On the basis of the analysis above, we may draw a conclusion that cooperation and team work really count in this competitive society. Hence, we should associate ourselves harmoniously with our companions in every attempt towards our goals. In addition, it is indispensable to train our kids frequently to interact smoothly with others in a team. As the proverb goes, unity is strength.
6、
Directions: Study the following pictures carefully and write an essay in which you should
1) describe the picture briefly;
2) interpret the social phenomenon reflected by it, and
3) give your point of view.
In recent years, people are developing an inseparable relationship with Internet. As is vividly depicted in the picture, it is convenient for us to click the mouse when surfing on line, either to entertain ourselves or to meet the work's needs. Actually on-line visiting has become a routine activity in our everyday life. However, it seems rather ironic to use a chain instead of normal wire to connect with the mouse in this picture. The exaggerative and impressive portrayal has subtly revealed the duality of the relationship between man and Internet.
Discussion on the duality has become very popular in newspapers or in people's chats. On the one hand, no one denies that Internet is currently one of the most useful media in our daily life. People from all walks of life are benefiting considerably from its powerful function of information communication. But on the other hand, a great many people admit that they are too much addicted to Internet to maintain a regular and wholesome lifestyle. Cyber-living resembles the experience of looking constantly into a kaleidoscope which displays both colored patterns and illusions. Such a waste of time inevitably leads to their failure in their life and work.
Accordingly, it is necessary for us to use Internet in a reasonable way and restrain from overindulgence. For one thing, college students in expanding numbers get on line every day to learn the news, to study English by registering for web courses, to exchange information through e-mails with their net friends and to download their favorite music, flash, film and pictures. Being veteran on-line shoppers, they frequently purchase books, CDs at much lower prices. For another, once indulged in the fictitious world, people can barely concentrate on real life. Consequently, many students just chat on line or play computer games immoderately everyday, skipping many essential classes. After all, Internet is invented to enrich our life, to connect you and me, and to improve the efficiency of our work rather than shackle us with a chain.
