问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} You are required to write an essay on the topic Which Mode of Travel Do You Like? You should write no less than 200 words and base your essay on the outline and charts below: 1. There are two modes of travel. 2. Compare two modes of travel in terms of 1) the attraction of package travel. 2) the attraction of traveling on one's own. 3) the disadvantage of both 3. Your preference. 以下是某旅行社的宣传资料： 费用 千岛湖、黄山三日游 个人旅游单价(元) 团体价(加导游)(元) 折扣 来回车费 500 300 40% 公园标价价（15个景点） 400 300 25% 伙食(平均价) 300 150 50% 宾馆住宿 300 150 50% 总价 1500 900 40%

问答题Writeanessayof160-200wordsbasedonthefollowingdrawing.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethedrawingbriefly,2)explainitsintendedmeaning,andthen3)giveyourcomments.YoushouldwriteneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} You will have an English class next Friday, but you can't attend the class. Write an application for leave to your English teacher, Mr. Wang, telling him: 1) why you ask for leave, 2) what you will do to make up for it. You should write about 100 words neatly on Answer Sheet 2. Do not sign your own name. Use "Li Ming" instead.

问答题Directions:Writeanessayof160--200wordsbasedonthefollowingcartoon.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethecartoonbriefly,2)explainitsintendedmeaning,andthen3)supportyourviewwithanexample/examplesYoushouldwriteneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题Directions: You are asked to write a letter of recommendation for Miss Liu Yang who wants to study for the Master"s Degree under the supervision of Professor Smith who was once your supervisor in your graduate study. You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the letter; use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address.

问答题International investors seem incapable of ending their love affair with the dollar. America"s economy has slowed sharply this year, yet its currency has risen to a 15 year high in trade weighted terms. (46) Against the euro the dollar touched $ 0.88 — 8% higher than in early January and close to the level at which the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve jointly intervened to prop up the European currency last September. Why is the euro looking sickly? There are plenty of theories. One is that the markets do not trust the ECB: (47) the euro area economies are not immune to America"s downturn, yet the central bank still seems more concerned with fighting inflation than with supporting growth; another more plausible explanation is that, in an uncertain global economic climate, the dollar has resumed its traditional role as a safe-haven currency. Most economists reckon that the euro is undervalued and expect a rebound over the next year. One of the most optimistic is Goldman Sachs, which is predicting a rate of $1.22 in 12 months. But an analysis by David Owen, an economist at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, gives pause for thought. (48) He has found that, over the past decade, movements in the real exchange rate of the euro against the dollar have closely reflected the difference between productivity growth in the euro area and in America. When productivity growth in America has been faster than in Europe—as it was in most of the late 1990s—the euro falls, and vice versa. This is exactly what economic theory would predict: countries with faster productivity growth in the traded goods sector should see rising real exchange rates. Mr. Owen uses monthly data for productivity growth in manufacturing, a good proxy for the traded goods sector. Using annual productivity data for the whole economy (which are available over a longer period), the broad relationship between the exchange rate and relative productivity growth in America and Europe seems to have persisted for most of the past 30 years. Mr. Owen reckons that, in the short term, America"s downturn will reduce the productivity gap between America and the euro area, and so boost the euro. (49) But in the long term, he expects productivity growth to remain faster in America—in which case, a sustained rise in the euro is unlikely over the next few years. Only if the downturn completely kills the belief in America"s new paradigm, and its productivity growth plummets, will the euro be able to rebound more permanently . The strength of the dollar this year does indeed seem to hinge on a belief among investors that America"s slowdown will be brief, and that in the longer run America remains the best place in which to invest. (50) But they may be underestimating the potential for productivity gains in Europe, as the single currency boosts competition and encourages firms to exploit economies of scale through mergers and acquisitions. The adoption of more flexible working practices in many countries should also help to improve productivity. Studies in America suggest that the bulk of its productivity gains from information technology come from the use of it rather than from its production. So the euro area, too, should start to enjoy productivity gains over the next decade, as it makes fuller use of it. If you believe that Europe really is starting to change, buy Euros. If not, stick with the darling dollar.

问答题Directions： You've been working for two years, and now you are planning to study in Sydney University for an MBA degree. Write a letter to their International Students Admission Office to 1) introduce yourself briefly, and 2) enquire about enrollment requirements. You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address.

