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预测题1： Millions of dollars are spenton space research every year. Some people argue that the money should be spenton improving living standards on Earth. Do you agree or disagree?

支持太空探索的观点：

• 地球上的资源是有限的，迟早会被消耗完（finite and exhaustible),因此需要开拓太空上的能源 (open energy and material resources of space for human benefit)；促进经济±曾长(support economic growth),使商业更力口繁荣 (an increase in businessactivity);

• 人口增长导致地球承载压力加大（cause the usable space to shrink)，因此太空探索有利于为人类找到一个新的居住地（find a sanctuary)；

• 有利于环境考察（environmental monitoring),有利于收集人类生存环境（living environment)的数据，比如天气预报（weather forecasting).,环境保护和可持续发展（sustainable development)等相关数据；

• 提高一些产业的科学竞争力（technological competitiveness),特别在国际商业领域（in international business ；),创造人力资源和高级别的专业技术（human capital and high-level expertise);可以增加年轻人对自然科学的兴趣 (the interest ofyoung people in natural sciences)

反对太空探索的观点：

• 需要长期的努力和大量资金（long-term commitments and funding),大部分国家支付不起 (unaffordable to most countries)，这些资金应该用于解决些更实际的问题，比如饥荒 (famine)等5

• 很多项目收效甚微（make little progress),甚至被证明是徒劳无益的（taxing and unrewarding )。

范文

In recent years, there have been more andmore countries involved and interested in long-term space projects. Because ofthe enormous research expenditures incurred, the value of space projects hasbeen disputed. Some people suggest that government funding should be divertedtoward improving the living standard of ordinary people. In evaluating themerits of space ambition, one should adopt a broader perspective. Theinvestment in space research can be paid off someday in the future.

The first reason to support it is that ourplanet is now facing an unprecedented resource problem, which can be tackledonly by discovering and mining new resources on other planets. The overuse orscarcity of some resources on the Earth is a severe problem. Rare metals, suchas gold or silver, will eventually be depleted, as industrial productionexpands. These metals and other natural resources, although rare on Earth,might abound on other planets. In that case, conducting space research is apromising adventure.

Meanwhile, the world's population is nowgrowing to a stage where there are too many people for the planet to support,highlighting the need to seek land suitable for people's resettlement off theplanet. Even if new urban developments are able to accommodate the increasingpopulation, water and electricity supply, waste treatment, sewage disposal andsanitation will become unmanageable for the capacity of our planet. As thereare countless planets orbiting stars throughout the universe, one can beconfident that at least one of them is suitable for our second home planetMars, for example, bearing a close resemblance to the Earth, is considered apotential backup.

In addition to searching for a shelter forfuture generations, space programmes contribute considerably to the well-beingof the Earth in some other aspects. For example, by monitoring the ozone hole,global warming, the loss of rain forests and other environmental threats tohuman survival, remote sensing satellites help people trace the recovery fromthe worst environmental threats and thereby improve the quality of life.Meanwhile, space research provides a new platform on which scientists can carryout experiments and make new discoveries in a variety of fields, such asagriculture.

As suggested above, in locating newresources, positioning new settlements, addressing environmental concerns andfacilitating scientific discovery, space research will prove to be not onlyworthwhile, but also crucial to the survival and sustainability of human civilization.

预测题2： Space travel to theMoon is often cited as one giant leap for mankind. Yet some people argue thatthis achievement made little difference to our daily lives. What is youropinion?

登月的重要性体现在三方面，科学（science )、开发思维（inspiration }和能源（resources ):

• 科学调查：提供一个平台去观察宇宙(observe the universe) 怎样结合人和机器探索行星表面(combine efforts of both humans and machines in exploring aplanetary surface)；

• 开发思维：激发人们的想像力（trigger imagination),敢于面对新领域的未知因素和挑战(confronting unknowns and challenges on new frontiers)；用于探索月球的科技可以转为民用 (converted forcivil use)，促进科技发展；

• 能源开发：月球上有水存在  (Water exists in the darkand cold regions near the poles of the Moon.),可以开发能源。

反对登月的可能意见：

•消耗资源和时间（consumeresources and take time)，而没太大的效果（benefits are limited)；

•分散政府和公众在一些更重要事情上的注意力（distract the government and the public from some more significantissues)

范文

The idea of travelling through space, evenliving and working on other planets, has fascinated people for centuries.Despite numerous setbacks and daunting expenditures, travelling in the outerspace has never failed to attract people's attention and provoke controversy.Sixty years after the first Moon landing, people question whether the feat,previously thought of as a giant leap for mankind, has substantially benefitedpeople's lives. In my opinion, landing on the Moon has enormous relevance forthe quality of life, albeit not always explicit.

