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Part AMr Alan Robert was a program director of your TV station. He was talented, but he ha

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Mr Alan Robert was a program director of your TV station. He was talented, but he had a fatal shortcoming: drinking. Write a letter of recommendation for him. Try to be impartial to introduce a man like him. (100～120 words)

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听力原文：Millions of words have been written about young people in the United States.There

听力原文： Millions of words have been written about young people in the United States. There are reasons for this great interest in the ideas, feelings, and actions of youth.

[32]Today there are about seven million Americans in colleges and universities. [33]Young persons under twenty-five make up nearly half of the American population. [34]Many of these will soon be in charge of the nation. Naturally their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for older people to understand what they think and feel.

College students today have strong opinions about right and wrong. [35]They are deeply interested in making a better life for all people, especially for those who have not been given a fair chance before now. They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents. It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older way. As a result, there is often trouble in American families. Your country may be meeting such problems, too.

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A．About seven million.

B．Nearly half of the American population.

C．25% of American people.

D．We don't know exactly from the passage.

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Cell phones are now essential to millions of people as a convenient form. of communication

. The following chart shows the use of cell phones over the past years. Study the following chart carefully and write an essay in which you should

1) analyze the chart, and

2) give your comments on the trend.

In your essay, make full use of the information provided in the pictures printed below.

You should write about 160-200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.

Cell phones are now essential to millions of peopl

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Today, with easy access to the Internet, millions of young people have made new friends on

line. They share their happiness, sadness and even secrets with these friends. But is it advisable to look for friends in this way？ Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic: Is It Advisable to Look for Friends Online？ In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

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听力原文： Language sets cultures apart. Every human group, large or small, has a language.

In fact, there are more than 3,000 languages on Earth. Some are spoken by hundreds of millions of people. Some are spoken by only a few dozen people. More than 350 million people speak English as their native language. More than 830 million people speak some form. of Chinese.

Every language reflects the culture of the people who speak it. In Arabic, there are several hundred terms for camels. This is because camels have been an extremely important part of Arabian desert life. Think at some words for different parts of a car. Do you think all languages contain such words？ If a culture has never' used a thing, it probably will have no word for that thing.

Hew many people in the world speak Chinese？

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A．More than 300 million.

B．More than 350 million.

C．More than 830 million.

D．About 930 million.

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听力原文：The word "okay" is known and used by millions of people all over the world. Still

听力原文： The word "okay" is known and used by millions of people all over the world. Still, language experts do not agree on where it came from. Some say it came from Indian people. When Europeans first came to America, they heard hundreds of different Indian languages. Many were well developed. One tribe especially had a well developed language. They were farmers and fishermen who lived in the rich Mississippi valley in what is now the state of Alabama. When problems arose, the headers of this tribe discussed them with the tribal chief. They sat in a circle and listened to the wisdom of the chief. He heard the different proposals often raising and lowering his head in agreement, and saying, "okeh," meaning, "all is so". The Indian languages have given many words to English. Many American states have Indian names, and so do rivers, streams, mountains, cities and towns.

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A．American Indian.

B．British people.

C．Europeans.

D．African people.

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According to a news release of the Beijing Federation of Trade Union （BFTU) reported by th

According to a news release of the Beijing Federation of Trade Union (BFTU) reported by the Beijing Times, millions of municipal workers in the capital are asked to take part in 20 minutes of daily workout in a bid to keep them fit. Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic. The Importance of a Daily Workout for Workers In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

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We all believe that words of a language evolve （进化) gradually over the centuries, rather

We all believe that words of a language evolve (进化) gradually over the centuries, rather as animals and plants evolve over millions of years. Sometimes the change is so slight. as to be almost unnoticeable--finger, for example, means the same today as it did 1,000 years ago. Other words have changed out of all recognition. For example, modem English "lord", a person with high social positions, comes from Old English "hlaford". It used to mean "guardian of the bread", a person who protects the bread. But not all word meanings change like this. Just as new and different types of animals and plants can be reproduced, we can call completely new words into being.

Anyone can make a word. The difficult part is to make it stay in the language. To stand the best chance it should probably relate to a particular and fairly specialized subject. That cuts down the number of people who need to agree to use it. Chemists are often having to find expressions for new findings. Once that is achieved, there may be a chance for wider recognition if the expression comes to be of interest to the general public.

Ordinary people can make long-lasting words, though. In 1924, a competition (比赛) was held to make a word for a drinker of illegal liquor (非法出售的酒). A prize of US $200 was offered, and there were reportedly over 25,000 suggestions. The winners were Henry Irving Dale and Kate L. Butler, who both came up with "scofflaw". And that word exists in American English to this day, in the rather wider sense "someone who disobeys the law".

What can we learn from the text？

A．It is the duty of specialists to make new words.

B．People are encouraged to make new words.

C．Words evolve faster than animals and plants.

D．New words are usually made by chemists.

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Question : Mr. President, I’m sure millions of Chinese people are watching this program

now . Iwonder if you would like to say a few words to them first.Answer: Well, I do have an opening statement. But first let me thank you for this unique opportunity. It’s a great honor for me to be the first American president to speak to the Chinese people in a live broadcast. And I feel as if I were talking to old friends, who, while teen years ageo, Barbara and Icame to your beautiful land when I was , as you said , Chief of the United States Liaison Office , And for us , returning to Beijing is a homecoming. Our work here was a source of great personal satisfaction, a happy challenging time in our lives. And we actually went to church here, and indeed our daughter was baptized in our faith here. And we rode bicycles down the hutungs of Beijing, and came to have a general feeling of affection for the Chinese people.

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