问答题Directions: You are planning to ask your friend Ni Xin to attend your wedding. Express your idea clearly as follows: 1) When and where the ceremony will be held; 2) Other details you think necessary. You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use "Li Ming" in- stead. Do not write the address.

问答题Directions:Studythefollowingpicturescarefullyandwriteanessayto1)describethepicture,2)deducethepurposeofthepainterofthepicture,3)giveyourcommentonthisphenomenon.Youshouldwriteabout160—200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题I think that a successful old age is easiest for those who have strong impersonal interests involving appropriate activities. 1 It is in this sphere that long experience is really fruitful, and it is in this sphere that the wisdom born of experience can be exercised without being oppressive. It is no use telling grown-up children not to make mistakes, both because they will not believe you, and because mistakes are an essen tial part of education. 2 But if you are one of those who are incapable of impersonal interests, you may find that your life will be empty unless you concern yourself with your children and grandchildren . In that case you must realize that while you can still render them material services, such as making them an allowance or knitting them jumpers, you must not expect that they will enjoy your company. Some old people are oppressed by the fear of death. In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 3 Young men who have reason to fear that they will be killed in battle may justifiably feel bitter in the thought that they have been cheated of the best things that life has to offer . But in an old man who has known human joys and sorrows, and has achieved whatever work it was in him to do, the fear of death is somewhat abject and ignoble. 4 The best way to overcome it—so at least it seems to me--is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life . An individual human existence should be like a river—small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being. The man who, in old age, can see his life in this way, will not suffer from the fear of death, since the things he cares for will continue. And if, with the decay of vitality, weariness increases, the thought of rest will not be unwelcome. 5 I should wish to die while still at work, knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do and content in the thought that what was possible has been done.

问答题1. give warmest wishes;2. some hope for her;3. expecting to meet her.You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Jack" instead. You do not need to write the address. ( 10 points)

问答题Directions:A.Studythefollowingpicturecarefullyandwriteanessayofabout160--200words.B.YouressaymustbewrittenclearlyontheANSWERSHEET2.C.Youressayshouldmeettherequirementsbelow:1.Describethedrawingandinterpretitsmeaning,2.Andgiveyourcomments.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} You read an advertisement on Beijing Weekly, in which a foreign company is looking for a secretary. Write a letter to the personnel department of the company telling them about 1) your age, 2) your educational background, 3) your work experience. You should write about 100 words neatly ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name. Use "Li Ming" instead. You do not need to write the address.

问答题1. 请家教的益处 2. 家教可能带来的负作用； 3. 我是怎样看待家教的。 You should write about 160 -200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)

问答题 The enlightenment needs rescuing, or so thinks Jonathan Israel, the pre-eminent historian of 17th-century Holland. In 2001 he published Radical Enlightenment. He now offers a second Volume with a third to come. (46) {{U}}The three volumes will be the first comprehensive history of the Enlightenment for decades--and Mr. Israel's groundbreaking interpretation looks set to establish itself as the one to beat.{{/U}} The period was once thought of as a glorious chapter in the history of mankind, a time when the forces of light (science, progress and tolerance) triumphed over the forces of darkness (superstition and prejudice). Today, the Enlightenment tends to be dismissed. (47){{U}}Post-modernists attack it for being biased, self-deceived and ultimately responsible for the worst in Western civilization.{{/U}} Post-colonialists accuse it of being Eurocentric, an apology for imperialism. Nationalist historians reject the idea of a coherent universal movement, preferring to talk about the English, French, even Icelandic Enlightenments. Mr. Israel has set himself the task oil repelling these critics and re-establishing the period as the defining episode in the liberation of man. His arguments are convincing. He contends that there were two Enlightenments, one Radical, and the other Moderate. The Radicals, inspired by Spinoza, were materialists, atheists and equalities. (48){{U}}The Moderates, who followed Locke and Newton, were conservative and more at home than the Radicals in the hierarchical and deeply religious world of 18th-century Europe.{{/U}} They advocated only a partial Enlightenment. In Mr. Israel's opinion, the Radicals offered the only true Enlightenment, giving us democracy, equality, individual liberty and secular morality. The Moderates, on the other hand, have left an ambiguous and, in the end, harmful legacy. While promoting tolerance, they remained uncomfortable with the idea of universal equality. While advancing reason, they failed to divorce morality from religion and tried to rationalize faith. (49) {{U}}Mr. Israel argues that for as long as historians treat the two wings of the Enlightenment as a single movement, they have misunderstood the phenomenon.{{/U}} Worst still, they supply today's critics with the evidence they need to blacken the movement. This re-evaluation makes for an unfamiliar picture of the Enlightenment and its torchbearers. According to Mr. Israel, "enlightened values" were born not in England but in Holland, and he re-casts men such as Locke, Voltaire and even Hume, once thought of as champions of the party of light, as apologists for colonialism and enemies of equality. In addition, Mr. Israel would like his book to be studied beyond academia. In an ideal world everyone would be reading it. (50) {{U}}His stupendous research and grasp of the sources are such that few will contest his core argument that the Enlightenment was a coherent, Europe-wide phenomenon, intellectual in origin, which represented a profound shift in the way that men thought about themselves and the world around them.{{/U}}

