问答题In many developing countries, software piracy has become pandemic. According to Software Publishers Association, 95% of the software in Pakistan is pirated, 89% in Brazil, 88% in Malaysia and 82% in Mexico. (1) Hundreds of tiny gizmo shops in the mazelike streets of Seoul's Yongsan electronics market offer brandname U.S. made programs for a programer for a fraction of the list price, including Lotus 1-2-3 for $7.50 (suggested retail: $368). New Delhi's largest pirate outlet is a backroom operation that offers customers a catalog of nearly 400 titles and facilities for making copies for as little as $ 4 a disk ($2.50 for customers who bring their own floppies). How to combat this rampant piracy? (2) The publishers' first approach was to control it through technical means—by putting codes in their programs that prevented users from copying them. This strategy worked for a while, or at least until determined pirates found ways to get around it. (3) But the codes also made it difficult for legitimate users to copy programs onto their hard drives. Copy protection became so unpopular that by 1986 most publishers had abandoned it as their first line of defense. But they didn't give up altogether. Through associations like Software Publishers Association they began picking off pirates one at a time, focusing on the biggest abusers. (4) Software Publishers Association began running spot checks and audits on major corporations, suing for damages when they found firms had bought, say, a single copy of a program and then made numerous unlicensed copies for its employees. Software Publishers Association also opened a hot line on which anybody can report the use of illegal software. The organization now gets 20 to 30 calls a day, mostly from former or disgruntled employees, and collects more than $3.5 million a year in fines and penalties. (5) The Washington based Business Software Alliance is conducting similar operations overseas, putting pressure on foreign governments to enforce the copyright laws already on the books.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Studythefollowingchartscarefullyandwriteanarticle.Inyourarticle,youshouldcoverthefollowingpoints:1)describethephenomenon;2)analyzethephenomenonandgiveyourcommentonit.Youshouldwriteabout160-200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题Directions:Therehasrecentlybeenadiscussioninthenewspaperontheissueofchoiceofwork.Writeanessaytothenewspaperto1.showyourunderstandingofthesymbolicmeaningofthepicturebelow1)thecontentofthepicture2)themeaning/yourunderstanding2.giveaspecificexample/commentYoushouldneatlywrite160—200wordsonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题3. The greatest benefit of small-town life is the friendliness.

问答题Directions:Writeanessayof160-200wordsbasedonthefollowingdrawing.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethepicturebriefly,2)explainitsintendedmeaning,andthen3)giveyourcomments.

问答题Directions:Writeanessayof160-200wordsbasedonthefollowingdrawings.Inyouressay,youshould:1)describethepicturesbriefly,2)makebothpositiveandnegativecomments,andthen3)giveyourcomments.YoushouldwriteneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题Directions: Write a letter to invite Prof. Brown to take part in a seminar held by your college. You should include the 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" instead. Do not write the address.

问答题Directions: You are working as an apprentice in a working unit. Next week, you can not go to work. Write a note to your department head, Mr. Chert, asking for leave, stating your reason(s), and making an apology. Write your note with no less than 100 words. Write it neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the note; use "Li Ming" instead.

问答题Directions:Lookatthefollowingpictureandwriteanarticleonamarketingstrategy:discountpromotion.Yourarticleshouldmeetthefollowingtworequirements:1)interpretthemessageconveyedbythepicture2)makeyourcommentsonthephenomenonYoushouldwrite160～200wordsneatlyonAnswerSheet2.(20points)

问答题Directions:Your friend Steven and Jenny have just had a new baby boy. Please write a letter to congratulate them. You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET II. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. You do not need to write the address.

问答题Directions:Writeanessayof160～200wordsbasedonthefollowingdrawing.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethedrawingbriefly,2)interpretitsintendedmeaning,and3)giveyourownpointofview.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points) Sir Richard Friend is a tough man to track down. Phone calls to his two labs at Cambridge University go unanswered, and so do e-mails. In the end, a reporter has to leave a note in his campus pigeonhole. The elusive Friend is the unlikely instigator of what may be a revolution in electronics: plastics. (46) {{U}}Although most electronic devices make use of silicon chips, Friend sees a future in which mobile phones, TVs, watches, computers and other devices incorporate inexpensive plastic chips{{/U}}. (47) {{U}}Friend's vision is based on his own discoveries, back in the '80s and '9Os, that plastics can be used to make transistors, the basic element of chips, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which glow when electricity passes through them{{/U}}. His work has already yielded a new generation of lighter, thinner, brighter, cheaper and more flexible electronic screens for everything from lightweight mobile phones to disposable "talking" electronic greeting cards. (48) {{U}}Now he's working on devices that might bring us talking cereal boxes or advertising posters that light up and speak as you walk by{{/U}}. The materials might even be spray-painted onto walls that change color with the weather, or go into pillboxes that tell you when to take your medication. It sounds farfetched, but the basic technology is already at hand, E-books with flexible screens that can be rolled up and put into your pocket should start appearing in the next few years. (49) {{U}}And plastic chips, which can be laid onto almost any surface, could be printed--just as ink is printed onto paper--onto any number of flexible surfaces{{/U}}. General Electric is working with the Department of Energy--to create large flexible sheets that could illuminate a room. If you think everything is digital now, just wait. (50) {{U}}"Products in your fridge tagged with a chip would automatically change color after their sell-by date," says Peter Harrop, chairman of market-research firm IDTechEx{{/U}}. For his Cambridge students, Sir Richard has one word of advice: plastics.