问答题Directions:Studythefollowingtwopicturescarefullyandwriteanessayof160-200words.Inyouressayyoushould1)describethepicturesbriefly,2)interpretthemeaningofthepictures,and3)giveyourcomment.YoushouldwriteneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题Increasingly over the past ten years, people—especially young people—have become aware of the need to change their eating habits because much of the food they eat, particularly processed food, is not good for the health. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today. Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain which have been grown in soil that is rich in organic matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it with essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process compared with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount—but not the quality—of foods grown in commercial farming areas. Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move freely in healthy pastures. Compare this with what happens in the mass production of poultry, there are battery farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better than rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only tasteless as food, they also produce eggs which lack important vitamins. There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing attention from experts on diet. Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is actually a nonessential food! Although a natural alternative, such as honey, can be used to sweeten food if this is necessary, we can in fact do without it. It is true that sugar has grown steadily over the last two centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average of 200 pounds (90kg) a year! Yet all it does is to provide us with energy, in the form of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals and no fiber. It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example, the fiber has been removed. But it is present in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet contains large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole-meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on "healthy eating".

问答题{{B}}Directions.{{/B}} A recruitment drive for 100,000 Olympic volunteers, which aims to help the Chinese and foreigners get involved in the 2008 Games, was officially launched in Beijing last month. You intend to apply for certain positions, and now write a letter the recruitment office, showing your motivation and stating your eligibility for the requirements. Write your letter in no less than 100 words. Write it neatly 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 were invited to a gathering in Mary's house, but you forgot it and didn't show up. Write a letter to Mary to 1)apologize and explain why you were absent, 2)and send an invitation back for forgiveness. You should write about 100 words on the ANSWER SHEET. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use 'Li Ming' instead.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Write an essay of 160--200 words based on the following topic. {{B}} My Ideal Future Job{{/B}} In your essay, you should 1) state clearly what your ideal future job is, 2) illustrate why you would like to take this job, and 3) draw a nature conclusion to your essay. You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.

问答题 In the span of 18 months, Isaac Newton invented calculus, constructed a theory of optics, explained how gravity works and discovered his laws of motion. As a result, 1665 and the early months of 1666 are termed his annus mirabilis. (46) {{U}}It was a sustained sprint of intellectual achievement that no one thought could ever be equaled.{{/U}} But in a span of a few years just before 1900, it all began to unravel. One phenomenon after another was discovered which could not be explained by the laws of classical physics. (47) {{U}}The theories of Newton, and of James Clerk Maxwell who followed him in the mid-19th century by crafting a more comprehensive account of electromagnetism, were in trouble.{{/U}} Then, in 1905, a young patent clerk named Albert Einstein found the way forward. In five remarkable papers, he showed that atoms are real (it was still controversial at the time), presented his special theory of relativity, and put quantum theory on its feet. It was a different achievement from Newton's year, but Einstein's annus mirabilis was no less remarkable. He did not, like Newton, have to invent entirely new forms of mathematics. However, he had to revise notions of space and time fundamentally. (48) {{U}}And unlike Newton, who did not publish his results for nearly 20 years, so obsessed was he with secrecy and working out the details, Einstein released his papers one after another, as a fusillade of ideas.{{/U}} For Einstein, it was just a beginning--he would go on to create the general theory of relativity and to pioneer quantum mechanics. While Newton came up with one system for explaining the world, Einstein thus came up with two. Unfortunately, his discoveries-- relativity and quantum theory contradict one another. Both cannot be true everywhere, although both are remarkably accurate .in their respective domains of the very large and the very small. Einstein would spend the last years of his life attempting to reconcile the two theories, and failing. (49){{U}} But then, no one else has succeeded in fixing the problems either, and Einstein was perhaps the one who saw them most clearly.{{/U}} When Einstein was awarded a Nobel prize, in 1921, it was for the first of his papers of 1905, which proved the existence of photons--particles of light. (50){{U}} Up until that paper, completed on March 17th and published in Annalen der Physik (as were the other 1905 papers), light had been supposed to be a wave, since this explains the interference patterns created when it passes through a grating.{{/U}} Einstein, however, began from a different premise, by considering the so called "black-body experiment".

