问答题Part A Task: Identifying oneself; identifying things/people; passing on information. Interlocutor: Good morning (afternoon). My name is...and this is my colleague... He/She is just going to be listening to us. And your names are...and...? Give me your mark sheets please. Thank you. (Hand over the mark sheets to the assessor.) First of all, we'd like to know something about you, Candidate A, so I'm going to ask you some questions. Tell me about the kind of accommodations you live in? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the kind of housing you live in? Which do you prefer, a flat or a house? Thank you. Now, we'd like to know something about you, Candidate B, so I'm going to ask you some questions. Can you tell me something about your family? What do your family members do for a living? What do you and your family like to do together?

问答题Newspaper publishers make money mainly from subscribers and advertisers. It's been that way for centuries. But in the last few years an important new income stream has opened up for newspapers. Among the pioneers is The Gazette Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which since 1993 has been providing information to its readers delivered by both paper and, increasingly, the Web. "If a newspaper views itself as ink on paper, I don't think it will survive. " says Steve Hannah, vice president of information technology. 57) Online newspapers are a look into the future, and just pondering it raises the question of whether it isn't nicer getting your daily news curled up in your favorite chair with your ballpoint pen handy to circle items of interest, or scissors ready to snip out articles you want to save. The Gazette Company is betting its subscribers want both electronic and paper options, and so far it seems to be right. The rest of the world is moving into cyberspace more slowly than the United States, and, in the developing world, the Internet has hardly penetrated at all. 58) U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is determined to change this through the United Nations Information Technology Service, which will train large numbers of people to tap into the income-enhancing power of the Internet. Annan is also proposing an Internet health network that will provide state-of-the-art medical knowledge to 10,000 clinics and hospitals in poor countries. The on-rushing Cyber Age has given newfound power to us all, as seen in Jody Williams's one-woman organization using e-mail to promote a global ban on land mines. Yet, this is but a glimpse of what's ahead in the minds of those immersed in this great and accelerating transformation. 59) At Microsoft, Bill Gates predicts that by 2018 major newspapers will" publish their last paper editions and move solely to electronic distribution,'and that by 2020 dictionaries will redefine books as " eBook titles read on screen. " 60) Computers have metamorphosed from the University of Pennsylvania's 1961 ENIAC--whose more than 17,000 vacuum tubes had less number-crunching power than today~ s laptop — into thumbnail-sized computer chips containing 42 million transistors. William Van Dusen Wishard, president of World Trends Research, is concerned. 61) In a speech to the Issue Management Council in Washington D. C, he noted that "researchers at Carnegie Mellon University cite a two-year study showing depression and loneliness appearing at greater levels in people using the Internet than in others not using it, or not using it as much. Extensive exposure to the wider world via the Net appears to make people less satisfied with their personal lives. /

问答题Directions:Itisoftenclaimedthatwomenhaveachievedgreaterfreedomandhaveaccesstothesameopportunitiesasmen.ThepiechartsbelowshowsomeemploymentpatternsinGreatBritain.Writeareportforauniversitylecturerdescribingtheinformationinthechartsbelow.Youshouldwriteatleast150words.

问答题62) The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind; it is simply the mode by which all phenomena are reasoned about and given precise and exact explanation. There is no more difference, but there is just the same kind of difference, between the mental operations of a man of science and those of an ordinary person, as there is between the operations and methods of a baker or of a butcher weighing out his goods in common scales, and the operations of a chemist in performing a difficult and complex analysis by means of his balance and finely graded weights. It is not that the scales in the one case, and the balance in the other, differ in the principles of their construction or manner of working; but that the latter is much finer apparatus and of course much more accurate in its measurement than the former. You will understand this better, perhaps, if I give you some familiar examples. 63) You have all heard it that men of science work by means of induction and deduction, that with the help of these operations, they, in a sort of sense, manage to extract from Nature certain natural laws, and that out of these, by some special skill of their own, they build up their theories. 64) And it is imagined by many that the operations of the common mind can be by no means compared with these processes, and that they have to be acquired by a sort of special training. To hear all these large words, you would think that the mind of a man of science must be constituted differently from that of his fellow men, but if you will not be frightened by terms, you will discover that you are quite wrong, and that all these terrible apparatus are being used by yourselves every day and every hour of your lives. 65) There is a well-known incident in one of Moliere's plays, where the author makes the hero express unbounded delight on being told that he had been talking prose during the whole of his life. 66) In the same way, I trust that you will take comfort, and be delighted with yourselves, on the discovery that you have been acting on the principles of inductive and deductive philosophy during the same period. Probably there is not one here who has not in the course of the day had occasion to set in motion a complex train of reasoning, of the very same kind, though differing in degree, as that which a scientific man goes through in tracing the causes of natural phenomena.

