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Choose one of the topics that you are interested in and write a five-paragraph essay of 300 words. 1. Write an essay on the advantages or disadvantages (not both) of the house or apartment where you live. In your introductory paragraph, describe briefly the place you plan to write about. End the introduction paragraph with your thesis statement and buleprint. Here are an example for your thesis statement: My apartment has several advantages, including friendly neighbours, lots of storage space, and a good security system. （From Exploring Writing--Paragraphs and Essays） 2. Write an essay about the biggest mistake you made within the past year. Describe the mistake and show how its effects have convinced you that it was the wrong thing to do. For instance, if you write about "taking a full-time job while going to school" as your biggest mistake, show the problems it caused, eg: low grades, constant exhaustion, and poor performance at work. （From Exploring Writing--Paragraphs and Essays） 3. All of us come to various crossroads in our lives--times when we must make an important decision about which course of action to follow. Think about a major decision you had to make (or one you are planning to make). Then describe the decision you have reached. Each of the body paragraphs that follow should fully explain one of the reasons for your decision. Here are some examples of major decisions that often confront people: enrolling in or dropping out of college; accepting or quitting a job; breaking up with boyfriend or girlfriend. （From Exploring Writing--Paragraphs and Essays）

One could well imagine a dictionary entry that reads."Honda,n. automobile.cf. Af fordable,reliable,friendly. "Or in the words of the prospective car buyers portrayed in its U.S. television eommercials. "l&39;II take it. "Buyers all over the world did. pushing sales of Honda cars and Honda motorcyeles into the millions. Behind those definitions,though,there was a flesh-and-blood Honda. self-made giant of Japanese industry who hated boardrooms and preferred getting grease on his hands as he tinkered alongside his engineers with the little ears that would zoom across the Pacific and conquer America. When Soichiro Honda,84,died last week of liver failure,the company he founded in 1948 was ranked fourth in Japan and poised to displace Chrysler as the third largest producer of passenger cars in the U.S. Honda was fated to build cars, The son of a village black-smith.he was no more than six when, breathless and memorized. be ran through the streets of his native town,near Hamamatsu,chasing a Ford Model T. By 18 he bad built his first auto,powered by a discarded American airplane engine. The after months of the war provided him with priceless opportunities,especially after U.S. occupation forces purged the upper echelons(梯队) of Japanese industry and government ,opening the doors for outsiders, Honda decided to manufacture affordable motorcyeles that would allow the Japanese to move cheaply farms to cities to buy ,sell or work. Honda refused to obey the Ministry of lnternational Trade and Industry when it ordered him to stick to motoreycies. Japan,it said,did not need more than a few car manufacturers. Honda ignored them. He also helped establish the company policy of setting up factories in the U. S. when Japanese competitors such as Toyota saw no wisdom inbuilding abroad.

According to the second paragraph which one of the folowing best describes Mr. Honda？

A.Mr. Honda was an imaginary hero in Japancse Mythology

B.Mr. Honda was a diligent person who always seated himself in his office reading a great number of reports

C.Mr. Honda was a severe person who always wear clean suit and white gloves

D.Mr. Honda loved to fiddle with the little cars in the workshop accompanied by engineers.

The company Honda founded was all set to____A.become the third largest car prodocer in the U. S

B.remove Chrysler from its present position

C.put Chrysler out of business

D.push sales in the United States

Honda was fated to build cars , because____A.he was the son of a village black-smith

B.Honda decided to manufacture affordable motorcycles that would allow the Japanese to move cheaply from farms to cities to buy,sell or work

C.Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan said that Japan did not need more than a few car manufacturers

D.he ran chasinga Ford Model T when he was 6,and by 18 he had built his first auto. By grasping opportunities he began to manufacture motorcycles

Which of the following factors contributes to making Honda a giant automaker？ A Education. aoble origin and inheritage

A.Education. aoble origin and inheritage

B.Tenacity determination and timing

C.Luck.cunnings and eruelty

D.Poverty ,inferiority and pitiablity

A、surviving

B、blues

C、vivid

D、trailed away

A、True

B、False

C、Not given

D、Not sure

【填空题】Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and note the difference of meaning between them. prestige fame 1、The young opera singer gained international after she performed at the White House. 2、At Hippo, on the east coast of Africa, a dolphin even allowed people to ride on its back. Its spread so wide that people from different places came to see it. 3、The Prime Minister learned with sadness the death of Buffet, who had made an outstanding contribution to the cultural of the country. 4、The director exploded into with his Red Sorghum, which won the first international award for the Chinese film industry.