问答题Interlocutor:NowI'dlikeyoutotalkaboutsomethingbetweenyourselvesbutspeakloudlysothatwecanhearyou.Youshouldtakecaretosharetheopportunityofspeaking.(PutthepictureforCandidatesinfrontofbothcandidatesandgiveinstructionswithreferencetothepicture.)YouaretotalkabouttheChineseandWesternfestivals.TellmewhydoChinesepeoplelikeWesternfestivals?Thispictureisforyourreference.Youhavethreeminutesforthis.Wouldyouliketobeginnow,please?

问答题These days both the motorist and pedestrian have similar stories to tell. (61) "We were just getting to the outskirts when we ran into the most terrible jam, and it must have taken us all of an hour to get as far as the Town Hall", says one." I must have waited the best part of an hour, and just as I was giving up, four of them came along," says he other. The traditional reason for car buying is to acquire mobility. (62) But the modern motorist, moving at a snail’s pace in a jam, diverted from his desired route by one-way streets or driving round in a vain search for parking-space, is not mobile in the sense that he can go where he likes. Authority keeps him moving, but movement is not mobility, and planners have often confused the two. The root cause of the problem is lack of space. Even with more road-building, road-widening, ingenious traffic systems and armies of traffic wardens, the increase in car ownership is going to mean less road-space for the individual motorist, and more delay and frustration all round. It is not only the motorist who is affected. Owing to the banning of parking in town centres, hypermarkets are built in suburbs, necessitating more car journeys. So the non-motorists are precluded from visiting the hypermarkets. (63) The owners of houses destroyed for road projects, those who have to endure excessive traffic noise, and the victims of accidents, are clearly going to grow in numbers, but the users of public transport make up the largest class of sufferers. As congestion slows up the service, passengers are persuaded to join the motorists, and as passengers diminish, the transports authorities have to reduce services and raise fares and thus alienate still more passengers. (64) This vicious circle results in loss of mobility for the non-motoring public, so that it is now more difficult to get out of cities by public transport than it was in the "depressed" thirties. (65) Many believe that the answer lies in more pubic aid for public transport, and that the government should think more of the harm of the population likely to be standing in the cold and rain at bus-stops. The apparent alternative solution of universal car ownership is not on. If it ever happened in Britain, there would be a general seize-up. The pursuit of mobility would have ended in total immobility.

问答题For this part, you are allowed 35 minutes to write a composition based on the following graph which shows the change in Expenses in Shanghai. You should write not less than 150 words for your composition and it must include the following ideas (given in Chinese ) : Statistics of Family Expenses in Shanghai /r/n /r/n /r/n 1980/r/n 1990/r/n 200/r/n /r/n /r/n Food & Clothing/r/n 68%/r/n 45%/r/n 20%/r/n /r/n /r/n Recreation/r/n 3%/r/n 5%/r/n 8%/r/n /r/n /r/n Education/r/n 6%/r/n 16%/r/n 22%/r/n /r/n /r/n Health Care/r/n 6%/r/n 10%/r/n 16%/r/n /r/n /r/n Others/r/n 17%/r/n 24%/r/n 35%/r/n /r/n　　(1)根据上图描述该城市家庭支出的变化；　　(2)分析产生这些变化的原因；　　(3)说明这些变化对个人和社会产生的影响。

问答题Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Fathers exposed to poisonous substances are probably just as likely to be the cause of defects in their unborn infants as mothers.{{/U}} Yet it is women who are told to stop drinking and smoking and to look after their health when they are pregnant. And it is women who find that they are banned from jobs where they are exposed to harmful chemicals or radiation. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Despite a growing body of scientific evidence that a man's exposure to damaging substances can affect his offspring, pregnant women are still charged with the responsibility of keeping their infants healthy, said Gladys Friedler, of the Boston University School of Medicine.{{/U}} "This is puzzling", she said. "Most of the workforce is still male, so why do we still spend so much time looking at women? The health of men as well as women should be of concern." In the US, 2,500,000 children are born with birth defects each year. In 60 percent of cases the origin of the defect is not known. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}These figures do not include less obvious problems that appear later in development, such as biochemical malfunctions and behavioral problems.{{/U}} Many researchers still seem reluctant to contemplate that a man's environment can influence the health of children. "If the effects had not been so obvious, we might still be reluctant to acknowledge the effect of environmental agents on women." Despite this, there is a reluctance to accept the accumulated evidence of men's effects on development, she said. {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Some companies have already taken steps to "protect the unborn child" by excluding women from jobs where they might be exposed to dangerous substances.{{/U}} This has led to some bitter disputes between the women and their employers in the US. The most famous case, now before the Supreme Court, pits a group of women and their union against Johnson Controls, a company which makes batteries. {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}The company transferred women from higher-paying jobs where they were exposed to lead on the, grounds that it had to protect unborn children.{{/U}} The irony is that children born to men working in the factory are probably just as much at risk.

