Part B

Sample One

Directions:

In the following text, some sentences have been removed.For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the lish A-G to fit into each of the numbered blank.There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)

The making of weathervanes(devices fixed on the top of buildings to show directions of the wind)is an ancient skill, going back to early Egyptian times.Today the craft is still very much alive in the workshop that Graham Smith has set up.He is one of the few people in the country who make handª²cut weathervanes.Graham¡¯s designs are individually created and tailored to the specific requirements of his customers.¡°That way I can produce a unique personalized item,¡± he explains, ¡°A lot of my customers are women buying presents for their husbands.They want a distinctive gift that represents the man¡¯s business or leisure interests.¡±It¡¯s all a far cry from the traditional cock, the most common design for weathervanes.

It was not a cock but a witch on a broomstick that featured on the first weathervane Graham ever made.Friends admired his surprise present for his wife and began asking him to make vanes for them.¡°I realized that when it came to subjects that could be made into them, the possibilities were limitless,¡± he says.

(41).

That was five years ago and he has no regrets about his new direction.¡°My previous work didn¡¯t have an artistic element to it, whereas this is exciting and creative,¡± he says.¡°I really enjoy the design side.¡±(42).

Graham also keeps plenty of traditional designs in stock, since they prove as popular as the oneª²offs.¡°It seems that people are attracted to handcrafting,¡± Graham says.¡°They welcome the opportunity to acquire something a little bit different.¡±

(43).

¡°I have found my place in the market.People love the individuality and I get a lot of satisfaction from seeing a nondescript shape turn into something almost lifelike,¡± he says.(44).¡°And nowadays, with more and more people moving to the country, individuals want to put an exclusive finishing touch to their properties.It has been a boost to crafts like mines.¡±

(45).

American and Danish buyers in particular are showing interest.¡°Pricing,¡± he explains, ¡°depends on the intricacy of the design.¡± His most recent request was for a curlyª²coated dog.Whatever the occasion, Graham can create a gift with a difference.

£ÛA£Ý Graham has become increasingly busy, supplying flatª²packed weathervanes to clients worldwide.

£ÛB£Ý Graham decided to concentrate his efforts on a weathervane business.He had served an apprenticeship as a precision engineer and had worked in that trade for 1dazhihui008.cnears when he and his wife, Liz, agreed to swap roles¡ªshe went out to work as an architectural assistant and he stayed at home to look after the children and build up the business.

£ÛC£Ý Last month, a local school was opened with his galleon ship weathervane hoisted above it.

£ÛD£Ý ¡°For centuries, weathervanes have kept communities in touch with the elements, signaling those shifts in wind direction that bring about changes in the weather,¡± he explains.

£ÛE£Ý Graham has no plans for expansion, as he wants to keep the business as a rural craft.

£ÛF£Ý Graham has now perfected over 100 original designs.He works to very fine detail, always seeking approval for the design of the silhouette from the customer before proceeding with the handª²cutting.

£ÛG£Ý Graham decided to shift and make common designs.

Sample Two

Directions:

The following paragraphs are given in a wrong order.For questions 41-45, you are required to reorganize these paragraphs into a coherent article by choosing from the list A-G to fill in each numbered box.Two paragraphs have been placed for you in Boxes.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)

£ÛA£Ý You may have to impress the company HR representatives as well.HR reps are typically trained to ask very specific and personal questions, like what salary you expect and what you¡¯ve made in the past.They might ask you about your impressions of the company and the people who interviewed you.They might also ask if you have other offers.If so, chances are good that they are willing to compete for you.But if you say that you have other offers, be prepared to back it up with the who, what and when, because they might challenge you.The HR reps are also the people who will conduct or arrange reference and background checks.They might have the final say.

£ÛB£Ý Besides management, you might also interview with one or more of your future coworkers.Regardless of the questions they ask, what they most really want to know is how well you¡¯ll fit into the team, if you¡¯ll cause them more work instead of less, and if they should feel threatened by you.When answering, be eager enough to show that you are a good team player and will pull your load, but not so eager as to appear to be a backª²stabbing ladder climber£¡

£ÛC£Ý Always research a company before you interview, and remember that attire, body language and manners count, big time.Try to avoid common mistakes.You may think that this is common sense, but crazy stuff really happens!

