由于经济不景气，今年没有找到工作的学生较去年更多，还有很多人对毕业去向感到茫然。 Because of the economic downturn, more students are finding themselves without a career or direction, even upon graduation.

既然如此，若经济情况允许，何不背上行囊来开始另一种人生体验--“空档年”呢？在此过程中，你既能探索世界，又能更好地了解自我。 If you can afford it, why not pack your bags and set off on another experience - a 'gap year' - to discover the world and learn about yourself in the process?

所谓空档年，也叫间隔年

090723　科技　Many people are optimistic about the 21st century and see it as an opportunity to make positive changes to the world. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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     ①Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of the

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Over the past decade, thousands of patents have seen granted for what are called business methods. Amazon.com received one for its “one-click” online payment system. Merrill Lynch got legal protection for an asset allocation strategy. One inventor patent

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① In his book The Tipping Point, Malcolm Aladuell argues that “social epidemics” are driven in large part by the actions of a tiny minority of special individuals, often called influentials, who are unusually informed, persuasive, or well connected. ②The idea is intuitively compelling, but it doesn’t explain how ideas actually spread.

 【考点分析】① 因果常考（driven），出31题[A]。Malcolm Aladuell 的观点“社会流行的东西在很大程度上是有一小部分有影响力的人发动的，这些人见多识广，有说服力” ②转折常考，出31题[B]。 “这个观点不能解释思想是如何传播的”。要注意：ideas actually spread= social epidemics 这就意味着作者认为influential对how ideas actually spread作用不大，

             第一类 全球化及其影响 

第六篇 Topic 6

The advantages of the spread of English as a global language will continue to outweigh its disadvantages. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

范文学习的3大方面：

一． 结构

A. 框架

P1 起：介绍背景，摆明立场：英语作为一种全球化语言，好处>坏处

P2 承：英语作为全球化语言所带来的好处

P3 转：驳斥一些人认为英语作为全球化语言的弊端及其理由，从而进一步强化自己的观点

P5          尽管英语作为全球化的语言会危及其他语言甚至是文化的生存，但是它所带来的好处总体来说要大于坏处。

二． 语言  

A. 高

Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
　　For an increasing number of students at American universities, （31）Old is suddenly in. （35）The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs（全文主旨句）. Coupled with the aging of the baby-boom ( 生育高峰) generation, a longer life span means that the nation's elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 50 years. By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995. The change poses profound questions for government and society, of course. But（31、35）it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions and in law and business as well. 'In addition to the doctors, we're going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers,' says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California's (USC) School of（31）

Passage Three

（31）Throughout the nation's more than 15,000 school districts, widely differing approaches to teaching science and math have emerged. Though there can be strength in diversity, a new international analysis suggests that this variability has instead contributed to lackluster (平淡的) achievement scores by U.S. children relative to their peers in other developed countries. （注意本段的differing / diversity / variability 几个同义替换，表明本段强调了美国的科学和数学教育各个地区差异很大（多样性，多元化）的事实。文章第二句话，作者话锋一转，尽管多样化有好处，但是有分析表明这导致了美国的孩子与其它发达国家的同龄人相比，学习成绩比较平淡。这句话提出了美国教育存在的问题，预测后文可能会详细阐述或者提出解决问题的办法，注意这都是有可能的考点。请考生注意平时复习时一定要培养自己归纳,预测原文的能力！）

31. According to the passage, the teaching of science and math in America is

[定位与替换] 本题问美国的科学和数学教学的状况。根据关键词teaching