问答题At the start of the year, The Independent on Sunday argued that there were three over-whelming reasons why Iraq should not be invaded: there was no proof that Saddam posed an imminent threat; Iraq would be even more trustable as a result of its liberation; and a conflict would increase the threat posed by terrorists. (1) What we did not know was that Tony Blair had received intelligence and advice that raised the very same points. Last week's report from the Intelligence and Security Committee included the revelation that some of the intelligence had warned that a war against Iraq risked an increased threat of terrorism. Why did Mr. Blair not make this evidence available to the public in the way that so much of the alarmist intelligence on Saddam's weapons was published? (2) Why did he choose to ignore the intelligence and argue instead that the war was necessary, precisely because of the threat posed by international terrorism? There have been two parliamentary investigations into this war and the Hutton inquiry reopens tomorrow. (3) In their different ways they have been illuminating, but none of them has addressed the main issues relating to the war. The Foreign Affairs Committee had the scope to range widely, but chose to become entangled in the dispute between the Government and the BBC. The Intelligence Committee reached the conclusion that the Government's file on Saddam's weapons was not mixed up, but failed to explain why the intelligence was so hopelessly wrong. The Hutton inquiry is investigating the death of Dr. David Kelly, a personal tragedy of marginal relevance to the war against Iraq. Tony Blair has still to come under close examination about his conduct in the building-up to war. Instead, the Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon, is being fingered as if he were master-minding the war behind everyone's backs from the Ministry of Defence. Mr. Hoon is not a minister who dares to think without consulting Downing Street first. At all times he would have been dancing to Downing Street's tunes. Mr. Blair would be wrong to assume that he can draw a line under all of this by making Mr. Hoon the fall-guy. (4) It was Mr. Blair who decided to take Britain to war, and a Cabinet of largely skeptical ministers that backed him. It was Mr. Blair who told MPs that unless Saddam was removed, terrorists would pose a greater global threat—even though he had received intelligence that suggested a war would lead to an increase in terrorism. Parliament should be the forum in which the Prime Minister is called more fully to account, but lain Duncan Smith's support for the war has neutered an already inept opposition. (5) In the absence of proper parliamentary scrutiny, it is left to newspapers like this one to keep asking the most important questions until the Prime Minister answers them.

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. 46. At present it is generally accepted, although more as a selfevident statement than on the basis of a closely-reasoned scienfifie proof. The recognition of the importance of green space in the urban environment is a first step on the right way . 47. This doesn" t mean, however, that sufficient details are known about tile functions of green space in towns and about the way in which the inhabitants are using these spaces. As to this rather complex subject I shall, within the scope of this lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely the re-creative function of green space facilities. 48. The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic, and recreation, which for many years has been used in town-and-country planning, has resulted in disproportionate attention for forms of recreation far from home, whereas there has been relatively little attention for improving re-creative possibilities in the direct neighborhood of the home. 49. We have come to the conclusion that this isn" t right, because an important part of the time which we don" t pass in sleeping or working is used for activities at and around home. So it is obvious that recreation in the open air has to begin at the front door. 50. 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 re-creative aspect. The very best standard of living is nothing if it is not possible to take a pleasant walk in the district, if the children can" t 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 front door is shut.

问答题Directions:Studythefollowingphotocarefullyandwriteanessayinwhichyoushould1)describethephotobriefly,2)interpretthemeaningreflectedbyit,and3)offerarelevantexample.Youshouldwrite160-200words.YoushouldwriteneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.