Your Task

• For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay “On a Harmonious Dormitory Life ”. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:

• 1. 宿舍生活有时会出现不和谐的情况 ;

• 2. 一个和谐宿舍生活的必要性 ;

• 3. 如何创造和谐的宿舍生活。

On a Harmonious Dormitory Life

• When students move into the accommodations offered by college, they are taught to live in harmony. Harmony in their rooms is crucial to their lives in college days. It can further affect their emotions and even studies.

• Despite that, many acts conducted by students reflect the disharmony in university residences. For example,

• most of the boys’ rooms are in a mess. The importance of good cleaning habits should be stressed. And sour relations between students living together fundamentally endanger the harmony in college dormitories. Some trivial matters can trigger conflicts. We should view everyone as our friend and respect each other.

• 　　 From my perspective, we should drive our efforts to boost the harmony in college residences. This goal is far-reaching. Boarders should take a package of measures to fulfill it. A harmonious dormitory environment can play a positive role in college students’ studies and lives.

• On a Harmonious Dormitory Life • Dormitory life is an indispensable part

of college life. But sometimes the harmony in the dormitory is disturbed in one way or another.

• As is known to all, a harmonious dormitory life is important to college students and benefits all the members.

On one hand, we can have a good rest and put our heart into study. On the

• other hand, we will have a good mood. • There are several ways to create and

maintain a harmonious dormitory life. Firstly, you have to evaluate your life-style and try to get rid of your dirty habits, if there are any. Secondly, when an annoying situation arises, you’ll just have to learn to tolerate each other and co-exist. Thirdly, you’ll have to share with

• each other and make good friends.

• In conclusion, we should try our best to build a harmonious dormitory life for the sake of good study and good life.

Your Task

• For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay “Extravagant Spending on College Campus ”. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:

• 1. 据调查显示，现在大学生每月的花销越来 • 越高，很多大学生花钱如流水，根本没有 • 节俭的概念 • 2. 分析产生这一现象的原因 • 3. 我的看法

Extravagant Spending on College Campus

• According to a survey, in recent years the monthly expenditure of a college student has been on the sharp rise. Many college students spend money like water and have no concept of thrift in their mind. They take it for granted that they spend money from their parents before they enter into the society. This extravagant spending is mainly caused by the following factors 。

Extravagant Spending on College Campus

• First of all, nowadays most of students are the only children of their families. They are the apple in their family’s eyes and naturally get more care and pocket money. Secondly, with the improvement of living standard, parents can afford higher expenditure of their children. Thirdly, some students like to pursue fashion and trends, which tends to need more money. Finally, campus love is also a possible factor causing extravagant spending 。

Extravagant Spending on College Campus

• From my point of view, a college student, as a pure consumer, should learn to be thrifty. We should limit our expenditure on daily necessities but not buy whatever we want regardless of their prices. The habit of thrift can help us form right value to our future development 。

• Part I Writing (30 minutes)

• Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Popularity of Micro-message based on the statistics provided in the chart below. Please give a brief description of the chart first and then make comments on it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

Micro-message, also called Weixin, is a chat software for mobile phones which enables users to communicate with each other through voice messages, videos, pictures and texts for free. Since it was launched in January 2011, it took more than a year to draw 100 million users. By September 2012, the number of users doubled and it hit 300 million in January 2013.

• Why does Weixin become so popular in such a short time? Firstly, most mobile phones lack the function of voicemail, Weixin's voice message function overcomes this obstacle. Secondly, typing Chinese characters is a troublesome process since users have to type Pinyin from the Roman alphabet and then choose the Chinese character from a list of options. What’s more, Weixin can help users save money cost on making voice phone calls.

• All in all, Weixin, a popular smartphone application which combines messaging with social networking tools, has became a trend for its convenience and low cost.

• Part I Writing (30 minutes)• Directions: For this part, you are allowed

30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Air Pollution following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

• 1. 近年来空气污染严重 • 2. 空气污染引发的危害• 3. 有什么解决办法

• It is reported that thick fog and haze surround many parts of China. People have to wear masks when they go out. As air pollution is getting increasingly worse, it has become the main concern of people.

