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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December 1st is the World AIDS Day. Since the first AIDS case appeared in the United States in 1981, AIDS has been threatening mankind for three decades and spared 25 million people's lives. What can be done to fight against AIDS?
Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic : Away from AIDS
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state the seriousness of the problem.
In the second part, explain the major causes of problem and list the measures to fight it. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
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Away from AIDS
Currently,the increasingly serious AIDS problem has become a global concern.AIDS endangers people's physical and mental health,and thus
poses tremendous threat to the world.It is reported that AIDS has spared about 25 million people's lives so far.
It is high time we realized the gravity of the problem. Much has been done to fight against AIDS.For instance,December 1st is marked as the World AIDS Day with a red ribbon as its symbol
with a view to raising people's awareness.But more attention and efforts are needed.To start with,governments and healthcare organizations should invest more in AIDS research so that effective cures can be discovered to
relieve patients from their anguish and to prolong their lives.Secondly,people's fear of AIDS
arises primarily
from the lack of knowledge about the disease.Some even fear that AIDS might be spread by taking meals at the same table with AIDS patients or catching their cough or sneeze.Definitely not.People get infected with HIV,the virus that causes AIDS,mainly through blood transfusion,unprotected sexual contact, mother—to-child transmission and sharing needles with HIV carriers.Therefore the AIDS knowledge should be spread in whole society to enhance education.Seminars,TV features,picture exhibitions and some activities with AIDS patients involved are good options.What's more,each individual is obliged to do something for the fight against AIDS.Instead of keeping far away from AIDS patients, we should support them with our warmth and sympathy.The disease has caused great suffering physically.People's prejudice will do more harm to them mentally.Isolation from the society might drive them into despair and as a result lose hope for life.
I firmly believe that the joint efforts from all the people do matter in the battle against the AIDS,and the world will become more beautiful as long as everyone devotes a little love.
[谋篇布局]
1.第一部分可陈述艾滋病是一个世人关注的问题,多年来威胁着人们的身心健康,夺去了数千万人的生命。可用数据来增强说服力,强调艾滋病问题的严峻性。
2.第二部分着重分析可以采取什么措施来预防和抗击艾滋病,关爱艾滋病人,减轻他们的痛苦。具体措施可从政府、媒体和个人等几个不同角度阐述,还可以根据传播艾滋病的途径来有针对性地提出解决措施。
3.第三部分进行概括总结,大力呼吁各方同心协力共同为抗击艾滋病而努力。
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用词亮点
(1)pose tremendous threat to:对……构成威胁。
(2)with a view to:以……为目的。
(3)relieve patients from their anguish:缓解病人的痛苦。
(4)arise from:源于,由……引起。
句式亮点
(1)虚拟语气句式的使用。如:It is high time we realized the gravity of the problem。
(2)被动语态的运用。如:Much has been done to fight against AIDS。
篇章亮点
(1)文章开头运用数据说明了艾滋病对人类威胁的严峻性,增强了文章的可信度;
(2)文章主次分明,重点突出,主体段着力分析了可采取的措施,层次清晰。