【試題】

　　According to some surveys done by the Ministry of Education, there are about 153 million illiterates and semi-illiterates in China. Its illiteracy rate in the western region is much higher than the country's average level and it is as high as 40 percent. The rate for the country's whole population stands at 14 percent. Write an essay of about 120 words, stating your opinion about this issue now confronting China.

　　據(jù)一些調(diào)查由教育部完成的，大約有1.53億文盲和半文盲在中國(guó)。其文盲率在西部地區(qū)比全國(guó)平均水平高得多，它更是高達(dá)40%.房?jī)r(jià)為國(guó)家a的總?cè)丝谝堰_(dá)14%.寫一篇約120字的文章，說(shuō)明你對(duì)這個(gè)問題，現(xiàn)在中國(guó)面臨的見解。

　　【參考范文】

　　The task of educating a huge population can be challenging to any country. Though China has shown great concern and done much in education, and in eliminating illiteracy, it still has 153 million illiterate and semi-illiterate citizens, according to some statistics issued by the Ministry of Education. So, in my opinion, raising China's education level, to a large extent, depends on greater educational achievement in its vast western region and some other backward areas.

　　In the past decade, China has moved to combat illiteracy and promote nine years of compulsory schooling, especially in poor areas and areas inhabited by minorities, and has achieved a great success, but it seems a difficult task in regions where educational opportunities are limited. However, we should set a target that, by 2010, nine-year compulsory schooling should be realized and the illiteracy rate among young and middle-aged adults should be reduced to the minimum. Only in this way can China raise its national educational level.

　　教育人口眾多的任務(wù)是很有挑戰(zhàn)性的任何國(guó)家。雖然中國(guó)已經(jīng)表現(xiàn)出極大的關(guān)注和做了很多教育，并在消除文盲，它仍然有1.53億文盲，半文盲的公民，根據(jù)教育部頒布的一些統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)據(jù)。所以，在我看來(lái)，中國(guó)提高的教育水平，在很大程度上，取決于更大的教育成果在廣大西部地區(qū)和其他一些落后的地區(qū)。

　　在過(guò)去的十年中，中國(guó)已經(jīng)轉(zhuǎn)移到掃盲，促進(jìn)九年義務(wù)教育的學(xué)校教育，尤其是貧困地區(qū)和少數(shù)民族地區(qū)，并取得了巨大的成功，但它似乎在地區(qū)一項(xiàng)艱巨的任務(wù)，其中教育的機(jī)會(huì)是有限的。但是，我們應(yīng)該設(shè)定，到2010年，九年義務(wù)教育應(yīng)該認(rèn)識(shí)到，在青年和中年的成年人文盲率的目標(biāo)應(yīng)減少到最低限度。只有這樣，才能提高中國(guó)的國(guó)民教育水平。

　　【試題】

　　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.

　　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.

　　范文

　　All the British citizens and even the world were looking forward and anticipating the new princess of Cambridge.11le princess'name was finally revealed as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana，which is named after her grandfa- ther，her grandmother and her great-grandmother.

　　One possibility is that the name of Diana，which is also the name of the princess'grandmother，means the eternal love between the princess' grander parents.And princess William，the princess'father declared that they didn't use Diana as her first name because they don't want to give her too many pressure，by living under her grandmother'S fame.

　　For my part，it is unimportant what this little girl's name was as it is just a call for people to recognize her.The most important thing is that the gid Can grow up in a harmonious environment.May this little girl be happy every day.