1.Writeanessayinresponsetothepassagebelow.Youshoulddiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththepassageandexplainyourreasonsforthepositionyoutake.

Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichtheauthor’sopinionmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowtheseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

Eithertrueorfalse,apieceofinformationontheInternetorsocialmediamaybecirculatedthousandsoftimesinafewminutes,hittingthepublicwithaso-called“infostorm”.Insteadofcheckingthevalidityoftheinformation,mostpeoplebelievethatotherspossessmoreknowledgeaboutasituationthantheydoandjustclickthe“resend”button.Althoughsocialmediaprovideeasyaccesstoanabundanceofinformation,theydonotequipustomakerationaldecisions.AstheauthorofTheCrowd:AStudyofthePopularMindobserved,irrationalgroupbehaviorhasalwaysexistedandassocialbeingswetendtobeinfluencedbyotherpeople’sopinionsandactions.Butmoderntechnologyhasdramaticallychangedthespeedandscaleofthissocialbehavior.Becausewecanseehowmanypeoplehavelikedorresentedastoryorpieceofinformation,socialmediagreatlyreducesreflectiontimeandharmsourabilitytothinkcriticallyandtoactrationally.答案:open-------------------------------------------2.Write

a

passage

based

on

the

graphs

below.

The

graphs

show

gender-based

employmentconsiderationsofcollegegraduatesinChinain2018.Inyourwriting,youshouldsummarizetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeaturesandmakecomparisonswhererelevant.Youshouldwritebetween300and500words.答案:open-------------------------------------------3.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayabouttheissue,clearlystatingyouropinionandsupportingyourideaswithreasonsandexamples.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

Thephrase“Buddha-likeyouth”(foxiqingnian)recentlywentviralonChina’sInternet.Thetermisusedtodescribeyoungpeoplewhoareabletomaintainacalmandeasygoingmindsettowardslife

despite

growing

social

pressures.

Buddha-like

youths

try

to

avoid

conflict,

refuse

to

getemotionallyinvolved,andtakeaZen-likeattitudetowardsachievementsandsetbacksalike.Theybelievethismindsetisahealthywaytoliveinwhattheybelieveisatoughandcruelworld.However,

others

think

this

“Buddha-like”

attitude

is

simply

avoidance

of

stress

in

a

highlycompetitivemodernsociety.Itcoversupandhideswhatisreallyyoungpeople’sidlenessandlackofself-motivation,andcouldevenpreventsocietyfromdeveloping.Despiteincreasingchallengesandpressuresbroughtbyourrapidlydevelopingsociety,despitetheexhaustionandhardshipsofmodernlife,thereisnoexcuseforyoungpeopletobecomeindifferentortoloseambition.答案:-------------------------------------------4.TheConfuciusInstituteHeadquartersisrecruitingvolunteerlanguageinstructorsforitsConfuciusInstituteintheU.S.Youwouldliketoapplyforthisposition.WritealettertotheprogramdirectorMr.Jonestointroduceyourselfandstateyourstrengthsandqualifications.Usetheinformationbelowasnecessary.Youshouldwritebetween300and500words.(YouMUSTNOTmentionthenameofyouruniversityorcollege.Useamade-upnameifnecessary.)

Position:VolunteerChineseinstructoratConfucius

InstitutesLocation:SantaBarbara,California,U.S.Requirementsfortheposition:1)

Collegeundergraduatestudent;2)

MajorinChineseLanguageandLiterature,ForeignLanguages,HistoryorPhilosophy;3)

StandardChinesespeaker;4)

MotivatedbyastrongsenseofmissiontoteachChinesetospeakersofotherlanguages;5)

Cross-culturalcommunicationcapacityandabilitytoliveandworkinU.S.;6)

Chineseorlanguageteachingexperiencepreferred.答案:-------------------------------------------5.Writeanessayinresponsetothepassagebelow.Youshoulddiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththepassageandexplainyourreasonsforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichtheauthor’sopinionmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowtheseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.Youshouldprovideyourowntitleandwriteabout800words.

Say

“No”

to

human

intervention

before

it

is

too

late

“Humans

have

stopped

evolving.”I

was

absolutely

stunned

whenIfirstheardthisview,but

now

I

realize

it

is

true.Sir

David

Attenborough,the

famous

broadcaster

for

dozens

ofBBC

documentaries

on

nature,warned

that

biological

evolution

in

humans

has

ended.

