问答题 Exactly where we will stand in the long war against disease by the year 2050 is impossible to say. {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}But if developments in research maintain their current pace, it seems likely that a combination of improved attention to dietary and environmental factors, along with advances in gene therapy and protein targeted drugs, will have virtually eliminated most major classes of disease.{{/U}} From an economic standpoint, the best news may be that these accomplishments could be accompanied by a drop in health-care costs. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Costs may even fall as diseases are brought under control using pinpointed, short term therapies now being developed.{{/U}} By 2050 there will be fewer hospitals, and surgical procedures will be largely restricted to the treat ment of accidents and other forms of trauma(外伤). Spending on nonacute(慢性病的) care, both in nursing facilities and in homes, will also fall sharply as more elderly people lead healthy lives until close to death. One result of medicine's success in controlling disease will be a dramatic increase in life expectancy. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}The extent of that increase is a highly speculative matter, but it is worth noting that medical science has already helped to make the very old (currently defined as those over 85 years of age) the fastest growing segment of the population{{/U}}. Between 1960 and 1995, the U.S. population as a whole increased by about 45%, while the segment over 85 years of age grew by almost 300%. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}There has been a similar explosion in the population of centenarians, with the result that survival to the age of 100 is no longer the newsworthy feat that it was only a few decades ago.{{/U}} U.S. Census Bureau projections already forecast dramatic increase in the number of centenarians in the next 50 years: 4 million in 2050, compared with 37,000 in 1990. {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Although Census Bureau calculations project an increase in average life span of only eight years by the year 2050, some experts believe that the human life span should not begin to encounter any theoretical natural limits before 120 years.{{/U}}With continuing advances in molecular medicine and a growing understanding of the aging process, that limit could rise to 130 years or more.

问答题Your firm is planning to export carpets to Great Britain. At a recent conference you met William Linton, who is a market analyst working for a British company, British Agents Consultants. Write a letter to Mr. Linton in 160--200 words, explaining what your firm is planning to do and giving details of what you would like his company to do for you. You should write 160--200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.

问答题Directions: We have all had the experience of visiting bookstores and buying books. How do you feel about it? Your class is planning a wall paper and you are asked to write your experience with buying books. Your essay should include the following two points: 1) your general idea about buying books and 2) a specific account of buying one of your favorite books. You should write 160-200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.

问答题showyourunderstandingofthepictures,2.presentpossiblereasonsforthephenomenon,and3.drawaconclusion.共有两幅图画，都是描绘中国大城市道路上的情景。第一幅图上的景象是，在一个大城市的交通干道上只有一些公交车、货车和零星的私人轿车(车上标明privatecar的字样)。图下标示twodecadesago；第二幅图上的道路上一片繁忙的景象，在来来往往的车流中有很多私人轿车(车上用英文标注privatecar)，图下标示nowadays。

问答题Forthispart,youareallowed35minutestowriteacompositionbasedonthegraphbelow.Rememberthatyourcompositionbewrittenaccordingtothefollowingoutline:　　(1)Riseandfalloftherateofcaraccidentsasindicatedbythegraph;　　(2)Possiblereason(s)forthedeclineofcaraccidentsinthecity;　　(3)Yourpredictionsofwhatwillhappenthisyear.Youshouldwrite160-200wordsonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题PartBInterlocutor:NowI'dlikeyoutotalkaboutsomethingbetweenyourselves,butspeakloudlysothatwecanhearyou.Youshouldtakecaretosharetheopportunityofspeaking.(PutthepictureforCandidatesinfrontofbothcandidatesandgiveinstructionswithreferencetothepicture.)Talkaboutthesportsyoulike.Thispictureisforyourreference.Youhavethreeminutesforthis.Wouldyouliketobeginnow,please?