问答题Interlocutor:I'mgoingtogiveeachofyouapictureandI'dlikeyoutofirstdescribeitbrieflyandthengiveyourcommentonwhatyouseeinthepicture.(PutPictureforCandidatesinfrontofbothcandidates.)CandidateA,thisisyourpicture.Youhavethreeminutestotalkaboutit.CandidateB,listencarefullywhileCandidateAisspeaking.Whenhe/shehasfinished,I'dlikeyoutoaskhim/heraquestionaboutwhathe/shehassaid.CandidateA,wouldyouliketobeginnow,please?CandidateA:(about3minutes)Interlocutor:Thankyou.Now,CandidateB,couldyoupleaseaskyourpartneraquestion?(Halfaminuteforaskingandansweringthequestion.)CandidateB:(about3minutes)Interlocutor:Thankyou.Now,CandidateA,couldyoupleaseaskyourpartneraquestion?(Halfaminuteforaskingandansweringthequestion.)图片说明：主要讨论汽车无限增多造成城市道路严重拥堵的问题：(城市道路上汽车拥挤不堪，即使是救护车也寸步难行。)

问答题Interlocutor:Now,I'dlikeyoutotalkaboutsomethingbetweenyourselvesandspeakloudlysothatwecanhearyou.Youshouldtakecaretosharetheopportunityofspeaking.(PutPictureforCandidatesinfrontofbothcandidatesandgiveinstructionswithreferencetothepicture.)Youaregoingtotalkabouttourism.Whatarethebenefitsofdevelopingtourism?Andwhataretheproblemsitbringstous?Makeyourchoiceandgiveyourreasons.Thispictureisforyourreference.Youhavethreeminutesforthis.Wouldyouliketobeginnow,please?(图片：图1：人们开心地旅游，当地政府GDP上升；图2：环境污染，景观被破坏)

问答题Nowadays more and more people spend their leisure time traveling, having sightseeing of the beautiful spots and places of historic interest. The Three Gorges on the Yangtze River are a must for visitors both at home and abroad. But so far not very many people know well those gorges and the beautiful scenery there. Travelers and tourists want to know more about them so as to make preparations for their future visit there. Write an essay of about 400 words introducing the above-mentioned places. In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or 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.

问答题Interlocutor:I"mgoingtogiveyouapictureandI"dlikeyoutofirstdescribeitbrieflyandthengiveyourcommentonwhatyouseeinthepicture.(PutPictureforCandidatesinfrontofbothcandidates.)CandidateA,thisisyourpicture.Youhavethreeminutestotalkaboutit.CandidateB,listencarefullywhileCandidateAisspeaking.Whenhe/shehasfinished,I"dlikeyoutoaskhim/heraquestionaboutwhathe/shehassaid.CandidateA,wouldyouliketobeginnow,please?Interlocutor:Thankyou.Now,CandidateA,couldyoupleaseaskyourpartneraquestion?(Halfaminuteforaskingandansweringthequestion.)

