Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Harmfulness of Fake Commodities. You should write at least 100 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

　　1. 目前社会上有不少假冒伪劣商品(fake commodities)。为什么会有这种现象?

　　2. 举例说明假冒伪劣商品对消费者个人、社会等的危害。

　　Harmfulness of Fake Commodities

　　范文：

　　In recent years, a lot of fake commodities have appeared in the market. These fake commodities have done great harm to the consumers and the society.

　　Since the policy of reform was implemented, China’s economy has improved. A lot of people getting richer, and their living conditions are getting better. But still some of them are not satisfied. They dream of getting rich overnight and living a heavenly life, which, of course, is impossible to achieve by fair means. So they risk breaking the law to produce the market take commodities.

　　Once these fake commodities enter the market, they will do immeasurable harm to the society. The direct victims are the consumers. As the quality of the fake commodities is always very poor, the consumers may suffer great losses. Certain fake commodities, such as food and medicine, will cause irreparable harm to the health and well-being of the consumers. Fake commodities also cut into the profits of the brand-name-owners. Since the fake ones are cheaper, people tend to be reluctant to buy the genuine ones.

　　A Letter of Condolence 慰问信

　　你在报纸上看到你的朋友王志的家乡被飓风袭击，请你写一封慰问信向他表示你的关心。

　　A Letter of Condolence

　　Dear Wang,

　　In today’s newspaper, I read about the recent events in your town and I am writing to extend my sincere condolences.

　　It broke my heart to see all those pictures of those whose homes have been destroyed in the tragic hurricane. I can’t believe my eyes when I saw a littler girl crying on the roof of her house asking for help. I am really worried about your family, and all your friends there. I am crossing my fingers for you now in hopes that you are all safe and all right.

　　I can only imagine how difficult this time must be for you, and I want to extend to you my unwavering support and our government and many nongovernmental organizations are initiating various campaigns to urge people to donate some necessary things to send to America. I donated all my allowance that I have been saving for years.

　　I feel extremely sorry for this tragedy, and I will be looking forward to hearing from you. Please pass my concern on to your parents.

　　Yours sincerely,

　　Meng Fei