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         Write a letter to apply for a job. In your letter you should explain the source of your information, why you want the job, and some information about yourself.(150-200 words)

        41 Science Drive

        Madison, WI55511

        (606)262-3322

        Nov.24,1997

        Dear sir,

            If an ability to take direction well, and to carry out orders faithfully, is important to you, then I may be a good man for the job you advertised in the Chronicle of August 15.

         The job sounds particularly interesting because it precisely the kind of work I have wanted to do for years. My working experience thus far has, I think, given me the attitudes and the understanding that would enable me to learn the details of the position you’ve advertised.

         I’d very much appreciate the chance to talk to you, and to get your opinion on whether my background and inclinations would be suitable for the job you offer.

         I can be reached by telephone at 398-4123.

        Sincerely

        (signature)

        Jack Smith

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         You are planning to further your studies in a college or university. Write an application to that institution. In your letter, provide the necessary information about yourself, tell them you want to study math and find out about the possibility of receiving financial support.(150-200)

        June 24,1997

        Dear Mrs.Chapman,

         I am extremely interested in your graduate program in advanced math which has been widely recognized in China. Now I am writing to find out if I can enter this program.

         I graduated in July 1995, from the Open University in the Province of Liaoning. After my graduation I have been working with a local tax bureau till the present moment. During my two-year service here, I have discovered that my math ability is very limited and I have decided now to improve myself in this area. In this letter, a resume of my education background and work experience is enclosed.

         To prove that my English is good enough to enter your program, I took the TOEFL test in May and my test score is expected to arrive at your office sometime next month. Yes, I wonder if there is any possibility of getting a financial support from your university.

         I am looking forward to be a reply at your earliest convenience.

        Sincerely,

        (signature)

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        Suppose you are working in a language school-Hua-Ming Chinese Language School-in the United States and are preparing for the celebration of the third anniversary of it. You know an experienced language teacher who used to teach in a well-known university in China. He moved into your town last year. He has often been interested in the activities of your school. So you write to invite him over to make a speech on the occasion.

        June 15,1999

        Dear Professor Yao,

         On Monday, July 7 we are planning to have a reception to celebrate the third anniversary of the Hua-Ming Chinese Language School and I have been asked by the board of directors to invite you to be the guest of honor on this occasion.

         We learned that you had taught Chinese language and literature in Peking University for over 20 years. Besides, you have always shown great interest in our activities since you moved into our town last year. Therefore you are without doubt the ideal speaker.

         We shall all be delighted as well as honored if you can find time to spend an evening with us. I will send further details as soon as I hear from you. I hope you will be able to accept this invitation.

        标出主题句。

        1. Directions: Choose the best topic sentence from each group below. Write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space on your answer sheet.

        (1)a. Life began in a strange way.

          b. Music is interesting and enjoyable.

          c. A first impression is not always a reliable basis for judgment.

          d. Science fiction is always exciting.

        (2)a. Getting the right job can lead to an improved sense of self-esteem.

          b. Most people are working hard to realize their dreams.

        c. Getting the right job is important and can lead to rewarding experiences.

          d. It is not easy to find satisfactory jobs nowadays.

        (3)a. Last summer I worked as a gas station attendant.

          b. I found a job in a garage last summer.

          c. It is interesting to work as a gas attendant.

          d. Working as a gas station attendant was the worst job I ever had.

        (4)a. Mhatma Ghandi used passive resistance to reach his political goals.

          b. Mhatma Ghandi was an inspiring leader.

          c. Mhatma Ghandi was an India political leader.

        d. Mhatma Ghandi made many inspiring speeches.

        (5)a. Pollution is a terrible problem.

          b. Noise pollution is harmful to people’s health.

          c. Waste water from factories is spoiling our water resources.

        [u]  d. Both machines and human beings share the guilt of pollution our air and water.

        (6)a. Chinese doctors use acupuncture anesthesia to perform certain operations.

          b. Acupuncture is one of the Chinese traditional treatments.

          c. Acupuncture anesthesia should replace conventional anesthesia in all operations.

          d. Doctors often adopt partial anesthesia in minor operations.

        (7)a. Many children watch cartoons on Saturday morning.

          b. Cartons are popular with children.

          c. Cartoon pictures are colourful and interesting.

          d. Some experts feel that violence in cartoons is bad for children.

        (8)a. Computers are widely used in many offices today.

          b. Computers has brought us more good than harm.

          c. Computers relieve people of great burden of doing complicated work.

          d. I like playing games on computers.

        2.Read the following paragraphs and underline the topic sentence. Write down the topic sentences in the corresponding space on your answer sheet.

        (1). The leaders of ancient Egypt and Ethiopia made many important contributions to good government. Negroes in Africa were among the earliest to perfect the art of making iron. In west Africa, Tenkemenin, Gongs Mussa, and Sunni Ali made important advances in the area of defensive and offensive warfare. Certainly Africans have earned their place in history.(2). Although the average American is likely to have an opinion about a political issue or personality, his opinion is not necessarily informed. For most Americans, politics is at best only a hobby, and political awareness must be purchased by giving up more pleasurable activities. Few citizens devote much of their leisure time to reading about politics listening to political news, or watching political programs on television.

        (3). It is generally accepted that the experiences of the child in his first years largely determine his character and later personality. Every experience teaches the child something and the effects are cumulative. ‘Upbringing’ is normally used to refer to the treatment and training of the child within the home. This is closely related to the treatment and training of the child in school, which is usually distinguished by the term ‘education’. In a society such as ours, both parents and teachers are responsible for the opportunities provided for the development of the child, so that upbringing and education are interdependent.