问答题{{B}} Directions：{{/B}}{{I}} Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese．Write your translation clearly on {{B}}ANSWER SHEET 2．{{/B}}{{/I}} Nineteenth-century humorist Artemus Ward once warned the readers：“It ain’t what you don’t know that hurts you；it’s what you know that just ain’t so．” 61) {{U}}There’s good advice in that warning to some of television’s most fussy critics，who are certain that every significant change in American social and political life can be traced，more or less directly，to the extensive influence of TV．{{/U}} This is an understandable attitude．For one thing，television is the most visible，ubiquitous device to have entered our lives in the last forty years．62){{U}}It is a medium in almost every American home，it is on in the average household some seven hours a day，and it is accessible by every kind of citizen from the most desperate of the poor to the wealthiest and most powerful among us．{{/U}}If so pervasive a medium has come into our society in the last four decades and if our society has changed in drastic ways in that same time，why not assume that TV is the reason why American life looks so different？ Well，as any philosopher can tell you，one good reason for skepticism is that you can’t make assumptions about causes． They even have an impressive Latin phrase for that fallacy：post hoe，ergo proper hoc．For instance，if I do a rain dance at 5 P．M．and it rains at 6 P．M．，did my dance bring down the rains？Probably not．63) {{U}}But it’s that kind of thinking，in my view，that characterizes much of the argument about how television influences our values．{{/U}} It’s perfectly clear，of course，that TV does influence some kinds of behavior．For example，back in 1954，Disneyland launched a series of episodes on the life of Davy Crockett，the legendary Tennessee frontiersman．A song based on that series swept the hit parade，and by that summer every kid in America was wearing a coonskin cap． 64) {{U}}The same phenomenon has happened whenever a character on a prime-time television show suddenly stimulates a strong response in the country．{{/U}} Countless women tried to capture the Farrah Fawcett look a decade ago when“Charlie’s Angels”first took flight．In the mid-1980s，every single bar in the land was packed with young men in expensive white sports jackets and T-shirts，trying to emulate the macho looks of“Miami Vice”’s Don Johnson． 65) {{U}}These fashions clearly show television’s ability to influence matters that do not matter very much．Yet，when we turn to genuinely important things，television’s impact becomes a lot less clear．{{/U}}

问答题Directions: Some people say that older people should live with their adult children. Others say that they shouldn't. Which do you think is good practice? Give specific reasons to support your opinion.

问答题Directions:A.Studythefollowingcartooncarefullyandwriteanessayinnolessthan150words.B.YouressaymustbewrittenclearlyonANSWERSHEET2.C.Youressayshouldmeettherequirementsbelow:1.Writeoutthemessagesconveyedbythecartoon.2.Giveyourcomments.

问答题There are more rich people than ever before, including some 7 million millionaires, and over 400 billionaires. From sipping champagne to taking trips into space, they are getting plenty of pleasure—though as our survey of the new rich shows, these rich should have worries, too, not least about the damaging effect their wealth may have on their children. 61)As for the poor, the gap between them and the rich is rising, even in the industrialized countries where for much of the 20th century the gap had narrowed. In America, between 1979 and 1997 the average income of the richest fifth of the population jumped from nine times the income of the poorest fifth to around 15 times. In 1990, British income inequality reached its widest level in 40 years. However, the first question to ask about inequality is this: if the have-nots are angry about it, are they right to be? 62) In societies where advancement is on merit and seemingly open to everyone, regardless of class, race, religion or sex, unequal outcomes ought not to be a cause for concern. No one thinks it outrageous that Tiger Woods is the best golfer in the world and rich to boot; we all had die chance to do what he did. but he had the skill and personality. Nor should it be thought outrageous that Bill Gates has made so much money. 63)But where opportunities are not genuinely equal, governments must do what they can to make them so, chiefly by improving public education and ensuring it is open to all. 64) There is, though, a second way in which anger about inequality could be justified even if opportunities were equal and education were both universal and universally good. It is when power, even power initially gained in a meritocratic way, is abused to raise prices or exclude competitors. That, in a previous backlash, is what gave rise to antitrust laws in America and elsewhere, as government sought to restrain monopolies and cartels. Helping the poor, the truly poor, is a much worthier goal than merely narrowing inequalities. If the rich get poorer thanks to high taxation, some people may feel pleased but few are better off. If the poor get richer, however, the whole country will benefit. 65) Focusing resources and policy on poverty would be worthwhile simply on humanitarian grounds. But also, the disadvantages of growing up in extreme poverty pose a challenge to a belief in equality of opportunity. And helping the underclass rejoin society is in the interests of all.