SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Now listen to the news. Now, listen to the news. PART Ⅳ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET. SECTION A COMPOSITION When people form opinions about someone or something, what affects them most is not substance but style. Is style more important than substance? Write a composition on this issue.
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My Ideal Friend
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part state what you think is the best way.
In the second part, support your view with one or two reasons.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
My Ideal Friend
Friend is better than fortune. Friend also is worse than poison in some cases. The above two statements are opposite and seem to be unreasonable but they can be explained as follows: The latter implys all evil friends who lead us go astray; the former implys all good friends who drive us towards right.
My ideal friend is of course a good friend whose goodness is shown below: He has no bad likings, as smoking or drinking. He lives in frugality. He studies diligently so as not to waste his golden time. At home he honors his parents and loves his siblings; at school he venerates his teachers and sympathizes with his schoolmates. In a word, he has all the good characters better than mine. I can follow him as a model. By his perceptions I am persuaded to go the right way. By his warnings I am aware of the danger of taking a wrong action. By his helps I am free from all difficulties.
Indeed, if I have such person as my friend, I shall never fear difficulty and I shall never know the existence of the word "failure".
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING1. Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a note of about 50~60 words based on the following situation:
You are Chelsea. Your friend Lauren has married newly. Write a note to express your congratulations on her marriage.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
[范文]
June 2, 2008
Dear Lauren,
Please accept my sincere congratulations from the bottom of my heart on your marriage. Best regards for a long and happy married life to you both. Would you like to come to dinner in my house on Sunday? My husband and I have prepared a special present for you. Do come to find out the big surprise.
Yours,
Chelsea
[审题] 根据题目要求,10分钟内写出一个50-60字的便条。内容是:你是Chelsea,你的朋友Lauren刚刚结婚,写便条向她表示祝贺。注意便条的相关格式。
[思路] 表祝贺的便条有多种,如生日、节日、乔迁、病愈、入学、毕业、就业、比赛、考试等等,写此类便条时要将祝贺内容写清楚、简练,说明祝贺的事情,表达祝福。