        (4).No wonder all his pupils loved Socrates. But he made some dangerous enemies by his strange ways of teaching and asking questions. Some of the rulers in Athens did not like people to be encouraged to ask too many questions for fear they would begin asking questions about what their rulers were doing. So they accused Socrates of teaching young men wicked things and leading them to throw off their religion. This was false, for in fact Socrates was a very religious man. At last his enemies had him arrested, and he was condemned to death.

        (5).The bolts(闪电) that cut through the air are really channels for electric energy. They measure about 2 inches across. Their length may be as short as two meters or as long as 20 kilometers. They speed through the air at nearly half of speed of light. This is so fast that we can’t see that the bolt actually travels from ground up to the clouds. In that short instant, the electricity heats the air around it up to five times the temperature of the surface of the sun.

        (6).Television was not invented by any one person. Nor did it spring into being overnight. It evolved gradually over along period from the ideas of many people——each one building on the work of their predecessors. The process began in 1873, when it was accidentally discovered that the electrical resistance of the element selenium(硒) varied in proportion to the intensity of the light shining on it. Scientists quickly recognized that this provided way of transforming light variations into electrical signals. Almost immediately a number of schemes were proposed for sending pictures by light(it was, of course, before radio)

          (7).The early volunteers deserve special respect and admiration, for they were working along and doing hard and unpleasant tasks. Often they were regarded by the authorities as troublemakers rather than angels. The situation improved as their number grew and as the society became aware of their achievements. Gradually, the volunteers began to receive funds from private sources and form the government. They organized themselves, they became professional, and they did a considerable amount of good work. Then, in the last ten or fifteen years, changes in society brought about a transformation of volunteerism.

        重新组合段落。

        Rearrange the following numbered sentences so that they will read logically. Put the numbers in proper sequence in the boxes provided below.

        1.Some people don’t like any old thing.

        2.He like old paintings and enjoys old books.

        3.They always buy modern furniture.

        4.For example, Dr. Reynolds likes old things.

        5.He respects people’s differences.

        6.They don’t like old painting; they don’t enjoy old books.

        7.He is a wise and kind man.

        8.He understands human nature.

        9.He also owns old furniture.

        10. Dr. Reynolds never criticizes them.

        11. He respects the opinions of his friends.

        12. An educated man is a tolerant man.

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        1. Parrots(鹦鹉) and mynah(八哥) are famous for their ability to reproduce human speech.

        2. Many parrots learn to associate particular words with specific actions.

        3. It is difficult, however, to show that such words have a real meaning for the parrot.

        4. They certainly do not serve among parrots for communication, which , after all, is the function of language.

        5. Mynah birds can imitate human vowel sounds better than parrots, but parrots can remember a larger vocabulary.

        6. The record is 100 words.

        7. They may say good-bye when someone leaves the room or hello when the telephone rings.

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        1. Because Sioux names almost always were based on something objective, they could easily be rendered pictographs—frequently with a line connecting visual representations of the name and a human head to signify ownership.

        2. A Sioux baby was named soon after birth—usually by a medicine man or a paternal relative—and the entire village participated in the occasion.

        3. The infant might be named for an animal, for a physical phenomenon such as thunder that occurred on the day of the birth or even for a brave deed that once had been performed by the giver of the name.

        4. Below are some Sioux signatures.

        5. However, a man who had a distinguishing characteristic was forever knows by an apposite nickname, such as Big Hand.

        6. Laden with descriptive, allusive, or even magical meaning.

        7. A woman generally kept the name she received at birth but a man often replaced his original name with new one that celebrated a personal act of valor, recalled an encounter with an unusual animals, or perhaps was inspired by a dream.

        8. Sioux names were a language onto themselves.

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        1. Instead of being the very end of the allowable waiting scale, it was just the beginning.

        2. Twenty minutes passed, then thirty then forty-five.

        3. No matter what is said in apology there is little that can remove the damage done by an hour’s wait in an outer office.

        4. This gave him the feeling of having done something to solve the problem, but he had not.

        5. Arriving a little before the appointed hour, the agriculturist waited.

        6. Yet in the country where this story took place, a forty-five minute waiting period was not unusual.

        7. At this point he suggested to the secretary that perhaps the minister did not know he was waiting in the outer office.

        8. Thus, when the American agriculturist left the office, his action seemed as unreasonable as it was impolite.

        9. The hour came and passed: five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes.

        10. To an American, that is the beginning of the “insult period”.

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        1. It is the foreseeable future and not the future of the South Asian, which may involve centuries.

        2. We will understand each other a little better if we can keep this fact in mind.

        3. You, the viewer, are walking through the museum in the dark, holding a light to each scenes you pass it.

        4. Americans look ahead and are concerned almost entirely with the future.

        5. God is in charge of the museum, and only he knows all that is in it.

        6. One lifetime represents one room.

        7. Someone has said of the South Asian idea of time as: Time is like a museum with endless halls and rooms.

        8. Since time has such different meanings in different cultures communication is often difficult.

        9. The American idea of the future is limited, however.

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        1. A lock is simply a big water tank open at the top with watertight gates at both ends.

        2. Then they are closed behind the ship.

        3. The gates at that end open to let it out.

        4. The ship rises as a result.

        5. When it reaches the level of the water beyond the other end.

        6. When a ship going “upstairs” comes to a lock, the gates at one end open to let it in.

        7. Thus, lock after lock the ship rises higher and higher until at the last lock it rises to the level of the body of water outside, and it is ready to sail out of the canal.

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