Suppose you are Wang Dan, and you have been given ...

Suppose you are Wang Dan, and you have been given an opportunity to go to England to study English for one month. The institute where you will be studying has sent you some information about the family you will stay with, but there is still information you would like to have before you go. Carefully read the information about your host family and the notes you have made below. Then write your letter to Mrs Rubens, introducing yourself briefly and asking for the information you need. Write a letter of more than 80 words on the answer sheet. Do not include addresses. Student; Wang Dan Age: 20

Host Family name: Rubens

Adults: Maureen (F)

Nathan (M)

Children: Samuel (M) Age: 18

Rebecca (F) Age: 16

David (M) Age: 15

Address; 26 Cheltenham Close, Bath

The family will provide a single room, breakfast and evening meal and bed linen.

Use of washing machine.

Date of arrival: 20/7/2011

Date of departure: 19/8/2011

Are there any pets in the house?

Do they smoke?

How far from school?

Should I rent a bike?

1. Suppose you are Bill Walker and you had a habit of writing down what happened to you in your diary. After the chance meeting with Mary at Washington Square, you went home and wrote a brief paragraph about the meeting. The paragraph may begin like this: “I had never expected to see Mary, but I met her at Washington Square. She looked rather old to me--I didn’t even recognize her immediately ... ” 2. Suppose you are Mary and you had a habit of writing down what happened to you in your diary. After the chance meeting with Bill Walker at Washington Square, you went home and wrote a brief paragraph about the meeting. The paragraph may begin like this: “I had never expected to see Bill Walker, but I met him at Washington Square. He hadn’t changed much and I recognized him immediately when I saw him ...”

You must answer this question.

1. Some British people are coming to your area and you have been asked to help organise the group's visit.

Read the extract from a letter you have received from Mrs Davidson, the leader of the group, and the notes you have made. Then write a letter to Mrs Davidson, using all your notes.

Write a letter of between 120 and 180 words in an appropriate style. Do not write any postal addresses.

Suppose you just signed a Purchase and Sale Agreement on a new house and you have three choices based on the expectation of the variation of interest rates in the future: (1) Interest rates have been falling, so fixed-rate loans are now very attractive. You could lock in a fixed rate of 7% (annual percentage rate, APR) for 30 years (2) Interest rates are falling, so you are thinking about a 30-year variable-rate loan, which is currently at 4.5% and which is tied to the floating interest rates of Treasury bill (3) A variable-rate loan that begins at 5% and can increase by only as much as 2% per year up to a maximum of 11% If you wanted to hedge all risk of interest rate exposure, you should choose the plan of ( ), if you wanted to transfer risk through insuring, you should choose the plan of ( ).

A、(1); (2)

B、(1); (3)

C、(2); (3)

D、(1); (2) and (3)

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter. Suppose you are Zhang Yu. Write a letter to your mother or your father, telling him or her about the semester you are having and your plan about the coming summer vacation. You should write at least 120 words according to the suggestions given below in Chinese:

1. 表示问候

2. 描述一下本学期的学习生活情况

3. 谈谈对即将到来的暑假的打算

Suppose you won a translation contest and your friend Jack wrote an email to congratulate you, and ask advice on translation. Write him a reply to

1)thank him;

2)give your advice.

You should write neatly on the ANWSER SHEET.

Do not sign you own name at the end of the letter, use “Li Ming ” instead. Do not write the address.

Suppose you are going to send a fax to a company. Some information and the form. are given to you. Please translate the following fax into English.

致：ABC公司 收件人：刘先生

由：吴先生 日期：2005年11月30日

传真号：22243688 档号：AQl516-08

页数：1页

主题：提供资料

内容：

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