问答题Interlocutor: Good morning/afternoon. Could I have your mark sheets, please? Thank you. (Hand over the mark sheets to the Assessor. ) My name is... and this is my colleague... He/She will just listen to us. So, you are... (name) and ... (name) ? Thank you. First of all, we'd like to know something about you, so I'm going to ask you some questions. (Select two or more questions from each of the following category for candidates. ) Do you have a pet? What is it? Which do you prefer, a cat or a dog? Do you believe dog is our friend? How to keep the pets healthy? Why do old people keep pets?

问答题Studythefollowingcartooncarefullyandwriteanessayonit.Inyouressay,youshould(1)describethecartoonbriefly;(2)analyzethissituation;(3)giveyourcomments.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Drinking tea is a traditional custom in China. Write an essay about this custom in 160 -200 words on Answer Sheet 2. Your essay should include: 1) Tea has become an essential part in Chinese people's life. 2) Tea is the best way to communicate with others. 3) The future of tea in China.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}{{I}}Studythefollowingpicturecarefullyandwriteanessayonthetopic:Students'life.Writeyouressayaccordingtothefollowingoutline:(1)Statewhatthesituationis.(2)Problemsofthispractice.(3)Giveyouropinion.{{/I}}

问答题Interlocutor:Now,I"dlikeyoutotalkaboutsomethingbetweenyourselvesandspeakloudlysothatwecanhearyou.Youshouldtakecaretosharetheopportunityofspeaking.(PutPictureforCandidatesinfrontofbothcandidatesandgiveinstructionswithreferencetothepicture.)YouaregoingtotalkaboutGeorgeWashington.Whatdoyouknowabouthim?Thispictureisforyourreference.Youhavethreeminutesforthis.Wouldyouliketobeginnow,please?

问答题Directions:Studythefollowingcartooncarefullyandwriteanessayonit.Inyouressay,youshould(1)describethecartoonbriefly(2)analyzethissituationand(3)giveyourcomments.Youshouldwrite160-200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题If you plan to fly off on your holidays this Christmas or New Year, relax. Forget the fact that airliner crashes have killed more people in the world this year than ever before. According to aviation information consultancy Airclaims, 1,187 passengers have been killed in 1996, three times more than last year.　　61) But despite this increase, described by aviation experts as a statistical abnormality, the overall trend is for an even lower rate of accidents. Increased growth in travel may give the impression that the actual accident incidence is increasing.　　62) Spectacular catastrophes grab the headlines, like the mid-air collision between a Saudi Arabia Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Airlines Ilyushin IL-76 freighter near New Delhi last month, which killed 349. But the accidents on the world's roads kills hundreds of thousands of people and goes largely unreported.　　63) So while you're strapped in your seat at 37.000 feet. and the first sign of clear air turbulence starts to rattle the ice in your gin. don't worry. The cruising section of air travel almost. never leads to accidents. It's the take-off and landing phase where most fatal accidents occur.　　Experts say it is still much safer than traveling in a car, unless you are in an elderly jet, or flying into relatively dangerous airspace over continents like Africa.　　"I don't want to be overly calm, but fortunately fatalities are relatively rare. Having an extra one or two crashes can make a considerable increase. The trend is to halve passenger deaths (per flight) every l0 years," said Airclaims director Paul Hayes. Flight International Safety editor David Learmount agrees. "There are about 40 accidents every year including cargo planes. We've had about 34 so far this year, so in terms of numbers it's not been bad," Learmount said. "But some have been very nasty this year. Since the previous worst year in 1985 (when 1,169 died in Western built planes) there was only about half the amount of aviation that there is now; so this year is markedly safer than 1985."　　According to Learmount, old planes still present sound safety records. However later, highly automated 747s and Airbuses do have a better safety record, Learmount said, using a Boeing study as an example. 64) Some experts worry about hidden problems which might show themselves in older planes, which tend to migrate to less developed countries' airlines while Western outfits buy new planes. 65) "Older jets are a serious concern to the industry. Reservations are expressed privately about the number of older aircraft," said Paul Beaver, spokesman for Jane's Defence Weekly. "It's not a crisis, just something they've got to be aware of."

