问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Studythepicturecarefullyandwriteanessayinwhichyoushould:1)describethecartoon,pointoutthemessageconveyedand;2)giveyourcomment.Youshouldwriteabout160～200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题Directions:TheStudents'UnionofyourdepartmentisplanninganEnglishEvening.Youareaskedtoinviteoneofyourforeignteacherstojoinit.Writealettertohimwhichshouldcoverthefollowingpoints:(1)expressthepurposeofwritingthisletter;(2)statethetimeandplaceoftheEnglishEvening;(3)askhimtoprepareaperformance;(4)expressyoursincereappreciation.

问答题Directions:A.Studythecartoongivenbelowcarefullyandwriteanessayofabout200words.B.Youressayshouldcoveralltheinformationofthecartoonandmeetthefollowingrequirement:(1)interpretthecartoon;(2)causesofthephenomenon;(3)yourmeasures.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} {{I}}You are supposed to put forward some rules for job-seekers and you may offer your suggestions in terms of the following points:{{/I}} 1) appearance, 2) ability and knowledge, and 3) confidence. {{I}}You should write about100 words on Answer Sheet 2. (10 points){{/I}}

问答题Directions:A.Studythefollowinggraphcarefullyandwriteanessayin160-200wordsB.Youressayshouldcoverthesetwopoints:1)problemsariseoutoftheincreaseoftheprivatecars,2)giveyourcounter-measure.Youshouldwriteabout160-200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

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

问答题 Directions: You lost a book you borrowed from your friend William. Write him a letter to make an apology, and state your reason(s). 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}}Therehasbeenadiscussionrecentlyontheissueofjob-hopping.Writeanessaytothenewspaperto1.showyourunderstandingofthesymbolicmeaningofthepicturebelow1)thecontentofthepicture2)themeaning/yourunderstanding2.giveaspecificexample/comment,and3.presentyoursuggestionsYoushouldneatlywrite160--200wordsonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Writeanessayof160—200wordsbasedonthefollowingpicture.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethepicturebriefly,2)explainitsintendedmeaning,andthen3)supportyourviewwithanexample/examplesYonshouldwriteneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.(20points)

问答题It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if it is really good science it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they are by definition unknown in advance. You cannot make choices in this matter. 1 You either have science or you don"t, and if you have it you are obliged to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and promptly useful bits . The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, an illuminating piece of news. 2 It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment to be told by any of us how little we know and how bewildering the way ahead seems . 3 It is this sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of the 20th century science to the human intellect . In earlier times, we either pretended to understand how things worked or ignored the problem, or simply made up stories to fill the gaps. Now that we have begun exploring in earnest, we are getting glimpses of how huge the questions are, and how far from being answered. Because of this, we are depressed. 4 It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not-so-bad spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels that can yet be trusted . But we are making a beginning and there ought to be some satisfaction. There are probably no questions we can think up that can"t be answered, sooner or later, including even the matter of consciousness. 5 To be sure, there may well be questions we can"t think up, ever, and therefore limits to the reach of human intellect, but that is another matter . Within our limits, we should be able to work our way through to ai1 our answers if we keep at it long enough, and pay attention.

问答题In the current immigration wave, something markedly different is happening here in the middle of the great American "melting pot." (46) There is a sense that, especially as immigrant populations reach a critical mass in many communities, it is no longer the melting pot that is transforming them, but they who are transforming American society. American culture remains a powerful force—for better or worse—that influences people both here and around the world in countless ways. But several factors have combined in recent years to allow immigrants to resist, if they choose, the Americanization that had once been considered irresistible. In fact, the very concept of assimilation is being called into question as never before. (47) Some sociologists argue that the melting pot often means little more than "Anglo conformity" and that assimilation is not always a positive experience—for either society or the immigrants themselves. And with today's emphasis on diversity and ethnicity, it has become easier than ever for immigrants to avoid the melting pot entirely. Even the metaphor itself is changing, having fallen out of fashion completely with many immigration advocacy and ethnic groups. They prefer such terms as the "salad bowl" and the "mosaic," metaphors that convey more of a sense of separateness in describing this nation of immigrants. (48) Among socially conservative families such as the Jacintos, who initially moved to California from their village in Mexico's Guanajuato state, then migrated here in 1988 to find jobs in the meatpacking industry, bad influences are a constant concern. They see their children assimilating, but often to the worst aspects of American culture. Their concerns reflect some of the complexities and ambivalence that mark the assimilation process these days. Immigrants such as the Jacintos are here to stay but remain wary of their adoptive country. According to sociologists, they are right to be concerned. "If assimilation is a learning process, it involves learning good things and bad things," said Ruben G. Rumbaut, a sociology professor at Michigan State University. "It doesn't always lead to something better." The ambivalence of assimilation can cut both ways. Many native-born Americans also seem to harbor mixed feelings about the process. (49) As a nation, the United States increasingly promotes diversity, but there are underlying concerns that the more emphasis there is on the factors that set people apart, the more likely that society will end up divided. With Hispanics, especially Mexicans, accounting for an increasing proportion of U.S. population growth, it is this group, more than any other, that is redefining the melting pot. Hispanics now have overtaken blacks as the largest minority group in Nebraska and will become the biggest minority in the country within the next seven years, according to Census Bureau projections. (50) The nation's 29 million Hispanics, the great majority of them from Mexico, have thus become the main focus for questions about how the United States today is assimilating immigrants, or how it is being transformed.

