Write a comment of about 400 words on the following topic:

The Advantage of Reading

In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

The value of houses in many big cities_____ (翻了一番还多) since 1.

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】 __

【M1】

Some people __ the dangers of cigarette smoking.(没有认识到)

SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese.

The central question is whether we have allowed a culture to develop that disables people for the challenges of marriage. Social emphasis on selfishness and self-centeredness, and the achievement-oriented ethic of our business world encourage us to put family in second place. Marriage often represents the transition from such a world of selfishness to a world of giving. Family life is the normal context in which we can learn that a life tilled with thinking about others instead of ourselves is the sure road to the most fulfilling joys and satisfactions.

But instead of preparing young people to learn this lesson, often we actually seem to be preparing them more for divorce than for marriage. Largely ignorant of the mysteries of giving, too many people enter marriage with high expectations of direct personal satisfaction, only to find themselves inevitably disappointed.

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.