Section IV Writing

　　Part A

　　47. Directions：

　　Suppose you are invited by Professor Williams to give a presentation about Chinese culture to a group of international students. Write a reply to

　　1) accept the invitation, and

　　2) introduce the key points of your presentation

　　You should write about 100 words on the ANSWER SHEET.

　　Don’t use your own name, use “LiMing” instead.

　　Don’t write your address. (10 points)

　　47、

　　【参考范文】

　　Dear Professor Williams,

　　I felt much honored when I received your invitation to give a presentation about Chinese culture to the international students of your college. I would much like to do this job. So I am writing to tell you something about the presentation to be given.

　　The focus of my presentation will be Chinese traditional festivals, such as the Spring Festival and the Mid-autumn Day. In the speech, I will introduce the origin and conventions of these festivals. For example, the Mid-Autumn Day, falling on the 15th of August in the Chinese lunar calendar, is a traditional Chinese holiday for family members and loved ones to gather together. In addition to enjoying the glorious full moon on this day, Chinese people will also eat festival-moon cakes, recite ancient Chinese poems as well as guess lantern riddles. I believe these knowledge will help the foreign students obtain a deeper understanding of Chinese culture.

　　I am really looking forward to sharing these with all of the international students.

　　Yours sincerely,

　　Li Ming

　　Part B

　　48. Directions：

　　You should write about 150 words neatly on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)

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　　【参考范文】

　　Reflected in the chart given above are the respective changes in the numbers of museums and their visitors in China from the year 2013 to 2015. It can be clearly seen that the number of museums was on a continuous rise from 6378 to 7811 in the two years, up more than 22%, and so did that of the visitors, with an increase of nearly 13% from 4165 to 4692.

　　What might account for the notable growths? Reasons are many, but the most important one, as far as I am concerned, is that with the boom of Chinese economy in recent years, our government has been placing an increasingly high value on the inheritance of traditional culture, which connects modern people with the historical past, allowing them to acquire a cultural and

　　historical identity. What’s more, more attention is paid to tour Chinese traditional culture since the Chinese have improved living standards.

　　With the development of China, the increasing trend is bound to continue for some time in the future. From my perspective, it is a positive trend and should be encouraged, for it is not only beneficial for the preservation and rejuvenation of our ancestral heritages but also conducive to the cultural diversity of the world.