According

to

Darwin’s

theory

of

natural

selection,only

animals

strong

enough

to

adapt

totheir

environment

can

survive

and

flourish.So

when

advances

of

the

modern

age

enablehumans

to

raise

95to

99percent

of

our

offspring,even

the

weakest

that

under

mostcircumstances

would

not

survive,we

put

a

halt

to

natural

selection.Humaninterventioninthelawsofnaturehasaffectedthebiologicalevolutionofthe

humanspeciesinvariousways.Sinceprogressinvaccinesandantibioticscanprotectus,we

no

longer

adapt

to

infectious

disease

through

natural

selection.

Advances

in

transportationallowglobaltravelandgiveusthepotentialtoshareourgeneswithanyone,therebyreducingthechanceofevolutionarychange.Mostsignificantly,becausemuchofourworkcanbeaccomplishedbymachines,humanbeingsfacepossiblybeingovertaken

byapparatuswithsufficientartificialintelligence.Thehumanspeciesisnearly“done”from

anaturalselectionperspective.Whatisloomingforhumans?Obviously,wemustsay“No”tohumaninterventionbeforeitistoolate.答案:-------------------------------------------6.WriteastorybasedonthepoemATraveller’sSongbyMengJiao,aChinesepoetoftheTangDynasty.Youcanchoosetowriteatruestoryoranimaginaryone.Youshouldprovideyourowntitleandwritebetween600and800words.

《游子吟》

孟郊

慈母手中線，

游子身上衣。

臨行密密縫，

意恐遲遲歸。

誰(shuí)言寸草心，

報(bào)得三春暉。

A

Traveller’s

Song

By

MengJiaoTranslated

by

Liu

Jianxun

The

thread

inthehandsofafond-heartedmother

Makesclothes

for

the

body

of

her

wayward

boy;

Carefully

she

sews

and

thoroughly

she

mends,

Dreading

the

delays

that

willkeephimlatefromhome.

Buthow

much

love

has

the

inch-long

grassForthreespringmonthsofthelightofthesun?答案:-------------------------------------------7.A

visiting

professor

from

Harvard

Universityis

to

give

a

course

onLanguage

andTechnologyatyouruniversitynextsemester.Oneoftherequirementstobeabletosignupforthecourseistosubmitaletterstatingyouracademicbackground,whyyouareinterestedinthesubjectofthecourse,whatyouhopetolearnandhowitmayinfluenceyourchoiceoffuturestudyorwork.PleasedoNOTuseyourrealnameormentionyouruniversity.Youshouldwritebetween300and500words.答案:-------------------------------------------8.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayabout

the

issue,

clearly

stating

your

opinion

and

supporting

your

ideas

withreasonsandexamples.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

A

graduate’s

first

job

can

be

seen

as

the

first

step

from

campus

into

society

and

often

isalso

an

important

first

step

towards

a

lasting

career.Making

an

effective

choice

can

behard

and

the

rate

at

which

graduates

leave

a

workforce

and

arereplacedisrelativelyhighas

they

find

an

imbalance

between

their

expectations

and

reality.Thus,what

first

jobsshould

be

like

for

graduates

has

been

heatedly

discussed.Somepeoplebelievethatcollegegraduatesshouldstartatthebottom.Theyhavenoworkexperienceandshouldlearnbydoingbasicjobsinordertounderstandthebusinessoftheir

employer

before

being

given

any

responsibility.

Others

opposethis

opinion,believingthatgraduatesshouldbegivenequalstatusfromdayone.Theythinkthatgraduatesadd“freshblood,”bringingnovelideasandenthusiasmtoajobandthattheywilllearnbybeingchallenged.答案:-------------------------------------------9.YouarestudyingintheU.S.asanexchangestudent.Youhavejoinedtheuniversity’sliteratureclub.Partoftheclub’straditionisthatnewmembersarerequiredtogiveaspeech

to

the

rest

of

the

club

about

their

favorite

character

in

literature

and

thereasonstheychosethatparticularcharacter.YouplantotakethiseventasanopportunitytointroduceChineseliterature.ChooseacharacterinChineseliteratureasyourtopicandthenwriteadraftofthespeech.Your

speechshouldinclude:

1)Abriefintroduction

of

the

literary

work

you

have

chosen;

2)A

description

ofyourfavoritecharacterandthereasonswhyyoulikehim/her;

3)The

personal

feelings

you

associate

with

the

character.

