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Writing 1Directions: Write a composition about Credit Cards. You should write at least 120 words.文中应包括的要点：信用卡在国内越来越广泛使用，给我们的生活带来了方便，同时也被人认为鼓励消费，助长奢侈。你怎么看待这个问题？参考范文Credit CardsOriginally a rare thing, credit cards are used more and more in China. The holder of credit cards can buy goods and services without using cash. In addition. credit cards allow us to purchase things that we may not currently have the money to buy. Therefore, it is a great convenience for our life.Although credit cards are becoming an acceptable part of the financial scene, they are still regarded with suspicion by many as being part of the live now pay later syndrome. They provide encouragement to spend more money. Credit cards dont comply with our traditional virtue of practicing economy.A reasonable person is not easily tempted to live beyond his means. If there are indeed such people, they will no doubt manage to do so even without credit cards. If used wisely, credits can make the payment easy or at least help to tide you over a period of financial difficulty.Writing 2Directions: Write a composition about Advertising according to the outline below. You should write at least 120 words.1.广告非常普遍；2.广告有一些消极影响；3.对待广告的态度 。参考范文AdvertisingAdvertising has become increasingly specialized in modern times. In todays busness world, supply usually outnumbers demand. There is great competition among different manufacturers of the same kind of product to attract customers to their product. They always have to remind the consumer of the name and the qualities of their product. They do so by advertising.Advertisements have negative social effects as well as economic effects. Fi rst, some of the ads may not tell the truth and cheat the customers. Second, as often as not, ads encourage unnecessary buying. Third. ads usually portray young and beautiful people. Thus older, plain-looking people may feel as if they do not belong to the contemporary world.It is certainly necessary for us to look at ads, for they provide valuable information on the function, quality and price of the product. However, we should beware of ads that do not tell the truth. Comparing ads for s milar products. we may become better informed and judge them more accu rately.Writing 3Directions: Write a letter for help according to the following situation. You should write at least 120 words.Supposing you are a working woman, you choose to work after the children began their schooling. But your success in your career makes your husband feel inferior and thus angry.You are experiencing a crisis in your marriage. Please write to a doctor for help.参考范文A Working Womans DilemmaDear Doctor,At the first ten years of our marriage, I was very happy to stay home and raise our three children. Then four years ago, our youngest child went to school and I thought I might go back to work. My husband was very supportive and helped me to make my decison.After several weeks of job-hunting, I found my present job. At first, my husband was very proud of me. Soon I receive several promotions and pay increases. and I am now making more money than he is and he gradually became very unhappy.We fight about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends. For the first time in our marriage, I think there is a poss bility that our marriage may come to an end. I love my husband very much, but I also love my job. I think I can be a good wife and a working woman, but I dont know how. Can you give me some advice?Please help.翻译1总结一年来的工作，我们清醒地看到，经济社会发展中还存在不少问题和困难。必须坚持把人民群众利益放在第一位。要切实维护人民群众的经济、政治和文化权益，着力解决关系群众切身利益的突出问题，保障城乡困难群众的基本生活。不断满足人们日益增长的物质文化需要，是社会主义现代化建设的根本目的。只有执政为民，我们的各项事业才能获得最广泛最可靠的群众基础和力量源泉。In reviewing our work of the past year, we clearly see that many problems and difficulties remain in our economic and social development. We must always put the interests of the people first. We must truly protect the peoples economic, political and cultural rights and interests, pay particular attention to solving acute problems affecting their vital interests, and ensure that poor urban and rural residents have the basic necessities of life. The fundamental goal of our socialist modernization drive is to continually meet the growing material and cultural needs of the people. Only if we exercise power for the good of the people can we enjoy the broadest and most reliable support from the people and draw from them the strength for accomplishing all our undertakings.翻译2朝气蓬勃，充满活力，丰富多彩的上海是现代中国的缩影。虽然上海的文化遗迹不能与北京媲美，但是上海迷人的城市风貌，风格各异的万国建筑为这座城市注入了无限的魅力。今日之上海，已经成为享誉中外的国际大都市。漫步在这座日新月异的现代大都市里，你会发现许多精彩的历史亮点，隐现在众多摩天大楼背后的是上海发展变化的轨迹。它们记述了上海自十九世纪末开埠以来，尤其是新中国成立以后，是如何迅猛发展的。Shanghai is a dynamic, diverse and stimulating city - the very epitome of modern China. Though Shanghai cannot rival Beijing in cultural heritage, its varied architectural styles and cosmopolitan feel give it a charm of its own. Todays Shanghai has become a world-famous international metropolis.A walk through this booming city reveals many glimpses of its colorful past. Hidden amongst the skyscrapers are remains of the original Shanghai. They keep on showing how Shanghai has been developing fast and enormously since its opening as a commercial port in the late 19th century, especially after the founding of new China.翻译3京剧(Beijing Opera)是中国的国粹。作为一门古老的艺术，京剧的服装（costume)、脸谱(facial mask)更易被人喜爱。不同的服装 类型反映不同的人物身份特征。富贵者的服装缀满精美的刺绣;穷困 者的服装则简单朴素，少有装饰(elemental)。脸谱是京剧中塑造人物 形象的重要手段，它是用不同的颜色在脸上勾画出来的。脸谱的颜 色让人一看便知角色(portray)的善恶。比如白色代表奸诈(treachery)， 黑色代表正直不阿，黄色是骁勇，蓝、绿色多用于绿林好汉(rebellious fighters)，金、银色多用于神佛(divinity and Buddhism)等。Beijing Opera is the cream of the Chinese culture. As a traditional art form, its costumes and facial mask are more