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BPart BDirections: Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following information./B

Two months ago you got a job as an editor for the magazine Designs use "Li Ming" instead. You do not need to write the address. (10 points)

Hallowell argues in his new book, Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More Productive, that when you feel real or imagined concerns piling on, share them with a friend, and there's a better chance that aimless anxiety will change into problem-solving. He believes that worrying alone is one of the major reasons that people can't focus, both at work and elsewhere in their lives. Worrying alone does not have to be toxic, but it tends to become toxic because in isolation we lose perspective. We tend to globalize, catastrophize, when no one is there to act as a reality check. Our imaginations run wild. Indeed, Samuel Johnson, a severe worrier himself, called worry a "disease of the imagination". When we worry alone we risk losing touch with reality, becoming paralyzed in worry, making bad decisions, and even getting sick, as toxic worry depresses immune function.

Suppose Li Ming's application for admission to Washington University has been accepted. Write him a letter to 1) offer him admission, and 2) inform him the details he should know. You should write about 100 words. Do not use your own name. Use "The Admissions Office" instead. Do not write your address.

Do you sometimes receive anonymous calls or massages, not knowing how those people get your name and phone number? In this section, you are asked to write an essay on one way to keep our information safe. You can provide specific reasons and examples to support your idea. You should write at least 150 words.

In this section, you are asked to write an essay based on the following information. Make comments and express your own opinion. You should write at least 150 words. 多数的网上商店都是有年轻人运作的。一些大学生也试图开办网上商店，以便赚点钱、获得一些社会经验。不同的人对此有不同的看法。你的看法如何?

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With the popularity of the Internet, more and more people do shopping online. Serial returner refers to someone who regularly orders more than they need and sends some of the items back. Three in ten shoppers deliberately over-purchase and subsequently return unwanted items, with one in five admitting to ordering multiple versions of the same item to make up their mind at home— safe in the knowledge they can choose from the ever-growing number of ways to quickly and easily send items back. Shoppers have also come to expect good value regardless of whether they're making a purchase or a return. Six in ten say a retailer' s returns policy impacts their decision to make a purchase online, and almost half of these would not order an item if they had to fund the cost of sending it back from their own pocket. Serial returners said they would send back fewer purchases if businesses were to standardize clothing and shoe sizes.

BPart B/B

It's 2:30 pm and I'm procrastinating. The project is【C1】______by 5 o'clock and I can't seem to find the【C2】______to get it done. This is a common problem for everyone. Whether working from home or an office, creating the next big【C3】______or pushing papers for a corporation, we all procrastinate. The biggest reason you're tired is because of physical or mental【C4】______. When you're tired you don't have the motivation to work, so you【C5】______procrastinating. When your mind is in a foggy【C6】______, it prevents you from thinking straight. A foggy mind can be a headache or information【C7】______. Whatever the form, it's hard to get anything done when your mind isn't working right. Now you have some【C8】______why afternoon procrastination happens. Try these【C9】______to help deal with it and get more done. 【C10】______tasks. The most common reason afternoon procrastination hits is because your tasks are not clear. Writing down what you have to do and which tasks are most important can help you【C11】______and get back to work. Take a break. Sometimes it's easy not to stop and let your mind rest. When you choose to intentionally take a break and【C12】______yourself to not focus on anything, it allows you to relax and prepare for the rest of the work day. Exercise at lunch. Often when you're able to get up and move around, your day is always better. When you go for a walk, it allows your brain to【C13】______the morning's information and think through what you need to do the rest of the day. Exercise also【C14】______the body from sitting in a chair all morning. Be careful not to【C15】______it, because you want to make sure you have enough【C16】______for the rest of the work day. Drink water. According to my doctor, we're【C17】______to drink like 8 glasses of water per day. Even if you can't【C18】______eight glasses of water, you sure can get a glass or two down after lunch. Staying【C19】______helps keep the mind clear and focused. All too often, afternoon procrastination comes from a foggy head which can be【C20】______with a glass of water.

BSection II Reading Comprehension/B

Directions: We sometimes hear the sad news of suicide in universities. Is there any way to prevent this from happening again? In this section, you are asked to write an essay on the best way to prevent suicide in universities. You can provide specific reasons and examples to support your idea. You should write at least 150 words.

