The Endangered Species Act orders the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, a branch of the Department of the Interior, protect species recognized 【M1】 __

as endangered, without regard of cost. The goal is to banish extinction from 【M2】 __

the U.S. Unfortunately, the present system has managed utterly to do this. 【M3】 __

Species are going extinct anyway, and the threats are multiplying. For every

species that Fish and Wildlife have successfully removed from the 【M4】 __

endangered list in the past two decades, it has added more than one hundred

thers.

Because human interest cannot be ignored, not all species can be 【M5】 __

saved. Yet the current system demands the unattainable all species must be

saved, and human benefits must be ignored. Amplifying this dissonance

has been an unwilling in Congress. As a result, file agency has been driven 【M6】 __

to impose conservation tasks at those private-property owners who are 【M7】 __

lucky enough to have land sustains endangered species. To be safe 【M8】 __

against, possible prosecution, they must verify that using their property will 【M9】 __

cause the creature no harm. Endangered species thus become a liability

that encourages otherwise responsible citizens to call in the bulldozers at the

first glimpse of an endangered bird and lizard. 【M10】 __

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You and your partner will speak to each other. You will ask and answer questions. The examiner will give you a card with some information on it. The examiner will give your partner another card with some words on it. Your partner will use the words on the card to ask you questions about the information you have. Then you will change roles.

SECTION B NOTE-WRITING (10 MIN)

Write in your ANSWER SHEET ONE a note of about 50-60 words to a friend of yours based on the following given situation:

Your friend, Jimmy, is iii, you want to visit him after working, but you can't. Please write a note to him, tell him the reason why you can't see him.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.

Being Sick

People are physical, psychological (心理的) , spiritual (精神的) , and social human beings. They have certain basic needs that are necessary for life: physiological needs, the need for safety and security, love and belonging, esteem (尊重), and self-actualization. (46)

Culture influences the lives of most people. (47)

Being sick will affect a person physically, psychologically, and socially.

(48) Daily activities bring personal satisfaction, worth, and contact with others. Most people feel frustrated (灰心的) and angry when they are unable to perform. them. These feelings may become even greater if others must perform. daily functions for the patient.

A sick person has many fears and worries. (49) Some patients are able to explain why they are afraid. Others keep their feelings to themselves because they fear being laughed at for being afraid. A patient with a broken leg may be afraid of having a limp(跛行) or of not being able to walk again. A patient having surgery will probably be afraid that cancer will be found. (50)

How a person handles illness will be influenced by religion, culture, family, the patient's basic nature, the seriousness of the illness, and the speed of recovery. Doctors need to appreciate how patients are affected by illness.

A. These fears and anxieties are normal and expected.

B. Beliefs, values, habits, diet, health and illness practices may relate to a person's culture.

C. There is a fear of death, disability (残疾), chronic illness, and loss of function.

D. When people are unable to meet their own needs, they usually seek the service of a doctor.

E. The patient may be unable to perform. normal activities such as working, going to school, preparing meals, doing house or yard work, and participating in sports or hobbies.

F. One of a doctor's tasks is to help a patient to realize he is a socially human being.

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听力原文： Subway and bus workers continue their strike throughout New York City. Commuters face another day of trying to figure out how to get around in the city. New York officials worried that a lot of People would drive their cars into the city, creating huge traffic jams. So vehicles carrying fewer than four passengers will be prevented from entering pans of Manhattan during the morning. City officials warned that New York's economy could take a big hit. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the strike could cost the city about 400 million dollars a day.

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It was believed that the most serious consequence spoiled children would have to face when they grew up was