Youshouldwritebetween300and500words.Pleasedonotuseyourrealnameormentionyouruniversity.答案:-------------------------------------------10.YouarestudyingintheU.S.asanexchangestudent.Youhavejoinedtheuniversity’sliteratureclub.Partoftheclub’straditionisthatnewmembersarerequiredtogiveaspeech

to

the

rest

of

the

club

about

their

favorite

character

in

literature

and

thereasonstheychosethatparticularcharacter.YouplantotakethiseventasanopportunitytointroduceChineseliterature.ChooseacharacterinChineseliteratureasyourtopicandthenwriteadraftofthespeech.Your

speechshouldinclude:

1)Abriefintroduction

of

the

literary

work

you

have

chosen;

2)A

description

ofyourfavoritecharacterandthereasonswhyyoulikehim/her;

3)The

personal

feelings

you

associate

with

the

character.

Youshouldwritebetween300and500words.Pleasedonotuseyourrealnameormentionyouruniversity.答案:-------------------------------------------11.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayabout

the

issue,

clearly

stating

your

opinion

and

supporting

your

ideas

withreasonsandexamples.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

“996”referstoaworkschedulefrom9amto9pm,sixdaysaweek.Ithasbeenthestandardcommonlyadoptedina

numberoftechnologycompanies

inChina.

Butthisstandardhasarousedheateddiscussionamongpeopleworkinginmanycompaniesandinstitutions.Manypeopleopposethisstandard,sayingthatitisharmfultoemployees’physicalandmentalhealth.Moreover,theybelievethatefficiencyandeffectivenessshouldbestressedratherthanthenumberofhoursworked.However,somepeoplethinkdifferently,sayingthat

such

a

standard

makes

the

companies

more

competitive

and

thus

benefitstheemployeesinvariousways.Indeed,theyargue,employeesintechnologycompaniesareoftenpaidhandsomelywhichissuitablecompensationfortheirlongerworkinghours.答案:-------------------------------------------12.Writea

passage

basedonthegraphsbelow.Thegraphsshow

male’sandfemale’spurposesforgoingtothegymandtheirchoicesofexercises.Inyourwriting,youshouldsummarize

theinformation

by

selecting

and

reporting

the

main

features

and

makecomparisonswhererelevant.Youshouldwritebetween300and500words.答案:-------------------------------------------13.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayabout

the

issue,

clearly

stating

your

opinion

and

supporting

your

ideas

withreasonsandexamples.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

Unlike

universities

in

Europe

and

the

U.S.that

are

open

to

the

public

and

are

an

integralpart

of

local

communities,most

Chinese

universities

are

fenced

off

and

some

do

notwelcome

outsiders.Whether

university

campuses

should

be

open

to

the

public

has

longbeen

an

issue

of

controversy.Somepeoplethinkthatmakinguniversitiesenclosedareasisimportanttomaintainorderandguaranteethesecurityofstudents,facultyandstaff.Crowds,noiseandmessmayspoilthequietofthecampusiftoomanypeoplewereallowedentrance.Butsomeargueotherwise,sayingthatuniversitiesshouldbeopenandprovideculturalandacademicopportunitiestothewiderpublic.Theythinkthatitisonlynecessaryforuniversitiestoregulatevisitorstoprotectthecampusfromanynegativeimpact.答案:-------------------------------------------14.ThefollowingpictureisoftheChinesezodiacsigns.WriteapassagetoexplaintheChinesezodiacsignsandtheirculturalimplications.Youshouldwritebetween300and500words.答案:-------------------------------------------15.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayabout

the

issue,

clearly

stating

your

opinion

and

supporting

your

ideas

withreasonsandexamples.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

TNG,

one

ofSweden’s

largest

recruitmentfirms,

is

using

a

robot

namedTengai

toconductinterviewswithjobapplicants.Measuring41centimetershighandweighing3.5kilograms,Tengaihasaheadthatsitsorprojectsfromatableandfacestheintervieweeateye-level.Itlooksverymuchlikeahumanface,andcanblink,smileandtiltitsfacefromsidetoside.Whatismore,itisabletomimicthewayhumanbeingsspeak.Somepeoplesupporttheuseofsucharobotininterviews.Theybelieveitcouldmakeinterviewsfairerandmoreobjective.Also,basedondata,theinterviewresultsseemtobemore

scientific.