问答题Tourism is one of the great promising industries of the last few years. In most countries there are official organizations to encourage tourists. In fact, very often the ordinary people are worse off becomes the presence of large numbers of tourists means that the price of food becomes too expensive for poor people in the tourist cities. In your essay, give your views on the pros and cons of tourism.You should write 160 - 200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2

问答题Read the following statement and write an essay on it. In your essay, you should (1) state your opinion, and (2) support it with examples "Never give up, never lose hope. " You should write 160—200 words neatly on ASWER SHEET 2.

问答题 According to the new school of scientists, technology is an overlooked force in expanding the horizons of scientific knowledge. {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Science moves forward, they say, not so much through the insights of great men of genius as because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tool.{{/U}} {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}In short, a leader of the new school contends, the scientific revolution, as we call it, was largely the improvement and invention and use of a series of instruments that expanded the reach of science in innumerable direction.{{/U}} {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Over the years, tools and technology themselves as a source, of fundamental innovation have largely been ignored by historians and philosophers of science.{{/U}} The modern school that hails technology argues that such masters as Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and inventors such as Edison attached great importance to, and derived great benefit from, craft information and technological devices of different kinds that were usable in scientific experiments. The centerpiece of the argument of a technology-yes, genius-no advocate was an analysis of Galileo's role at the start of the scientific revolution. The wisdom of the day was derived from Ptolemy, an astronomer of the second century, whose elaborate system of the sky put Earth at the center of all heavenly motions. {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Galileo's greatest glory was that in 1609 he was the first person to turn the newly invented telescope on the heavens to prove that the planets revolve around the sun rather than around the earth. {{/U}}But the real hero of the story, according to the new school of scientists, was the long evolution in the improvement of machinery for making eyeglasses. Federal policy is necessarily involved in the technology vs. genius dispute. {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Whether the Government should increase the financing of pure science at the expense of technology or vice versa often depends on the issue of which is seen as the driving force.{{/U}}

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. Where is your hometown? Could you tell me something about your hometown? What are the people like in your hometown? Thank you. Now, we'd like to know something about you, Candidate B, so I'm going to ask you some questions. Do you like your hometown, and tell me why or why not? Do you think your hometown is a good place for a young person to live in?

问答题Directions: 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. 61) 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. The U. S. A. has one of the highest divorce rates in the world, perhaps even the highest. What goes wrong? 62) The fact that divorce is so common in the United States does not mean that Americans consider marriage a casual, unimportant relationship. 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. 63) 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. 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. 64) 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. 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. 65) 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.

问答题We notice the noise, the dirt, and the fumes; and, if you're a mother, the fact that the parks serve as canine latrines, because this is a country that puts the welfare of animals higher than that of children.

问答题{{B}} Write a composition on the following topic:{{/B}} "It's better to make a wrong decision than make no decision at all." Do you agree or disagree with the statement above? Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

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问答题Governments throughout the world act on the assumption that the welfare of their people depends largely on the economic strength and wealth of the community. {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Under modern conditions, this requires varying measures of centralized control and hence the help of specialized{{/U}} scientists such as economists and operational research experts. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Furthermore, it is obvious that the strength of a country's economy is directly bound up with the efficiency of its agriculture and industry, and that this in turn rests upon the efforts of scientists and technologists of all kinds.{{/U}} It also means that governments are increasingly compelled to inter{ere in these sectors in order to step up production and ensure that it is utilized to the best advantage. For example, they may encourage research in various ways, including the setting up of their own research centers; they may alter the structure of education, or interfere in order to reduce the wastage of natural resources or tap resources hitherto unexploited;or they may cooperate directly in the growing number of international projects related to science, economics and industry. In any case, all such interventions are heavily dependent on scientific advice and also scientific and technological manpower of all kinds. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Owing to the remarkable development in mass-communications, people everywhere are feeling new wants and are being exposed to new customs and ideas, while governments are often forced to introduce still further innovations for the reasons given above.{{/U}} At the same time, the normal rate of social change throughout the world is taking place at a vastly accelerated speed compared with the past. For example, {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}in the early industrialized countries of Europe the process of industrialization—with all the far-reaching changes in social patterns that followed—was spread over nearly a century, whereas nowadays a developing nation may undergo the same process in a decade or so.{{/U}} All this has the effect of building up unusual pressures and tensions within the community and consequently presents serious problems for the governments. {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion or problems arising from mass migration movements—themselves made relatively easy nowadays by modern means of transport.{{/U}} As a result of all these factors,governments are becoming increasingly dependent on biologists and social scientists for planning the appropriate programs and putting them into effect.