SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
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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Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment? You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your opinion.
In, the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
[参考范文]
Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment?
Tourism is a booming industry in China. With many travellers flocking to different destinations around China, tourism is becoming one of the most viable business markets. However, air travel, car travel and other aspects of tourism are adding to China's pollution crisis and this is becoming a big problem. As far as I am concerned, tourism will bring harm to the environment.
For one thing, thousands of people visiting an area can cause more pollution. With so many visitors crowding into there, there is an increasing demand for different means of transportation including cars, buses, etc, which will emit more waste gases. Since exhaust released by automobiles is one of the main reasons causing air pollution, the booming tourism will surely result in more pollution. For another, many people who visit an area are sometimes careless in their actions. They leave food, paper, and bottles behind. They harm plants, animals or objects important to a local culture because those on holiday often do not understand the damage they can cause.
Polluted environment is really a pressing problem nowadays. Tourism is one of the main reasons that cause pollution. Therefore, some actions need to be taken to curb the development of tourism. For example, environmental levies should be placed on services and goods that visitors buy such as hotel rooms. Voluntary schemes should be encouraged. Driving should be discouraged through parking charges.
[审题]
这是一篇选择表明一种观点的作文。作文题目是一个问句,因此对该问题的两种不同回答即是全文主旨:旅游危害环境;旅游不危害环境。首段首先提及旅游这一主题,然后选择一种回答明确表明自己的观点。第二段是就自己的观点展开说明,即解释自己认为旅游危害环境或不危害环境的原因,如果阐述比较充分,一般选择两个方面进行说明即可,如果觉得无话可说,可以找出三条理由来说明主旨。第三段是结尾段,可以考虑以两种方式结束全文。第一种是对前面的论述进行简要概括,重申自己为什么有以上观点,做到首尾呼应;第二种可以就主旨进行引申,提出自己的建议,例如如果观点是旅游危害环境,则可以简要建议如何解决这一问题。
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING1.
Jane, your classmate, is thinking of subscribing to an English-language newspaper. And you would like to reconunend one to her. Write a note, telling her which newspaper it is and describing two features of the paper. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
[参考范文]
April 20, 2008
Dear Jean,
As to the English language newspaper you are thinking of subscribing to, I would recommend 21st Century. First, I think the contents of the newspaper are interesting enough for you to carry on reading. In addition, the language of the newspaper is not too difficult for you to understand. I think it would be more beneficial if you could read the newspaper every week and your English will definitely be improved.
Yours,
Ellen
[审题]
这是一封建议信,向收信人对某事物提出建议和忠告。建议信要写出写信的原因,建议的内容,提出建议的理由,提出的理由要入情入理,语气一定要礼貌当先。因此建议信要写得简明扼要、目的明确、具有合理性和说服力。由于这里写信人和收信人为同学,采用便条的形式给对方提建议,因此可以采用非正式语体,首先表明写作意图,提出具体建议,之后写明所推荐报纸的两个特点。