问答题On Banning English Words in Chinese News In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

问答题Directions: As television brings some unfavorable influence on people, some suggest that we should do away with television. Since you consider television as an indispensable part of your life, you should write in response to the suggestion. Please include the following points in your essay: 1) Television provides us with the information of the world. 2) Television helps us to improve ourselves. 3) Television offers entertainment. You should write 160-200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.

问答题Read the following text(s) and write an essay to 1) summarize the main points of the text(s), 2) make clear your own viewpoints, and 3) justify your stand. In your essay, make full use of the information provided in the text(s). If you use more than three consecutive words from the text(s), use quotation marks(" "). You should write 160-200 words. Like many people, Bree Britt once dreamed of starting her own business. But unlike many people, the 16-year-old American did not wait until she grew up to become an entrepreneur. With a sense of purpose, a plan of action and the help of her mother, she opened Bree"s Sweet Treats in Accokeek, Maryland. For Bree Britt, nothing is more enjoyable, satisfying and calming than preparing food in the kitchen. Being a baker is like being an artist—the food has to be cooked just right. She says baking enables her to be innovative and creative. Bree Britt started cooking with her great-grandmother when she was five-years old. A short time later, Bree perfected her great-grandmother"s step-by-step directions. She then started to create her own recipes. When she was 12, Bree told her mother she wanted to open a bakery. Charmaine Britt is Bree"s mother. She told Bree to sell her baked goods online first to see if her daughter was serious. The baked goods made enough money through Internet sales that Charmaine Britt became her daughter"s business partner. They signed a rental agreement for office space and opened Bree"s Sweet Treats. Charmaine is responsible for the store during the day until Bree gets out of school. Leo Harrington owns a nearby barbershop. He comes to the store almost every day. He likes the choice of baked goods. Leo Harrington also says he respects what Bree has done. "I watch her diligence; school, then here, baking all the evening and getting ready for the next day." Going to school is not easy when operating a business. However, Bree says doing both taught her how to make good decisions about how she spends her time. "Her cupcakes are made, are flavored with fresh fruits or more of the extracts, more so than the sugar." Sugar or no sugar, Bree"s treats are sweet enough to keep them coming back for more.

问答题This custom survives in the ceremony of blessing the sea, which can still be seen once a year in some fishing ports.

问答题Mountain Glen was about an hour and a half into New Jersey. It lay on the southern fringe of the Catskills, north of the rolling suburban prettiness of Warrenstown and Greenmeadow and the ugly roads that connected them. As I got near, the hills grew steeper, less tame. Scarlet, rust, and orange splashed their sides. Here and there yellow birch leaves still glowed against white bark, set off by moss green stands of pine that seemed permanently in shadow. Yesterday's heavy clouds had delivered rain up here, and the hollows on the shoulder of the road held puddles that reflected the colors in the hills. Whole stretches of road went by without buildings, without people. The village of Mountain Glen itself was almost not there, only a post office to gather together a collection of houses, cabins, shacks, and trailers strung loosely along wandering roads. The address of Beth Adams turned out to be a wooden structure somewhere between a cabin and a shack, set in a spongy field half a mile past anything that could be called town. I turned in, parked behind a rust-pocked Olds Cutlass that was probably as surprised as anyone every time it found itself running. Mud clutched at my shoes as I walked to the porch, and the steps creaked as I climbed them, to remind me they could collapse whenever they wanted to. There was a doorbell and I pressed it, but I heard no sound and nothing happened. I pressed it one more time, then knocked hard on the door. Immediately from inside I heard a dog scrabbling and barking, but nothing else. I lifted my hand to knock again harder. Before I could, the door opened and a woman's bleary face appeared. She blinked against the daylight and flinched from my upraised arm.

问答题 Green space facilities are contributing to an important extent to the quality of the urban environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about this subject has to start with the proof of this idea. {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}At present it is generally accepted, although more as a self-evident statement than on the basis of a closely-reasoned scientific proof.{{/U}} The recognition of the importance of green space in the urban environment is a first step on the right way. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}This does not mean, however, that sufficient details are known about the functions of green space in towns and about the way in which the inhabitants are using these spaces.{{/U}} As to this rather complex subject I shall, within the scope of this lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely the recreative function of green space facilities. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town-and-country planning, has in my opirli0n resulted in disproportionate attention for forms of recreation far from home, whereas there was relatively little attention for improvement of recreative possibilities in the direct neighborhood of the home.{{/U}} {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}We have come to the conclusion that this is not right, because an important part of the time which we do not pass in sleeping or working, is used for activities at and around home.{{/U}} So it is obvious that recreation in the open air has to begin at the street door of the house. {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}The urban environment has to offer as many recreation activities as possible, and the design of these has to be such that more obligatory activities can also have a recreative aspect.{{/U}} The very best standard of living is nothing if it is not possible to take a pleasant walk in the district, if the children cannot be allowed to play in the streets, because the risks of traffic are too great, if during shopping you can nowhere find a spot for enjoying for a moment the nice weather, in short, if you only feel yourself at home after the street-door of your house is closed after you.

