Vincent, J. W.

Directions:

Rend the text below. Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use you own words.

As a Chinese saying goes, "Take your hand, and hold it forever. " Eternal love is what peo- ple dream of, and this kind of love truly exists in Heyuan city, Guangdong province.

Pan Tianci and Gao Di, who were born in 1919 and 1920 respectively, have spent 93 years together and been married for 81 years. Gao joined Pan&39; s family as a child bride when she was only two, and later got married at 14. Now they have a family boasting four generations and 15 members in total.

Marriages that have lasted more than 80 years are known as "oak marriages", and are very rare. It is said that only 20 or so couples in the world have oak marriages. Oak is labeled as the free of mystery. Being the tallest and exuberant tree in the world, oak tree is in charge of Cupid the god of love in the Greek ancient myth. Oak marriage refers to the 80 anniversary of marriage, which is derived from French, symbolized the love for a long time.

To celebrate Pan and Gao&39; s "oak marriage", an anniversary party was held in the village over the weekend.

Villagers say the couple stays in. good health, and the two of them usually hang out hand in hand. According to their 67-year-old son, Pan and Gao have always respected each other and never lost temper in the past, setting a good example for their progeny.

Directions:

Read the text below.Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use you own words.

It&39;s the graduation season again. According to a latest survey, most Chinese graduates have high salary expectations, and thus prefer working for foreign companies or state-owned enterprises in first-tier cities.

The survey was conducted by renren.com, a Chinese social media site similar to Facebook.The results show that among 1,510 respondents, more than 64.7 percent want to work in first-tier cities.

In addition, 29.4 percent of the graduates who were born in the 1990s want to work for foreign companies, 25.5 percent for SOEs and 23.5 percent for private companies.

One interesting revelation is that although there are less than 100 days before graduation and more than half of the respondents have yet to get a job offer, they are not lowering their salary expectations. Apparently, 41.2 percent aim for 8000-10000 yuan ( $1279- $1599) per month and 31.4 percent for 4000-6000 yuan.

According to the data released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the average monthly salary in Beijing was 5826 yuan( $ 931 ) last year, while the numbers for Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing were 5380, 4058 and 3995 yuan respectively.

A sample of comments in Weibo: "Are the survey results only jokes for April Fools&39; Day? Don&39; t daydream anymore! Please check if you have a good command of English and professional skills that deserve a decent job with a high pay. " On other comments says:" Some of my classmates got offers from foreign banks, international accounting firms and other famous foreign companies. They are told their yearly salary can reach 100,000 yuan ( $15,990). "

lliterates and semi-illiterates in China. Its illiteracy rate in the western region is much higher than the country&39;s average level and it is as high as 40 percent. The rate for the country&39;s whole population stands at 14 percent. Write an essay of about 120 words, stating your opinion about this issue now confronting China.

eacher．Your letter should include:

1） apologize for your failure to keep the appointment

2） explain your reason to your teacher

3） express your wish to make another appointment

You should write approximately 100 words．Do not sign your name at the end of your letter．

Use "Li Ming" instead．You do not need to write the address．

. Your letter should include: 1)apologize for your failure to keep the appointment 2)explain your reason to your teacher 3)express your wish to make another appointment You should write approximately 100 words. Do not sign your name at the end of your letter. Use "Li Ming" instead. You do not need to write the address.

he store where your TV set was bought,

1)to express what is wrong with your TV set;

2)to make your request(change for a new one, or return the broken one…);

3)to urge the store to give an early reply．

You should write approximately 100 words．Do not sign your own name at the end of your letter．Use "Wang Lin" instead．You do not need to write your address and the date．

se approximately 100 words. It may include the following points:

(1) 除吸烟车厢外，无烟区不许吸烟。

(2) 吸烟有害健康并危及他人。

(3) 吸烟罚款

As the economy develops, the number of cars grows rapidly. It brings us with great con-venience as well as troubles. Look at the picture and write an essay of about 120 words making ref-erence to the following points: 1) brief description of two pictures 2) your comment on the situation

Part B

For this part, you are to write an essay on the topic Computer Network in three paragraphs. You are given the first sentence of each paragraph. Your part of the composition should be about 120 words, not including the words given. You should write this composition on the Composition Sheet.

Computer Network

1) Computer networks have enabled us to do a number of things more easily and quickly.

2) However, if not properly dealt with, Internet would bring problems too.

3) Therefore, the safety of networks has increasingly become a public concern.