问答题Directions : You haven't heard from your friend ( Li Ping) since last year. Write a letter according to the following out line: 1) greet him and tell him how you spend your vocation and 2) invite him to Beijing. 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. You don't have to write the address.

问答题 WHO was the first modern artist.9 How about Giorgione? (46){{U}}A far-fetched notion, perhaps, but this Renaissance Venetian revolutionized painting--and his work, focusing on subjects such as bodies, landscapes and female beauty, was titled "modern" by the leading art commentator of the day, Vasari.{{/U}} Giorgione was not alone, as illustrated by the excellent catalogue accompanying the exhibition "Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, and the Renaissance of Venetian Painting" now showing at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (47){{U}}What made him, and the generation of artists he inspired, so special was his ability to absorb the new currents of culture then flowing through Venice.{{/U}} A catalyst was Leonardo da Vinci, who briefly visited Venice in 1500. In Leonardo's drawings, Giorgione, as well as the younger artist, Titian, and their master, Giovanni Bellini, glimpsed a new conception of the human form, based on observation and expressed in smoky contours and subtle shades of light and dark. Over the subsequent 30 years, one of the most exciting periods in the history of art unfolded. In readable, engaging essays, David Brown and Sylvia Ferino-Pagden, the exhibition's curators, together with a team of top scholars, tell its story. We learn how this triumvirate of Venetian painters devoured not only Leonardo's ideas, but also those of Albrecht Darer, the German artist whose realistic rendering of nature was known in Venice through prints, even before his sojourn there in 1506-7. (48){{U}}Darer's work taught Venetian artists that landscape could be an independent element of a painting, rather than just a symbolic backdrop for religious subjects.{{/U}} The result was a new style full of natural movement, sensuality and poetic atmosphere. (49) {{U}}Venetian painting had long been characterized by its jewel-like color--obtained by grinding colored glass and minerals--but now it was applied in a way that gave art the kiss of life.{{/U}} Giorgione blazed the trail. A top student of Bellini, he later forged his own style, inspired by the current vogue for pastoral love poetry based on recently discovered ancient texts, then the bestsellers of Venice's flourishing printing industry. (50) {{U}}He excelled at what was known among the educated elite as the model a competition between painting and poetry in which painters sought to prove that they could rival poets in conveying beauty by appealing to the eyes, as well as to the mind.{{/U}} This was revolutionary because it implied that painting originated in the imagination of the artist, rather than being a simple recording of the great and the good, history and religion. It proved painters were creators and not just craftsmen.

问答题You should write about 160 -200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)

问答题 All great writers express their ideas in an individual way: it is often possible to determine the authorship of a literary passage from the style in which it is written; 46){{U}}Many authors feel that the conventions of the written language hamper them and they use words freely, with little observance of accepted grammar and sentence structure, in order to convey vividly their feelings, beliefs and fantasies.{{/U}} Others with a deep respect for traditional usage achieve a style of classical clearness and perfection or achieve effects of visual or musical beauty by their mastery of existing forms enriched by a sensitive and adventurous vocabulary, vivid imagery and a blending of evocative vowels and consonants. Young people often feel the need to experiment and, as a result, to break away from the traditions they have been taught. In dealing with a foreign language, however, they have to bear in mind two conditions for experiment. 47){{U}}Any great experimental artist is fully familiar with the conventions from which he wishes to break free: he is capable of achievement in established forms but feels these are inadequate for the expression of his ideas.{{/U}} In the second place, he is indisputably an outstanding artist who has something original to express; otherwise the experiments will appear pretentious, even childish. Few students can achieve so intimate an understanding of a foreign language that they can explore its resources freely and experimentally. Not all feel the need to do so. 48){{U}}And in any case examination candidates need to become thoroughly acquainted with conventional usage as it is a sure knowledge of accepted forms that examiners look for.{{/U}} The student undertaking a Proficiency course should have the ability to use simple English correctly to express everyday facts and ideas. 49){{U}}This ability to express oneself in a foreign language on a basis of thinking in that language without reference to one's own is essential at all stages of learning.{{/U}} Students with extensive experience in translation who have had little practice in using the foreign language directly must, above all, write very simply at first, using only easy constructions which they are convinced are correct, forgetting for the time being their own language and rigorously avoiding translating from it. More complex forms, more varied vocabulary and sentence structure should evolve naturally in step with the student's increasing knowledge of the language. The student introduces a certain form of construction only when he is thoroughly familiar with it and is certain that it is normally used in this way. As he achieves additional confidence, he can begin to take an interest in use of the language to create diverse effects. He may want to convey impressions of suspense, calm, dignity, humor, of music or poetry. 50){{U}} He will master the art of logical explanation, of exact letter writing, of formal speeches and natural conversation and of vivid impressionistic description.{{/U}} But he will still write within the limits of his ability and knowledge. And, as a learner, he will still be studying and observing conventional English usage in all that he writes.