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1、2002
这幅图画生动描述了一位可爱的美国小女孩身穿传统的中国服装，面带甜蜜的微笑。她戴着具有某个中国少数民族服饰特征的发带、项链和其他装饰品。毫无疑问，这套服装为她美丽的外表增添了东方的魅力。
这幅图画所表达的远远不只是一种新的时尚潮流。反之，它具有文化内涵。神秘的中国文化吸引了各国人民这一事实，显示了在某种程度上，一种文化可以被国际性地接受、尊重、欣赏和分享。换而言之，一个民族独特的文化可以通过全球性的经济和文化交流走向世界。由于全球化潮流不可阻挡，所以文化交流可以有效增进相互间的理解和友谊。
在我看来，我们应该保存和珍惜作为无价精神财富的民族文化。同时，我们很有必要推广世界文化，因为来自其他文化的观点，即使乍看起来相互矛盾或荒谬，但从长远看来，可以为我们观察这个世界提供一种不同的视角。然而，在我们面临不同文化时，应该充满理智地取其精华、去其糟粕。只有这样我们才能积极发展民族文化，并使我们的世界丰富多元、五颜六色、充满活力。
2、2003
上述这组图生动描述了一朵鲜花在不同环境中的命运。如第一幅漫画所示，这朵鲜花被放在舒适的温室里，保护它免于可怕的闪电和风雨。拥有合适的温度、湿度和肥料，鲜花正在充分绽放。相反，当被搬出温室并暴露在风雨之下时，鲜花很快就凋谢枯萎了，花瓣散落一地。
首先，这些图画的目的是告诉我们温室花朵经不起风雨，然而我们应该认真对待它们所微妙传达的的象征含义。这朵娇弱的鲜花自然和我们的年轻人联系起来，具体而言，就是当代社会的独生子女。温室是保护孩子免受风雨的父母溺爱和优越物质条件的缩影，而风雨就是严峻的现实。一旦年轻人开始寻求独立并且接受来自现实世界的挑战，人们发现他们已经被惯坏了，在困难面前无法足够坚强。
总之，我们很有必要从这些发人深思的图画中得出积极的含义。一方面，我们可以经常利用它们来启发年轻人在生活中更加独立。另一方面，父母们应该充满理智给孩子们更多自由来处理困难和问题。只有经历更多的挑战和磨练，年轻人才能培养强大的个性和能力，而且只有这样他们才能成为这个竞争世界中的强者。
3、2006
以上的照片生动地显示出来，相貌英俊的英国足球巨星贝克汉姆在年轻人中广受欢迎。在第一张照片中，贝克汉姆的名字出现在一个年轻人的额头上。文字表明：对偶像的崇拜写在了脸上。在第二张照片中，这个年轻人正在理发店中做贝克汉姆的时髦发型。我们得到的信息是他正花300元来模仿偶像的发式。
毫无疑问，照片巧妙地反映了这样一个社会现象：偶像崇拜目前在青年人中非常盛行。贝克汉姆代表了体育界英雄的形象，他的英俊外表以及高超的球技正是球迷们热情追捧的。同样，2005年中国举办的"超级女生"大赛中，几个十几岁的女孩一夜成名。围绕着崇拜这些偶像的意义和危害，这个事件激起了全国性的争论。总之，青年人往往容易崇拜那些在外表、才华和特长方面极其出色的人。
在我看来，偶像崇拜这个发人深思的社会现象，其实是把双刃剑，可以深刻影响青年人成长。如果我们只是靠模仿偶像发型或追逐时尚的方式来崇拜他们，这种痴迷将必定浪费我们大量的金钱和时间，影响我们的工作效率。相反，如果我们靠弥补我们和榜样之间的差距来努力提高自己，我们就会过一种积极和收获显著的生活。因此，我们应当采取后面一种态度来指引我们的人生。
4、2007
如图所示，一场足球赛正在进行。左边的人似乎在守一个对于射门轻而易举、不可避免的"大门"，而右边的人由于拥有关于"巨大守门员"的幻觉，踢球很犹豫。显而易见，他们两个人都夸大了面前的困难。
这幅图画确实反映了一个目前在中国很普遍同时发人深思的社会现象。由于问题超出他们应对的能力，年轻人总是放弃。表面上看，这幅图画似乎有一些道理，但当我们仔细思考时，我们就会发现在这个现象之下有一个明显的趋势：缺乏自信。首先，众所周知，我们生活在一个充满各种困难的多元化世界。我们别无选择，只能面对。其次，态度是采取第一步的关键。拥有勇气和信心来解决问题，你就会发现问题并非你想象的那么"严重"。以我们自己为例，研究生入学考试似乎是我们面前的一个可怕的怪物。有些人放弃了，而有些人则坚持了下来。因此，拥有信心和对困难的正确估计，并且竭尽全力，我们就将解决所有的问题。
总而言之，我认为我们年轻人应该以正确的方式面对困难。世上无难事，只怕有心人。
5、2008
正如漫画敏锐地描绘的，两个身患残疾的年轻人正在大步流星朝着他们的目的地前进，把拐杖都抛在了身后。残疾的艰难已经不再是他们路途上的障碍，他们互相有力地扶持着稳步前进。图画文字表明"你一条腿，我一条腿；你我一起，走南闯北"。
漫画作者显然是为了提醒我们合作在日常生活中的重要性。如果没有同事或搭档的帮助，任何人都不可能在事业上取得成功。由于各行各业的竞争日趋激烈，我们只有通过强大的团队才能击败对手。以篮球英雄姚明为例，他能够潇洒地扣篮，是因为他的队友或多或少成就了他杰出的表现。同样，嫦娥一号探月卫星的成功发射要归功于中国科学家们的集体努力，而不是个人成就。如果我们孤立地工作，必然受到局限，变得意志脆弱，享受不到多少资源。
在以上分析的基础上，我们可以得出结论：在竞争社会中，合作和团队极为重要。因此，在实现目标所做的每次努力中，我们都要和我们的同事们默契合作。此外，经常培训我们的下一代也是必不可少的，为了让他们适应在团队中顺利地沟通。正如谚语所说的，团结就是力量。
6、
近年来，人们与互联网之间的关系变得越来越不可分割。图中生动地展示了无论是为了自我娱乐还是适应工作的需求，我们都能很方便地点击鼠标在网上进行冲浪。事实上，网上冲浪已在我们的日常生活中成为一种惯例。然而，这幅图中看来相当讽刺的地方是，使用一条锁链而不是普通的鼠标线连接鼠标。这幅夸张并使人印象深刻的图画微妙地解释了人与互联网之间的双重关系。
