预测题目：
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should focus on the impact of money worship on people's way of life. You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
参考范文：
Is Becoming Rich the Only Goal of Life?
As the saying goes, "Money makes the mare go." Living in the contemporary society, more and more people are becoming money-oriented whether voluntarily or reluctantly. Sometimes, they should be reminded that becoming rich is not the only purpose of life.
If one spends all his life pursuing nothing but money, he might live in a big house and drive a luxury car when he gets old. However, a person's material need is within limits. One cannot live in two houses and drive two cars at the same time. Neither should one take in two persons' amount of food. Besides, people's desire and ambition to make money could be infinite. More of money doesn't always make us happier. More of Money tends to make us used to that money and desirous of having even more of that.
Therefore, we should look around and find other goals of life. For example, one can live a meaningful life by discovering his gift and making the best of it. One can also live a happy life by making more friends and building a joyful family.
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on topic Starting Career in a Big City or Small Town? You should write at least 250 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
1. 很多的大学生毕业后留在大城市工作;
2. 也有人选择到小城镇开始自己的职业生涯;
3. 结合自己的实际情况谈谈自己的看法。
Starting Career in a Big City or Small Town
Want to be a small fish in a big pond or the other way round? Every graduate faces this question when he starts his career. Some prefer to stay in the big cities after graduation. To them, big cities mean more experiences, more opportunities to see the big world and more space for career development. At the same time, higher salary is another temptation.
But some other graduates want to start in small towns. Even though there may not be many big companies, they can have a quieter and less competitive life. Another reason is they can be a big fish in a small pond. They can easily get the management’s attention and may win promotion earlier.
As far as I am concerned, I prefer to start in a big city like Shanghai. A good begin is half the battle, and in Shanghai I can find a job in a big company where I can meet people from different places and cultures. I will learn from them what I can not get from textbooks.
作文题目：
The Decline of Small Businesses
参考范文：
During the recent years, countless small businesses have closed their doors and gone bankrupt. The corner grocer's , the small dress shop, the beauty salon, all are victims of market competition. Most of them are replaced by other small businesses that temporarily fill the needs of the neighbourhood but frequently end up, sharing the same fate of dissolution. More often, the market served by small businesses is taken over by large stores and shops. Businesses like the corner groceries and the dress shops have gone to big department stores and supermarkets, which not only keep adequate store and variety, but also provide better environment and service.
Apparently, it is increasingly difficult for small businesses to succeed in the present complex economic structure based, as it is, on small profit margins and tremendous sales volume. Lack of enough fund and poor management may be the chief cause of this tragedy. In addition, the quality of their commodities often causes suspicion of the customers as many small businesses are found to sell fake products for more profit, thus earning themselves an evil reputation. As to shopping environment and convenient service, they are unmentionable. All of the above speed up their bankruptcy.
Today, with the establishment of more and more groups and big corporations, how small businesses can survive in the tide of the market competitive economy has become a hot social issue.
如今，信息技术越发领先，尤其是智能手机的.普及，甚至能达到一机在手，万事不愁的地步;但是，在方便了人们生活的同时，它也促使人类变得更为懒惰，思考的也愈发少了，所以说，信息技术真的是万能的嘛?
作文题目：
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short eaasy based on the sentences " We have lots of information just don't have much useful information." You are required to write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
参考范文：
Nowadays,more and more hi-tech tools, such as calculator,computer,smartphones,etc, appear in our daily use them wherever and whenever we are, so that our life becomes easier and more comfortable than before.
However, does anyone think about what problems science and technology have caused to happen in this world? To some degree, it's more serious than that we consider. We human indeed use them to improve our living standard, but on the other hand, we are becoming lazier, more reliable than we used to be. All day long those hi-tech products accompany us,then we have either no space or time to think, as well, communication between each other decreases, and what takes place of it is the huge indifference and gap among human.
To solve these problems, we should in no time take measures to do with them. Firstly, communicate with others and think on your own more. Secondly, decrease the times you use hi-tech tools. For the advantages of technology, we should absorb, at the meantime, be independent and abandon the short-comings. Thus, we could combine technology and human progress much closer and not lose ourselves in this modern society
参考范文话题：
Should Retirement Age Be Postponed?
1. 近年来，推迟退休年龄引发人们热议
2. 推迟退休年龄有利也有弊
3. 我的看法
范文：
Based on a recent survey on the Internet, a majority of individuals admit that aging society will bring a variety of problems to their life. Along with the trend of longevity, it has become a trend for people to debate whether it is wise to postpone retirement age.
Some people favor postponing the retirement age. In their eyes, it is this policy that enables the aging society to build up enough work-force. As a matter of fact, people in mounting numbers have come to realize this problem in an aging society. Even so, others hold a different view that postponing retirement age carries some risks. This policy can bring old people stress, but cannot arouse their enthusiasm for work, and cannot help them to enjoy their retirement pension.
I am convinced that we should balance old people’ interest and this aging society. Thus, if those seniors have enthusiasm for work, we should educate, advocate and encourage them to work and perform their tasks. If we try our utmost to do so, the future of old people’ life will be promising, hopeful and rosy.
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