Part I Writing
(30minutes)
Directions:
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic "Plastic Bags: Friend or Foe". You should write at least 120 words following the outline givenbelowinChinese:
2008年6月1日起,中國開始實行"限塑令",對此:
1. 有人認為,塑料袋給人們的生活帶來了便利,不應限制使用；
2. 有人認為,塑料袋的使用帶來了很多問題,應該被限制；
3. 我認為……
Part II Reading Comprehension
(Skimming and Scanning)
(15minutes)
Directions:
In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly. Forquestions1-7, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Bill Gates has retired. He is still only 52, and he is going off to spend more time guiding the world’s richest philanthropic(慈善的) organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He will still be Microsoft’s chairman and the largest shareholder, but June 27, 2008 was his last day as a full-time worker at the software giant, marking the unofficial end of his career as a business leader.
What a career it has been! Mr. Gates has been an animating force behind the personal computer revolution, helping to build a huge global industry and design successful products like Windows and Office, used every day in offices and homes around the world.
The Harvard dropout was the wealthiest person on the planet for years —worth more than $100 billion in 1999 —though his fortune is now about half that because of the decline of Microsoft’s shares and his continuing donations to his foundation, which is focused on global health and education.
Despite his success, Mr. Gates is moving on as the company he co-founded in 1975 is struggling to find its way. The focus of technology has shifted from PCs to the Internet, altering the old rules of competition that were so lucratively (獲利多地) mastered by Microsoft.
For millions of users, mobile devices like cellphones are beginning to edge out PCs as the tool of choice for many computing tasks. And Google, the front runner in the current wave of Internet computing, has taken away the title of hightech leadership from Microsoft.
Although Mr. Gates will spend one day a week at the company, it will be up to his successors, led by Steven A. Ballmer, the chief executive, to overcome the challenges of the Internet or watch Microsoft’s wealth and leadership in the industry steadily eroded (侵蝕). "Bill’s legacy is Windows and Office, and that will be a rich advantage for years to come, but it’s not the future," said David B. Yoffie, a professor at the Harvard Business School. Still, the Gates’legacy is impressive. In addition to the software itself, Mr. Gates and his company have fundamentally shaped how people think about competition in many industries where technology plays a central role. Today, there are more than one billion copies of the Windows operating system on PCs around the world.
Industry experts and economists say that Windows is not necessarily the most satisfying software for running the basic operations of a personal computer —Apple’s Macintosh can claim the most devout fan club. But Mr. Gates grasped and deployed two related concepts on a scale no one ever had in the past: "the network effects" and the creation of "a technology platform".
Put simply, a network effect describes a phenomenon in which the value of a product goes up as more people use it. E-mail messaging and telephones are classic examples.
A technology platform is a set of tools or services that others can use to build their own products or services. The more people using the tools, the more popular the platform can become. Mr. Gates took advantage of both notions and combined them to build Microsoft’s dominance in PCs, spreading their influence with computer makers and software developers.
(30minutes)
Directions:
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic "Plastic Bags: Friend or Foe". You should write at least 120 words following the outline givenbelowinChinese:
2008年6月1日起,中國開始實行"限塑令",對此:
1. 有人認為,塑料袋給人們的生活帶來了便利,不應限制使用；
2. 有人認為,塑料袋的使用帶來了很多問題,應該被限制；
3. 我認為……
Part II Reading Comprehension
(Skimming and Scanning)
(15minutes)
Directions:
In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly. Forquestions1-7, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Bill Gates has retired. He is still only 52, and he is going off to spend more time guiding the world’s richest philanthropic(慈善的) organization, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He will still be Microsoft’s chairman and the largest shareholder, but June 27, 2008 was his last day as a full-time worker at the software giant, marking the unofficial end of his career as a business leader.
What a career it has been! Mr. Gates has been an animating force behind the personal computer revolution, helping to build a huge global industry and design successful products like Windows and Office, used every day in offices and homes around the world.
The Harvard dropout was the wealthiest person on the planet for years —worth more than $100 billion in 1999 —though his fortune is now about half that because of the decline of Microsoft’s shares and his continuing donations to his foundation, which is focused on global health and education.
Despite his success, Mr. Gates is moving on as the company he co-founded in 1975 is struggling to find its way. The focus of technology has shifted from PCs to the Internet, altering the old rules of competition that were so lucratively (獲利多地) mastered by Microsoft.
For millions of users, mobile devices like cellphones are beginning to edge out PCs as the tool of choice for many computing tasks. And Google, the front runner in the current wave of Internet computing, has taken away the title of hightech leadership from Microsoft.
Although Mr. Gates will spend one day a week at the company, it will be up to his successors, led by Steven A. Ballmer, the chief executive, to overcome the challenges of the Internet or watch Microsoft’s wealth and leadership in the industry steadily eroded (侵蝕). "Bill’s legacy is Windows and Office, and that will be a rich advantage for years to come, but it’s not the future," said David B. Yoffie, a professor at the Harvard Business School. Still, the Gates’legacy is impressive. In addition to the software itself, Mr. Gates and his company have fundamentally shaped how people think about competition in many industries where technology plays a central role. Today, there are more than one billion copies of the Windows operating system on PCs around the world.
Industry experts and economists say that Windows is not necessarily the most satisfying software for running the basic operations of a personal computer —Apple’s Macintosh can claim the most devout fan club. But Mr. Gates grasped and deployed two related concepts on a scale no one ever had in the past: "the network effects" and the creation of "a technology platform".
Put simply, a network effect describes a phenomenon in which the value of a product goes up as more people use it. E-mail messaging and telephones are classic examples.
A technology platform is a set of tools or services that others can use to build their own products or services. The more people using the tools, the more popular the platform can become. Mr. Gates took advantage of both notions and combined them to build Microsoft’s dominance in PCs, spreading their influence with computer makers and software developers.