在报纸上和人们的讨论中，对这种双重性的讨论非常流行。一方面，不可否认互联网现在是我们日常生活中最有用的媒体之一。各行各业的人们都从它强大的信息交流功能中受益匪浅。但在另一方面，很多人承认他们太沉迷于网络而无法保持一种正常和健康的生活方式。网络生存就像浏览展示多彩方式和幻影的万花筒的一种体验。这么浪费时间无疑会使他们在生活和工作中遭遇失败。
因此，我们很有必要以一种健康的方式使用互联网，避免过度沉迷。一方面，越来越多的大学生每天上网了解新闻，通过注册网络课程来学习英语，借助电子邮件和他们的网友们交流信息，下载他们最喜爱的音乐、动画、电影和图片。作为网上购物的老手，他们经常以极低的价格购买书籍、CD。另一方面，一旦沉迷于这种虚幻的世界，人们很难关注现实生活。因此，很多学生每天没有节制地在网上聊天或打电子游戏，逃过重要课程。毕竟，人们发明互联网是为了丰富我们的生活，连接你和我，是为了提高我们的工作效率，而非用锁链束缚我们。
7、1997
大多数人认为吸烟已经导致了许多严重的问题。但是烟草公司坚持认为他们通过向政府纳税以及雇用成百上千的工人，从而为世界经济做出了巨大的贡献。
我个人认为烟草的生产和消费弊大于利。首先，吸烟导致了很多致命的疾病，例如肺癌、心脏病等等。根据调查，烟民占世界人口的20％，而在他们之中，每年有三百万人死于与吸烟相关的疾病。烟草产量从1994年的143.64亿磅减少到1995年的142亿磅这一事实也表明：人们开始逐渐意识到吸烟的负面影响。其次，烟草消费是非常浪费金钱。如图所示，每年由于吸烟损失2000亿美元。显而易见，全球的金钱损失大大超过烟草工业的收益。
总而言之，由于经济发展旨在改善人民生活，我们不能为了短期的经济利益而牺牲健康。如果我们不得不花费越来越多的金钱为身患与吸烟相关疾病的人提供医疗服务的话，那么通过烟草生产来发展经济的说法就无法立足。我们早就该全面禁烟了。
8、1998
过去几年发生了一个现象：各行各业开始出现各种各样的承诺。遗憾的是：相当多的承诺纯属空话，正如漫画中的这只母鸡一样，承诺下蛋不见棱见角，并保证有蛋皮、蛋清、蛋黄。
尽管这些承诺听起来奇怪有趣，但在全国各地都可以看到或听到这样的虚假承诺。管理部门保证不接受任何贿赂，公正有效地履行职责；生产厂家保证生产高质量产品；商业企业发誓提供真货和礼貌热情的服务。在这些所谓的承诺中，除了他们的义务、责任和工作之外，你还能发现任何新的和实质性的东西吗？我想你的答案将是否定的。事实上，他们做这种承诺的目的只是披上华丽的外衣并欺骗公众。
我认为这个社会正在受到腐败和欺骗的影响，这在物质和道德上都对社会造成了危害。但这只母鸡及其同类应该知道：在市场经济体系的激烈竞争中，没人能够通过欺诈的言语生存下去。他们应该牢记这条谚语："诚实为上策"。
9、2000
如图所示，我们可以清楚看出随着商业捕鱼的发展，鱼的数量明显下降。在一幅图中，1900年有很多种鱼，只有一艘捕鱼船。相反，在1995年，只有一条鱼，但是渔船很多。
这些图画的目的是告诉我们应该充分重视海洋资源的减少。由于过渡捕捞，鱼的数量明显下降。如果我们让这种情况听之任之，我们不知道鱼的未来在哪。到那个时候，我们的环境将遭受巨大的破坏。
因此，我们很有必要采取严厉措施。一方面，我们应该呼吁政府制定严格的法律控制商业捕鱼。另一方面，我们应该提高人们的意识：海洋资源对我们非常重要。同时，我认为我们人类能够克服这个困难，并将拥有美好的未来。
10、2007
这幅图画反映了一些中国家庭中普遍存在的现象--子女成年后如何对待他们的父母。当父母年龄太大，不能照顾自己的时候，他们就成了负担，被自己的子女们像足球一样踢来踢去。这是一种不公正的可鄙现象，引起了很多中国人的愤慨。
作为一个以很多美德闻名于世的民族，中国人民自古以来一直奉行孝道。许多广为传颂的故事反复强调了这种历史悠久的爱老敬老的传统，如西汉时缇萦舍身营救蒙冤的父亲免于肉刑的故事。
那些千方百计逃避照顾双亲的责任的子女们应该牢记，他们在出生和成长的过程中亏欠父母太多了。没有父母关怀备至的照料和不懈的工作，他们怎能健康成长并且取得成功？他们怎能虐待父母而不受到良心的谴责？
我们每个人都应该遵守从祖先那里传承下来的美德。只有这样我们才能无愧为中国人。
九、小作文
1、2007：
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a student in this university who regularly comes to the library to spend my spare time. Generally speaking, the services you offer here are quite good; however, I have some suggestions for you to adopt. And I would like to extend my greatest appreciation if you are so kind as to take my suggestions into consideration.
To begin with, will you please prolong the time for reading? In the daytime, most of the students are having class, so they can't come to the library. Moreover, some of the books on shelves are out of date. If you are so kind as to provide us some books such as the latest magazines, we will be greatly honored.
I really wish to have a more comfortable library. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely yours,
Li Ming
2、2008：
Directions:
