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Some believe intelligence is a decisive factor for success, whereas others believe diligence is more important. What is your opinion?
Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
INTELLIGENCE AND DILIGENCE
You are to write in three parts :
In the first part, state your point of view.
In the second pan, give one or two reasons to support your point of view.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion,
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the 'instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Sleepless at Night
It was a normal summer night. Humidity (湿气) hung in the thick air. I couldn&39;t go to sleep,partly because of my cold and partly because of my expectations for the next day. My mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a surprise.
Sweat stuck to my aching body. Finally, I gathered enough strength to sit up. I looked out of my small window into the night. There was a big bright moon hanging in the sky, giving off a magic light.
I couldn&39;t stand the pressure anymore, so I did what I always do to make myself feel better. I went to the bathroom and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste. I cleaned my teeth as if there was no tomorrow. Back and forth, up and down.
Then I walked downstairs to look for some signs of movement, some life. Gladiator, my cat frightened me as he meowed (喵喵地唱出 ) his sad song. He was on the old orange couch (长沙发), sitting up on his front legs, waiting for something to happen. He looked at me as if to show"I&39;m lonely, pet me. I need a good hug (紧抱 ) .”Even the couch begged me to sit on it.
In one movement I settled down onto the soft couch. This couch represented my parents&39; marriage, my birth, and hundreds of other little events.
As I held Gladiator, my heart started beating heavily. My mind was flooded with questions:What&39;s life? Am I really alive? Are you listening to me? Every time I moved my hand down Gladiator&39;s body, I had a new thought; each touch sang a different song.
I forgot all about the heat and the next day&39;s surprise. The atmosphere was so full of warmth and silence that I sank into its arms. Falling asleep with the big cat in my arms, I felt all my worries slowly move away.
The author of the passage could not go to sleep partly because__________. 查看材料
A. it was too cold
B. it was too dry
C. he had a cold
D. he had a fever
Emerging evidence is painting a very different scenario, one in which rising temperatures could benefit millions of Africans in the driest parts of the continent. Scientists are now seeing signals that the Sahara desert and surrounding regions are greening due to increasing rainfall. If sustained, these rains could revitalize drought-ravaged regions, reclaiming them for farming communities. This desert-shrinking trend is supported by climate models, which predict a return to conditions that turned the Sahara into a lush savanna some 12,000 years ago.
The green shoots of recovery are showing up on satellite images of regions including the Sahel, a semi-desert zone bordering the Sahara to the south that stretches some 2,400 miles.
Images taken between 1982 and 2002 revealed extensive regreening throughout the Sahel, according to a new study in the journal Biogeosciences. The study suggests huge increases in vegetation in areas including central Chad and western Sudan. The transition may be occurring because hotter air has more capacity to hold moisture, which in turn creates more rain, said Martin Claussen of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany, who was not involved in the new study. "The water-holding capacity of the air is the main driving force," Claussen said.
While satellite images can't distinguish temporary plants like grasses that come and go with the rains, ground surveys suggest recent vegetation change is firmly rooted. In the eastern Sahara area of southwestern Egypt and northern Sudan, new trees—such as acacias—are flourishing, according to Stefan Kr?pelin, a climate scientist at the University of Cologne's Africa Research Unit in Germany.
"Before, there was not a single scorpion, not a single blade of grass," saidKr?pelin, who has studied the region for two decades."Now you have people grazing their camels in areas which may not have been used for hundreds or even thousands of years. You see birds, ostriches, gazelles coming back, even sorts of amphibians coming back," he said."The trend has continued for more than 20 years. It is indisputable."
An explosion in plant growth has been predicted by some climate models.For instance, in 2005 a team led by Reindert Haarsma of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute in De Bilt, the Netherlands, forecast significantly more future rainfall in the Sahel.The study in Geophysical Research Letters predicted that rainfall in the July to September wet season would rise by up to two millimeters a day by 2080.
Satellite data shows "that indeed during the last decade, the Sahel is becoming more green," Haarsma said.Even so, climate scientists don't agree on how future climate change will affect the Sahel: Some studies simulate a decrease in rainfall."This issue is still rather uncertain," Haarsma said.
Max Planck's Claussen said North Africa is the area of greatest disagreement among climate change modelers.Forecasting how global warming will affect the region is complicated by its vast size and the unpredictable influence of high-altitude winds that disperse monsoon rains, Claussen added."Half the models follow a wetter trend, and half a drier trend."
86. According to the first paragraph, global warming is supposed to have the following impacts on Africa EXCEPT
A. water deficiency
B. distress
C. desertifications
D. more grasses and lakes
1. Question 2
&8226;You are Financial Advisor to a toy manufacturer。You have been asked to write a proposal about money management in the coming financial crisis.
&8226;Write the proposal.including the following points:
——refinement of your business processes,
——re-evaluation of your creditors and debtors,
——setting aside of savings for the worst times.
2. Question 3
&8226;A long-time client has written to complain about an under。shipment in their Christmas order.You have been asked to write a letter to apologise and offer solutions.
&8226;Write the letter:
——apologising for the mistake on your side,
——Offening solutions to the problem,
——showing your appreciation of their business,
——promising that such problems will not happen again.
3. Question 4
&8226;Your organisation has undertaken a series of experiments in order to become more cost effective.
You have been asked to write a report summarising the results of these cost-reducing strategies.
&8226;Write the report to the General Manager.including:
——a general introduction to this reform.
——One or two of the most effective strategies in this reform,
——One of the problems that surfaced during the course,
——what measures were taken to solve the above-mentioned problem.