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Dear Miss Chang,

We have planned a house party as a sort of farewell before our trip to Soochow, and we are particularly anxious to have you join us . I hope there is nothing to prevent you from coming out to Canton on February 25th and remaining here with us until the eighth of March. Mr. Simpson Chen and Mr. And Mrs. L. T. Ying will be here too, along with several others whom you do not know, but whom I am most anxious to have you meet.I am enclosing a time-table for your convenience. And I have checked the two trains that I believe are most convenient for you. If you take the 7:10 in the morning you will arrive here at 11, and there is an earlier train in the morning if you prefer it. If you let me know which train you expect to take, I will see that there shall be a car at the station to meet you.Yours truly,Li Ming

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The phenomenon of waste is now spreading throughout our country. As shown in the cartoon, a beer festival is being celebrated with the real beer overflowing the fountain, leading many to wonder whether the country has entered an unprecedented era of overall prosperity and whether such wasteful luxury is reasonable and worthwhile.

Such wasteful behaviors are absolutely undesirable. They are completely incompatible with the tradition of frugality in our country, which has been the unfailing basis of sustained development of Chinese civilization for the past thousands of years. Chinese people have long cherished this glorious virtue and resent any of those wasteful habits, ceremonies, festivals or whatsoever. Besides, while our national economy is growing rapidly and many people are enjoying a quality of life unimaginable before, tens of millions of Chinese still live below the poverty line, not to mention the “financial crisis” that is sweeping across the world.

We are building a frugal and harmonious society and this is indeed a necessity. Wasteful behavior will do a disservice to our efforts and hinder the realization of this goal. As a consequence, it’s high time for us to remove this bad habit.

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Uncivilized behaviors have always been a problem in our country, and littering is one of them. As vividly depicted in this cartoon, a father is throwing a plastic bottle to the dustbin while his son is imitating his dad, throwing an empty tin to the dustbin. Obviously, both the bottle and the tin will fall short of the dustbin, but two of them, regrettably, seem to have a lot fun of it.

Littering may save one’s labor in finding the dustbin or walking a little further to the dustbin, but these bits of paper, plastic bags, wrappings, empty bottles and whatsoever scattered around are dirtying our streets, parks, mountains and beaches. It makes our daily life unpleasant and it scares the tourists away. Besides, as implied in the picture, this bad habit of adults may be picked up by the younger generation, thus messing up our living environment even further. It’s an ugly stain on the image of the neighborhood or city we live in.

Personally, I would recommend heavy fines and a public education campaign to curb this misbehavior so that the public may enjoy their life in a clean and pleasant environment.

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There have been all sorts of rumors going around in every corner of our society. As illustrated in this picture, a man is telling the passers-by that an earthquake is coming and hurries them to buy more food and salt. And most probably, the two listeners will pass on the hearsay to others.

Rumors are harmful. They may destroy the closeness of family members, the harmonious relationship of colleagues or neighbors, and thus disturbing the social stability. We have all witnessed the disruption of a happy family or the separation of close friends caused by some idle gossip. Worse still, thanks to the ever-expanding reach of the Internet and the vast growth of mobile phone users, some individuals spread vicious messages faster and more efficiently than ever before. Rumors like “faulty products”, “poisoned vegetables and fruits”, “short supply of rice”, “earthquakes” and “plagues” have been invented over the years. Although all of them have been proved wrong, the damage to the social stability and economic development has been done.

It is time for our government to set up laws to punish severely those who invent or spread the rumors. Meanwhile, the public should enhance their awareness of harms brought by rumors. Only in this way can we expect to live in a harmonious society and to develop our national economy smoothly.

6．2008年度关键词（划线部分），考场中会派上用场

The year of 2008 saw China make several great achievements in various fields, which is a testimony to the nation's improving comprehensive national strength, the chief of Macao said at a reception held here on Wednesday to celebrate the 59th anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

Attracting worldwide attention, the Chinese mainland successfully held the Beijing Olympics and the Paralympics in the past two months, while taking great steps in its space exploration history by accomplishing the Shenzhou VII mission that saw the first spacewalk by a Chinese astronaut, Ho Hau Wah, chief executive of the Special Administration Region (SAR), said when addressing over 1,000 officials and luminaries at the cocktail party.

He also pointed out that China showed profound and strong vigor and demonstrated its national spirit, when the whole nation mustered up its concerted effort to brave the challenge of massive snowstorms that swept several provinces and the powerful earthquake occurred in the Sichuan province that led to a large number of deaths.

The party was part of the annual events held on China's National Day every year. The chief executive officiated a flag-raising ceremony at the city's Lotus Flower Square early Wednesday morning, and later met more than 40 young people from the quake-hit Sichuan province, who assisted the rescue of victims in the disaster area.

Since this year will also witness the 30th anniversary of China' s reform and opening-up, Ho noted that after undergoing numerous challenges and overcoming various difficulties in the past three decades, the nation entered a new era of its development. "Being a Chinese, we all take great pride in it," he said.

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