£ÛD£Ý Job interviewing is one of the most popular career topics on the Web.But no career advisor can tell you exactly what to say during a job interview.Interviews are just too upª²close and personal for that.About the best that career advisors can do, is to give you some tips about the typical questions to expect, so you can practice answering them ahead of time.But, while there are many canned interview questions, there are few canned answers.The rest is up to you.

£ÛE£Ý To put you somewhat at ease, many interviewers really don¡¯t know how to interview effectively.Frontline interviewers are typically managers and supervisors who have never been or are barely trained in interviewing techniques.They¡¯re a little nervous too, just like you.Some don¡¯t even prepare in advance.This makes it easier for you to take control of the interview, if you have prepared.But in controlling an interview, it¡¯s not a good idea to try to dominate.Instead, try to steer it toward landing the job.

£ÛF£Ý After interviewing, immediately send a thank you letter to each of your interviewers.It¡¯s professional and expected, and might even be the deciding factor in your favor.

£ÛG£Ý Remember, it¡¯s a twoª²way street.It¡¯s the employer¡¯s chance to judge you, but it¡¯s also very much your chance to judge the employer.In fact, if you handle yourself well and ask the right questions, you¡¯ll put the interviewer in the position of selling the company to you.If this happens, you¡¯re probably doing well.

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Sample Three

Directions:

You are going to read a text about the tips on books, followed by a list of examples.Choose the best example from the list A-F for each numbered subheading(41-45).There is one extra example which you do not need to use.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)

Man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.

£Û41£Ý A good book may be among the best of friends.

£Û42£Ý Men often discover their affinity to each other by the love they have each for a book.

£Û43£Ý A good book is often the best urn(ÎÍ)of a life enshrining(Ãú¼Ç)the best that life could think out;

£Û44£Ý Books possess an essence of immortality.

£Û45£Ý Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived.

£ÛA£Ý We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were in a measure actors with them in the scenes which they describe.

[B] The great and good do not die even in this world.Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad.The book is a living voice.It is an intellect to which one still listens.Hence we ever remain under the influence of the great men of old.The imperial intellects of the world are as much alive now as they were ages ago.

£ÛC£Ý There is an old proverb,¡°Love me, love my dog.¡± But there is more wisdom in this: ¡°Love me, love my book.¡± The book is a truer and higher bond of union.Men can think, feel, and sympathize with each other through their favorite author.They live in him together, and he in them.

£ÛD£Ý They are by far the most lasting products of human effort.Temples and statues decay, but books survive.Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author¡¯s minds, ages ago.What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page.The only effect of time has been to sift out the bad products; for nothing in literature can long survive but what is really good.

£ÛE£Ý For the world of a man¡¯s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts.Thus the best books are treasuries of good words, the golden thoughts, which, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions and comforters.¡°They are never alone,¡± said Sir Philip Sidney, ¡°that are accompanied by noble thoughts.¡±

£ÛF£Ý It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change.It is the most patient and cheerful of companions.It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress.It always receives us with the same kindness; amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.

Sample Four

Directions:

You are going to read a list of headings and a text.Choose the most suitable heading from the list Aª²F for each numbered paragraph(41ª²45).There is one extra heading which you do not need to use.Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)

£ÛA£Ý Physical Changes

£ÛB£Ý Low Selfª²Esteem

£ÛC£Ý Emerging Independence and Search for Identity

£ÛD£Ý Emotional Turbulence

£ÛE£Ý Interest in the Opposite Sex

£ÛF£Ý Peer Pressure and Conformity

The transition to adulthood is difficult.Rapid physical growth begins in early adolescence¡ªtypically between the ages of 9 and 13ª²and thought processes start to take on adult characteristics.Many youngsters find these changes distressing because they do not fully understand what is happening to them.Fears and anxieties can be put to rest by simply keeping an open line of communication and preparing for change before it occurs.The main issues that arise during adolescence are:

41ª±

A child¡¯s self worth is particularly fragile during adolescence.Teenagers often struggle with an overwhelming sense that nobody likes them, that they¡¯re not as good as other people, that they are failures, losers, ugly or unintelligent.

42ª±

Some form of bodily dissatisfaction is common among preª²teens.If dissatisfaction is great, it may cause them to become shy or very easily embarrassed.In other cases, teens may act the opposite¡ªloud and angry¡ªin an effort to compensate for feelings of selfª²consciousness and inferiority.As alarming as these bodily changes can be, adolescents may find it equally distressing to not experience the changes at the same time as their peers.Late maturation can cause feelings of inferiority and awkwardness.

