸引着来自世界各地的游客。泰山之所以被称为“天下第一山”，是因为历代帝王认为它是 圣地 (holy place)，并来此祈祷国家繁荣祥和。1987年泰山因其文化价值和旅游价值而被列为世界文化遗产和自然遗产。

1．大学破格录取人才的现象越来越普遍 2．人们对其意见不一 3．我认为……

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark "No pains, no gains." You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

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然而，由于位置偏远、交通落后、与其他地区交流不足，中国西部地区在经济、文化、人民生活水平等方面不够发达。

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It' s widely agreed that girls generally start talking earlier than boys, and use more complex vocabulary. When they【C1】______school, most girls have slightly better verbal skills than boys—on average, they are a month or two ahead. As they progress through primary school, girls continue to【C2】______boys when it comes to verbal skills. By the time children leave primary school, girls are about a year ahead with reading and the【C3】______is even bigger for writing. However, it should be noted that boys are roughly【C4】______with girls when it comes to attainment in maths at primary school. The gap in attainment at the age of 16 had led some teachers to believe that single-sex lessons in core subjects are the way forward when it comes to【C5】______male students and improving boys' grades. They argue that boys, for instance, feel less【C6】______in subjects like literacy when there are no female students in the classroom to compete with. Others believe that girls and boys thrive best when the opposite sex is taken out of the equation completely, and【C7】______a single-sex environment, especially at secondary school level. Some schools believe that a male【C8】______—whether it is a male teacher or more involvement from dad at home—is a key factor in impelling boys and improving their grades. Others advocate a more "boy-friendly" environment at school, whether it' s【C9】______more books in the library that appeal to boys or trying out different teaching styles in lessons to【C10】______boys in learning.A)presence B)identical C)outperform D)stockingE)gap F)motivating G)disheartened H)sorryI)level J)engage K)cheering L)recommendingM)advocate N)start O)appearance

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青藏铁路是世界上线路最长海拔(elevation)最高的高原铁路，被誉为“天路”(Road to the Heaven)。

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Man and Artificial. Intelligence by commenting on the saying, "The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do." You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

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President Barack Obama's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lisa Jackson, has spent 20 years as an environmental officer at the state and national levels. She'll need every bit of that experience to revive an agency that has been corrupted for years, say scientists and environmentalists who welcomed this week's announcement A 16-year veteran of EPA's Superfund site remediation (整治) program before taking the top environmental job for the state of New Jersey, Jackson holds a master's degree in chemical engineering. "She will be an outstanding administrator, committed to defending the integrity of the science on which EPA regulations must be based," says David Michaels, a research professor of environmental and occupational health at George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, D.G. That combination of skills and ethics is badly needed at EPA, say Michaels and other scientists. Kathryn Mahaffey, who left EPA this summer for GWU after 15 years of studying the risk to humans from exposure to pollutants, says that she was instructed three years ago by a politician to "go back and recalculate" her results on blood mercury levels among U.S. women. Political interference has grown so serious, she says, that outside scientists "aren't sure what scientific publications coming out of EPA they really should have confidence in." One issue waiting for the next EPA administrator is whether the agency will regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act Although the U.S. Supreme Court told EPA a few years ago to re-examine its opposition to doing so, agency Administrator Stephen Johnson said this summer that "the Clean Air Act is the wrong tool for the job". An assistant to Obama said that Obama would instruct EPA to regulate carbon under the act if Congress didn't adopt a cap-and-trade system in the next 18 months. Another policy opposed by many environmentalists—to deny California and other states the right to tighten auto emission standards—could be reversed by the new EPA administrator. As head of New Jersey's EPA, Jackson developed a plan to slash the state's carbon emissions and worked with other Northeast states on a regional program to do the same. Dena Mottola Jaborska, executive director of Environment New Jersey, credits Jackson with making the state "a leader on global warming." At the same time, some groups have criticized Jackson for making inadequate progress on cleaning up toxic waste sites. This month, she became chief of staff to Governor Jon Corzine. If confirmed by the Senate, Jackson, 46, would become the first African-American to lead EPA.

Judging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an epidemic of sleepiness in the nation. "I can't think of a single study that hasn't found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to." says Dr. David. The beginning of our sleep deficit crisis can be【C1】______to the invention of the light bulb a century ago. From diary entries and other personal【C2】______from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night. By the 1950s and 1960s, that sleep schedule had been reduced【C3】______to between 7.5 and 8 hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. "People cheat on their sleep, and they don't even【C4】______they're doing it," says Dr. David. "They think they're okay because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, 8 or even more to feel ideally【C5】______ Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researchers say, is the【C6】______of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community mount, many people consider sleep the least【C7】______item on the agenda. "In our society, you're considered dynamic if you say you only need 5.5 hours' sleep. If you say you've got to get 8.5 hours, people think you lack【C8】______and ambition." To assess the【C9】______of sleep deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests. "We've found that if you're sleep-deprived, performance【C10】______says Dr. David. "Short-term memory is impaired, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate." A)consequences B)complexity C)ingenious D)dramatically E)suffers F)tracked G)realize H)expensive I)slightly J)traced K)detaches L)vigorous M)inspiration N)accounts O)drive

Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessaybasedonthepicturebelow.Youshouldfocusonthenegativeeffectsofover-relianceonthetechnology.Youarerequiredtowriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words.

居民消费价格指数(CPI)不但与人们的生活密切相关，在国家的价格体系中也占有很重要的地位。