问答题Directions:Studythefollowingpicturecarefullyandwriteanessayinwhichshould:1)Describethepicturebriefly.2)Interpretitsmeaning.3)Giveyourcommentonit.Youshouldwriteabout160～200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题A long-held view of the history of the English colonies that became the United States has been that England's policy toward these colonies before 1763 was dictated by commercial interests and that a change to a more imperial policy generated the tensions that ultimately led to the American Revolution. In a recent study, Stephen Saunders Webb has resented a formidable challenge to this view. According to Webb, England already had a military imperial policy for more than a century before the American Revolution. He sees Charles Ⅱ, the English monarch between 1660 and 1685, as the proper successor of the Tudor monarchs of the sixteenth century and of Oliver Cromwell, all of whom were bent on extending centralized executive power over England's possessions through the use of what Webb calls "garrison government. " Garrison government allowed the colonists a legislative assembly, but real authority, in Webb's view, belonged to the colonial governor, who was appointed by the king and supported by the "garrison," that is, by the local contingent of English troops under the colonial governor's command. According to Webb, the purpose of garrison government was to provide military support for a royal policy designed to limit the power of the upper classes in the American colonies. (47) Webb argues that the colonial legislative assemblies represented the interests not of the common people but of the colonial upper classes, a coalition of merchants and nobility who favored self-rule and sought to elevate legislative authority at the expense of the executive. It was, according to Webb, the colonial governors who favored the small farmer, opposed the plantation system, and tried through taxation to break up large holdings of land. Backed by the military presence of the garrison, these governors tried to prevent the gentry and merchants, allied in the colonial assemblies, from transforming colonial America into a capitalistic oligarchy. (48) Webb's study illuminates the political alignments that existed in the colonies in the century prior to the American Revolution, but his view of the crown's use of the military as an instrument of colonial policy is not entirely convincing. England during the seventeenth century was not noted for its military achievements. Cromwell did mount England's most ambitious overseas military expedition in more than a century, but it proved to be an utter failure. Under Charles II, the English army was too small to be a major instrument of government. (49) Not until the war in France in 1697 did William III persuade Parliament to create a professional standing army, and Parliament's price for doing so was to keep the army under tight legislative control. (50) While it may be true that the crown attempted to diminish the power of the colonial upper classes, it is hard to imagine how the English army during the seventeenth century could have provided significant military support for such a policy.

问答题Directions: Write a letter to apply for a membership in a community service team. 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:Writeanessayof160—200wordsbasedonthefollowingpicture.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethecartoonbriefly,2)interpretthesocialphenomenonreflectedbythecartoon,and3)giveyourpointofview.YoushouldwriteitneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题 Directions: You've learned that your friend Jimmy was injured in a car accident. Write him a letter expressing your concern and giving your best wishes. You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET Ⅱ. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use 'Li Ming' instead. You don't need to write the address.

问答题Directions:A. Title: "More haste, less speed" (欲速则不达)B. Word limit: about 160～200 words.C. Your essay must be written neatly on Answer Sheet 2.D. Your essay must be based on the following situation:People generally agree with the saying, yet not everyone observes if in his practice. Make a brief description of people's practice and state your views with regard to the sayin