[简答题]When Credit and Interest Are at Odds
In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

[简答题]When Credit and Interest Are at Odds
In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

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[简答题]It is important that you contact them when you first become aware a problem might be developing rather than waiting until it has become extremely serious.

[简答题]When Credit and Interest Are at Odds
In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your composition on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

[填空题]In “The Story of an Hour”, when Louise Mallard first heard that her husband had died in a train accident she was heart broken, but later she realized that ______.

[单项选择]All the credit card organizations charge interest on a monthly basis which may（　）as 25 per cent a year, yet judicious purchasing using a card can mean that you obtain up to seven weeks interest-free credit.
A. come up
B. account for
C. add up
D. work out

[单项选择]

It was when I was attending high school that I first read Asimov’ s stories. At the time, a few SF magazines began to introduce this author and translate a few pieces from his "Robot Series". Of Asimov’ s works, the one that left the deepest impression on me was Pebble in the Sky. This novel directly influenced my early SF writing.
Asimov was one of the leading writers of Western science fiction’ s Golden Age, so although his writing may not have a direct influence on writers of today, his underlying (潜在的) influence on many levels is undeniable -- the famous Three Laws of Robotics, and many classic writing techniques, for example. Of course, his influence is related to the atmosphere that existed in the Golden Age; a science fiction writer today has a hard time reaching that level no matter how outstanding he or she is. Asimov’ s novels are marked by a fully integrated logical system, and his stories are a pleasure to read -- this is the
A. science fiction writer
B. science fiction publisher
C. high school student
D. novel translator

[单项选择]When did dendrochronology begin to interest archaeologists
A. It began 2000 years ago.
B. It began in the eighteenth century.
C. It began in the early twentieth century.
D. It began in this decade.

[单项选择]第二篇 Credit Card Only Works When Spoken to A credit card that will not work unless it hears its owner’s voice could become an important weapon in the fight against fraud(欺骗)． The card requires users to give a spoken password that it recognizes using a built-in Voice-recognition chip．The idea is to prevent thieves using a stolen card or fraudsters using someone else’s credit card details to buy goods online． A model built by engineers at Beepcard in Santa Monica，California，represents the first attempt to pack a microphone。a loudspeaker，a battery and a voice recognition chip into a standard．sized credit card． They are not quite there yet：the card is the length and width of an ordinary credit card，but it is still about three times as thick．The company now plans to make it thinner． The voice card is based on an earlier Beepcard technology designed to prevent fraud in online transactions This earlier card has no microphone，but has a built in loudspeaker that i
A. it can be made cost-effectively．
B. it can leave voice messages，
C. it makes online shopping easy
D. it makes fraud difficult．

[单项选择]When we credit the successful people with intelligence, physical strength or good luck we are making excuses for ourselves because we fall （） in all three.
A. rare
B. lacking
C. short
D. scarce