You have just come back from Canada and found a music CD in your luggage that you forgot to return to Bob, your landlord there. Write him a letter to
1)make an apology,
2)suggest a solution.
Dear Bob,
I'm writing to apologize for having forgotten to return the "the Beatles" CD to you when I left Canada. I was in such a hurry that I packed everything in my luggage without checking carefully. Had I paid more attention then, I wouldn't have made such a stupid mistake.
Now something must be done to solve the problem because I understand you cherish the CD enormously. I can either send it to you by express mail or alternatively compensate you at a reasonable price. If you do not mind, I may bring it back to you next time I go to Canada.
Please let me know which solution you prefer at your earliest convenience. I really hope you will accept my sincere apology.
Faithfully yours,
Li Ming
3、投诉信：
Directions: You live in a room in college which you share with another student. You find it very difficult to work there because your roommate always has friends visiting and has parties in the room.
Write a letter to the Accommodation Officer at the college and ask for a new room next term. You would prefer a single room. Explain your reasons.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to express/air dissatisfaction/disappointment/concern regarding accommodation. I would prefer to move into a single room next semester, as I find the present sharing arrangement inconvenient.
I must explain that the reason for my dissatisfaction is my roommate's inconsiderate behavior. For one thing, his friends are constantly visiting him; for another, he regularly holds noisy parties.
To solve this problem/surmount this difficulty/improve this situation/crack this hard nut, I hope to draw the attention of the authorities concerned. I am sure you will agree that the only solution for me is to move into a room of my own. Therefore, I would be grateful if you could find a single room for me, preferably not in the same building but as near to the college campus as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
4、推荐信：
Directions: One of your friends wants to apply for a job working with foreign teenagers. Write a letter to recommend him/her, describe his/her past experience, and explain the reasons.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to recommend one of my best friends, Zhou Botong, for this post. With his outstanding leadership and cheerful personality, he was elected chairperson of the Student Union of Tsinghua University several times.