问答题With the rapid growth of China's economy in recent years, China's foreign trade has begun a number of new pragmatic and flexible practices in foreign trade policy, open door policy and foreign trade system. 46)In the first place, China's foreign trade policy is coupled with China's domestic economic reform program. 47)Import policy is aimed at acquiring capital that embodies the modern technology needed to develop China's economy. 48)China's export capability is expanding due to the improvement of the importation of foreign capital, technology and management skills. According to the figures issued by China's Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade(MOFERT), the total value of imports and exports is increasing steadily. Next, the rapid growth of China's economy needs "Open Door Policy". The key to this policy is to open China to inflows of foreign technology and foreign investment. Toward this end, the Chinese established "special economic zones" in 1979, where special incentives are being used to attract foreign capital and technology. Four such zones were set up, three in Guangdong Province, and one in Fujian Province. 49)With the establishment of four special economic zones, "economic and technical development zones" were set up in 14 coastal cities in 1980, and as the next step, the Chinese have announced that they will open up several river delta regions, including the Changjiang River delta and the Pearl River delta. Thirdly, China's foreign trade system has undergone significant changes in the last few years. Although foreign trade is still carried out by the Foreign Trade Corporation (FTC), supervised by the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, China's industrial departments and provincial and local enterprises have taken a more active role in China's foreign trade. Many of these organizations have established import and export corporations of their own, with the authority to conduct technical and commercial negotiations with foreign firms. Industrial corporations are responsible for their own profits and losses. Certain plants and factories are also permitted to have more contact with foreign firms and authority to negotiate sales contracts by themselves. 50)The decentralizatoin of China's foreign trade has benefited foreign trade organizations at different levels, cities, provinces and autonomous regions where the foreign trade has therefore been better handled.

问答题Directions: One of your friends, Zhang Fan, failed in the last CET-6 and is upset. Write a letter to him to 1) express your pity, point out the reason for his failure, 2) encourage him, and suggest a better way to prepare the exam. You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address.

问答题 What is making the world so much older? There are two long-term causes and a temporary blip that will continue to show up in the figures for the next few decades. {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}The first of the big causes is that people everywhere are living far longer than they used to, and this trend started with the industrial revolution and has been slowly gathering pace{{/U}}. In 1900 average life expectancy at birth for the world as a whole was only around 30 years, and in rich cotmtries under 50. The figures now are 67 and 78 respectively, and still rising. For all the talk about the coming old-age crisis, that is surely something to be grateful for-especially since older people these days also seem to remain healthy, fit and active for much longer. {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}A second, and bigger, cause of the ageing of societies is that people everywhere are hang far fewer children, so the younger age groups are much too small to counterbalance the growing number of older people.{{/U}} This trend emerged later than the one for longer lives, first in developed countries and now in poor countries too. In the early 1970s women across the world were still, on average, having 4.3 children each. The current global average is 2.6, and in rich countries only 1.6. {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}The UN predicts that by 2050 the global figure will have dropped to just two, so by mid-century the world's population will begin to level out{{/U}}. The numbers in some developed countries have already started shrinking. Depending on your point of view, that may or may not be a good thing, but it will certainly turn the world into a different place. The temporary blip that has magnified the effects of lower fertility and greater longevity is the babyboom that arrived in most rich countries after the Second World War. {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}The tinting varied slightly from place to place, but in America-where the effect was strongest-it covered roughly the 20 years from 1945, a period when nearly 80 million Americans were born{{/U}}. The first of them are now coming up to retirement. For the next 20 years those baby-boomers will be swelling the ranks of pensioners, which will lead to a rapid drop in the working population all over the rich world. As always, the averages mask considerable diversity. {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}{{U}}Most developing countries do not have to worry about ageing-yet, in the longer term, however, the same factors as in the rich world-fewer births, longer lives-will cause poorer countries to age too.{{/U}}

