关掉你的手机

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Turn off Your Cell Phone. You should write at least 150 words and base your composition on the outline （given in Chinese） below:

　　1、手机给我们的生活带来了便利。
　　2、但是手机铃声也会影响其他人。
　　3、在某些场合请关掉你的手机。

Turn off Your Cell Phone

　　With the development of information techno1ogy and reduced price of communication products, the mobi1e phone has become a necessity for most people. Obviously, it shortens the distance between people and makes our life more convenient. Thanks to the cell phone, it's easy for us to contact or be contacted by others anytime and anywhere. We will never miss any important meetings，great deals or admirable opportunities.

　　However，have you noticed sometimes the cell phone also brings embarrassment to us? It's not rare to see someone pressing the cell phone to his ear and shouting 1oud1y in public as if there were no one else present. And I'm sure each one has had such an experience that the cell phone ring continuous1y on a formal occasion. Perhaps these people have many 1ife-and-death reasons to keep the phone working at all times, but it interrupts people around them who have to hear what they don't care when they want to concentrate on what they're doing.

　　So if you are one of them, please shut off your cell phone in public, especially on a quiet and serious occasion. It's a respect for both others and yourself.

考研热潮

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: The Post-graduate Craze. You should write at least 150 words and base your composition on the outline （given in Chinese） below:

　　1、目前很多人报考研究生。
　　2、我认为形成这股热潮的原因是......

The Post-graduate Craze

　　Each year, millions of college students will sit in for the post-graduate entrance examination. More and more students have regarded the pursuing of a master degree as an indispensable part of their education.

　　What is to account for their enthusiasm for a post-graduate diploma? First, it is the demand of the time. In an age of knowledge updating and information explosion, what you have learned in college can hardly meet the demand of society. Talents of high quality who are equipped with the latest knowledge and skill will be needed more than ever. That is why many students will further their studies.

　　Second, we all recognize that the more education you have, the more likely you are to succeed. Compared with those without a master degree, masters will enjoy more preferential treatment, for example, better salaries, more opportunities for promotion and training. A post-graduate degree can guarantee a more promising career.

　　Last but not least, with the graduation of a large number of college students, competition for jobs becomes more and more fierce. One way to gain some advantage over others is to have a higher degree.

　　No wonder millions of students will consider pursuing a post-graduate degree.

对流行音乐的看法

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: My Idea of Pop Music. You should write at least 150 words and base your composition on the outline （given in Chinese） below:

　　1、 有人认为流行音乐不能登大雅之堂。
　　2、 有人认为音乐无高低贵贱之分，只有兴趣上的差别。
　　3、 我认为......

My Idea of Pop Music

　　Pop music is held I contempt by many people. In these people's eyes pop music is always in sharp contrast to "lofty music". The latter refers to symphonies and operas of the European countries. They show great concern for the fact that many people prefer pop music to symhonies, because for them pop music should be excluded from the holy palace of music.

　　Conversely, many people have an ordor for pop music. They argue that people who want us to listen to symhonies are advocating a kind of "elite culture". This notion is unacceptable to pop music fans, for they don't believe that symphonies are loftier than pop music. The difference only lies in the interests of different people. It is unfair to speak of pop music with contempt while speaking of symphonies with awe.

　　In conclusion, my idea is that just as there is no distinction between high culture and low culture, so it is inappropriate to say pop music belongs to the "lower" people whereas symphonies in a higher, loftier form of music. After all, there are many badly-composed symphonies. And we can't expect every piece of pop music to be excellent. Pop music reflects the thoughts and interests of a certain age group of a generation. It is the product of a certain age, but it also has something universal, something that belongs to all human beings, that underlies its great success among people. In this sense it is rather foolish for some peopleof media to show great concern simply because many people prefer pop music. Anyway pop music has become an indispensable part of the human family.