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Americans have come to expect a lot of their presidents, more perhaps than any can deliver. We say that the president runs the country, but in practice, presidents have trouble running large parts of the government. We hold the president responsible for the economy, even though he has few economic levers at his command. We expect the commander in chief to lead us to victory in war, and then we complain when we think he is micromanaging the military. And we tend to think of the president as the personification of the nation he leads. Few other democracies combine the position of head of government and head of state. We do, and some of the bitterness of our politics spring from the conviction of many Americans that this of that president does not really represent their country. Yet as we look back at our presidents, we see them less as partisan politicians than as national leaders, who in different ways have helped develop the strengths and virtues of our nation.

You are to write in no less than 120 words about the topic "Do we need a shopping center in the neighborhood？" Your composition should be based on the Chinese outline given below.

2．同意或反对的理由。

3．结论。

听力原文：Thanks to the continuing boom and technology shares on the stock market, this year, the richest have added 5 billion more to their wealth.

(54)

听力原文：It was supposed to be a short briefing, but it lasted 3 hours. We were all exhausted when we stepped out of the conference room, all except chair person.

(52)

？Read the article below about the Import-Export Balance.

？For each question (31-40), write one word in CAPITAL LETTERS on your Answer Sheet,

The advantages of international trade are obvious. Trading with other nations can also pose problems if a country's imports and exports do not balance out, though. (31) deciding whether a balance does or does not exist, economists use two measures: balance of trade and balance of payments.

The total economic value of all products imported (32) a country compared to the total economic value of ail other products exported out of the country is that nation's balance of trade. Relatively small imbalances in the value of imports and exports for a country are quite common and (33) very important.

However, sometimes a country's trade imbalance can be very large. For example, Japan exports goods and services equal (34) about 15 percent of everything it manufactures. However, it only needs to import goods and services equal to around 5 percent (35) what it manufactures at home. The difference amounts (36) a trade surplus (a positive balance of trade) of several billion dollars each year.

Japan is generally content (37) its trade imbalance, because it results (38) more money flowing into the country than flowing out. However, some of its trading partners are not. For the last several years, the United States has been importing more than it exports, resulting in a trade deficit (a negative balance of trade). (39) a result, more money is leaving the United States (40) entering it.

(31)