However,

other

people

have

concerns

about

howthe

robothandlesopen-endedquestions,worryingthatresultsmaynotbeeffectiveorapplicant-friendly.Additionally,thehelpofarobotislimitedbecausehumanstaffstillhavetobeinvolvedatacertainstageoftherecruitmentandthefinaldecisionwillnotbemadebytherobot.答案:-------------------------------------------16.YouareonanEnglishquestion-and-answerwebsitewhenyoucomeacrossthisquestionfromayoungAmericanmancalled"HackerOfWords”:

WhataresomegoodtraveldestinationsinChina?Asaloveroftravel,youdecidetowriteapostinanswertothequestion.Youshouldincludeinyouranswer:1)2-3ofyour

most

highly

recommended

travel

destinations

in

China

2)Saywhyyouwouldrecommendthemtoayoungman

3)Provide

sometipsabouttravellinginChina

Youshouldwritebetween300and500words.Pleasedonotuseyourrealnameormentionyouruniversity.答案:-------------------------------------------17.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayabouttheissue,

clearly

stating

your

opinion

and

supportingyour

ideas

withreasonsandexamples.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

It

has

beenacommon

practice

insomeuniversitiesto

haveaminimumenrollmentprincipleforselectivecourses.

This

means

if

the

number

of

students

enrollinginaselectivecourseistoosmall,theuniversitywillnotopenthecourse.While

some

people

supportthis

principle,

consideringit

a

waste

of

educationalresources,especiallyteachingtime,toholdcoursesiftherearefewstudents,othersholdadifferentopinion.Tothem,educationalchoiceandaccessshouldbethefirstpriority.Theybelievethatwhethertoofferaselectivecourseshoulddependonthecontentofthecourseandifitwillbehelpfultostudentsandtheirfuturecareers.答案:-------------------------------------------18.Writeapassagebasedonthechartbelow.Thecharthighlightstheforecastedtrendinthesalesofelectricvehicles(EVs)indifferentpartsoftheworld.Inyourwriting,youshouldsummarize

the

information

by

selecting

and

reportingthe

main

features

and

makecomparisonswhererelevant.Youshouldwritebetween300and500words.答案:-------------------------------------------19.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayabout

the

issue,

clearly

stating

your

opinion

and

supporting

your

ideas

withreasonsandexamples.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

Have

you

ever

experienced

the

situation

that

you

want

to

write

a

Chinese

character

butyou

cannot

remember

its

strokes

(筆畫(huà))?Instead,you

have

only

a

general

impression

ofwhat

the

character

looks

like.This

is

called

character

amnesia

(提筆忘字).In

the

past

fewyears,

TV

shows

such

as

Chinese

Character

Dictation

Contest

have

rekindled

people’senthusiasm

for

Chinese

characters.Can

these

TV

shows

really

stimulate

the

handwritingof

Chinese

characters?Somepeoplehaveapositiveattitudetowardsthecurrenttendencyofcharacteramnesia,consideringitaninevitableresultofcomputerization.Othersaremorepessimistic.Theybelievethatifincreasing

numbersofpeopleare

unabletowriteChinesecharacters,thiscoreelementofChineseculturewilleventuallybelost.答案:-------------------------------------------20.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayabouttheissue,clearlystatingyouropinionandsupportingyourideaswithreasonsandexamples.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

Livestreamingsales,oneofthehottesttrendsinmarketing,isexperiencingexplosivegrowthintheChinesemarket.(It’saphenomenon,oranewtrend,likeonlineshopping.)

Supportersholdthatlivestreamingisabeneficialwayforcustomerstoshop.Itoftencreatesapseudo“in-store”shoppingexperience,andcustomerscangetbetterinformationaboutproductsfromthedetailedintroductionbythepresenters(主播).

