[问答题]Directions:
Study the following drawing carefully and write an essay in which you should
1) describe the drawing,
2) interpret its intended meaning, and
3) give your comments.
You should write 160-200 words neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.
参考答案：
①As is manifested in this thought-provoking cartoon, the man refuses to clear the floor ，claiming unreasonably that he only intends to realize his great ambition“revitalizing China.” ②When asked to do some chores, he replies that his weapon can be a pen, not a broom.③It is inevitable that his neglect of trivial things will ultimately wreck his ambitions . ④There seems to be a general assumption that brilliant people cannot choose to do trivial things; that they need to draw attention to great ambitions in order to do their best.⑤It is also assumed that dull people are particularly suited for small details.⑥Actually, there is no evidence that people who achieve much disregard, let alone contempt, the role of this virtue . ⑦Given all this, we should bear in mind the motto,“Do not think any vice trivial, and so practice it; Do not think any virtue trival, and so neglect it. ⑧If we never cares about petty things, how can we gain our goal?
参考解析：
①这幅漫画发人深省。图中的这位男士拒绝清扫地面，无理地声称自己只想实现“复兴中国”的伟大理想。②当被要求做一些琐事时，他回答说他的武器是笔，而非扫帚。③他对小事的忽视难免会使他的伟大理想化为泡影。
④人们似乎持有某种观点，即伟大的人不愿做小事，而且伟人需要关注伟大的目标才能变得卓越。⑤人们也会认为，不聪明的人才适合做一些琐事。⑥事实上，没有证据表明，有成就的人不考虑善小的作用，更不用说看不起其作用。
⑦因此，我们应该牢记这一格言，“勿以恶小而为之，勿以善小而不为”。
⑧如果连小事都做不好，我们又怎会有所作为呢?
[问答题]Directions:
Study the following drawing carefully and write an essay in which you should
1) describe the drawing,
2) interpret its intended meaning, and
3) give your comments.
You should write 160-200 words neatly on the ANSWER SHEET.
参考答案：
①In the picture, a group of volunteers are Peacefully queuing in a line, waiting for their turns to donate blood.②The vivid and moving scene leaves an impression on those standing nearby who, having their doubts about whether to donate or not.③If we want to “ask for” support as a member of any community, surely we should first learn to“give” support to others.
④Since we are social creatures, the quality of our lives depends largely on social support. which consists of the exchange of resources based on interpersonal ties. ⑤Social resources are accumulated through the contribution coming from every person who should show others kindness and sympathy. without which life would be intolerable. ⑥If nobody took on the responsibility for the common good of society, there would be no social support.⑦It follows naturally that we have to be aware of our responsibility for the well-being of the whole country . ⑧without making a commitment to society, it is unlikely that we will be treated with a blood transfusion when needed.⑨It is advisable that those standing hesitantly should join in the group in the Picture .
参考解析：
①在这幅图画中，有一些人正在默默地排着队，等候自愿献血。②这一生动而感人的画面无疑给旁观的那些也许正在犹豫不决的人们留下了深刻的印象。③在现代社会中，如果任何人希望“索取”，当然必须首先“给予”。
④既然我们是社会人，我们的生活质量在很大程度上取决于社会支持，社会支持是基于人际关系之上的一种资源互换。⑤社会资源是通过每一个社会成员的奉献来逐渐积累起来的，社会成员应该对他人表露出善心、同情。否则，我们的生活将变得无法忍受。⑥如果没有人为社会的公共利益负责，那么社会支持将不复存在。⑦因此，每个人都应该意识到自己对整个国家利益所承担的责任。
⑧没有一种对社会的奉献精神，我们可能无法在需要时得到输血。⑨那些靠近队伍的迟疑的人们应该加入献血的行列。
[单选题]
The two-year degree is back.The idea of increased flexibility in higher education is， in the broadest sense， a good one.But it is a sign of how captured we have been by market-centric thinking that “flexibility”， to this government， is manifested as “squeeze the same amount into a shorter period of time to maximise your financial returns later”.The sector has undergone a “catastrophe” as part-time student numbers have collapsed; that the government's response is a degree format - the polar opposite of parttime -is indicative of its approach to governance in general.
