[单项选择] SAVING LANGUAGE There is nothing unusual about a single language dying. Communities have come and gone throughout history, and with them their language. But what is happening today is extraordinary, judged by the standards of the past. It is language extinction on a large scale. According to the best estimates, there are some 6, 000 languages in the world. Of course, about half are going to die out in the course of the next century: that’’s 3,000 language in 1,200 months. On average, there is a language dying out somewhere in the world every two weeks or so. How do we know In the course of the past two or three decades, linguists all over the world have been gathering comparative data. If they find a language with just a few speakers left, and nobody is bothering to pass the language on to the children, they conclude that language is bound to die out soon. And we have to draw the same conclusion if a language has less than 100 speakers. It is not li
A. Y
B. N
C. NG

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[多项选择] Environmental protection is frequently talked about nowadays. The authorities are doing their best to arouse public awareness of the vital importance of environmental protection; and the news media, now and then, expose behaviors which damage the environment to a large extent. What is your opinion Write an essay of about 400 words on the following topic.

Environmental protection

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.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

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[单项选择]An analyst gathered the following information about Weston Chemical"s stock: Estimated sales per share = $12.19 Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) = 73% Interest expense per share = $2.07 Depreciation expense per share = $6.21 The tax rate =35% Weston"s estimated Earnings per Share (EPS) is closest to
A. $0.40.
B. $2.54.
C. $3.11.

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Despite much loose talk about the new global economy, today’s international economic integration is not unprecedented. The 50 years before the first world war saw large cross-border flows of goods, capital and people. That period of globalization, like the present one, was driven by reductions in trade barriers and by sharp falls in transport costs, thanks to the development of railways and steamships. The present surge of globalization is in a way, a resumption (恢复) of that previous trend. The earlier attempt at globalization ended abruptly with the first world war, after which the world moved into a period of fierce trade protectionism and tight restrictions on capital movement. During the early 1930s, America sharply increased its tariffs, and other countries retaliated (报复), making the Great Depression even greater. The volu
A. large cross-border flows of people
B. development of railways and steamships
C. sharp falls in transport costs
D. emergence of network

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