However,othercustomersarereluctanttobuyfromlivestreaminfluencers.Theyareconcernedthatthepresentersmayoverplaythefunctionsorqualityoftheproductsandthatstatisticsmaybeinflatedandafter-salesservicesmaybe

poor.答案:-------------------------------------------21.YourforeignfriendLisasentyouanemailtoaskhowyouweredoingduringthecoronavirusoutbreak.Youaregoingtowritebacktotellheraboutyouronlinelearningexperience.Intheletteryoushouldincludebutarenotlimitedtothefollowing:1)

Howyouorganizedyouronline

learning.2)

Whatyourteachersdidtomakeonlinelearningmore

effective.3)

Whatyoumostenjoyedstudying

online.4)

Youandyourclassmates’opinionsaboutonlinelearning.Youshouldwritebetween300and500

words.答案:-------------------------------------------22.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayabouttheissue,clearlystatingyouropinionandsupportingyourideaswithreasonsandexamples.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

Neverbeforehavewehadsomuchinformationatourfingertips.Ifwetypeatopicinasearchbox,wecanaccesshugeamountsofinformationaboutthetopicinseconds.Asaresult,manypeoplewonderwhetherwestillneedtoremembersomuchwhenfactsaresoeasytolookupontheInternet.Theysaidthatsincewecansearchfortheinformationwewantatanytime,thereislittlepointinspendingtimeandenergymemorizingfacts.

Onthecontrary,othersarguethatknowingfactsstillmatters.Wemayliveinaninformation-bubbleworldbutifwegiveuplearningandrememberingknowledge,wewillremainignorantandbeeasilymisledbyfalseinformation.答案:-------------------------------------------23.TheTangDynastyeraproducedanexceptionalamountofpoetrywhichismuchadmiredasanessenceofChineseculture.NotonlydoesTangpoetrystillattractgenerationsofadmirers,italsoinfluencesmodernworldliterature.Writeapassageaboutthispreciousculturalheritageanditsinfluences.Youshouldwritebetween300to500words.答案:-------------------------------------------24.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayabouttheissue,clearlystatingyouropinionandsupportingyourideaswithreasonsandexamples.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

TheGreekpoetArchilochuswrote,“Thefoxknowsmanythings,butthehedgehogknowsonebigthing.”Inspiredbythefoxandthehedgehogmetaphor,philosopherIsaiahBerlininterpretedtheanalogy,sayingthathumanbeingsingeneralfallintotwocategories:foxes,whoarefascinatedbytheinfinitevarietyofthings,andhedgehogs,whorelateeverythingtoacentral,all-embracingsystem.Thisclassificationhassparkeddiscussionamongpeople:Whichtypeismorelikelytobesuccessfulinlifetoday?Somepeoplearefoxes,whomtheybelievearemoreflexibleandhavedifferentstrategiesfordifferentproblems.Theyliketoexplorenewoptionsandadaptquicklytonewenvironments.Othersarehedgehogs,focusingonthebigpictureandreducingeveryproblemtooneorganizingprinciple.Theyaremorelikelytoadheretoafewlong-termgoalsinsteadofpursuingnumerousinterests.答案:-------------------------------------------25.TheorganizingcommitteefortheBeijing2022OlympicandParalympicWinterGamesisrecruitingvolunteers.Theareasopenforvolunteerworkinclude:operationsrelatingtorunningcompetitions,pressandbroadcasting,venues,technology,culturalprogrammes,andtransport.Theorganizingcommitteeisseekingpeoplewithrelevantknowledgeandskills,abilitytocommunicateeffectivelyinEnglishandsufficientknowledgeaboutwintersports.

Favorableconsiderationwillbegiventoapplicants:1)WhoareabletovolunteerforboththeOlympicandParalympicWinterGames.2)Whohaveprofessionalknowledgeorexpertiseinareasincludingtranslation,interpretation,medicalservices,drivingortechnology.3)Whoareabletocommunicateeffectivelywiththepublicandsolveproblemsasthey

arise.

Writealetterofapplicationtotheorganizingcommittee.Inyourwriting,youshouldincludeyourreasonsforapplying,yourqualifications,andyourexperienceinvoluntaryactivities.Youshouldwritebetween300and500words.Pleasedonotuseyourrealnameormentionyouruniversity.答案:-------------------------------------------26.Writeanessayinresponsetothepassagebelow.Youshoulddiscusstheextenttowhichyouagreeordisagreewiththepassageandexplainyourreasonsforthepositionyoutake.Indevelopingandsupportingyourposition,youshouldconsiderwaysinwhichtheauthor’sopinionmightormightnotholdtrueandexplainhowtheseconsiderationsshapeyourposition.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

