1 . 在毕业仪式上，她向帮助过她的人表达了感激之情。(gratitude) (汉译英)
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2 . Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
自17世纪以来，现代英语在英国和美国的广泛影响下在世界各地传播。英语已成为国际主导语言之一，在许多地区（region）和专业（major）的环境下的语言也有主导地位，例如科学（science）、导航（navigation）和法律（law）。因此中国也非常重视英语教育：但很多青少年认为我们不应该学习外国语言，对此你怎么看？请以Should we learn English?为题目写一篇议论文。要求如下：
1.表明立场；
2.阐述理由。
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3 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Swimming way to success

What does it take to graduate from a university? Many     1     say all you have to do is take classes and pass the exams. Well, it requires more than it if you’re a student at Tsinghua University.

Starting this September, freshmen at the university will have to take swimming courses. If they fail a swimming test at the beginning of their university course, they won’t receive their degree     2     they can pass the test successfully, according to Tsinghua University president Qiu Yong.

Exceptions will be allowed for students with certain physical or mental conditions, if     3    (prove) by medical staff.

Liu Bo, head of the Division of Sports Science and Physical Education, explained     4     the university is linking swimming ability with degrees. As a requisite (必要的) survival skill, swimming is beneficial for students in the long run, since swimming is helpful in improving students’ endurance and is     5    (harmful) to joints (关节) and muscles as a water sport, he told China Daily.

Viewing the ability     6    (swim) as a must for students is not something new to this university — it was also a requirement in the early 20th century. It was later dropped     7     a rising number of students and a lack of facilities. Besides Tsinghua University, Peking University has also listed swimming as a compulsory course for students.

However, the announcement has caused a heated debate.

Some welcomed the new rule, saying it’s a necessary skill that can save lives. “Swimming is a fundamental skill. It’s a way to stay healthy and is lifesaving in emergency situations. I believe making     8    mandatory (强制的) is necessary,” Yuan Jiaxiang, a junior in Tsinghua’s Department of Civil Engineering, told China Daily.

However, some said it has nothing to do with getting a degree. “It’s not reasonable to require people to be able to swim for them to graduate,” Zheng Xiaoyu, a high school student from the Middle School Affiliated to Northern Jiaotong University, told China Daily.

In fact, Chinese universities are not the only education organizations     9     encourage their students to swim. A few colleges in the United States — including Cornell, Columbia and MIT-offer swim classes to students. “Anything     10    (prevent) people from dying needlessly is a valuable skill.” Fred DeBruyn, director of aquatics (水上运动) at Cornell, told The New York Times.

4 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

A. abandon   B. appealing   C. matter   D. foresighted   E. manner   F. maintain G. declining   H. costs   I. rushing   J. aggressive   K. transition

In this world of rapid changes, everything seems to be possible. There will eventually come a day when the New York Times stops publishing stories on paper.   Exactly when that day will be is a     1     of debate. “Sometime in the future,” the paper’s publisher said back in 2010. Although people are nostalgia (怀旧) for ink on   paper, there are plenty of reasons to     2     print. The basic facilities required to make a physical newspaper, including printing presses and delivery trucks, is very expensive. Readers are keeping away from print anyway. And though print advertisement sales still overtake online and mobile counterparts, income from print is still     3    .

Cost may be high and circulation lower, but     4     to eliminate its print edition would be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Petretti. Petretti says the Times shouldn’t waste time giving up the print business, but only if they go about doing it the right way. “Figuring out a way to speed up     5     makes sense for them,” he said. Petretti gives the example of Netflix discounting its DVD-mailing service to focus on streaming (流媒体). “It was once seen as a(n) mistake.” he said. But the move turned out to be     6    . “If I were in charge at the Times, I wouldn’t pick a year to end print,” Petretti said, “I would raise prices and make it into more of a legacy product, which has some advantage over a modern product, making it     7     for customers to keep it around.”

As a matter of fact, the most loyal customers would still get the product they favor. The idea goes, and they’d feel like that they were helping     8     the quality of something they believe in. In other words, if you’re going to print product, make it for the people who are already obsessed with it, which may be what the Times is doing already. Getting the print edition seven days a week     9     nearly $500 a year — more than twice as much as a digital-only subscription.

“It’s a really hard thing to do and it’s a tremendous luxury that BuzzFeed doesn’t have a legacy business,” Petretti remarked. “But we’re going to have questions like that. We’re doing things that don’t make sense when the market changes and so does the world. In those situations, it’s better to be more     10    . Otherwise, we can’t survive the fierce competition.

8 . 令我们宽慰的是，外科手术之后他受到了很好的照顾，很快恢复了健康。(relief)(汉译英)
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9 . 作为一名外国人，我很难对当地的文化感同身受，但我要努力去适应新的环境。(identify)(汉译英)
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10 . 处于压力之下的人往往不会向朋友求助。（tend）（汉译英）
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