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[大题] 1  Marek was a farmer who lived in a village far away. One day he became very ill and everyone thought he would die. They sent for a doctor, who arrived two days later and examined the sick man. The doctor asked for a pen and some paper to write down the name of the medicine, but there was no pen or paper in the village,because no one could read or write.  The doctor picked up a piece of burnt wood from the fire. He wrote the name of the medicine on the door of the house. “Get this medicine for him,” he said,“and he will soon get better.”Marek’s family and friends did not know what todo. They could not read the strange writing. Then the village baker had an idea. He took off the door of the house, put it on his cart, and drove to the nearest town.He bought the medicine, and Marek was soon well again. He would not let anyone wash the magic words from the door.

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[大题] 2   Overhead bridges are found in many parts of Singapore (新加坡), especially in places where traffic is very heavy and crossing the road is dangerous.  The purpose of these bridges is to enable pedestrians (行人) to cross roads safely. Overhead bridges are used in very much the same way as zebra crossings. They are more efficient although less convenient because people have to climb up a long flight of steps. This is inconvenient especially to older people. When pedestrians use an overhead bridge,they do not hold up traffic. However, when they cross a busy road using a zebracrossing, traffic is held up. This is why the government has built many overhead bridges to help pedestrians and to keep traffic moving at the same time.  The government of Singapore has spent large sums of money building these bridges. For their own safety pedestrians should be encouraged to use them instead of risking their lives by dashing across the road. Old people, however, may find it a little difficult climbing up and down the steps, but it is still much safer than walking across the road with all the danger of moving traffic.  Overhead bridges serve a very useful purpose. Pedestrians, both old and young, should make it a habit to use them. This will prevent unnecessary accidents and loss of life.

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[大题] 3   Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. An even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car.   Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to affect American culture. The car made the Unite States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today.  There are three main reasons the car became so popular in the United States. First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. With a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money.  The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public transportation.Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Nowadays, there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used frequently.  The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of  independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don’t like to wait for a bus or a train or even a plane. They don’t like to have to follow an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.  The gas shortage has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer willnot be a bigger system of public transportation. The real solution will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much gas.

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[大题]  draw … attention to      figure     worsen    pull oneself together       engage    keep up             ability       global        at first sight           

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[大题]    Hank Viscardi was born without legs. He had not legs but stumps (残肢) that could be fitted with a kind of special boots. People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him “Ape Man”(猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground.   Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way though college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheelchair.   Hank felt himself get cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs (假肢). Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror. For the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be - a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old.   Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room, and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.   When World War II came, he talked the Red Crossing into giving him a job. He took the regular training. He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.

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[大题]    In the United States, when a person becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he doesnot become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” isabout. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.   The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this storyabout himself. He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days.He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. Whenhe saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horse-riding everyday. When he saw that rich peoplehad servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.   It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. Therace ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. Theymoved  back to an apartment in New York City.   Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyleof their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it“Keeping up with the Joneses” because  “Jones” is a very common name in the Untie States. “Keep upwith the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with the rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.   People never seem to get tried of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what onedoes, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

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[大题] Directions: The following is a list of airport terms. After reading it, you are required to find the Chinese equivalents in the table below.A .knowledge workB.overall job growth rateC.corporate strategyD.outsourceE.cloud computingF.construction of senior communitiesG.assisted – living facilitiesH.by some countsI.clean – energy projectsJ.capping carbon emissionK.Earth shipL.Heating controlExample: (K) 地球之船　　　　　　(L) 暖气控制

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