问答题Directions: You are doing a research project on the future of the printing industry. Write a letter to the industry market analyst Mr. Wang to ask for the challenges the industry is facing, the role of technologies, and the trend in the industry. You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter; use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Enormouschangestookplaceinthelasttwodecadesofthe20thcentury,whichisrevealedinthechangesondinertables.Herearetwopairsofpictures.Youarerequiredto1)describethepictures,2)interpretthepictures,and3)makeacommentuponit.Youshouldwriteabout200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题(46) John Dunlop, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from July 1970 to February 1973, thought that the most significant element in Harvard's transition from the 1960s to the 1970s was not the student takeover of University Hall, but the institutional changes unleashed by that event. Dunlop was ideally suited to take charge in the confusing post-bust period. Forceful, self-confident, canny, he became the czar of the interregnum. He sought to restore civil discourse by engaging the faculty in institutional reform. He chaired the University Committee on Governance that Pusey and the Corporation set up in September 1969. (47) From it came a flow of subcommittee reports: on Harvard and money, faculty and student rights and responsibilities, the presidential selection process, the nature and purposes of the University, and the organization and functions of the Governing Boards and the president's office. The committee found a Corporation and a president overwhelmed by day-to-day problems. (48) It proposed that there be vice presidents of finance, administration, development, and government and community affairs, and that a senior academic officer—a chancellor or provost—foster interfaculty programs and speak for the president on matters of educational policy. (49) The authors knew that "the damage of the reputation of the administrative function is so pervasive in the University that the sudden assertion of its importance.., may send shock waves through the community and cause particular concern among Deans. " But they believed that it was essential "to staff and perform properly the neglected service functions" of the University. Derek Bok decided that to plunge at once into centralized administration was "too much. " He agreed on the need for a passel of new vice presidents, but was well aware of the powerful Harvard tradition of autonomous schools and faculties led by baronial deans (He had been one himself). While he had favored the appointment of a provost before he took office, now he had second thoughts. The major responsibility of most university provosts was budgetary: deciding how the financial pie should be sliced. That would reduce the authority of the deans. Even less attractive was the notion of having a provost to deal with educational and academic matters; Bok intended to do that himself. At the same time he was a strong believer in professional expertise. (50) This meant breaking away from Harvard's tradition of administrators whose qualifications consisted in good part of having gone to the College and having close Harvard ties. Bok sought a different type of bureaucrat, of the sort prevalent at other large universities: professionals with outside experience.

问答题You work for a company which is going to buy a set of equipment from Germany. You are asked to translate a lot of specifications and instructions within four months, which is impossible. Therefore you decide to advertise for two experienced translators as soon as possible. Write an e-mail to Mr. Max Remington, the Public Relation's manager. Ask for an advertisement for two translators. (You should use Max @ ge. corn for receiver and P. Wu @ yahoo, com for sender) 1) Explain the reason ; 2) Mention its urgency. You should write about 100 words.

问答题1) a sincere apology 2) an explanation for the trouble 3) an offer to replace the book 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. You do not need to write the address. (10 points)