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Inheritance tax is a tax which many countries levy on the total taxable value of the estate of a deceased person. Inheritance tax is paid by the inheritor of the estate or by the person in charge of its assets. In most cases, if the estate is left to a charitable organization or a surviving spouse, no inheritance tax is due. In China, inheritance tax does not exist. Should inheritance tax be introduced to China? The controversy that has raged over levying inheritance tax in China currently shows little sign of abating.　　The following are opinions from both sides. Read the excerpt carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should:　　1. summarize briefly the opinions from both sides, and then　　2. give your comment.　　Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.　　Opponents of inheritance tax typically refer to it as “death tax.” They argue first that concern over burdening their children with this tax may lead elderly to make unwise investment decisions late in life, and that it may also discourage entrepreneurship earlier in life. Opponents also claim that morally it should be only the choice of the person who earned the money what should be done with it, not the government. They see taxing wealth at death as a kind of forced income redistribution that goes against the market economy.　　Proponents of inheritance tax say that it helps prevent consolidation of wealth in the hands of a few powerful families and is a basic building block of the nation’s system of taxation. They also feel that inheriting large sums without tax undermines people’s motives to work hard in the future and, thus, undercuts the principles of the market economy, encouraging people to become idle and unproductive, which hurts the country overall.

我们两个伟大的国家，交往的历史已经有200年了，跨越三个世纪。两国人民友谊和合作的动人事迹还历历在目。19世纪60年代，中国数以万计的华工参加了美国横贯东西部大铁路的修建工作。他们不顾严寒、饥饿和待遇菲薄的恶劣条件，当别的建筑队伍都撤下来的时候，只有中国这支队伍坚持到底。最后一根枕木是由四位华工铺上的，无数人为这个工程献出了生命。1991年伊利诺伊州曾经专门派人到上海用3000个道钉做了个纪念碑。他们说，中国筑路工人的最大贡献就是沟通了美国东西部的大通道，并由此推动了美国的统一，这是一个重要的因素。

One of America’s most important export is her modern music.　　　　　 　　 (1) _______American popular music is playing all over the world. It is enjoyed　　　　　　(2) _______by people of all ages in all countries. Because the lyrics are English,　　　　(3) _______nevertheless people not speaking English enjoy it. The reasons forits popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat.　　The music has many origins in the United States. Country music,coming from the suburban areas in the southern United States, is one　　　　　 (4) _______source. Country music features simple themes and melodies describingday-to-day situations and the feelings of country people. Many peopleappreciate this music because the emotions expressed by country　　　　　 　　 (5) _______music songs.　　A second origin of American popular music is the blues. It depicted　　　　(6) _______mostly sad feelings reflecting the difficult lives of American blacks. Itis usually played and sung by black musicians, but it is not popular with　 　 (7) _______all Americans.　　Rock music is a newer form of music. This music style, featuringfast and repetitious rhythms, was influenced by the blues and countrymusic. It is first known as rock-and-roll in the 1950s. Since then there　　　 (8) _______have been many forms of rock music, hard rock, soft rock, punk rock,disco music and others. Many performers of popular rock music areyoung musicians.　　American popular music is marketed to a demanding audience.Now popular songs are heard on the radio several times a day. Somesongs become popular all over the world. People hear these songs sing　　　　　(9) _______in their original English or sometimes translated into other languages.The words may coincide but the enjoyment of the music is universal.　　　　　 (10) _______

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What was the most difficult part for Nightingale’s work at the hospital?

In his early years of writing practice, the author mainly focused on the ability of______.

What makes funeral business a strange industry?

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Why does the author dwell upon the concept of science in this article?

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The hunter-gatherer tribes that today live as our prehistoric human　　　　　　　1．_______ancestors consume primarily a vegetable diet supplementing with animal foods.　　　　2．_______An analysis of 58 societies of modern hunter-gatherers, including the Kung ofsouthern Africa, revealed that one-half emphasize gathering plant foods,one-third concentrate on fishing, and only one-sixth are primarily hunters.Overall, two-thirds and more of the hunter-gatherer’s calories come from　　　　　　3．_______plants. Detailed studies of the Kung by the food scientists at the Universityof London, showed that gathering is a more productive source of foodthan is hunting. An hour of hunting yields in average about 100 edible　　　　　　　 4．_______calories, as an hour of gathering produces 240.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　5．_______　　Plant foods provide for 60 percent to 80 percent of the Kung diet, and no　　　　6．_______one goes hungry when the hunt fails. Interestingly, if they escape fatal infectionsor accidents, these contemporary aborigines live to old ages despite of the absence　7．_______of medical care. They experience no obesity, no middle-aged spread, littledental decay, no high blood pressure, no heart disease, and their bloodcholesterol levels are very low (about half of the average American adult).　　 　　 8．_______If no one is suggesting that we return to an aboriginal life style, we certainly 　　9．_______could use their eating habits as a model for healthier diet.　　　　　　　　　　　  10．_______

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NEWS BROADCAST 1　　Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. 　　Now listen to the news. Greek bonds is downgraded as junk status because

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What’s the meaning of “humor” in the first paragraph?

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According to Caroline Moore, most people have projected a______image of the gentleman.

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We live in a society which there is a lot of talk about science, but I would　　 1．_______say that there are not 5 percent of the people who are equipped with schooling,including college, to understand scientific reasoning. We are more ignorant ofscience as people with comparable education in Western Europe.　　　　　　　　      2．_______　　There are a lot of kids who know everything about computers — how tobuild them, how to take them apart, and bow to write programs for games. So　　　   3．_______if you ask them to explain about the principles of physics that have gone into　　　4．_______creating the computer, you don’t have the faintest idea.　　　　　　　　　　　　   5．_______　　The failure to understand science leads to such things like the neglect of　　　6．_______human creative power. It also takes rise to blurring of the distinction between　　 7．_______science and technology. Lots of people don’t differ between the two. Science is the8．_______production of new knowledge that can be applied or not, and technology is theapplication of knowledge to the production of some products, machinery or thelike. The two are really very different, and people who have the faculty for onevery seldom have a faculty for the others.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 9．_______　　Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as soon as it can providetechnology, it is not necessarily harmful. No society has yet learned to forecast　10．_______the consequences of new technology, which can be enormous.

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