BSection III Writing/B

BSection III Writing/B

Doctors already know that people who smoke can damage their hearing. The latest study in the journal Tobacco Control,【C1】______more than 3,000 US adults, suggests the same is true of passive smoking. Experts believe tobacco smoke may【C2】______blood flow in the small vessels of the ear. This could starve the organ of oxygen and lead to a build up of【C3】______waste, causing damage. The harm is different【C4】______that caused by noise exposure or simple ageing. In the study, the researchers from the University of Miami and Florida International University looked at the hearing test results of 3,307 non-smoking volunteers— some who were ex-smokers and some who had never smoked in their lifetime. The tests measured【C5】______of hearing over low, mid and high noise frequencies. To【C6】______passive smoke exposure, the volunteers had their blood checked for a byproduct of nicotine, called cotinine, which is made when the body comes into【C7】______tobacco smoke. This【C8】______that people exposed to second-hand smoke were far more likely to have poorer hearing than others, and to a degree where they might struggle to【C9】______a conversation in the【C10】______of background noise. Passive smoking increased their risk of hearing loss across all sound frequencies by about a third. Dr David Fabry, who led the research, said: "We【C11】______do not know exactly how much smoke you need to be exposed to in order to be at increased risk. 【C12】______we do know that the【C13】______for damage is very low. Really, the safe level of exposure is no exposure." Dr Ralph Holme, head of another research team, said: "We already knew from our own research that regular【C14】______smoking is a significant risk【C15】______leading to hearing loss and this new study is important as it【C16】______the increased risks posed by passive smoking too. Hearing loss can often be very【C17】______and lead to social isolation, if not quickly【C18】______Before you next【C19】______a cigarette, consider how it could impact not only【C20】______your own long-term hearing but your friends' and relatives' too."

Television pitchmen for products like Pajama Jeans and lighted slippers once tried to get viewers to place their orders by phone. And then they【C1】______to getting products into retail outlets with labels that screamed "As Seen on TV."【C2】______, they are trying to make impulse buying even easier by【C3】______with new technologies. Mr. Harrington, one of the "sharks" on ABC"s "Shark Tank," where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to direct response executives, bought AsSeenOnTV.com and its【C4】______telephone number in June. The company, which says it has more than two million customers and 700,000 e-mail subscribers, is【C5】______technologies that use cellphones and【C6】______controls to enable purchases directly from a television set. Daily Web videos【C7】______product demonstrations are also being produced, and Facebook pages where users can buy products directly are expected to start【C8】______before the end of the year. "We anticipate most of our sellers being excited about this as a whole new way to generate products and【C9】______," Mr. Harrington said. AsSeenonTV.com lists 650 products from【C10】______sellers. In the online videos, spokesmen like the former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan and some famous entertainers will【C11】______product demonstrations. "It"s much like what makes a home shopping network work—it"s a visual, it"s storytelling, it"s presenting and bringing the products to life," Mr. Harrington said. Another development will let viewers use ordinary distant controls to buy products【C12】______a television screen by clicking a【C13】______that opens a purchase window. Advertisers will also be able to【C14】______which commercials led to purchases. The goal, the chief executive of Delivery Agent Mr. Fitzsimmons said, is to have a "widespread【C15】______mechanism for television." Direct response marketers say they are【C16】______watching the new technologies. Realizing that television only is not【C17】______, they refer to web at the same time. 【C18】______online, marketers can sell products more cheaply since they eliminate the【C19】______for someone to take a phone order. "Television marketing【C20】______consumers to go to the Web and make purchases online or make purchases to their phone," Mr. Harrington said.

When it comes to Barbie' s body, it will no longer be one size fits all. On Thursday, Mattel unveiled curvy, petite and tall versions of its iconic fashion doll whose unrealistically thin shape has attracted criticism for decades. The three body types will also be sold in an assortment of skin tones, eye colors and hairstyles. The move is about more than just making Barbie look different. While Barbie was once Mattel's powerhouse brand, sales have plummeted in recent years as the doll has struggled to remain relevant to little girls who do not look like her and who play with toys other than dolls. "This is about drawing a wider demographic that had turned away from Barbie back to Barbie," said Jim Silver, the editor of a toy review website. But some industry experts and academics have long doubted that cosmetic changes—whether racial or body shapes—can revive the popularity of the 57-year-old Barbie, whose sales have been declining by double-digits in recent years. Executives have been optimistic, pointing to signs that Barbie' s in-store sales began picking up last year. The slumping sales may also be partly attributed to the shift away from traditional toys toward electronics and games in recent years, as many parents and children have clamored for less gender-specific toys. Even Lego, the world' s top toymaker, has had to alter its strategy and some of its building block lines to accommodate the growth in the market for learning toys that appeal to boys and girls. Faced with weakening sales in its core brands like Barbie, and criticism that it was too slow to pick up on trends, Mattel has undertaken a number of efforts to improve innovation. Barbie' s new shapes also coincide with a progressive cultural shift already underway in stores and the toy aisles. Parents and many health experts have complained that too many dolls, models and even clothing companies conform to an extremely thin, even anorexic, body type and have pressured corporations to offer a broader variety of images and apparel sizes to give girls and boys more confidence in their own body shapes. And some parents, concerned about negative gender stereotypes(a racecar for a son, a princess doll for a daughter), have pushed retailers into more gender-neutral territory. The Disney Store, for example, decided to label all of its children's Halloween costumes as "for kids," as opposed to for boys or girls. Amazon, which by some measures accounts for more than half of all online sales, has banished gender distinctions for its toys.

BSection III Writing/B