For most demographics whose access to higher education is restricted， condensing the course doesn't address the barriers they're facing.If you're balancing employment and childcare with a full-time education， especially if you're relying on sketchy public transport infrastructure， it's unrealistic to squeeze any more into your schedule.Many universities currently structure their courses around the reality that many students work， at least part-time， while studying.None of this is to mention those with disabilities who may face additional barriers to access.
There are no doubt some - the independently wealthy， for example - who may benefit， but it seems perverse that these people should be the focus of a major policy change.Troublingly， we seem to have fully accepted the shift from education as a social good to a product sold to students on grounds of higher earnings in the job market.Often， the grand promises of access to employment don't hold up.The labour market has been increasingly casualised and “hollowed out”， with a gap emerging between the skilled and “unskilled”， Progression through the ranks is vanishing， with a degree becoming a requirement for all sorts of jobs beyond simply those with high wages.
Even beyond the gap between the promise and reality， though， lies a philosophical flaw with the current approach.The two-year degree， in and of itself， is neither a good nor a bad thing.For some people it will be a positive， for the majority of others an irrelevance.What is troubling is what it represents about how Britain's political establishment sees education.It fits well into the reductive free- market philosophy， where every aspect of life can be sold as a commodity.A government that sees the price of everything and the value of nothing will inevitably be drawn to the idea of squeezing maximum output into minimum time.
A government that really wanted to make higher education more flexible， open and accessible would be exploring options that made sense for those with restricted access.There is no evidence， though， that this government thinks the choice between being stuck in a low-wage hellscape or taking on thousands of pounds in debt to play a roulette wheel with better odds is a bad thing.The days of education policies that address none of the problems with education are far from over.
The author suggests that the effect of free-market philosophy on education is______
Aharmful
Bdesirable
Cprofound
Dquestionable
参考答案：A
[单选题]
Software developers talk about technical debt， meaning the cost of rewriting quick and dirty code to make it fit for purpose.Cultural debt may be a similar phenomenon in many businesses， particularly in the tech sector.The fast-moving， risk-taking，win-at-all-costs corporate culture that enabled start-ups to succeed is too buggy for a global public company like Apple and has to be updated.
Last month ， the EU launched two antitrust cases against Apple.The first concerns the operations of Apple’s App Store following complaints from Spotify， the music-streaming service， and Kobo， the ebook business.Each has attacked the company for demanding an initial 30 per cent cut of the subscription fee from all customers who sign up via the App Store， while promoting its own rival music and books services.The second investigation focuses on whether Apple unfairly denies Apple Pay’s “tap and go”functionality on iPhones to rival payments companies.
Apple’s response to the probes has been predictably furious.The company argues that it invented and built the App Store that now reaches 1.5 billion device users.If developers do not like its rules then they do not have to play.Millions of developers，who have made a lot of money from the App Store， are happy with the way it operates and comforted by the security it offers.Besides， Apple charges no fees on the 85 per cent of apps that are free to users.
This reflects the uncompromising attitude of the company’s founder， Steve Jobs，who acknowledged that the introduction of the 30 per cent charge in 2011 might result in some “roadkill”among developers.Apple has denounced the latest complainants as “free-riders” and signalled its determination to fight.
It will be fascinating to see whether Apple maintains its aggressive stance as the regulatory pressure increases.Apple has an interesting choice to make.It can simply tough out this regulatory scrutiny while it continues to generate an estimated $ 1 billion of revenue a month from the App Store.It can count on the EU taking years to reach a ruling.For some big tech companies， fines have become no more than the cost of doing business.
Yet Apple may also see virtue in pacifying the most critical of its 23 million developers by modifying the way the App Store operates to benefit all parties.The history of Microsoft in the 1990s is instructive.While Bill Gates was running the company， Microsoft was contemptuous of complainants and regulators， and ended up entangled in distracting legal fights for 16 years before finally rebooting its own culture.Led by the more consensual Satya Nadella， it has bounced back to rival Apple as the top US companies by market capitalisation.
It is pretty certain that Jobs would have adopted Mr Gates’ s combative approach.But that does not make it right for Apple today.It may make more sense， and may ultimately make Apple more money， for it to repay its cultural debt and negotiate more flexible terms with dissatisfied developers.
Which of the following is true of Apple’s response to the investigations?______.
AIt is difficult to predict.
BIt angers all parties.
CIt mirrors Jobs’ values.
DIt is targeted at free apps.
参考答案：C
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