43ª±

Young people feel more strongly about everything during adolescence.Fears become more frightening, pleasures become more exciting, irritations become more distressing and frustrations become more intolerable.Every experience appears kingª²sized during adolescence.Youngsters having a difficult adolescence may become seriously depressed and/or engage in selfª²destructive behavior.Often, the first clue that a teenager needs professional help is a deepª²rooted shift in attitude and behavior.Parents should be alert to the warning signs of personality change indicating that a teenager needs help.They include repeated school absences, slumping grades, use of alcohol or illegal substances, hostile or dangerous behavior and extreme withdrawal and reclusiveness.

44ª±

There is tremendous pressure on adolescents to conform to the standards of their peers.This pressure toward conformity can be dangerous in that it applies not only to clothing and hairstyles; it may lead them to do things that they know are wrong.

45ª±

Adolescence marks a period of increasing independence that often leads to conflict between teenagers and parents.This tension is a normal part of growing up¡ªand for parents, a normal part of the lettingª²go process.Another normal part of adolescence is confusion over values and beliefs.This time of questioning is important as young people examine the values they have been taught and begin to embrace their own beliefs.Though they may adopt the same beliefs as their parents, discovering them on their own enables the young person to develop a sense of integrity.

Although adolescence will present challenges for young people and their parents, awareness and communication can help pave the way for a smooth transition into this exciting phase of life.

Part C

Directions:

Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(10 points)

While Hegel may not have been the first philosopher to write about history, he was the first historicist philosopher¡ªthat is, a philosopher who believed in the essential historical relativity of truth.Hegel maintained that all human consciousness was limited by the particular social and cultural conditions of man¡¯s surrounding environment¡ªor as we say, by ¡°the times¡±.(46)Past thought, whether of ordinary people or great philosophers and scientists, was not true absolutely or ¡°objectively¡±, but only relative to the historical or cultural horizon within which that person lived.Human history must therefore be seen not only as a succession of different civilizations and levels of material accomplishment, but more importantly as a succession of different forms of consciousness.(47)Consciousness¡ªthe way in which human beings think about fundamental questions of right and wrong, the activities they find satisfying, their beliefs about the gods, even the way in which they perceive the world¡ªhas changed fundamentally over time.And since these perspectives were mutually contradictory, it follows that the vast majority of them were wrong, or forms of ¡°false consciousness¡± to be unmasked by subsequent history.(48)The world¡¯s great religions, according to Hegel, were not true in themselves, but were ideologies which arose out of the particular historical needs of the people who believed in them.Christianity, in particular, was an ideology that grew out of slavery, and whose proclamation of universal equality served the interests of slaves in their own liberation.

The radical nature of Hegelian historicism is hard to perceive today because it is so much a part of our own intellectual horizon.We assume that there is an historical ¡°perspectivism¡± to thought and share a general prejudice against ways of thinking that are not ¡°up to date¡±.Historicism is implicit in the position of the contemporary feminist who regards her mother¡¯s or grandmother¡¯s devotion to family and home as a quaint holdover from an earlier age.(49)Much as progenitor¡¯s voluntary submission to a maleª²dominated culture might have been right¡°for her time¡± and may even have made her happy, it is no longer acceptable and constitutes a form of ¡°false consciousness.¡± Historicism is also implicit in the attitude of a black who denies that it is possible for a white person to ever understand what it means to be black.For though the consciousness of blacks and whites is not necessarily separated by historical time, they are held to be separated by the horizon of culture and experience with which each was nurtured, and across which there is only the most limited of communication.

The radicalness of Hegel¡¯s historicism is evident in his very concept of man.(50)He didn¡¯t deny that man had a natural side arising from needs of the body like food or sleep, but believed that in his most essential characteristic man was undermined and therefore free to create his own nature.Thus the nature of human desire, according to Hegel, is not given for all time, but changes between historical periods and cultures.

Section ¢ó Writing

Part A

51.Directions:

You¡¯re going to Lijiang and want to make a reservation in a hotel which your friend has once stayed in and thus recommended to you.Write a letter to the hotel, stating your requirements and inquiring whether they can be satisfied.

You should write about 100 words.Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter£¬using ¡°Li Ming¡± instead.You do no need to wrute the address.(10 points)

Part B

52.Directions£º

Study the following drawing carefully and write an essay in which you should

1)describe the drawing,

2)interpret its symbolic meaning, and

3)give your comments.

You should write about 160ª²200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(20 points)