问答题In his autobiography, Darwin himself speaks of his intellectual powers with extraordinary modesty. He points out that he always experienced much difficulty in expressing himself clearly and concisely, but {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}he believes that this very difficulty may have had the compensating advantage of forcing him to think long and intently about every sentence, and thus enabling him to detect errors in reasoning and in his own observations.{{/U}} He disclaimed the possession of any great quickness of apprehension or wit, such as distinguished Huxley. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}He asserted, also, that his power to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought was very limited, for which reason he felt certain that he never could have succeeded with mathematics.{{/U}} His memory, too, he described as extensive, but hazy. So poor in one sense was it that he never could remember for more than a few days a single date or a line of poetry. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}On the other hand, he did not accept as well founded the charge made by some of his critics that, while he was a good observer, he had no power of reasoning.{{/U}} This, he thought, could not be true, because the Origin of Species is one long argument from the beginning to the end, and has convinced many able men. No one, he submits, could have written it without possessing some power of reasoning. He was Willing to assert that "I have a fair share of invention, and of common sense or judgment, such as every fairly successful lawyer or doctor must have, but not, I believe, in any higher degree. " {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}He adds humbly that perhaps he was "superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully. "{{/U}} Writing in the last year of his life, he expressed the opinion that in two or three respects his mind had changed during the preceding twenty or thirty years. Up to the age of thirty or beyond it poetry of many kinds gave him great pleasure. Formerly, too, pictures had given him considerable, and music very great, delight. In 1881, however, he said: "Now for many years I cannot endure to read a line of poetry. I have also almost lost my taste for pictures or music. " {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Darwin was convinced that the loss of these tastes was not only a loss of happiness, but might possibly be injurious to the intellect, and more probably to the moral character.{{/U}}

问答题A continuing phenomenon in business education is the emphasis on ethics. The American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation standards emphasize the need for an ethical awareness along with an understanding of "influence of political, social, legal and regulatory, environmental, and technological issues..." 61) One of the difficult ethical challenges it wants addressed concerns "inclusiveness," which we have interpreted to mean a "large umbrella" approach, in, for example, employee concerns. To this end, matters such as sexual preference are dealt with in a case involving a supervisor. 62) Possibly the greatest ethical idea that could build bridges in an increasingly fragmented society is the idea that empirical evidence must be sought and used to bring an agreement in controversial public issues. Clearly the greatest impact upon the business enterprise evidencing external political and social environments occurs with respect to law. Law is the way in which society and the political process translating into concrete form the forces shaping the business environment. Perhaps the most important development is the recognition that positive law has become the ethic of our time. 63) A key reason for this is the highly competitive nature of the business environment, where international competitors are threatening the very existence of the domestic U. S. businesses; this competition forces U. S. businesses to take a "bare bones," "do just what the law requires and no more" approach to ethics. Actually, the U. S. legal system is for more than a" bare bones" to legal rights. 64) In fact, it could persuasively be argued that law in this nature has crept into the realm of natural law and norms formerly described by private decision makers are now decreed by legislative commands. It is true that ethics involves doing the "right" thing, the just thing, the morally correct thing; however, positive law is now commanding us to "do the right thing." Given the need to keep costs under control, most U. S. businesses give a sigh of relief and say, "This is enough ethics for me; thanks," if they can simply comply with the pervasive positive law. These businesses point out that their foreign competitors do not have the extensive—and expensive—protective labor laws, the Clean Water Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and a host of other laws. 65) These laws have praiseworthy goals; nonetheless, they make competing with businesses in other countries without such laws difficult, if not impossible, particularly when costs are taken into account.

问答题Write an essay with the title "reading books in Printed Form or on Computer" in which you should 1) analyze the strong points and the weak points of each one; 2) tell your own preference and your reasons

问答题Directions: You are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: The Fight Against Crime. You should base your composition on the following outline, and write coherently and neatly, in no less than 120 words. Outline: 1．今日在我国某些城市中犯罪率似乎在上升。 2．面对罪犯，不同的人采取不同的态度。 3．至于我，我的建议如下。

问答题Thechartsbelowshowtheresultsofasurveyofadulteducation.Thefirstchartshowsthereasonswhyadultsdecidetostudy.Thepiechartshowshowpeoplethinkthecostsofadulteducationshouldbeshared.Youaretowriteareportof160--200wordsforauniversitylecturerdescribingtheinformationshownbelow.

问答题Some philosophers argue that rights exist only within a social contract, as part of an exchange of duties and entitlements.

问答题曲曲折折的荷塘上面，弥望的是田田的叶子。叶子出水很高，像亭亭玉立的舞女的裙。层层的叶子中间，零星地点缀着些白花，有袅娜地开着的，有羞涩地打着朵儿的：正如一粒粒的明珠，又如碧天里的星星，又如刚出浴的美人。微风过处，送来缕缕清香，仿佛远处高楼上渺茫的歌声似的。这时候叶子与花也有一丝的颤动，像闪电般，霎时传到荷塘的那边去了。