Part I Writing (30 minutes)
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Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic The Disadvantages of Internet Games. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:
1. 现在网络游戏在校园很流行。
2. 网络游戏的危害。
3. 怎样正确对待网络游戏。
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.
For questions 1-7, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the ntences with the information given in the passage.
Finding Light in The Darkness: Grieving Through The Holidays
Although it may em unfair to tho of us who have lost a life partner, child, parent, or clo friend, the holiday ason has returned. And with its return all of the expectations and disappointments that normally riddle this ason with contradictory emotions are exacerbated（恶化）1,000 fold for tho of us who suffer a significant loss.
Not only are we expected to gather with family and friends and ‘be of good cheer’, we are expected to be thankful, generous, and to feel like celebrating. This can be a tall order, indeed, if we are still deeply saddened, possibly depresd; if we are still working t
hrough feelings of anger at the world and a n of injustice; if the death of our loved one caud rifts (裂痕) in family relationships or in our financial well being; if other family members are also grieving; or if we are already feeling isolated and misunderstood by others.
But even for tho of us who have perhaps resolved some of the feelings and issues, the holiday ason may be filled with emotional pain. This is becau our best and worst memories are often generated in the crucible（严酷考验）of holiday celebration. As the holidays come upon us we are both unconsciously and consciously reminded of our lost loved one. Without warning, memories of how the person did certain things, what they said, their likes and dislikes, and their unique and individual contribution to the celebration come pouring back, leaving in their wake the felt void（空虚，怅惘）of the person’s prence.
While all of the above is very likely to be part of the experience of a bereaved（丧失的）person during the holiday ason, it does not have to compri the entire experience.
The upcoming holidays: Thanksgiving, Chanukah（光明节）, and Christmas share the common theme of celebrating the winter months by finding/creating light in the darkness. For the bereaved finding the light in the darkness can rve as a powerful metaphor for the healing process. What the light will reprent will depend on the individual: for some it may be a heightened n of peace and acceptance; for others it may be finding a balance between sadness and hope for the future; for some it may mean finding some enjoyment in one or two aspects of the ason and accepting that experience as being enough; for some it may mean simply surviving the holiday ason largely intact, and heaving a sigh of welcome relief with its passing. All of the types of light are fine. Just as there is no one way to experience loss there is no one way to find one’s way through the holidays.
A large part of finding the light consists in making friends with and even managing the darkness. What does this mean? First it means, realizing in advance that the holidays WILL be different, that there will be feelings of sadness and loss, as well as memories which may be happy, but distressing. Even if tho around you are not able to drop their
expectations that you will be appropriately ‘cheerful’, you can change your expectations for yourlf. Realistic lf expectations will go a long way in freeing you from an unnecessary n of having failed to plea tho around you. This means not only the expectations of the living, but also tho which are so often projected on to the dead. Even if your lost loved one would have ‘wanted you to be happy’ you do not have to be happy. Perhaps happiness will return in a year or two — all you have to do now is to acknowledge and accept the feelings that you are having.