Willartificialintelligence(AI)replaceourjobs?Thefascinatingbutscarytechnologyseemstoposethreatstotraditionalindustriesandorganizations,andthesethreatshavearousedheateddebatesinrecentyears.Idon’tdoubtthatonedayrobotswilloccupyfactoriesandfarms,passengerswillhopintoself-drivingcarsandcustomerswillstopworryingaboutwhetherthecashiersgavethemenoughchange.Whenitcomestolanguage,however,amachineismorelikeanallythanarivalbecauselanguage—alwayspartart,partscience—farexceedsmathematicalorphysicalformulas.AstheoreticallinguistandphilosopherNoamChomskyputit,“l(fā)anguageisaprocessoffreecreation.”Althoughthelawsandprinciplesofalanguagearefixed,themannerlanguageusersadoptisvariedandfreeandtheemotionsinvolvedcanbeextremelycomplexandsubtle.Canobjectivemachinesrunningonalgorithms(算法)andcodestrulygraspthenuanceofhumanlanguage?Iseriouslydoubtit.答案:-------------------------------------------27.Writeapassagebasedonthegraphsbelow.Thegraphsshowthetotalconsumerpriceindex(CPI)growthinChinaandthegrowthindifferentcategoriesinurbanandruralareasfrom2018to2019.Inyourwriting,youshouldsummarizetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeaturesandmakecomparisonswhererelevant.Youshouldwritebetween300and500words.答案:-------------------------------------------28.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayabouttheissue,clearlystatingyouropinionandexplainingyourreasons.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

Inmoderntimes,wehavedifferentwaysoflong-distancecommunication.Accordingtoarecent

survey,

inevery

minute

ofthe

day,

email

users

send

over

200

million

messages

andFacebookusersshare2.46millionpiecesofcontent.Formanypeople,communicationismoreconvenientandefficientthroughsocialmediaplatformsthanthroughmeetingpeopleinperson.However,therearealsovoicescallingformoreface-to-facecommunication.“Beingthere”,seeingtheotherspresentandbeingseenbythem,givesusastrongersenseofsharedemotion,solidarity

and

respect.

For

example,

a

family

reunion

will

be

much

less

meaningful

withouttouchingandhugging,seeingfaceslightingupandparticipationinallon-the-spotactivities.答案:-------------------------------------------29.SupposeyouareamemberoftheUniversityBookClubandareinvitedtosharewithyourfellowmembersabookyouhavereadrecently.Youarerequestedtowriteareviewfortheclub’snewslettertointroducethebook.Yourbookreviewshouldincludesuchinformationasthetitle,informationabouttheauthor,themaintopicandyourowncommentsaboutthebook.Youcanwriteaboutanybookofyourchoice.Youshouldwriteatleast300wordsbutnomorethan500words.答案:-------------------------------------------30.Readthefollowingpassagewhichpresentscontradictoryviews.Writeanessayaboutthe

issue,

clearly

statingyour

opinion

and

supporting

your

ideas

with

reasons

andexamples.Youshouldwriteabout500words.

Asanalternativewaytoreadabook,audio“reading”hasbecomeincreasinglypopularinrecentyears.Withtheeasyaccesstovariousappsonsmartphones,audio“reading”savesusthe

trouble

of

carrying

a

printed

book.

However,

people

hold

different

opinions

aboutwhetherthiskindof“reading”shouldbeencouraged.Somepeoplelikethisnewwayof“reading”,believingthatitbreakstimeandspacelimitsandhelpspeopletoreadmoreastheycanlistentoanaudiobookwhiledoingotherthings.However,otherpeopleconsiderthisasanunhealthy“fast-food”wayofreadingaspeoplemaylistentoanaudiobookjustforthestorywithoutpayingmuchattentiontothecontent,vocabularyorliterarystructure.Besides,ifonecannotmarkthetextortakenotes,onemayeasilygetlostwhilelisteningtoanaudiobook.Keywords:audio,book,reading,listening,smartphones,attention答案:-------------------------------------------31.Supposeyouruniversityistoreceiveagroupofinternationalstudentsanditistheirfirstvisitto

China.Theywillspendaround

oneweeklivinginyouruniversity

city.In

ordertomaketheirtripmoremeaningfulandinteresting,youareaskedtowriteaguide,telling