[单项选择]Trayfield has recently hired a new accountant, Judy Roehk. Upon reviewing Trayfield’s financial statements, Roehk has determined that Trayfield should be utilizing the double-declining balance (DDB) depreciation method rather than straight-line method. If Trayfield switches to the DDB method, which of the following results would be least likely（）
A. Estimated future income will need to be revised.
B. A gradual change in income.
C. Depreciation expense increases.

[单项选择]The advertising company recently hired a designer（）had once won a prize in a national contest.
A. whose
B. which
C. whom
D. who

[单项选择]Google recently introduced a new service that adds social-networking features to its popular Gmail system. The service is called Buzz, and within hours of its release, people were howling about privacy issues—because, in its original form, Buzz showed everyone the list of people you e-mail most frequently. Even people who weren’t cheating on their spouses or secretly applying for new jobs found this a little unnerving.
Google backtracked and changed the software, and apologized for the misstep, claiming that, it just never occurred to us that people might get upset. "The public reaction was something we did not anticipate. But we’ve reacted very quickly to people’s unhappiness," says Bradley Horowitz, vice president for product management at Google.
Same goes for Facebook. In December, Facebook rolled out a new set of privacy settings. A spokesman says the move was intended to "empower people" by giving them more "granular (颗粒)" control over their personal informatio
A. was released to test how people regarded their private rights
B. revolutionized the concept of the social networking function
C. ruined the reputation of Google’s well—known Gmail system
D. aroused people’s anger at the time it was added to Gmail system

[单项选择]He has trouble understanding that other people judge him by his social skills and conduct.
A. style
B. behavior
C. mode
D. attitude

[单项选择]Greece has new political leadership to help it deal with ______ debts.
A. anemic
B. mass
C. massive
D. paltry

[单项选择]Only recently has biology begun to see itself as an information technology. An organism’s physiology and behavior are dictated largely by its genes. And those genes contain information written in code that is surprisingly similar to the digital code that computer scientists have devised for the storage and transmission of other information.
There are some differences, of Course. The genetic code has four elements (known as bases or letters), while a computer’s binary code has only two. And the bases of genetic code are grouped together in threes rather than in the eight-bit bytes of computing. But the similarities are so striking that biology is suddenly undergoing a serious amount of computerization. At the same time, there has been rapid progress in the machines that supply the raw material for the computer - the sequences of genetic bases to be analyzed. A single gene-sequencing machine can now read hundreds of thousands of bases per day; and newer technologies, such as "gene
A. A shortage of research funds.
B. A reluctance to acquire advanced mathematical skills.
C. An insufficient knowledge of computer languages.
D. An unwillingness to work cooperatively with mathematicians.

[简答题]Recently, China has seen a boom in selling private cars. The private car has greatly improved individual’s freedom of movement. Moreover, they have become a symbol of status. However, the use of private cars has brought serious problems like air pollution and road accidents.
Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:

You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state the necessity of reducing the use of private motor vehicles.
In the second part, state what your suggested ways are.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

[多项选择]Recently, there has been a hot debate about whether we Chinese people should bring back the traditional Chinese characters. We have been using those simplified Chinese characters since we learned to read and write. What do you think Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic:

In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.