The first implication of Moon landing isreflected in the likelihood of travelling on other planets. Moon, as the objectin the outer space closet to the Earth, can serve as a launch site for thejourneys to other planets. Having no atmosphere, the Moon is a permanent basefor people to observe the universe easily and provide them with sufficientevidence they require for decision making on a great many significant issues,which are likely to have direct impact on them. For example, one can learn moreabout the treat of potentially hazardous objects that are Likely to hit the Earthand destroy our civilization.

Another remarkable breakthrough made by theMoon landing is that it reignites people's enthusiasm in the natural sciences.When today's youths become increasingly interested in such subjects ascommerce, finance and business, space exploration successfully attracts andretains talents in space-related technologies. These young minds are convincedthat travelling the unknown of the universe is feasible ， despite many challenges. They areinspired to think for the future, instead of being preoccupied with contemporaryissues only.

It should also be noted that the Moon haswater, the basic resource for people's survival, and it abounds in solarenergy, a clean and readily obtainable resource. It is also believed thatminerals are plentiful there to be exploited. Some day, if people are forced tomove off the Earth, the Moon might be the best shelter. Although people havenot yet fully explored this possibility at this stage, preliminaryinvestigation is imperative.

Based on the above-mentioned facts, one canconclude that the Moon landing greatly impacts on distant future, although itseffect is not apparent for the time being. The Moon is the eventual gateway toother planets and potentially the place of residence for the futuregenerations. The scientific knowledge and economic benefits to be gained bybuilding a sustainable Moon base are huge.

预测题3: Some people arguethat the government should spend money on public services and facilities, butnot on the arts. Do you agree or disagree?

政府投资公共设施的原因：

• 符合公众的利益(general interest),给人们带来方便；

• 一般来说，私人企业(private sector)不会对公共设施感兴趣，因此公共设施只能依靠政府投资。而艺术作为人们的爱好和文化传统(culturaltraditions),会代代相传(passedon from one generation to another),因此不需要政府投资。

政府投资艺术的原因：

• 艺木对现代生活是至关重要的（essential to modern life),对于一个文明社会有着非常重要的作用（central to a civilized society),艺术品传播的是语言所不能传播的东西（Works of artconvey the ineffable.)，是人们文化生活的主要部分（an integral part of cultural life)；•艺术给人们提供了排解情绪的渠道(provide positiveoutlets),比如看电影和听音乐； •艺术是一种民族文化，保护艺术有助于保护一种文化(preserve aculture);艺术可以吸引外国 游客观光(attract foreign tourists forsightseeing),产生旅游收入(producetourism revenue)；

• 一些艺术作品（art objects),譬如说雕塑和建筑（sculpture and architecture),使人们享受城市或者郊区风景的美丽(enjoy the beauty of urbanor rural landscape),赏心悦目(pleasing to the eye)，为生活增添情趣。

范文

The role of arts in modern life is unique,providing people with entertainment and yielding various psychological rewards,such as relief from stress. Despite these benefits, the arts have been taken asluxury goods in many cases. It is suggested that public money of a city shouldbe concentrated in projects like public facilities, which arc more likely tobring immediate benefits to the public, rather than the arts. There are anumber of facts indicating that this position is right.

Public facilities, widely accepted as oneof the main precursors to a city's development, should be one of the highestpriorities. Those underdeveloped cities in particular, should direct sufficientfunding toward public facilities. While municipal office buildings, courthousesand post offices are essential components of public services, libraries,hospitals, parks, playing fields, gymnasiums and swimming pools are availableto the public for social, educational, athletic and cultural activities. Byboosting spending on public facilities, cities are more capable to satisfy theneeds of citizens and improve their standard of living.

In addition to social benefits, there areeconomic merits that public facilities can offer to communities. An integratedtransport network (maritime, land and inland waterways transport and civilaviation), for example, promises the smooth and speedy movement of goods andpeople in a city. Industrial products, as well as agricultural produce of acity, can be delivered to other cities in exchange for steady income. Of equalimportance are public Internet facilities. Providing access to information byimproving Internet and other telecommunications facilities has relevance to theease with which businesses in a city receive, process, utilize and sendinformation. It is no exaggeration to say that entrepreneurs, either from homeor abroad, will first examine the infrastructure of a city before decidingwhether to pursue business opportunities there.

The arts, by comparison, although enablingpeople to see the world and the human condition differently and to see a truthone might ignore before, do not merit government spending. The first reason isthat the arts--- referring to music, film and literature altogether--- are morelikely to attract the investment of the private sector than public facilities.Business people continue to invest in the arts in the expectation of earninglump sum income and the arts in return, continue to flourish without thegovernment spending. Meanwhile, the arts are a key component of a culture andnaturally passed down from one generation to another. Unlike public facilities,they require no money to survive.

It is therefore clear that construction ofpublic facilities should be given the foremost consideration. The concern aboutthe well-being of individual citizens and that of a city is more acute than theapprehension about the survival and prospects of the arts, something thatbusinesses have a stake in.