Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Fire Accidents in Big Cities. You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1. 大城市火灾有上升的趋势
2．造成火灾的原因
3．如何防止火灾
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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Practice Makes Perfect. You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline given below:
1. 为什么说“熟能生巧”
2. 例如……
3．又例如
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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition about “ Against a Robbery” based on the following picture. You are given the first sentence in English and are required to develop it into a full composition in no less than 150 words, not including the words given.
1. On yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Luo left home to go shopping.
2. In the flat opposite, a woman heard the noise outside.
3. The two criminals were arrested.

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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic The Robot Is a Machine after All. You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the cartoons given below.?
 

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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter of application for a job You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
假定你是李明，是北京外国语大学(Beijing Foreign Studies University)一名英语专业的学生。你在China Daily上看到一则招聘广告：Microsoft China要招聘口译员。你认为自己符合条件，请写一封申请信。

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Directions: Read the story in Chinese below, and then write a composition of no less than 150 words under the titile of “The Goal of Life”. Your composition should be based on the story and the following outline.
1. What have you learned from the story?
2. What is the goal of your life? If you have achieved the goal of your life, what would you do?

目   标
在英国有一位残疾青年，他双腿走起路来很困难，却凭着坚强的信念和毅力创造了一次又一次的壮举：他19岁时登上了世界最高峰珠穆朗玛峰；21岁时登上了阿尔卑斯山；22岁时登上了乞力马扎罗山，28岁前他登上了世界上所有著名的高山。然而，就在28岁这一年他自杀了。原来在他11岁时，他父母在攀登乞力马扎罗山时不幸遭遇雪崩双双遇难。他的父母临行前给他留下了遗嘱，希望他能象父母一样，登上世界上所有著名的高山。这位残疾青年把父母的遗嘱作为他人生奋斗的目标，当实现全部目标的时候，他感到前所未有的无奈和绝望。他留下遗言：“如今，功成名就的我感到无事可做了，我没有了新的目标……”

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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 120 words under the title of "What will money bring us, fortune or misfortune?" Your composition should be based on the following story given in Chinese. Give at least two reasons to support your choice.

夺命之物
一栋住宅楼发生了大火，一个中年男子在大火中丧生。奇怪的是，他5岁的儿子明明却逃了出来。有人问明明：“你是怎么逃出来的?”明明说：“我拿了一块湿毛巾捂住鼻子，贴在地上爬……”，这是科学有效的逃生方法。