Part A

51. Directions:

Restrictions on the use of plastic bags have not been so successful in some regions. “White Pollution” is still going on. Write a letter to the editor(s) of your local newspaper to

1) give your opinions briefly, and

2) make two or three suggestions.

You should write about 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use Li Ming instead. You do not need to write the address. (10 points)

Dear Editor(s),

亲爱的编辑：

I am writing this letter todraw your attention on “White Pollution”. No one can avoid using plastic bags in our daily lives and too many plastic bags bring about many problems. How to solve this problem has become a hot issue among many people in recent years.

我写信是为了让您关注到“白色污染”这一问题。在日常生活中人们总是会用到塑料袋，而太多塑料袋会产生很多的问题。如何去解决这一问题成为了近年来很多人关心的话题。

To address this problem, I would like to lodger several suggestions.On the one hand, the authorities should set up rules and regulations to control the productivity and circulation of the plastic bags. On the other hand, people should realize the significant of protecting our environment and not use too many plastic bags.

为了解决这一问题，我想给出如下的建议。一方面，政府当局应该设定一些规章和制度来控制塑料袋的生产和流通。另外一方面，人们应该意识到保护环境的重要性而且不用太多的塑料袋。

I sincerely hope that you can take my letter seriously. Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

我真诚地希望您能把我的信当回事。感谢您的时间和关注。

Yours faithfully,

您的诚挚的

Li Ming

李明

(126words)

Part B

52. 图画是一张蜘蛛网上有很多人上网。图画中的中文提示词为：互联网的“远与近”

In your essay, you should

1) describe the drawing briefly,

2) explain its intended meaning, and then

3) give your comments.

You should write neatly on Answer Sheet 2. (20 points)

As is unfolded in the picture above, we can see that many people，old and young, men and women, in front of a computer and using the internet. The caption in the drawing reads: “the internet:near or far ”.

正如上图所示，我们能看到很多人，老的少的，男人女人，都坐在电脑前用上互联网。图中的文字说明是：“互联网的远与近”

The purpose of the drawing is to show us that the internet has it advantages and disadvantages as a commnication tool. On the one hand, many people hold a view that internet makes us close than ever before. With the development of science and technology, computers and internet are playing an increasingly important role in our daily lives. We can achieve an immediate commuication via E-mail, QQ, MSN or ICQ. Accoriding to a recent survey conducted by Li Ming, a sociologist in Peiking University, approximately 400,000,000 people use internet in China in 2008. On the other hand, others aruge that internet makes relationship of people weak. We can often read many stories about children spending too much time on online games. Some parents even complain that they have fewer and fewer time chatting with their children.

这幅图片的目的是向我们表明作为沟通工具的互联网有其优缺点。一方面，很多人认为互联网让我们比以往更亲密。随着科学和技术的发展，计算机和互联网在我们的日常生活中正起到了越来越重要的作用。我们能用电邮，QQ，MSN，或者ICQ等软件实现实时沟通。（根据最近北京大学社会学家李明做的最近调查表明，2008年中国大约有4亿人用互联网。）另一方面，其他人认为互联网让人们关系变得弱化了。我们经常读到一些故事说小孩子花了太多时间在玩网上游戏。一些家长甚至在抱怨他们和孩子谈话的时间越来越少了。

How to use modern communicating tools such as internet properly has becomes a hot issue among many people in recent years. For one thing, we should realize that internet is a big development of science and techonology and we should make full use of it. For another, we need to spend much time to commnicate with each other face to face. Only in this way can we live in a more harmonious soceity. （249 words）

如何使用诸如互联网这样的现代沟通工具已经成为近年来人们关注的热门话题。一方面，我们应该意识到互联网是科技的巨大进步，我们应该充分加以利用。另一方面，我们也要多花点时间来面对面的沟通。只有这样我们才能生活在一个更加和谐的社会。