It is bard to track the blue whale，______(它现在被列为濒危物种)．

After each respondent is asked to ____ as "hot" or "not hot", they are then asked if the topic "should be hot" or "should not be hot."

Most of our respondents also believed that instruction in word meaning/vocabulary was more deserving of attention, and, _____ , that topic is rated "very hot".

The expression "state of the art" became as common and popular as computers themselves. (Passage 3)

第二节 书面表达

假定你叫李华，是中州市第27中学的学生。你前不久在《中国日报》上读到一篇有关农村(countryside)儿童辍学(leaves school at an early age)的报道。你于2009年1月14日给编辑写去一封信，谈了农村儿童辍学的主要原因以及你的看法。内容要点：

原因：

1．家庭贫困

2．帮父母挣钱

3．学习有困难

4．不愿上学

5．这些原因中家庭贫困是主要原因

看法：每个孩子都应有受教育的机会，愿将自己的零花钱(pocket money)送给失学儿童。

注意：1．要点不能遗漏，但不能逐点翻译。

1．词数80～120个词。

2．信的开头已为你写好。

3．书信格式正确。

No．27 Middle School

Zhongzhou，Sichuan Province

January 14，2009

Dear Editor，

USDA in this passage stands for ______.