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口语第1题两个版本答案
How would you like to learn about other cultures if you cannot travel there? Would you like to read books and watch films, or form a chatting group with local people?
1.Comparing to chatting with local people, I believe I will gain more from books and films about other cultures for two reasons. First, books and films are usually more profound and accurate in presenting a place’s culture as they are written and filmed by professionals in related fields. Although local people lives there, their understanding of culture could be shallower. Also, the content of books and films are more organized and systematic. Comparing to the pieces of information I will be able to get from long conversations, I think it is better to learn from books and films instead.
2.Comparing to reading books and watching films, I found it more interesting to gain knowledge of a certain culture by forming a group chat with local people and talk with them for two reasons. First, since books and films require a relatively long time to write or make, some of the things it mentioned could be outdated by the time I read or watch them. Chatting with local people will allow me to gain the most up to date information about the culture. Secondly, chatting with people is a lot more relaxing than sitting down and reading a book all over. I would be able to get a lot of information in much shorter time.
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口语第2题两个版本答案
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Class assignments that are handed in after the deadline should always receive lower grades.
1. I agree that late assignments should receive lower grades for two reasons. First, it would be unfair for those students who tried their best to finish and hand in the assignments on time if late assignments can receive the same grade. Since time requirement is also part of the requirement of the assignment, not being able to hand in on time can be considered not fulfilling part of the requirements and it is reasonable for them to receive lower grades. Also, if late assignment can receive the same grade, then the deadline would be completely meaningless.
2. I disagree that late assignments should always receive lower grades. Sometime there are conditions that are beyond control or expectation that a student cannot be able to hand in assignments on time. Maybe they were sick at the time or there was serious lag with the internet. Or maybe their computer shut down somehow and they lost all their paper before saving it. I agree that late assignment should receive penalty, yet it is not reasonable to always give lower grades. This should be decided on a case by case basis so that all students are treated fairly.
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A卷地质学讲座
Black Diamond
［重复2015-06-27真题］
1. What is the lecture mainly about?
A theory about the origins of a type of diamond
2. Other than their color, how do black diamonds differ from regular diamonds?
Black diamonds have a rough surface.
3. Why does the professor mention presolar diamonds?
To support the claim that diamonds can form in outer space
4. What evidence supports the professor’s statement that black diamonds were NOT formed in the Earth’s mantle?
Click on 3 answers.
They are older than the Earth.
They were formed in a hydrogen-rich environment.
They have not been found in diamond mines.
5. What is the professor’s opinion of the theory proposed by Stephen Haggerty?
It adequately accounts for the evidence about the origin of black diamonds.
6. Why does the professor mention that Africa and South America were once a single continent?
To provide a possible explanation for the occurrence of black diamonds in both places
【提示】
这篇Black Diamond是我们近期集训真题。
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B卷文学讲座
Daniel Dofoe
［重复2014-10-18真题］
1. What is the professor’s main point about Daniel Defoe?
His innovations contributed to the development of the novel.
2. Why does the professor mention the money Defoe made by selling his writing?
To help explain why sensationalism was a characteristic of Defoe’s writing
3. Why did Defoe’s name not appear on the first copies of Robinson Crusoe?
Defoe wanted it to appear as if the novel had been written by its main character.
4. What points does the professor make about Defoe’s narrative style?
Click on 2 answers.
It allowed readers insight into the thoughts of Defoe’s characters.
It was influenced by Defoe’s previous career as a journalist.
5. What does the professor imply about writers in the late 1700s?
Their writing style was a reaction to Defoe’s informality.
6. Why does the professor say this:
“But in my mind one can't really say that this or that book was the very first novel written in English. So much depends on how you define the word novel, right?”
To give a reason for his belief that it is not possible to determine the first novel in English
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这篇Daniel Defoe是我们近期集训真题。
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11.26独立写作解析
Question:
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
In the past people ate food that was better for their health than they do today.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
【题型】时间对比题
总论点：同意
分论点一：现在的食品没有以前健康了。
随着世界各地工业化发展，各国经济不断发展的同时，环境也遭到破坏。为了满足不断增长的人口，现代农业用了大量杀虫剂、肥料来提升粮食产量，对人体有一定危害；另外，随着科技的发展，出现了很多转基因食品，对人体也存在一定危害。
分论点二：越来越忙碌的人们，吃的东西也不利于健康。
一方面，随着生活节奏加快，人们没有太多时间准备三餐，通常选择吃快餐。然而，快餐油脂较高，引起了肥胖等健康问题。另一方面，由于现在人们学习和工作的压力加大，处于精神高压下的人们容易暴饮暴食或者容易患厌食症。
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一道句子简化题
在本周六日连考中，居然重复考查了好几篇文章，比如Removing Dams，Explaining the Collapse of Early Bronze Age Societies，这种周日重复周六考题的情况以前也出现过，考生需要留意了。
下面分享Explaining the Collapse of Early Bronze Age Societies这篇文章的句子简化题。
Explaining the Collapse of Early Bronze Age Societies重复2016.12.11年度新题
句子简化题所在考句：
With this fundamental stress on the agricultural sector of society brought on by environmental degradation, we must question the responses of the elite managers to the reduced yields of subsistence crops, the resulting decrease in revenues, and the diminishing popular support, since they seem to have taken no action in the technical, social, or economic realms to improve the situation.
选项
A. The extreme stress on the agricultural system has raised questions about whether the elite managers could have improved the situation even if they had taken action.
B. Many problems arose due to the stress placed on the agricultural sector of society by environmental degradation, but the elite managers seem to have taken no substantial action to improve the situation.
C. The severe stress caused by environmental degradation led to reduced yields of subsistence crops, decreased revenues, and a decline in popular support for the elite managers.
D. The extreme stress on the agricultural sector prompted the elite managers to take technological, social, and economic action to improve the situation.
解析：正确答案是B。选项A“question”的使用错误，并且even if的让步既成事实错误(原句贵族统治者并没有做出任何行动)；选项C，只保留句子的前半部分，缺少后面主干信息；选项D，语义与原句相反。
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阅读词汇题
Submerged Plant Life: Surviving Underwater
adequate = sufficient
obvious = clear
adept = skilled
bunches = groups
Glaciation in the Pleistocene Era
renowned = famous
concurred with = agreed with
distinctive = characteristic
gradually = slowly
Removing Dams
obsolete = out of date
suitable = appropriate
ambitious = impressive but difficult to achieve
take precedence over = have greater importance than
Explaining the Collapse of Early Bronze Age Societies
was accompanied by = occurred together with
profound = significant
adverse = unfavorable
implement = carry out
Mating Songs of Frogs
potential = possible
favorable = advantageous
ambiguous = unclear
convey = transmit
The Cambrian Explosion
ongoing = continuing
corresponds to = matches
complexity = sophistication
allowing = making possible
When Did Humans First Colonize the Americas?
insisting = stating forcefully
interpret = understand
copious = abundant
assertion = claim