• Air pollution can have serious consequences for human’s health and also severely affects natural ecosystems. Millions of people die of illnesses related to air pollution every year.

• Due to particles from exhaust emissions, green house effects result in warmer weather, acid rains corrode the earth, and frequent haze causes traffic problems.

• Confronted with such situation, positive measures should be adopted. The government should keep its regulatory role for properly supervision. Related rules should be made out for reducing emissions of new vehicles and

• limiting high-emission vehicles. Factories should meet standards for curbing emissions of pollutants in surrounding cities. Meanwhile, provinces and municipalities in each target region should set up a mechanism for the joint prevention and control of air pollution.

• Part I Writing (30 minutes)• Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30

minutes to write a short essay entitled Effects of TV Programs following the outline given below. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

• 1. 有的电视节目会给社会带来正能量（比如最近流行的《爸爸去哪儿》）

• 2. 有的电视节目却引起负面影响• 3. 谈谈你的看法

• TV programs influence almost every part of our lives. Whether a news program or TV series, the information we receive plays a major role in our daily life. Besides, some popular social programs, such as “Where are we going? Dad”, bring positive energy to viewers.

• On contrary, viewers are influenced by the negative impact of TV violence through crime news, war and violent TV shows. It has been stated that repeated

• exposure to acts of violence leads to an increase in aggressive and violent behaviors.

• Nowadays, TV viewers can choose from hundreds of programs on their full-color, high-definition, big-screen TV sets. There is no question that TV programs are significant sources of entertainment and education. Furthermore, TV programs give people opportunities to see other countries and learn about

• different cultures. But watching too much TV may lead to numerous health problems including obesity and weak eyesight. Therefore, viewers should limit the hours spent on TV programs and make a choice among various TV programs to avoid the negative effects.

• Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on Technology and Life. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

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• As is vividly showed in the picture above, a young man, with his luggage on hand, happily starts his journey by Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway. Just as the words under the picture says “With Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway, cities far away are just like places nearby”, with the development of technology, the distances between cities are shortened and the traveling to other cities become faster and more convenient.

• Whether one is willing or not, he can not deny that endless innovations of technology are constantly changing our lives. People use technology to communicate with the outside world, to make new friends, to become informed, and to stay in touch with one another. Modern technology also improves medical conditions and prevents many deaths from occurring. Most importantly, technology improves productivity and efficiency.

• To the young, the startling advances in application technology enable them to work and live more comfortably. As to children, they benefit most from the boom of information technology. In one word, modern technology has undoubtedly made a serious impact on the world.

• It is of great importance to be well-informed in the modern world.

• Success in many fields depends on getting the latest information.

• At the same time, failure in policy-making often results from the lack of necessary information.

• Therefore, we call the current era the age of information.

• With the fast development of society and economy, we can say that information will play an increasingly important role in future society.

• Without information, we would act like the blind and could make no further step forward.

• 随着世界经济趋于一体化，城市作为对外开放的窗口，不可能封闭与国家范围之内进行经济建设。如果城市经济不能和国际接轨，我国在世界市场竞争中就会处于被动。我国既要补偿性地发展传统第三产业，又要跟上世界潮流，发展科技开发、信息服务、国际金融贸易等新兴第三产业。

• 随着世界经济趋于一体化，城市作为对外开放的窗口，不可能封闭与国家范围之内进行经济建设。

• With the globalization of the world economy, cities as windows of opening-up to the outside world can not undertake economic construction behind closed doors

• 如果城市经济不能和国际接轨，我国在世界市场竞争中就会处于被动。

• If China’s urban economy can not join the international market, our country will be in a disadvantaged situation in the world

• 我国既要补偿性地发展传统第三产业，又要跟上世界潮流，发展科技开发、信息服务、国际金融贸易等新兴第三产业。

• Therefore, China should not only develop its traditional third industries by way of compensation, but also keep up with the world trend by promoting the development of newly emerged third industries, that is, the development of science and technology, information service, international financial trade and etc.