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中国梦 (China Dream)是习近平主席提出的指导思想。他认为“中国梦”是中华民族近代最伟大的梦想，并表示这个梦一定能实现。“中国梦”的核心目标是实现中华民族的 伟大复兴 (the great rejuvenation)，具体来说就是实现国家富强、民族复兴和人民幸福。其根本要求是全面建成 小康社会 (a well-off society)。实现“中国梦”必须坚持走中国特色社会主义道路。只有国家全面、科学地发展，个人才能实现梦想。同样，只有每个人都充满激情。“中国梦”才能够美丽。

春节是中国人一年中的第一个传统佳节。过去，春节被称为“新年”，因为按照中国一直沿用的农历，这天是正月初一，为新一年的开头。据记载，中国人民过春节已有4000多年的历史，它是由虞舜兴起的。公元前两千多年的一天，舜即天子位，带领着部下人员，祭拜天地。从此，人们就把这一天当作岁首，算是正月初一。据说这就是农历新年的由来，后来叫春节。1911年辛亥革命后，中国采用公历纪年，农历新年便改称“春节”。

长城被称为中国的奇迹，拥有两千多年的历史。从空中俯瞰，它像一条长龙，从西向东蜿蜒前行，总长约6700公里。从 春秋战国时期 (the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period)起，各诸侯国开始修建城墙以保护边境。秦朝建立以后，秦始皇把这些城墙连接起来，成为长城。然而，当时的长城大都已经在战争中损毁，而现存的长城主要是明朝时修建的。长城最初是为了抵抗来自北方的侵略，如今已成为旅游胜地，吸引了来自世界各地的游客。有句谚语：“不到长城非好汉”，足以见证长城的 雄伟壮观 (grandeur)。

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark "Adversity Leads to Prosperity". You can cite examples to illustrate your point and then explain what you will do to overcome adversity. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.

Many current discussions of immigration issues talk about immigrants in general, as if they were abstract people in an abstract world. But the concrete differences between immigrants from different countries affect whether their coming here is good or bad for the American people.The very thought of formulating immigration laws from the standpoint of what is best for the American people seems to have been forgotten by many who focus on how to solve the problems of illegal immigration. It is hard to look for "the ideal outcome" on immigration in the abstract. Economics professor Milton Friedman once said, "The best is the enemy of the good," which to me meant that attempts to achieve an unattainable ideal can prevent us from reaching good outcomes that are possible in practice. Too much of our current immigration controversy is conducted in terms of abstract ideals, such as "We are a nation of immigrants." Of course we are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of people who wear shoes. Does it follow that we should admit anybody who wears shoes? The immigrants of today are very different from those who arrived here a hundred years ago. Moreover, the society in which they arrive is different. To me, it is better to build a wall around the welfare state than the country. But the welfare state is already here—and, Jar from having a wall built around it, the welfare state is expanding in all directions. We do not have a choice between the welfare state and open borders. Anything we try to do as regards immigration laws has to be done in the context of a huge welfare state that is already a major, inescapable fact of life. Among other facts of life utterly ignored by many advocates of de facto amnesty(事实上的大赦) is that the free international movement of people is different from free international trade in goods. Buying cars or cameras from other countries is not the same as admitting people from those countries or any other countries. Unlike inanimate objects, people have cultures and not all cultures are compatible with the culture in this country that has produced such benefits for the American people for so long. Not only the United States, but the Western world in general, has been discovering the hard way that admitting people with incompatible cultures is an irreversible decision with incalculable consequences. If we do not see that after recent terrorist attacks on the streets of Boston and London, when will we see it? "Comprehensive immigration reform" means doing everything all together in a rush, without time to look before we leap, and basing ourselves on abstract notions about abstract people.

《史记》 (Records of the Grand Historian)是中国第一本 纪传体通史 (general history based on biography)，由中国西汉时期的历史学家司马迁编写。该书由五部分组成，共130篇，五十多万字，记载了古代中国两千多年的历史。《史记》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。《史记》内容涉及广泛，不仅谈及政治．还包括哲学、经济、民族关系等多个话题。它不但是一部杰出的史学著作，而且是一部优秀的文学巨著，具有很高的文学价值。

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For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on happiness. Your essay should focus on the real meaning of happiness. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

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I'm interested in the criminal【B1】______system of our country. It seems to me that something has to be done, if we're to【B2】______as a country. I certainly don't know what the answers to our problems are. Things certainly【B3】______in a hurry when you get into them, but I wonder if something couldn't be done to deal with some of these problems. One thing I'm concerned about is our practice of putting【B4】______in jail who haven't harmed anyone. Why not work out some system whereby they can【B5】______the debts they owe society instead of【B6】______another debt by going to prison and, of course, coming under the【B7】______of hardened criminals. I'm also concerned about the short prison sentences people are serving for serious crimes. Of course one alternative to this is to【B8】______capital punishment, but I'm not sure I would be for that. I'm not sure it's right to take an eye for an eye. The alternative to capital punishment is longer sentences, but they would certainly cost the tax payers much money. I also think we must do something about the insanity plea. In my opinion, anyone who takes another person's life intentionally is【B9】______: however, that does not mean that the person isn't【B10】______of the crime, or that he shouldn't pay society the debt he owes. It's sad, of course, that a person may have to spend the rest of his life, or a large part of it in prison for acts that he committed while not in full control of his mind.

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北京这座将传统文化与现代文明完美融合的城市，具有重要的国际影响力。

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For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying " Admonish your friends in private, praise them in public. " 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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