Directions: Read the text below. Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use you own words.
Media coverage of "leftover men and women" has been widespread in China over the years, raising concerns over this increasingly serious social problem. New phrases like "leftover girls" and "leftover boys" are entering the modern lexicon, referring to women and men in their late 20s or early 30s who are still single. A new report released by China’ s top health authority has once again highlighted the issue.
According to a survey, 21.6% of the leftover men and women are subject to long-term pres- sures from the society and themselves. According to the report, China’ s "leftover" men and women, as unmarried denizens aged over 30 or so are charmingly called, face significant health risks.
The Report on Chinese Family Development 2015 was released by the National Health and Family Planning Commission, who conducted a survey of almost 32,500 households. The result shows that against the backdrop of population migration and big differences between urban and rural areas, unmarried men of all ages are largely limited to the countryside, while unmarried women are concentrated in urban areas.
The report also reveals the trend that an increasing number of men marry women much younger than they are, and that they prefer women in rural areas. This is because it is difficult to find a spouse of their age or in their cities. In some impoverished areas, two percent of the men over 50 years old are still single.
Interestingly, statistics also show that the number of single women in cities who are over 30 is much higher than that in the countryside, because the former group is usually well-educated, more financially independent, and prefers career development to marriage.
范文
There has been a wide concern about the issue of "leftover men and women" in China.which has became a serious social problem. Over quarter of the left over men and women are under great pressure from outside. The research shows that there is a big difference between the cities and countries concerning to the leftover men and women. Most single men reside in the rural areas. Meanwhile, urban regions account for the large amount of single women.
The reason for this phenomenon is that women who work and live in the big cities ale well.educated and have high salary, thus, they would mther to put more attention on their careers rather than on their relationships with men.
In my opinion, society should not give too much pressure to leftover men and women for marriage is a personal affair and others should not give comments to it.As the saying goes: "A mail who drank it knows whether the water Was cold or waHn." If they meet their spouse, I think they will get married soon.
Directions:
Read the text below.Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use you own words.
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It’s the graduation season again. According to a latest survey, most Chinese graduates have high salary expectations, and thus prefer working for foreign companies or state-owned enterprises in first-tier cities.
The survey was conducted by renren.com, a Chinese social media site similar to Facebook.The results show that among 1,510 respondents, more than 64.7 percent want to work in first-tier cities.
In addition, 29.4 percent of the graduates who were born in the 1990s want to work for foreign companies, 25.5 percent for SOEs and 23.5 percent for private companies.
One interesting revelation is that although there are less than 100 days before graduation and more than half of the respondents have yet to get a job offer, they are not lowering their salary expectations. Apparently, 41.2 percent aim for 8000-10000 yuan ( $1279- $1599) per month and 31.4 percent for 4000-6000 yuan.
According to the data released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the average monthly salary in Beijing was 5826 yuan( $ 931 ) last year, while the numbers for Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing were 5380, 4058 and 3995 yuan respectively.
A sample of comments in Weibo: "Are the survey results only jokes for April Fools’ Day? Don’ t daydream anymore! Please check if you have a good command of English and professional skills that deserve a decent job with a high pay. " On other comments says:" Some of my classmates got offers from foreign banks, international accounting firms and other famous foreign companies. They are told their yearly salary can reach 100,000 yuan ( $15,990). "
写作
Section III Writing
(45 minutes)
Directions:
You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Part A
56. Please write a notice entitled "No Smoking" to put on the carriages of a train. You should use about 100 words. It may include the following points:
1 ) no smoking in the carriages. Smoking is only permitted in the Smoking Area.
2) smoking is not only bad for smokers’ health but also bad for people around them.
3) anyone who smokes in the carriages will be fined.
Directions:
Read the text below. Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key
points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use you own words.
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Beijing has extended its ban on operating outdoor barbecues from the city center outward to selected suburbs, according to municipal authorities.
A year ago, Beijing banned restaurants from operating outdoor barbecues within the fourth ring road area. And now, the ban has extended to several suburbs, including Mentougou, Fangs- han, Tongzhou, Shunyi, Daxing, Pinggu and Miyun.
The barbecue ban was announced to reduce Beijing’ s air pollution, as barbecue has long been accused as one of the major contributors to haze.
According to Wang Yuesi, a researcher from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Chinese Academy of Sciences, barbecuing can generate a lot of PM 2.5, harmful airborne particles measur- ing less than 2.5 microns in diameter.
"Considering the seriousness of the air pollution in Beijing, we have to ban everything that may do harm to our environment!" Wang said.
The issue has divided Chinese netizens, as half agreed with the policy while the other half called this grand plan nothing but "empty talk. "
A sample of comments from Weibo:" Why don’ t those petrochemical plants, power stations and other heavy industries be banned? What is the Ministry of Environmental Protection going to do next? We still need to eat, so please allow us to cook!"
"Right decisions to resolve PM2.5 pollution problems, the option which made by governors is legalistic reserve for ’pubhc profits’ courses," some people said.
Direetions:
Read the text below.Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarize the key
points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use you own words.
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The Princess of Cambridge has finally been revealed to the world as Charlotte Elizabeth Dian- a-in a touching nod to her grandfather, her grandmother and her great-grandmother.
The name has long tradition which can be traced hack to the royal background. Charlotte, de- rived from French name, pays tribute to her grandfather, prince of Wales. And Charlotte is also Kate’ s sister, Pippa Middleton’ s middle name.
Kensington Palace revealed the royal baby’ s full name yesterday after days of speculation and close friends of Princess Diana immediately said the choice means the spirit of Prince William’ s be- loved mother ’ lives on’.
William was, however, clear that his baby girl should not have Diana as a first name. "It would have been a millstone around her neck," said one of the princess’ s long-time friends.
Within minutes of the name being announced this afternoon, Diana’ s closest friend Rosa Monckton said: "Diana’ s spirit lives on in her sons, and now her name lives on in her granddaugh- ter ’ Charlotte Elizabeth Diana’. "Diana was the godmother of Mrs. Monckton’ s daughter Dominica
The British citizens show their satisfaction with this name via Intemet. They said it is the per- fect name for their lovely princess.
