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2003年真题
脱贫 defeat poverty
It has already been 30 years since Richard Nixon announced fight against cancer, during which
many specialists and scholars spent a huge sum of money trying to seek various ways to crack this
hard nut. However, the death rate of cancer is still nearly as high as it was in the 1970s. The
American women’s death rate of breast cancer is 5 to 30 times as high as that of women in many
other countries. In Thailand, only 2 to 5 out of every 100,000 women died of breast cancer,
whereas in the united states 30 to 40 women meet that fate. Among all reasons, no one denies that
diet is a large part of the reason. Some scientists hold, “it’s our greatest exposure to the
environment because humans put 2 to 3 pounds of food into their bodies every day.” Hence we
should place a great emphasis on good eating habit, though correct eating habit may not eliminate
cancer, it can help reduce the risk of cancer.
2004
An officer in charge of poverty-relief work says by the end of 2004, although the majority of poor
people will have resolved their food and clothing problem, there will still be some people living in
extreme poverty, who are still in need of government’s financial support. In addition, the present
living conditions must be improved for those who have just freed themselves from poverty. These
people may fall back into poverty if hit by natural disasters, since their production and living
conditions have not been changed fundamentally. Besides, the current standard for poverty line is
very low, a long-term hard struggle will be required to ensure a better life for the Chinese people
as a whole.
Many changes are taking place in the Chinese diet. As is known to all, china has a long history in
her food culture. Chinese people often spend a lot of time in cooking all sorts of delicious food by
using meat, vegetables, bean products, and so on, which is extremely incompatible with the fast
pace of modern society. Nowadays, we have many alternatives to choose from: nutrition-balanced
healthy food, convenient and delicious fast food in addition to traditional home-cooked meal.
Because of short noon break, people tend to spend less time in having lunch. Thus cheaper fast
food has become a favorite with Chinese people, especially the youngsters.
2005
1. he was a extremely conceited monster. Never for a moment did he look at the world or at people,
except in relation to himself. To himself, he was not merely the most important person in the
world, but also in his eyes he was the only person who existed. He considered himself to be one of
the greatest playwrights, one of the greatest thinkers, and one of the greatest composers in the
world. If you hear him talk, it looks as if he were the mixture of shakespeare, Beethoven, and plato.
You have no trouble hearing him talk. He was one of the most exhausting conversationalists that
ever lived. An evening spent with him was an evening spent in listening to his monologue. At
times, he was brilliant, at other times, he was annoyingly tiresome. But whether he was brilliant or
dull, he had only one topic of conversation: himself, what he thought and what he did.
2. he arrogantly thought he was always in the right. The slightest hint of disagreement, from
anyone, on the most trivial point, was enough to set him off on a harangue that might last for 2 several hours, in which he proved himself right in so many ways. With such exhausting volubility,
that finally the hearers, stunned and deafened, would agree with him for the sake of peace.
2006
Philologist 语言学家 grammarian 文法家
Linguistics is inarguably the most hotly contested property in the academic realm. It is soaked
with the blood of poets, theologians, philosophers, philologists, psychologists, biologists,
neurologists, along with whatever blood can be got out of grammarians. Most work currently done
under the name of “linguistics” is purely descriptive. Linguistics seek to clarify the nature of
language with out passing value judgments or trying to chart future language directions.
Nonetheless, there are many professionals and amateurs who also prescribe rules of language,
holding a particular standard out for all to follow. Whereas prescriptivists might want to stamp out
what they perceived as “incorrect usage”, descriptivists seek to find the root of such usage. They
might describe it simply as “idiosyncratic” , or they may discover a regularity that prescriptivists
dislike, because it is perhaps too new or from a dialect they don’t approve of. During the latter half
of 20th century, the precriptive tradition has fallen under increasing criticism, manifested by their
faintly disapproving tone of this entry, but prescriptive tradition is far from extinct.
2007
1. today, the goal of alma-ata declaration seems more distant than they were 25 years ago. Deep
economic inequalities and social injustices continue to deny good health to many people and
persist as obstacles to continued health gains worldwide. There is also great variation in the pace
and level of health gains among and within countries around the world. One possible explanation
is that health sector reform as part of structural adjustment programmed of the world bank has not
been conclusively shown to improve inequalities. In some cases, they may have worsened them.
Now we are faced with 4 key challenges for health research: moral values, equality and virtue,
sustainable health research system, favorable research environment, knowledge production and
application. To rise to the challenges, health-care system and health research system should
together move into a learning and problem-solving mode, integrate innovation into their
operations, better manage the opportunities for future development and growth. There are no quick
fixes, no simple solutions, and much remains to be learned.
2008
Nowadays, education is probably one of the most controversial and hotly-contested topics. When
a country’s economic growth in the future depends more and more on science and technology,
education plays a decisive role in its future. Today enjoying the privilege of receiving education is
not confined to a very small number of people. The development of education is so rapid that it
has now become a huge industry. As a matter of fact, it is the biggest industry, which employs
more people and pays more wages than any other national enterprise. Some educational
organizations are very attractive in packing whereby they can enhance popularity and attract
students. In a sense, education has become a commodity. Educators may feel uncomfortable with
the idea of commercialization. However, except for few exceptions, most universities are already
involved in the process of evolving into large-scale profitable manufactures. Cultivating mentality
is no longer sought-after, promoting salable skills has become a fashion, which is the tragedy of