问答题Directions: Now the traffic problem is becoming more and more serious, especially in big cities. You are supposed to write a composition about this phenomenon based on the following outline. (1) What causes this problem? (2) What effects does it bring about? (3) How to solve this problem? You should write approximately 160—200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.

问答题With the development of the market economy, advertisements have become a dominant feature on television. Despite the rich information brought by TV, there still exists strong criticism against TV advertisement. What is your opinion? Write an article analyzing the effects of TV advertisement. You should write 160～200 words and you should base your composition on the following outlines. 1. What is your opinion about TV advertisement? 2. Support your point of view by analyzing the effects of TV. 3. Make a conclusion.

问答题When your family wants to buy or replace a car, a television, or a washing machine, you find the money either from savings or by borrowing from the bank, a hire-purchase company or perhaps a friend. 21) Similarly, a family buying a house for the first time commonly borrows from a bank. If you own a private business, a garage, a shop, or a farm, you will need, from time to time, to buy new equipment, new furnishings, or, if you are doing well, new premises so that you can expand. 22) Some of the cost you can meet from the profits you have kept in the business, but often you will need help. You will go to your bank, to a finance house, or perhaps to a relative or friend for finance provided from his savings. When you borrow money or raise money in this way, you pay it back out of future profits. Many large businesses, however, need cash for new developments or expansion far in excess of what can be provided from their profits or from private sources of capital. A new factory, an oil-well in the North Sea, can cost millions of pounds to construct and bring into production; 23) a new design of car or brand of medicine likewise can cost millions of pounds to design, develop, test and market before it reaches the stage where it earns a profit. Often these costs can be met from profits earned in other parts of the business or from reserves built up from profits earned in past years. 24) Sometimes, however, it is necessary, and often it may be more advantageous, to raise new money from other sources. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums needed by major businesses from friends or acquaintances, and generally the banks are reluctant to provide sufficient cash on a permanent basis for long-term projects, though they will provide short-term finance. 25) Such companies can sometimes only raise the money they need to stay in the forefront of industry and develop new products and sources of production by turning to the public at large and inviting it to lend them cash or take a share in the business in exchange for a share in future profits. This they can do by offering shares in the business or loan capital through The Stock Exchange.

问答题Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.During the traditional wedding ceremony, the bride and the bridegroom promise each other lifelong devotion. Yet, about one out of four American marriages ends in divorce. {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Since 1940, the divorce rate has more than doubled, and experts predict that, of all marriages that occurred in the 1970s, about 50% will end in divorce.{{/U}} The U.S.A. has one of the highest divorce rates in the world, perhaps even the highest. What goes wrong? {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}The fact that divorce is so common in the United States does not mean that Americans consider marriage a casual, unimportant relationship.{{/U}} Just the opposite is true. Americans expect a great deal from marriage. They seek physical, emotional, and intellectual compatibility. They want to be deeply loved and understood. It is because Americans expect so much from marriage that so many get divorced. They prefer no marriage at all to a marriage without love and understanding. With typical American optimism, they end one marriage in hope that the next will be happier. With no-fault divorce laws in many states, it is easier than ever to get a divorce. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Some American women stay in unhappy marriages because they don't have the education or job experience to support themselves and their children, but most American women believe that, if necessary, they can make it alone without a husband.{{/U}} All things considered, Americans have little reason to continue an unhappy marriage. Which marriages are most likely to end in divorce? Marriages between people with low incomes or limited education and marriages between teenagers are at greatest risk. The number of divorces between couples with children under the age of 18 is declining, and almost 45% of divorcing couples are childless. {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}When a couple gets divorced, the court may require the man to pay his former wife a monthly sum of money, which depends on the husband's income, the wife's needs, and the length of the marriage. {{/U}}If the woman is working and earns a good salary, she may receive no money at all. Occasionally, the court decides that a woman should pay her husband money. About 10% of American women outearn their husbands. {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}If the woman has totally supported her husband during the marriage, the court may decide that she must continue to support him after the divorce, which is a rather new concept in the United States.{{/U}}