Busy as he was, he completed his major, teenage psychology, with an outstanding school record. Upon graduation he was assigned to be a teacher in Tsinghua Middle School. What is more, he loves his job and enjoys working with children. This won him great popularity among his students.
Therefore, I do not hesitate to recommend him as an ideal candidate for the post you advertised. I am sure you will make a wise decision in hiring him.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
5、感谢信：
Directions: After being involved in an accident, you were looked after by Mr. Shakespeare. Write a special letter to express your thanks.
Dear Mr. Shakespeare,
I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude. I am referring to that unfortunate accident the other day, when I was knocked off my bike by a taxi.
If it had not been for your timely assistance in giving me first aid, I fear that the consequences might have been much serious. Everyone agrees that it was your quick-witted response in that emergency that has led to this satisfactory outcome.
Although nowadays people in mounting numbers talk about the need to be unselfish, we see very few people practice what they preach. If there were more people like you, this world would be a much nicer place.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
11、
Directions: Write a summary of the following essay.
A third kind of thinking is stimulated when anyone questions our beliefs and opinions. We sometimes find ourselves changing our minds without any resistance or heavy emotion, but if we are told that we are wrong we resent the imputation and harden our hearts. We are incredibly heedless in the information of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposes to rob us of their companionship. It is obvious not the ideas themselves that are dear to us, but our self－esteem, which is threatened. We are by nature stubbornly pledged to defend our own from attack, whether it be our person, our family, our property, or our opinion. We may surrender, but rarely confess ourselves vanquished. In the intellectual world at least, peace is without victory.
Few of us take the pains to study the origin of our cherished convictions; indeed, we have a natural repugnance to so doing. We like to continue to believe what we have been accustomed to accept as true, and the resentment aroused when doubt is cast upon any of our assumptions leads us to seek every manner of excuse for clinging to them. The result is that most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
参考答案
A third kind of thinking occurs when we are told that our beliefs and opinions are wrong. We may have been heedless in their information, but our self-esteem will not permit us to change. We may have to give up, but we are not convinced. We do not study the origin of our beliefs; we believe as we have been accustomed to believe, and we seek arguments for continuing to believe as we already do.
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1、
尊敬的先生/女士：
我是本校的一名学生，常来图书馆度过业余时间。总而言之，您这里提供的服务相当不错，但我有一些建议希望您采纳。如果您能好心考虑我的建议，我将非常感谢。
首先，是否可以请您延长阅读时间？在白天，大多数学生在上课，来不了图书馆。其次，书架上有些书已经过时了。如果您能好心提供一些例如最新杂志等的书籍，我们将非常感谢。
我确实希望拥有一个更加舒适的图书馆。再次感谢您的时间和关注。
您真诚的，
李明
2、
亲爱的鲍勃：
我写此信的目的是为了向你道歉。在离开加拿大时，我忘了把那盘披头士乐队的CD还给你。走的时候太匆忙了，我把所有东西都塞到行李中，没有仔细检查。当时要是多加注意的话，就不会犯这种低级错误了。
因为我知道你特别珍爱那盘CD，所以一定要想办法解决这个问题。我可以寄快递包裹给你，也可以按合理的价格赔偿你的损失。如果你不介意的话，我也可以在下次去加拿大的时候把它给你带回去。
请在方便的时候尽快让我知道你倾向哪一种解决方案。希望你能接受我真诚的道歉。
李明
3、
尊敬的先生或女士：
我写信是为了表达关于住宿的不满。由于我发现目前的居住状况很不方便，我想下学期搬到一个单间。
我需要解释的是，我不满的原因是我室友不体谅的行为。首先，他的朋友经常来访。其次，他经常举办一些吵闹的聚会。
为了解决这个问题，我希望引起有关当局的注意。我相信您也会同意，唯一的解决措施是搬到一个我自己的房间。因此，如果您可以给我找一个最好不在同楼，但离校园越近越好的单间，我将非常感谢。
您真诚的，
