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 povert y. 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 c urrent standard for poverty lin e 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 ta king place in the Chinese diet. As is known to all, china h as a long history in her food cult ure. Chinese people often spend a lot of time in cooking all sorts of delicious fo od 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 brea k, 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 tal k, it looks as if he were the mixture o f shakespeare, Beethoven, and plato. You have no trouble hearing him talk. He was one of the most exhausting conversationalist s that ever lived. An evening spent with him was an evening spent in listening to his monolog ue. At ti mes, he was brillia nt, at other times, he was annoyingly tiresome. But whether he was brilliant or dull, he had only one topic of conve rsation: 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 poin t, was enough to set him off on a harangue that might last for
