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Write on ANSWER SHEET a letter of about 150 words based on the following situation: You are Sally Parsons, dean of the School of Information Engineering, Southeast Missouri State University. Your school is employing prof. Lin Jia-xin from Beijing University to be a visiting professor. Your writing should include the following content:1. The purpose of your employment2. The payment and accommodation offered to the professor3. The employment duration4. Your expectation for a favorable and early reply5. Signature in your name with rank / position

Write on ANSWER SHEET a composition of about 250 words based on the following picture. Study the following picture carefully and write an essay to：1. describe the picture；2. deduce the purpose of the drawer of the picture；3. suggest counter-measures.

Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET.Energy Minister Charles Hendry announced last week that converting the plutonium (钚) to MOX (mixed-oxide fuel) was still the plan, but a new £3 billion (US$4.7 billion) plant would only be built if it could be shown that it was both affordable and offered value for money. Although at first glance this may seem fiscally prudent, when taken with other recent events it starts to look nonsensical. Just a few weeks ago the NDA (the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority), responding to the government’s own request to consider how to deal with the stockpile, advised that the cost of making MOX is greater than its value as a fuel. And therefore, the most cost-effective plan would be to continue storing the plutonium until a geological disposal facility becomes available for it to be buried underground. So what’s going on? To make sense of it all, Nature peers through the looking glass of the British nuclear industry.

Translate the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET.当我们进入数码物件的电子时代时，最重要的是要意识到新技术已经给我们这个社会带来了很多挑战，其中之一就是如何在这个电子时代保存好历史档案记录。更重要的是我们要知道，我们正在步入这样一个时代：即我们今天所熟知的很多东西以及用电子方式编码和写入的很多东西将会永久丢失。其中一个例子就是遍布世界各地政府和大学的很多数据集由于技术的变化而被淘汰了，而且这些数据将来要么丢失，要么需要采取髙昂的“营救”措施来挽救它们。在我看来，我们正生活在一个数码黑暗时代。因此，图书和档案管理员肩挑的责任就是要恪守我们这个时代崇尚历史和出版遗产的传统。

We have a crisis on our hands. You mean global warming? The world economy? No, the decline of reading. People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. Who’s responsible? Actually, it’s more like, What is responsible? The Internet, of course, and everything that comes with it—Facebook, Twitter (微博). You can write your own list.There’s been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movies, then radio, then television that seemed to spell doom for the written world. None did. Reading survived; in fact it not only survived, it has flourished. The world is more literate than ever before—there are more and more readers, and more and more books.The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and for writing. Take the arrival of e-book readers as an example. Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than the traditional paper book.As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links: to texts, pictures, and videos, in the future, the way people write novels, history, and philosophy will resemble nothing seen in the past.On the other hand, there is the danger of trivialization. One Twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long “digests” of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence? You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span—that we will be incapable of reading anything of length or which requires deep concentration.In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modem technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenberg’s invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilization. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture.1. Which of the following paragraphs briefly reviews the historical challenges for reading?2.The following are all cited as advantages of e-books EXCEPT（）.3. Which of the following can be best to describe how the author feels toward single-sentence-long novels?4. According to the passage,people need knowledge of modern technology and（）to survive in the fast-changing society.5. What is the main idea of the passage?

Over the past several decades, the U.S., Canada, and Europe have received a great deal of media and even research attention over unusual phenomena and unsolved mysteries. These include UFOs as well as sightings and encounters with “nonhuman creatures” such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster. Only recently has Latin America begun to receive some attention as well. Although the mysteries of the Aztec, Mayan, and Inca civilizations have been known for centuries, now the public is also becoming aware of unusual, paranormal phenomena in countries such as Peru.The Nazca “lines” of Peru were discovered in the 1930s. These fines are deeply carved into a flat, stony plain, and form about 300 intricate pictures of animals such as birds, a monkey, and a lizard. Seen at ground level, the designs are a jumbled senseless mess. The images are so large that they can only be viewed at a height of 1,000 feet-meaning from an aircraft. Yet there were no aircraft in 300 B.C., when it is judged the designs were made. Nor were there then, or are there now, any nearby mountain ranges from which to view them. So how and why did the native people of Nazca create these marvelous designs? One answer appeared in 1969, when the German researcher and writer Erich von Daniken proposed that the lines were drawn by extraterrestrials as runways for their aircraft. The scientific community did not take long to scoff at and abandon von Daniken’s theory. Over the years several other theories have been put forth, but none has been accepted by the scientific community.Today there is a new and heightened interest in the Nazca lines. It is a direct result of the creation of the Internet. Currently there are over 60 sites dedicated to this mystery from Latin America’s past, and even respected scientists have joined the discussion through e-mail and chat rooms.Will the Internet help explain these unsolved mysteries? Perhaps it is a step in the right direction.1. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?2. According to the passage, the Nazca lines were found（）.3. We can infer from the passage that the higher the lines are seen, the（）images they present.3. There has been increasing interest in the Nazca lines mainly because of（）.5. The author is（）about the role of the Internet in solving mysteries.

