问答题Directions:Studythefollowingtwopicturescarefullyandwriteanessayinwhichyoushould:1)describethecartoon,pointoutthemessageeonveyed;2)giveyourcomment.Youshouldwriteabout160-200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题Directions:Youarejustbackfromatourandhavesomecomplaintstomakeaboutthetouristcompany.Writealettertothemanagerofthecompanywhichincludesthefollowingpoints:(1)thepurposesofwritingtheletter;(2)theservicesyouwerenotsatisfactorywith;(3)thehopethattheycangiveyousomecompensation.Writeyourletterusingnolessthan100words.WriteitneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.Donotsignyourownnameattheendoftheletter,use"LiMing"instead.Youdonotneedtowritetheaddress.(10points)

问答题Your friend Mr. Han could not use his dictionary because of your fault, and write a letter in about 100 words to express your apology. Do not sign your own name, using "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address.

问答题In reading the pages of American Scientist, I have been struck by the stunning progress being made in science and engineering, new phenomena discovered, new materials synthesized (用合成法合成), new methods developed. 1 What I see behind many of these exciting stories is the widespread and even revolutionary use of distributed intelligence that is made possible by the "wiring" of the scientific community. It is more than a time saver or a communication enhance; it is enabling us to think in new ways and its impact on society may be monumental. The term "information age" probably does not do justice to the possibilities of this emerging era. 2 This is an age of "knowledge and distributed intelligence", in which knowledge is available to anyone, located anywhere, at any time; and in which power, information, and control are moving from centralized systems to individuals . This era calls for a new form of leadership and vision from the academic science and engineering community. We know from countless examples that the academic science and the engineering have enabled our society to make the most of new technologies. We wouldn"t have today"s advanced computer graphics systems if mathematicians hadn"t been able to solve problems related to surface geometry. 3 We wouldn"t have networks capable of handling massive amounts of data if physicists and astronomers hadn"t continuously forged tools to look more deeply into subatomic structures and the cosmos . Chemists" efforts to simulate complex phenomena and predict the properties of many electron systems have inspired massively parallel architectures for computing. And the information made available by the sequencing of the human genome (基因组) has caused us to rethink how to store, manipulate, and retrieve data most effectively. 4 It will take new insights from studies of human cognition, linguistics, neurobiology, computing, and more to develop systems that truly augment our capacity to learn and create . The best may be yet to come. Despite brutally tight constraints on federal discretionary spending, President Clinton has stepped forward to champion a 3 percent increase (uncorrected for inflation) in the national 1998 budget. The president"s request is only the first step in the congressional budget process ahead. 5 Given that the priorities of Congress will almost certainly differ from those of the president, it will take an unprecedented level of input and commitment from the research community to ensure the investments in science and engineering .

问答题Directions:Studythefollowingpicturecarefullyandwriteanessayinwhichyoushould1)describethepicture,2)interpretitsmeaning,and3)pointouttheimplicationsinourlife.Youshouldwrite160-200wordsneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题Directions:Lookatthefollowingpictureandwriteanarticleonadvertisement.Yourarticleshouldcoverthepointsbelow1)Theomnipresence(无所在不，普遍)ofadvertisements2)Theiradvantages3)TheirdisadvantagesYoushouldwriteabout200wordsonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题Directions: Suppose you are staying in the house of some relatives who are away on holiday. Write a letter to 1. ask them to bring you back a particular tape recorder, as you are unable-to buy it where you live. 2. ask if a friend may come and stay for two days in their house. 3. offer to do some shopping for them when they return and ask what they would like you to get. 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 16 Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as steering the economy to a soft landing or a touch on the brakes, makes itself sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth. The link between interest rates and inflation is uncertain. And there are long, variable lags before policy changes have any effect on the economy. 17 Hence there is an analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen, a cracked rearview mirror and a faulty steering wheel. Given all these disadvantages, central bankers seem to have had much to boast about of late. Average inflation in the big seven industrial economies fell to a mere 2.3% last year, close to its lowest level in 30 years, before rising slightly to 2.5% this July. This is a long way below the double-digit rates which many countries experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s. It is also less than most forecasters had predicted. In late 1994 the panel of economists which The Economist polls each month said that America"s inflation rate would average 3.5% in 1995. In fact, it fell to 2.6% in August, and is expected to average only about 3% for the year as a whole. 18 In Britain and Japan inflation is running half a percentage point below the rate predicted at the end of last year, this is no flash in the pan; over the past couple of years, inflation has been consistently lower than expected in Britain and America. 19 Economists have been particularly surprised by favourable inflation figures in Britain and the United States, since conventional measures suggest that both economies, and especially America"s, have little productive slack. America"s capacity utilisation, for example, hit historically high levels earlier this year, and its jobless rate (5.6% in August) has fallen below most estimates of the natural rate of unemployment—the rate below which inflation has taken off on the past. Why has inflation proved so mild? The most thrilling explanation is, unfortunately, a little defective. 20 Some economists argue that powerful structural changes in the world have upended the old economic models that were based upon the historical link between growth and inflation.

问答题 In the past year, a lot has changed in the field of human spaceflight. (46) {{U}}In January, President George Bush brushed aside the fact that America's entire space-shuttle fleet was grounded when he announced grandiose plans to put people back on the moon, and then to launch a manned mission to Mars. {{/U}}(47) {{U}}In June, Burt Rutan, an American aeronautical engineer, showed that human spaceflight was no longer the preserve of governments by sending a man to the edge of space in Space Ship One, a privately financed vehicle that cost about the same to build as a luxury yacht.{{/U}} That was followed in September by Sir Richard Branson, the British entrepreneur behind the Virgin brand, announcing that he had signed a deal with Mr Rutan to work on plans for a fleet of five suborbital vehicles developed from Space Ship One. (48) {{U}}Now, in the dying days of the year, America's Congress has passed a bill that unravels a tangle about who would be responsible for regulating the fledgling industry, and under what terms.{{/U}} (49) {{U}}The hill also allows passengers to fly on the understanding that this new generation of vehicles may not be as safe as taking a commercial flight between, say, New York and London.{{/U}} The official line from Virgin Galactica, as Sir Richard's latest venture is modestly named, is that this coming change in the law makes no practical difference to the firm's plans, since they do not intend to fly unless they can make their spacecraft as safe as a private jet. But it must surely come as some sort of relief. In any case, Will Whitehorn, director of corporate affairs at Virgin's headquarters in London, and soon to become the president of Virgin Galactica, says that work is under way on a mock up of the inter[or of a new spacecraft that will hold five passengers. (50) {{U}}Virgin has already committed ＄20m towards licensing the SpaceShipOne technology from Mr Rutan and his financial backer Paul Allen, a software billionaire.{{/U}}

问答题Directions: You are supposed to put forward some rules for job-seekers and you may offer your suggestions in terms of the following points: 1) appearance, 2) ability and knowledge, and 3) confidence. You should write about 100 words on Answer Sheet 2.

问答题{{B}}Directions{{/B}} You have an appointment next Friday with your supervisor about your thesis but you are unable to keep it bemuse something unexpected has happened: Write a letter to him according to the following outline: 1) express your apology for your inability to keep it; 2) give your reasons for it; 3) suggest other remedies. You should write about i00 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Xin" instead. You do not need to write the address.