问答题亲爱的先生： 我在今天的《西安晚报》上看到贵公司招聘电气技术员的广告，有兴趣申请到贵公司工作。 如蒙惠寄更为详细资料、告之空缺职务、贵公司拟付薪水及录用条件，我将不胜感激。可否请同时惠告贵公司对资历的要求? 期盼回复。 此致 敬礼 西安高等专科学校电气工程系(210053) 李明 2000年7月19日 2000/7/19 Dear sirs, I saw _____________in today's Xi'an Evening and ________________with you. I would be grateful if____________ of the jobs available, the rates of Could you also let me know_____________. _____________ Yours faithfully Li Ming

问答题The long and progressive reign of Queen Victoria came to a climax at a time of peace and plenty when the British Empire seemed to be at the summit of its power and security. Of the discord that soon followed we shall here note only two factors which had large influence on contemporary English literature. The first disturbing factor was imperialism, the reawakening of a dominating spirit which had seemingly been put to sleep by the proclamation of an Imperial Federation. (46) Its coming was heralded by the Boer War in South Africa, through which Britain blundered to what was hoped to be an era of peace and good will. Other nations promptly made such hope a vain whistling in the wind. Japanese War Lords began a career of conquest which aimed to make Japan master of Asia and East Indies. Pacific islands that had for ages slept peacefully were turned into frowning naval stations. (47) Even the United States, aroused by an easy triumph in the Spanish War, started on an imperialistic adventure by taking 'control of the Philippines, thus making an implacable enemy of Japan. Only a nation that enters on a dangerous course with eyes wide open has any chance of a safe way out, and the imperialistic nations were all alike blind. (48) An inevitable result was the First War and the great horror of a Second World War, the two disasters being different acts of the same tragedy of imperialism, separated only by a breathing spell. Another factor that influenced literature for the worse was a widespread demand for social reform of every kind; not slow and orderly reform, which is progress, but immediate and uncontrolled reform, which breeds a spirit of rebellion and despair. Before the Victorian age had come to an end, English literature appeared to have lost touch with healthy English life. Many writers echoed the sorrowful cry of James Thomson in his City of Dreadful Night, or babbled of "art for art's sake" with Oscar Wilde. (49) Groom, in his survey of the period, notes that writers had mostly a critical attitude toward morals and religion, Church and State, as relics from "the dead hand of traditional beliefs." (50) Small wonder that German and Japanese war-advocates regarded Englishmen as a decadent race when the same or a worse opinion was daily read in the novels of Samuel Butler and nightly heard in the plays of Bernard Shaw.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}{{I}} Last Sunday, you ate at a restaurant and found a fly in one of the dishes you ordered. Write a letter of complaint to the manager of the restaurant and offer your suggestions on this problem. You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use "Li Ming" instead. Do not write the address.{{/I}}

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} After being involved in an accident, you were looked after by another person. Write a special letter to express your thanks. 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.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} You made a travel with a travel agency a few days ago and you were disappointed with its service. Write a letter to the related department to: 1) complain about their bad service; 2) prompt your suggestions. 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.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Writeanessayof160-.200wordsbasedonthefollowingdrawing.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethedrawingbriefly,2)explainitsintendedmeaning,andthen3)advanceyourcounter-measures.YoushouldwriteneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.(20points)

问答题Directions: 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{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} The Students' Union of English Department will hold an English speech contest. You are required to write a poster through which students and teachers can be informed of the event. The poster should include: 1) schedule of the contest, 2) and requirements and other details. Write your letter in no less than 100 words. Write it neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Writeanessayof160--200wordsbasedonthefollowingphoto.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethephotobriefly,2)explainitsintendedmeaning,andthen3)giveyourowncomments.YoushouldwriteneatlyonANSWERSHEET2.

问答题1. 年轻人进入社会要面对论资排辈的现实。 2．社会上种种因素阻碍年轻人发展。 3．雇主应该正确看待一个人的能力，按其能力付给报酬。 You should write about 160 -200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET Ⅱ.