The ideal companion machine — the computer — would not only look, feel, and sound friendly but would also be programmed to behave in a pleasant manner. Those qualities that make interaction with other people enjoyable would be imitated as closely as possible, and the machine would appear to be charming, and easygoing. Its informal conversational style would make interaction comfortable, and yet the machine would remain slightly unpredictable and therefore interesting. In its first encounter it might be somewhat hesitant, but as it came to know the user it would progress to a more relaxed and intonate style. The machine would not be a passive participant but would add its own suggestions, information, and opinions; it would sometimes take the initiative in developing or changing the topic and would have a personality of its own.Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend if it imitated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another. At an appropriate time it might also express the kind of affection that stimulates attachment and intimacy. The whole process would be accomplished in a subtle way to avoid giving an impression of over-familiarity that would be likely to produce irritation. After experiencing a wealth of powerful, well-timed friendship indicators, the user would be very likely to accept the computer as far more than a machine and might well come to regard it as a friend.An artificial relationship of this type would provide many of the benefits that people obtain from interpersonal friendships. The machine would participate in interesting conversation that could continue from previous discussions. It would have a familiarity with the user’s life as revealed in earlier contact, and it would be understanding and good-humored. The computer’s own personality would be lively and impressive, and it would develop in response to that of the user. With features such as these, the machine might indeed become a very attractive social partner.1. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the ideal companion machine?2. The computer would develop friendships with humans in a (n)（）way.3. Which of the following aspects is NOT mentioned when the passage discusses the benefits of artificial relationships?4. Throughout the passage, the author is （）in his attitude towards the computer.5. Which might be the most appropriate title of the passage?

Write on the ANSWER SHEET a letter of about 150 words based on the following situation:Suppose you are interested in a research program at the University of California, United States. Write an application letter, stating your personal qualities, accomplishments and other reasons why you are among those best suited to do research at that university.

Write on the ANSWER SHEET a composition of about 250 words based on the topic “Education Makes A Better Future”.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 or your experience(s) to support your opinion.In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.

Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.Many believe that science is merely a collection of facts, that it develops by the gathering of these facts and slowly approaches the truth about nature. According to this view, the so-called scientific method is the basis for scientific development. The scientific method is said to have three steps.The first step is that of careful observation—often involves looking for relationships among different kinds of events. If a specific relationship seems to be true in a number of cases, without any exceptions, then it may be hypothesized that the relationship holds in general. The second step of the scientific method may be the formulation of such a general hypothesis. Or it may be an attempt to explain phenomena by theorizing the existence of a deeper reality. The third step, the testing of the theory, may involve further experimental testing of hypothesized relationships. Or it may be experimental verification of new phenomena predicted by a new theory.

Translate the following text into English. Write your translation on the ANSWER SHEET.20世纪80年代以来，中国陆续推出一系列科学技术研究发展的整体计划，旨在战略性地全面提高国家在21世纪的综合科技竞争力。1982年开始实施的国家科技攻关计划，是20世纪中国最大的科技计划。它面向国民经济建设主战场，解决国民经济和社会发展中带有方向性、关键性和综合性的问题，涉及农业、电子信息、能源、交通、材料、资源勘探、环境保护、医疗卫生等领域。

On our way to Beijing, we visited Xi’an, a city of two million（）, and stayed there for two days.

As a teacher, you should not（）the students from asking questions in class.

We’d like to（）a table for five for dinner this evening.

What he said in the meeting（）everybody present.

All the memories of his childhood had（）from his mind by the time he was 65.

No one expected him to（）against his former employer.

Although architecture has artistic qualities, it must also satisfy a number of important practical（）.

The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was（）to the issue at hand.

The American dream is most（）during the periods of productivity and wealth generated by American capitalism.

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